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Asbestos presents no danger once buried, Hefernon said. He added that cities and towns have been overreacting to media publicity surrounding the disposal of many types of hazardous materials...
...Swift family in Washington D.C. yesterday refused to comment on the matter. "Her family is utterly terrified and feels she is in great danger," a person close to the family said yesterday...
Though the immediate crisis facing the world is the direct responsibility of the Ayatullah Khomeini and his pseudo-government in Iran, the danger would not be nearly so grave if the U.S. had not allowed itself to become so dependent on foreign oil. Under the circumstances, there is no guarantee that economic disruption can be avoided no matter what steps the nation takes. But the best hope for avoiding real trauma is to cut consumption, conserve supplies and, at the very least, make do with 700,000 bbl. less of crude per day. Such an effort would put some slack...
Beyond the issue of securing the release of the hostages in Iran, the biggest immediate problem facing the Carter Administration is how to manage the symbolism of the siege-and, perhaps more important, the symbolism of its aftermath. There is great danger that the spectacle of youthful radicals, backed by an aged and atavistic theocrat, humiliating and terrorizing American diplomatic personnel will have become a symbol of U.S. weakness. On the battlefield of domestic politics, the past two weeks offer Jimmy Carter's bi-partisan legion of opponents an almost irresistible target for sniping. All a skillful stump speaker...
...Conservation Law Foundation in Boston predicted in court that at least one major spill would occur over 20 years. Worse yet, warned Foy, would be the almost continuous discharges from day-to-day operations. Adds Biologist Howard Sanders of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: "There is a very real danger to Georges Bank fish from low-level chronic pollution...