Page 4 Portland Observer, November 23, 1963
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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-
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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
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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,
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