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Show GROWING SOVIET THREAT AND THE SALT II PAGE 7 AGREEMENT The Independent DedicatedTo The Constitution, Liberty, Morality, and Truth Vol. 10, No. 16 Thomas I. Anderson William F. Buckley, Ir. James Burnham Frank Hanighen Russell Kiik Alfred Kohlberg of of AMERICAN OPINION Medford Evans, magazine. one of the nation'i most . and knowledgeable CONSERVATISM tho FHtioo camo to a close, Tom Anderson's poivorfully Concorvative column 'Straight Talk appoarod regularly in his Farm And Ranch magazines with a circulation of 1.3 million and was carried by hundreds of newspapers. Rocords of his Conservative speeches wore soon sold in the hundreds of thousands. American Way Featurei Syndicates contributing editors, Tom Anderson and Clarence Manion, are honored in die issue, APOSTLES OF Ao The February April 19, 1979 Clarence Manion Leonard Read E. Merrill Root William ). Simmons Dan Smoot Robert Welch TWELVE ' Two 35C Salt UkeCity, Utah 84115 articulate conservative Anderson and lists editors, Manion among die nation's betrayal. Not that apostles never err. One recalls that St Peter denied the Master thrice, authentic twelve apostles writes a weekly column for The American Way Features. Hue are excerpts from Dr. Medford Euan's article: Remembered herein are twelve apostles of the Conservative Movement. Not The Twelve Apostles. vofr conservatism." Tom Anderson owns and The American publishes Way Features, Dean Manion has been a frequent and . his contributor , daughter Marilyn Manion, By Just twelve apostles. The former might "verge on and would sacrilege, certainly be misleading, for there are other persons of comparable , significance to Movememt Twelve Although Washington: nothing is being said publicly. Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials are quietly investigating the possibility of sabotage being involved in the accident that shut down the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor at Middletown, Pa. This unannounced part of tire SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT SaW Lafca City, Utah was inquiry triggered by a chain of suspicious events and the involvement of the human factor in the accident that Commissions had seriously shaken the nuclear power industry in the U.S. and abroad. Of. particular interest to probers is a threat of sabotage received a week before the accident by officials of the Metropolitan Edison Company, which operates the billion dollar nuclear facility. oo . CD a H m in f- - w X f W in M OS j f--CQ --I CM O Government security agents, at about .the same time as the threat,' learned of a report circulated among protest groups that there soon would be an incident at a nuclear plant that would greatly help the O anti-nucle- ar M n O in .j si m H x o in J movement. Along with the timing of the to Cl t i I I I tM I - f i t 't I i I i I i V , ' I The lead to advance information about the accident. THE HUMAN FACTOR nuclear accident starring Jane ar The involvement of the human Fonda, a leader in the and Vietnam protest movements, factor in the accident also has left these developments caused invesopen the possibility of sabotage. links Preliminary investigations by tigators to look for possible between the Middletown accident government nuclear experts reveal and ' the nation-wid- e "'campaign that two days before the accident at Three Mile Island plant, somebody against nuclear energy being conducted by these protest groups. apparently left two valves closed Government investigators are after- testing the plants back-u- p examining an extraordinary; article cooling system. This prevented the detailing an imaginary accident at system from working properly the Three Mile Island plant when the main cooling line failed published in the fall of 1978 by a on March 28. radical Because the valves were immagazine in nearby Harrisburg, Pa. properly set, the plant's uranium Whether by accident or core began to overheat during a period, according to the design, the article appearing in the " used Nuclear Regulatory Commissions Harrisburg", magazine March 28 as the date of the findings. fuel rods in the The imaginary accident at the plant. That turns out to be the same date core of the reactor then began to when the reai accident occurred at melt, releasing highly radioactive the plant. gas into the steel reactor vessel. When questioned about the Some of the gases eventually found article. Managing Editor Bill their way outside the plant and into Kiesling frankly admitted that it the Pennsylvania countryside. The importance of these was intended to illustrate the dangers of nuclear power plants manually operated valves became but contended that neither he nor clear during NRCs investigation any members of his staff had any 'of the cause of the accident. While China distribution of the Syndrome, a movie about a UTAH INDEPENDENT 57 E. Oakland San Lain City, Utah 84115 might Twelve, or capitals, leaves nominations open, the avoids' for and momemnt imputation of Besides, ' anti-nucle- - anti-nucle- ar 12-min- ute -- 12-fo- ot i I k i k historical Movement Conservative There is no room in such a list for latecomers, however worthy, and there is no room for any who did not to the labor spread Hie without Conservative the Paul Scott was an Apostle. still importance In the origin and early development of the speculation as to which one was Judas. But Judas was a Disciple, not an Apostle. St. Paul, though not a Disciple, . is remembered for his rocklike faith, upon which die church is based. Yet the word apostle, with the number twelve , imposes responsibility for designating only persons of v . but the closing of the valves occurred during a regular test, it still isn't clear whether the valves were opened by one employee and then mysteriously closed by another. The THE BIG WORRY possibility of nuclear power reactors being sabotaged from inside has been a constant concern of government and congressional nuclear safety experts because of the recent relaxation of U.S: security laws. At a recent meeting in the U.S. capital to discuss the continuing dismantling of this countrys internal security system. Senator a member of Orrin Hatch ), the Senate Judiciary Committee, warned of this security breakdown, stating: Our law enforcement agencies have been stripped of much of their ability to deal with domestic (R-UT- espionage and terrorism, and with the depredations of organized crime. The Federal Employee subversion, Security program has for all practical purposes been nullified. Known members of subversive organizations cannot today be Continued on page 9 |