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|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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NtW YORK — April in Paris
an be had for a song this year —
nWfcely speaking.
, srLT I he same goes tor May, June
ncl the rest of the summer, be it
a Paris, London, Rome or a
lumber of other tourist capitals
'' n Europe.
■ Airlines have cut trans-
Hntic fares for the peak
vy A Ipring and summer vacation
*-*'*-' lealons to levels far below last
’ ummer’s fares. Combined with
the strong U.S. dollar and a
broad array of discount tourist
packages, travel to Europe this
summer can be a tantalizing bar
gain.
A number of major U.S. and
foreign carriers have cut round-
trip fares by as much as one-
third from last summer’s levels.
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.
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>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.
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n , ( v ?ge students were over 21, and
• ' (lore than one-third were 25
S o W oifl n | older -
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one-third from 1972 to 1981,
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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-
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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.
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