No Safe Radiation Level Shapes Nuclear Reactor Standards
EPA chief William D. Ruckelshaus told Congress that radiation standards for nuclear reactors must assume no safe level of exposure, citing risk proportional to dose. Rep. Holifield challenged the stance, warning rigid rules could impede energy production and pollution abatement efforts.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
Congress
William D. Ruckelshaus
EPA
Chet Holifield
D-Calif
Joint Atomic Energy Committee
Holifield
Ruckelshaus
Peter Dominick
R-Colp
Dominick
Colorado
Craig Hosmer
R-Calif
Radford Pageant Begins Tonight
Radford presents the historical drama The Long Way Home opening Thursday with 67 cast members. The play recounts Mary Draper Ingles escape from captivity in 1755 and her 800 mile trek to the Radford area near the Ingles cabin site under reconstruction.
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Radford (Ap
Radford
Mary Draper Ingles
Byrd Pushes $31.8 Million for West Virginia Water Projects
Sen. Robert Byrd urged a Senate subcommittee to approve more than $31.8 million in federal funds for five West Virginia lake and dam projects. The requests include Beech Fork Lake, Bloomington Lake, Willow Island lock and dam, R. D. Bailey Lake, and Burnsville Lake with total funding $5.4 million above the fiscal 1972 budget.
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Washington
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Senate Appropriations
West Virginia
Byrd
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Bloomington Lake
Mineral County
Willow Island Lock and Dam
Pleasants County
R. D. Bailey Lake
Wyoming County
Burnsville Lake
Braxton County
Questioning VA drug treatment limits sparks Senate debate
Senate aides and VA officials discussed the Veterans Administration drug treatment program with D Iowa Senator Len Hughes questioning the need for total amnesty and compulsory disclosure of patient crimes. VA general counsel John J. Corcoran said names must be turned over to federal agencies on request, while supporters praised the program's 80 percent rehabilitation rate and planned expansion to 32 centers treating 6,000 annually.
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Washington
Len Harold Hughes
Iowa
Veterans Administration
Hughes
Senate
Justice Department
John J. Corcoran
Corcoran
Johnson
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Costs For Airport Extension Grow At Tri-State
An updated estimate raises the Huntington West Virginia Tri-State Airport extension project cost to over 8 million dollars, up nearly 2 million, as L Robert Kimball Consulting Engineers updates the runway expansion from 5,281 to 6,500 feet for federal funding.
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Huntington
W.va
Tri-State
Federal Aviation Administration
William R. Reeves
L. Robert Kimball Consulting Engineers
Ebensburg
William A Whittle
FAA
Falls Church
Cabell County Court
City of
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