Group Challenges Nuclear Safety Oversight
A citizens group charged the government with weak enforcement of nuclear plant safety rules, citing a 71 page study of NRC and AEC documents obtained via FOIA. It claims inspectors focus on company records rather than plants and that penalties are too lenient, with fines capped at 25 000 dollars monthly and plant shutdowns as capital punishment.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
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Cyclone Kills 500 in Sri Lanka Heads Toward India
Floods and mudslides from a cyclone across Sri Lanka killed about 500 people and left thousands homeless. India reports 15 dead on the southern coast as the storm moves toward Kerala, with relief efforts ongoing in Batticaloa and Madras.
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Colombo
United News of India
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Ranasinghe Premadasa
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A.C.S. Hameed
Batticaloa
Dennis Perera
Madras
Weather Bureau
Kerala
City officials weigh 1980 budget cuts amid federal squeeze
City leaders gathered ahead of Carter administration plans to trim the federal budget by 18 to 30 billion dollars from 500 billion. Mayors worry over funding for transit and employment programs each at 11 billion, as welfare reform faces hit. Carter speaks at the National League of Cities Congress, expected to draw about 3,300 delegates.
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Carter
White House
Congress of Cities
National League of Cities
Complaint justified but no reinstatement for smoke in radio room
Sandra Cahill, 38, was fired for excessive sick leave after refusing to work in a tobacco haze filled fire department radio room. The Civil Service Board deemed her claim valid but declined reinstatement, noting allergies may be worsened by smoke. She now works for Southern Bell in a smoke-free office.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Sandra Cahill
City Civil Service Board
Jack Fried
Civil Service Board
Southern Bell Telephone Co
South Africa may accept U.N. backed Namibia vote
Secretary-General Waldheim told the Security Council that South Africa rejected a demand to cancel the Dec 4-8 election in South-West Africa but may accept a U.N. sanctioned poll for a constituent assembly. Fourie signaled openness to later U.N. supervision while preferring an early domestic vote.
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South Africa
U.N
South-West Africa
Roelof F
Pik) Botha
New York
League of Nations
SWAPO
Namibian Leader Denounces SA Election Refusal
In Reggio Emilia San Nujoma of SWAPO calls South Africa’s plan to hold next month’s election illegal and vows continued military and political action to end colonial rule in Namibia during a three day southern African solidarity conference.
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Italy
SWAPO
San Nujoma
South Africa
Nujoma
Beef certificates offer unique Christmas gift in Iowa
Ames Iowa December 25 197? Beef certificates available for Christmas gifts say Keith Johnson executive director of the Iowa Beef Industry Council Certificates come in denominations of 5 10 and 20 and can be purchased through the council's Ames Office The program supports Iowa's beef industry and provides a widely loved gift.
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Iowa
UPI
Keith Johnson
Iowa Beef Industry Council
Conflicting marches set in New Orleans
In New Orleans, about 100 robed Ku Klux Klan members plan a march from the French Quarter to the Liberty Monument amid counter demonstrations by black activists. Mayor Ernest Morial urged restraint while police pledged readiness to keep order during the clash with the march coinciding with the Bayou Classic game.
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Ernest Morial
Morial
James Parsons
White League
Citizens Militia
Metropolitan Police
KKK
Southern
Grambling
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