Officials explain accident at Three Mile Island reactor
NRC officials say the Three Mile Island reactor ran out of control for 16 hours before engineers stabilized it and began cooling toward cold shutdown. Metropolitan Edison defended safety and warned financial repercussions as radiation leaked on March 28.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg, Pa
Three Mile Island
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Metropolitan Edison
Robert Bernero
NRC
Bernero
Carter
Pennsylvania
Dick Thornburgh
Washington
Edison
Joel Charnoff
Helicopter Samples Radiation Over Three Mile Island Reactor
A helicopter flies over the Three Mile Island Nuclear plant in Harrisburg Pennsylvania to collect radiation samples from the stabilized reactor. The AP Laserphoto caption notes the visit as part of ongoing monitoring after the 1979 accident and cleanup efforts.
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Three Mile Island
Harrisburg
Ship flags return to Seattle for corn trade revival
The Liu Lin Hai will dock April 18 marking the first flag of China in Seattle in 30 years as Nyse officials and Lykes Bros. plan a monthly Shanghai call to deliver corn.
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Seattle
National Council For United States
Sabotage Attack Hits French Nuclear Plant Near Toulon
Saboteurs set off three plastic charges at an industrial plant in La Seyne sur Mer near Toulon. The blasts caused several million dollars in damage at a site producing components for two experimental nuclear reactors for Iraq. No radiation risk reported and no damage to nuclear materials confirmed.
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LA Seyne-Sur-Mer
France
Iraq
Mediterranean
Toulon
Benguela Railway to haul Zaire copper again after war shutdown
Benguela Railway resumes operations in Angola to move Zaire copper and minerals to the Atlantic after a three year war caused closure in 1976. Transport Minister Faustino Muteka announced the reopening amid guerrilla activity delaying the restart.
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Luanda
Angola
Benguela
Zaire
Atlantic
Faustino Muteka
Amin makes last stand near Kampala as invasion widens
Reports from Dar es Salaam say Idi Amin and Libyan forces dug in at Jinja to resist Tanzanian troops and Ugandan exiles moving from Kampala. Verification was uncertain with diplomats and residents noting conflicting accounts and no conclusive sightings of Amin. Local Kampala studios remained guarded and quiet with distant gunfire heard.
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Judy Yablonky
Associated Press
Nairobi
Kenya
Idi Amin
Jinja
Kampala
Dar Es Salaam
Uganda
Muammar Khadafy
Amin
RADIO
Kerr-McGee manager testifies in Silkwood trial
Oklahoma City AP report: Kerr-McGee manager Wayne Norwood says many surprise inspections by federal inspectors at the Crescent uranium and plutonium plants occurred without notice, contradicting earlier claims of frequent advance warnings. Silkwood estate seeks $11.5 million for plutonium contamination in 1974. Norwood details contamination in Silkwood's Edmond apartment, noting highest radioactivity in kitchen and bathroom after her death in a 1974 auto crash.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Kerr-McGee Corp
Kerr-McGee
Atomic Energy Commission
Wayne Norwood
Norwood
Silkwood
Miss Silkwood
Crescent
Edmond
Senate Fracas Over Public School Prayer
The Senate votes 47 to 37 to attach Helms' amendment removing federal court review of state voluntary school prayer laws. If sustained, it could overturn the Supreme Court stance on church state separation. The move accompanies debate on a Carter era Education Department bill.
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Washington
Senate
Supreme Court
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Judicial Review
Helms
Congress
Education program to aid returning students
Washington AP A $130 million federal education program aims to help students who left school return to continue their studies. Rep William D Ford notes officials say funds are now being released. An estimated 60,000 to 70,000 college and vocational students will be eligible for grants.
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Washington
House
William D. Ford
D-Mich
Congress
Ford
Plane's midair dive after snack shocks Detroit flight
DETROIT AP A Boeing 727 carrying 80 passengers to New York Minneapolis swerved, rolled, and dived from 39 000 to 12 000 feet after a midair vibration. No deaths. three injured. FAA called the event miraculous and unprecedented as pilots regained control.
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Detroit
TWA
New York
Minneaplis
Chell Roberts
University of Utah
Federal Aviation Administration
Langhorne Bond
FAA
H. Gibson
Chicago
Bond
Washington
Chuck Foster
Fog
Minneapolis
Northwest Airlines
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