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Editorials
Three Useful Addresses
Americans are frustrated.
Frustrated that a two-bit Iranian
mullah would have the audacity to sanc
tion— in fact approve— the storming of
the American Embassy in Tehran and the
forced detention of 50 Americans there.
But mostly what Americans are
frustrated about is that there is little we
as individuals can do to get the hostages
free.
The Iranians are looking for weak
spots in our citizens' resolve not to be in
timidated by this wholesale blackmail of
our Iranian diplomatic corps.
We can now only encourage our Presi
dent to hang tough, to continue to resist
the fanatical demands which with the
shah's leaving this country we have little
to do with now, anyway.
Many Americans are making gestures
to show the Iranian people that we will
not stand for the trying of our diplomatic
staff there as spies. Signs of protest can
be seen in storefronts. Television and
radio stations are regularly running mini
editorials denouncing the blackmailing of
our country. U.S. flags are being taken
out of closets to be flown with a renewed
spirit of patriotism in this time of crisis.
Church bells are ringing throughout the
land as our hearts and thoughts concen-
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trate on the safe return of the 50 remain
ing hostages.
The latest wave of concern has come in
the form of many citizens writing— to the
Iranians and to the hostages— in hopes
that the message will hammer home our
resolve not to be intimidated by Iran's
thuglike tactics.
According to a postal clerk, locally
there has been a trickling of mail destined
for Iran. Here are some addresses that
may come in handy for readers who want
to write the hostages Christmas cards or
air their protest with the government of
Iran:
Iranian Mission
622 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Iranian Chancery
3005 Massachusetts Avenue
Washington, DC 20008
American Embassy
P.O. Box 50
Tehran, Iran
The cost of sending mail to Iran is 31
cents per half ounce. For mail to Iran, it’s
a good idea to take it to a post office to be
weighed as mail which does not have suf
ficient postage is returned to the sender.
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These days, being a romantic can be
an expensive proposition.
A dozen roses costs more than a
tankful of gasoline. A simple lovey-dovey
telegram of less than 10 words (“Dear
Kissy Face . . runs over SB.
But if you really want to go first class,
you'd better either have an excellent line
of credit or the wisdom to have invested
in a three-pound chunk of gold 10 years
ago.
Say, for example, you want to give
your loved one a memorable gift: a
duplicate of the love offerings found in
the classic Christmas carol “The 12 Days
of Christmas.”
Jeff Gaydos, writing in Friends
magazine, a Chevrolet publication,
figures it would take the price of a garage
full of Chevettes to pay for your generosi
ty-
In all, he reckons, the ditty required
78 gifts, because on the first day one gift
is given; on day two you give two addi
tional gifts and the one you gave on day
one, etc.
Here’s his estimate:
* A partridge in a pear tree. You’ll
need 12 pear trees and 12 partridges (if
you can find them) for starters, at a cost
of $239.40.
♦Two turtle doves cost about
s4o—and you’ll need 22 of them—so
figure on spending $440 for these
feathered critters.
* Three French hens are relatively
cheap. You’ll need 30, at a cost of $lB per
trio. Total for this item: SIBO.
* Four colly birds. I always thought
the song demanded calling birds, but
Gaydos says what’s needed is colly birds.
Quoth he: “Unless you are an or
nithologist (or speak Middle English
around the house) you may not know a
colly bird is a black bird and it’s illegal in
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some states to keep black birds as pets
and presumably equally illegal to give
them as gifts. In any case, our advice is to
move quickly to the ever-popular five
golden rings.”
* Five golden rings. Forty simple
golden bands will set you back SI,BOO.
* Six geese a-laying. At sls each, you
can purchase 42 geese (presumably laying
eggs, but a guarantee might be hard to
come by) at a cost of $630.
* Seven swans a-swimming. These
birds aren’t cheap: at S2OO each you’ll
dish out $8,400 for the 42 you’ll need.
Tack on six kiddie wading pools and
you’re up to $8,445.
♦ Eight maids a-milking. Your True
Love has already cost you $11,734.40,
and when you start bringing in her eight
maids a-milking for five days you’ll be out
of an additional $1,200. Perhaps you can
offset your investment by starting a
dairy operation.
* Nine drummers drumming—which
for four straight days is bound to drive
Ms. True Love bananas—can be had for
$2,140.
♦Ten pipers piping—for three
days—can be hired for $l,lOO.
* Eleven Dancing Girls. At SSO per
day each for two days, set aside $l,lOO.
* For the dozen lords a-aleaping, it’s
suggested that you fly Ms. True Love to
London to catch a hot session of Parlia
ment. At $1,200, that’s a bargain com
pared to importing a dozen lords for a
day.
How much will this extravaganza cost
you to impress your True Love? Gaydos
puts the total pricetag at $19,159.40. And
that doesn’t include the warehouse you’ll
need for your menagerie of gifts. Rest
assured, though, that it will be a unique
Christmas for Ms. True Love.
Somera and Wolfman: Airing the Realities
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark.—Like thousands of other
women around the country, Mary Ann Somera and
Marianne Wolfman were in the habit of getting together
every afternoon to drink coffee and talk. In recent
times, their conversation seemed
always to turn to the controversial sub
ject of nuclear power— specifically
Arkansas Power and Light’s Nuclear
One plant which began operating in
Russellville in 1974. A second plant
was under construction and scheduled
to go on line in July, 1979.
“Are the benefits worth the risks?”
the two women wondered. They
started talking to people in the field
and reading everything they could get
their hands on about nuclear power. Very soon they
discovered a great lack of publicly available information
on the subject; this was especially true, they learned, in a
community like Russellville where the tax base is strong
ly supported by the owners of the nuclear power plants.
Something had to be done, they felt, to help people
understand the issues. Perhaps a public forum on nuclear
power was an answer.
In October, 1978, Ms. Somera and Ms. Woflman con
tacted the Arkansas Endowment for the Humanities, re
questing funds to sponsor a forum focusing on three key
issues relating to nuclear power: health and safety, the
environment and economics. The event would feature
speakers from the nuclear industry and from the ranks of
anti-nuclear activists, as well as workshops, panel discus
sions and question-answer sessions.
Their proposal was awarded a greant of $7,200, chan
nelled through the Community Center of Learning. Mat
ching funds were still needed, but Ms. Somera and Ms.
Wolfman came up with these too, soliciting funds from
the community and donating their own work and time as
in-kind contributions.
The next step was finding the right speakers to
keynote the event. Dr. Benjamin Spock— the world
famous pediatrician who is active in the anti-nuclear
movement— agreed to speak, and so did Dr. E. Linn
Draper, a wellknown pro-nuclear spokesman.
Finally, a date was set for the event: Saturday, April
28, 1979. The two women's meetings became longer and
more intense; their telephones rang constantly. Already
there were accusations from the community that the
forum was turning into a platform for anti-nuclear
rhetoric.
Then on March 28— just one month before the open
ing of the forum— the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor
accident occurred. Amid charges of basic design flaws
and hazardous conditions, all seven plants designed by
the firm of Babcock and Wilcox were ordered to be shut
down. Among the seven was Russellville's own Nuclear
One.
The accident heightened public concern over nuclear
power. Two workshops were added to the forum’s agenda;
one entitled “What Happened at Three Mile Island?” and
one centering on past safety violations and accidents at
the local plant.
On the day of the forum, over 700 people jammed into
Arkansas Tech's student center in Russellville. The
debate between Dr. Spock and Dr. Draper got things off
to an exciting start.
Dr. Spock cited five “great dangers” associated with
nuclear power: “meltdown of reactor core, regular
leakage of low-level radiation, transportation of nuclear
wastes and the threat of terrorists.”
“There are some risks to society,” Dr. Draper agreed,
“but they are much less than in plants using other fuels.”
“We were goddamned lucky nobody was killed” at
Three Mile Island, asserted Dr. Spock.
Both proponents and critics of nuclear power agreed
that the fourm had been extremely useful in airing the
realities underlying the nuclear power controversy.
Ms. Somera and Ms. Wolfman don’t have much time
for coffee breaks anymore; they are too busy with new
projects. But nuclear power is still a pressing concern for
both women, and they feel that one public forum on the
subject is not enough.
“If the public is to be informed enough about nuclear
energy to decide for themselves,” Ms. Wolfman main
tains, “they must be supplied with more information.”
Ms. Somera adds, “We need to have a forum every
year.”
-JONATHAN HARRINGTON
free lance
Lamar, Ark.
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