Watchtower Mayday In Kiev

IN A NATION WITH A DANGEROUS PENCHANT FOR SECRECY

A DREAD DISASTER AT CHERNOBYL WAS CONCEALED

AS A POISONING CLOUD SPREAD OVER THE EASTERN BLOC

ALARMING INFORMATION WAS RELUCTANTLY REVEALED

AN EXPLOSION IN REACTOR FOUR-A FIRE REFUSING TO CEASE

NO CONTAINMENT WALLS PREVENTING RADIOACTIVE RELEASE

EVIDENCE THAT PEACEFUL TECHNOLOGY HAD GONE AWRY

MORE CATASTROPHICALLY THAN WINDSCALE OR TMI

ALERT-CELEBRATION IN KIEV, UNDER GLOWING SKIES, SOVIET LIES

ALERT-IN NEARBY POLAND, A SHOWER OF RADIATION, CHILDREN IODIZED

MAYDAY- A DAY OF REJOICE, A CRY OF DISTRESS

SEVERE POLITICAL FALLOUT-TOXIC EXCHANGE OF WORDS

SOVIET OBSCURANTISM-UNDER VERBAL ATTACK

ABROAD, OUTRAGED COUNTRIES APPEAL FOR INFORMATION

MET WITH GRUDGING RIPOSTE, HESITANT PLACATION

AT HOME, TASS REPORTS NO DANGER-NOTHING TO FEAR

AS DEADLY ELEMENTAL ISOTOPES SPEW IN THE BIOSPHERE

ALERT-CELEBRATION IN KIEV, UNDER GLOWING SKIES, SOVIET LIES

ALERT-IN NEARBY POLAND, A SHOWER OF RADIATION, CHILDREN IODIZED

MAYDAY- A DAY OF REJOICE, A CRY OF DISTRESS

THE UNLEASHED POWER OF THE ATOM-A WARNING FROM THE PAST

THE BENEFITS OF TECHNOLOGY ARE REVERSED BY CARELESS HUMAN ERROR

SCIENCE-ONCE A SAVIOR. NOW AN EFFECTIVE DESTROYER

WE MUST APPLY OUR KNOWLEDGE WITH CARE

(ENTOMBED IN CONCRETE, CHERNOBYL WILL FOREVER REMAIN,

A MONUMENT TO THE CHILLING EFFECTS OF NEGLIGENCE