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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Whatever the final report, months from now, on what went wrong and how at Three Mile Island, the way in which federal and plant officials seemed to handle the breakdown will not help the industry's image. The trouble was dismissed at first by Jack Herbein, Metropolitan Edison's vice president for power generation, in a memorable engineer's euphemism, as merely "a normal aberration." Reassuring statements spewed from the plant's press spokesmen, sounding as if they were taken right out of the script for the film The China Syndrome, a thriller that depicts nuclear plant officials as placing...
...will." Foley says that Garwood was shot during his capture and "surrounded by death" during the 14 years he spent in Viet Nam. "One particular P.O.W. death still overwhelms Bobby," says Foley. "He still has trouble talking about it, but when the story comes out it will greatly help explain what he did during those 14 years...
...giving Rusk one more chuckle about Government efficiency. Although he is a veteran of many dramatic ceremonies, Rusk was caught up in the simple program on the North Lawn. Some of his old juices began to flow. He hoped that the Administration was moving strongly behind the scenes to help along the peace process. "This is the most significant event for that part of the world in 30 years," he said later. "It's a heck of a job ahead. Peace can only be made out there. Jimmy Carter moved on this with guts...
...polls, or for the treaty. "I applaud it," he later roared over the phone. "All three met the challenge. I hope the doubters recognize that this is the only way we can get a comprehensive settlement. I hope the radical Arabs calm down. And I hope the moderate Arabs help...
Extra-large Charlie Altekruse, a junior, is the only other varsity returnee, but seniors Hap Porter and Tim McGee, veterans of the 1978 Sprint champion junior varsity, stand to help the team...