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...years ago Justin Suddeth, then 14, found a deformed, nine-legged frog at a pond near the Sequoyah Fuels plant in Gore, Okla. In 1981 an eyeless baby girl was born to parents living a few miles from the same plant. The National Cancer Institute has reported that the leukemia rate for white men in counties surrounding Sequoyah Fuels is five percentage points higher than the national average. Is there a connection? Local residents think so: Sequoyah Fuels processes uranium concentrate into ingredients for bombs and nuclear-power- plan t fuel. The factory has been cited in the past...
...drama of the radioactive junkyard is far from over. Doctors will watch ! the survivors closely, particularly for signs of leukemia and skin cancer. The event may have other repercussions as well. Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Goiania have all shown that nuclear accidents can happen. Doctors are confident that they can meet medical needs in small incidents. However, larger accidents require more technology and resources than any one country can provide. "It would be irresponsible not to take advantage of what we, the Soviets and the Brazilians have learned," says Gale. "We should pool that knowledge." Grim practice...
This can-do optimism is a trait that Simon inherited from his father Martin, who died of leukemia in 1969. Martin and Ruth Simon were Lutheran missionaries in China before Martin accepted a pastorate in Eugene a month prior to the birth of their oldest son Paul in 1928. In the early 1930s, the Simons began publishing religious pamphlets out of their home, as well as a monthly magazine called the Christian Parent. Ruth Simon recalls, "When we went into business, we didn't have a dime of our own." A monthly treat was a Sunday after-church lunch...
...office memo a proposal to do just that a few weeks ago, their response was generous indeed. By last week 291 employees had donated 813 days of their sick leave and 92 days of vacation time to a co-worker, William Ault, 28, an IRS examiner who has leukemia...
...largest question looming over Wal-Mart is what will happen to the company when Mr. Sam is no longer in charge. The founder, who has a mild form of leukemia, which is now in remission, has gradually turned over day-to-day control to Glass, 51, and Shewmaker, 49, one of whom is likely to become the next chief executive. The titular position of chairman may go to the founder's eldest son, S. Robson Walton, 42, who is at present one of the company's vice chairmen. But Mr. Sam shows no signs of giving up his trademark store...