Splitting atoms and the West Valley waste project stakes
West Valley New York hosts a DOE backed program to turn liquid radioactive waste from the former reprocessing plant into cement blocks and glass. The plan, funded 90 percent by the federal government, aims to secure both low and high level waste for transport and long term burial, with completion anticipated in the mid 1990s for vitrification and turn of the century shipments to a Nevada dump.
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West Valley
N.Y
Nea
Nevada
Death Valley
New York
Department of Energy
DOE
State of
Westinghouse Electric
John Chamberlain
Chamberlain
State of Illinois
National Guard
Dixon
Voice of the People letter targets McCarthy and Buchanan
Claire Metzger of Dixon denounces Pat Buchanan for a Sept 28 column and recalls anti Semitic harms tied to Cardinal Glemp and Auschwitz. She cites Jewish victims of the Holocaust, urging memory and peace while condemning bigotry and religious persecution.
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McCarthy
Pat Buchanan
Chicago Sun- Times
Warsaw
Jozef Cardinal Glemp
Solidarity Movement
John Cardinal O’connor
New York
Auschwitz
Cardinal Glemp
Anthony Morello
Ottillie Metzger
Germany
Europe
United States
Claire Metzger
Dixon
Hugo's Devastating Aftermath Lingers For Years
A Sacramento Bee reprint notes Hugo's lasting toll beyond headlines and after power returns. It highlights ruined homes, uninsured losses, job loss, and the struggle of shelter living, with enduring poverty and bureaucratic delays delaying relief and recovery for years or decades.
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Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
South Carolina
Hugo
Caribbean
Carolina
Sacramento
Calif
Bee
Jinx Warnings As Cubs Clinch NL East Title
In Chicago a jubilant mood followed the Cubs securing the National League East, with fans gathering at Wrigley and Daley Center. The piece worries about official celebrations inviting a jinx, notes the path ahead against Giants and the World Series, and hints at rituals to ward off bad luck.
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Montreal
Chicago Cubs
Mudville
Mitch Williams
Cubs
WWGN
Wrigley Field
Pittsburgh
Daley Center Plaza
Cub
San Francisco Giants
Don Zimmer
Dixon Hearing Backs 1 Million HUD Grant Plan
Ten years ago October 3 1979 at the first public hearing of the Citizen's Advisory Committee for the Community Development Program the Dixon city council approved a proposed 1 million pre-application for block grant funds. The grant would support 2.5 million in services and real estate improvements.
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Dixon
Housing of Urban Development
HUD
Lee County
Jack van Meter
Harmon Road
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Voice of
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Buchanan
Rme
Rea
Copley News Service
CA Maronich
Pinecrest Cemetery
van Meter
Dixon Telegraph
Alexis de Tocqueville
William E. Shaw
Mike Chapman
C. A. Maronich
Ken Brown
Sandy Burke
Brian Olmsted
Louise Brass
Lori Fagan
Ellen Farias
Patty Gluntz
Clark Kelly
Chip Marshall
Mark Sauer
Jerry Pauser
Jim Nelson
Ed Bushman
Case Butler
Deana Heintzelman
Elizabeth Lovett
Mark Robins
Diane Shehorn
Linda Ross
Kathy Grossman
Monroe
Bernadine Willstead
Rhonda Klavenga, Jan
Tracey L
Montgomery
Cathy Harshman
Edwin E. Smith Jr
Trina Rebly
Scott Brown
LeeAnn Harn
Maileo
Stephanie Heather
Thomas Mekeel
Gunars Kulikovskis
Richard Devine
Robert Dogwiler
Rosemary Flowers
Robert Gorman
John Jacobs
Dick Kibble
Joe Leadman
Angela Bester
Robert Fenwick
Bruce Belman
Matt Brady
Dave Johnson
Jo Anne Mills
Carol Hemminger
Barbara Maves
Carole Houck
Joanne Smith
Delbert Pitman
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