bucsday, September 13, 1983

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Introduction
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Marshall Islands Journal
d

nN ee

fs a tocal ecumemeal planning

committee
comprised
of
leaders
from
the
United
Church
and
othe
Catholic
Church

q

e

O nN

Ihe purposes of the visit
were: (1) to assess the residual

JALUIT & WOTJE
stop by

the Journal office

PRIDE BEFORE THE FALL

NUJ EO EKNANAIK AN OSCAR “MOUR.
ThE LEW GPSET. OS! AS,
Teit ra
aint

Lote re rea re te
bee fe
vet

Nisten to al persons dad greups
having

significant

about that situation

mes ives

We .aw

and human cost of the US
woe wahtite chuvehes of

People

.
ad

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Cimie oor.
/ Jenaj drore iotab in

¥
Ba en karejar
af ‘felane ejjab konan
bg =buromij tokelik.

‘This was

radiation
«problem
as)
an
environmental
and
health
hazard, (11) to study the social

strategies for mobilizing the
commitment of the churches

t

highly technical role

essentially a church visttedion
team sent as an expression of
church concern, willing to

our role to be interpre
reflective,
consultative
directed towards a cle
more helpful response on
Part of the churches

the Marshalls regarding these
questions, and (iv) to explore
with the churches, in the
context of the WCC’s slanding
concerns
for
peace
and
disarmament,
long-term

P.O. Box 14 for more information.

It should be noted that wile
the team included an expert on
radiation and tts effects, a did
fot presume to take up a

jimen ko.

Among

the

ive,
und
ster,
the

categones

of

we encountered were:

people displaced trum ner
land, groups that expern ced
high levels of radiohive
faltout,
People
fiving
on
“temporary” homes or ware
affected because their lw -1 1s
continually used for US; res-

ence and
missile tea'ing,
officials of the Marshall LJunds

Governments
and
« ner
Political
leaders,
cr rch
leaders,
a lawyer, me tical
-doctors,
missionaries,
an

anthropologut, US off-tals
and civilian employees at
Kwajaden
and
Ame: can

“4

scientists from Lawrence ave

ermore National Laburaloses.

IL

Radiation

Questions

and

“ame
4

Radiation
and
Relation
Questions
Related

In the 37 years since the -lom
bomb was first ‘‘dropped’’ on
the Marshalls et Bikini,

lives of not only the + les
from their homeland (b .ani

IBARKY EAR KEMAT AN MARON EKKAR
NON ORDERKO AN CHIEF EO.

BAAAY LOFa 4 o
BEST TO CARAS |

{voutte the only one

can taix Sammy Fates
into sell ng.

OUT HIS LHIEF'S

and Enewetok), or the groups
irradiated, but the tives of all

wo!

Marshallese have been radi ally
altered. The effects of r-diation pervade their existenc: far
beyond the readdy obser able
and
reported
health and
environmental effects ass:-ciated with the extensive US
Nuclear testing program tu the

|

jv Kwe wot kwomaron kennan
iben Sammy Bates bwe en

.

make,

-% bein

i.

Marshalls. Today, in the | oad
benge, “radiation” I> a | wit,
Pervading
reality
for
all

Marshallese people.

Indeed, a new culture, y:. ab-

yes, you.

Go to

iben, akwelab none...

flo etan town

mmr

y-

Pical Webester dicttunary oor
Muon ufsuch a state, tather the
Marshall Isiands after ylow hh ngover Music was more than \futak. The local radio station 4 as
playing @ sturred-down version
of Scott benjamin, announcing
in an almost vicious manor 1¢
thal the war in Chad had bon
almost liberated by the 15 btsas,
but was suddenly fronmeed on
by the Frogs
1 had vert -a
deadlines to mect and be. in
filing reports as soon as oy
contact lenses were operable
“TOBUIAR BLAZE SEIN 4S

rim, beg mim...
i
Aet, kwe. Eta!

aim wonmanlok
ko an.. .bween

A lelok non apiri ro
lo Castletown

juon uju eg emon

ok...

CLEANSING

Bini,

“NEW COMPACT TO SG i
PROBLEMS.” and a fiw ter
upbest urticles requested by the
CIA were on the agenda
Wh was drawing Close to Qin
kejeramolmol|

non SammyBates?
Eban wot em ban!

‘

Re
Weaake

He beq from cams. BF
Dates ted ony our
Vibe.

Past

q

tune

and

the tshand had

taken On an almost Christa as
like or United Nations Cros
bke almusphere
Unied So
ions tthe’
Pornaps the hy
aver Was Wor: (io b ttow tt

L

m~

chap 24
the neat mor lg

with a hangover, bur nut the

Nater

R4

| awoke

Whenever thei is &
Continued p .¢ 7

vai

question.

a

ulary and mythology have de
veloped around the rad:. son

Lo

ee

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around the world on (ese
iesues.

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