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...barrel, hauled up by fishermen trawling off the New Jersey coast, came from an area where radioactive waste material had been dumped for safe disposal...
Before long, rumors swept New Jersey that the barrel was radioactive-and that the fishermen had been dangerously exposed. At that point, agents of the Atomic Energy Commission turned up to examine it and check back on detailed reports of dumpings. The findings: the barrel had been filled with a white compound substance; it was not radioactive and never had been. "We spent a lot of money doing it," said an AEC official last week. "But we run down every lead." The case of the fishermen's barrel is an item in a deepening AEC problem...
Clean Record. Inevitably, a few accidents have occurred. Last year in Long Beach, Calif., a barrel of low-level waste blew up and scattered its contents over almost a mile because of improper handling by the disposal company, which lost its AEC license. In Antioch. Calif., two years ago, another low-level barrel leaked slightly into the San Joaquin River, from which Antioch draws its drinking water; after much testing and explaining by AEC, townspeople were persuaded that the water was still safe...
Stealing away from the Christmas Eve hubbub to bag a few partridges on the grounds of Madrid's El Pardo palace, Spain's Generalissimo Francisco Franco, 69, had fired off some 40 shots when the left barrel of his British Purdey suddenly exploded. "It is a matter of little importance," shrugged the icy-veined old soldier, surveying his bleeding left hand. "Give me a handkerchief to tie it up." The Caudillo seemed unfazed by the fact that had he been sighting along the horizon instead of upward over his head, the explosion might well have caught...
Virtually every major U.S. university takes pride in its medical center, which usually comprises medical, dental and nursing schools and a complex of hospitals. But when it comes to fund raising, most universities step deftly aside and leave the medical centers to do their own barrel scraping. A Manhattan ceremony last week highlighted equally the financial straits of the nation's medical centers and the vastness of the sums they are seeking...