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1Nk-dnesdoy, Qct'ober t13, 1976

THE MICHIGAN DAILY

Page Three

\*dnesday, October 13, 1976 THE MICHIGAN DAILY 'PageThree

FORD APPROVES PCB BAN:

I

Limits set for toxics

By AP and UPI
President Ford yesterday sign-
ed a law setting strict, new
governmental standards regula-
ting chemicals and other toxic
substances that could have ad-
verse impact on environment
and human health.
The Toxic Substances Control
Act, long sought by environmen-
talists, authorizes the Environ-
mental Protection Agency
(EPA) to block or limit the
marketing of new chemical pro-
ducts judged to be harmful and
to ban or limit the continued
marketing of such substances.
INCLUDED IN the measure
is a two-year ban of polychlor-
inated biphenyl (PCB), a class
of industrial chemicals linked
with serious ailments in labora-
tory animals and recently de-
tected by the EPA in human
mothers' milk.
"I believe this legislation
may be one of the most
important pieces of environ-
mental legislation that has been
enacted by the Congress," Ford
said in a statement announcing
his action.
During the past decade a
growing numberof commercial
chemicals have been banned or
restricted, largely at the prod-
ding of federal courts which
were petitioned by citizens'
groups.
MOST HAVE BEEN commer-
cial poisons, such as DDT,
dieldrin-aldrin, and mercurial
compounds, regulated under the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide
and Rodenticide Act. Chemicals
for human consumption in food
or cosmetics were regulated by
the Food and Drug Administra-
tion.

But there was no general law,
until the Toxic Substances Con-
trol Act, to prevent dangerous
chemicals of all kinds, many
of them used industrially, from
entering widespread use with-
out precautions to prevent dam-
age to health or the environ-
ment.
The Ford administration had
initially opposed the Toxic Sub-
stances Bill, but when a com-
promise version was worked out
last month by Senate and House
conferees, supporters of the
measure said they did not expect
a veto.
THE LAW authorizes the En-
vironmental Protection Agency
to require manufacturers to
test all potentially dangerous
chemicals before marketing
them to determine their effects,
on health and the environment.
The law also requires the
manufacturers to notify the ag-
ency at least 90 days before
beginning production of new
chemical substances and before
marketing existing products for
significant new use.
It requires the agency to halt
production or to limit it if there
is insufficient safety data on~
the chemical.
WHEN THE DATA is avail-
able, the EPA must act against
unreasonable risks to public
health and the environment by
regulating, curtailing or ban-1
ning the chemicals if they arel
hazardous.
Strongly urged by environmen-f
Svi-

Versions were passed in the
House and Senate and reached
a conference committee as ear-
ly as September, 1973, only to
languish there and die with con-
gressional adjournment in 1974.
AT THAT TIME, an EPA of-
ficial said public health offi-
cials already had identified
1,300 chemicals that -cause tu-
mors "under certain conditions"'
- but there was little or noth-
ing to show the seriousness of
threat to human health.
Pleading for passage of a tox-
ic substance bill in 1974, EPA
Deputy Administrator John
Quarles said that without it
the public could continue to
suffer health alarms over mer-
cury, PCB and vinyl chloride.
When Quarles crititized it in
1974, the. chemical already was
linked by scientific studies to
such ailments in laboratory ani-
mals as skin lesions, tumore,
gastric disorders and reproduc-
tive disorders.
More recently, the EPA re-
ported on the analysis of 67 sam-'
ples of mothers' milk. All but
two of the samples containedI
PCBs in amounts from a level
deemed acceptable in baby food
by the Food and Drug Admin-
istration to more than 50 times
that amount.

I NGMAR BERGMAN'S 1954
ALL THESE WOMEN
This dark comedy farce about a dead cellist,
his harem and a columnist who wishes to write
a biography, puzzled critics who couldn't de-
cide if and when Bergman was serious. In color!
SHORT: Bergman parody-THE DOVE
THURS: Science fiction series:
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AP Photo
Shades of Mactrthur
Decked out in sun glasses, field cap, and a dangling
cigarette, P., J. the pooch looks like a canine Douglas
MacArthur ready to inspect the troops. Of course the
real Gen. MacArthur smoked a corncob pipe, but even
a dog has to have some individuality.

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Life at 29,000 feet

talists and vwhiteHouseia
sers, a toxic substances cont
bill was proposed five yea
ago by then-President Richa
Nixon.

Legislators predict
state tax increase

By CHRIS PARKS
LANSING (UPI) - Gov.
William Milliken's budget di-
rector says Milliken opposes a
tax hike at least through 1977,
but concedes that Michigan's
fiscal situation is so precarious
it may be necessary to issue
budget - cutting orders.
Several lawmakers said yes-
terday, however, they see a tax
hike next year as inevitable.
GERALDMILL1ER
told the Senate Taxation Com-
mittee yesterday Michigan's
economy is slowly improving
and said to "reduce disposable
income by an increase in taxes"
would be poor economic policy.
Miller conceded the state is in
"very serious fiscal condi-
tion" with a potential deficit
of about $65 million. He outlin-
ed a number of possible'prob-
lems any one of which could
result in. an executive order
slashing the budget.
He said the state needs a
favorable court ruling on a new
bonding plan and legislative ac-
tion closing loopholes in the
Sinale Business Tax and warn-
ed it could lose money if strik-
ing Ford workers do not go
back to work soon, or if a grad-
vated income tax proposal on
the fall ballot passes.
MILLER ALSO said the state
may have to come up with ex-
tra funds for Medicaid, school
aid and the State Police Detroit
freewav patrol.
He said 1NiMilliken wnld be
nresented with ontions for mnk-
ing un the !t.8 million a feder-
al court judee has ordered the
state to nav to improve the
winlity of eduention in the De-
troit schools. The order came
oot of the - etroit school de-
seoregation case.
je said the stnte's moRt
se o"s fiscal prohlem is a lack!
There are annroximatelv 10.-
om sink ho1s in central Ken-
tucky. The National Geogranhic
retorts that one of them is
over a quarter of a mile wide
and 200 feet deep.
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Volume LXXXVII, No. 30
Wednesday, October 13, 1976
is edited and managed by students
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of cash in its general fund a
school aid fund. On an avera
day, he said, the state is $
.million to $300 million shoe
leading to delays in schoola
and revenue sharing paymen
MTIT." WAS asked toa
pear bf, *,the committee
answer Questions about Se
Earl Nelson's proposal for
temporary increase in the sta
income tax from 4.6 per cent
6.6 per cent. No action w
taken on the measure yest
day.
The Lansing Democrat sa
the state is operating with
deficit budget which is "noto
Iv unconstitutional but imm
al." He estimated the defic
over the full fiscal year, w
amount to $300 million to $$5
million.
He said a resort to gimic
has resulted in a drop in t
state's fiscal rating, -and budg
cuts have necessitated t
increases at the local level a
tuition increases for students
tending state colleges and u
versities.
All of these things, he sa
because of the unwillingness
lawmakers and the governo
office to face up to a need f
additional revenue.

rol By JURATE KAZICKAS nevertheless spent half an hour utes to climb the famous Hil-
ars Associated Press Writer on the summit at 29,028 feet lary Step, a very steep 70 foot
ard Editors Note: Associated Press taking pictures and gazing down pitch named for Sir Edmund
Writer Jurate Kazickas accompanied into the clouds over Nepal and Hillary of New Zealand, who
the American Bicentennial Everest on to the plains of Tibet. together with Sherpa Tenzing
- Expedition to the climbers' baseo
camp. Here is her report on the ex- "Here I am on the summit of Norgay, was the first to scale:
periences of the two who reached Everest," Cormack remember- Everest.I
heEtop.R Bed thinking. "I could hardly "It was nearly the end of my!
EVEREST BASE CAMP, Ne- believe it." endurance," said Cormack.
pal (') - When Bob McCor- THE TWO SET out from "The wind was blowing so hard
mack finally got to the summit Camp 6 at an elevation of 27,- I could not stand up. I had to
of Mt. Everest, he looked 450 feet with Sherpa Ang Phur- squat every few minutes and
around to the edge of thehworld ba at about 7:30 on Friday then take 10 steps and sit down'
while hurricane winds howled orning.again.
and said to himself: "I better monn.-;gi.
andsgthedhellt o fmsere:"bt Within an hour Ang Phurba Then they saw the tripod with
nd get the hell out of here." was forced to turn back because tattered remnants of flags left,
ge Something similar ,passed of a frozen oxygen regulator. by the Chinese expedition in!
200 through the mind of Chris Chan- "It was so late by then, that 1975.."We knew we had made
rt, der as he, too, skirted 10,000- thought it was hardly worth it," said Chandler who de-
aid foot drops and reached the top the effort to try for the sum-' scribed the summit as a tiny 2-
ts. last Friday mit," said Cormack. feet by 2-feet area.
"THE WINDS were over 100 BUT WHEN THE two reach-! THE MEN LEFT no flag on
amiles per hour and we could!{
to hardly stand up. It was late in ed the south summit, just 278: the summit. The United States
ethe afrysndu. Itasdmselfinfeet short of the top, at about flag was in Cormack's pocket,i
a what am I doing here," Chand- 1 o'clock, Cormack t h o u g h t, but he said it was just too cold
Swhet sad. Id gh"Wow, we're going to make and complicated to get it out.
to Chand. it "What am I doing her. I have
ta Chandler, 28, of Seattle, They had not anticipated, to get out og here," Chandlerj
vas Wash., and Cormack, 30, of however, the debilitating effects said to hims f.
er- Boulder, Colo., said they were of working at that altitude, even And Cormack too was seized.
too concerned with survival to with oxygen. bya str dri to get off the
aid spend much time on' the" sum- Theastogdiv ogt f h
a pmite svrn the triumph of The plan was to leave at the mountain, "I was in such a
m the U.S.Bicentennil Everest south summit one of the two hurry to get down that nothing
on- the U. S. Bicentenal Everest bottles of oxygen they were car- seemed difficult any more."
or- Expedition. ryisgemed difficklttany morth
-it, "It was a -crummy day to rTying and to pick it p on the The next morning Cormack;
, ;return trio: ,:and Chandler made it down to
vill climb Everest," Cormack said.; TAKING OFF their mittens to amd without oxdendtum-
500 The wind was so strong, he remove the pack, warming up Camp 5 without oxygen, stum-
said, that on the way up he had their hands, removing the oxy- bling and falling every few
,ks to squat down for a few minutes gen bottle and getting packed steps from exhaustion. Chand-
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every 10 steps.-
THE TWO MEN, roped about
100 feet apart, were helped up
the steep Hillary Step just be-
low the summit by a fixed rope
they found left over from an-
other expedition. "If either of
us had made a mistake it would
have been all over because
there were 10,000-foot drops on
either side," said Chandler.
Exhausted and cold, the twoI

inm again took almost an hour.
Then Chandler had some prob-
lems with his oxygen mask and'
that took another 30 minutes.
And then there was a pause to
nibble some candy, nuts, and
raisins and drink a lot of lemon-
ade.
"From the south summit on
the wind really began to howl,"I
said Cormack.
It took the two men 35 min-

ler finally crawled on nis nands
and knees to the welcome tent.
"I never experienced any-
thing like that in my life and
don't plan to ever again," he
said.
_________________________

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Wednesday, October 12, 1976
DAY CALENDAR
Ext Serv: 9th Biennial Congress
of Int'l Deep Drawing Research
Group; Chrysler Ctr, 8 am
Panhellenic Plant Sale: Union
Ballroom, 10 am.
WUOM: Speaking of American Mu-
of thesic, guests - Jan DeGaetani,
Robert Freeman, Charles Wuorinen;
moderator - Rugo Weisgall; 11 am.
Cir Russian, E European Studies:
Peter Steiner "Structuralism &
Marxism in Czechoslovakia," Com-
mons Rm, Lane, noon.
Ctr Near Eastern, N African Stud-
ies: Ibrahimel - Nawawy "Treasures
of the Pharoah Tutankhamon (King
Tut Collection)," Kellog Aud, 4 pm.
Zoology: Prof John Maynard-Smith
"Game Theory as Applied to -Evolu-
tion," 3227 Angell, 4 pm.
CMB Seminar: William Brockman
"Organization & Expression of the
SV40 Genome," S Lee Hall, Med Sci
I, 4 pm.
Ethics, Religion/Canterbury House:
Last lecture series, Alfred Meyer
"Political Science," Aud A, Angell,
4 pm.
General Physics Colloquim: L Mi-
chel (IHES in Bures-sur-Yvette,
France) "Hidden Symmetry & Bro-
ken Symmetry," P & A Colloquim
Rm, 4 pm.
Africa '76 Week: Dennis Ondeje
"Cultural Changes in Africa," 20031
Angell, 4 pm.
LSA/Bicentennial Committee: An-
drew M Greeley (Univ of Chicago)
"The Ethnic Miracle," Aud B, An-
gell, 4:15 pm.
WCBN / Women's Studies: The
Women's Hour: Government Inter-
vention in Women's Communities,
6 pm.

Computing Ctr: Brice Carnahan
"The Amdahl 470V/6 Computing
system & MS," Nat Sci Aud, 7:30
pm.
PTP: Shakespeare's "Othello,"
Power Ctr, 8 pm.
UAC Jazz: George Benson, guitar-
ist, Hill Aud, 8 pm.
Africa '76 Week: Joel Samoff "Re-
cent Delelopments in Southern Af-
rica," 2003 Angell, 8 pm.
CAREER PLANNING & PLACEMENT I
RECRUITING ON-CAMPUS:
Oct 13 - Consortium for Grad.
Study in Mngt., DHEW-PHS-HSA
Indian Health Service (Nurses),
Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., U.S. Ma-
rine Corps.
Oct. 14 - Bell System, George
Washington U./Law.
Oct. 15 - Columbia U./Grad. Sch.
of Bus.
Oct. 18 - American Hospital Sup-
ply Corp.
Oct. 19 - Stanford U./Sch. of Bus.,
American Hospital Supply Corp.
Oct. 19 - Stanford U./Sch. of Bus.,
American Hospital Supply Corp.,
Oct. 20 - Rike's, The Procter &
Gamble Distributing Co., Providence
Hospital, Lord and Ttylor.

Oct. 21-PRE-LAW CONFERENCI
- Over thirty five law schools will
have representatives on campus to
provide information on programs,
financial aid, and curriculum, and
admissions. All students are cordi-
ally invited to attend. 10 am. to 4
pm. in the Michigan League.
Oct. 22 - Eastman Kodak Co.,
K-Mart Apparel.
Phone: 764-7460 for information
on the following:
CEW SCHOLARSHIPS FOR WOM-
EN available to women whose edu-
cation has been interrupted for at
least 24 months & who are pursu-
ing an academic/prof. degree pro-
gram, full/part-time.
Residency in Hospital Pharmacy
available at Rhode Island Hospital,
Providence, R.I.
Fellowships and Internships for
PhD's in Clinical Psychology avail-
able with the Devereux Foundation
in Philadelphia and may also be
available in Calif. & Texas.
MADEMOISELLE/COLLEGE BOARD

What is the future of
PARKS and
OPEN SPACES?
Speak out at public herings:
a MICH. UNION, Oct. 14
at 8 P.M.
* PUBLIC LIBRARY,
Oct. lb at 2 P.M.
We have it
all together!
PINBALL,
BILLIARDS &
BOWLING
At the
UNION

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is affected by the condition of the
foundations, the deck, the age and
strength of the stress-bearing mem-
bers. Nineteenth century bridges
are inadequate for Twentieth cen-
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Deck Width
affects the ease with which two-
way traffic can meet and pass.
Many of the 42 critical-bridges
were designed when highway ve-,
hicles were smaller and lighter
than today.

Alignment
refers to the position of the bridge
in relation to the flow of traffic.
Improved alignment increases safe-
ty.

Liberty Road Petersburg Road

Maple Road (York Twp.)

Moorevilie
Road

Judd Road

Judd Road

Mapie Road (Ann Arbor Twp.)

This information has been provided by the Washtenaw County Road commission in the public Interest.

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/GUEST EDITOR COMF
A salaried month as (
working with regular ed
York office. Detailsf
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,ANN AIQII4DI FI[LM cc
TONIGHT!
DUANE MROHS NIGHT
LUIS BUNUEL'S
DIARY OF A CHAMBERMA
with JEANNE MOREAU
Bunuel's imaginative version of Octave Mirbeau's nove
the spirit rather than the letter of its source. The film
quality lies in its intimate inhumanities (a la Bunuel)
man stiff as a clockwork toy, treats the maid as if sh
shoe tree; the parish priest suddenly jumps from sex
to the neglected -state of his church bells. Jeanne Morea
maid, catches the nuances of a complex character with
izing precision. With George Geret and Michel Piccol
with subtitles.
BILLY WILDER'S
O-uC E- DIVIAT E I lE E tt

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