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Anti-nukes protest
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United Press International
SEATTLE — Protesters
vowed to continue monitoring
the progress of a train carrying
100 nuclear warheads from
Amarillo to a Trident sub
marine base in Barngor, Wash.,
but charged the train violated
speed limits in an effort to
thwart their vigils.
Groups of anti-nuclear pro
testers vowed Sunday to con
tinue vigils against what they cal
led the “death train.”
“Good Germans should h^ve
protested when the railroad cars
carrying Jews to their destruc
tion passed through their
towns,” said Francis Kromkows-
ki of the Last Chance Peacemak
ers Coalition in Helena, Mont.
“But they looked the other way.
We’re not looking the other
way.”
The train, pulling 12 special
ly designed freight cars and two
turreted security cars, headed
into the Great Falls, Mont., area
traveling at 10 mph, said Jim
Douglass of the Washington
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“From Great Falls it could
take a northern route through
Glacier National Park to White
Fish, Mont., or down south
through Helena,” Douglass said.
“There are questions of safety if
it goes to White Fish. There have
been a number of derailments in
the park.”
Douglass said the train could
reach its destination by today.
The train must pass through
Sandpoint, Idaho, and Spokane,
Wash., on its way "to the Bangor
base.
Douglass charged the train
was traveling at speeds up to 60
mph shortly after it left Billings,
Mont,.. The legal limit for a train
carrying restricted materials is
35 mph.
The protesters said author
ities were changing the speeds
and route of the train to thwart
them. Railroad officials have re
fused to confirm the route the
train is traveling.
Federal and railroad officials
also have refused to confirm the
train was carrying nuclear war
heads.
Burlington Northern officials
notified authorities of possible
problems after 11 people were
arrested Saturday in protests in
Denver and Fort Collins, Colo.
A group of 200 protesters met
the train Saturday as it wound
through the western outskirts of
Cheyenne, Wyo.
The train left the Pantex
Corp. at Amarillo Friday and
changed crews at Denver early
Saturday. The Pantex Corp.
assembles all nuclear weapons
used by U.S. military forces.
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Report - GNP is growing
United Press International
WASHINGTON — The na
tion’s gross national product is
growing at 4 percent a year after
inflation — rebuilding at a heal
thy pace after hitting the bottom
of the recession late last year —
government economists said
Monday.
The Commerce Depart
ment’s tentative “flash” projec
tion of GNP growth in the cur
rent January-March quarter,
the broad measure of the value
of all goods and services, is based
on only partial data. The first
official reading will be made
next month.
The figure was at the high
end of predictions of a moder
ately strong recovery this year.
But analysts also cautioned that
the figure in several categories
largely reflects drops less steep
than in the previous quarter,
rather than actual reversals to
show increases.
At the same time the depart
ment made a final revision in its
formal GNP measurement for
the October-December quarter,
showing the economy was still
shrinking at an annual rate of
1.1 percent, instead of the figure
last reported, 1.9 percent.
Ann the government's GNP
measure for 1982 was improved
slightly to show 1982’s economy
got 1.7 percent smaller, rather
than the 1.8 percent originally
reported.
The year was still the worst
since the economy slowed down
immediately after World War
II.
The government's omnibus
report also included the first
measure of corporate profits for
the fourth quarter of last year,
which after taxes did not chanee
at all f rom the third qua
For 1982, profits afir
dropped 22.1 j)erctnLa
partment said, iromllStj
lion to S117.5 billion. I
The White House,noa
advance what the figunj
show, quicklv produced
ment saying,“Wearem
ward an excellent reco«n|
the recession.”
Spokesman Larry Sj
said. "It's the mostcondu
dication that we havett
that the economic recma
Isegun and is proceeds
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Record tax hikes sought
United Press International
WASH INGTON — State leg
islatures are looking for more
money to counter a weak eco
nomy and high unemployment
with 43 states considering re
cord tax increases this year
totalling more than $12 billion,
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the Tax Foundation said in a
new report.
“Both the number of states
looking for new revenues and
the dollar amounts being sought
are unprecedented,” it said. The
non-profit research group has
existed since 1937 and has col
lected this series of figures since
1962.
During most of the 1970s,
states for the most part were re
ducing taxes, the report said.
But in 1981 and 1982 they
enacted tax increases of roughly
$4 billion per year.
Presumably not all the in
creases being considered by
state legislatures this year will lx'
enacted. Last year's $4 billion in
crease resulted from $6.8 billion
in proposed increases. But the
figures indicate this will be the
third year in a row of substantial
growth.
At least 23 states, the report
said, are considering raising the
sales tax rate, broadening its
base
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SAN DIEGO — One in five
men who die of testicular cancer
— the leading cause of death
from solid tumors in men 20 to
40 years old — could be saved
with early detection, a study re
leased Monday said.
In half the cases studied, the
deadly delay was blamed on the
physician.
Dr. George Prout Jr., chief of
Urological Service at Mas
sachusetts General Hospital, ex
amined 89 patients with testicu
lar cancer treated at the hospital
from 1970 to 1980.
“This group of patients with
testicular cancer exemplified
the need for prompt diagnosis
of neo-plastic (cancerous) pro
cesses,” Prout told science wri
ters at an American Cancer Soci
ety seminar. “The lost oppor
tunity was catastrophic for those
who died.”
Prout said diagnosis was de
layed in 61 percent of the cases.
In half the cases the patient post
poned seeking medical advice by
up to four years. In the other
half, physicians caused delays of
up to two years by misdiagnos
ing their symptoms.
Of 34 patients who sought
prompt medical advice and had
their infected testes removed
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cent, died.
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sis, nine, or 33 percent,dj
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