Page 2 University Daily Kansan, April 3, 1981
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Senate approves Reagan's budget
WASHINGTON—The Senate yesterday overwhelmingly approved President Reagan's proposed budget cuts with virtually no changes, handing him a major victory after a week of futile Democratic efforts to avert the Reaps.
Despite Democratic claims that the cuts would be cruel, unfair and weigh heavily on the poor, the Republican-controlled Senate accepted a package that included several cuts.
The package also included cuts of $2.8 billion for fiscal 1981 and $47 billion for fiscal 1983.
Nine liberal Democrats voted in opposition. They were joined by only one Republican, Sen. Lowell Weicker of Connecticut.
"This resolution means the Senate for the first time in years has come to its senses," said Budget Committee Chairman Pete Demenici, R-N.M. He called it a "major installment in fiscal responsibility" and said it would begin to reverse a trend of excessive government spending.
But Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., said the budget "makes no sense in economic terms or in human terms."
But he hinted that Reagan would not get as much of a military increase as he wanted and that the tax cut approved by the House would be smaller.
The House Budget Committee begins drafting a similar package next week, and Democratic leader Jim Wight predicted yesterday that the budget would include a tax cut.
Haig leaves for Middle East trip
WASHINGTON—Secretary of State Alexander Haig leaves today for the Middle East, hoping to lay the foundation for a loose grouping of nations that will help secure peace.
Haig plays an eight-day trip, which includes stops in Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Great Britain, France and West Germany.
He will be leaving behind a top-level administration controversy in which he plays the central role.
Reports persist that Haigh's assumption of control in Washington during the first few hours after Monday's attempted assassination of President Obama were false, and that he was not aware of the attacks.
Treasury Secretary Donald Regan yesterday denied conflict among Cabinet officers during those tense hours.
He said that in the absence of Vice President George Bush, who was flying back from Texas, Haig, the senior Cabinet member and the first to arrive at
A senior U.S. official said one of Haig's principal aims on the trip is to up *security cooperation against threats to the area*, including the Soviets.
Haig is prepared to the participation of some American troops in an international peace-keeping force in the Sinai, the official said, if the Soviets, who had been involved in the war, did not.
Patrol fails to stop Atlanta killing
ATLANTA-Formation of a citizens" "bat patrol" to protect black children at a housing project from the city's child killers apparently was taken as a challenge that led to the death of the latest victim, investigators said yesterday.
Eddie Lee Duncan, a 21-year-old retarded black who disappeared from the Techwood Projects the day the patrol began, was officially added to the list of 24 missing or murdered children. Twenty-two have been found dead; two still are missing.
Police in Atlanta and Hartford Conn., refused to confirm a report that a fugitive arrested in Hartford was being questioned about the child killings. The fugitive, Larry Marshall, a 34-year-old black man, is wanted in Atlanta for a robbery and stabbing on Feb. 28.
FBI spokesman Carole Toohie in Atlanta said, "I can't say we are talking to this guy (about the murders) but if we are, I wouldn't place any more significance on that on the 15 or 20 other people we may have talked to today that the media doesn't know about."
Several investigators saw Duncan's death as yet another indication that the killer or killers were reacting to publicity.
Miners' strike to hurt coal exports
NORFOLK, Va. The full impact of the coal miners' strike on coal exports is expected in two to three weeks, and maritime officials predict it will cost $20 billion a year.
Meanwhile, a United Mine Workers union official yesterday predicted a longer strike, while West Virginia Gov Jay Rockethell urged both sides to go ahead.
According to Virginia Port Authority spokesman Culbreathe,
"Sometime after 7-10 days, you'll see a 60 to 65 percent drop (in exports)."
Culbreath estimated that the economic spinoff of coal exports in Hampton Roads was $18.42 per ton. Based on past strikes, he projected a loss of 82,000 tons from the average 137,000 tons per day because of the walkout, or $1.5 million a day.
Rockefeller he contacted bargainers for both sides "to encourage them to get back together, but it will take a few days for things to cool off. I waited a little bit to let things calm down and placed some phone calls this morning."
There was no word from Washington, where negotiations are taking place, on whether the talks would resume soon.
FTC savs Volkswagens guzzle oil
WASHINGTON - Volkswagen may have sold more than 1 million cars from 1974 through at least 1979 that guzzle oil and could cost up to $400 each in fuel.
Volkswagen said the allegations appear to be "without factual foundation or legal support."
The commission said that it had filed a complaint against the automaker alleging that Volkswagen failed to disclose the problem to owners and would be purchasers of VW Rabbits, Dashers, Scirocos and Audis with water-cooled engines.
The WV van and the "bug" both have air-cooled engines and are not involved.
the complaint alleges that the cars may use too much oil because of a problem in the valve assembly.
"Consumers have reported that oil consumption tends to increase to one quart every 200 to 600 miles, generally at about 20,000 to 40,000 miles." Linda
The commission said that it may go to court to seek refunds for customers who would end up with renair bills because of the problem.
The commission staff said owners of the cars involved should check the oil level every time the gas tank was filled because the crankcase holds only 3.2 quarts.
Paraphernalia bill gets Senate nod
TOPEKA—The sale and possession of drug paraphernalia would be barred statewide under a bill tentatively approved by the Kansas Senate.
If passed on a final Senate vote, the drug paraphernalia bill would go to the House for consideration of the Senate's changes. If passed there, it would go to the governor, who in his legislative message called for limitations on drug paraphernalia.
The measure, in a rewritten form than when it cleared the House but containing the same all-embracing provisions, would prohibit the use, manufacture, sale or possession with the intent to use the drug paraphernea- *a class A misdemeanor*—unshallable by up to a year in taint and a $2.500 fine.
Sale of such substances to minors could make a violator subject to a Class E felon—nishuilable by up to 5 years in jail and a $5000 fine.
The Senate went an additional step with the House bill and made it a Class a misdemeanor to advertise simulated drugs or paraphernalia in Kansas.
Gov. John Carlin this year veered a bit that would have promoted the sale of the school to minors, saying he thought its language was unconstitutionally vague.
Since then, however, the Kansas Supreme Court has upheld an Overland Park ordinance similar to the vetoed bill.
WARSAW, Poland—Labor peace returned to Poland yesterday, but the Kremlin its strongest attack yet against the Polish Communist Party. The United States said the possibility of Soviet intervention had increased.
Soviets increase troop movements near Poland
point of view," Weinberger tole the Senate Budget Committee. "the (Soviets) have taken a number of actions which I think would cause me to be alarmed. The situation is now that it was last week and very serious." he said.
At the same time, the Polish nation took another step toward liberalization with the publication and sale of the first independent magazine in the East Blog.
In Washington, Defense Secretary Casper W. Weinberger told Congress that the possibility of Soviet intervention had increased as a result of Soviet-led Warsaw *Fact troop* during the 24 to 48 months Poland during the war.
"The situation has worsened from my
AND IN BELGUM, NATO Supreme Allied Commander for Europe Gen. Bernard W. Rogers said Warsov Pact troops were continuing their exercises in the Arctic and in shipbuilding and a demonstration of permanent readiness to move into Poland.
In Moscow, West German Foreign Minister Hain-Dietrich Genscher yesterday told his Soviet counterpart Andrei Gromyko that West Germany
would not tolerate intervention in Poland.
package to rescue Poland from bankruptcy and its people from starvation, amid indications that Moscow has financial support for its communist ally.
IN A FURTHER effort to back Poland, western nations are putting together a multi-billion dollar aid
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