Connecticut Radioactive Waste Shipment Protest Grows
Residents of Connecticut confront a government transport of radioactive waste from Brookhaven National Laboratory on an nearly 100 mile route to South Carolina. Critics fear risks and precedent while ERDA officials defend safety measures and cask strength.
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Federal Energy Research and Development Administration
ERDA
Orient Point
Long Island
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton
N.Y
Connecticut Turnpike
Milford
Merritt Parkway
Stratford
Waterbury
Danbury
New York City
Aiken
S.C
Connecticut
New York
Newton
Bishops Hold Line on Divorce Issue in New England Convocation
At the New England Bishops Convocation in Holyoke Massachusetts about 150 delegates debated sacraments for divorced or remarried Catholics and kept to the stance that Communion cannot be taken by those living in sin. Cardinal Medeiros supported the current rule while Bishop Curtis suggested possible latitude for confessors. Mass attendance has declined about 20 percent over the last decade.
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Holyoke
Mass
New England
Humberto Cardinal Medeiros
Boston
Walter Curtis
Bridgeport
Conn
J. Brian Hehir
Peace and Justice
U.S. Catholic Conference
New Hampshire Legislator Sued Over Aquarius Cruise Death
Frederick Robinson of Durham N H filed a 500000 lawsuit in U S District Court against Donald Gorman a New Hampshire Republican state legislator and Aquarius master over the December 21 boat capsize that killed Gary Robinson 20 and two other crewmen. The UNH student body was never recovered. The suit claims Gorman was negligent in crew safety gear radio and Coast Guard compliance and in failing to stay at a safe location. He refused to comment on the suit.
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Boston
Aquarius
New Hampshire
U.S
Frederick Robinson
Durham
N.H
Gary
University of New Hampshire
Robinson
Donald Gorman
Derry
Coast Guard
Safe
Gorman
Indians forgo bicentennial celebrations for ancestry research
Hartford AP report says Connecticut Indians decline state bicentennial cash to celebrate. Instead the Mohegan, Pequot and Schagticoke council will trace migrations from Moravian mission days to Canada and the Midwest while reviving historic ties and possibly delaying participation in state parades.
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Hartford
Connecticut
State
Council
Environmental Protection Department
Arris
Harris
Schaghticoke
Kent
Canada
Maine
Wisconsin
Western Pequot
Golden Hill
Frustration sparks toll free 800 digest by local pair
Paul Montana, 64, and his family published the Toll Free Digest listing thousands of toll-free 800 numbers for hotels, airlines, car rentals, and services. The 36 page directory, selling for $2, grew from a Utica call mishap and catalog research, aided by magazine and brochure listings.
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Claverack
N.Y
Paul Montana
Montana
Utica
T He Family
Fasting climber retraces steps toward “fountain of youth”
Hartford AP reports 70 year old Thomas Supina Jr. an Ashford resident ended a 31 day water fast at Villa Vegetariana Cuernavaca Mexico. He then attempted Mt Popocateptl climbing with five guides reaching 16 000 feet before ice halted progress. He weighed 195 pounds and lost about 40 pounds during the fast. The former Democratic state representative described rosy cheeks and plans a slow return to normal diet in Mexico.
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Hartford
Thomas Supina Jr
Supina
Ashford
Mexico City
Villa Vegetariana
Cuernavaca
Mexico
Upina
Mt. Popocateptl
North America
Shaker Regional votes to allow Lord's Prayer in schools
Belmont and Canterbury area voters in the Shaker Regional School district approved a 4 to 1 show of hands to permit the Lord's Prayer recitation in schools despite a federal court ruling that a state law permitting it is unconstitutional. About a dozen New Hampshire districts have adopted prayer or meditation practices.
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Belmont
N. H
New Hampshire
Shaker
Canterbury
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