NATION AND WORLD
University Daily Kansan, April 13, 1984
Page 10
Nomination will be set Democratic leader says
By United Press International
WASHINGTON — Democratic chairman Charles Manatt said yesterday that the 1984 presidential nomination would be decided before the party's national convention but that springtime wheeling and dealing was still ahead.
Manatti rated as "zero" the chance that someone not now seeking the nomination would be drafted at a deadlocked convention in July. He also discounted the possibility that the Rev. Jesse Jackson would walk out of the San Francisco convention in a platform fight.
The Democratic National Committee chairman said it was a realistic possibility that former Vice President Walter Mondale, Sen. Gary Hart and Jackson would end the primary season in June with no one in possession of the 1967 votes needed to win the nomination.
HE SAID THAT AT that point there would be "a whole lot of moves to get at the appropriate number of uncommitted delegates." Manatt said he expected the mechanisms of politics to be at work during the six weeks between the end of the primaries and the national convention.
Manatt said that was more likely than having the convention open with the host in the background.
having to be settled by two or more convention ballots.
About the chance that the convention would reach an impasse and draft a plan for the future.
"Zero. I don't think the delegates are going to turn and pick someone else against the background of all the blood, sweat and tears of the past," he said.
Mondale is leading the delegate race with 1,047, compared to 521 for Hart and 326 for Blanchett.
"He's not going to do that," Manatt said.
MANATT ALSO SAID he did not think civil rights activist Jackson wound walk out of the convention if he knew nothing he wanted in the party platform.
"He fully realizes, probably more than most Americans, the unfairness of the Reagan politics and the inability of the Democratic Party to have a successful race in 1848 if we don't have the fullest possible mobilization of all of our key voting constituencies within the party.
Manatt also said that continued attacks by the Democratic candidates on each other might hurt the party's chances in the fall.
"And he full well knows that our national black constituency is very, very significant and a very loyal part of our voting constituencies."
Senate OKs higher liquor tax limits on write-offs for cars
By United Press International
WASHINGTON — The Senate, working on a $48 billion tax bill, yesterday stood by a 20 percent liquor tax increase and moved to limit tax breaks for those who use expensive personal cars in business.
The liquor tax and the limit on the "luxury car" tax write-off are also included in a $4 billion tax bill passed this week by the House. Both bills are aimed at reducing the federal deficit — the issue embraced by President Reagan.
Also yesterday, the Senate:
- Approved an amendment to give tax breaks for businesses that invest in depressed areas.
R-Maine, to continue for one year the
taxpayers who weatherize it for home use.
- Agreed by voice vote to an amendment by Sen. William Cohen.
- Rejected a move to split the liquor tax hike between hard liquor and wine. The liquor tax would not apply to beer and wine.
Approved an amendment to the bill that would benefit Social Security recipients who also have income from tax exempt investments.
The "luxury car" amendment, by Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., would limit tax写-offs to the first $15,000 worth of a car. Baucus said expensive cars are “a bit more expensive than the basis of the tax code and not because they're good driving machines.”
THE SENATE BILL also would require that a personal car be used 90 percent for business to qualify for any tax advantages.
Retail Sales Seasonally adjusted in billions of dollars
WASHINGTON - Retail sales fell 2.2 percent in March, the largest drop in a decade, cutting into gains made earlier this year for autos, construction supplies and department stores, the government said yesterday.
By United Press International
The U.S. Department of Commerce said automobile sales were down 7.7 percent, accounting for more than half the total decrease.
Retail sales decline 2.2% in March
Retailers reported $103.4 billion in sales in March, $2.3 billion less than in February but still 10.2 percent ahead of sales a year earlier. February's sales also were down, slipping a revised 0.8 percent.
DESPITE THE SETBACKS, sales for each of the first three months of the year were higher than those in business after the department, the Commerce Department, said.
But analysts warn that if interest
rates keep climbing, auto and housing-related sales are likely to fall further because they depend so heavily on credit
President Reagan was not displeased with the numbers.
"I think that's fine because it indicates it's a sustainable expansion, not just a quick fix or a splurge," he said.
The March drop in auto sales had been partly anticipated because many plants are shut down for retoiling, and a Commerce Department analyst said the decline is likely to continue through the second quarter.
The 2.6 percent drop in the sale of construction materials surprised analysts, however, because housing starts were exceptionally strong in January and February. Analysts said bad weather may have slowed the building boom.
Department store sales fell 3.3
percent, the Commerce Department reported
Only one significant category of durable goods, furniture, showed an increase — a 1 percent rebound from February's 3.4 percent decline.
"THE CONSUMER IS likely not to be a leading edge of the existing economic expansion any more," said economist Ed Friedman, of the Chase Econometrics analysis firm. "It was a broad decline."
Overall sales of durable goods fell 6.4 percent in March, after edging down 0.4 percent in February. Sales of non-durables, including department store and grocery sales, were off 0.9 percent, nearly the same decline as in February.
But January's spectacular buying surge, when shopper made up for a Christmas season weakened by cold weather, added 4.1 percent to sales; according to revised figures in the latest report.
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What: A special week proclaimed by the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) and various state, local, and federal government officials to promote an awareness of the various benefits of and opportunities in recreational sports activities.
Where: KU Recreation Services will provide a variety of activities during National Recreational Sports Week:
SAT APRIL 14 10 am Grand Opening of the WELLS FARGO FITNESS TRAIL Clinton Parkway. Free t-shirts & visors.
11 am MARTIAL ARTS COMPETITION, North Gym
1 pm SCOCCER CLUB MATCH, 23rd & Iowa
SUN APRIL 15 1:30-5 pm TOURS of ROBINSON CENTER
TUE APRIL 17 5-7:30 pm TAEKWONDO, 102 Robinson
5 pm DEADLINE for OUTDOOR ARCHERY SHOOT
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