Oregon daily emerald., December 02, 1982, Page 4, Image 4

Northwest has viable waste plan
SEATTLE (AP) - While Northwest states
have reached agreement on how to handle
their nuclear wastes, the rest of the country is
having major problems coping with the issue, a
national conference was told here
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Hawaii, Utah,
and Montana have ratified a "regional com
pact," It provides that the Northwest s low
level radioactive garbage will continue to be
buried at Hanford in Eastern Washington But
waste from outside the region will be barred
after 1986
And so far, other regions can't agree on
how to get rid of their wastes
“The upper Midwest has no disposal site,
and no state has come forward to offer one,"
Pat Costello, an aide to Idaho Gov John
Evans, told the conference Tuesday
"The Rocky Mountain region has no ex
isting site, particularly since the Beatty (Nev.)
site has been closed down by the government
of Nevada,” Costello said
Currently, Hanford and one other site,
near Barnwell, S C., must take all of the na
tion’s low-level radioactive garbage
However, Washington and South Carolina
officials have declared they will not continue to
serve the whole country
Psst, Ron . . . it’s Brazil,
and forget about Bolivia
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -
Pres Ronald Reagan made a
verbal slip-up when he toasted
the people of Bolivia — instead
of Brazil — at a dinner hosted in
his honor Wednesday by
Brazilian Pres Joao Baptista
Figueiredo.
Realizing his mistake as soon
as the word was out of his
mouth, Reagan then com
pounded the error by saying,
“That's where I'm going '
Boliva is not on the agenda for
his four-nation Latin American
tour.
Closing a lengthy toast,
Reagan said:
“To President Figueiredo, to
the people of Bolivia — that's
where I'm going — to the people
of Brazil and to the dream of
democracy and peace here in
the western hemisphere."
During the day, Reagan,
armed with a decision to ease
the impact of U S sugar quotas
on the ailing Brazilian economy,
plunged into sensitive talks with
Figueiredo and emerged pledg
ing renewed U S support
"We have come to some
agreements about future
cooperation," Reagan told
reporters after a 90-minute
conference with Figueiredo at
the Palacio do Planalto, the
modernistic presidential palace
Reagan, who arrived here
Tuesday night at the start of a
four-nation Latin American tour
to promote democracy and
strengthen relations, said he
looked forward to "working with
Brazil on their economic prob
lems as well as our own.” He did
not elaborate
However, as the two leaders
met, Reagan's press office an
nounced he had signed a pro
clamation waiving U S. quotas
for sugar used to produce gas
ohol and alcohol for industrial
purposes.
Although Reagan administra
tion officials had warned in ad
vance that this would not be a
trip in which there would be U S
handouts at every stop, the
gesture was seen as symbolic of
the administration's efforts to
ease the trade protectionism
Figueiredo has decried
TELEFUND
STATISTICS
100.000
90.000
80.000
70.000
60.000
50.000
40.000
30.000
20.000
10.000
On 11 30 Delta Delta
Delta received a total of
166 pledges for a total of
$2,650
That brings the grand
total for the telefund to
$39,056
The most pledges for one
night was achieved by
Delta Delta Delta with 166
pledges
Tonight
IFC/Panhellenic/Greek
Activities Council will
attempt a new record for
the total pledges
received.
LESS FILLING.
I KNOW. IASKED ONE!’
Bob Uecker
Mr. Baseball