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...public interest they have generated. In the long run, though, Three Mile Island will be truly effective only if it brings about the earnest investigations and reevaluations the public has been promised. Everyone from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to President Carter has pledged "a full accounting" of the Middletown accident and a subsequent reexamination of the nation's commitment to nuclear power. But as President Carter so aptly commented this week, "I think it does not contribute to safety to have a bureaucratic nightmare or maze of red tape." The studies, presidential commissions and congressional hearings inspired...
...where an evacuation center was set up in a sports arena built by the chocolate company. As children played ring-around-a-rosy on the arena floor, Charles Noon said angrily about the nuclear plant: "They ought to shut that damn thing down." He had fled his home in Middletown with his wife and two children. "We came here as soon as we heard the warning on the radio," he said. "We didn't want to take any chances...
...Middletown (pop. 11,000), the streets were unusually empty. Some teenage boys played basketball outside an elementary school. Many residents were following instructions to remain inside their houses and to keep air conditioners turned off to limit the intake of any contaminated air. To prevent looting, Mayor Robert Reid imposed a 9 p.m.-to-7 a.m. curfew. The Red Cross was ready for any full-scale evacuation. It was no new thing, in a way; the town had been cleared during several recent floods, dating from the big one of 1972. Across the river, tiny Goldsboro (pop. 600) was virtually...
Becky Tung reached the quarterfinals of the main draw and captain Jenny Stone won the consolation event in the women's national squash championships held this weekend in Middletown, Conn...
CRIMSON NICKS: The team will now go through the rituals of preparation for the national championships, which take place next weekend in Middletown, Conn. Only the top four racquetwomen will compete...