SUSOEIANNA TIMES
Vol. 79, No. 14, April 11, 1979
MARIETTA AND MOUNT JOY, PA
FIFTEEN CENTS
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Run Through History
planned in Marietta
The Marietta Restoration
Associates are sponsoring a
five mile ‘‘Run Through
History’’ to kick off a day
long celebration as a part
of the 250th Anniversary of
Lancaster County. The race
is scheduled to begin at
10:00 AM on May 19, 1979,
and will wind through most
of Marietta’s historical
streets providing an inter-
esting setting for this type
of competition.
The event, open to the
public, will offer prizes to
the top finishers in six
different categories: men’s
and women’s open compe-
tition, high school and
younger and over 40 years
of age. In addition to
trophies, all runners will
receive a colorful ‘‘Run
Through History’ T-shirt
commemorating the event.
An entrance fee of $3.00
will be charged to help
defray costs.
All persons interested in
participating must register
no later than May S, 1979.
There will be no registra-
tion on the day of the race.
Entry forms and addi-
tional information about the
race can be obtained by
writing to: The Marietta
Restoration Associates,
Run Through History,
P.0.Box 3, Marietta, Pa.,
17547.
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Front row, lL. to r.: Rick Rossman, Todd Shank, Tim Crouser, Bob Behling [Pres.], Steve
Corrigall, Bob Hoffer; Back row: Ralph Sapyd [Editor], Tom Safko, Dave Dumeyer, Keith
Smith, Scott Brightbill, Alan Swanson [Chaplain], Rob Stoner [past Pres.].
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po: East in Lancaster.
The Mount Joy Joycee-
ettes and Jaycees held
their joint Installation and
| Awards Banquet Saturday
evening at the Holiday Inn
Jaycees install officers
The newly elected Presi-
dents, Robert Behling and
Patsy Hoffer, were given
their oath of office by past
presidents Robert Stoner
and Kathy Bower.
The following officers
were also installed: Jaycees
Steve Corrigall and Tim
Crouser, vice-presidents;
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Will Jimmy send Schlesinger here? —that’s what we’re asking
Editorial:
We have just been through an ordeal which
threatened our way of life.
The danger is not entirely over. The reactor at
Three Mile Island has still not been cooled
completely. After it is cooled, then begins the
precarious task of removing thousands of gallons of
radioactive water.
We have a new keen awareness of the possible
dangers of nuclear power.
At the same time, we are being made aware of a
growing critical shortage of energy in our country,
a shortage that would be extremely severe without
nuclear power.
We are in a grim dilemma, caught between the
dangers of nuclear power and our dependence on
it.
No one in the nation seems to be more convinced
of our need to extend nuclear power than our
Secretary of Energy, James Schlesinger.
Throughout the crisis at Three Mile Island he
continued unabatedly to press for increasing our
nuclear power facilities, including shortening the
time required for new nuclear plants to obtain a
license.
If shortening the licensing time for nuclear plants
will entail lowering safety standards, we in this
region tremble, not so much for ourselves as for
others living near the new, hastily opened plants.
We do not question Secretary Schlesinger’s
logical reasoning about our need for more energy;
there does not seem to be any question about that.
We do maintain, however, that much as our
people need energy, they need something even
more fundamental: a sense of security in their
homes and communities.
Because we think Secretary Schlesinger has been
looking only at one side of the dilemma about
nuclear power, we have written the following letter
to President Carter, whose recent trip here during
the crisis showed some concern for us. We have
asked the President to send Secretary Schlesinger
here to talk with us, people who are now uniquely
concerned about the greening of our land and the
growing of our children.
Open letter to President Carter:
April 7, 1979
President Jimmy Carter
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear President Carter:
With our office located seven miles from Three
Mile Island, we have been preoccupied with the
accident which occurred there.
We want to thank you and Mrs. Carter for your
reassuring visit to us during the peak of the crisis.
Because we are most interested in preventing a
re-occurrence of the recent frightening events,
however, we have been disturbed by statements
made during the crisis by your Energy Secretary,
James Schlesinger, who continued to advocate a
speedup in the licensing of nuclear power plants.
We understand the nation’s growing needs for
energy, but we are also now acutely aware of
citizens’ needs for safety, too.
Sometimes we fear that Secretary Schlesinger is
in excellent communication with computers, but
out of touch with live people.
Would it be possible for you to send Secretary
Schlesinger here to meet with a forum of our
people, so that he could become acquainted with
our concerns firsthand? Our publications would be
happy to set up the forum and arrange
accommodations for the Secretary during his stay
with us.
Sincerely yours,
Nancy H. Bromer
Publisher
P.S. We plan to publish this invitation while we
await your reply.
Copies of our publications are enclosed, both
containing recent articles on nuclear energy.