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Show Page E THE DAILY HERALD, Prove. VUh. Sunday, April 2, 1935 Ik H. JOSEF HEBERT Associated Press Writer - The safety WASHINGTON cannot be water of.h9UGiry' taken for granted one is 10 drinks from a system ArrJ-jfenates at least some public thaf rieraf lujdards, says the bead of s ihJpmronracntal Protection 3f3! Administrator Carol brttjfagf said at a coefcresce of locil jitter system officials last wfii'.Shat 'bilc most people confident about the quality ygjfyt water they drink, "we haii jSacious pockets of trouble" that h$' yet to be addressed. ;?W$3acc increasing population shi3e C(i with diniinishlrig supplies of.elefij water. We have a decay- ing s?astructre and increased eqitSriic pressures on small sup-p- i she told the Association of Nfekjgjlitan Water Agencies. 31e3aid one of every four water agencies "fails to conduct ail Htests that are required to vorjteSat the water is safe jgejePA in a review of drinking m;uality said 30 million stsi ! Americans, about 12 percent of the population, received their water last year from systems violating one or more public health standards. QIJl "It will set our nation's dean water program back by decades," asserted Rep. Robert Borski, the AconTmirtees ranking Democrat. chairRep. Bud Shuster, man of the Transportation and Infrastructure Qwnmioee, said the legislation was an attempt to provide a "practical and balanced" approach to water protection at less cost to communities and businesses. D-P- a., R-P- The agency also said more than 1,000 water treatment systems serving 13 million people are outdated and need to install improv ed filters to screen contaminants. The agency cited past statistics estimating that as many as 900 people a year may die as a result of water contamination. "We cannot take the safety of our drinking water for granted. More remains to be done," Browner told the group. Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, a House subcommittee by a 19-- 5 vote on Wednesday advanced legislation to overhaul the federal law that protects lakes, rivers and streams from pollution. Critics laid the changes would case pollution control require- ments for business, agriculture and local communities and jeopardize clean water improvements made over the last 25 years. But Rep. Norman Mineta of California, the committee's ranking Democrat, said the legislation "would roll back many of the bask features" of the 1972 Clean Water Act and reduce water protection. "This bill would create exemptions and loopholes for polluters, making enforcement much more difficult," wrote Acting Assistant Attorney General Kent Markus in a letter to Shuster. bill would ease The existing requirements for control"storm-water- " polling lution that is washed by rain into rivers and lakes from city streets and urban industrial areas. A welcoming hand 259-pag- e wrath a member of the Swiss theater troupe Mummenedianz dressed sa Amy tke cHepharsi pteys a hand costume on their arrival at the tent site for the Big Apple Circus in Boston Wednesday. CI 1 Devin P. Overly Devin Paul Overly, 15, son of Paul and Janna Overly of Orem, o rj received the rank of Eagle Scout on March 30. He is in Troop 641 sponsored by Canyon View 8th Ward. His project was painting red curbs at She city park. Jared K. 'SSI i Devin Ovorty Johnson Jared Kim Johnson, 15, son of Kim and Janea Johnson of Provo, received the rank of Eagle Scout on Aug. 11,1994. He is in Troop 54 sponsored by Rivergrove 1st Ward. His project was cleaning up bro Johncm ken limbs and de- bris in Provo Cemetery after the May 3 1 rrJcroburst storm. Jd Steven L Saltzgiver Steven L. Saltzgiver, 14, son of Michael and Mary fT"7J Ann Saltzgiver of Orem, received the rank of Eagle Scout on March 30. He is in Troop 641 sponsored by Canyon View 8th Ward. His project was circulating peti- - &tiutn&m lions to encourage state and local officials to improve safety on 800 North and 1100 East. Dustin J. Thomas Dustin J.Thomas, 14, son of John and Carolyn Thomas of Provo, received the rank of Eagle Scout on Feb. 5. He is in Troop 9- - His Drotect was sage- Clearing brush and over- growth from the historic Eureka City Cemetery. King Vk iE . 1 A. 1 DuftinThomM snake lives through rinse cycle vIaIhIJ XVrH LJi aE .Guaranteed Next Day J:- Delivery, Or You Get Hie Mattress... -: E Fiji K (Some rastrklMMts aooiv. j ri I I NEW STORE HOURS: " KLVNSYRACIJSE 2700 5. Ib95 W. RI. 774-280- 0 j pc i 1 1; W7 j j W I n k& W I MON.-SA- fi LJf I J I... SI n e II Wmki : - 1 I 10:00 T. .. P.M. AM.-10:0- 0 - A ROCKFORD, III. (AP) snake that had been missing for six and very months emerged alive in a surprised tenant's clean washing machine. California king Gabriel, a snake, showed up in Marcy Sink's washing machine as she unloaded clothes Tuesday. It had survived the cold wash and rinse cycles. "I thought it was a rubber snake," Sink said. "Then I saw its head move." ot Dawn Hall, a former tenant of Sink's apartment, lost the old nonpoisonous snake six months ago while watching it for a friend, "We thought he got in the fur- race and had died," Hall said. "I couldn't believe he was alive I felt really bad for not saying anything about it." i ! j J J Neighbors and friends worked OREM 40 E.1 500 5. TIL 227-8S0- 0 MURRAY tfbl h.bWX) S. PH. 261-6S0- O SALT LAKE 23UI PIL 461-38- w. 00 KEARNSW. VALLEY y iwv w. a-- , P5L967-480- O gingerly to remove the dazed, swaying Gabriel from the waslier drum. The snake was taken to a pet J |