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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1996
Page
10
Beatty Nevada faces a long radioactive legacy from the Nevada Test Site with past uranium boom era bars and cathouses. Officials once shut the town for blood tests and cup samples, later confiscating items tainted by low level nuclear waste. Now the US proposes a five mile bore at Yucca Mountain near the test site for a high level waste dump.
In Beatty Nevada residents recall 1970s and 1990s battles over nuclear waste storage. Bob Revert and his daughter Joanie describe government testing and local tensions as the repository faced leak concerns. The line “you've never seen anything till you've seen a bald cow” frames a stark warning about radiation legacy.
WEST PALM BEACH Fla A man cleared of arson after admitting he burned a crack house said he did so because authorities failed to address street crime A jury convicted Sam Mohammed on two counts of criminal mischief and trespassing and could sentence him to up to one year in jail Mohammed testified he burned the building after police ignored problems from the crack house and left the scene smiling as the verdict was announced
Romulus Scalf, owner of the Steel City Zoo in Florida, was arrested on cruelty to animals charges after deputies found puppies fed live to snakes, alligators, and large cats. He faces up to 15 years and a $10,000 fine if convicted. USDA could shutter the zoo.
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