Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, June 2, 1995 TAG: 9506020117
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-2 EDITION: METRO
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LOS ANGELES - Gov. Pete Wilson on Thursday abolished affirmative action programs that help minorities and women win jobs and contracts.
Wilson, still mute while recovering from throat surgery, issued an executive order that fulfilled a promise he made after his upset victory for a second term last year.
``What we owe the people is to fix what is wrong, to cure the unfairness and to set it right,'' the Republican presidential candidate said in a statement read by Joanne Corday Kozberg, his state and consumer services agency secretary.
Critics called Wilson's move reactionary and promised a fight.
- Associated Press
Groups say millions drink bad tap water
WASHINGTON - As many as 53 million Americans may be drinking contaminated tap water from their home faucets in scores of U.S. communities that routinely fail to meet federal standards for safe drinking water, two environmental groups claimed Thursday.
The contaminants in the water include excess lead, fecal matter, radioactive chemicals and other chemicals, according to data collected by the Environmental Protection Agency in 1993 and 1994 that form the basis of the groups' report.
The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Working Group claimed nearly 1,000 Americans may die of drinking contaminated tap water in their homes each year and at least 403,000 more become sick.
- Chicago Tribune
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