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2The Daily Tar Heel Tuesday, august 26, 1986 Oiromnri) wn By RACHEL STIFFLER Staff Writer A local group opposed to the Shearon Harris nuclear plant has sent a petition to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Washington, D.C., to voice concern about the effectiveness of the plant's emergency evacuation plan. Dan Coleman, media coordinator for the Coalition for Alternatives to Shearon Harris, said the document was actually a compilation of several petitions that were signed by more than 20,000 people during May, June and x xN " " v x , W x X V ,X sX jW- PILOT A feeling. . . beyond smoothness., PUcft rsw Breii;hsn Is ensciiier 2nd men ccrnrt!3 ttan sny idling ball pen you're evsr used. A gutsy claim but true. Buy a new Pilot Brougham and prove it to yourself. Send us the coupon, proof-of-purchase (a receipt will do) and $455. Check or money order only. YouH get a "What's Smoother tee shirt (an $11.00 value) and a free Pilot Spotliter highlighting marker. 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Coleman added that although a drill was conducted in May 1985, "new questions about the safety of the plant have been raised since then, and the plant was not subject at that time to the scrutiny that it would be now within one year of its licensing." In case of an emergency, he said, "some people may not be adequately informed on what to do. It may not adequately address the needs of the disabled, and there may be a large number of people out on Jordan Lake who might not hear the alarm." Roger Hannah, a CP&L company For f ho Record In Monday's "Taylor gives hot show," the song, "Only One" from James Taylor's album, "That's Why I'm Here" was incorrectly identified "You Are My Only One." The Daily Tar Heel regrets the error. START EXECUTIVE TRAINING NOW Don't wait until you finish college to start a management training program. If you have at least two years remain ing, consider Air Force ROTC. We can give you a head start on a fast paced career. 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The. office has compiled a list of their names and has made arran gements for their transportation in the event of an emergency. Boaters on Jordan Lake would also be notified,, Hannah said. "The sirens in the area can be heard very well, as residents in the area will attest." Claire Miles, public affairs officer for the NRC, said that she did not know when the commission would act on either CP&L's request for exemp tion or CASH'S petition. The NRC never requires a full-scale evacuation drill, she said, only one involving plant personnel like the one conducted at Shearon Harris last year. According to the latest information the NRC has, Shearon Harris is striving to be licensed by early Sep tember, Miles said. Long From Associated Press reports The midnight oil was burning and the Senate and the House were churning toward a three-week vacation. The hour was late, near four in the morning on Saturday, Aug. 15, and Congress was finally close to wrapping up an 18-hour day and going home, ending a two-week marathon of late-night sessions. In the sedate Senate. Sen. Rudy Boschwitz, R-Minn., was asleep, slumped in his chair on the Senate floor as debate droned on around him. It took a role call vote to wake him up. In the House, which recessed for hours waiting for the long-winded Senate to complete work on a debt ceiling bill. Rep. Clarence E. Miller, R-Ohio, complained about procedures. The House leadership wanted unanimous-'-consent to order-the" House into recess "subject to the call of the chair." But filler wanted the EARN n TODAY Help meet the critical shortage of plasma by making your life-saving donation. Your donation helps expectant mothers, hemophiliacs, and many others. Make up to $120 per month in your" spare time by giving the gift of life. 5 SERA - a l091 E. 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The pension provisions also may translate into higher benefits for retirees, particularly low-wage people, and would discourage workers from cashing out their pensions before retirement. Because of the changes in the tax overhaul bill, the association said, it is expected that the number of Americans covered by private pensions between the years 2001 and 2020 will be 17 million more than under the existing system. And their benef its would be 22 percent higher. Probation program revamped RALEIGH The 2.7 million dollar expansion of the N.C. Department of Corrections pro bation program should be in place by mid-November and could divert 1,215 people a year from crowded prisons, a proba tion official said Monday. In the current fiscal year, about 600 people will be channeled through the expanded system, said George Barnes of the Div- honors affect congressmen recess to end at a "time certain." It was all too much for House Republican Leader Bob Michel of Illinois. "Some of us want to get our bags packed and get out of town tomor row," he said. "If the gentleman is tired he can go back to the office and poop out and we will call the gentleman." The leadership prevailed and the House waits out the Senate. Some members napped in their offices. Others abandoned Capitol Hill altogether and went home to bed. Finally, at 3:30 a.m., the word came that the Senate had acted and House members were called for a roll call vote. It was obvious that some House members had come to the floor straight from their slumbers, a haste that put some in violation of the dress code that requires the wearing r ofa coafartdtfe tfnlhe' SehateHboTr.' While Rep. Timothy Wirth of Colorado, a Democrat, walked onto TEC DIQIOGICALS turns back eg onpnees Wednesday, SfOiOD Actional ision of Adult Probation and Parole. Before the expansion, nine probation teams of two or three supervisors were processing about 430 convicts a year. Soviets back nuclear safeguard WASHINGTON If the proposed summit between Pres ident Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev develops later this year, one issue that could be a key part of the agenda is a proposal for nuclear risk reduction centers. When the centers first were proposed in 1983 by a task force, the Soviets rejected the idea, calling it a propaganda ploy designed to obscure the fact that no progress was being made on the larger arms control issue. But Nunn, the ranking Demo crat on the Senate Armed Ser vices Committee, said in an interview last week that the Soviets have changed their posi tion because they now see the proposal as one that could pro duce an agreement between the two superpowers in the arms control area. the floor he was tieless. And Repub licans, observant of the rules at any hour, shouted, "Tie! Tie! Tie!" Democrats had their revenge a few moments later when Republican Rep. E. Clay Shaw of Florida walked in clad in a dark suit and tie. One fellow member noticed that although Shaw was wearing shoes, he had neglected to put on socks. So the cry went up from the Democratic side of the aisle, "Socks! Socks! Socks!" Back in the Senate, Majority Leader Bob Dole, R-Kan., and Minority Leader Robert C. Byrd, D W.Va., assessed the situation. "We were forced into this spurt of frenetic activity, having frittered away a great deal of time in the period immediately prior to this two week mad dash toward the recess," Byrd told the Senate. Campus Calendar Tuesday 3 J0 p.m. Career Planning and Placement Services pres . ents "Job Hunt 101," an orientation workshop, in 210 Hanes Hall. For more information, call 962 6507. 4:15 p.m. Career Planning and Placement Services pres ents "Job Hunt 102," a workshop on resume writ ing, in 210 Hanes Hall. 7 p.m. Maranatha Campus Min istry presents "A Life Changing Message by Rusty Russell," in Man ning Hall. 7:30 p.m. Real Life Fellowship will have its first Bible study in the sixth floor lounge of Granville West. Call' 942-7735 for more information. Items of Interest 1985 Yackety Yacks are available. Come by Room 106 in the Student 1 Union if you ordered a yearbook. ; "Women in American Physiology, ) 1890-1940," an exhibit of women's J photographs, will be displayed in the Health Sciences Library. i the clock August 27
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