Power plant accident has farmers concerned
By DIETER KRIEG
HARRIBURG Farmers
in the area are concerned
about the possible con
sequences of the nuclear
accident that occurred on
Three Mile Island in late
March and has ever since
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kept the nation in a state of
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who feeds 600 steers on a
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radius of the nuclear plant.
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Jim Landis, East Peter
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about “sheer panic” in some
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a little bit of faith,” he ad
ded. _
Joe Wivell, another
Lancaster Countian, said:
“I’d just as well that they
shut it (Three Mile Island)
down because of the impact
that it could ruin our far
mland here. I think that
there are other means of
producing energy.” Wivell, a
dairyman, had made plans
to move his herd to his
brother-in-law’s farm near
Strasburg, had evacuation
become necessary.
Wivell’s concern for the
land and livestock was
shared by many, despite
reports from officials in
Harrisburg that only low
levels of radiation were
escaping from the nuclear
plant on Three Mile Island.
Wivell is concerned about
long-range effects, and the
disaster
wasn’t out of his mind ?ihtef."
In York County, Mrs. Karl
Strong, wife of a grain
farmer, said they had left
the area for a couple of days.
“It’s been a big nervous
hassle, we don’t know what
to do. There are too many
conflicting reports,” she
said. The Strong farm is
about six miles south of
Three Mile Island.
Ervin Blessing, who lives
on a farm on the outskirts of
Mount Wolf, simply said he
didn’t do anything on ac
count of the events just a few
miles north of
did leave~Sunday and didn’t
return until Tuesday,
however. “What did
anybody do - what can you
do?” he asked. A grain
farmer, he wonders whether
or not his soil might have
been contaminated.
“Nobody knows,” he
commented dryly.
Ernest Retherford, whose
farm in Dauphin County
adjoins the atomic plant,
was calm about the incident
and only left the property for
a day. He sells hay, straw,
and com and commented
with a smile on his face: “I
don’t know if we’ll have a
buyer for it now.” He has
lived on his 100-acre farm for
26yrars.
“I don’t feel too badly
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