Most of the residents left consoling themselves that they had done their patriotic duty to defend the country from the communist menace. The other incident involved the release of large amounts of radiation in a room at the K Reactor while technicians ignored a radiation alarm for two hours. When Carolinians desired to expand their trade to Charleston, they viewed the Westo tribe as an obstacle. About 1,500 families would have little more than a year to leave their farms, homes and shops.
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