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Raging Grannies Protest in Sunnyvale

by Charles Slay (slaycslay [at] aol.com)
On the eve of the sixty-first anniversity of the bombing of Hiroshima, members of "Raging Grannies" staged a protest at the Sunnyvale Farmers Market, Saturday, August 5, to bring attention to the increasing threat of nuclear materals stored in the Bay Area.
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§Grannies buy Produce
by Charles Slay
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The Grannies bought fruit and vegtables and then performed a mock test to illustrate the danger of our food becoming contaminated with radioactive material in the event of an accident.
§Grannies buy Strawberries
by Charles Slay
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Lawrence Livermore Laboratory has recently been granted , by the Department of Energy, an increase in its ability to store plutonium.
§The Test Begins
by Charles Slay
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According to the Grannies, the Laboratory can now keep 3000 lbs of plutonium, enough for 300 warheads.
§The Test Continues
by Charles Slay
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The livermore lab is thirty miles from Sunnyvale.
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by granny ruth r
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Thanks for travelling all the way down to the hinterlands here in the South Bay to do your magic, Chuck. After you had to take off, we dined al fresco at the Farmer's Market near the official performers of the day, members of "This Old Band" who came from the East Bay.
We couldn't resist, when they played "Shake a Tail Feather" we did just that and they even changed some of the lyrics to be anti-war. Photo by K. Robertson, a "granette".
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