Tank leak at Savannah River Plant shuts traffic
A storage tank in the Savannah River Plant's heavy water separations area leaked today and later self sealed. Evacuations were ordered for workers in the heavy water systems area CNX and TNX. All traffic on S C 125, plant rail lines, and river passages along the southern boundary were halted due to possible hydrogen sulfide release. Officials deem current gas quantities non threatening but warn crack could widen.
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TNX
S.C
Ordinance Aims to Limit Adult Book Stores in Aiken County
The council passed first reading of a revised ordinance restricting adult book stores to within one mile of churches schools or recreational areas in unincorporated areas. County Attorney Smith urged amendments to lean toward youth protection. Also approved were a first reading for the 1980 81 budget and a divided vote nominating Harold Rudnick to the Aiken County Higher Education Commission to replace the late W P Overbeck.
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Aiken County
Marvin E. Dunbar
C. Wesley Smith
Bar
Harold Rudnick
Aiken
Usc-Aiken
Ashes From Mount St Helens Expected Not To Fall On S C
A National Weather Service spokesman said ash from Mount St Helens will not drift to South Carolina. The volcanic cloud, moving 40 mph at 41 000 feet, should miss the state and only touch Tennessee and North Carolina fringe. No physical hazards expected. only potential colorful sunsets if it passes daytime.
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Washington State
Mount St. Helens
South Carolina
National Weather Service
Columbia
Palmetto State
Kansas City
Tennessee
North Carolina
Raleigh
Mount St Helens Toll Rises to Ten as Eruption Wreaks Havoc
Washington state faces a widening disaster as the Mount St Helens eruption lifts the death toll to ten and leaves about 5,000 travelers stranded. Gov. Dixy Lee Ray seeks federal disaster aid while officials monitor a mud dam that could flood towns below Spirit Lake.
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Vancouver
Wash
Washington
Mount St. Helens
Dixy Lee Ray
Carter
Spirit Lake
Midwest
Miss Ray
Ben Dew
State Department of Emergency Services
Cowlitz
Les Nelson
U.S. Geological Survey
Dwight R. Crandell
North Fork
Tootle River
Longview
Kelso
Castle Rock
Quebec Votes To Stay In Canada After Referendum
Quebec voters reject independence in a 60 percent majority, keeping the province within Canada and signaling a chance for greater self rule. In Jamaica, Prime Minister Manley acknowledges a deadly fire's arson risk while urging calm amid rumors.
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Quebec
Kingston
Jamaica
Michael Manley
Manley
Trial Opens In Aiken Federal Conspiracy Case
Former Federal Highway Administrator Karl Bowers and Henry Glover Jr. face a federal conspiracy trial in Aiken with Lee Bowers of Estill. The indictment alleges they orchestrated purchases of HUD repossessions and resold to FmHA borrowers at higher prices while hiding information from FmHA and HUD.
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Karl Bowers
Lee Bowers
Estill
Aiken
United States
Bowers
Henry F Glover Jr
Hampton County
Farmers’ Home Administration
U.S. District
Robert W. Hemphill
Department of Housing and
Fmha
Cannon
HUD
Glover
Kermit S. King
Apollo Heights
Robert Wallace
Wallace
New Production Reactor Sought For Savannah River Plant
U S House Armed Services Committee recommends preliminary work on a 3 billion reactor at SRP to extend its life beyond the 1990s. The plan argues SRP reactors will be uneconomical by 1990 and would boost output of weapons grade plutonium and tritium amid debate over location versus Hanford.
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Savannah River
U.S. House Armed Services Committee
SRP
House Armed Services
Department of Energy
Hanford
Wash
Posals
United States
South Carolina
DOE
Armed Services Committee
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
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