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...government went ahead, insisting that there would be no danger. In 1971 the $21 million, 8,214-ton freighter Mutsu, named for its home port in northern Japan, slid down the ways-and into trouble...
...ship's crew, the fishermen set up a massive blockade of fishing boats to stop the freighter from leaving port...
...Technicians first smeared a paste of rice and boron (an element that absorbs neutrons) over the shields without success. Next polyethylene shields were dispatched from shore that should stop the leak. Meantime, the fishermen vowed to form a barricade of boats to bar the freighter from its home port. Other Japanese cities are no more anxious to receive it. At week's end critics were saying that the Mutsu should become the world's first nuclear Flying Dutchman, condemned to sail ceaselessly without ever putting in to land...
...prosecution team in the conspiracy trial. A frequent guest at Kennedy's Hickory Hill estate, the gregarious, pun-loving Miller retained his Republican credentials by running, unsuccessfully, for Lieutenant Governor of Maryland in 1970. He was among the personal advisers summoned by Senator Edward Kennedy to Hyannis Port after the Senator's 1969 accident at Chappaquiddick...
...ground won by his troops. The issue is complicated by the fact that the Turkish-held territory contains something like 70% of the island's wealth-producing farms, factories and tourist facilities, most of which are owned by Greeks, not to mention the island's only deepwater port, Famagusta...