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DALLAS PA.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1970
FIFTEEN CENTS
Weiss sewer system
meets opposition
P'efore borough council
Opposition to a proposed sewage system of
Weiss Market was expressed by Building Inspector
Richard Disque to Dallas Borough Council at its
Aug. 18 meeting.
“I want to go on record as opposing the system
Weiss is contemplating,” emphasized Mr. Disque.
The sewage systems at the new Village Shop-
ping Center, intersection of Routes 309 and 415,
was a controversial topic during most of the council .
session.
Mr. Disque said he was informed Weiss would be
using common septic system, along with Dallas
Branch of First National Bank and six other busi
nesses, including a laundromat. The system was
have state approval.
According to Mr. Disque, he told a Weiss super-
intendent the local market would have to have its
own sewage disposal system in accordance with the
building permit issued.
The First National Bank plans to use a system
with a 3,000 gallon tank and a 30 by 50 foot drainage
field. Under the present Weiss proposal, this would
mean that over 38 persons, in seven stores and the
bank, would use this common system.
In his comments, Mr. Disque said he had not
seen any specifications or drawings since the ori-
ginal preliminary plans, which he said contained a
sewage treatment plant for the shopping complex.
Sanitation Chairman Willard Newberry stated
the council was under the assumption there would
be a treatment plant also.
Donald Smith, borough engineer, declared this
was a policy matter for council to control rather
than an engineering matter. He said that although
the state can approve a sewage treatment permit,
the septic tank and drain-field systems are under
the jurisdiction of the borough to approve or disap-
prove.
‘““You are given this power by state legislation
whether you have an ordinance or not,”” Mr. Smith
asserted.
It was agreed council, including Mr. Disque
and Mr. Smith, will review shopping center plans
and determine exactly what has been approved to
date. Council will then call a meeting with Weiss
Market Developers.
Under discussion also was a new access road
constructed at the Weiss Market site. Mr. Disque
said there were a number of things he believed
wrong in the road’s construction. This included the
road bed not being dug deep enough, ballast not
properly laid, improper drainage, and pavement
not rolled down with correct procedures.
Mr. Smith reported he had requested drawings
of the road three months ago, and that road con-
struction should not have been allowed until draw-
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Fall Fair highlights weekend
A $emonstration in snake handling by Dr.
Charles E. Kuschel and Associates will again be a
feature of the program to be presented at the
Dallas Fall Fair this weekend.
Dr. Kuschel, an optometrist with offices in Pitts-
ton, § been pursuing his hobby for 14 years. The
activities of the group were given national recogni-
tion in a feature article in Outdoor Life.
The group concentrates on catching rattlesnakes
and copperheads but will catch black snakes and
others upon request. The reptiles are then turned
over to the Game Commission, shipped to medical
researches, kept for pets, or exchanged for other
kinds of snakes with similar groups in California
and Texas. The remainder of the snakes are tagged
and released to help in the studies being conducted
by the group.
Dr. Kuschel’s program will include a talk on
snake catching with a demonstration of the proper
bagging and transportation of the captives; a
demonstration of milking the venom, and a pre-
sentation of the true facts of snake lore to dispel
some of the misconceptions of popular folk lore.
ening ceremonies of the Fair are scheduled
OppPOSItion Mounts
by George Eget
A group of Wyoming County citizens, who
oppose the proposed construction of a 500-mega-
watt fast-breeder nuclear power plant on the Sus-
" quehanna River near Meshoppen, attended hear-
ings before a State Senate Select Committee on the
pros and cons of nuclear ‘Bower Aug. 20 in Harris-
‘burg.
The citizens, all members of the Citizens Com-
mittie for Environmental Concern, did not testify,
but told Northeastern Newspapers Inc. upon their
return that they may give testimony at future hear-
ings. Joan Daniels, Tunkhannock, a co-chairman of:
said that the committee
the citizens’ group,
members did not submit written testimony because
it may be used in place of actual testimony they :
would prefer to give at future hearings.
Dr. Bryon Lee, ‘Tunkhannock veterinarian,
another co-chairman of the committee, recently
testified before a congressional hearing in Wash-
ington, D.C. The group has steadily maintained op-
position to the proposed experimental plant, the
largest ever planned in the U.S.
In testimony presented to the Senate Select
Committee, Dr. Ernest J." Sternglass, Radiation
. Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medi-
cine, asked for a re-evaluation of allowed radiation
exposures as now standardized by the Atomic
‘Energy Commission. Dr. Sternglass cited the
greater sensitivity of children ‘and embroyos to.
i
for noon Friday. The day will be filled with various
activities, including the final show of the Luzerne
County 4-H Clubs, the 4-H Club Fashion show, and
an hour of Folk and Western Music by Henry
Post.
Saturday’s noon opening will be followed by the
baby parade, one of the highlights of each year’s
Fair; Hap Davis in his comedy acts with the tram-
poline and crazy car routines; Miss Personality in
the form of Maggie Walker, Miss Pennsylvania;
selection of the King and Queen of the Fair, and the
Reading Skyliners’ Motorcyle Drill Team.
Sunday at 1 p.m., the Sports Car Club of America
will get the show off to a flying start. Hap Davis will
reappear at 1:45 and again at 7 p.m. with more
comedy routines. The second segment of the horse
show will run from 2: 30 to 5:30 p.m. Miss Pennsyl-
vania will be on hand at various times throughout
the day.
The closing ceremonies will include the
drawing for the Portable TV at 8 p.m. Sunday.
The Dallas Fall Fair is sponsored by the Rotary,
Lions and Kiwanis Clubs of the Back Mountain
area.
radiation, as shown in studies in England by Dr.
Alice Stewart.
Another witness who opposed the plan was Dr.
John Gofman, co-discoverer of Uranium 233, of the
Bio-Medical Division, Lawrence Radiation Labora-
tories, Livermore, Calif. “I should like to recom-
mend that the Pennsylvania Legislature take the
important, constructive step of declaring a five-
year moratorium on the planning, construction and
operation of a nuclear power plant above ground
anywhere in Pennsylvania,” said Dr. Gofman.
“This would represent a first step toward the safe
consideration of nuclear energy in the future.”
Dr. Gofman, who is internationally known for
his research in the field of biological effects of
radiation, stated that the radiation hazard has been
found to be greater than earlier studies had shown
with respect- to cancer ‘and leukemia. There is
danger of genetic disorders and coronary heart
disease, he told the committee.
“If the ‘allowable’ exposures were reached by .
the U.S. population,” Dr. Gofman estimates,
“There would result: (a) 32,000 extra cancer plus
leukemia deaths annually, (b) 150,000 to1,500,000
extra genetic deaths annually, (c) a 5 percent to 50
percent increase in diseases like schizophrenia, our
major mental disease.” :
He cited Prof. Joshua Lederberg, the Nobel
' Prize winning geneticist, as independently estimat-
ing the - genetic disorders alone would cost $10
billion annually in additional health care burden..
Man and boy enjoy a Lake Jene outing Sunday in the Red Rock
Mountain area.
strikers reach settlement
“It’s been a long summer,’ one Natona em-
ployee said in telling of his satisfaction with the
new contract recently agreed upon by Natona’s
striking workers and the plant’s management. The
strike involved approximately 280 workers and
lasted from May 22 until a 113-63 vote by members
of Local 1824, Textile Workers Union of America,
ended the dispute Thursday, Aug. 20.
arvey endorsed
for justice seat
Leonard D. Harvey, a justice of the peace for 24
years, has been unanimously endorsed as the
candidate for magistrate in District 3-8 by Senator
T. Newell Wood, County Republican Chairman
Patrick J. Solano, and Republican leaders of the
municipalities which comprise the district.
Mr. Harvey affirmed his willingness to serve
as district magistrate and said that he saw ‘no
reason at all’ why he would not be able to do so.
Irene Major had been appointed to the post but
resigned after a two-day tenure, citing a health
problem as her reason for quitting.
Although Mr. Harvey stated that he did not
know how long it would take for his appointment to
be confirmed, he said that the Republican party
leaders had suggested it might be possible for
President Judge Bernard Brominski to appoint him
on an interim basis. He noted that residents of
District 3-8 are presently served by magistrates of
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The new two year contract won for the em-
ployes a $.20 an hour increase across the board
during the first year with an additional $.20 per
hour increase due workers the second year. Ac-
cording to one employee, the TWUA had sought in-
creases of $.25 the first year and $.20 the second, re-
troactive to March 1, but had agreed on the lower
' figure in exchange for concessions by Natona’'s
management. The new contract is effective Aug. 1.
; Ii Ss»ionto the pay increases, sever:l fringe
. benefits were included in the settlement. Employes
will now have 9 holidays each year, or two more
than under the old contract sponsored by the
- Amalgamated Lace Operatives Of America.
Membership in Blue Cross and Blue Shield pro-
grams will be paid for by the company and what is
termed the “death benefit’’ has been extended to
provide that employes may receive three days off
without penalty following the deaths of their
mothers-in-law or fathers-in-law.
Were employes relieved that the strike had
‘been settled? ‘“And how!’ one worker rejoiced.
“There have been very few vacations for any of us
this year,’”’ he added, ‘‘and things have been tight . .
. very tight. . . for just about everyone.”
The only fly in the ointment, suggested this
Natona employe, was that the TWUA members
have not been called back to work. “This is very
unusual,” he remarked worriedly.
The reason the strikers have not been called
back has to do with the Teamsters who are also
employed by Natona. According to plant manager
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on n-power plans
“All estimates of future exposure by AEC and
industry spokesmen neglect the major sources of
exposure to the population, which are potentially
associated with fuel reprocessing, transportation of
radioactive fuels, waste disposal, and above all,
nuclear reactor accidents of sabotage,’ Dr. Gof-
man said.
In reference to the claim that nuclear plants do
not pollute, while fossil fuel plants do, Mr. Gofman
said, “This is a farce and must be so exposed. In-
visible radioactive pollution forever can be far
more deadly than fossil-fueled plant emissions,
which emissions can and must be curbed in any
event.”
‘Citizens of Pennsylvania will be puzzled by
benefit versus risk calculations, where the benefits
are expressed in corporate profits and the risks are
expressed in cancer, leukemia and genetic diseases
to themselves and their children,” Dr. Gofman
said.
Dr. Lee. stated earlier this year that the group
is opposed to the experimental fast breeder nuelear
generator because of the unproven and unsafe con-
ditions which would exist should the power plant be
constructed in the high-population area of North-
~ eastern Pennsylvania. :
“There are three-quarter of a million inha-
bitants within a 50-mile radius of the site,” Dr. Lee
said. “This would include both the Scranton-
Wilkes-Barre and Binghamton-Triple Liy
. metropolitan areas.’
Mrs. Daniels, told NNI that her group is cir-
culating petitions against the plant. Petitions with
5200 signatures are now being sent to 11 places, she
said. Among these are legislators, AEC, utilities.
The group is also sending an accompanying letter
stating the group's position along with the petitions.
Mrs. John Rinehimer, Tunkhannock, stated
that because of the poor management of the
nuclear power plant in West Valley, N.Y., citizens
of Northeastern Pennsylvania are already exposed
to some radiation. She reports that a major
problem of the citizens group is communicating
with the public.
Mrs. Rinehimer urged the public to back House
Bill 2553, which opposes the issuing of permits for
nuclear fast-breeder plants until all safety
measures are taken.
The group is also calling for research into the
problem of sulfur and oxide pollution from fossil-
fueled plants. Mrs. Rinehimer stated that even
‘when the nuclear plants are functioning, 50 percent
of the electrical power needed will be produced by
non-nuclear plants. : :
In an interview with NNI last week, James
Chester, regional air pollution official for the
Pennsylvania Department of Health, reports that
the plant proposed will be covered under regulation
three of state pollution law. This regulation calls
for (1) a construction permit, (2) approval of pre-
- construction plans and (3) operating permits,
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