Reactor Conditions Stabilize at Three Mile HARRISBURG, Pa (AP) Reactor Into Cold Shutdown
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i.. ' ' . jazz Festival -page 8 .................VOL. XIII, NO. 112 an independent student newspaper serving notre dame and saint mary's THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1979 Students use Tanzanian troops botnb hoax to overrun Kampala NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) · dusk to positions around avoid exa01 Tanzanian and Ugandan-exile Kampala's clock tower, a land infantrymen swept into the mark at a road junction a hy Michael Lewis downtown area of the Ugandan quarter mile from the city Exec. News Editor capital of Kampala last ni~ht, center. sending President Idi Amm' s Several Notre Dame students It appeared to witnesses that cadre of Libyan soldiers fleeing Amin had lost control of the who perpetrated a bomb hoax into the countryside, residents yesterday in O'Shaughnessy capital on the same day his reponed. enemies launched what they Hall face "a very strong possi Exile sources said the gov bility of dismissal from the said would be a final assault on ernment of Amin, who has been Kampala. University,'' according to Dean accused of murdering tens of of Students] ames Roemer. thousands of his countrymen, Witnesses and sources in Dar "We know who did it," could fall in a few days or a few Es Salaam, the Tanzanian capi Roemer said, adding that he tal, reported limited resistance hours. from the few Amin units still would reach a final decision Amin's regular army had about the students' punishment already disintegrated, the exile holding out. "in the next couple of days." sources said, claiming the Before dawn, the Tanzanians He declined comment on how troops sent by Libyan leader began shelling the national the students' ploy was uncover Col. Noammar Khaddafy to aid military police headquarters at ed. Amin, a fellow Moslem, were Makin dye, three mil~s ~o~tth of ''Last night several students the only force preserving Kampala, where former in were getting ready for an exam, Amin's eight-year reign. mates say thousands of Amin's and they decided they weren't Amin' s whereabouts were opponents were tortured and readr.,'' Roemer said. The not publicly known. On Tues killed during the past eight students then put together a day, he visited towns in areas years. Sources in Dar Es carton that looked like a bomb he still controls in eastern Salaam said the hillside com and called the University tele Uganda, jovially greeting sol plex of low buildings was phone operator, saying there diers and civilians in an appar overrun at midday. was a bomb in O'Shaughessy. ent morale-building tour. They said the road east to Roemer and the Security De·· The Tanzanian-Ugandan war Jinja, Uganda's second largest partment were notified immed began last October when Amin city, was deliberately left open t Iately. - who seized power in 1971 in a allow the Libyans an escape The "bomb" was supposed coup against President Milton route. to go off at 9 a.m., the time of Obote- sent troops into Tanzan Observers said the Tanzanian the students' exam. The build ia to annex land he said plan appeared to be to drive ing was evacuated while Secur belonged to Uganda. Amin' s forces into eastern ity officers checked for the Though the walk from Holy Cross is longer in the spring, it A Kampala resident reached Uganda, where they would doesn't seem like it. · by telephone last night said he have no war out except to cross [continued on page 13] saw the invaders running at into neutra Kenya. Reactor conditions stabilize at Three Mile HARRISBURG, Pa (AP) reactor into cold shutdown. latory Commission, said at a that contributed to the crisis. Roland Page, a spokesman Radiation levels dwindled to And while officials are con briefing. The first error came when for Thornburgh, said the gov near normal around the Three cerned about the durability of He confirmed that human valves on an emergency pump ernor was reluctant to rescind Mile Island nuclear power plant vital instruments inside the error had contributed to the ins system - part of the reac his advisory that pregnant yesterday, and federal officials reactor, conditions at the plant reactor accident. In Washing tor's coolant system - were women and young children stay said they were considering a remain "stable," Harold ton, NRC officials described closed, when they should have at least five miles from the proposal to take the disabled Denton, of the Nuclear Regu- three separate human errors been open. Later, an operator plant because shutdown pro turned off the plant's main cedures may involve more emergency core cooling system "controlled releases" of radia Slides show South Bend artists at the wrong time. Finally, four tion. standby water pumps were Thornburgh reaffirmed his disengaged when there was no advisory that rre~nant women WCA stresses art appreciation apparent reason for them not to and pre-schoo children stay at be working .. least five miles from the plant. ~y Ellen f!uddy art student at Notre Dame, commented on the 5 Denton said having the Civil defense officials remained Saznt i\1ary Editor dramatic touch of the oils in contrast to the standby pumps disengaged was poised should an evacuation The Women's Caucus for Art (WCA) is an softness of the pastels. Following this segment a violation of NRC regulations. still be necessary. international organization of professional wo was a series of water color paintings and Denton said engineers would Radiation monitoring yester men who are interested in art. The South Bend hand-made jewelry. maintain the plant in its current day in the rural countryside chapter, the first established in Indian~, Akkerman displayed some of her own works status for several days. He said surrounding the island facility presented a slide show yesterday for Women s which were predominantly abstract oil paint the NRC had not yet approved a showed "most levels are slight Opportunity Week (WOW) at Samt Mary's. ings. "My paintings are expressly devoted to proposal submitted by Babcock ly above background radia According to Gwen Diehn, secretary for the evoke emotion,'' she noted. and Wilcox, the reactor's de tion," said Ken Clark, a Nuc South Bend organization, ''The inten.t of the Lois Crachey, a South Bend WCA chapter signer, calling for beginning lear Regulatory Commission ., caucus is to represent women arusts, . ~rt member, also had some of her acrylic painttngs the cold shutdown operation in spokesman. historians museum and gallery women, cnttcs in the presentation. "My works center around about five days and completing In Washington, Health, Edu and college art students on an international people, and they reflect the broad community it about five days later. cation and Welfare Secretary level.'' around them,'' the artist explained. The string of human errors Joseph Califano Jr. told a Diehn explained that the chapter's aim on a Another artist's series was composed of complicated a situation that Senate subcommittee that per local level is "to support, educate and streng.th monoprints in black, gray and white. The artist began with the unexplained sons within five miles of the en art appreciation. We also hope to form a. shde wrote a poem to accompany her works, ~ith the failure of a water purifying unit. nuclear plant have received as bank of women's art work that would be avtlable final line statio, "In black, gray and whae I am Darrell Eisenhut, an NRC en much as 30 millirens since last for public use.'' satisfied.'' gineer, said mechanical and Wednesday. The average The featured slides represented women The last series of works were by Carol Ann design problems were major Pennsylvanian receives about artists, predominately from the South B~nd Carter, a Saint Mary's art professor, who contributors to the accident. 100 millirems per year from the area. Each artist's creation was accompamed commented, ''Changes in my !ife are reflected in Despite evidence of human sun and X-rays. by a statement expressing her opinion ~ my artwork.'' Her creations included a soft The number of cancer deaths toward her art in gener~l. _The f!.rs~ group of sculpture and a multi-printed piece. error, NRC staff members told the commissioners the plant's in Pennsylvania is not expected slides was a series of sull life pamtmgs. The "Students who are Interested in any facet of to rise above normal, Califano artist's accompanying statement was, "I see my art are encouraged to join the South Bend operators are "a well-qualified group." told the Human Resources drawings as writing without words:'' chapter of WCA,' '· Diehn stated. Student fees health panel. He conceded, Oil paintings and pa~tels compnsed ~he next are $3 on the local level and $5 for national ''The threat of any immedi- series of works. Henm Akkerman, cha1rperson membership. Interested students contact Diehn ate catastrophe is over,'' said for the South Bend WCA chapter and a graciuate at 259-1592. Gov. Dick Thornburgh. [contz'nued on page 6] Ne\Vs in brief Thursday, AprilS, 1979 -page 2 Belgium transit ·officials Carter to sP,eak tonight give streetcars right of way on expecteO gas price hikes BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP)-city public transport officials say they have begun using a system that allows buses and street WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi companies are expected to earn Sen. Russell Long, D .. LA, cars to switch traffic hghts to green as they approach street dent Carter offers a new energy as price ceilings are raised. chairman of the committee, has crossings. The transit company said the system, when fully plan to the country tonight, A number of congressional supported a windfall profits tax, applied, will save about 20 percent in time, reduce the mcluding the gradual lifting of sources said they doubted the but only if the proceeds are number of vehicles needed on a given line and save about $5 controls on domestic oil pnces · tax would win congressional returned to the oil companies to million.