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S, at he meant, what I inton. ic tapes involved 8 meetings and a rie conversation louston unionoffi- and a man intro- is a representable il Insurance Co. ted they discussed Jure for the multi- fate employees Men prone to lung disease United Press International BALTIMORE — A Johns Hopkins University study says males are more susceptible to chronic lung disease than females. Cigarette smoking was found to be by far the most important factor associated with a person’s risk of developing the disease that partially obstructs lung capability. But the study showed the lung capability of male non-smokers was similar to females who were heavy smokers. Female non-smokers had the best results, while male smokers had the worst. Harold Menkes, director of environmental physiology at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, said it appears females lag 10 to 20 years behind males in development of obstructive lung disease. The situation, however, differs as far as lung cancer is concerned. Wilmot Ball, associate professor of medicine, said the female appears to be as susceptible to lung cancer from smoking as the male. The project also found, contrary to previous studies, that alcohol consumption alone does not appear to increase a person’s risk of developing obstructive lung disease. Another surprising finding was that people who drink at least three cups of coffee a day had more lung dysfunction than those who do not drink coffee when all other factors such as age, smoking and sex were discounted. And yet, said Menkes, those who drank tea did not show significant differences in lung disease from those who did not drink tea. Menkes said the findings did not show that a specific factor causes lung disease, but merely identified an association for more study. He said he and co-workers have not yet looked into the reason why males appear to respond to cigarette smoke differently than females, but it was unlikely differences in smoking habits were responsible. “The chronic forms of lung disease result from an interaction of many factors, including both genetic and environmental,” Menkes said. “The end result in an individual depends on how they interact in him. ” The study, reported in the American Review of Respiratory Disease and discussed at a seminar last week, also found that people low on the socio-economic ladder have more lung problems than those of a higher status. Your assignment cardboard furniture Page By LAURA RUTHERFORD Campus Reporter After the unpacking is done, most people wonder how to get rid of the cardboard boxes piled ceiling high. Engineering students at Texas A&M University have proved there is a useful purpose for these eye sores: cardboard chairs. Dr. Richard B. Griffin said the ori ginal assignment for his engineering analysis students was to make a chair out of an SV^-by-lO-inch piece of cardboard, the kind found on the back of a spiral notebook. The stu dents weren’t allowed to use glue, tape or staples; the chairs had to be of cardboard only. The chairs, about three inches wide and four inches tall, had to sup port 10 pounds. “I thought 10 pounds was a lot of weight,” Griffin, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, said. The chairs surpassed Griffin’s ex pectations, as they not only held 10 pounds, but three continued stand ing under 95 pounds of weight. Griffin said he did not originally intend to have the chairs scaled to normal size but “it seemed like a natural extension of what they had done. I never envisioned that they would be as successful as they were with the little models.” Griffin said some of the chairs could support three men. A student who weighed 240 pounds, tested each large chair by sitting on it. The designs ranged from a small stool with cardboard rolled into cylinders for legs to a chair made out of a refrigerator box and shaped like a winged-back plantation chair. Cardboard furniture is not a new idea, Griffin said. Some pieces are sold in many stores, but some of his student’s are lighter and more effi cient. He said his students achieved maximum results using a minimum amount of material. Lawyers claim discrimina tion United Press International WASHINGTON — The Justice Department, accused by a group of black, Hispanic, Asian-American and American Indian attorneys of discrimination, may have to investi- 1 gate itself. Eight leaders of a grodp known as the Racial and Ethnic Minority Attorneys Caucus filed a formal administrative complaint last week after two years of informal talks failed to bring a settlement with depart ment officials. A summary of the complaint charges the department’s six major “ legal divisions discriminate against minority attorneys in hiring, training | and promotion. It said the department has failed to J recruit more minorities — about 8 ( percent of lawyers in the six divisions i, are minorities — or to proportionate ly promote those in the department. The complaint also alleges minor- 1 ity lawyers have been denied equal access to formal and informal train ing and that non-minority attorneys get the best cases. It charges a “dou ble standard” is used to evaluate job performances by minorities, with non-minority lawyers granted awards disproportionately. Dennis Scrivens, the depart ment’s acting Equal Employment Opportunity Officer for Offices, Boards and Divisions, said he had received the complaint, and he will discuss certain language in the com plaint with caucus leaders. William Robie, deputy associate attorney general, would say only that the complaint is unprecedented. If the complaint is accepted, the department has 75 days to investi gate it and negotiate a settlement, or the caucus may request formal hear ings. A source in the caucus said an in formal complaint from black and His panic attorneys was first filed May 1, 1979. Indian and American Asian attorneys joined the complaint with in a few days. But no agreement was reached in informal talks with former Attorney General Griffin Bell and Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti, both of whom have pressed their own affir mative action efforts. The new complaint alleges discri mination against ethnic and racial minorities in the six divisions that, as of last June, had 1,710 lawyers, of whom 135 were minorities. 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