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4The Daily Tar HeelFriday, February 23, 1990 State and National Hazardous waste site Docatiomis yoder consideration vBy DAVID ETCHISON Staff Writer The location for a low level hazard ous waste disposal facility in North Carolina has been narrowed to two locations: one in Richmond County and one on the border between Wake and Chatham counties. The N.C. Radioactive Waste Man agement Authority, formed in 1987, is ' composed of a board of 15 citizens, five of whom were appointed by the gover ' nor, five by the lieutenant-governor, and five by the speaker of the N.C. ' House of Representatives. The group ' "has the final decision (as to the loca '. tion of the site), the governor does not." ' said Bill Furney, commission public ', information officer. ! The commission began its search for ! a site by considering the entire state. By Hospital Association y prenatal health care By JANNETTE PIPPIN Staff Writer , Employers now have the chance to lqwer their health care costs and help lower North Carolina's infant mortal ity rate through a new program to be sponsored by the N.C. Hospital Asso ciation. The $25,000 statewide educational campaign for pregnant workers called "Don't Rob Your Cradle" hopes par ticipating state hospitals will pass the thessage on to area businesses. The focus of the campaign is to in form working, insured women of the necessity of adequate prenatal care. Now, women with low incomes and poor insurance coverage are least likely to receive prenatal care, a contributing factor to infant mortality. During meetings in Charlotte and Raleigh introducing the program to hospital representatives, William Er win, a hospital association spokesman, said businesses could benefit from lower illionaire From Associated Press reports NEW YORK Donald Trump said Thursday the tabloid headlines, talk show jokes and other publicity over his breakup with wife Ivana have boosted business for his multibillion-dollar casino, hotel and airline empire. , But the developer, who normally basks in the limelight of media atten tion, said in an interview that he had paid a heavy personal price for any benefits to his business resulting from - the unhappy marriage drama. "It's horrible. I hate it. I hate the publicity," Trump said in his glitzy "26th-floor office commanding a view 53 00i V MEN'S & WOMEN'S INDOOR 1KACK LAST CHANCE INVlTAl IONAL 3:30 PM Indoor Track Complex IV O' Your Own Apartment. v-1 Green ll yft tfiJA 929 0404 WrL RV A .C -v 933-2345 fj- ps) hotel I Yi)X FRANKLIN JT CARR MILL jfnLr 968-3983vA.MAc SUHC () V uZI I i i mi ii 1 Mii1'X c 9672239 fiadTT M 967-2231 November 1988, 38 percent of the state remained under consideration. In March 1989, 9.5 percent of the state was to be considered. By November 1989, the list narrowed to four sites: Richmond, Rowan. Union and Wake counties. On Feb. 20, the list was narrowed to a site in the far southeast comer of Richmond County and 4 miles north of the South Carolina border, or one strad dling the southw est border of Chatham County and the northeast border of Wake County. The sites chosen have "met ail tech nical requirements like depth to ground water, low population density, absence of flood -pi one areas and others," Furney said. The Waste Management Author ity w ill approve the site in two or three weeks or ask for further study. If a site is approved, an extensive year long hcalih-care costs. "When prenatal care is poor, the number of premature births increases, and then businesses pay mere insur ance because the care of premature babies costs more than the average prenatal care costs," Barbara Barnctt of the association's public relations de partment said. Erwin said that the average bill for prenatal care and a normal birth was about $2,000, and that the cost of care for a premature infant could exceed $54,000 in the first year. Once the program begins in the spring, participating hospitals will go into the workplace of interested busi nesses and distribute educational mate rials such as posters and broc!":res. A music video promoting prenatal care by featuring pregnant women dancing and singing an amended version of a pop song called "Doing it All for My Baby" also will be included. The pro gram is identical to one developed by Trump profits from of Central Park and the Plaza Hotel, another property he owns. "It's been on a personal basis diffi cult because I happen to like Ivana. ... But it's something you have to go through, and in many cases a lot of people have to go through it. People grow apart." Trump said the splashing of his name through the media in the past two weeks, when word of the breakup came, has boosted business at his two hotel-casinos in Atlantic City, N.J., the Plaza Hotel and the Trump Shuttle. "The business has never been better but because it's a private company f Now You Can Afford It. 5) .mvXD THK rKTMKT l.nl IK Mon.-Fri.9-6 Sat. 10-5 study will be done. The site will be approved after that, or further studies w ill be done. In 1980 the Federal Government approved the Low Level Radioactive Waste Management Policy Act, which says that each state must be responsible for its own waste. This was done to encourage regional cooperation in hazardous waste disposal. North Carolina is a member of the Southeast Compact, a group of eight states that have agreed to share the responsibility of the disposal of w astes. '"It makes more sense for states to w ork together on this (waste disposal)," said David Prather, deputy director of communications with Gov. Jim Martin's office. For the past 17 years, a facility in Barnwell. S.C., has been handling waste sponsors program the public relations firm Chernoff, Sil ver and Associates a year ago in Co lumbia. S.C. "South Carolina is already doing it. and now North Carolina hopes to start its own efforts in reducing the state's infant mortality rate," Bamett said. North Carolina had the highest in fant mortality rate in the country in 19S8 with 12.7 deaths for every 1,000 live births. N.C. Gov. Jim Martin established a commission to study the issue of the mortality rate in December, but hospi tal association administrators say the campaign was in the works before Martin organized the commission. "The two efforts are being done separately, but we hope they will have the same end (decreasing the mortality rate)." Barnett said. Of the 128 acute-care hospitals in the state, 50 attended the informational meetings held by the hospital associa tion this week. most people don't know about it. For all the wrong reasons, the last two weeks it's been even better yet." He said the potential loss of Ivana, his business partner and the manager of the opulent Plaza in Manhattan wouldn't create a void in his organization or have Prison expansion to remedy overcrowding crisis From Associated Press reports RALEIGH North Carolina is al ready building prisons as fast as pos sible and will be able to use new facili ties to address the current crowding crisis, a co-chairman of the Special Committee on Prisons said Thursday. Rep. Anne Barnes, D-Orange, told the panel that even though the ultimate goal of building prisons was to give each inmate more space, that goal need not be achieved until 1994. Some of the new beds can be used to create new capacity in a system whose population often exceeds its legislated capacity.. "Moving toward 50 square feet (per inmate) is the goal by 1994, but once New Orleans Mardi Gras Specials Crawfish Etouf lee fftprfc Shrimp Creole Stm-iotm Seafood Gumbo WP 9 Red Beans, Rice & Sausage Also serving grilled tuna, salmon, sword fish and a wide assortment of pastas. 149 12 E. Franklin St. from the Southeast and all over the country. South Carolina is considered the first state to host a disposal facility, and North Carolina is the next. Each Southeastern state constructs a facility, and it is used by all the member states for 20 years or until 3 million cubic feet of waste has been stored. Another state then takes over the responsibility. As for the disposal site, "this thing is a multiple engineered disposal facility. It's not a dump," Furney said. The facility will be built and operated by Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc., the same firm that runs the Barnwell site. Most of the waste will come from nu clear power plants. Waste taken to the new site will be unloaded inside a building to eliminate wot kerand environmental exposure, said Judy Karlewicz, community relations Democrats of misusing By ERIC LUSK Staff Writer Most N.C. Republicans say they think Democrats are politicking in accusing Gov. Jim Martin of misus ing state funds for campaign pur poses. The governor's Research Office had made 651 long-distance phone calls and compiled files of 352 of the state's political figures possibly us ing the state's money, according to a report issued earlier this week by State Auditor Ed Renfrow. Renfrow said while some political activity did go on in the Research Office, the amount of questionable use could not be determined. Larry Davis, N.C. Democratic party chairman, said Martin should return $200,000 to the state, the amount of money he thought Martin used for political purposes. Martin instead agreed to reimburse the state for $15.35 of long-distance publicity of breakup a negative impact over the long term. "That's one of the reasons you sign a pre-nuptial agreement," Trump said. "If something should happen, you know what you have to pay out, and that's one of the reasons that when you're in business it's very important to have a those beds come on line, they can be utilized at less than 50 square feet." she said. "These are not solutions for a long term if projections are that the inmate population continues to grow." Barnes said she made the statement in part to answ er Gov. Jim Martin's call for a $490 million bond issue to build 9,500 more prison beds. She said she didn't think the current crisis warranted calling a special legislative session. "Something that large deserves care ful consideration. Traditionally, that is not the way special sessions operate." While prison admissions were up nearly 30 percent in January 1990 over January 19S9, Bamcs said the five-year University Square Chapel Hill 967-8935 ETHNIC I HOOPS Y$ specialist at Chem-Nuclear. The con tainers will be put into a concrete over pack six inches thick and filled in with sand. The overpack will go into a con crete module vault and closed with a steel-reinforced concrete ceiling. The vault will be capped with layers of sand, gravel, clay and a plastic liner. Finally, it will be covered with soil and vegetation. In addition, a leak detection system is being developed to be in stalled under the facility. "I would have no fear of living be side this facility," Furney said. "I'd be more afraid of being hit by a car." Protesting groups arc "blowing it way out of proportion." he said. Karlweicz said. "North Carolina has accepted this responsibility (the South east Compact). Chem-Nuclear has run the Barnwell plant responsibly and accuse N.C, funds for campaign in phone calls made with state money. David Prather, deputy director of communications for Martin, said the accusations made against the governor were ur.true and while some mistakes were made, 99.5 percent of the time the governor had a clean slate. "Out of the 651 calls listed in the audit, only a couple dozen were even questionable. Plus, 560 of those calls came after the election (in 1 988), so we couldn't be using those for campaign business." Prather said calls made to the Na tional Republican Committee may have been for research or study purposes. "Just because we called them (Na tional Republican Committee) doesn't necessarily mean were doing it for political reasons. For instance, it may have been research for Governor Martin's report on abortion." Davis could not be reached for comment. Tom Ballus, community director of pre-nuptial agreement signed." Under an agreement Ivana is con testing, she would receive $25 million and the couple's home in Connecticut as well as custody of their children. Trump's holdings are estimated to be worth up to $4 billion. In his best- record of admissions had wide vari ations, ranging from 1. 132 in April 1 987 to a high of 2,233 in August 1 9S9. January's mark cf 2,061 could indicate a trend, she said. Skip Capone cf the state Attorney General's Office said about 500 new beds would be available by July, in cluding nearly 300 in March. The other co-chairman, Sen. Dave Parnell, D-Robeson, said a special ses sion might be needed to increase the prison capacity to reflect new beds. "That's the only reason I sec that a special session would do any good." Capone said using the new beds for additional capacity would not interfere 1 z Monthly antiques, collectibles & crafts market Dealers from 10 states No new merchandise 400 Rigsbee Ave., Durham, take Business 15501 to downtown Durham, turn left at Elliot St., go 3 blocks Sat., Feb. 24, 12-5 Sun., Feb 25, 10-5 $1.50 91968S-3297 ko)ILfU'WlON BE ALL THAT We Want You As An 41 Orientation Counselor! f he Only Job Vou'II Euer Louc! Applications available: in the Pit, 311 Carr Building and from O.C's in your area. Due March 8. successfully and can do so here." Stan Williams, vice-president of public affairs for the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, said "We support that location (on the Wake Chatham border). Our board chairman appointed a task force to make a recom mendation to the board of directors. We brought in experts from both sides of the question. Neither the N.C. Con servation Council or the N.C. Environ mental Defense Fund raised any objec tions (to the Wake-Chaiham site). - Robert Gunn, interim county man ager in Chatham County, said, "I think the (Chatham County) commissioners are disappointed that our county was included on the list. We already have the nuclear plant (Shearon Harris) in our back yard, and w e don't want to be come a dumping ground." governor the N.C. Republican committee, said Democrats were just politicking and the auditor's report contained noth ing definite. "It's just an election year. The Democrats are hoping this incident will trickle down and affect other Republicans " Ballus said Wednesday that Ren frow might be trying to hurt Martin because he had interest in running for governor. Renfrow denied the allocation, saying politics had no bearing on his report. "The State Auditor's office makes no distinctions. It's unprofessional and I feel it's unethical." Ballus said Martin was justified in keeping files on political figures. "It is his business to know who the political makers and shakers arc in this state, especially since he's the only governor in the nation without a , veto." with wife selling book "The Art of the Deal," Trump called Ivana "incredibly good ut anything she's ever done, a natural manager," and credited her for the strong performance of his Trump Castle hotel-casino in Atlantic City, which she used to manage. with a consent decree with the U.S. Justice Department that ended a law suit over prison crowding. But Rep. Deris Huffman, R-Rowan. said she was concerned about the signal such an action might send.' I just hope that this is not construed as contradic tory to what we've said." she said. The committee also endorsed a pro posed constitutional amendment that would let the General Assembly man date prison alternatives as punishment for certain crimes. 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