a031  0235  22 Apr 87
PM-Washington In Brief,0709
EPA Identifies Potentially Toxic Pesticide Ingredients
    WASHINGTON (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency has pinpointed
123 allegedly inert pesticide ingredients that could be toxic and
said it would try to have them removed from the products.
    EPA said Tuesday that if manufacturers don't switch to safer
ingredients, it will require them to conduct the same extensive tests
on lab animals required for active pesticide ingredients. It said
label warnings will be required on products that continue to use any
of the 123 substances.
    About 1,200 inert ingredients are used in the 45,000 pesticides
registered with EPA. Most of the inert substances have been tested
only for acute toxicity and not for long-term effects such as cancer.
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Pentagon Approves $320 Million Deal With Saudi Arabia
    WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon has approved a $320 million deal with
Saudi Arabia to provide technical support for the modernization of
the Saudis' military logistics system.
    The Pentagon said Tuesday that the Army Corps of Engineers would
enter into a new, two-year contract with Saudi Arabia, extending
through July 1989 a project that began in 1972.
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Danny Kaye, Meredith Willson To Be Honored Posthumously
    WASHINGTON (AP) - President Reagan will award the late actor Danny
Kaye and the late composer Meredith Willson posthumous Medals of
Freedom, the White House has announced.
    Living recipients of the nation's highest civilian honor include
conductor Mstislaw Rostropovich, Frederick Patterson, the founder of
the United Negro College Fund, and Nathan Perlmutter, executive
director of the Anti-Defamation League.
    The awards will be presented June 23 at the White House, the
announcement on Tuesday said.
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Top NASA Official To Be Nominted As DOD Inspector General
    WASHINGTON (AP) - President Reagan will soon nominate a top NASA
space agency official to become the next inspector general of the
Defense Department, the Pentagon says.
    June Gibbs Brown, an attorney who currently works as the associate
administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
would replace the retired Joseph H. Sherick.
    Mrs. Brown, 53 and a native of Cleveland, Ohio, had previously
served as the inspector general at NASA from 1981 to 1985 and
earlier, as the inspector general for the Interior Department from
1979 to 1981. The inspector general conducts independent audits and
investigations.
    The Pentagon also said the president had nominated Col. Erlind G.
Royer, 48, a native of Missoula, Mont., to become the next dean of
the faculty at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. He is
currently head of the electrical engineering department.
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Most Juveniles in Adult Court Convicted, Study Says
    WASHINGTON (AP) - Most juvenile delinquents transferred to adult
courts are likely to be convicted and sent to prison, according to a
study released by the Justice Department's Office of Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention.
    The study found that 66 percent of the cases examined resulted in a
guilty verdict, and 80 percent of those defendants were sentenced to
prison or another type of secure facility. The average sentence was
seven years.
    The study was conducted by the American Institutes for Research.
    ''Our findings came as a surprise because many court officials
believe juveniles will be treated lightly or let off completely if
sent to adult court,'' Roberta Cronin, project study director and a
principal research scientist at the institutes, said Tuesday.
    Cases were studied in Middlesex County and Cambridge, Mass.; Camden,
N.J.; Chicago; Denver; Indianapolis; Jacksonville, Fla.; Las Vegas,
Nev.; Miami; Milwaukee; Philadelphia; Seattle; and the state of Rhode
Island.
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EPA Proposes Regulations To Reduce Emissions
    WASHINGTON (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed
regulations to reduce emissions of cancer-causing fumes from coke
ovens in the steel industry.
    The agency said Tuesday that its regulations, if adopted, would
reduce cancer deaths from coke oven emissions from about 6.9 deaths
per year to about four.
    Most coke ovens are located in urban areas. EPA said 40 million
people live within about 30 miles of one and could be exposed to its
fumes.
    The steel industry will have to spend about $11 million to install
the necessary controls and $19 million a year to operate them, EPA
said.
    The agency said it would accept public comment on the draft for 75
days after publication in the Federal Register, which is expected
soon.
    
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