Monitor wreck to be dedicated as first National Marine Sanctuary
Washington will dedicate the first National Marine Sanctuary off Cape Hatteras 16 miles offshore. The site marks the resting place of the U S S Monitor and 16 crewmen lost in a 1862 gale. Researchers from Duke MIT and others identified the wreck using sonar and side scan photography. The sanctuary aims to prevent underwater vandalism and requires government permission for future expeditions.
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United States
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Hatteras
National Geographic
John G. Newton
Duke University
United States Navy
Newton
Harold Egerton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Robert Sheridan
University of Delaware
Gordon P. Watts
North
Edgerton
Rhode Island
Harper’s Weekly
N.C
AEC downplays missing nuclear material questions
The Atomic Energy Commission says only a small amount of nuclear material could be made into a bomb is missing from an Oklahoma plant but refuses to answer NYT questions about total unaccounted material and related national facilities. The panel has asked the National Security Council to advise on handling such information.
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N.Y. Times
Washington
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Oklahoma
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New York Times
United States
AEC
Times
Theodore B. Taylor
National Security Council
Security Council
David Rosenbaum
Kerr- McGee Corp
ABC
Kerr-McGee
Cheney warns lake level tampering could negate sludge case
Vermont Attorney General Kimberly Cheney warned that altering Lake Champlain’s water level could threaten the $500,000 settlement with International Paper Co. and jeopardize pollution safeguards. The IJC considers Richelieu River flood-control plans that could affect the lake, with environmentalists urging a two-year study before dams are built.
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Canada
International Joint Commission
IJC
Richelieu
Lake Champlain
Quebec
Vermont
New York
Wettest year in Berkshire County since 1948
Pittsfield weatherman George J. Bulgarelli reports 1974 total precipitation reaching 49.11 inches, about 5 inches above the 44 inch normal. Despite July and August dryness, heavy spring and fall rain pushed the yearly total above average in Berkshire County.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Berkshire County
George J. Bulgarelli
Bulgarelli
State receives pollution grant increase for Vermont
The EPA raises Vermont's water pollution control program grant by $42,033, supplementing a prior award of $205,511 to the Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation. Regional administrator John A S McGlennon noted the funds fund studies, planning, surveillance, enforcement, local agency guidance, training, and public information, with the increase presented to Secretary Martin L. Johnson.
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Boston
Mass
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Vermont
John A.S. McGlennon
EPA
Vermont Agency of Environmental Conservation
Martin L. Johnson
TVA's first nuclear plant proves reliable and economical
TVA reported Browns Ferry Unit 1 produced 2 billion kWh from July to November with 85 percent availability. It cost about $3 per ton of coal equivalent, versus $10 a ton on average in 1974. Unit 2 reached full load in December and Unit 1 will save about $7 million yearly versus coal. Construction started on three more plants. four more planned.
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UPI
Tennessee Valley Authority
Browns Ferry
North Alabama
TVA
Office of Power
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