European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday january 31, 199 tasteful landmark in new Jersey a Mammoth Campbell soup can is towed to a warehouse wednesday in Camden . Camden residents were in a Stew when the Campbell soup factory there closed and was demolished in 1990. They stirred the company into action to save the giant can which actually was a factory water tank and to restore it As a landmark. Residents said the can is a a landmark to this area like the Eiffel Tower is to Congress misled about safety of nuclear Plant report says Boston apr nuclear regulatory commission staff members misled Congress about safety reviews at the Seabrook n.h., nuclear Power Plant the Agency a inspector general says. The inspector general a internal report also said arc staff members ignored potentially serious problems brought to its attention the Boston Globe reported wednesday. John Kopeck an arc spokesman said wednesday in an interview that the commission has ordered the staff to Start follow up work on the issues raised in the report on the Southeastern new Hampshire Plant. He declined to elaborate except to say a you learn from your the newspaper said the inspector general a office found Congress was misled As late As one month before the arc gave final operating approval to Seabrook in March 1990. In february 1990, several senators and congressmen concerned about safety at Seabrook asked the arc to answer questions focusing on How Safe key welds at the Plant were and whether a rays of the welds were adequately reviewed. After the Plant was licensed in March lawmakers asked the arc inspector general a office to find out whether the arc staff had lied to Congress. The report concludes the arc misled Congress in several areas. The report also said the arc had no evidence that Yankee atomic electric co., a contractor that managed Quality control during construction Ever conducted a 100 percent review of a rays of the 2,669 safety related welds. Just before Seabrooks operating License was approved the arc told Congress that Yankee had made such reviews since the beginning of Plant construction in the mid-1970s.vapors affect 5 at nuke site Richland Wash. A workers at the Hanford nuclear reservation were ordered to take precautions after a vapor made five employees sick the . Energy department said wednesday. The employees were overcome by Hydrogen sulfite and ammonia fumes tuesday while drilling monitoring holes about 200 Yards from tanks containing radioactive waste. Some of the workers reported sore throats and nausea. Two were hospitalized for observation said Phil Hamric Deputy Hanford manager. The department ordered workers to Wear oxygen packs and protective suits while working within 250 Yards of the 149 aging single walled tanks which hold waste from the production of plutonium for nuclear weapons. Vapours from the tanks have mysteriously appeared for years. The last time workers were affected by them was in 1987, Hamric said. A either the arc staff did no to know what they were talking about when they answered Congress or else they were lying to us a said rep. Peter Kostmayer d-pa., chairman of a House subcommittee that oversees the arc. Seabrook spokesman Rob Williams said Plant officials Hadnot seen the report. A it appears to be a matter of communications within the arc a Williams said adding that a your extensive reviews of Weld records have confirmed the safety of the the arc recently fined Seabrook $100,000 for defective Weld documentation. Scalper cashes in on Tyson trial Side seats Indianapolis a the jurors for Mike Tyson a rape trial will get $37.50 a Day. But that sum Isnit nearly enough to buy a ticket for a seat in the courtroom. A i just wanted to be inside a said v. John Toms a bail Bondsman who paid $100 for one of the 17 free tickets available to the Public for wednesday afternoons session. Toms bought his ticket from 18-year-old Greg of Dell who went from being unemployed to being a ticket broker. Of Dell bought another ticket for $50 and sold it to a radio reporter for $100. Profit $150. A i will be Back every Day a of Dell said. Tyson 25, is accused of raping a miss Black America contestant in his hotel room july 19. Tyson has said the 18-year-old woman consented to sex. The stars and stripes a Page 7 .Griffin Bell to conduct a Dow Corning investigation from wire reports Washington a former attorney general Griffin Bell will do an internal investigation for Dow Corning corp. To examine the company a actions in developing and marketing silicone breast implants the company said wednesday. The company also said it planned a Public release of its internal documents on the matter during the week of feb. 10. Questions have Arisen Over whether Dow Corning in its initial research into breast implants glossed Over results indicating possible health risks. Sales of silicone breast implants have been suspended in the United slates at the request of the food and drug administration which said it needed More information to determine whether the devices Are Safe. An Fra panel plans to take that up at a meeting in artist Dixon Dies Burbank Calif. A Willie Dixon who wrote blues standards and produced Many classic blues albums died of heart failure wednesday at St. Joseph medical Center. He was 76. As a songwriter producer Arranger and bassist Dixon was a towering figure in the creation of Chicago blues which was a Cornerstone of Rock a no Roll. His songs were performed by leading blues figures including Muddy Waters and howling Wolf and picked up by Rock bands including the rolling stones Cream and the doors. He is survived by his wife Marie and several s financing of d new York a the judge overseeing . Macy amp co. bankruptcy proceedings wednesday approved $60 million in interim financing that Trie retailer will use to pay for merchandise and for daily operations until feb. 13. The company said the Money part of a $600 million financing package provided by chemical banking corp. And Bankers Trust co., was enough to meet its immediate needs. Suppliers have been waiting to ship Spring merchandise to the company which operates the Macy a Bullocks and i. Magnin department store chains and several Small specially stores until Macy a established , robbery at Retreat Prospect by. A t women invaded a Retreat for women founded by Media heiress Sallie Bingham. They robbed four women and one of the men raped one of the women police said. Six women were sleeping in the suburban Louisville farmhouse when the men broke in Early sunday Jefferson county police said. One of the men raped a 35-year-old woman As she tried to run to a phone police said. T he men then robbed her and three other women who came downstairs after hearing the commotion police win lawsuit Boston a a Federal judge ruled that Massachusetts discriminated against state workers who retired after age 70 and must pay them additional pension benefits. One official said the payout could exceed $11 million. Until 1990, the state did no to credit workers pensions for years worked after age 70. A spokesman for attorney general Scott Harshbarger said the state won t Appeal the suspect slain Philadelphia a a reputed mafia Soldier was slain Early wednesday As he sat in his car a casualty in a Power struggle within the Scarfo organized crime family authorities said. Felix Bocchino 72, was shot three times in the neck and head by a gunman who fled on foot. Authorities said Bocchino was a longtime Soldier of the organized crime family allegedly headed by Nicodemo Scarfo
