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Three Mile residents
show stress symptoms
United Press International
ma ; HARRISBURG, Pa. — Over 10
Irofll percent of the residents near Three
heralfc! Mile Island experienced abdominal
longei pains, rashes, insomnia, irritability
1130 at and other stress symptoms after the
130 pt plant’s nuclear accident, a new study
tatioiu Reports.
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credit uses
United Press International
| WASHINGTON — The Federal
Reserve Board, the nation s chief
jponey manager, Wednesday re
fined the credit controls established
in March to curb America’s credit-
ngry consumers.
The board said its credit controls
11 apply not only to open-ended
’ ures % tredit, but also to open accounts.
|i Open-end accounts allow a con-
J ' sinner to pay off his balance in install-
'8 in v f ments. Under an open account, the
•m ate;r ^jnsumer may make new purchases
xnibitipi jjjj 0 j)t a i n new credit advances, but
irtsAs jj expected to pay the full amount of
ffls bill when it arrives,
amic sc,: . pbe board said its controls do take
Mt " L precedence over all other limita-
: not te {ions, such as those set by the De-
use it•■fftment of Energy to govern oil
company credit cards,
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sisted in some cases for almost a year'
since the March 28, 1979 accident
and the situation has become “chro
nically disturbing” for many resi
dents, said a Pennsylvania Health
Department study released
Wednesday.
The findings — taken from inter
views with some 2,200 people living
within 55 miles of the plant — also
showed local citizens relied more
heavily on sleeping pills, liquor and
cigarettes to ease the tension during
the weeklong nuclear crisis.
A 112.5 percent increase in the
use of sleeping pills was reported
during the crisis, while drinkers said
they drank 31.9 percent more alco
hol and smokers smoked 13.6 per
cent more cigarettes.
Immediately after the accident —
and continuing at least until January
1980 — over 10 percent of the local
population experienced such physic
al stress symptoms as headaches, di
arrhea, constipation, abdominal
pains, sweating spells, stomach trou
ble, frequent urination and rashes,
the study reported.
The study also found similar num
bers in the population experiencing
behavioral stress symptoms, such as
loss of appetite, insomnia, shaky
feelings, lack of clarity in thought,
irritability or extreme anger.
In addition, the report said various
incidents at Three Mile Island since
the 1979 mishap — including the
continuing release of low-level radia
tion and the well-publicized debate
over the plant’s future — has made
the situation “chronically disturb
ing” for many people.
Between 50-60 percent of the peo
ple living within a 10-mile radius of
the plant indicated they opposed the
proposed reopening of Three Mile
Island.
The Health Department’s findings
indicated stress diminished among
citizens further away from the strick
en plant.
Nearly 30 percent of those within
the 10-mile radius reported being
“quite upset” following the accident
— compared to 10-20 percent within
15 miles.
THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1980
Page 9
Oil profits rise
while others fall
United Press International
WASHINGTON — While oil
company profits are increasing by
record amounts, those of most
other industries are falling.
The Commerce Department
reported Tuesday that corporate
profits overall, based on current
production, fell at an annual rate
of $4.4 billion during the fourth
quarter of 1979, October-
December.
This was a substantially larger
drop than the $1.2 billion decline
the department had estimated
earlier.
During the quarter, oil com
pany profits increased at an
annual rate of $6.5 billion, the
report said, the biggest dollar in
crease ever.
In most other industries, pro
fits either declined or stood still.
On a percentage basis, oil com
pany profits rose 30 percent in the
fourth quarter alone and were 65
percent higher in 1979 as a whole
than the year before. Overall cor
porate profits rose only 8 percent
during the year.
Government and private eco
nomists said soaring energy costs
and interest rates are squeezing
the profits of most industries in
the same way they are cutting
into the real income of individual
Americans.
Rising oil prices, caused both
by the Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries and the be
ginning of domestic decontrol,
account for a quarter of recent
U.S. price inflation.
Analysts said, therefore, it is
not surprising oil companies be
nefit while other profits are
squeezed.
I , ■
The Council on Wage and
Price Stability reported in Febru
ary most of the increase in oil
company profits prior to October
had come from their overseas
operations.
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