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Monday, March 21, 1983/The Battalion/Page 7 '4 |PA’s new acting head ay be asked to resign United Press International WASHINGTON — Dr. John ieitiandez took over the En- Srohmental Protection Agency )wing to “get this agency back rork,” but the EPA has jHged into a deeper crisis dur- hg nis short and stormy term as tirig administrator. Hernandez, Anne Burford’s eputy administrator, was consi- .i ered a serious candidate to ulti- iat|ly replace Burford as per- ™ Jujent EPA chief when she res- gned March 9 and he was o amcd acting administrator. But it now appears he will be orctd to leave the agency [together, EPA sources said, as iitqipii rffiult of allegations that he jau3|iw 'teisured agency scientists in mj pup 9S1 to soften an explosive re- tasp . '0 r t ['laming Dow Chemical Co. jdvpim. 01 dioxin pollution in ijcnigan. EPA and congressional sources said Hernandez is likely to be replaced as deputy admi nistrator by Walter Barber, a former EPA acting administra tor. Barber possibly could serve under William Ruckelshaus, who President Reagan re portedly wants to name as new EPA chief. A former civil engineering professor from New Mexico, Hernandez, 53, was named to EPA’s No. 2 job Feb. 21, 1981. He remained out of the spot light, however, as allegations of mismanagement, political favor itism and sweetheart deals with polluting industries recently en gulfed the agency and eventual ly forced Burford’s resignation. But he was drawn into the controversy last Tuesday when Rep. James Scheuer, D-N.Y., disclosed documents indicating Hernandez let Dow Chemical eliminate from an EPA report all references blaming the firm for dioxin pollution of two rivers near Dow’s Midland, Mich, plant. Hernandez admitted to a House subcommittee Wednes day that while he gave a draft of the report only to Dow, he should have sent the study “out to the wojld.” But he denied pressuring anyone to soften the study’s conclusions. That argument was contra dicted Friday in dramatic testi mony by officials from EPA’s Chicago office who worked on the dioxin report. Valdas Adam- kus, head of the Chicago office, said he was “disturbed and almost distraught” about press ure from Hernandez to revise the study. The chief author of the diox in study, Dr. Milton Clark, said it was inappropriate for Hernan dez to let Dow comment directly on the draft report. Dow offi cials argued their review was done under normal procedures. Still more controversy involv ing Hernandez surfaced Friday when a former EPA toxicologist charged Hernandez ignored a 1981 warning on lead contami nation in Dallas. Former EPA scientist Bill H. McAnnalley said he advised agency official that the condi tion of areas around three lead smelters warranted immediate cleanup. Hernandez contended that in 1981 there was no proof of lead contamination in neigh borhood residents, and that comprehensive blood tests were needed. 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For example, roundtrip fares to London from New York on regularly scheduled flights have been reduced to $549 from $770 last year; from Chicago $699 vs. $990 last year; from Los Angeles $849 vs. $1,070., But some fares go up on cer tain weekend flights and during a few peak travel weeks. And, as usual, all are subject to change. The major regularly sche duled airlines, all suffering from effects of the world recession on passenger traffic, decided to trim fares to boost traffic and win back some of the market share they lost last summer to charter operators. After Sir Freddie Laker’s low- cost, no-frills British airline went bankrupt last year, major air lines were able to increase sum mer fares. But that led many vacationers to seek cheaper charter flights. According to the European Travel Commission, charters more than doubled their trans- Atlantic market share to 10 per cent from 4 percent in 1981. MOVING OFF CAMPUS ? For an easier transition come to one of the "MOVING OFF CAMPUS" programs sponsored by the Off Campus Center. Poll: women outnumbering men in college enrollment )imej jo; ur2 PlW-l qj°|'C J: « S United Press International >J3 V WASHINGTON — Women ius ss^iH-egoing to college in increasing d-idins lumbers, expanding their en- jt|8[U lit olltnent lead over men, arid the liwpniHverage age of college students iij piiEppSfeeping upward, the Census tuapnis iureau report said Sunday, osqo Sffilp Jjupilflii Women began to outnumber Ti/USien on college campuses in 979. By 1981, there were 108 aM ainsi/onien in college to every 100 q snq when, the report said. In 1972, wiUhere 74 women per 100 men in '3.iniW()Hege. I e —^ r fiP ie survey showed most col- n , ( v ?ge students were over 21, and • ' (lore than one-third were 25 S o W oifl n | older - °1 Enrollment in colleges rose one-third from 1972 to 1981, I31UI si ll *!jo Jtotal of 12.1 million, with the aqj AViumber of men in college up 12 ilrcent and the number of I .ioj vyonien up 63 percent. Total en- isauBJ^aliinent among those 14 to 34 V : SlM ea p of age was 10.7 million, qeaning 1.4 million people 35 gujuuoj ears of age and older were ttending colleges. itjBuWl Women, the report said, com- pui oiu MO" 11 uoiiifl prised half the lull-time under graduates under the age of 35, and 45 percent of the graduate students. They also accounted for a majority of the part-time and two-year college students. SERVICE COPIES IBM COPIES • NO MINIMUM DIETING? Even though we do not prescribe diets, we make it possible for many to enjoy a nutritious meal while they follow their doctor's orders. 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