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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1983)
METROPOLITAN Vigil protests Hanford bomb factory T w o hundred miles up the Columbia River from Portland, the federal government is working to renovate a plutonium factory for nuclear weapons. Called PU R E X , for Plutonium-Uranium Extraction, it is located at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in the Tri-Cities area of eastern Washington. By early 1984 the P U R E X plant w ill produce enough plutonium to make thousands o f new nuclear bombs within the next few years. The Reagan adm inistration intends to m anufacture about 14,000 more muclcar warheads during the 1980s while basic human services are being eliminated. A long with the output o f plutonium that w ill make possible the production of thousands of new nuclear bombs the plant, which has been closed for ten years, will spew even more radioactivity into the air, the soil and into the C olum bia BRINA B URRIS PUR EX operation in the next lew years would produce several million gallons of high-level nuclear waste remaining deadly fo r many centuries. In past decades, reactors producing plutonium at H anford made the Columbia one of the most radioactive rivers in the world. The Northwest A ction for Disarmament will hold a candlelight vigil on Saturday, M ay 21st. 8:00 p.m. at Terry Schrunk Plaza and on May22nd a rally at the Bonneville Power B uilding, N .E . 10th and Holladay Park, at 2:00 p.m. Vigils, meetings and other events will be held in Portland in in cities along the River. For inform ation call 222-7293. The Northwest A ction for Disarmament meets the first and third Friday nights of each month at 4312 S.E. Stark at 7:00 p.m. BETTY T H O M P S O N Deltas honor women sional Achievement — Rosemary E. Anderson; Religion — Betty Kemp; Senior C itizen — Maude Young; Youth — Brina Burris. The Women of Excellence award luncheon w ill be held Saturday, M ay 21st at the Red Lion M o to r Inn, Jantzen Beach, at 12:30 p.m. Scholarship donation is SIS. Ticket contact numbers are 246-4001 or 281-3634. OH DC gives awards Oregon H um an Development Corporation will bestow its highest aw ard, the Golden Aztec on Ms. Gale Castillo and John Elorriaga. at the T h ird A nnual Recognition Awards Banquet at the Red Lion Motor Inn at Jantzen Beach in Port land. Gale C astillo , an account executive with Am erican Bell Incorp, has been very active with state organizations in Oregon which have as their purpose the improvement and quality of life and service access to economic disadvantaged and minorities in Oregon. She is an active member of Oregon Women’s Political Caucus, Affirm ative Action Committee for the Oregon State Bar Association, and IM A O E of Oregon. Her work to make Hispanics, the largest minority in Oregon, a more visible group p olitically in the state o f Oregon since the creation o f the Hispanic Political Action Com mit tee has been especially successful. John E lo rriag a, C E O o f U .S . National Bank o f Oregon and U.S. Bancorp, is recognized for his con tributions to the com m unity and state. A recognized leader in the field o f state and national deaths and heart disease. Hanford has a similar history of radioactive emissions. P U R E X restart would further poison an already deadly complex of nuclear proliferation at Hanford. The ‘ ‘ dual purpose” N -R eactor, while providing electricity for the regional power grid, simultaneously produces plutonium intended for extraction by the PUREX plant and insertion into new warheads. For at least four years the N-Reactor has continually leaked radioactive water from spent fuel storage—at a rate of 140 gallons per minute— a serious problem continuing through spring o f 1983. H an fo rd is also the site where most o f the nation's high- level nuclear waste from the weapons program remains in storage while federal officials consider designating Hanford as the country’s permanent repository of nuclear waste. RO SEM AR Y E. AND ER SO N M A U D E YO U NG The Portland Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Inc. has made a selection o f award winners for its W omen o f Excellence luncheon. These are the women who made a difference in their community. The seven cate gories are as follows: Com munity Service — Betty Thompson; Educa tion — Pearl Spears Gray; Humani tarian — Evelyn C ollins; Profes River. According to the governments documents, radioactive gases like Krypton-83, Iodine-131 and Carbon -14 will be released to the winds by P U R E X even if there are no accidents at the plant. Plutonium, S t r o n t iu m - 9 0 , C e s iu m - 1 3 7 , tritiu m — along with many other solid and liquid effluents— will be emitted by routine PUREX operations as well. Government officials describe the radioactive releases as "negligible", but last summer Atlanta, Georgia’s newspapers the Journal ana me C onstitution reported that downstream from the plutonium factory on the Savannah River "higher than normal rates of disease and death exist in all counties southeast of the plant." Reporters’ analysis of official health statistics found patterns o f significantly elevated rates o f cancers, infant economics, he serves as a board member of many foundations, task forces, and commissions. Less well known, however, is his interest and work with many civic and charitable organizations including the Boy Scouts, Blue Cross A Blue Shield, Oregon Y M C A , St. V incent’ s Hospital and Goodwill Industries. Oregon Hum an Development Corporation administers job train ing, job placement and other human services programs in Oregon. The yearly Recognition Awards Dinner- Dance is part of O H D C ’s effort to honor individuals and groups who have worked to improve human services fo r members o f ethnic m inority groups, for women, and for other underemployed and un employed people. The awards will be presented at the O H D C 's upcoming T hird Annual Recognition Awards Dinner- Dance at the Red Lion Motor Inn at Jantzen Beach, Portland. Tickets are S IS .00 and may be ordered through local O H DC offices or pur chased at the door. The event will take place on Saturday, May 21st, beginning at 6:00 p.m. The public is invited to attend. 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