Reactors vulnerable, says expert Nuke plant to be in gov't hands
Nuclear safety chief warns in an internal memo that some or many U S reactors could fail to withstand an attack by as few as three armed intruders. The memo urges urgent fixes to protection systems amid undefined adequacy standards as a new environmental impact statement on recycled plutonium for reactor fuel proceeds.
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James Gerstenzang
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
U.S
Carl H. Builder
Agency
Division of Safeguards
Self defense class toughens streetwise police officers
Old Orchard Beach officer John Shevenell bruised yet unbowed returns for more after a rough night learning defense from judo expert James Hadley at Saco Middle School. Nineteen officers train weekly, using throws, holds, and nerve-point pressure to subdue attackers without excessive force.
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John Shevenell
Shevenell
Orchard Beach
Saco Middle School
James Hadley
Hadley
Olive Belanger
Queensbury
Olice
Saco
Alberick Martin
Martin
Old Orchard Beach
Police Academy
Quandary at OOB: Old building, new gear loom large
In Old Orchard Beach the police fire complex awaits council budget decisions before operation. Items under review include a $3500 fire slide pole, $1763 police gear, and $7000 in furniture. Move plans hinge on budget approval, with a May 12 budget vote deciding if the complex is equipped.
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Old Orchard Beach
OOBPD
Joe
Anaief
Paul Tibbetts
Smith
Forecast: clouding over tomorrow with chance of rain
A brief local weather note indicates cloudy skies expected tomorrow. The forecast makes no severe warnings and mentions a light to moderate rain possibility, with temperatures not specified. The advisory is dated April 30, 1976, a Friday.
On This Date In History 1789 Washington Inaugurated
The entry notes Washington’s inauguration at Federal Hall in New York on this date, as the first U S president. It also mentions the 1798 creation of the U S Navy Department and the 1803 Louisiana Purchase expanding U S territory.
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Associated Press
Federal Hall
New York
George Washington
United States
U.S. Navy Department
Congress
Louisiana Purchase
France
Casey Jones
Vaughan
Miss
White House
H. R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
Richard Kleindienst
John Dean
Peking
China
Richard Nixon
North Vietnam
Provisional Revolutionary Government
Saigon
Millionaire Hughes Will Arise From Scattered Pages
A recluse Howard Hughes will probate a handwritten will leaving millions to the Mormon Church and naming a 31 year old Utah gas station owner as inheritor of 1/16 of the estate. The man recalls confessing a 1968 desert killing he believed to be Hughes.
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Utah
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Nevada Desert
Father’s Birthday Rule Sparks Frugal Family Obedience
A father of four says he gets obedience from his family at least one day a year. On his birthday he asks them not to spend much money and they never do. The note appears in a newspaper page listing sections including cartoons classifieds and puzzles.
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Gov’t
Tom Raum
Research and Development Administration
House
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Clinch River
ERDA
Joint Committee
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Biddeford
Oufnge
Robert LaPage Jr
Stephen Muskie
John Young
Fire Department
Police Department
Tibbetts
Public Safety Commission
Beach PD
Thomas Smith
Thornton Academy
Biddeford High School
Golden Trojans
Portland
Deering High
Sanford
Redskins
Deering
Tim Dean
Bob Chenard
Bob Chenard Twirled A Three-Hitter Against the Oe
Journal
Maine
New England News
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