The Michigan Daily-Friday, May 11, 1979-Page 3
Emergency
plans needed
for A-plant
licenses
WASHINGTON (AP)-A Senate
committee voted yesterday to shut
down in six months all nuclear power
plants operating in states without a
government-approved emergency
evacuation plan.
Officials said the move could force
the closing of 41 reactors in 16 states
that lack Nuclear Regulatory Com-
mission (NRC)-approved plans. There
are 70 commercial nuclear reactors
now in use in the country.
AT THE SAME TIME, the Environ-
ment and Public Works Committee
voted to deny operating licenses to
reactors now under construction in
states without the NRC-approved plans.
The House Interior Committee voted
yesterday to delay federal construction
permits for six new nuclear reactors.
"It's an absolute anomaly that you
can operate a nuclear reactor in this
country without an emergency plan,"
Sen Gary Hart (D-Colo.) told the Senate
committee as it debated his proposals.
HART, CHAIRMAN of a subcommit-
tee on nuclear regulation, earlier this
week proposed denying operating
licenses to new nuclear plants in states
without an emergency plan.
Hart's recommendations passed 6-4,
need approval by both houses of
Congress and must be signed into law
by President Carter before they could
take effect.
Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.),
claimed the NRC doesn't have precise
regulations governing evacuation
plans. He proposed allowing the agency
90 days to draft such regulations, and
then giving the states nine months to
comply. His proposal failed, 7-4.
THE COMMITTEE, which called for
a $400,000 study of the accident at the
See NEW, Page5
Doing the sunstroke Daily Photo by JIM KRUZ
Katie, in an attempt to soak up some rays and improve her swimming abilities, decided to spend yesterday at Silver Lake
without taking a dip in the chilly water.
BENSON FORD JR. DENIED SEA T ON BOARD:
Caldwell successor to Ford
DETROIT (UPI)-Henry Ford II
said yesterday he is resigning as chief
executive officer of the auto firm his
grandfather founded 75 years ago and
declared "no crown princes" from
within the feuding Ford family will suc-
ceed him.
"After 34 years on the job, I now am
ready to stand aside," Ford, 61, told the
company's stockholders who greeted
him with a cheering ovation to his last
annual meeting as the company's head.
MEANWHILE, Benson Ford Jr.,
rebuffed by Ford Motor Co.
stockholders in a bid for a seat on the
board of directors, pressed a courtroom
fight yesterday for a $7.5 million
inheritance he claims was wrongfully
denied him.
The elder Ford said he will turn the
reins over Oct. 1 to Philip Caldwell, the
company's president since last fall
when Lee Iacocca was fired. Iacocca
now is president of the rival Chrysler
Corp.
That will leave Ford's younger
brother, Detroit Lions' owner William
Clay Ford as the firm's highest ranking
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family member. He is a vice president
and chairman of the firm's executive
committee.
FORD BLUNTED the attempts of his
wayward nephew to claim a seat on the
company's board of directors, saying
power in the firm must be earned.
"If any other member of my family
achieves a senior position in the com-
pany, it will be through merit and by
decision of the board of directors," he
said. "There are no crown princes in
the Ford Motor Co. and there is no
privileged route to the top."
Benson Jr., who is taking on his uncle
and other family members in two
lawsuits, has demanded the vacant seat
See FORD, Page 19
Carter warns against SALT rejection
WASHINGTON (AP) - With Senate
leaders of both parties noncommittal
about the new arms limitation treaty
with the Soviet Union, President Carter
argued yesterday that its rejection
would cause the United States to be
"looked upon as the warmonger."
Carter also told a White House break-
fast for retailers that if the Senate does
not ratify the pact, this country would
suffer a serious loss of trust among
NATO allies, and efforts to halt the
spread of nuclear weapons would be
undercut.
Senate Democratic Leader Robert
Byrd told the Senate he hopes action on
the SALT II treaty can be completed
this year - a hope echoed by Sen.
Frank Church, (D-Idaho), chairman of
the Foreign Relations Committee.
BYRD, A WEST Virginian whose
support could be crucial to Carter's
search for the 67 votes needed for
ratification, emphasized he remains
uncommitted.
Meanwhile, it was confirmed that the
treaty will be signed June 15. President
Carter telephoned his wife, Rosalynn,
shortly before she visited Italian
President Sandro Pertini in Rome and
the U.S. Embassy spokesperson there
said Carter asked her to tell Pertini the
pact would be signed on that date.
There was no announcement of the
site of the U.S.-Soviet summit meeting
at which the treaty is to be signed. But
there was considerable speculation that
it will be in Vienna.
IN A BRIEF speech at the opening of
the Senate session, Byrd said, "I'm not
going to be intimidated by the idea that
if my vote is against, it goes down."
Declaring that "the Soviet Union is
not Panama," Church cautioned again-
See CARTER, Page 18
New York, but not Detroit
George Lewis is mad as hell, and he says New
York is not going to take it anymore. Lewis and two
other New York comedians have launched The
Society for the Prevention of Disparaging Remarks
about New York City. Lewis accused Tonight Show
host Johnny Carson of being particularly guilty of
lines similar to "the only way to get crosstown in
New York City traffic is to be born there." The
group named Carson "Duke of Derogatory" and
presented him with its"Enemy Award." "Our job,"
Lewis said yesterday, "is to focus attention on
detractors, warn them, ban them, boycott them,
pressure them to change and invite them to rally to
the support of the city with humor, wit, and
wisdom." Lewis asked other cities that often are
butts of jokes-Cleveland, Ohio, Walla Walla,
Wash., Sheboygan, Wis., and Hoboken, N.J.-to join
his forces. Apparently Lewis decided Detroit's
reputation as the "Murder City" is not derogatory
enough to be considered for his group.
Happenings ...
... for the early-birds, at 8:30 a.m. the Extension
Service presents a Workshop on Angelo-American
Cataloguing Rules for practicing librarians at the
Michigan League .... the College of Engineering
will hold a civil engineering seminar, Public Works
Management: Meeting the Challenge of the 80s with
Program Management at 9 a.m. at the Chrysler
Center ... a reception for artist Margaret Parker,
will be tonight at 7 p.m. in the Michigan Union
Gallery. Parker's work is on display in the gallery
through June 3 ... at Hillel at 8 p.m. there is an Or-
thodox Minyan. Hillel is at 1429 Hill Street.
On the outside
This early glimpse into July will continue, as high
temperatures will reach the 80' point again today.
But in the evening, there's a good chance for
showers. The low will be close to 60'.