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Show Fan Aplenty Graveyards of Atom W SStc Returning At Tribune To Hamit Areas in U.S., Report Says Gala Fourth Continued From Png' One Cavemen Marching Band, 'Charles Fadley conducting Also joining in the music fun were Tooele High School Band, Roy Ferrin Luke Senior High conducting; School Summer Band, Ralph Gochnour conducting. Bountiful High School Band, Bill Silvester conducting; Kaysville Junior High School Band, Keith Brimhall and Salt Lake Postal conducting, Employes Band, Howard Gray conducting Tribute to Flag A special tribute to the American Flag was provided by Cub Scout Pack 209 of West Bountiful, Mrs. Kina Gibson, den mother. All-Sa- Ten Cubs, assisted by two Scouts, traced the history of the mam national flags in a brief ceremony that followed the ceremony at noon. Also adding to the red, white and blue scene were 5,000 U.S. flag stickers given by The Tribune to each car that entered the gate. flag-raisin- g is somebody behind that Tribune visor, but Alfie Zoani is There j Sloppy But Tasty of the sloppy, slurpy, winners And, messy, but tasty pie and watermelon which ran continually from contests 1:30 to 4 pm. on Lagoon's midway were awarded U.S. Flag kits from The Tribune. Losers they got their too busy conquering a slice of ' watermelon to look around. tummies Twenty bicycles wen1 also given away by The Tribune at draw mgs throughout Food Big Item at Tribune ?4th Hungry? Then you spent the Fourth of July some place other than Lagoon at The Salt Lake Tribune's annual Old Fashioned Independence Day celebration. Food and fun W ednesdav. corn, cracker jacks with prizes bottom of the box. the day The real monuments era those magnificent beat up dust 60 years roads Wednesday sparkle to The Tribunes at the Wednesdays lunchtime menu included Americas standards hamburgers, french fries, piping hot corn on the cob and barbecue sandwiches. And, picnickers brought in their own fried chickhot-dog- s, in abundance were full. As temperatures neared 100 degrees, celebrants found temporary relief with en. cool si.ow cones, nut sundaes, frozen bananas, ice cold soda water and real old fashioned lemonade. bit of South America was also part of the Fourth of July celebration. One stand was devoted entirely to tacos, cactus sherbet and fruit tequilas. to the bygone motor cars that ago on unpaved give a sinning celebration. Square Dancing Adding more vintage to the occasion-waold fashioned square dancing with the Happy Squares," Harry LJker call-uioldtime movies, and a rugged old Western rodeo in the Davis Stadium. And for dessert? g; A Sweet tooths were also satisfied by sweets of all kinds. Utahs famous salt water, taffy, candy suckers and candy apples were sold at most concession stands, as well as crackling buttery pop gigantic fireworks show at 10 p m. m adjacent Davis Stadium put the icing on the cake and brought The Tribune's Old Fash.oned Fourth of July celebration booming to the end. A For dinner, sizzling steak plates and special crab dinners and fish filets that melted in your mouth were specialties at the Gaslight Ice Cream Parlor Contirued From Page One selves, which ha? brought the country to the brink of a national emergency, one scientist insists. tanks with cooling devices to hold aown the temperature of the liquid. The fir.it indication that something was wrong came m 1958. according to a secret report to the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy by the U.S. comptroller general. In August. 1958, one of the sei boiling, tanks began leaking About 35.000 gallons of the highly dangerous material seeped into the ground before the leak was stopped. Series of Leaks 18 The consultants identity is withheld because he fears that he and his associates cuuld be harmed professionally However, he and others have furnished the Times with documents which of the AEC's failure to deal with the problem adequately. In a sense, it all really began on Dec. 2, 1942, w hen scientists operated the first nuclear chain reaction during the wartime Manhattan Project to develop the atom bomb. reveal some details Fortunately, the clay sod beneath lhe tank held the liquid within the first few feet, thereby preventing it from entering the water table and subsequently the Columbia River. Waste Piles Up order to build the bomb, however, it was necessary to construct a senes of nuclear reactors to produce the fuel. The reactors created huge quantities of liquid radioactive waste. The bomb brought the end of the war, but the end of the war did not bnng the But it was to be the first of a long seof leaks. During the following seven years, nine more tanks sprang leaks. Losses ranged from small amounts to 55.000 gallons. In the succeeding cold war, the United States continued to add to its nuclear stockpile and nine reactors were built at Hanford works, Richland, Wash, to aid m that effort. Five other reactors were built at Savannah River. For two years from January, 1963, until additmal storage tanks wine comno reserve pleted in January, 1965 tanks were available for liquids. In ries More recent leaks have been larger 70.000 gallons two years ago and 115,000 gallons within the last month. end of the bomb. If one of Hanford's tanks had suddenly developed a major leak, it would not have been possible to pump the liquid into a spare tank. The reactors produced plutonium, but they also produced something else enormous quantities of highly radioactive waste materials. In November, 1963, the final tank began leaking, but only a small amount of radioactivity was detected. Salt was added to the tank in an effort to seal the leak, and further monitoring satisfied AEC officials that the leak had been sealed. To store the waste. Hanford built more than 150 huge underground concrete tanks, lined with carbon steel. Initially, the liquid was stored in the tanks without problems, but as the system became more refined the waste grew more dangerous. Highly Radioactive Sit In January, a sudden release of steam occurred, and the ground in the area began to tremble, according to the comptroller generals report. As terrifying as it must have been, there was A system was developed to reprocess fuel cells from the reactors, thus regaining usable uranium but yielding liquid waste so highly radioactive it would constantly boil from its own heat for many nothing the AEC could do but watch. Fortunately, only a small amount years. of radioactivity was released, followed by another small leak two months later, according to the AEC. The problem cited above was not an isolated incident The civilian contractor filed a report on the waste management program in 1967, warning that 10 tanks already had leaked and 14 The Atomic Energy Commission, which took over Hanford after the war, had a problem. The waste could not simply be dumped into the tanks because it would grow so hot it would melt the concrete and steel within minutes. g So the AEC equipped and Watch 1965. many of the U.S. Birthday Festivity Gets Off to Big Bang then in use were weakened stress and corrosion. structure! through To back up its claims, the contiactor quoted from a report by the Illinois Institute of Technology, which had been hired on a consulting basis to determine the condition of Hanfords tanks. The report stated. others Beyond Their Limits Current analyses by the Illinois Institute of Technology have revealed that tank structures are being the stressed well beyond accepted design g limits." As of this date at least 42 million gallons of high-levliquid radioactive waste are stored at Hanford. While the AEC maintains that it now has ample spare storage at Hanford, most of the tanks being used are between 20 and 30 years old. Recently, at least 115,000 gallons escaped into the ground. The loss amounted of a to nearly tanks contents, and the leak was not detected for several days. The AEC insists that all of the radioactive particles which have leaked from Hanfords tanks have remained in the soil, far above the water table. If the AEC is sure that the leakage has not posed a serious threat, why not just dump the tanks? The Times posed that question to Nemzeks associate, Oscar Elgert, Hanford's director of proone-thir- d and duction pro- grams. Look Into Future "It just isnt done, Elgert g A program is under way to sohdifv the liquid wastes at Hanford, and within a few years all of the liquid now stored in the older tanks should be solidified Mi uESss can Folklife, this year honoring the state of Kentucky, was being held near the Lin- By Associated Press The nation's 197th birthday passed Wednesday with the traditional celebrations, ranging from feasting to fireworks. For Hawaii the Fourth of! July may have gone out with one last big bang because of pending antifireworks regula- coln Memorial. The nine-dafestival opened last week. Police wearing helmets and carry ing nightsticks used pepper fog and tear gas to break up an unruly mob of young revelers in Bristol, R I., Tuesday night. About 20 youths tions. The Food and Drug Administration is considering a pro-- . posal to ban the interstate transportation of fireworks. If approved, the plan would virfireworks, tually eliminate since Hawaii must import were arrested. Celebrants Win Bicycles at ; them. Elsewhere across the na- - tion, aerial fireworks displays, parades, picnics and other As the Salt Lake Tribunes - observances helped bnng the nation to the threshold of its Old Fashioned Fourth of July celebration rolled toward 198th year. Tribunes 4 th - nightfall, a were given Winners Steen, Ron Boston joined the celebrafirst-dathe with tion issuance of an eight-cen- t the stamp commemorating Boston Tea Party. There also was a big parade and ceremony at the Old Granuary. Bunul Ground, where Revolutionary U ar heroes are buried. In New York, the nation's largest city, the Newport Jazz Festival continued its popular run And in Dripping Spring,. Tex . there was a daviong outdoor country concert. In the nation's capital, holiday celebrants were to be treated to a fireworks display at W ashinglnn's monument. The annual Festival of Ameri y tler. for only number of bicycles away. included Kenneth Wiggins, Dave Bu- Shirley Thompson, ipv Michelle White, Jay Wylhe. Reed Erickson, B L. Smith and Wes Wykstra, all ot Salt Lake City. Other bikes went to Nate Lallatm. Laura Bajunn and Virginia Huber, all of Bountiful. and to Les Cummins of Kaysv die and W lllard Dean of Sandy Other winners were Ernest A Mora. Ogden; Laune Stre-be- l. Spirited sportsters doss 'ntermed'ae Wednes- day showed their skills Sail Lake Tribune's Old Fashioned Fourth celebration at Lagoon. 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