U THE MICHIGAN DAILY Pane Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, July 28, 1970 Tuesday, July 28, 1970 Gov. Milliken signs bill allowing private citizens to sue polluters t4GC THEATRE CORPORATION A NATIONAL GENERAL COMPANY( FORVILLAGE 375 No. MAPLE RD. 769.1300 MON.-FRI. 8:15 ONLY SAT.-SUN. 1:00-5:00-8:30 LANSING A Gov. Milli- ken signed yesterday a tough new antipollution law t h a t challenges t h e conservation- conscious to put up or shut up. The far-reaching law, effec- tive immediately, permits any- one to file suit to protect the air, water and other natural re- sources, not even the state it- self is immune from court ac- tion. In signing the bill, Milliken said Michigan is the only state to have such a law. He urged other governors to support sim- ilar legislation in their states. A similar measure also has been introduced in Congress. Under the new law's sweep- ing provisions, a l o n e citizen could try to shut down a big company for contaminating a waterway; challenge regulations of state agencies as too lenient toward industry; or sue a neigh- bor for fouling the air with a trash burner. The possibilities, seemingly, are endless. Circuit courts, in addition to having the power to grant in- junctions and impose condi- tions to stop pollution, m a y even direct governmental units to upgrade standards it feels are deficient. Until now, antipollution ac- tions could be filed o n 1 y by those suffering a personal loss. Even then. they w e r e bound largely by the decisions of gov- TV RENTALS $10 per month FREE Service and Delivery ---NO DEPOSIT REQUIRED--- CALL: Neiac TV Rentals 662-5671 SERVING BIG 10 SCHOOLS SINCE 1961 ernment at the local or state agency level. Under the new law, the mat- ter can be taken directly to cir- cuit court. The court may refer it to an agency, but it also may handle the case itself and by-, pass much red tape. Milliken had pushed for pas- sage of the bill on a high-prior- ity basis. The Republican gov- ernor has been on an antipol- lution campaign f o r many months, keying on the release poisonous substances into Mich- igan waters. A scare over mercury contam- ination led the governor to de- clare a fishing ban in s o m e waterways in April. In addition to the new law a just signed, he called for Iegis- lation requiring companies to disclose the nature and volume of all discharges and to pay for state monitoring of the wastes. The governor claims passage of the so-called "truth-in-pol- lution" bill will give Michigan the finest environmental protec- tion package in the nation. Milliken said the new 1 a w signed yesterday will not be the total answer to environmental problems, but will help bring issues into focus more quickly. Leon Cohan, deputy attorney general, said the new law opens the door to greater prosecution of pollution cases in a dramatic way. He said a team of lawyers in the attorney general's office has been concentrating on environ- mental matters and will find the new law a helpful tool. DIAL 662-6264 Corner State & Liberty Sts. SHOWS AT 1-3-5-7-9 P.M. OPEN 12:45 2nd WEEK 'Planet Of The Apes"was only the beginning... WHAT LIES BENEATH MAY BE THE ENO! WASHINGTON VP) -Despite attempts to improve its screen- ing the Pentagon continues to induct thousands of men with disqualifying physical defects, including a man with a missing kidney and another deformed by polio, a government report said yesterday. Sen. Richard 'S. Schweiker (R-Pa), released the report by the Government Accounting Of- fice (GAO) and called for re- GEORGE KARL, (C' SC)TT/ MAIDEN . o'qr Gi. S Pattc-. " e.e- ar re . ,-y ilnt1WAI"I'ON doubled efforts to keep men with such defects from being enrolled in the army services. The report found that in fis- cal 1968 and 1969 nearly 40,000 servicemen were released with- in a year of their inductions because of physical defects that had gone undetectei during their examinations. Twoyears ago a similar GAO report, also done at Schweiker's request, found that 40,200 men were discharged under the same circumstances in fiscal 1966 and 1967. "Although I am pleased that improvements in the inductee physical examination p r o c e s s have been made since I received the 1968 report, the fact that the over-all rate of such dis- charges has not changed in- dicates that these examinations must be drastically improved," Schweiker said. Makeshift factory Members of the National Economic Growth and Reconstruction Organization (NEGRO) package chemical products in a makeshift factory located in Ellis Island's old ferry building. The chemicals, mostly. bleach products, are manufactured under a contract with the General Services Administration. Members of NEGRO first occupied the abandoned island last week. IN SECRET VOTE: House moves to end own secret balloting Report asks Pentagon quality of pre-inductio DIAL 5-6290 603 E. LIBERTY ST. NOW SHOWING SHOWS AT: 1 :00-3:00-5:00 7:00 & 9:05 P.M. Box office opens 12:45 P.M. When they take you for an out-of-towner, they realty take you. 4* PAAOUNTPNCTUMS PMU~NT$ JACK LEMMON SANDY DENNIS AElSIW STORY TE OUT-OFTOWERS COORFMOv'XLAa A PAAA. MkO F 10 Heavy Duty Steering and Suspension Parts " BALL JOINTS * IDLER ARMS * tIE ROD ENDS The GAO report said it had cost $17.9 million in the 1969 fiscal year to pay and outfit the men covered in the latest report. It noted improved screening practices including specialized training for medical officers, upgrading of facilities, and a project to develope a prototype automated examination facility. I I I I I The Fabulous J. C. 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It wrote into a congressional reorganization bill a provision for a printed public record of how members vote on amend- ments considered while the House sits as a committee of the whole. Much legislation is approved or beaten that way, by teller votes, with no record votes al- lowed but with members being counted only by number. The provision added to the reorganization bill would allow a minimum or 20tmembers to force a record vote when the House rejects or adopts amend- ments to bills. Heretofore, it ias been pos- sible to force record votes on amendments adopted but not 14 S. Fourth Ave. 761-3548 Open Seven Days Mondays-Friday II a.m. to 2 am. Saturday and Sunday S P.m. to 2 a.m. I I SPEND A GALA EVENING WITH on defeated amendments--which often are of greater import than those adopted. The decision -to end the any- nymous voting was on a voice vote with members not recorded by name for the time being. A roll-call vote is scheduled before final action on the bill, probably late today. The entire bill then will go to the Senate and will not be- come law before next January if it eventually gets to the White House and is signed by Presi- dent Nixon. The successful arive to remove the cloak of secrecy from some major House voting came as the third week of debate got under way. Previously the House had voted to open committee hear- ings to restricted radio and tele- vision broadcasting and to re- quire committees to make pub- lic any record votes taken be- hind closed doors and now kept secret in most cases. The Michigan Daily, edited and man- aged by students at the University of Michigan. News phone: 764-0552. Second Class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Mich- ,gan, 420 Maynard St.. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104. Published daily Tues- day through Sunday morning Univer- ity year. Subscription rates: $10 by carrier, $10 by mail. Summer Session published Tuesday through Saturday morning. 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