European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday june 2.1986 Texas in turmoil Over nuke waste plan Vega tews not the Milo c going in now the wheat is heading Tor an Early Harvest the Corn s up and so arc the sugar beets. Bui tempers Are also up in the Panhandle of tens since lust wednesday when the Reagan administration said the Call bed deep under the Rich Clay soil of deaf Smith county is one of three Sites under final consideration to dispose of the nation s growing pile of High level nuclear waste. In so doing the administration shelved studies of Pas sible Sites in the East and Middle West where Ninete has been intense local opposition. The other Sites still under consideration Are in Nevada and Washington. You damned Yankees got what you wanted to dump our nuclear trash on the West said Evelyn Richardson who with her husband. Wayne and other family members opera be Richardson seed farms sup plying hybrid Grain seeds to tanners throughout the United states and abroad. Part of the Richardson land and their main water Well lies within the test area for the waste site. Wayne Richards fun says he does t believe government Assur ances that he could Acly operate on of of 70,000 metric tons or nuclear waste which will have 0 remain buried Tor 10,000 Yean before it is Safe. But this is an enormously Complex and sensitive Issue in the Panhandle and not everyone is so reluctant to be Host to the nation s nuclear Plant refuse. Some Sec it As a potential Savior for the Region s Economy slumping under the weight of sagging prices Tor Oil crops and rattle. The . Department of Energy expects to spend j600 million to too million by the end of 1989 just to study the site s suitability provided the safely is there it is unbelievable what the economic Impact could be for the entire area it would be the equal of several Industrial plants said Don e. Powell president of the first National Bank in Ani Arillo the largest City in the Panhandle about 45 Miles from the proposed waste site. Like Many other Bankers merchants and business people other than the for Mars and ranchers. Powell wants the studies to proceed. Although Remote the Panhandle is no stranger to the nuclear age. Just outside of Amarillo is the panted Peml which assembles All . Nuclear warheads. It has a potential Sites for first . High level nuclear waste dump Long been recognized and quietly accepted in this deeply conservative and pm italic Region that an Accident there could bring the destruction of Amarillo a City of 152,000 people. Out the Prospect of becoming the nation s nuclear dump is a patriotic Honor not welcomed by Many Tex ans. The Washington announcement has been denounced by All stripes of politicians including gov Mark White a Democrat and his Republican opponent former gov. Bill Clements As Well As sen. Lloyd Bent sen a Democrat and sen. Phil g Arnm. A Republican. On thursday the slate s attorney general Jim mat ton calling the proposal the worst kind of  filed suit in the . Court of appeals in Washington in one of several Legal efforts to halt the site selection pro Cess. In fact it would be years if Ever before any waste is deposited in the area. The action wednesday Only authorizes a site characterization study to determine the suitability and safely of the location. That will not be completed until december 1989, and Congress would make no final approval before May 1991, under current plans. Depositing of the waste spent fuel rods being stored at nuclear Power plants and weapons Planti would not begin until january i9vs deaf Smith county we chosen because of the huge underground Salt formations of the Palo Duro Basin which could be easily mined to create a vast Cavern 2,600 feet deep into which the waste would be dumped. The problem h that deaf Smith is texas1 richest agricultural county producing sorghum wheat sugar beets Milo lettuce onions and Many other crops. In 1984, according to the Tenas department of agriculture the county produced livestock and crops Worth j33j million. Within 150 Miles of the proposed dump site there Are 80 cattle feed lots 216 Grain elevators and 96 processors of foods and beverages. Moreover the unite would have to be pumped Down through he a Galata aquifer the huge underground water Supply that serves a vast area from Texas to South Dakota. Fear that this water might be contaminated is at the Root of much of the opposition this is picture Book Rural America Board Flat land dotted with windmills and languid Brown herefords wandering Down Dusty roads past Brick farmhouses amid clumps of Collinwood. This is the area where the government wants to take nine Square Miles of Fanlund for testing. One thousand acres of the proposed site belong 10 Anthony l. Paschel who has Betti farming this land for More thin 35 Yean with his wife Catherine and who says he will not give up his land without a fight at 55. In coveralls Blue Cap and scuffed work boots he b the very image of the conservative Flinty Texas Fanner. He fought in Korea for the american government and now his government is the enemy. The worst thing would be an Accident or sabotage he says. It could contaminate the water All  the Energy department however says the Hole by which the radiation filled canisters would pass through the aquifer would be encased for safety. Still Paschel sneers at environmental rules. If we had certain types of Horny toads Here they d never Drill he said. The human race is not  lady Liberty s party bringing out the greedy new York up new yorkers Are turning the 100th birthday Bash for the statue of Liberty into piles of Cash renting out rooftops and apartments for tens of thousands of dollars for visitors who want a great View of the party. Some residents think the Money grab is in keeping with the spirit of America and the country s Ideal of free Enterprise. This is the land of Opportunity and this is a hell of an  said Anneen Glish. 48. Who is hosting a s1,150-a-head fourth of july party for 200 people on her rooftop overlooking new York Harbor. But Tihen think it is eras to use the statue of Liberty the Symbol of Freedom for millions of immigrants entering the United slates As Way 10 make a Buck. People just have taken � lot of advantage. Everybody needs to make a Dollar but there s a Point a which it Geu a Little greedy said Melody Weir owner of Melody Weir and co., a party planning and cat ering company in Manhattan. It seems anyone with anything to sell is trying to Cash in on the fourth of july Cele bration of the National Monument. The new York times classified Section is packed with ads placed by people who arc willing to rent oat their apartments roof tops or boats for private and corporate Par ties. Feel Goldstein 45, president of a Public warehousing company called Mercedes distribution Center is renting the sprawling rooftops of his two warehouses in Brook Lyn s red Hook Section. The rooftops Nave a Birds Eye View of the statue of Liberty and the Price is 1100,000 to 1130,000 each for the weekend. The reason Goldstein decided to rent he rooftops was Money i Don t know Bow much More straightforward i can be. There s a major event going on and a few people who can Are capitalizing on it. I Don t feel unpatriotic about it. Absolutely not. It s a once in a lifetime  people and especially corporations seem willing to pay the Price for b Good View of festivities that include i visit by president Reagan who will Dieta switch and Light of the newly restored statue of Liberty on july 3. Also on tap for the weekend Are what have been billed As the world i largest fire works display and biggest Parade of tall ships. Millions of people arc expected to Nock to Manhattan for the Celebration and the Harbor Promise to be jammed with boats. Weir said she u already planing eight lavish parties and Calb keep pouring in every Day. Nothing Short of the fear of terrorism seems to be Able to keep new yorkers from b party andean expensive one at that the Taid. The Market went dead after he whole libyan crisis Weir said. People got afraid of terrorism in the  she said France s refusal to allow us. 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