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2 THE NEWS TELEGRAM Sulphur Spring? Tnirn. Thuriday, Ju|y'3, 1980, _.......' _ ________ .
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Study says plant dangerous
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By JILL LAWRENCE .
Associated Pross Writer
HARRISBURG, Pa (AP)-A
new federal report nys the
Three MDe Island nuclear plant
is getting more dangerous by
the hour, but the plant’s owners
say that's partly because of too
much federal interference
’’The tonger it takes to
remove the radioactivity from
inside the plant, the more likely
it is that further accidental
releases of radioactivity will
occur,” said the report,
released Wednesday by the
Senate's Environment and
Public Works subcommittee.
The study concluded that the
chance of radiation releases —
or even a reheating of the
reactor core — is increasing
because of cleanup com-
plications. %
The committee, 'which is
monitoring the Three Mile
Island cleanup, said the ac-
cident should not be considered
over. "The likelihood of further
accidents increases with time,”
the report said.
- "At present, the plant’s
condition is not fully known ...
further deterioration can be
assumed. Damaged and un-
maintained equipment may fail
and there is the potential for
human error,” it added.
Ken McKee of General Public
Utilities, parent company of
plant operator Metropolitan
Edison, said some of the delay
in the cleanup is inevitable
because the operation is
"unprecedented in scope and
application of state-of-the-art
cleanup technology.”
But he said vague guidelines
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Ma Bell to seek new
statewide increase
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Ma Texas
Bell is keeping her mouth • The request would be Bell’s
doaed, but a Public Utility
Commission lawyer says the
phone company might try to
sock it to” some customers
when it files its rate hike
request.
In the next few days South-
fourth to the commission. The
phone Company’s last rate
increase, totaling $138.7
million, went into effect last
Nov. 21.
Bell needed $243 million at
w^m^UTetenhonefTwU that tme' Johnson but
western Bell Telephone Co. will ^ the request t0 $145
to comply with President
ask for a statewide rate in-
crease of about $300 million,
spokesman Dale Johnson sadi
Wednesday.
Johnson would not divulge
specifics of the rate request,
but PUC lawyer Allen King
speculated Wednesday on the
nature of the request.
Carter’s anti-inflation
guidelines.
Those guidelines are due to
expire at the end of September.
But Johnson said Bell will
comply with any new ones.
Johnson blamed the need for
more revenue' on inflation and
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"I have a feeling the rate growth,
design (who payslhe increaaiV “We’re looking at continued
and how much) ia going to Increased costs, just like
unusually significant to the
business community in this
case,” King said.
He predicted Bell would
‘sock it to" customers of
private line service, which
includes burglar and fire alarm
services.
He said Bell “always asks
for” an increase in ordinary
residential telephone rates and
this case should be no ex-
ception.
My information is they will
not ask for any long distance
increase, but we probably will
because it hasn’t been in-
creased since 1978,” King said.
Southwestern Bell serves
about 4 million customers in
everybody else,” he said. “We
try to generate revenues within
the framework that we nave,
but inflation just eats it away.”
King said, “I think (Bell)
probably would have stayed out
longer except the capital
markets went completely
bonkers in the winter.”
Johnson added that Texas is
growing, so the phone company
must spend money to expand
service.
“In the last three years, we
put in more than $3 billion in
capital expense,” Johnson said,
adding, “and the bulk of that
will be reflected in the rate
base.’*
King said hearings on the
request probably would con-
vene in September.
Holiday
with care
Enioy yourself And il your holiday
plans include some driving, please
drive WITH EXTRA CARE so you and
your family can-enjoy many holidays to'
come1'
Like a good neighbor,
Stole Farm if there.
PAUL STEWART
Phone 885-8336
401 Gilmer
state earm insurance companies
-Tome Offices BloomtngTon minors
and step-by-step Nuclear
Regulatory Commission ap-
proval procedures also con-
tributed to the problem.
“We need some firm
guidelines under which we can
operate," he said, as well as
advance NRC approval of
entire cleanup methods.
Latest estimates indicate the
cleanup will cost significantly
more than the initial $400
million estimated and may take
until 1985.
The first step In decon-
taminating the reactor con-
tainment building, the release
of 57,000 curies of radioactive
krypton gas, has been under
way since the weekend.-#
Plant spokesman Sandy
Polon said 21 percent of the
krypton trapped in the con-
tainment building since the
accident 15 months ago hid
been released into the at-
mosphere by Wednesday
evening.
Monitoring programs are
reporting occasional radiation
readings slightly above normal
levels. But the accumulated
exposure at each location is
less than 1 percent of the limits
set by the government, says the
Environmental, Protection
Agency.
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"WE’RE PROUD OF OUR FLAGS!"
Out at the First National Bank, we believe in flying the flags, around the
clock, as authorized by Congress. In fact, we have continuously flown the
Stars and Stripes, and the Lone Star, since our bank opened, except for
We believe that the independence we en-
joy daily is sometimes taken for granted.
This 4th of July, as we enjoy a holiday, our
picnics, fireworks, rodeos, etc., lets
pause and remember that the brilliant red
field on our two flags, is symbolic of the
blood of hundreds of thousands of Texans
and Americans who have made the
supreme sacrifice lor our freedom. The
next time you see these two beautiful
flags waving in the breeze, why not pause
and give thanks for these brave men and
women, but remember that like the briet,
absence of the flags on our poles, there
are those in our world who would also like
to remove them, and our freedom-
permanently. .
two brief periods after thoughtless individuals deprived us all of their en-
joyment by cutting them down. But we intend for these symbols of our
freedom to continue flying, so we have raised another new set.
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As a part of our celebration of In-
dependence, we are placing on perma-
nent display inside our bank's lobby, a
United States Flag which has been flown
over our Nation's Capitol in Washington,
D.C., and a Texas flag which has flown
over our State Capitol in Austin. The flags
and accompanying certification are gifts to
the customers of the First from Con-
gressman Sam Hall and Governor Bill
Clements, respectively.
As you can see, we re sort of proud of the
Red, White and Blue. We're also proud to
be a home-owned, independent bank, ser-
ving the good citizens of Sulphur Springs
and Hopkins County.
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Keys, Clarke. Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 158, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 3, 1980, newspaper, July 3, 1980; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth823593/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.