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60 No. 205 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1972 AEC Reactor Safety Standards Attacked CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (UPI) The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) released Friday internal documents of the Atomic Energy Commission which question the safety of nuclear power reactors. The UCS said the documents discredit the results of a key AEC testing program that the AEC publicly uses as the basis for licensing decisions on commercial nuclear power plants. The scientists said the testing program depended on reactor manufacturers to perform sensitive tests on their own safety systems.

The internal memos released by UCS were written by the AEC experts who supervised the testing work performed by the manufacturers, the group said. These memos document the shoddiness of the testing program and point to major conflicts of So poorly were tests performed by the manufacturers that the AEC safety experts analyzing the tests for the commission reached the conclusion that the manufacturers were in effect deliberately sabotaging the experiments to prevent weaknesses in their safety systems from being exposed, said the UCS, a 300-member group of professionals, including scientists, in the Boston area. In one of the documents, a safety expert commenting on a testing program performed by General Electric Co. concluded: This was not (a) satisfactory demonstration test the same need exists today in fact the need is greater because margin appears to be less than originally expected. Another review of the same program said: (GEs) role in this program can only be considered a conflict of interest Because the GE systems are marginally effective there is little constructive effort on their part The combination of poor data acquisition and transmission faulty test operations and the marginal nature of these tests has produced a large amount of questionable data.

Prof. Henry Kendall of Massachusetts Institute of Technol- See EMERGENCY, Page 2 Worden LOOKING FORWARD to Halloween Is this smiling tiger cat owned by Mr. and Mrs. William Scranton of Marlboro. The happy moment was caught in the camera lens of Reformer photographer Greg Worden.

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He thanked Vermont Sen. George D. Aiken for speaking to the Customs and Immigration Department about the problem. Rough road beds are also a problem. Bryant said that while the Boston Maine was coming along very well on track work, the Penn Central had reduced the top speed limit from 70 to 60 mile- See AMTRAK, Page 2 By GEORGE CARVILL Amtraks Montrealer Washingtonian has been in service a little over three weeks and Amtrak officials say the ridership is running about 50 per cent above their own predictions.

While there have been problems, Amtrak spokesman James Bryant told The Reformer by Aione that he found the ridership very promising. We have been averaging 75 passengers per day per train, Bryant said, and we only projected 50 for this period. Bryant added that the last weekend trains carried an average of 280 passengers each way. 400 Passengers New England Sales Representative George Cleland echoed the pleasure of the Washington office, calling the ridership excellent. Although Cleland said he had not seen any official figures as yet, he understood that the train had been sold out numerous times.

He added that extra cars have been added occasionally. Once the train carried nearly 410 passengers on leaving New York with more than 90 per cent of those destined for points north of Springfield, Mass. Cleland said. Bryant said the company was suffering an acute equipment shortage. Nevertheless, Cleland said he had been promised four or five cars if needed, for special skier service this winter.

Ski Service Two cars have been sold for ski service so far, Cleland said, and our representatives are in Vermont right now working out details with many other ski area Worden Worden LEO CONNOR BERNARD SANDERS On the Political Trail Gov. Peterson Defends Liquor Commission Sanders Enlivens Campaign By WILLIAM POOLE Politicians put people to sleep, said Bernard Sanders, Liberty Union candidate for governor, in a lively interview Friday. Sanders is dead serious about what he considers a sense of boredom and hopelessness among Americans. Even though he has been labeled a leftist radical by some persons, Sanders had some praise for Alabama Gov. George Wallace.

He advocates some outrageous approaches to our problems, but at least he is sensitive to what people feel they need, Sanders said. He traced general sense of hopelessness and lack of public confidence in elected officials to the politicians lack of sensitivity and the fact that the government is not only indebted to special interests, but also is indentured to them. As a political campaigner, CONCORD, N.H. (UPI)-Gov. Walter Peterson said Friday published reports on the New Hampshire Liquor Commission contained hearsay, unsubstan- Spring orward, Fall Back! Turn back the clocks tonight and youll get an extra hours sleep, compliments of Father Time, who has decided to remove Daylight Saving Time from the calendar for the year.

Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m., Sunday, so it would be a good idea to turn back the hands of the clock to keep time with everybody else except the kids who operate on their own time cycles, especially on Sunday Sanders is both a relaxed and intensely involved individual. Tieless and casually attired in a corduroy sports jacket, the 31-year -old candidate was relaxed as he introduced himself at The Reformer newsroom. His intense concern came through after the introductions were completed and he sat down for an interview. He laid two sheets of ruled yellow paper on the table in front of him. Those are the major issues typed on those sheets of paper.

Theyre typed single space, he laughed. But the papers were scarcely glanced at as the interview progressed. Sanders didnt need notes. Activity Needed He said that most politicians thrive on apathy and boredom. What we need are more active politicians working for the people, he emphasized.

The smile was gone and San ders continued: If Im governor, Id like to lead people in protest at public hearings on requests for telephone and electricity rate increases. The recurring theme throughout the interview was that working people simply dont care about politics because they feel its all in the bag for the special interests anyway. He said it troubled him that only 30 per cent of eligible voters cast ballots in the September primary, but he said he could understand why. As an example, he said: People know they have been lied to for seven years about the Vietnam War, and now just before the election an announcement is made that the war will be ended. What are people supposed to think? he asked rhetorically.

Number of Issues Before rattling off a number of the issues which he said are important, Sanders cautioned tiated allegation or innuendo. Peterson was defending the commission after the Concord Monitor printed an eight-part copyright series which said the State Liquor Commission had great financial power in politics. It is the duty of the press to subject governmental activities to the closest scrutiny, Peterson said. However, to the extent that media reports to the public are based on hearsay, unsubstantiated allegation or in-uendo, the public interest is less well served because of the inaccurate references that are likely to be drawn by citizens generally. In what he called observations Peterson said: The series indicates that the commission has a strong measure of control over liquor salesmen and suggests that this is inherently bad.

I believe that it is See LIQUOR, Page 2 Connor Raises Farming Issues By NORMAN RUNNION Dairy farmer Leo Connor, the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor of Vermont, brought his campaign Friday to the home town of his Republican opponent, incumbent John S. Burgess. He emphasized three major issues protecting the environment, helping the states farmers, and doing something about the size of government in Montpelier. That government up there is going crazy, he said. Connor said he has been campaigning steadily on these issues, and not on the record of Burgess, who was elected to the lieutenant governorship two years ago.

I think the people know what hes done, but they dont know what I think, the 56-year-old candidate said. Connor said he hasnt talked about Burgess, but Ive had a few things to say about Luther Hackett, he added with a grin. Entering the race last summer when the outlook was bleak for the Democratic party, Connor said he is now optimistic about the November election and the chances of himself and his running mate, Thomas P. Salmon of Bellows Falls. Supports Farmers Connor said he decided to seek office because Im concerned with the environment and the conservation of open space.

The farmers control open space, and I think they should get consideration, and I wanted to act as their spokesman. He certainly has the credentials. A former deputy commissioner of Agriculture in the Hoff Administration, he is the owner of a 700 acre farm in Bridport in Addison County and has 200 head of cattle. We milk about 100 all the time, he said. One thing farmers in this state need to keep their farms is a better milk price, he said.

Although milk prices are set by the federal government, there are things we can do for dairy farmers at the state level, including having better communications with the Department of Agriculture about our See CONNOR, Page 2 that the Liberty Union an independent party with radical or Tiberal views depending upon the viewpoint of each individual viewer doesnt promise a utopian good life, but instead a good standard of living. The country is too rich, he said. We dont need persons making only $1.60 an hour. We dont need people living in broken down mobile homes. There is enough money around to provide good housing for people.

And we dont need people fearful of getting sick because of hospital bills. We have enough money for a national health service, he added. Although he said he had specific recommendations for changes in laws, he said the Liberty Union approach was basically a whole orientation directed against the elimination of the dominance of special interest groups in government. One target of the Liberty Unionists, he said, is the unrepresentative nature of the state legislature. Unbalanced Legislature In terms of the economic backgrounds of legislators, in terms of their ages and in terms See SANDERS, Page 2 LOST Male Brittany Spaniel Orange and White 5 Months Old Named "Henry" If Found Please Call 387-5539 Green Door Restaurant Canal Street Will Be Open Sunday, October 29 7 a.m.

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Box 418, Hinsdale, N.H. Winners of the Silver Dollars Drawing of the Vermont Elk's Association: Beth Hill, Wilder, Vt. Winner of $2,500. Stanley F. Baker, Windsor, Vt.

$1,000. Richard LeClaire, Brattleboro. Winner of $50. Waiter Hamilton, BratUeboro. Winner of transistor radio.

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