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Show Civic Body Buys Quarry to Save Sleeping Giant Ilamden, Conn. The face of "The Sleeping Giant," a huge rock formation forma-tion on Mount Carmel resembling a reclining figure, has been saved for posterity For years quarrying operations have been carried on at the base of the head, of the historic landmark. When It became apparent that the profile would be ruined If they continued, con-tinued, the Sleeping Giant Park association as-sociation acquired title to the property prop-erty and obtained a court Injunction Injunc-tion restricting the operations. The quarry company, however, moved Its operations to the brow of the head and negotiations lmme-tlately lmme-tlately were started by the association associa-tion to purchase the lease. A price of $50,000 was agreed upon and the quarrying confined to the base of the figure. |