# Former PA Gov. Casey's Stmt to the Press - Where can I find it for free?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-pa-gov-caseys-stmt-to-the-press-where-can-i-find-it-for-free/132396>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 15, 2002, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-pa-gov-caseys-stmt-to-the-press-where-can-i-find-it-for-free/132396 "2002-10-15T20:59:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2002, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-pa-gov-caseys-stmt-to-the-press-where-can-i-find-it-for-free/132396/1 "2002-10-15T20:59:05Z")

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I’m taking a Business 201 class and we’re doing a case study of the Ashland Oil spill in January 1988. This is a team project and in order to improve our grade, I would like to find a **free** copy of Pennsylvania Governor Casey’s statement to the press, made on January 5, 1988.

I’ve googled and googled for it… Closest I can find is a possible excerpt in the Philadelphia Inquirer archives, but I’d have to pay for it. I am in touch with the governor’s office. I’m hoping they have and can fax me a copy for free.

Any ideas, dear Dopers?

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-pa-gov-caseys-stmt-to-the-press-where-can-i-find-it-for-free/132396/2 "2002-10-16T01:36:50Z")

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At the risk of seeming just _so_ retro, have you tried the pre-web media? I would think that a review of the Index of Periodic Literature (Reader’s Guide to Periodic Literature?) at the library might turn up a publication that carried the statement and a lot of libraries should have either microfiche or microfilm copies of things like The New York Times or The Wall Street Journal going back that far.

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**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-pa-gov-caseys-stmt-to-the-press-where-can-i-find-it-for-free/132396/3 "2002-10-16T03:54:14Z")

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Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature, aka the green things  
New York Times Index is a better bet, it is indexed thoroughly and is widely available.  
Those are the red ones.

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**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-pa-gov-caseys-stmt-to-the-press-where-can-i-find-it-for-free/132396/4 "2002-10-16T07:27:29Z")

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If the e-mail address in your profile is accurate, it should there. I sent you the text in the body of the e-mail and attached a PDF file in case you need it formatted nicely.

Good luck!

Rhythmdvl,

Getting everything he can get from Law School tuition. Go Lexis!!

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**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2002, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-pa-gov-caseys-stmt-to-the-press-where-can-i-find-it-for-free/132396/5 "2002-10-16T12:14:18Z")

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**Rhythmdvl** , you are my KING!

Oh my goodness, how awfully, incredibly nice of you do do that for me.

Wow. I owe you, brutha.