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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. March 27, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 7 to fuelled nuclear Industry changes Lyric of  press writer . A. Life nearly imitated Art n decade ago with nuclear technology thai supposedly could t ail. In nearby. Year Risburg. A theater allowed China  a movie in which a nuclear Accident threatened to wipe out an area the sic o Penn Sylvania at 4 . On March 28, 1979. Movie fantasy turned horribly real ill the three mile Island Power Plant As a series of human and mechanical failures nearly triggered it nuclear disaster along the sus Buchanna Kivor. Y.8 ., after Cooling water was Tost and Lem per lures soared above 5,000 degrees Fahri Neil. The lop half of a reactor s 150-ton radioactive Core , on laminated coolant Waler escaped into a nearby building releasing radioactive gases. Frightened by reports of uncontrolled radiation Yale professor picked for Post in drug War Fly Ilia Vuthill Klinl Post Washington National drug policy director William j. Bennett has chosen a leading drug addiction  University psychiatrist Herber Kleber to oversee the Federal government s efforts to reduce demand for illegal drugs sources said. If approved b inca Vilc House As expected Kleb a will be nominated to serve As Deputy director for demand reduction n. Post that would place him in charge of All Federal policies governing drug treatment research and education Klc bar 5-. Is a professor of psychiatry at Yale med ical school and an expert on he pharmacology of drug abuse. Lie Hai conducted pioneering research on the use of anti depressants to stifle addicts craving for cocaine. As direct Lar of the Apt foundation and the substance abuse treatment unit at i he Connecticut mental health Center i  clinics that treat As Many As 1,000 addicts a Republican Kkt Ber has no bad ground in drug education which some specialists Haxe argued is the key to  increase in drug users. Customs service taking look at self Washington a the . Cus ohis service has  special group of Icid associates to investigate drug related corruption and  problems an Agency spokesman said. The so Man re curd Vevearl said they have can assigned to a District office or regional office or in he office of enforcement but not directly to internal affairs but if the situation Mev Ihen will report to a local office of internal affairs on Siisi Multeri. Wean said the Washington i Ost reported in sunday s editions that William by Green assistant Ais Tomscak Mission or for internal affairs had recruited about -40 Agency employees As Field a so Einius. Assigned Lokaj Fouces nationwide 10 keep their uses and cars open for any wrongdoing among their colleagues the Cost said the group we selected from among recruits training at the Federal Law enforcement Aca Deni at filento i wean acknowledged that the group had received addition training for uncovering serious Topci of Cor Ruplin. Such is theft of Fash or other Indence seized by the service Siut he Laid they were certainly no trained As spies it said the approach of having employees act As informers Amsl their  a nothing  explaining that the code of conduct for Federal pm plot Eli required report ing wrongdoing by fellow workers he added that the program was modelled after a new Yori cily police department internal invest Ign lion headed by sex officer i Ranit Serpico. Releases and a potentially explosive Hydrogen huh blk in inc damaged reactor As Many As 201 .000 people living within 50 Milts of lie Pliml fled the Region. Officials advised women and Young Chil Dren within five Miles to leave. The Accident was contained but in  fears about the potential dangers of nuclear Power killed plans for new . Plants and left a once complacent nuclear Power Industry defensive Aboul us abilities. Robert Long director of planning and nuclear safety at three mile Island recalled that before 1979, people in the Industry were confide no a serious Accident was All but impossible. All of us Felt it was just really Remote he said. There  Penpek in the Industry who think it could t  us we  to remind people it could happen to anybody.". The health effects comilue to he debated. Tie Utility says radiation doses outside the Plant during the acid enl were less Kan background radiation. And 10 National and stale studies found Rio Evi Dence of increased human cancers or other urious problems in animals or plants. Anti nuclear activists claim the studies were flawed and say they have seen evidence of in creased cancers medical problems in animals and vegetation mutations. Studies will continue fur years and Many people remain anxious. General Public utilities corp. The new Jersey based owner of the Plant suffered greatly. In com a nearly $1 billion investment in the just opened unit 2, was vilified far mangling the Region s psyche and teetered on inc Edge of bankruptcy unlit a cleanup financing plan was Pul in place in 5 and its other reactor at three mile Island returned to service later Liei Iirene year. / after overcoming both financial and technical Pitfalls the nearly is billion cleanup should be completed late next year. General Public utilities now is hailed by inc Industry As a Model Utility. Grieving for her slain father Nijol Micheu Riihl. D Janhti i a flu Arthur i Fri acc is  Liyun Uijun Tifni a Viii Ian f Illo Ini services fur the Pirring Fla a Ricer win was slain Tutsi i his store by u Barrall of 30 bullets. Yijin Rencz Lull lion Jii Active anti nibs i Nis Firlit und the killing his i kissed attention in South the data feed from the Oraid Junction radar site the were having a problem with Llic transponders which  Send information from the air Craft to the Tenter said Barker hey had a Day before a umm Ereial Power outage in grand Junction this problem appeared after thai outage. A relay had gone bad. They believe that of ugh had som Ching to do with  other controllers ill the sue said 4 is not unusual 10 get false targets on occasion but such a Large number of false targets might be dangerous  
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