4 Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, September 16, 1985 Demonstrators push for toxic clean-up By LAURA GLADHILL About 50 University students and local residents rallied in front of the Fbderal Building on Liberty Street Saturday afternoon as part of a national campaign to garner support for the clean-up of toxic waste sites. r"Superdrive for Superfund," a coast-to-coast truck tour organized by the National Campaign Against Toxic hazards made its way to Ann Arbor to lobby for renewal of the federal "$uperfund" legislation that has allocated $1.6 billion for the clean-up of hazardous waste dumps across the country since 1980. Superfund backers want to renew the bill, which will ex- pire Oct. 1, and increase funding to $10.1 billion by 1995. oTHE TRUCK tour stopped here and i other cities where toxic waste sites at-e located. Brad Karkkainen, who drove the "Superdrive" pick-up truck, collected a soil sample from a local toxic waste dump, just as he has done at other stops along the tour. After pulling on white surgical gloves, state Sen. Lana Pollock (D- Ann Arbor) and Elizabeth Hugg of the Citizens for Salem Against Toxic Dumpsites placed a jar of con- taminated Aoil from the Holloway landfill in Salem Township into a barrel in Karkkainen's truck. According to statistics compiled by the Environmental Protection Agen- cy, the Holloway landfill is one of 32 waste sites in Washtenaw County. Six are located in Ann Arbor. But none of the sites are on the EPA's National Priority List for clean-up, and none pose health risks, according to in- vestigators from the state Depar- tment of Natural Resources. SOME representatives from local environmental groups that sponsored Saturday's event, however say a few of the waste dumps in the area are potentially harmful. Andy Buchsbaum, a member of PIRGIM, said, for example, that the state has detected surface water con- tamination at the Braun-Charles Warehouse in Ann Arbor. The detection hasn't placed the site on the state's list for closer in- vestigation, but Buchsbaum said that contamination of surface water, along with groundwater and soil, could threaten human health. "THERE IS definitely a threat to environment," he said, "the question is, is there a threat to human life?" He and other speakers called upon the community to become more in- volved in the issue. Pollack urged the crowd to support the "Right to Know" bill, scheduled for introduction in the state legislature later this fall. The bill would improve public access to in- formation about hazardous waste sites in Michigan. Merri Lou Murray, chair of the county board of commissioners, spoke about a similar bill before the board that would require businesses in the area to notify the county health depar- tment about their use of certain hazardous substances. That infor- mation would then be available to the public, she said. I Daily Photo by MATT PETRIE Hector Garza, executive director of the Michigan Commission on Spanish Speaking Affairs urges those at a reception last night to recognize and remember the contributions by Hispanics to society. The reception kicked off Hispanic HeritageWeek. r"r: - . EI! OFF l L14 10K (G (') I1)1 $30 OFF \LL 14K (1()11) OFF :, !ii A~LL 181K GO(L1 Hispanic week begins (Continued from Page 1) Graduated Savings on gold rings from 1 IT Stop by and see a Jostens representative this week to save on the gold ring of your choice. Monday Sept. 16-Friday Sept. 20, 11 am to 4 pm LSA sophomore Edgar Vasquez commented on the treatment of Hispanic students at the university. "The treatment itself is not bad," he said. "There is however a lack of con- sideration to Hispanics. They way people act sometimetimes offends one person, but not another, it's natural." Hispanic students accounted for 1.5 percent of the student popualtion at the University for the 1983-84 academic year, a figure which in- creased to 1.7 percent for 1984-85. Because of the growing population, Garza made a pleatto students to put a closure on the past 10 years which he called the "Decase of Formation." "We need to strengthen our coalitions in order to operate," he said. "We are soon to become the largest minority group in the nation. The next 10 years for us must be a 'Decade of Advancement'." Garza also urged students to join in- ternship programs on his commission and asked teachers to take sabbatical and spend some time doing research with the commission." The Hispanic community lacks good data. Resear- ch must be done in order to move in new directions," he said. Dr. John Chavez, Director of Lan- tino Studies, also speaking at the reception, announced the approval of a plan that would enable students to make Hispanic Studies a major." The plan was approved last May but we couldn't do anything with it until now." Chavez attributed the approval of the plan to a growing interest in Hispanic studies. "Last year we only had four classes in Hispanic Studies. With the approval of the plan there are seven this year. We anticipate Hispanic enrollment to go up even further and will offer ten classes next year." Chavez, however, did say there was a problem finding teachers to teach the classes. One student who is interested in Hispanic affairs is freshman, Angie Cahue. Cahue attended the meeting to find out about the programs the University has to offer. "I want to avoid discrimination by learning more about it. There are steps we can take and being informed helps." IN BRIEF COMPILED FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS AND UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL REPORTS Train spills toxins SAN ANTONIO, Texas - A freight train derailed on a trestle, rupturing 26 of its tankers and spilling up to 300,000 gallons of sulfuric acid into a river, killing fish and forcing the evacuation of about 300 people, officials said yesterday. There were no serious injuries and no danger to water supplies in the Saturday night accident, authorities said. Several people who complained of skin irritation from the acid's fumes were treated by emergency medical workers, said Bexar County sheriff's Sgt. Ray Gerlach. The evacuations were ordered within one mile of the accident on the Medina River south of San Antonio, said Carl Mixon, Bexar County fire marshal. A nearby school was opened for evacuees who had no place to go. As much as 300,000 gallons of sulfuric acid, which is toxic and highly corrosive, spilled into the river, he said. Walesa joins in Mass CZESTOCHOWA, Poland - Lech Walesa joined more than 50,000 wor- shipers in calling for the restoration of Solidarity at an outdoor Mass, the largest public display of support for .the outlawed free trade union movement in nearly a year. The Mass at the Jasna Gora monastery in this shrine city about 130 miles south of Warsaw capped a two-day workers' pilgrimage that drew Solidarity supporters from throughout Poland. It was the biggest show of strength for Solidarity since November, when more than 250,000 people attended the Warsaw funeral of the Rev. Jerzy Popieluszko, a pro-Solidarity priest murdered by three secret police officers. "I knew there were a lot of us, but I didn't know there were so many," an ebullient Walesa said Sunday as he looked down from the monastery's parapets at the huge crowd in an adjacent field. Tutu calls for strike JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Black and white clergymen called on South Africans yesterday to strike for one day in October to protest the government's racial segregation policies and a state of emergency that entered its ninth week. The illegal call, made in a quarter-page advertisement in Johan- nesburg's Sunday newspapers, came as police said in a routine report on overnight racial violence that officers fired shotguns, wounding three men, when blacks attacked a police patrol. Seven rioters were arrested in other incidents of arson and stone- throwing nationwide, police said. The advertisement was signed by 13 church leaders, including Desmond Tutu, the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize winner and the Anglican bishop of Johannesburg. Others signing it included Anglican Archbishop Philip Russell of Cape Town and Methodist Church leader Peter Storey, both of whom are white. Unmarried couples tripled since 1970 - WASHINGTON - The number of unmarried couples living together has more than tripled since 1970, climbing to nearly 2 million as young Americans continue to postpone marriage, the Census Bureau reported yesterday. There were 1,988,000 unmarried couple households as of March 1984, the Census Bureau said in a study of Marital Status and Living Arrangemen- ts. The report also found that young people are postponing marriage, with median age at tying the knot higher than of any time since the turn of the century. And it noted that just since the 1980 census, young people have shown less inclination to set up housekeeping on their own, with those not married or cohabiting more often remaining with their parents. "A number of factors may be contributing to the change in the living arrangements of young men and women, including the postponement of marriage, rise in divorce, emphasis on advanced education, employment problems and high housing costs," the report said. Inmate rise reported WASHINGTON - The roster of federal and state prisoners stretched to nearly a half-million names by June 30, a record number of inmates that left many institutions badly overcrowded, the government reported yesterday. Steven R. Schlesinger, director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, said that "although prison overcrowding is a problem in many areas of the country, incarcerated offenders are at least temporarily unable to vic- timize the public." The statistics-gathering arm of the Justice Department said in its report that the nation's state and federal prison population grew by 5.6 percent during the first six months of 1985, to a record 490,041 inmates. The increase in the number of inmates during the first half of the year - 26,183 prisoners - nearly equaled the total increase for all of 1984. "Possible explanations for this record increase include a reduction in inmates released early from prison, greater use of mandatory sentencing laws and tougher sentencing practices by judges," Schlesinger said in a statement with the statistical report. UhI AhieEII tIWaDati Vol XCVI- No.8 The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967 X) is published Monday through Friday during the Fall and Winter terms and Tuesday through Saturday during the Spring and Summer terms by students at the University -of Michigan. Subscription rates: through April - $10.00 in Ann Arbor; $20.00 outside the city. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and Sub- scribes to United Press International, Pacific News Service, Los Angeles Times Syndicate, and College Press Service. 11 m EI 51YEARS MORE THAN A BOOKSTORE zM 5491 E. 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