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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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