Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, May 19, 1995 TAG: 9505190111
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A8 EDITION: METRO
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. - A private women's college voted Thursday to go along with a plan to keep women out of the all-male Citadel, agreeing to sponsor an alternative program for women seeking to become cadets.
Converse College trustees approved on a voice vote the state's proposal to create a women's leadership program, president Sandra Thomas said.
The $10 million program could begin by August, the deadline the courts have set for The Citadel to admit Shannon Faulkner as a cadet or provide her with an alternative. A federal appeals court has ruled the military school's all-male admissions policy is unconstitutional.
- Associated Press
Dioxins can travel thousands of miles
WASHINGTON - A leading environmental scientist warned Thursday that dioxins, suspected of causing cancer, fetal abnormalities and immune-system disorders, are traveling up to 1,250 miles from their sources.
``It's clear now that you can get long-range transport,'' said Barry Commoner, who led a team tracking the path of dioxins into the Great Lakes. ``This is a fallout situation.''
Dioxins and similar toxins, furans and PCBs, travel in vapor form or attached to dust particles, drop to the Earth and become part of the food chain, contaminating humans mostly through beef and dairy products.
Using a new computer program created by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commoner and his colleagues traced the movement of dioxins in 1993 from 1,329 sources in the United States and Canada into the Great Lakes.
They found about half the dioxins contaminating the Great Lakes traveled from as far as Florida, Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana. A tiny amount even came from Hawaii, according to the study.
- Associated Press
Cutoff switches for air bags allowed
WASHINGTON - Automakers will be allowed to install cutoff switches for the passenger-side air bag in some vehicles, in order to prevent injury to small children in car seats.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced Thursday that the switches will be permitted in cars and light trucks to protect children in rear-facing seats.
The switches will be permitted only when the vehicle has no rear seat or the rear seat is too small to accommodate a child seat, the agency said.
- Associated Press
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