Harrisburg calm amid nuclear nightmare near TMI plant
President Carter praises calm and responsible behavior of residents after five days of the nuclear scare around Three Mile Island. Despite a potential holocaust threat, there is no panic or bank runs, though an unknown number have evacuated. County emergency officials estimate about 60,000 left Dauphin County with calm traffic and reduced business activity.
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New efforts begin to cool down reactor
Nuclear engineers started a new plan at Three Mile Island to convert hydrogen gas back into water to help cool the reactor and enable shutdown. President Carter and Gov. Thornburgh inspected the site, reported stability, and officials said the maneuver posed no new danger while state workers reported for duty.
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Convicted Warlock shot dead by girlfriend in apartment
Trisha Cofsell reports former Warlock Motorcycle Club member MacMillan, once jailed for conspiring in a 1976 child murder, was shot at his Beverly Avenue home during an argument with his girlfriend Beverly Stierheim. She is charged with murder and remanded without bail. preliminary hearing set for April 9.
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Aston Demo elected new county chairman
Leo Lamer of Aston won the Delaware County Democratic Party chair in a special election at Haverford High School, 220 to 206 over Peggy Cherpack. Lamer urged unity and called for outreach while pledging to keep the current party executive committee in place until June 1960.
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