Expert calls radioactive waste a major health hazard
A U S government expert, Mason Willrich, says 75 million gallons of high level waste and 50 million cubic feet of low level waste stored at nine sites pose a major health hazard. His 172 page report for ERDA criticizes past handling and calls for drastic reorganization of safety regulation to prevent unworkable storage and ineffective enforcement.
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Washington
United States
Energy Research and Development Administration
Mason Willrich
University of Virginia
Rockefeller Foundation
Willrich
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Federal Energy Resources Council
Norman C. Rasmussen
MIT
Rasmussen
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Hanford
Wash
Ancient Australian Macrozamia Trees Are 12,000 to 15,000 Years Old
United Press International reports scientists estimate Macrozamia trees in Australia date between twelve thousand and fifteen thousand years old, making them older than California's giant sequoia and Mexico's bald cypress.
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Earth
California
Mexico
Australia
Mars scientists eye mobile Viking 3 rover plan for Mars
Mars researchers consider a roaming Viking 3 using leg tracks to travel for a year or more. A design exists to launch around 1981, costing 350 to 450 million dollars, with NASA budgeting hurdles. The rover would carry a chemistry lab, soil analysis tools, atmospheric studies, and a hazard avoidance system.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Mars
Earth
Martin Marietta Corp
Viking
NASA
Martian
Viking Rover
Walter Lowrie
Martin
Martin Marietta
Stalin’s Entry Trimmed in Soviet Encyclopedia
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia reduces Stalin’s stature by more than half in its new edition. It lauds his wartime role but labels his political missteps, including forced collectivization excesses. Solzhenitsyn is omitted, while Spassky’s long note lacks Fischer and Steinbeck is criticized for Vietnam War stance.
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Moscow
UPI
Josef V. Stalin
Stalin
Alexander I. Solzhenitsyn
Boris Spassky
Bobby Fischer
Spassky
John Steinbeck
29 Years Area Students With Back To School Supplies
Local outreach program marks 29 years aiding area students with back to school supplies. Volunteers gathered at the community center to distribute bags including notebooks pencils and backpacks to families in need. Organizers say the effort supports students entering the new school year full of readiness.
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Environmental Protection Agency
Kentucky
Cherry Hill Fats
Sylvan
Scolnick
Cherry Hill
N.J
Philadelphia
Internal Revenue Service
Bennington, Vermont
United Press International
Mars Scientists
AL Rossiter Jr
UPI Science
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John Naugle
Naugle
The
Space Agency
Chittenden
Introduces
I.D
Master Charge
Chittenden Savings
Grand Union
Vermont National
FDIC
Volkswagen
Barre-Montpelier
Montpelier
Howard Johnsons
Vermont
Barre
Int
1St Vermont Bank
Barber Sales, Inc
Lebanon
N.H
J.w.barber, JR
Larry Gray
Bennington
Main Street
Bennington, VT
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