Radioactivity in Wayne stream tied to bomb research findings
NRC found radioactive wastes from postwar bomb research have contaminated a half mile of Sheffield Brook and banks near Wayne New Jersey, with thorium 232 radium 228 and uranium 238 above safety standards along a 6.5 acre Grace plant site. Officials say no immediate hazard or drinking water risk, but residents fear long term health effects and demand cleanup.
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Robert Hanley
New York Times Service
Wayne
N.J
Pompton River
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Davison
Deerfield Road
Sheffield Brook
NRC
The
Atomic Energy Commission
John Russo
John D. Kinneman
King of Prussia
Kinneman
No reason women cannot fly in NASA space mission
NASA plans to launch Sally Ride on the Challenger as the first American woman in space for about six days. The mission includes testing gender effects on physiology and psychology, with Ride and John Fabian handling satellite deployment and the SPAS retrieval, marking a milestone in space history.
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Sally Kristen Ride
Robert Reinhold
New York Times
Houston
Sally Kristen
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Carolyn Huntoon
NASA
Biomedical Laboratories
Earth
Antarctic
Soviet Union
Valentina Tereshkova
Vostok 6
Miss Tereshkova
Vladimir A. Shatalov
0.G. Gazenko
United States
Sally Ride
Svetlana Y
Savitskaya
South Pole Station
Ride
Stanford University
John Fabian
Nazi gold hunt in northern Italy attracts private search
In Bolzano area fortress Alto Adige a private dig led by Luigi Cavalloni seeks 150000 pounds of gold allegedly buried by Nazi forces in 1944 from the Bank of Italy. He hopes 5 to 15 percent of value as finder’s fee amid mixed local belief.
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Guardian
Rome
Bolzano
Italy
Bank of Italy
Luigi Cavalloni
Cesano Boscone
Milan
Alto Adige
South Tyrol
Austria
Luigi Einaudi
Lautenberg Warns Computers Could Create New Poor Class
Senator Frank Lautenberg in his maiden Senate speech warned that rapid home and school computer growth favors wealthy districts and risks a divided society. He cited 25 percent fewer computers in poor schools and almost 70 percent in wealthy districts, urging equal access to technology.
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New York Times Service
Washington
Frank R. Lautenberg
Senate
New Jersey Democrat
Lautenberg
Federal Office of Technology Assessment
Congress
Harrison A. Williams
Millicent H. Fenwick
NAACP Chair Stripped of All Powers by Board
In Chicago the NAACP board 54 members voted 49 to 5 to strip chairwoman Margaret Bush Wilson of all powers and urged her resignation. Vice chairman Kelly Alexander assumed the powers while Wilson considered resignation plans and attended plans for the New Orleans convention.
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New York Times
Chicago
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Margaret Bush Wilson
Kelly M. Alexander Sr
NAACP
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New Jersey Bureau of Radiation Protection
Brook
Grace Site
Arthur R. Bartolozzi
Gayle van Dyken
Concerned Citizens of
Diamond Sale
Palla
Wordman
7Th Ave
Marion
Wilson
Hooks
Association
Benjamin Hooks
NIKON
3Rd Ave
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