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Senate approves nuke dump
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Sen
ate signed off Wednesday on a deal
allowing Maine and Vermont to ship
their radioactive waste to Texas, end
ing Congress’ lengthy consideration
of the controversial agreement.
Moments after the Senate ap
proved the Texas Low-Level Ra
dioactive Waste Disposal Compact
on a commanding 78-15 vote, de
jected anti-nuclear activists
emerged from the Senate gallery
and vowed to fight the proposed
West Texas waste dump in the
Texas Legislature.
“This is definitely not the end,”
said Erin Rogers, executive direc
tor of the legal defense fund estab
lished to oppose construction of
the dump near Sierra Blanca, 90
miles southeast of El Paso. She
said her group will work to block
funding for the dump, which will
house waste generated by nuclear
power plants, industry, medical
labs and universities.
But the general manager of the
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste
Disposal Authority, responsible for
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“The body isn’t
even cold yet. Him
(Jacobi) saying they
will get a permit is
premature.”
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legislative session, wt
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will have a licenseaii:
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— Rep. Norma Chavez
Dumping site opponent
the dump’s construction and ad
ministration. predicts the Legisla
ture will provide the funding when
lawmakers convene in January.
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Book ruled contraband
• Texas Almanac s
detailed maps raises
escape concerns.
DALLAS (AP) — It wasn’t the hog production table,
wildflower photos or list of Texas first ladies that got
the Texas Almanac banned in the state prison system.
It was the numerous and detailed county maps that
show seemingly every little road, creek, hamlet,
mountain and railroad.
“A map would be of great assistance if you were
planning to go over the wall,” says Larry Fitzgerald,
spokesman for the Texas Department of Criminal Jus
tice. “Once they’re outside the walls, they go, ‘Ooh,
I’m out here. What do I do now?”
“A lot of times they won’t have any idea really
where they are, what road leads to where.”
The publisher of the almanac, The Dallas Morning
News, is not upset about the ban. Instead, the paper
sees it as a breakout marketing opportunity.
The Morning News recently ran an advertisement
for the almanac that bragged: “The powers-that-be
feared that inmates might use the detailed county
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maps to plot escape routes. We’re notate Player c
If the maps are so good prisoners are addition, t
read them — imagine what they can d d double-t
Fitzgerald says the almanac hasbeeles, incl
years — at least the five he has been: tes in w[
system. 10 kills an
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— the densely forested Eas: r with
prison unit — includes the numbe
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and several railroad lines. )er 32 is
The American Civil Libe of voile:
not think the ban treads unfairly onfegjde is prof
Says Jay Jacobson of the ACLU oflfeatcally hie
might be able to expresh i ever eo,
with a detailed map that si volley bn
every hill and dale. -lli said.
But defense attorney Tbm MillsofDafce 5-foot,]
that the restiiction therexa rning off
ons focus on punishment rather thane J she hoe
Other banned reading material 1 in A&M
pornography, hate writings, and o All-Am
that show how to build weaponsorh while k\i
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tell unit that almanac editor MaryG s ting a
of the restrictions. 5 the wat
“They sent us a for m saying the ate )ed the si
banned because it contained contra: *n the nai
“We had a good laugh over it andp. :
frame and hung it on the wall.”
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