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Beset by safety problems and mismanagement, the Long Island Lighting Co.'s $5.4 billion Shoreham nuclear plant has been denied permission to operate at full power since it was completed in 1984. Reason: lack of an approved evacuation plan. As community opposition has grown, the facility has been the subject of legal and political wrangling. Last week a federal jury found LILCO and its former president, Wilfred Uhl, guilty of lying to state officials about Shoreham's progress in 1978 and 1984 in order to obtain rate increases to help finance the project. Uhl and LILCO were fined $22.8 million...
...Federal Government dumped a hefty chunk of coal into Jim Bakker's Christmas stocking last week. In a 28-page indictment, the former top man of the scandal-plagued PTL TV ministry was charged with 24 counts of fraud and conspiracy. His wife and co-star Tammy Faye, televangelism's dolled-up super- shopper, escaped by an eyelash, but three associates were also charged: PTL's former No. 2 administrator, Richard Dortch, and Bakker aides David and James Taggart...
...than 15% of the $170 million it spends yearly on job training to remedial education. In an attempt to match the quality of many foreign manufacturers, Detroit's Big Three carmakers joined the United Auto Workers in 1982 to create a comprehensive education and training program. At Ford Motor Co. alone, more than 8,500 of 106,000 blue-collar workers have since enrolled in basic-skills classes at the company's 50 learning centers in plants nationwide. Says Ford chairman Donald E. Petersen: "The prosperity of our business will depend on our ability to operate more and more like...
UConn is outscoring opponents by 13.3 points per game and is led by Co-Captains Cliff Robinson and Phil Gamble. A 7-ft., 1-in. All-America candidate center, Robinson leads the squad in scoring and rebounding with 19.8 points and 6.5 rebounds per game. Gamble has chipped in 10.3 points per game from the guard position. Also playing extremely well for the Huskies is sophomore forward Murray Williams, who is averaging 7.5 points and 4.0 rebounds per game...
...dynamic play and leadership of Co-Captains Beth Chandler and Sarah Duncan has anchored the Crimson so far this year. Chandler leads the team with an average of 15 points and 10.8 rebounds per game...