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From: lorne@uokvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: Karen Silkwood - (nf)
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Date: Sun, 22-Jan-84 23:00:07 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan 22 23:00:07 1984
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uokvax!lorne    Jan 21 20:15:00 1984

A couple of small points:

	It is spelled Kerr McGee.

	The supream court overruled the Federal Court of Appeals,
	not the Oklahoma State Court. The Oklahoma Courts originally
	awarded the Silkwood family $10,000,000, it was the Federal
	courts that reduced this amount.

	It has never been shown that Kerr McGee had anything to do
	with Miss Silkwoods car accident (as so strongly implied in 
	the movie). All of the damages have been awarded because of 
	plutonium contamination. Also, the court award is to her mother 
	and dad.

	Anyone who sees this movie has been taken by the most unbelieveable
	media hype ever genarated.

						Lorne Wilson
						University of Oklahoma
						...ctvax!uokvax!lorne