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Friday January 19, 1979
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This Day In 1970's History: Friday January 19, 1979
  • A federal agency withdrew most of its support for a 1975 study that concluded that a serious nuclear reactor accident was as unlikely as a meteor striking a major city. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a policy statement that it "does not regard as reliable the Reactor Safety Study's numerical estimate of the overall risk of reactor accident." The study had been used frequently by the nuclear industry and its supporters in Congress and universities to support the rapid expansion of the reactors. [New York Times]

  • Consumers run cancer risks when they buy meat and poultry, according to a draft report of a government study, which estimates that 14 percent of these products sold in supermarkets contain illegal residues of chemicals suspected of causing cancer, birth defects or other toxic effects. [New York Times]

  • John Mitchell was released from a federal prison, having served 19 months of a two-and-a-half to eight-year sentence for conspiracy and obstruction of justice in the Watergate investigation. [New York Times]

  • Federal anti-pollution controls have added to inflation, but "the criticism of the environmental programs as inflationary has been greatly overstated," a study by government environmental agencies said. [New York Times]

  • An F.B.I. agent has compiled a list of allegedly illegal and abusive practices within the bureau and given some of his information to Justice Department investigators. The agent, Wesley Swearingen, said he acted because the bureau was reluctant to undertake meaningful reforms. [New York Times]
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