Downhill Six Hours At Plant as NRC Warns of Deteriorating Cooling
A Nuclear Regulatory Commission official says Three Mile Island's cooling worsened for 16 hours after the initial accident, with core cooling deteriorating until a partial stabilization began. Engineers plan a 10 day process to reach cold shutdown while officials establish an independent panel to probe the causes.
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Three Mile Island
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Robert Bernero
NRC
Metropolitan Edison
Bernero
Carter
Energy Plan Faces Strong Congressional Opposition
President Carter proposes raising domestic oil and gasoline prices and a windfall profits tax to achieve decontrol by mid-1981. Administration officials estimate gasoline prices could rise 4 to 5 cents per gallon by then, while unofficial figures suggest up to 15 cents.
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Carter
Congress
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Senate Waerdy
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
U.S
Administration
John Dingell
D-Mich
House Energy and Power Subcommittee
Cotter
Evans may choose to fight after stay of execution
Condemned killer John Louis Evans III, six hours from execution, learned of a stay ordered by U S Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist acting for Evans's mother. The delay could extend at least until April 13 as Gov James weighs clemency options. Evans had prepared for death for the Nassar pawn shop slaying but cried upon news of the reprieve.
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Atmore
Ala
John Louis Evans III
Evans
Alabama
U.S. Supreme Court
William Rehnquist
Betty Evans
Holman Prison
Edward Nassar
Nassar
James
Texas
Gary Gilmore
Utah
Kevin Duignan
Duignan
Death Row
Unemployment at 5.7 percent in March aiding job seekers
U S Department of Labor reports 5.7 percent unemployment in March, the lowest since August 1974, with 96.8 million employed and 102.7 million in the labor force. Discouraged workers drop to 725,000 as job gains center on adult women and wholesale retail sectors.
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Washington
Labor Department
Department
Midwest Weather Slams Illinois and Great Lakes Region
High winds up to 90 mph toppled trees and damaged buildings across northern and east central Illinois and parts of Wisconsin and Michigan. About 50 000 Commonwealth Edison customers lost power in Chicago area. Two mobile home occupants died in Toledo when a trailer toppled by wind ruptured a gas line. A Chicago gas company worker died after a building wall collapsed in the wind.
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Great Lakes
Commonwealth Edison
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Coast Guard
Wilmette
Ill
Ohio Valley
Michigan
Toledo
Ohio
Minnesota
Wind and Cold Threaten Shenandoah Valley
Wind gusts to 60 mph expected in the Shenandoah Valley with northwest winds 30 to 35 mph. Forecaster Jeffrey Bowman of the National Weather Service warns of an Arctic air mass moving through, bringing cold air and high wind circulation that could damage trees.
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Star
Shenandoah Valley
National Weather Service
Jeffrey Bowman
Bowman
Maintenance foreman cuts energy use in Frederick County schools
Frederick County schools maintenance foreman Larry Rickard leads a campaign to cut electricity use. The Country Roads feature outlines his steps to reduce consumption as part of the district's cost saving effort.
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Larry Rickard
Frederick County
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