1978 Press Photo Fred Gaston Apartment Trash Filth

Caption: Detroit, Sept. 8--Seven Years Trash--Fred Gaston, a Detroit apartment house owner, finds a place to sit in a trash-filled apartment. Gaston told city officials that a tenant who lives a floor below the apartment complained about a water leak. when a plumber went to the room, he found the trash, which fire authorities estimate had been accumulating for seven years. The occupant of the apartment, identified by Gaston as Sue Richards, has not been seen since Monday.

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