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7 July' 9,1963 Joe Fouchard, News Service Branch Division of Public Information, HQ
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kO; ADDITIONAL LETTERS TO EDITOR - BODEGA so a. w MI:RLS
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Enclosed are letters to the Editor.of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat of July 5 and 7,1963, on the Bodega Bay reactor application.
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Enclosures:
- 1. Santa Rosa Press Democrat - 7/5/63, clip
- 2. Santa Rosa Press Democrat - 7/7/63, clip CC: fHaroldPrice, REG,HQ,w/ enc 1s.
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th. safe y as ets of t.e pr je in the light of America's great-l
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a!!, I am sure, that both PGLE
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profit taking institutions in the
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Sebastopol Woman
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lieve that PGLE wou!d invest bc:-
Likes Bay's New Look e"nt? Can any one further con-h=" a -n"- e - # nee' pla J
s EDTTOR: For one last time I
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ceive the insurance carriers risk-i i.
will belabor this much belabor-Ing not only the initial 56 mil!!cn' ed subject, ie, the atomic power but also the multi-milions'in civil i
plant on Bodega Head.
~ suits which would result from i
We drove out last Sunday and any " accident"? This includes' j
looked over the work in progress, suits which could be brought for i l
O Nice. I have lived in Sonoma damage to fish and fauna which 1
-6 County since 1950 and this is the might result from impure waste b
first time I have been able to being dumped into the waters.
E explore the Head. I have tried.
I for one, am thoroughly con.
but lxked gates and "No Tres.
vinced that, from the dollar point passing" signs stopped me.
. alone the A. plant on Bodega N.M It seems the opposition to the Head will be safe-safe-safe! '
l' project have divided themselves Now, one last thought. % hen j
ae into two rather defined groups.
you call a doc'.or, you accept ~
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First there is the group who without question his diagnosis-j wish to " Preserve Bodega Head" and treatment, because, by the l
and second the "Scaredy Cats?"
very act of calling him you ad-I who question the safety of every.
mit that he, not you, knows '
cI thing from earthquakes to earth about disease and its treatment.
worms.
We have called a group of doc.
1 Now le!'s see if we can apply' tors named the AEC By appoint-i r
a little hard nosed reasoning to ing them to the job, we admit both segments, that they, not we, have in their I
First, Bodega Head is a lone.
possession all the p e r t i n e n t
- ly, barren, windy, cold pile of
, knowledge availab!e on the sub.
rock and sand. It has a lot of ject. They will hear the case in wide open charm, not to mention the very near future So when 1
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the good rock fishing around its they give us their findings, let's~
shores.
all accept, graceful!y, their diag-h, PG&E have given their writ.
nosis and recommendations ten promise that the Head.will Here's to a wide open "atomie
,a be developed, complete with pie.
park" and good fishing, folks.
i nic and fishing facilities plus ARDATH GRINDLING plantin;s. They have further
' Sebastopol prom.sd 2at the " atomic park" will be kept open to the general public. I am an avid rock fisher-l woman.
So-let's reverse the operation, fill up the hole, remove the con.
I str.iction equipment, destroy the.
I beautiful bay side drive. Then by all means restore the retting derclicts on the bay-side, rebuild _
the fences, lock the gates and put.
the deputy back on guard so no or.e, but no one, may get out to the rocks. Then the Head will be e
prcxrved. May I be so timorous '
as to ask "for whom?"
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LET THE PUBLIC SPEAK Pro-Atomic Plant I
Group Trusts Agencies EDITOR May the writer com-The Sonoma County Associa-ment on editorial "A-Plant De-tion for the Development of-Bo-bate" in the Press Democrat of dega Bay, should not be con-j l July 1st,1963.
strued as the opponent of some j
Seems to this pe son t h a t other organization nor is it the
,, every time there is something hand maid of an individual, worthwhile offered Sonoma Coun.
The a b o v e association was I
ty regardless whether inland, on' formed by 35 residents of Sono-l
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the coast or in the cities of our ma County that believe the agen.
four directions there must be cies who have made decisiens re-much ado.
lating to Bodega Bay and its' de-It is not alone the persons velopment, to wit:
within our County of Sonoma but Sonoma County Planning Com-
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from any direction the winds mission, Sonoma County Harbor might blow, it just seems a s Commission, Sonoma C o u n t y though everyone must get into. Board of Zoning Adjustments,
-l the act and begin complaining ' Sonoma County Board of Super-and shouting "take it away"!
visors, Board of Regents, Uni-l _
County has plu;;;;ed for industry of Fish and Game, State of Cal-For years ambitious Sonoma versity of California, Department l
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to locate here so as her children ifornia.
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may continue to live and work Department of Health, State of -
where they were born and eda-California, State Parks Commis-cated, may it be asked, is this sion, State of Caldornia, Public
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asking too much?
Utility Commission, State of Cal-1 We now have before us the op-ifornia, State Co-ordinator of 1
portunity of obtaining an atomic Atomic E n e r gy Development, l
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energy plant for the production State of California, and United i
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' of electricity which by al! ;;ospel States Corps of Engineers, j
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engmes which will destroy lives cies and the individuals compris-I and property. It is our chance ing these agencies and their j
to prove to the world, atomic staffs have made their decisions g
encr;;y in America works for based on the best interests of i
peace.
the people of the County of So-I J -'
It is clean industry which noma and the State of California I
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Sonoma County has a ! w a y a and the United States of America.
craved, it represents millions of We believe that the Atomic dollars investment which w!il pro-Energy Commission has an ex-duce much taxes to help relieve emplary safety record in de-
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the stain on taxpayers throu;;h-velopment of the reactor pro-out our county.
gram, they are commissioned un-l der the laws of the Ur.ited States 1
to determine the safety of this plant. We have utmost confidence in the Atomic Energy Commis-sion and we will abide by the decision that they make and re-quest all other residents of So.
I noma County to do the shme.
We believe that the Bode;;a Bay Project, including the Bo-dega Bay Atomic Park, as plan-ned and projected for growth is l
a tremendous boon for the Coun-l ty of Sonoma, and-the State of
. California.
BEN'J. BADGER First Vice President Sonoma County Association For the Development of Bodega Bay Petaknu.
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