4 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, September 29, 1983 Burford testifies before conunittee WASHINGTON (AP) - Anne McGill Burford testified yesterday she might have made a "flip remark" about the Environmental Protection Agency's role in the Senate race in California last year, but she denied withholding a $6 million cleanup grant to thwart Gov. Edmund Brown Jr., the Democratic candidate. Burford made her first appearance before a congressional committee since she resigned under fire last March as EPA administrator, along with a dozen of her top aides. At that time a half- dozen congressional panels were in- vestigating charges of mismanagement conflict of interest and wrongdoing against her agency. Burford told the House Energy and Commerce investigations subcommit- tee that her last-minute decision to withhold the grant to clean up the Stringfellow acid pits in California was based on sound policy questions. "I think it would have been very irresponsible of me to have made that grant under the information that was available to me," she said. Burford spoke in an unusually soft voice and seemed to be struggling to maintain her composure. The Stringfellow site, situated 50 miles east of Los Angeles and regarded as California's worst toxic waste site, was slated to receive money from the EPA's $1.6 billion "superfund" for cleanup of hazardous chemical dumps. In late July 1982, Mrs. Burfurd flew to California for a news conference to an- nounce a $6 million grant to the state. On her arrival, however, she canceled the news conference and the grant was not awarded until December. At the time, Brown was running against San Diego Mayor Pete Wilson, the Republican candidate, for the seat being vacated by Sen. S.I. Hayakawa, R-Calif. Wilson won the election in November. 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LSA Student Government and Canterbury Loft Druze shelling breaks Lebanese cease-fire From AP and UPI BEIRUT, Lebanon - Druze Moslem artillery shells along with Syrian machine-gun fire violated Lebanon's cease-fire yesterday. r The Druze said their fire came in response to a Lebanese army advance and warned "arms will be the abritrator" if national unity talks fail. Another Druze statement also war- ned the multinational peacekeepers to keep away from the Lebanese army and not to get involved in the sectarian fighting. THE LEBANESE government scrapped plans to reopen the Beirut airport today after the Druze militia threatened to shell it. The airport has been closed since Aug. 28, when Druze and Shiite Moslem militiamen shelled the Lebanese and U.S. Marine positions around it. The Druze had claimed the opening would violate the cease-fire agreement because the airport has been put to military use by the government. A GOVERNMENT spokesman denied the Druze charge that it had used the airport as an airbase during the recent renewal of the civil war. Meanwhile in Washington yesterday the House approved President Reagan's proposed war powers com- promise with Congress by a 270-161 vote, authorizing him to keep U.S. Marines in Lebanon for as long as 18 months. Acknowledging that many House members believed 18 months was too long to allow the Marines to remain in Beirut, House Speaker Thomas O'Neill. said the compromise measure was "not a blank check as some have asserted." -O'NEILL, TURNING to his fellow Democrats who control the House, told them that "it is time to act in a bipar- tisan manner." "I ask you to act today to help the President bring peace and stability to Lebanon," the speaker said. House Republican Leader Robert Michel of Illinois said it was "ab- solutely imperative" that Congress ap- prove an 18-month timetable "to get us over the politics of the presidential election year." /AAASOR , 8pm Power C October 2 11.50/10.50 Michigan Union Ticket CTC Outlets, 763-2071 t* ARent a Car from Econo-Car OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK . r" 0 1- J r -_ _ - - _ - IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Pressand United Press International reports Ford calls back steel workers DEARBORN - Ford Motor Co. said yesterday it will call back 650 to 750 laid-off workers at its Rouge Steel Mill beginning Monday as a result of a newly approved union concessions contract. UAW members at Rouge Steel on Friday approved a pact calling for $4.13 an hour in concessions to keep Ford from going ahead with its announcement Sept. 13 that the mill would be closed. Ford in the past month laid off 1,000 Rouge Steel workers as part of an ef- fort to cut costs at the auto industry's last remaining steel mill. The callbacks will come from among the workers just laid off. "As you increase your steel output, you need more people right down the line," said Ford spokesman Dick Judy. Judy also said Ford this fall will begin major modernization work at Rouge Steel. It had pledged to do so if the three-year concessions contract was approved. Reagan refuses to fire Watt WASHINGTON - James Watt will stay on as secretary of the interior and President Reagan "considers the matter closed," chief White House spokesman Larry Speakes said yesterday. "The matter is behind us," Speakes told reporters at the White House when asked about the controversy over the interior secretary's wisecrack that members of an advisory panel include a black, a woman, "two Jews and a cripple." Asked if Reagan would accept a Watt resignation, Speakes replied, "We do not anticipate Secretary Watt choosing to resign. We don't look for it." Senate Republican Leader Howard Baker told reporters that Watt is "a lit- tle better off today than he was a few days ago." However, Republican sources said that a survey conducted by Baker for the White House suggested that a Senate vote on a Democrat-sponsored resolution urging Watt's removal would be extremely close, one that Watt might lose if the tally were taken over the next few days. House connittee passes belt bill LANSING - With major insurance company promises to reduce rates if the legislation becomes law, the House Insurance Committee yesterday unanimously approved a "mandatory" seat belt bill for Michigan drivers. The measure, which now goes to the full House for consideration, contains a provision that may allow anyone- who wants one an exemption from wearing belts. The bill, which backers estimate could save 300 lives annually and reduce injuries by two-thirds; was approved after two insurance companies said they may drop personal injury protection rates 20 percent if it becomes law. That pledge was made by the Automobile Club of Michigan and League In- surance Companies. The rate reduction would apply to drivers who signed a statement promising to wear the belts. Auto Club President Jack Avignone estimated an individual could save between $11 and $90 a year because of the reduction. "This is the best chance we've ever had," said the legislation's sponsor, Rep. David Hollister (D-Lansing). However, he still predicted a "battle" over the bill, which carries a $10 fine for failure to use belts, when it reaches the lower chamber. Report says birth control pill kills 500, saves 850 annually NEW YORK - Birth control pills kill 500 of the 10 million American users annually, a new report on risks and benefits of current contraceptive methods said yesterday. The study, "Making Choices," estimated about 30 die annually from com- plications of tubal sterilization, 30 from use of the intra-uterine-device, and 15 from trouble linked to abortion. Deaths from complications of pill use could be cut to about 70 if no pill users smoked and if none took the pill after her 35th birthday, said Dr. Howard Ory, epidemologist at the Centers for Disease Control and an author of the report. Pill-related deaths are offset by the pill-related prevention of an estimated 850 deaths from ovarian cancer each yearamong users, the report said. Despite deaths and other complications due to contraception, the report said unwanted pregnancy and childbearing pose a greater risk to a woman's life and health than the use of any currently available birth control method. Continental pilots ponder strike HOUSTON - Leaders of Continental Airlines pilots union met yesterday to consider a strike because of pay cuts and workload increases implemen- ted in a bankruptcy reorganization. A decision on whether to strike is expected today. Continental filed its bankruptcy papers on Saturday and resumed domestic service on Tuesday. It recalled 4,200 of the 12,000 employees it laid off, at substantially reduced salaries and longer hours. Unions have branded the move as a union busting technique, and promised to file suits challenging "abuse" of bankruptcy laws. Continental chairman Frank Lorenzo said the reorganization was the only way to keep the com- pany afloat. Pete Dennis, a Continental pilot for 18 years, said "It's ironic that one country shot down an airliner and the whole world turned upside down. One man (Lorenzo) is shooting down a whole industry and nobody seems to give a damn." Vol. XCIV - No. 19 Thursday, September 29, 1983 (ISSN 0745-967X) 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: $15.50 September through April (2 semesters); $19.50 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Summer session published Tuesday through Satur- day mornings. Subscription rates: $8 in Ann Arbor; $10 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 Arbor, MI 48109. 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