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March 28, 1979. In the biggest U.S. mishap, one of two reactors at Three Mile Island, near Harrisburg, Pa., lost its coolant because of equipment malfunctions and human error. The loss of coolant caused the radioactive fuel to overheat and led to a partial meltdown. Some radioactive material escaped, but a potentially major disaster was averted. Although no one is known to have died as a result of the accident, the hazard posed to local residents is still being debated...
...behind on alimony payments to his ex-wife). Where might the hefty, 5-ft. 11-in. chief have gone? He had a soft spot for San Francisco. He had spoken of Florida. And he had long been obsessed with Burnt Cabins, Pa., a hamlet about 60 miles southwest of Harrisburg that according to Wiley had been the scene of a bizarre crime in 1965 and was the setting of his novel in progress...
...prisons. The crime rate in Miami's Little Havana jumped an astonishing 83% within months of their arrival. The Marielitos have since fanned out around the country, and special police squads have been set up to deal with them in cities as varied as Las Vegas and Harrisburg, Pa. With no central bosses or structure, the Marielitos operate as loose bands of conscienceless predators, uneducated and wild but also shrewd. One of their first bold strokes: dressed as police SWAT teams, they began invading the homes of Miami drug dealers. Besides stealing cash and dope, the raiders made a point...
...came forth with everything from fried chicken to pizza. One anonymous donor sent $100,000 to St. Carthage Church for its homeless "to rekindle their hopes." Developers were already drawing up plans for reconstruction of the houses at a cost estimated at $80,000 each. While Pennsylvania legislators in Harrisburg introduced bills seeking $5 million to $10 million in state aid for the homeless, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that it would cover 70% of the emergency rent (up to $550 per family) for the displaced families...
...history linked to numbers: the Catonsville Nine, who that destroyed draft records in 1968; the Harrisburg Seven, charged in 1971 with plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger; the Plowshares Eight, who attacked nuclear missiles with hammers in 1980. Berrigan, 61, is still an outrider of the Roman Catholic peace movement, which has shifted its protests from Viet Nam to the arms race. Berrigan, a former Josephite priest, was excommunicated after marrying a Sacred Heart nun, Elizabeth McAlister, in 1973; she is serving a three-year prison sentence for vandalizing a B-52 bomber. The couple try to alternate prison terms...