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s ^ew nuclear defense plan ncludes urban evacuation erage and socia- >$t for 'rcent foom lation nder- rder- othe the 'Orce ss to in a Joe .m. ~yson jvlia liains ggaa tken Lee ;cnSi ^aik ton, der, »per hwm ius, =|ch United Press International WASHINGTON — President Carter, reflecting administration concern over the pace of Soviet civil defense improvements, has approved a new plan to ensure the nation’s preparedness in the event of a major nuclear attack, it was reported Monday. The New York Times said the five-year program would cost about $2 billion — up from roughly $90 million spent last year on civil defense. The pro gram will require congressional approval. The program is not geared to a massive — and costly — building plan to increase the number of underground bomb shelters, the paper said. Instead, it is de signed to expedite the evacua tion of major U.S. cities to pro tect millions of urban dwellers. It would involve an educa tional program to brief citizens on the best and quickest way to react to a nuclear crisis. The plan — although sup ported by the Pentagon and the National Security Council — has met resistance at the State De partment, where officials believe a stepped-up program to cope with a nuclear attack will dis- suade the Russians from agreeing Nuclear protestor wnored by rallies ■ United Press International KLAHOMA CITY — Lights 1 thousands of candles flickered ■a downtown Oklahoma City park | mday to highlight at least 100 ilar vigils throughout the nation I nmemorating the death of Karen S wood and supporting her battle or stricter control of nuclear lilities. Jlilkwood had promised to expose n|nierous safety violations at the rr-McGee Corporation litonium facility at Crescent, Oid,i. but she never arrived at a set d eting with a newspaper reporter. 51; died in an auto crash only a few aJirs before the interview, pilkwood supporters predicted Oklahoma City demonstration the largest of the more than 100 iesand civil disobedience actions | fined Monday and later in the ek at Washington, D.C., and lo ons in 45 states. Local Silkwood advocates said usands of people attended the y in Robert S. Kerr Park in omtown Oklahoma City. The late . senator for whom the park is led also co-founded the Kerr- l(Gee Corporation. Its corporate Ices are located opposite the assy area and were the admitted let of Monday’s planned protest Ho" ,t the Washington demonstra- protesters have promised un- lified acts of civil disobedience nst Kerr-McGee offices unless lials promise financial restitution atomic workers in payment for lyed physical damage plutonium cause in plant workers. The ioactive substance is a cancer- | ing agent known not to exhibit iffects for as long as 10 to 15 s after exposure. ocal organizers also planned a of the Cimarron facility and a to the site where Silkwood’s car hed. ilkwood estate attorneys and an Chemical and Atomic Workers j on official have claimed umentation of alleged safety itions were taken from her car night of the crash, but Kerr- Gee officials have said no such (age existed. hortly after Silkwood’s death, Cimarron plant at Crescent was Silkwood said medical tests on workers at the Cimarron plant showed they had been exposed to dangerously high levels of plutonium. Shortly before Silkwood’s death, her apartment was found to be con taminated with radioactivity from plutonium. The Silkwood case has become common ground for political unity among several diverse organiza tions. Vocally and financially sup porting the case has been the American Civil Liberties Union, National Organization for Women, at least one major labor union. Wo men’s International League for Peace and dozens of antinuclear groups. In a recently publicized tape rec- ing of a conversation between wood and the reporter. mammm fV CHILE BVRLOR &BEER GARDEN 4410 College Main 846-9438 Grins & Friends go to gether for Lunch, Sup per & Whiz-Bang Good Times. Beautiful Selection of Quality Musical Gifts at Keyboard Center. Bladwin, since 1862 Cable, since 1875 LAYAWAY LOCAL TERMS BALDWIN FACTORY TERMS Alvarez Guitars, long lasting quality. Other guitars also on display. to arms restraints, the Times said. Government officials who support the program were quoted by the Times as saying the program was designed to protect as many as 140 million Americans. Carter reportedly made the decision last month to support the program. White House aides told the Times the decision represents a significant about-face in Ameri can strategic policy. Civil de fense has received relatively lit tle attention since the early 1960s. It’s bad news when you get sick in Russia United Press International WASHINGTON — An American surgeon just back from Russia has one piece of advice: “Don’t get sick in the Soviet Union.” “If you do get sick, take the next plane to Helsinki or Frankfurt or Nuremberg,” Dr. W. Leonard Weyl, an assistant professor of surgery at Georgetown University, told U.S. News and World Report. 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