Show V HHW' Vr I' ' Page 2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday July 19 1998 I Nuclear near-mis-s 1 Government buying wheat to aid fanners with averting June disaster the problems: The tornado severed fiber optic lines and knocked out the By Mika MokrzycM Associated Press Writer OAK HARBOR Ohio — The atomic power plant’s control room grew dim Instrument lights flashed red as the storm LITTLE ROCK Ark (AP) — Responding to a “dangerous moment” for American fanners President Clinton said Saturday the government is buying 25 million tons of wheat to push up prices The wheat will be donated to starving populations in Sudan plant’s main phone system The federal hot line linked directly to the plant also failed A microwave-base- d phone system provided limited service but slowed plant officials’ efforts to raging outside knocked out two of three power lines Then came the urgent warning from security: Cameras showed three distinct funnel clouds taking dead aim Moments later the last power and elsewhere “America’s form families face a crisis and we have an obligation to help” Clinton said fa his weekly radio address which he taped in Little Rock where he is notify local and state emergency managers that they had declared an alert — the second of four increasingly serious emergency tlinifiyjHiffff Because of a faulty switch a key safety display went black for two hours immediately after link was cut and the control room briefly went dark The plant computer failed A “red spending the weekend visiting friends playing golf and helping Arkansas Democrats raise cam- the tornado Heat knocked it out again the next afternoon IWo locomotive-size- d emergency diesel generators provided power to avert a total plant phone” hot line to Washington went dead On June 24 the Davis-BesNuclear Station on Lake Erie took the worst direct hit by a tornado ever weathered by a se US atomic plant The ' Hhflfan paign money “Our farmers face a difficult and dangerous moment” Clinton blackout but temperatures in the room housing one generator 900-megaw- said noting that falling prices have taken a loll on fanning communities across the country tt” jfaap including in his home state “Many farm families have been pushed off their land and many more could suffer the same fate unless our nation revives its com- rose 2 degrees over the operating limit when a vent got stuck the afternoon after the storm reactor shut down automatically and no radiation leaked largely because of the “For a few minutes your staff's quick competent responses and backup equipment But for 41 tense hours an array of equipment problems heart goes up into your throat” said Bob Dounellon the plant’s mitment to helping farmers weather hard times” he said As a first step Clinton said the emergency director when the generator alarm sounded “But you have a gut feeling that it's OK Your guys confirm it Your complicated efforts to keep the reactor's radioactive fuel core coed and to communicate inside Tho coding tower of the Davis Basse Nuctear Station looms above condominiums See NUCLEAR on Page 10 Juno 24 tornado hi Oak Harbor Ohio and outside the plant Among government will buy within days 80 million bushels of wheat or about 25 million tons which he said could lift prices as modi as AP photo Mint wore damaged during a 13 forces keeping Anti-aborti- on WASHINGTON (AP) — It was September 1996 when the government decided that the French abortion pill RU-48- 6 was safe and effective for women in the United States Thinking the drug had cleared its last major hurdle abortion rights advocates proclaimed “a new era of choice for American women and predicted it would be in doctors’ offices within a year Then the target date was pushed back to 1998 Then 1999 And while supporters hope die latest target date will stand they don’t speak with much certainty Abortion opponents show no intention of letting up Just last American women can be traced month their congressional allies won House approval of legislation designed to block the Food The drug’s failure to reach in part to the tenacity of and Drug Administration from approving abortion-inducin- g 6 drugs like although it is doubtful the provision would RU-48- cal headache’’ said Hemant achieve the god “We don’t want abortions to be Shah an independent pharmaceutical industry analyst “And for most pharmaceutical companies the answer is no” around at all Giving someone another option (for abortions) is not acceptable to us” said Heather Farish a spokeswoman Bridge fails after napalm shipment DEBT-CASH- Research Council She called the lack is 955 percent effective in of a willing manufacturer for 6 the “saving grace" for forces thus far and said: “I do believe did play a major role in that and I think they will play a major role again if a manufacturer steps up and says they’ll go ahead and make RU-48- anti-aborti- on pro-life- rs it” The abortion pill known chemically as mifepristone has been available in France since 1988 It ced 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Get caus- ing abortion when taken within the first 49 days of pregnancy 6 A woman takes three tablets to block a natural hormone essential for maintaining pregnancy Two days later she takes two tablets of misoprostol a hormone that causes uterine contractions to expel the embryo According to die FDA adverse effects can include painful contractions of the uterus nausea vomiting diarrhea pelvic pain and spasm and headaches RU-48- ' blocking a highway No one was injured The derailment of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe train came Friday afternoon only hours after the first shipment of the Vietnam Single Copy Daily for the conservative Family at bay BILLS CAMERON Texas (AP) — The saihe'rairroad bridge that provided safe passage for 22000 gallons of napalm collapsed a day later derailing 35 coal can and War-er- anti-aborti- on forces who have scared off drug manufacturers wary of protests and boycotts “The question is whether the financial gain is worth the politi- RU-84- 6 cents a bushel A bushel of wheat sells for about $275 down sharply this year as domestic supplies soared and Asia's economic crisis depressed important wheat export markets Clinton said the United States would donate the 2 million tons countries such as to Indonesia which has been hit by economic and civil turmoil and Sudan where as many as 26 mil- P drfc: O Weather ' ' J : 15WS!aiS(L flPOOR C( |