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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 2000
Page
2
Amherst residents can enjoy a 6 to 10 p m car show and sock hop at 1161 Milan Ave on Saturday with prizes for 1950s and 1960s costumes. Featuring dance contests, food, a DJ, 50 50 drawing, and dash plaques for the first 200 entrants entry is 6.00 dollars from 2 to 6 p m. Rain date is Sept 16.
In Lima, the trial of Marthe Boddie, 25, begins as prosecutors detail a group plan to firebomb a home after alleging a cocaine theft. Five people died in the March 29 blaze, with six others already pleading guilty and set to testify.
USA Today reports government records show hundreds of private companies in the 1940s and 1950s processed and produced material for nuclear weapons exposing thousands of workers to radiation and toxic hazards. The investigation drew on 100000 pages declassified records, visits to archives, and interviews, noting many sites in Ohio and elsewhere with ongoing contamination. Energy Secretary Richardson expressed openness to a public database of sites and compensation for harmed workers as federal efforts continue.
AP reports from Arlington Virginia that USA Today compiled a list of Ohio companies involved with handling dangerous materials used in nuclear weapons during the Cold War. The list lists firms across multiple cities including Ashtabula, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Fairfield, Hamilton, Painesville, Toledo and Warren with names such as Reactive Metals, Brush Beryllium, Battelle Columbus Laboratories, Monsanto Chemical, Copperweld Steel and others. The article notes the list is not exhaustive and other private contractors may have been involved.
Dozens of private companies released toxic and radioactive waste into air, soil, and water. Government officials and corporate executives allegedly shielded health and environmental problems from public view.
Washington AP The House Judiciary Committee chair Henry Hyde says Congress should not rush an expensive new entitlement for workers sickened by nuclear weapons plant exposure. He urged thorough review, structured, responsible benefits, with hearings set for Sept 14 as Congress nears Oct 6 adjournment. The Senate plan envisions lifetime medical benefits and at least 200000 to workers or heirs.
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