4 Page 2-Tuesday, March 1, 1983-The Michigan Daily EPA cleanups halted by politics IN BRIEF WASHINGTON (UPI) - Sworn secret testimony from Environmental Protection Agency employees indicates political pressures may have delayed cleanup of a California toxic waste site, a congressman said yesterday. "We have begun to develop testimony which indicates that there may very well have been political pressure or political judgments used in connection with Stringfellow (Acid Pits)," said Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.Y, chairman of a House subcommittee investigating EPA. EPA sources said administrator An- ne Burford delayed cleanup of the Stringfellow site in Avon, Calif., to damage the Senate bid of Democrat Edmund Brown Jr. Sources also said Burford (the former Anne Gorsuch) stalled action on a Minnesota site to divert attention from the Stringfellow delay. ASKED IF his House Energy and Commerce oversight subcommittee had found evidence of wrongdoing in the EPA's toxic waste dump site cleanup program, Dingell replied: "It's not all smoke." Dingell, whose panel has been in- vestigating Stringfellow since summer, said some allegations "have substan- tial suppord in fact to them." Dingell spoke to reporters before two unidentified EPA employees testified under subpoena in secret session. Dingell, whose subcommittee began last week taking testimony behind closed doors from 36 past and present EPA workers, said the panel would ask those testifying about charges of political manipulation at Stringfellow. EARLIER, DINGELL charged the embattled Burford has so mismanaged the Environmental Protection Agency that it is in "chaos" and public health and safety are endangered. Dingell released internal memos in which EPA managers complained of staff shortages and growing workloads, and he blamed her. "Her words are hollow, and the public health and safety suffer as a result," said Dingell, in a letter to Rep. Edward Boland (D-Mass.), chairman of an appropriations subcommittee. He asked Boland to assure funds and staff at EPA are allocated properly. DINGELL PRODUCED a memo from Edward Kurent, an attorney in EPA's enforcement division, who left EPA Friday for a job in Cleveland with the multinational conglomerate, TRW Corp. "In spite of management efficiencies, good policy and good intentions, this program cannot continue even to tread water without additional personnel and support," Kurent wrote to EPA chief counsel Robert Perry, declaring the workload grows ever heavier due to congressional demands for documents. Dingell .. . pressures halted cleanups Computing station opens in Union coimplete. Stop by this week and ask why. Theta Xi FRATERNITY S.University at Washtenaw (Continued from Page 1) NUBS," said Aaron Finerman, director of the Computing Center on North Campus, the University's computing headquarters. Other officials emphasized the station's pleasant atmosphrere. "They (the planners) were very concerned with the human aspect of providing this service," said Michigan Union Director Frank Cianciola. "This is the first in- stallation on campus where the users have natural light." (NUBS is located in a basement room and has no win- dows.) CIANCIOLA said he thinks the facility will help to make the Union a center of student life once again. "One of the roles of the Union is to make free time activity a cooperative endeavor with academic study. This computer center addition is a living example of realizing that objective," he said. Students working at NUBS yesterday said they looked forward to having an alternative computing center. "NUBS isn't a very pleasant place for students to work. I think the atmosphere at NUBS directly contributes to the ten- seness that many computer and com- munications sciences students feel," said one senior from that department. OTHERS ARE hoping the new station will draw people away from NUBS. "It'll lessen the amount of people here (at NUBS)," said LSA freshman Ruth Riegelhaupt, who plans to continue to use NUBS. Students who decide to do their com- puting at the new station will have ac- cess to equipment similar to that at NUBS. The completed station will house about 35 video terminals, six paper terminals, and 12 keypunches, along with graphics terminals, line printers, and a card reader. m .. =m mm m~ m mm m m - m m m m m= m mmm nm j LADIES DAY IS EVERY DAY1 1 at the U L CROSS-EYED MOOSE & I FLIPPER McGEE'S i 1613 E. Liberty 1217 S. 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"If they don't, I'm going to sit there all day. . . and all day the next day," he said. A spokesman for Attorney General Frank-Kelley, who argued successfully for Riley's ouster, had no immediate comment on Brennan's statement. AT&T break-up upheld WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court, splitting 6-3, yesterday upheld a court-ordered breakup of American Telephone & Telegraph Co. that will af- fect everyone using a telephone. The justices, in a brief order, affirmed a landmark settlement that will bring major changes in how telephone services are provided, and may hike the average customer's bill for local service. The federal government, which requested fast action in the case, last year settled its 8-year-old antitrust suit against the world's largest private com- pany. But some states threatened to stall the reorganization on grounds it in- terfered with their right to regulate utilities. The AT&T divestiture means the giant concern will lose control of the sub- sidiaries that account for two-thirds of its $140 billion in assets. They would be reorganized into seven independent regional companies. At the same time, AT&T gains new freedom to move into other electronic information fields. U.S. may uard Israeli border WASHINGTON - Military planners are working on a proposal that would help Israel safeguard its northern frontier against attacks while minimizing the dangers to a bolstered force of American troops in Lebanon, Pentagon sources said yesterday. A key element of the concept, said to be favored by some members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, calls for using U.S. reconnaissance planes to watch for infiltrators moving through southern Lebanon toward Israel. "We should take advantage of our technology and do the things we do best," said one source, who noted that the use of reconnaissance aircraft and ground sensors could reduce the need for potentially dangerous foot and jeep patrols. President Reagan said last week that "this administration is prepared to take all necessary measures to guarantee the security of Israel's northern borders in the aftermath of the complete withdrawal of the Israeli Army" from Lebanon. Some members of Congress said Reagan would encounter trouble on Capitol Hill if that meant a "major commitment" of U.S. troops in Lebanon beyond the 1,200 Marines now on duty in Beirut as part of the multinational peacekeeping force. Steelworkers union makes concessions in tentative pact PITTSBURGH - The United Steelworkers union reached tentative agreement with seven top steelmakers yesterday on a concessionary con- tract aimed at preventing the faltering industry from losing more business to foreign competitors. Terms of the pact were not immediately made public. But union sources who asked not to be identified said it included pay cuts of about $1.20 per hour, the loss of one day's holiday per year, and the loss of one week's vacation per year. It also includes language on reinvestment of industry profits into moder- nizing plants and equipment, sources said. James McGeehan, a union executive board member, said the board was to recommend acceptance of the pact by the USW's Basic Steel Industry Con- ference, composed of local presidents who have the power to ratify contrac- ts. Gold prices plummet $100 NEW YORK - Gold tumbled to $401 an ounce yesterday for a loss of more than $100 in a week, in a mass unloading by speculators and investors who believe Arabs and the Soviet Union will have to sell gold because of lower oil prices. "Mass hysteria has taken hold and there's no way to reverse it until all of the sellers are out," said Luis Vigdor, vice president at Manfra Tordella Brookes bullion firm, said. Betty Raptapoulous, metals analyst at Prudential-Bache Securities, at- tributed the selloff to a "perception, it's only a perception, that Middle East countries and Russia, which is a major oil exporter, would have to sell gold if- there's a sharp drop in oil prices." Raptapoulous said "it all depends on what producers do about the oil price. If it comes down too sharply, people could start to worry about the ability of oil producing nations, such as Nigeria, Mexico and Venezuela, to pay their debt." Three OPEC oil ministers met for an hour in Paris yesterday in a last- ditch effort to reach agreement on a unified oil price cut within a week and avert a $7-a-barrel drop by the group's powerful Persian Gulf producers. 01 be LtIpbian 19afi- Vol. XCIII, No. 116 Tuesday, March 1, 1983 The Michigan Daily is edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday mornings during the University year at 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109. Sub- scription rates: $13 September through April (2 semesters); $14 by mail out- side Ann Arbor. Summer session published Tuesday through, Saturday mor- nings. Subscription rates: $7.50 in Ann Arbor; $8 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to THE MICHIGAN DAILY, 420 Maynard Street, Ann Ar- bor, MI 48109. 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"The whole league said that originally," said Canham. "If you can't believe them on one thing, you can't believe them on anything else. So (Spavital's statement) would have no bearing on what we decide to do. We've heard that song before. When survival enters into it, it's everyone for him- self." THE UPROAR that has accompanied Walker's signing is far greater than any previously seen after an undergraduate turned pro in basketball, baseball, or hockey. Explaining this, Canham said, "One of the basic reasons for that is that the NFL is the last bastion of cooperation with the colleges. We have been upset with basketball, baseball, and hockey people for years." Despite his disdain over Walker's signing with the new league, Canham admitted that the Heisman Trophy winner gives the USFL added credibility. "It gives it credibility from sheer publicity alone," said Canham. "It gives them tremendous publicity. The negative publicity, though, may play a big part in the long run, because it's just not right to take a player so close to his degree off campus." MICHIGAN'S OWN Anthony Carter signed a $2.4 million contract Saturday with the Michigan Panthers before get- ting his degree - though he says he plans to finish his last two semesters in future off-seasons. At his press conference Saturday, Carter noted the boost Walker's signing gives the USFL. "The Herschel signing opened the dopr for other players to play in the USFL since they see a player of Herschel's caliber sign." Schembechler, meanwhile, said the USFL has opened something, but not a door. "They've opened up a can of worms that we may not be able to han- dle, and I'll keep a sharp eye on the USFL forever." 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