aIli £idl4jau IEnaIIQ Ninety-four years of editoria/freedom Vol. XCIV, No. 9-S Copyight 1984 Ann Arbor, Michigan - Tuesday, May 22, 1984 Fifteen Cents Sixteen Pages Researchers to examine effects of PBB, PCB By LOU FINTOR PBB, the flame retardant that con- taminated at least 97 percent of Michigan's lower peninsula population in 1973, and PCB, a toxic industrial chemical, are targeted for a $25,000 state-sponsored University study that will examine 3,000 children who were exposed to the substances while in the womb or through breast milk. In the next few weeks, epidemiologists at the School of Public Health will begin mailing health questionaires to 2,986 mothers throughout the state who participated in a 1976-1978 Michigan Department of Public Health testing program that measured PBB levels in their breast milk. PCB levels were also measured in 1,057 of the samples by special request. "WE'RE MOST interested in clarifying some of the issues and disputes surrounding PBB exposure," said epidemiology prof. Jill Joseph of the School of Public Health. "And we will focus primarily on the health of the child that was being breast fed at the time mothers submitted samples of their breast milk for testing." "We really don't expect to find anything significant, but we hope to put people's minds at rest," said resear- cher Kelley Brix, "We expect to have all the data collected and the analysis started within the next six months. Primarily results should be available by the first of the year." I The three-page questionaire will in- clude questions concerning the child's medical and behavioral history which researchers will use to identify abnor- malities. Using this information, they See HEALTH, Page 7 mastermime "'" ^H""""" U"l Marcel Marceau, world renowned pantomime artist, held a news-conference yesterday at the Ann Arbor Inn to inaugurate America's first seminar of the art form to be conducted during Ann Arbor's premiere Summer Festival in July. See story, page 8. Theater profs worry about future By GEORGEA KOVANIS Although it's been more than a month since the University finalized its decision to move the Department of Theater and Drama from LSA into the School of Music, the professors in the department still haven't gotten accustomed to their new niche in the University. Some professors are still burning over of the decision - a decision they believe proves the department is a low priority within the University. "I think the University is abandoning the arts in general," said theater Prof. Alan Billings, He added that he thinks economists, scientists and engineers who are running the University have made theater the latest victim of budget-cutting measures. THE DRAMA began in the fall of 1982 when - asa result of the University's five-year-plan to reallocate $20 million within the general fund budget to high priority areas - LSA, because they were ordered to implement budget cuts, targeted the department for severe reductions - or even elimination. Duarte determined to unite El Salvador WASHINGTON (AP) - Salvadoran President-elect Jose Napoleon Duarte said yesterday after meeting with President Reagan that his country's democratic development has given the Salvadoran people new hope for a bet- ter future and has weakened the appeal of the extreme right. Duarte, visiting here 11 days before his inauguration, said he will make a determined effort to unify the country by incorporating the extremes of both right 'and left into the democratic process. "I am calling for the extreme right to understand that their participation, their behavior, their conduct respecting the democratic rules is part of the solution of our people," he said, adding that he is making a similar appeal to leftist insurgents. Duarte spoke to reporters after discussing with Reagan the tasks that await him next week when he becomes the first elected civilian president of El Salvador in 50 years. He also had separate afternoon meetings with Secretary of State George Shultz and with the ad- ministrator of the Agency for -Inter- national Development, M. Peter Mc- Pherson. An evening speech to two private foreign policy groups also was scheduled. During his morning meeting with reporters, Duarte said El Salvador cannot achieve democratic stability by itself. If the administration aid program for El Salvador is approved by Congress, it would represent "real support" for his country, he said. Several hours after the Reagan- Duarte meeting, the White House See DUARTE, Page 4 Inside: " The University wants $; to renovate and expand dated Chemistry faciliti Page 3. " The proposed mandato belt law should be quash Opinion, Page 6. * The Wolverines ca the Big 10 baseball cham Sunday and will play in th regionals next weeken Sports, Page 16. Outside: Cloudy, warm, and hum scattered showers and a 80. According to Robert Holbrook, assistant vice president for academic affairs, the department "might have been significantly" reduced had it stayed in LSA. "Had we stayed within the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, given their priorities, there was the very real possibility that we might have been faced with savage reductions," said Prof. Walter Eysselinck, chairman of the department. See PROFS, Page 4 Faculty 30 million dis usses its out- ies. See ry seat- code hed. See By PETE WILLIAMS aptured After a term filled with student prote- pionship sts and discussions of the proposed e NCAA Student Code for Non-Academic Con- rd. See duct, the code was brought up for a calm discussion of pros and cons at yesterday's meeting of the faculty Senate Assembly. Though assembly chair Morton Hilbert assured the assembly that no action would be taken by the committee until September when thebstudents raid with return, he thought it would be helpful high of for the faculty to discuss the issue. No vote was taken; only individual mem- bers' opinions were heard. See FACULTY, Page 2