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THE BATTALION THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1979 Page 9 the nation Nuclear plant chief lays report wrong United Press International WASHINGTON — The head of firm that owns the Three Mile ind nuclear complex Tuesday puted the contention of a presi- ' ntial commission that his com ay was inadequately staffed and uipped to operate a nuclear reac- A General Public Utilities Corp. mjiairman William G. Kuhns said jjijf e fcompany’s size, resources, iBimber of employees and years of Rclear experience all proved that it Id the knowledge, expertise and v^Hnnel to operate and maintain |> nuclear facility. vT'; “As of February of this year, the V?U system ranked fourth among S. utilities in total lifetime pro- VJbtion of nuclear generated elec- city, ’ Kuhns said. iThe Three Mile Island Commis- »n was appointed by President liter to investigate the accident at satomic power plant last March. ie commission released its finding tesday. iKuhns added that the United ates can’t do without nuclear Wit would be hazardous for the ^Bmiinti v if we found ourselves totally i jpendent on any one supply or lergy source,” he said. “We can- jtiremain captives of foreign ^^Hgy supplies, nor can we place our hope on our coal resrves IHfth bear heavy environmental irden.” #:iln Pennsylvania, other nuclear •erators generally applauded the )eparment ays tomatoes tot dumped United Press International MEXICO CITY — A tomato portage in the United States this inter and a rift in Mexico-U.S. re- ttions have been averted by a U.S. rgasury Department ruling that [jjpeixican growers are not dumping Sfteir produce in the United States m The Mexican government said ■Aesday in a communique it was ^Bisfied” with the ruling and said it flpould “contribute to better under standing and good relations be- (veen both countries.” In the ruling handed down Tues- ay, the Treasury Department nocked down a complaint filed by a roup of Florida growers under a 921 anti-dumping law, accusing ie Mexicans of selling their pro duce below production cost. Tipie Treasury Department ruled i favor of the Mexicans, saying the rice they charged U.S. buyers was same price they charged Cana- i buyers. 1| The communique said that al- iiough the Florida growers could appeal the Treasury Department (ding through federal courts, Mexi- an growers will be able to sell their pfroduce to the United States this vinter. Hniexican growers said an unfavor- ble ruling could have forced them mt of business and turned many of some 200,000 farm workers they Employ into illegal aliens. findings and recommendations of | the commission headed by Dartmouth President John G. Kemeny. » i “It’s good news,” said Robert K. Campbell, president of Pennsyl vania Power & Light Co. of Allen town, which is constructing two reactors in Berwick, Columbia County, to be called the Sus quehanna Units No. 1 and No. 2. “I think it’s a positive sign for the country. We have very limited op tions to provide for future energy needs. If we had a moratorium it would seriously cripple our ability to meet our people’s needs,” he said. Campbell said the idea of having continuous government surveillance of nuclear power plants was “per fectly sensible.” Another positive response was is sued by the Duquesne Light Co., of Pittsburgh, which operates one reactor at the Beaver Valley nuclear plant in Shippingport, Beaver County. Westinghouse Electric Corp. of Pittsburgh, the world’s biggest builder of nuclear reactors, said the commission did “a thoughtful job in its investigation.” The firm said the commission’s recommendations would lead to improved safety. First for Birmingham City gets black mayor United Press International BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- Spur red by an unprecedented black voter turnout, the soft-spoken son of a sharecropper unofficially defeated a white opponent to be come the first black mayor of Birmingham, a city once synonymous with racism. In an unofficial vote tally, Richard Arrington, a two-term city councilman, won Tuesday by almost 2,000 votes over attorney Frank Parsons, who was making his first bid for public office in an election dominated by the racial issue. Arrington, 45, won the elec tion on the strength of a black voter turnout of 71 percent and a boost from white voters, who turned out 66 percent strong to cast their ballots. Arrington said President Car ter called and told him it was a great day for Birmingham and the nation after the city’s history of racial turmoil in the 1960s. “It feels great, it just feels great,” Arrington told a room packed with cheering supporters. “This is an historic occasion for our city because the majority of the voters of this city has tapped one of the sons of color,” said Ar- PHYSICS/CHEMISTRY/MATH ENGINEERING MAJORS In the field of energy generation, Nudear Power Is potentially the best alternative to our nation's future needs If you are a recent colege graduate or just approaching graduation in a technical major and have maintained a degree of academic excellence, you may qualify for a rewarding and challenging career In Nuclear Power with unlimited advancement opportunity and unusually attractive benefits including: • Scholarship of $660/month during senior year • starting salary of *16,500; Increaaes to $24,000 In 4 years • Free medical, dental care • 30 days paid vacation annually • 1 year graduate level training In nucleer engineering • Excellent retirement plan Aakyour Placement Officer to set up an Interview with a Navy representative when he visits the campus on: 30, 31 Oct and 1 Nov or contact your Navy representative at (713) 224-1758 NUCLEAR POWER MANAGER NAVY OFFICER PROGRAMS 1121 Walker St., Houaton, Taxaa 77002 H WE TEACH YOU Professional instructors Equipment Rentals Weekly Classes, Call Today Spectators welcome American Parachute Center Sat. & Sun. (713) 279-2161 Coll. Sta. Office evenings (713) 693-3317 rington. “I’m also proud of the voters of this city because they rejected any campaign based on fears and any campaign based on smears. I’ll be a mayor for all of the people of this city.” Parsons said he was not con ceding the race until the returns were made official. Reactions from the city, con sidered a bastion of segregation little more than a decade ago and torn again by racial strife last summer, were not all pleasant. “Well, my reaction is that this is a gloomy dark period in Bir mingham,’’ said Donald Ful- ghum, a white man who placed an advertisement in a city news paper saying a black mayor would contribute to a rising crime rate. “I think we need to drop the flags at half staff and fly them for 30 days. It’s gloomy be cause Richard Arrington was elected and he is a first class ra cist. “The blacks are stealing and murdering, and Arrington hasn’t done anything about it,” he said. Arrington, who holds a doctor ate and is president of the Alabama Center for Higher Edu cation, a consortium of black schools, becomes the third black mayor of a large Southern city, joining the ranks of Atlanta and New Orleans. With all 75 boxes reporting, Arrington garnered 44,798 votes in an unofficial final vote count, or 51.1 percent. Parsons had 42,814 votes, or 48.9 percent. About 45 percent of the city’s 129,000 registered voters are black, although blacks make up just over half the city’s 300,000 residents. Officials estimated 68 percent of Birmingham’s regis tered voters turned out to cast ballots. Arrington polled 44 percent of the vote in a seven-candidate, non-partisan election Oct. 9. Parsons was a distant second with about 17 percent, splitting the white vote with two other candidates, including the in cumbent mayor, David Vann. Vann was ousted primarily due to a volatile racial issue that left black voters dissatisfied with him. The mayor’s handling of the police shooting of a young black woman sparked demonstrations by blacks and the outrage of black leaders, who urged Ar rington to run. Arrington, ironi cally, helped put Vann in office in 1975. Energy rules promote renewable resources United Press International WASHINGTON — The Depart ment of Energy has established policies to keep power companies from discriminating against custom ers who use electricity as a backup for solar or unconventional heating under Energy Department rules announced Wednesday. The agency said its proposed new rules would help states to comply with a 1978 law calling on them to consider 11 rate reforms designed to promote the use of residential solar and renewable energy resources. The beneficiaries of the rules would be residential customers who heat their homes with solar or geothermal energy, wind power. wood or municipal wastes. The agency also issued final rules requiring the nation’s utilities to help their customers make energy saving home improvements, which j could include the installation of in sulation or wind, solar or geother mal energy devices. 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