OF
LOS ANGELES TIMES,
MONDAY,
JULY
4,
4 PAGES
1977
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Kileshad: somes.-bigtdisadvantages: wherr,therreskof the
oH Tiolagdon: or’
sheltered"fisShing area;
phimeant.that;centures.of:saillng. ‘the’ aerial padiation#surveyvot
ERDAW,intends. jo.carry.out-im-the
‘northern’ Marshalls this ‘fall and)“wind
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tere The. survey,“Willco¥erBikiniand
mer‘copra intation,‘about’one-siath|os atolls: that: werehit -By-.fallout-ffrom
-the-size of:Bikinizatoll For almost:six?the. hydrogen:‘bomb:.test;:‘including
monthsoul‘ofthe-yearitswas:cut:cfi, : -Rongelap, Rongerik andUlins
inmtd
from.the world:by: pounding surfl3
250 far;-Congress haspaid.thepeople!
There; were:periods:iof.: starvation’- of Bikini. $325,000.in 1956.and $3-mil=}
-and:bhardship,including amair. drop:di ¢ Jion in-a-trust fundin. 1975 to compen
«food jvithout the-aid of parachutes,. SO.Sale: them forhardships 4 bev-tsh 23
that,mestzo£ithe food :was:smashed - '. Allen:said- he intends. ta ask:for! 2ir-|
Jand rendered: inedible, 4. devastating :: ‘other $1:5 million to compensate theni|
-typhoon?: in *1957:- killed::taro-: and --“for the-loss;of. their: land’ over3 long]
-sbreadiruit and.viped o
¢ ut:adevelop re period of.time..This'still does nol gett
i
..,, to the-finalquestion of. compensatioa:
Seat nm aye rar on
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-. Jor-the-loss. of Bikini Atoll,irthat-is|
,peaceivea
Evennow;life on Kills difficult!as” what they.nowface," he said: er"“2
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"said Adler, There:is:an 80% posilive| -. “Thebiggest fearis thal we“ill be
ISLANDS. | “48 aet
<itest rate for TB,:with:several-active- told: the whole northern’Marshalls are.
re KE
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. “Eben #7
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wee vue | «..cases. ‘Theoverall standard. of living © irradiated,”:. said -Amata:: Kabua, 7 az:
sg
Figgins eager
-and well-being-on-Kiliis low.:Itsa. ‘member. of the. Micronesian Senate
et oy
ery lonely; very isolated place” oe!
.:
‘and chairman of the Marshalls PolitiMIGRATION
“Map: “traces” } ‘Over:
the vyears,*as«hardships :inm= cal:Staits Cormmission::"That would
t:
: Taent program.
ee
“route +of t:islanders~displaced.3*creased:and
the population swelledon :
during nuclear
r testing program... Kili, the: people of Bikini-moved‘to: be’a tremendous:loss, both. econom+
‘Teall and. emotionally?” “ei ent atte
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other places inithe Marshalls: :to“an
“ERDAofficials find: suchanallar=
still hoping.to relum to its‘homeatoll,- ‘overcrowded:island at: Kwajalein: in hative arrinipossibility, althoughthey
hopesof landinga job.at the U.S-Mis- * acknowledge-that it’ may” take:agenretused. .
.
ae “te mes,
on March.3918"teeyears ‘after. the ‘sile Range,.to the dank back streets of eration-to. bridge gaps in technology;
omic Domtests, iedaral reseurca-
Majuro,, the: district capital, and-to-a
ers were still unwilling to declareBi-. number ‘of:outlying atolls. with-euini safe: for return: ‘The people from. * phonious.: names, ;, Lae, -Alinglapo‘ap
vene
fs
Bikini were moved [rom ‘Rongerik to and Jaluit.:Now ihere-are. more:
> than.100 clai-a rnilitary base at Kwajalein; an’ ‘atoll
woout 180 miles to thesouth, andthen. _mants to! the.original. lands-of Bikini,
o Wii.
Toe n lp heal
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culture and: language ™ to’ convince!
people that the islands.are safe: aa
“We made a:mess there and we’Te:
going-to stay-andcleanit. up,’ saidi
ERDA’s Joe Deat.."Let’s face it, the
people of Bikini were screwed:by.his
but itis oecoming.:douotful: how. or "Lory; bublit wasn't deliberate!?..“h.064