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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1979
Page
5
Governments extended the Mt Soufriere evacuation zone by a half mile as eruptions continued. Two children died from fumes at the start of the month as tremors raised concern of a Mt Pelee like event.
Declassified AEC records show President Eisenhower urged the agency to confuse the public about the size of a 1953 atomic bomb test. The disclosure came as Sen. Edward Kennedy released AEC meeting minutes and Gordon Dean diary at a Salt Lake City hearing on fallout health effects from Nevada tests in 1951 to 1962, focusing on Upshot Knothole.
Commission members weighed delaying the final nuclear test due to safety and public fallout concerns after the May 1953 blast. Eisenhower granted permission on May 27 and urged downplaying “thermonuclear” terms in releases, amid broader guidance to keep fission and fusion distinctions unclear.
Salt Lake City UPI reports 1953 Red radioactive clouds over St George Utah from Nevada atom bomb tests sparked anger as Elmer Picket and relatives developed leukemia. Hearing chaired by Sen. Kennedy and Rep. Eckhardt heard from residents accusing the government of withholding warnings. A University of Utah study linked atmospheric tests to rising childhood leukemia. Dr Joseph Lyon called it the leading contender as a cancer cause while cautioning about final proof.
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission bars Met-Ed from collecting a 49.2 million annual rate rise and reviews a 56.2 million rate boost for Pennsylvania Electric Company. The panel will consider whether 852000 Met-Ed and Peco customers should bear 13.9 million a month in power purchases during the Three Mile Island shutdown and suspends automatic cost pass through pending hearings.
Boston reports energy analysts say disruption of Middle East oil to the West is unlikely. If a cutoff occurred, experts say the United States might consider military options, with Saudi Arabia supplying about a quarter of Western oil.
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