The Velvet Sledgehammer: April 4, 1979
Episode Title:
The Velvet Sledgehammer: April 4, 1979
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PRA Archive #:
IZ1072
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Asset Date (YYYY-MM-DD ONLY):
1979-04-04
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broadcaston
Date Recorded on:
NULL
Date Broadcast on:
04/04/1979
Item duration:
01:00:35
Description:
The program features the story of Karen Silkwood, a labor union activist. Silkwood was a worker at Kerr-McGee Plant in Crescent, Oklahoma that made fuel rods for plutonium, which is the most fatal of radioactive substances. After compiling a stack of documentation explaining the dangers of the radioactive substances, she was killed in a car accident and the documents which she was going to present to the New York Times, were removed. The host interviews a Shemis Johannes (sp?), an herbologist who gives information on herbal remedies and preventive measures you can take about radiation. The audio has poor quality.
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instantiationIdentifier:
22330_P01
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1/4 inch audio tape
instantiationLocation:
PRA Vault Shelves
instantiationDuration:
01:00:35
instantiationIdentifier:
22330_P02
instantiationPhysical:
CD
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PRA Grant Cabinets
instantiationDuration:
01:00:35
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Host
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Guest
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Guest
Distributor:
Los Angeles: Pacifica Radio Archive, 1979
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Re-labeled box (1980s)--Mylar?:
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No
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No
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