Nuclear plant leak near Rochester prompts site emergency
A ruptured steam generator tube at the Ginna nuclear plant near Ontario NY released radioactive steam from 9 09 a m to 10 42 a m with northwest winds 14 mph The plant was shut down and a site emergency declared Evacuations affected non essential personnel no public danger reported and radiation levels remained at background The NRC and utility officials described the release as isolated with no expected further radiological discharges
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Rochester
N.Y
Ginna
Ontario
National Weather Service
Monroe County
Clarence Bassett
Sullivan
Lake Ontario
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Gary Sanborn
NRC
New York State
Sanborn
San
Born
Sue Gagner
Washington
Carrier Mills antique dealer dies after weekend shoot-out
Edith Gulley a 48 year old Carrier Mills antique dealer died at Welborn Baptist Hospital after being shot outside her home in a Saturday incident that also left her two sons, Jack Gulley Jr. and Cecil Gulley, seriously injured. Police describe the event as part of a continuing family feud involving four suspects, with no arrests. The case remains under investigation by Carrier Mills police, Saline County sheriff, and the Illinois DCI, with possible referral to the attorney general. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at James Thorton Funeral Home with burial in Salem Cemetery.
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Dave DeWitte
Southern Illinois
Carrier Mills
Edith Gulley
Welborn Baptist Hospital
Evansville
Jack Gulley Jr
Doctor’s Hospital
Harrisburg
Cecil Gulley
Jack
Tion
Jack Nolen
Illinois Division of Criminal Investigation
DCI
Nolen
Carrier Mills Police
Saline County Sheriff’s Office
Ken Clare
Clare
Illinois Attorney General’s Office
Gulley
Jack Gulley
Jerry Wayne
Cecil Clay
Robert Scott
Jackie Dale
Gene Robinson
Margaret Brothers
James Thorton
Salem Cemetery
Air Force history details secret Laos spraying during Vietnam era
New York Times reports an unpublished Air Force history showing covert herbicide spraying in Laos and South Vietnam, debated at high levels over international backlash. The draft, by Maj. William A. Am Jr., notes early 1960s defoliants brought into South Vietnam in violation of 1954 Geneva accords, later openly conducted spraying, and questions about plans to use civilian-cloaked crews.
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New York Times
Air Force
United States
Laos
South Vietnam
America
Indochina
State Department
Ainsworth
Southeast Asia
Ngo Dinh Diem
Westmoreland
William H. Sullivan
Vientiane
Sullivan
17Th Parallel
Weather outlook: clearing and colder nights ahead
National Weather Service forecast calls for a clear, colder night with diminishing winds and a low of 5 to 10 above. Tuesday brings increasing clouds with a high in the 20s, followed by 40s highs and 20s lows Wednesday through Friday with rain on Wednesday.
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National Weather Service
Construction slump hits big small contractors
The Southern Illinois University Carbondale and IDOT projects mask a local slowdown. In 12 cities surveyed 737 permits were issued in 1981, up from 607 in 1980, but construction value fell from 28.3 million to 19.1 million. Four towns showed higher value. five reported fewer permits.
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Southern Illinoisan
Russ Stephens
R. B. Stephens Construction Co
Carbondale
Illinois Department of Transportation
IDOT
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Illinois
Benton
Ben Coal Co
Carterville
Christopher
Herrin
Johnston City
Marion
Sparta
West Frankfort
Dan Bratton
Dan R. Bratton Construction
Murphysboro
Stephens
Bratton
Reagan
Anna
Chester
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Richard Sullivan
Rochester Gas & Electric Co
Buffalo
John McCutchen
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Ann Landers
Wit’s End
du Quoin
Pinckneyville
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