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9B FLORIDA TODAY, Friday, June 2, 1995 Water standards criticized Telephone fraud hits one in five, study says Collection considers Orlando FRAUD, From 10B Associated Press TALLAHASSEE Nearly 2.3 million Floridians were among about 53 million Americans who drank polluted tap water in 1993 and 1994, two environmental groups said Thursday. The reports of 140,417 violations of Environmental Protection Agency health or treatment standards nationally included 503 violations by systems serving 2.25 million Floridians, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Working Group. The most common contaminants in Florida water supplies were coliform bacteria, an indi cator of fecal contamination, the groups said. Florida officials questioned the degree of the health threat posed by some of the cited violations, saying many are quickly corrected. The groups released the studies to back their opposition to proposals before Congress they say would weaken the 1974 Safe Drinking Water Act Proposals include new hurdles before EPA can control contaminants, eliminating its authority to require disclosure of some contaminants, allowing state variances from some EPA standards, and providing exemptions for small systems.

nity for our community," Orlandfij Mayor Glenda Hood said. Radio quadruplets 'J Orlando radio station MIX 105.1 will have four little visitors this morning the Brevard County, quadruplets. Eric, Chris, Joshua and Allison' Yother will arrive at the station at. 8 a.m. courtesy of Class Act Limousine Services.

Disc jockeys Scott and Erica then will begin day care Local retailers will provide free: baby supplies for the four, including name tags to help the new parents, keep track of who's who. Compiled by Irvin B. Harrell, China will include Orlando on an American tour of a collection of precious relics spanning 2,000 years of history if the city can raise $4.5 million to enlarge its art museum. In addition, Orlando will have to come up with $3 million to finance the exhibit, including payments to the Chinese, plus security and merchandise costs. The prestigious "Imperial Tombs of China" show includes a complete throne room, bejeweled crowns, burial costumes 250 items created from 500 B.C.

to A.D. 1900, many for China's royal families. "I'm excited, needless to say. I see tremendous economic opportu out-of-state authority in dealing with this problem," Barker said. State officials urge people to hang up on suspect callers.

They also can contact their local Belter Business Bureau or the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to determine whether a company is licensed or has any complaints against it. "We have 40-odd hot line operators who do nothing from 8 to 5 but answer, analyze and attempt to mediate everything from telemarketing to auto repair fraud," said the agriculture department's spokesman Terry McElroy. "Any scam you can imagine is being peddled over the telephone." ff'MJrwv I (Most of the get-rich or you've-w0n-a-vacation calls are coming from out-of-state as con artists attempt to distance themselves across state lines and myriad laws from their victims. "They know it's harder to prosecute, harder to find the right agency to complain to," Assistant Attorney General Mona Sandel said. 'Barker said such telephone predators do not need to target specific segments of the population, although most of their calls are to large urban areas like South Florida, Los Angeles and Chicago.

"They don't have to wait on the corner for somebody to come along," Barker said. "They pick up the phone and call someone in another state. No one is invulnerable." Also, while the state has possibly susceptible populations of retirees and immigrants, that doesn't mean younger people are more savvy or any less eager to strike gold. Floridians under 35 are twice as likely as their older counterparts (24 percent to 12 percent) to say they bought a product or service in hopes of getting a prize, the poll says. But Floridians aren't any more likely to be duped than people in other states.

The survey found 25 percent of Floridians fell prey to possible fraudulent telemarketing calls as compared with 27 percent nationwide. Barker said proposed Federal Trade Commission regulations against telemarketing fraud will allow state prosecutors to go into federal court to pursue suspect telemarketing companies in other states. "This is going to make it a lot easier, and it's really going to boost Forecaster: Stormy days are likely STORMY, From 10B itK I GENERAL ELECTRIC CTiTA7ffi r.teulAA I Jjijjjjuii) 1 '1Z On-screen clock fcll timc Sleep alarm timers ft 1,1 i i Closed caption decoder 1. i 2-Head VCR with Remote WprO 1 Clock function display I lLJj i -UrMlL Real time counter VR93Z0 tm0 I a Cwj.iiiAn camcorder -rj -'J-u uu i JSsJ-J I Qn i personalizes videos ijL7Zi IT 8 if -High-speed shutter for ''r liiiar I II AWM fast action shots Jtj. Flying erase head for 1 jMMMMaaaaas xts?" ppr-st I- -L less static between shots new Loudspeakers rflQb 18 Cu.

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He recalled a frightening flight into the eye of Hurricane Hugo off the coast of Barbados in 1989. While flying at 1,500 feet, one of the plane's four engines failed and it suddenly plummeted 800 feet into the storm's turbulence. But Burpee said dealing with the throng of reporters and television cameras at his first news conference was more daunting than any of his harrowing flights. The man Burpee replaces, retired director Bob Sheets, was a familiar face on national television during Hurricanes Hugo and Andrew. But Burpee said he wants to give other hurricane forecasters a chance to work in the media spotlight.

"I'll certainly try to fill the shoes of my predecessors," he said. "We'll do this a little more as a team." Hurricane specialist Lixion Avi-la, who has worked with Sheets and Burpee, said the public shouldn't notice much difference in the center's operation. "I think it will be transparent to the public," Avila said. "Both have research background." Burpee, 53, said he became interested in studying hurricanes after watching storms while growing up in Reading, Mass. "I've always been interested in severe weather.

I remember being in junior high school and being let out one day because a hurricane was coming. It never came," Burpee said. "That made me aware that hurricane forecasting certainly wasn't perfect." Jerry Jarrell, the center's deputy director and a competitor for the top job, praised Burpee's work during Hurricane Andrew. "He knows the history of forecasting. He is also known as one of the heroes of Andrew.

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