Maine farmer fights Maine Yankee shutdown in referendum
Ray Shadis a 38 year old Maine farmer and wood sculptor leads a statewide push to close the 840 megawatt Maine Yankee nuclear plant two miles from his Wiscasset farm. After 18 years of controversy he and his wife Pat have spent months gathering 55000 voter signatures and facing public hearings as they warn of meltdown risk and radiation while planning for a life altered by activism and financial strain.
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Edgecomb
Maine
Raymond Shadis
Wiscassel
Mainé Yankee
Shadis
Pat
West Virginia
Ocean
Miles Land
Pennsylvania
Maine Yankee
New Brunswick
Protests Step Up Theatrics At Three Mile Island Anniversary
In Harrisburg protesters mark the first anniversary of the Three Mile Island accident with dramatic acts at a PUC meeting. A man posing as a weak kneed Superman collapsed claiming radiation sickness while critics urge NRC to permanently close the plant.
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Cleveland
Three Mile Island
Middletown
Harrisburg
UPI
Public Utility Commission
Pennsylvania
Superman
Harold Denton
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Executive Mansion
Denton
Dick Thornburgh
Metropolitan Edison Co
NRC
U.S
Fireman Charged In Fetish Cocaine Death Case
Boca Raton fireman John Stetz Jr is charged with third degree murder in the death of his 23 year old fiancee Elizabeth Eckhart from a cocaine infusion during lovemaking. Police say an unidentified friend described cocaine inserted in her vagina. Eckhart convulsed and died after going to Boca Raton Community Hospital. Detectorates note authorities call the death drug related. If convicted, Stetz faces up to 15 years. DEA notes cocaine sex link raised years ago.
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Boca Raton
Fla
UPI
Dade County
Charles Wetli
John Stetz Jr
Elizabeth Eckhart
Stetz
Boca Raton Community Hospital
Gerald Sullivan
David Hoover
Drug Enforcement Administration
DEA
Garwood seeks VC guards testimony for defense
Marine PFC Robert R. Garwood asks to travel to Vietnam to interview former Vietcong guards and officials to bolster his defense in a desertion and collaboration case. His court martial nears day four, with potential interviews at the POW camps and scene of the alleged crime in 1965.
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Camp Lejeune
N.C
UPI
Pfe
Robert R. Garwood
Vietnam
Garwood
Danang
Joseph Composto
Col
R.E. Switzer
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Maine Farmer
Luke Plant
Thurs
TMI
Adams, Ind
South Vietnam
Drexel
Heritage
Thomasville
Kling
Mersman
Broyhill
Rerpy- Scanlan
Broadway
Lorain, Ohio
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