West Valley plant tests safer disposal of nuclear waste
In upstate New York a West Valley facility treats radioactive waste from a former reprocessing plant. Technicians in green suits operate filters and solidification, aiming to stabilize waste into cemented drums and glass logs for a federal repository while locals joke about glow in the dark.
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Upstate
New York
Darren Depp
West Valley
N.Y
Allegheny Mountains
Enchanted Hills
Cattaraugus Creek
Sylvan
Zoar Valley
Buffalo
Savannah River
Hanford
Wash
Willis Bixby
Department of Energy
Nelson Rockefeller
Getty Oil Co
Federal
Nevada
West Valley Nuclear Services Co
Westinghouse Electric Co
Bixby
Three Mile Island
Chernobyl
Coalition On
Mongerson
Bernard “Bud” Williams
Flight recorder theft mystery haunts Pentagon probe
The Pentagon probes whether a missing 1987 Minuteman flight recorder ties to suspected Soviet submarine activity near Kwajalein Atoll. Circumstantial signs include a Soviet sailor cap and empty vodka bottles found on a South Pacific beach, with officials noting possible loss, misplacement, or recovery failure amid a lengthy inquiry.
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New York Times
Washington
South Pacific
Army
Navy
Air Force
Defense Intelligence Agency
Department of Energy
Pentagon
Kwajalein Atoll
CBS News
Marshall Islands
United States
Gennady I. Gerasimov
Foreign Ministry
Moscow
Central Information Agency
Vandenberg Air Force Base
California
Amarillo
Texas
Kwajelein
Solar cooker aids Third World women by harnessing sun
In Minneapolis AP report, a cardboard foil glass solar cooker designed by Arizona women is promoted with Pillsbury backing to reduce woodfire smoke and free women from gathering firewood. The device reaches 250 275 degrees, cooks with low heat, and could ease global firewood shortages affecting 1.5 billion people.
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Arizona
Minneapolis
Pillsbury Co
William H. Sperber
United Nations
Robert Metcalf
California State University-Sacramento
Sperber
University of Wisconsin
Pillsbury
Metcalf
United States
Africa
South
Central America
Chris Flavin
Worldwatch Institute
Flavin
Barbara Kerr
Taylor, Ariz
Sherry Cole
Tempe
Kerr
Cole
Bolivia
Freedom From Hunger Foundation
Technology Center
Dutch Plan to Ease Traffic Sparks Environmental and Liberty Clash
The Netherlands weighs a 15.5 billion transport plan to widen highways and add 620 miles of roads in the Rotterdam Amsterdam area, plus urban road pricing sensors. Environmentalists warn of ecological harm while motorists fear loss of liberty as jams cost billions in lost output.
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Netherlands
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Utrecht
Europe
Neelie Smit-Kroes
Massachussetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Willem-Jan van Gron_delle
Dutch Nature and Environment
van Grondelle
Henk Langeweg
Smit-Kroes
Rotterdam- Amsterdam
Langeweg
Probate Notice for Francis G. Young Executor Named
The Iowa District Court records probate of the 1983 will of Francis G. Young died about November 9. Helen M. Young appointed executor. Creditors must file claims within four months from the second publication, or be barred. Notice dated January 10, 1989 in Cedar Rapids. Also bids invited for University of Iowa project with set-aside goals and bid opening February 1, 1989.
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Iowa District Court
Francis G. Young
Francis G Young
Ivor
Helen M. Young
Cedar Rapids
Lowe
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Holden, Steggall and Heckel
Iowa
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Iowa State Board of Regents
University Architectural/Engineering Servces
North Hall
Roy J. Carver
Hansen Lind Meyer, Inc
Plaie One
Drawer
SHY Lowe
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