Opposition grows over Erie nuclear plant plan
A $2 billion Erie County nuclear plant on a 1700 acre site sparks debate among workers wives priests and professors. Opponents question waste handling air and water safety and demand fuller data as hearings prepare to begin with intervenors and legal challenges.
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Conferees Could Revive Dying Energy Program
Washington AP reports Democratic leaders push a House Senate conference committee to salvage parts of President Carter s energy plan after a week of Senate resistance. While talks continue, most expect results to differ from Carter s original push.
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Inside pages highlight lifestyle and business. Columns cover horse interests and buyer guides. Bridge, contracts, and datebook items appear with puzzles, dogs, and channel talk. Sports and television segments complement daily reads.
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Pushing retirement age to seventy alarms business leaders
Chicago business leaders mobilize to stop a bill raising private industry retirement from 65 to 70. Rep Claude Pepper propelled the measure, now advancing in Senate committees amid letters and lobbying. Sears chairman Arthur Wood warns of blocked advancement for younger workers and higher costs, urging careful consideration.
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SUNY halts human research amid consent concerns
In New York the SUNY system pauses all human subject research following concerns over informed consent. The Department of Health ordered a halt in SUNY Albany psychology studies after reports participants may not have been told risks. The SUNY acting president halted research pending a hearing starting Friday and running until October 26.
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Carter Signs Compromise Veterans Benefits Bill
President Carter reluctantly signed a bill requiring case by case review for Vietnam era veterans with upgraded discharges. Critics say it undermines the pardon program, though aides emphasize benefits are not the program’s core aim and honorably discharged veterans can still seek employment.
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Florida students face the mandatory Functional Literacy Test
Florida 11th graders face the first statewide Functional Literacy Test to graduate, a 117 question exam measuring reading and math at a seventh grade level. If they fail both math and reading they receive only a certificate of attendance. Up to 30 percent may fail initially, with two more chances before June 1979.
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