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Page 4 Portland Observer, November 23, 1963 ★ NOW OPEN ★ OBSERVATIONS FROM THE SIDELINES NEW-BEAUTIFUL by Kathryn H a ll Bogle W HEN M S. BJ. W illiams Thompson and Miss Am er ica, Vanessa W illiams, met at the Fred Meyer store on Interstate A v enue in Portland, they were not at the grocery check-out stands. Van essa W illiams was in town represent ing. as she said, " a new image for the Miss America pageant and a new image (or Am erica” to project to the world. Her visit to Portland was arranged by the Gillette people and the Fred Meyer C o. Ms B.J. lives here. She is the daughter o f Hazel W illiams and the Ute Lucius W il liams. Fred Meyer, Inc., sells " L it tle M a h ji” paper doll sets, creations o f Ms. J., and hosted Miss America. Long lines of instant fans o f Miss America waited patiently in the store while each one advanced to re ceive a signed photograph from the 1983-84 new American beauty. A M I m America (Vaneese Williams) maata Ma. B.J. (Williams) beauty she is, with a heart-shaped Thompson, dress designer. during Mlaa Amarlca'a visit to Portland. face, flawless complexion, greenish- Broadway stage. Ms. B.J., not tell- admiring comments o f Miss Am er brown eyes and a million dollar ing her age, is working on her doc ica. They found they have much in smile. She is a graceful 5 '6 *. weigh toral degree in Public School A d common besides a family name. ing 110 pounds, with measurements ministration. Her dissertation is to Both are outspoken young wom 34-24- 34. be titled, ‘ ‘ Behavioral Reactions to en, sure o f what they want out of Dozens of cameras flashed while Body Adornment and School Dress life. Miss America, a 20-year-old Ms. B.J. and Miss America chatted. Codes.” music-theatre major at Syracuse Ms. B.J. showed the visitor her Miss America wants to be an ac- University, wants a career on the M ah ji paper doll and received the tress. Ms. B.J. recently completed a black silk satin cocktail dress set with $60,000 worth o f real dia monds by Rogoway Jewelers— all for actress-singer Diana Ross. Both young women like to travel and each yearns for a domicile o f her own. Miss America will wait a while for her place to call "hom e " Ms B J. has already acquired a beautiful old 1920-era residence with six bedrooms. She will soon open the S.E. location to the public as Ms. B.J. 's House. The gray and white brick edifice, recorded as the D eM artino residence, is to be the center for Ms. B.J.'s designs. It is being revamped to accomodate B.J.'s pattern and sample making departments, her art and her office. Styled after Christian D ior's House in Paris, B J . ’t House will be a showplace for her haute couture fashion garments designed for her private clientele. Her markets will include designs for the business and career woman with medium to high income. Ladies ready-to-wear has not been overlooked by B.J. After meet ing with Vanessa W illiams. Ms. B.J. will name her new collection ‘ ‘Clothes Fit For Miss America— 1984.” < < / L ookin ’ w ith Gene V / » « . " the poster said. About 175 o f Geneva Jones’ close friends were on hand to "c o o k " with the popular lady at a "send- off-early-retirem ent" party given in her honor by management and other friends at Pacific Power and Light Co. She retired officially as P PA L Home Service Advisor on Novem ber I. the whing-ding was unrolled at the Travelodge-Coliseum last F ri day evening beginning with cock tails and dinner. After dinner the place rocked with the laughs cooked up by K A T U -T V ’s talk-show host. Jim Bosley. A tender “ roast” was served up by Jim Piernoui, vice-pre sident o f P PA L and by G il Johnson. Energy Consultants Manager for the firm . They claimed that all o f them had worked for Geneva for 23 years instead o f the reverse. Son Roman Jones, Jr., up from C ali fornia for the event, added his own sauce to the evening by telling about his mother's style of inspiring her children. Margie Boulet o f K A T U - T V sang a favorite song o f Geneva’s to (he accompaniment o f a small or chestra. Many friends paid tribute from the Boor to Geneva for her warm and gracious manner Flowers and gifts were numerous. The irrepressible Geneva took it all in with a grain o f salt as Gil Johnston handed her a key on a blue ribbon to "come back whenever she likes." As a matter o f fact, Geneva is to be retained as a consultant by P PA L for T V appearances and spe cial assignments. As radioactive waste piles up at nuclear reactor sites across the U .S ., many people are beginning to realize we have a big problem in finding a way to dispose o f it. And though no two people, including government officials and scientists, seem to agree on (he methods, most will speak with one voice when a dispos al site is suggested anywhere near where they live. " N o t h erel" the chorus resounds. “ Put it someplace else." The H anford Oversight C om m it tee, recently formed by several Northwest environment and peace groups, is no different. Its opposi tion to having the federally owned "nuclear reservation" on the C o l umbia River near Tri-Cities, Wash ington. designated as the nation's first high-level radioactive waste re pository is "scientific," they say, not political, although members ad mit the final site selection, as well as studies of possible sites to date, have been highly politicized. Committee members Joe Ryan, American Friends Service Com m it tee, Seattle; Rebecca Timson, Wash Public Interest Research Group; Larry Caldwell o f Richland, Wash.; and Chuck Bell. Fellowship of Reconciliation. Portland, heavily criticized government geological studies of the Hanford site at a re cent press conference, and objected to what they termed “ fast-tracking" the development of H anford as a waste site by federal authorities. Timson noted the government's own survey of Hanford's appro priateness as a waste site has been "utterly scrapped" and that new studies are planned. She said (he federal Department o f Energy's conclusions regarding Hanford's suitability in its "Site Characteriz ation Report" issued November, 1982, were found to be “ overstated, misleading or simply incorrect” by another federal agency, the U.S. Geological Survey (USG S), which added the DO E's estimate o f the lime it might take high-level waste to seep through basalt flows under Hanford and into the Columbia River was "grossly underesti mated.” (The D O E's projection was that it would take 13,000 years for radioac tive elements from H anford to reach the Columbia. Using the same data but different assumptions, the USGS and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said a more realistic projection was from a "few hun dred years" to within 2 0 years.) Timson said the Nulcear Waste Policy Act o f 1982. which estab lished siting guidelines, mandates a site be picked on its geological fea tures, not because “ the federal gov ernment already owns the land. Under the guidelines, the govern ment has prepared, H anford doesn’t q u a lify ." Caldwell, a former Hanford worker, said he's concerned about the attitudes o f Tri-Cities residents toward nuclear waste storage in their backyard. "T h e H anford 'mind-set' scares me to death. I t ’s a 'can do' attitude, regardless o f the danger." He cited four episodes of what he called "m ishandling" o f nuclear materials at Hanford: an alleged "near catastrophe” in 1972, when plutonium dumped into the Z-9 C rib concentrated nearly to a criti cal mass (a state necessary for deto nation); and two alleged leaks of radioactive waste— one in 1973 of 115.000 gallons during a 55-day period and one o f 140 gallons per minute from a contaminated reactor storage basin. Caldwell said H anford already re ceives thousands o f gallons of radio active waste from around the coun try as well as high-level reactor waste shipped in from reactors in Japan and Sweden. "W e would get approximately half o f the 77,000 metric tons o f waste now stored at reactor sites in the U .S. ( if H anford is picked as the federal repository)," he added. Ryan said the American Friends Service Committee got involved in the H anford issue after being ap proached by the Yakim a Indian N a tion, which became concerned about the process of siting a high- level waste dump. "T h e Yakima Indian Nation has hunting, fishing and gathering rights on the H anford Reserva tio n ," he explained. "T h a t is not a good place to store radioactive waste because o f the danger o f leak age into the Colum bia River. It should be put in the best possible place to isolate it from the human food chain.” All four agreed Hanford should be removed from consideration be- * Destgnsd for Seniors and handicapped * Qualified Applicants pay only 30% of their income * 162 units completely refurbished * Most modern fire & security systems For information call----- PARK TOWER 731 SW SALMON Q 227-3367 MRS. C’s WIGS un g* U K et»'ds Belly Ceft'n. Proprietor Featuring w ig . by N A O M I S IM S ANDRE DOUGLAS BILLIE E> NATALIE COLE In her responses Geneva Jones thanked P PA L for her "eventful career" which has afforded her the "rare opportunity to meet so many wonderful people." December 14 will find Geneva back on the air waves and back on special assign ment at P PA L with Cookin’ ideas for Christmas. Hair Products Ganava Joñas and Jim Piano- vi. vica preaident of PP&L. at ra- tiram ant party. Columbia nuclear contamination spurs action by Catherine Siegner Rent Subsized Hi Rise Living Downtown with the state Energy Facility Siting Council. He said representatives of Rockwell International (the project investigator as well as the prime contractor if the site is chosen) kept talking about “ when the waste site would go in. not ( f it w ould.” " I just want Oregonians to re member if radioactivity leaches into the Colum bia River, it's not going to remain just on the Washington side," he said. The committee plans to seek new groups to join in its efforts, con tinue public education on H anford via an AFSC slide show, and m ain tain scrutiny over the federal gov ernment's process o f site selection. A timeline it distributed shows January, 1985 as the final Environ mental Impact Statement deadline, with July. 1985 designated for a pre sidential decision on a site. The ear liest possible date for completion o f USGS final studies is shown as Sep tember, 1987. cause its basalt formations cannot safely guarantee waste from leach ing into the water table and from ther, downstream toward popula tion centers along the river. Granite was suggested as a much more stable material for waste storage Timson said o f five original sites picked for study by the federal gov ernment, “ only Hanford and Ne vada are being actively considered.” Although a state’s governor may veto a site within that state's borders (which may, however, be overridden by Congress), other areas, including Nevada, have shown reluctance in accepting a waste site, she said. Elected officials in Washington State, including Governor John Spellman, have not shown strong opposition to the Hanford site, Timson added. Bell, the sole Oregon representa tive on the committee, said he toured H anford in September, 1983, "W e have everything you need. ID T.C.B (2) Care Free Curl (31 Lustrasilk (4) Naw Era (51 S Curl (6) World of Curl (7) Ravlon 5 (8) U-Do-lt s / ’ (91 Special Feeling (10) Pro-Line And many more items to choose from. M RS. C ’s WIGS 707 N.E. Fremont 281-6S2S Closed Bun. 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