Nuke expertise won't ease public fear at TMI forum
In Middletown Pa on the fourth anniversary of the Three Mile Island accident a researcher warned that more knowledge about nuclear power will not comfort the public. About 50 people attended the three day forum near the plant as Roger Kasperson of Clark University suggested education may stir latent fears rather than assuage them. He linked the TMI disaster to the Tet Offensive in undermining trust in government and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Three Mile Island
Roger Kasperson
Clark University
Worcester
Mass
Kasperson
Clark
Center For Technology, Environment and Development
Vietnam
Kearny & Trecker Corp
Commerce Department
Oregon
Willamette Industries Inc
Nun Says Vatican Not Yet Ordered Quit as Welfare Chief
In Lansing, Sister Agnes Mary Mansour, director of the Michigan Department of Social Services, says the Vatican has not personally or formally told her to resign as head of the welfare agency. A Vatican aide had earlier stated she must leave her post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Vatican
Agnes Mary Mansour
Michigan Department of Social Services
Sisters of Mercy
Basil Heiser
The
Congregation For Religious and Secular Institutions
Vatican Agency
Mansour
Gas May Have Caused Girls Poisonings in West Bank
Israeli authorities suspect sulfuric gas as the cause of a wave of illnesses among more than 300 schoolgirls in Jenin Arraba and nearby towns over four days. Test results are pending while officials consider phospor-sulphate as the likely agent and tensions rise amid competing political accusations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel Aviv
Israel
West Bank
Soviet Union
Sev
Eral
Jenin
Arraba
Powell refuses to find school in prayer contempt
The Supreme Court declined to begin contempt proceedings against Mobile Alabama school board over officially sponsored prayers. Justice Powell left open the possibility of action in an appropriate lower court while signaling ongoing dispute and tied rulings to broader power and FOI Act issues from the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Mobile
Ala
Lewis F. Powell
Powell
Pacific Northwest
Bonneville Power Administration
Ceiling display collapse injures shoppers at store
Ten people were injured when ceiling fans and lighting fixtures fell at Home Owners Warehouse in Coconut Creek Florida. A 66 year old woman was hospitalized for observation after sustaining cuts to the neck hands and legs. An 8 month old boy escaped with a cut nose when his mother moved the carriage aside. The store, open 18 days, closed for the rest of the day after the 1 PM incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coconut Creek
Fla
Home Owners Warehouse
Also Mentioned on This Page
UPI
Susan Nokemi
Boston
Israel Army Radio
Beautyworks
Northern Lights Mall
Pasonally
Chappell’s
Eure
By Richard Carelli
Associated Press
Kelly
Kelly's
Selow
Hartford
Islip
Syracuse
Montreal
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!