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SATPAN, MAK, 21 (MNS) eeeNINE
THE U,S,
YoANS AGU,
SOVERNMSat
TLETHe BIKIKT ISLANDERS IN THE NAMSHALLS TSLANDS TT 4aS SAFE
TO
TURN TO THEIR ATOLL, GNSE THE SITS GF NUCLEAR *2aPQNS TESTS
IN Tie PACIFIC, AnD SOME OF TH TSLANDERS WENT HOME,
NOW THE GOYERNNENT nas FOUND THAT JT NAS WRONG, ACOCRO IG TO
A UASHINGTON POST ARTICLE, TESTS CONDUCTED LAST YEAR KEYSALED THAT
THE GROUNDS(ATER [4 SEKI 15 STILL TOG RADIGACTIVE FOR HUMAN
CONSUMPTION,
SO ARE COCONNUTS AND FRUITS AND VEGETABLES GROWN IN
THE STILL GONTAMINATED SOIL, THE WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE STATED,
SQ TRE INTERIOR DEPARTHMONT HAS OUICTLY ASKED CONGRESS FOR S15
MILLION (FIFTEaa HILLION DOLLASS) TO MOVE THE ISLANDERS TO ANOTHER
HOME ,
"IT TS NOW CLEAR, AN | INTERIOR SPOXSSMEN TOLD A #CUSE
APPROPRIATIONS SUISOHNITTES
LAST NFEX, THAT FOR THE POXESEEABLE
FUTURE THE ISLAAE OF BERL ty TRE ATULL SHOULD NOT Sf USeEb For
AGRICULTURAL PUXPUSE,
PARTIGULARLY FOR LOCAL GOGNSUMPTISSN,
SHOULG NAT. SE CONS LDERED A RESTDENTIAL AREA,"
AND
THE APPSOXI“ATELY 2048 31WINTANS wOw LIVING ON Tko ISLAND "ARE
BEING GAREFULLY MONITORED," INTERIOR SATD, "A FEEDING PROGRAM HAS
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PROVIDED FOR THEN AND THEY
FOOD,#
THE
KASHINGTON POST ARTICLE
ARE
SNOT CONSUMING LOCALLY GROWN
SAID NONE OF THE PRESENT BIKINI
RESIDE’“TS APPEARS YET TO HAVE BECOME ILL FROM LIVING GN THE
ISLA
IMTERIOR
OFFICIALS
ARE AS*ING
THE
UYS,
CONGRESS
FOR
36
MILLION {SUX MILLION DOLLARS) IN FISCAL 14979 TO BEGIN A PROPOSED
N&Ww ELS MICLICGS (FIFTEEN MILLION UOLLAS) PROEGRaM TO TRY AGAYN TO
RELOCATE TG S]KINITASS #HO AERE MOVED CFF TRESIR ATOLL TOS WAKE WAY
FOR
TRE
NUCLEAR
HEAPONS TESTS,
SONE THREES “ILLIGN DOLLASS HAS ALREADY REEN SPENT ON BRINGING
THEM EACK TC ELAINI TRE ENTIRE JTSLAND was PLOWED Ur, ToPSorh
REMOVED,
BUILT,
WALL
SC
THOUSAND NEw COCONUT
THAT WILL SE ASANDONED," RUTH VAN CLEVE,
DIRECTCs OF TERRITORIAL AFFAIRS,
AS SAYING,
THE
TREES PLANTED AND 4&2 New HOMES
LATEST
STUDY
WAS
I*TERTORIS
WAS QUOTED BY THE WASHINGTON POST
CONDUCTED
IN
4977
BY WHE
GOVERNMENT e@RUN
LAWRENCE LIVERHGRE LABGRAY SAY TN CALIFORNIA, THEDR REPORT STATED ©
THAT THE RAGIATICN LEVEL IN THE WELL wATGER EXCEEDED U.S, STANDARDS,
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THE RADIATION LEVEL IN COSONLTS WAS SO-HIGH THAT THES BIXINIANS HERE
TOLD THEY CGULD BAT ONLY ONE A DAY) THE #ASHIAGTON Regt REPORTED,
EVENTUALLY THt COCCNUTS, THE MAINSTAY OF THe [SLAWDENS,
WERE
PLACEL GO’ THE RESTRICTED LIST,
:
TRE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR IS STUDYING WHETHER A NEW VILLAGE
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