Contaminated Three Mile Island may be junked as mausoleum
Officials warn the crippled Three Mile Island reactor may be so contaminated that the facility could be discarded as a $1 billion mausoleum. Engineers report a shrinking gas bubble while fearing instrument failure from intense radiation and possible cleanup delays.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg, Pa
Three Mile Island
Washington
Gary Hart
Subcommittee On
Morris K. Udall
House Energy Subcommittee
Udall
Karl Abraham
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Italy plant to reopen after 1.2 million lire loan
Acciaierie Pugliesi employees agree to lend 1.2 million lire total to aid the financially strapped steelworks. Each worker contributes about 1,100 lire via bonds or wage deductions, earning 12 percent interest tied to last year’s inflation.
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Giovinazzo
Italy
Acciaierie Pugliesi
Fire victims raised question of staffing at Farmington boarding home
In Farmington Missouri authorities said 25 residents died in a boarding home fire and that lack of staff may have prevented swift evacuation. The sole night worker slept and was pulled out by two elderly residents. Thirteen people escaped injuries. Investigators pursued an electrical short as a possible cause, while a separate Pa blaze and a Dayton jail fire were noted. Dorothy East, 58, the on site staffer, survived but was hospitalized in shock.
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Farmington
Marva Lubker
Connellsville
Dayton
Ohio
Straughan Wayside Inn
Bob Oder
Dorothy East
C.J. LaRose
Silkwood case mistrial motion denied in Oklahoma City
The judge refused a mistrial in the 11.5 million Silkwood plutonium contamination case. Jurors were told to ignore Three Mile Island coverage. Kerr-McGee says Silkwood contaminated herself. she died in a 1974 car crash.
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Oklahoma City
Karen Silkwood
Three Mile Island
Pennsylvania
Kerr-McGee Corp
Harrisburg
Kerr-McGee
Miss Silkwood
U.S
Frank G
Sadat and Begin Map New Talks Next Month in Sinai and Negev
President Sadat and Prime Minister Begin agreed to meet again inEl Arish Sinai on May 27 as Israel plans to withdraw from Sinai. They will also meet in Beersheba for further talks and announce open borders and an air corridor Cairo to Ben Gurion. They aim to maintain direct contact and advance peace and friendship. Cabinet ministers will begin five week talks on autonomous self rule for 1.1 million people.
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Arthur Max
Associated Press
Cairo
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Menachem Begin
Sinai Desert
Israel
Negev
Sadat
Begin
el Arish
Sinai
Mediterranean
Sinai Peninsula
Beersheba
Negev Desert
Ben-Gurion
Gaza Strip
West Bank
Jordan River
Butros Ghali
Jerusalem
Moshe Dayan
Carter
National Museum
Pyramids
Kabbeh
DC Voting Rights Bill Faces Setback in Legislature
AP report notes the proposed DC representation in Congress stalls in both House and Senate with key backers dropping away. Five states have approved the measure. 38 states needed by August 1985 to become law. Separate item reports Kansas approves a lethal injection death penalty bill pending Carlin’s signature.
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Olympia
Wash
District of Columbia
Congress
House
Senate
New Jersey
Ohio
Michigan
Minnesota
Massachusetts
Topeka
Kan
John Carlin
Carlin
Kansas
U.S. Supreme Court
Lansing
Rebels Driven From City As Iranian Forces Gain Control
Iranian army and pro-government units swept the western sector of the northeast city as rebel Turkoman forces abandoned positions at night. Helicopters scouted toward the Soviet border while officials cited 130 to 400 killed and 300 injured in a week of fighting. A government cease-fire took hold Monday but shelling persisted. About 1,500 government loyalists edged through deserted streets as shops closed. A three member committee brokered a shaky peace blaming SAVAK and old regime interests. Barricades were lifted and prisoner exchanges began as regular army took over order duties.
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Ali Reza Jahan-Shahi
Associated Press
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Savak
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Japan symposium planned to urge marijuana legalization
The Clear Light Society, a Kyoto group of about 300, plans a June 5 symposium to press for Japan legalizing marijuana, arguing current laws infringe civil liberties. Akutagawa Koh, its head and an artist indicted in 1977 for hemp grows, says the movement seeks law revision, not endorsement of smoking.
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K.P. Hong
Associated Press
TOKYO
Clear Light Society
Asia
Japan
Malaysia
South Korea
Philippines
Hong Kong
Singapore
India
Koh Akutagawa
U.S. National Institute On Drug Abuse
NIDA
Akutagawa
Clear Light
U.S
Koichi Tamura
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New York
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Geneva
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Argentina
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N.Y
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