Pennsylvanians Face Higher Electric Bills After TMI Accident
Congress panel says central Pennsylvania customers likely shoulder much of the Three Mile Island cleanup and replacement power costs. Officials note radiation around the plant is not a health threat, but long term monitoring for workers and nearby residents will continue.
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Pennsylvania
Three Mile Island
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Edward M. Kennedy
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Metropolitan Edison
Eugene V. Atkinson
D-Pa
Atkinson
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Califano
Richard Schweiker
R-Pa
Edward Kennedy
Senate Health and Scientific Research
Wholesale prices rise again as inflation persists
Wholesale prices climbed 1 percent in March matching February as inflation stays above 10 percent. Beef, eggs, fuel and shoes led gains while non food goods rose 0.9 percent. Officials consider a local price watch and a public naming plan for non compliant firms. Alfred E. Kahn’s consumer watch speech was delayed to avoid competing with Carter energy remarks.
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Labor Department
Carter Administration
Carter
Alfred E. Kahn
Attention Shifts to Cause of Three Mile Island Accident
The article reports NRC engineers pinning three human errors and design problems as major factors in the Three Mile Island crisis while pursuing a cold shutdown plan. It notes ongoing health studies and government oversight, with Denton confirming plant stabilization and Babcock Wilcox proposals as a priority.
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NRC
Darrell Eisenhut
Susquehanna River
Babcock & Wilcox
Harold Denton
Carter
Denton
Robert Bernero
Carter unveils energy plan aimed at higher gas prices
President Carter outlines a plan to decontrol domestic crude oil pricing by 1981 and explores a windfall profits tax on oil firms. The package aims to spur oil conservation and alternative energy, with potential gasoline price increases of up to 15 cents per gallon over two years and a modest inflation lift.
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Joe Carter
Carter
Washington
Iran
U.S
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Oval Office
Boulder judge drops suit over parents parenting quality
A Boulder Colorado judge recently dismissed a suit by a young man arguing his parents failed in child rearing. The unusual case is examined in Inside Today.
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Colo
Condemned murderer Evans awaits electrocution in Alabama
Condemned killer John Louis Evans III faces execution in the electric chair as his mother pleads with Gov James and the U.S. Supreme Court for a stay or clemency hearing. Petitions were filed with Justice Rehnquist amid last minute talks and a rejected SPLC appeal in New Orleans.
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Kevin Duignan
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Evans
Ala
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Betty Evans
Beaumont
Texas
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Rehnquist
United States
Gary Gilmore
Utah
Montgomery
Holman
Duignan
Southern Poverty Law Center
Sth
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