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Show I iini- - ) iIm- Mi ii. i i I W 1 1 .ink Ki l 1 . i The Salt Lake Tribune, .Messenger Admits Trying To Sell U.S. Secrets ill - il PIi VSHINGTON A - ash-mgto- I like my name . . . except when someone uses it as a yell. 1986 A5 EPA Proposes Ban on Asbestos messenger for a firm that transcribes congessional proceedings pleaded guilty Thursday to trying to sell three classified documents for $5 OoO to an ur Jercover FBI agent posing as a Soviet spy The guilty plea from Randy Miles Jeffries. 26. of V brought a swift end to the last of 1985's massive crop of spy arrests On Jan 14, a federal grand jury charged Jeffries with delivering and attempting to deliver national defense documents to Soviet agents and with delivering and ata tempting to deliver national defense documents to person not entitled to receive them Jeffries was scheduled for an arraignment Thursday on the two counts but surprised prosecutors with his plea to the lesser of the charges, which concerned his attempt in late December to sell three classified documents for $5,000 to an undercover FBI agent The charge to which Jeffries pleaded guilty carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. The U S attorney's office said the first count, which carried a sentence of life in prison, will be dropped Sentencing will be set in about four weeks An FBI affidavit filed after Jeffries Dec 20 arrest said Jeffries told the undercover agent, who was posing as a Soviet spy, that he got his documents from his employer, the Acme Reporting Co , which transcribes recordings of congressional procedures W Friday, January 24, WASHINGTON (I PI) The Fnvironmental Frotection Agency of Thursday proposed a phase-ou- t asbestos over the next decade, starting with a ban on five major asbestos products and a warning that the substance is a documented cause of cancer The proposal is intended to halt the manufacture, importation and processing of asbestos, used in insulation and fireproofing "Today's action is a major new step in eliminating asbestos as a health threat to the American public, said EPA Administrator Lee Thomas Agency statistics indicate adoption of the proposed regulations would help avoid about 1,900 cancer deaths from asbestos over the next 15 years Asbestos becomes hazardous when it crumbles and its fibers are inhaled According to the EPA, ex posure even to small amounts of asbestos is considered risky Exposure is blamed for causing lung cancer, cancer of the chest and abdominal lining and other ailments "Ultimately. 1 believe there can be no debate about the health risks of asbestos," Thomas said "This proposal starts us down the path that will eventually rid asbestos from our environment " The proposal calls for a ban on five products that account for about half the nation s current asbestos consumption saturated and unsaturated roofing felt, flooring felt and asbestos sheet s floor tile, flooring, asbestos-cemen- t pipe and fittings and asbestos clothing All remaining domestic mining and importation of asbestos would be eliminated gradually over the next 10 years The agency is considering several methods of ac CONDITIONER MENS WIMBLEDON in lud-incomplishing the phase-out- . one proposal to ban certain categories of asbestos products at intervals throughout the period Any product that remains in use after the initial ban would be labeled as containing asbestos About 240 000 metric tons of asbestos were used in the United States in 1984, the last year for which statistics are available, the EPA said The agency estimated implementation of the proposed regulation would cost the industry about $2 billion Cost to the average consumer is expected to be $10 over the next 15 years. Thomas said The regulation will not become final for about one year, Thomas said, noting the agency has scheduled a period to accept public comments, followed by a lengthy analysis and review g d vinyl-asbesto- y Depositors Irked By Banks Stall Tactics WASHINGTON (UPI) - The House, hearing horror stories about banks holding checks even Treafor as long as weeks, sury checks was urged Thursday to require banks to release customer's funds promptly after deposits are made Backers of a bill to speed the release of funds argued that banks do not need to hold onto deposited checks for long periods of time since 99 percent of all checks are honored. Of all returned checks, 60 percent are paid on the second try, they said. The bill, strongly supported by consumer and public interest groups but opposed by the banking industry, was scheduled for a vote later in the day. Rep. Fernand St Germain, chairman of the House Banking Committee, described the current checkholding policy as "outlandish and said it causes hardships for people who need ready access to the money they deposit. In all too many cases, they dont have access to the money they have earned. It is tied up by banking policies . . that say the customer has to wait days and days and sometimes weeks and weeks before the bank says the money is available. Bank customers often are hit with fees for returned checks they have written on the assumption their deposits had been credited by their bank, St Germain said. He cited cases in which banks even put holds on tax refund checks from the Treasury. My heart can't bleed for an industry that makes $290 million a year in check float by holding onto money not to menthat is rightfully yours tion $3 5 billion a year reaped from returned check fees, St Germain said. The bill would provide a three-yea- r schedule to phase in the new requirements. 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