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Vol. 94, No. 135* (USPS 650-640)
Thursday morning, April 12, 1984
Auto plant welcomes Reagan
By LORI DODGE Staff Reporter
CLAYCOMO, Mo — Autoworker Leroy Gray was just eating another lunch yesterday in the plant's cafeteria when President Obama took him and started talking about "regular stuff."
Gray spends his weekdays driving a fork lift at the Ford Kansas City Assembly Plant. He and hundreds of other plant employees and teachers of assembly nurses after lunch to catch a glimpse of the plant.
Although many of the union employees sported Mondale hats, the atmosphere around the plant was filled with excitement over Reagan's visit there.
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MEMBERS OF THE United Auto Workers union, which has cast its support for Democratic presidential candidate Walter F. Mondale, distributed Monday hats and buttons earlier that morning. But many Claycon workers said that, despite their opposition to the campaign, they had the opportunity to see and possibly speak or shake hands with the president.
"I'm not saying who I'd vote for; I'm just excited to see him." he said.
"Everybody's really more excited," said Gary Dunegan, a production worker "Hell, when's the last time you got to see the president?
The United Auto Workers Local 249, which represents the plant's 4,500 workers, has criticized Reagan's visit as part of a political campaign. And the UAW has pointed to next year's election as the reason, as Reagan's real reason for visiting the plant, is which north of Kansas City, Mo.
BUT THE WHITE HOUSE labeled Reagan's visit non political. That means that the trip's costs were not paid for by Reagan's re-election campaign but by taxpayers.
Jack Critchfield, an assembly line worker,
said that Reagan probably would pull in
more votes from the plant's workers than
most people would think.
"He's got a way about him." Critchfield said. "He's got a way of talking without feeling like he's doing something."
Charles Hazlett, who works installing springs on trucks, said he thought some of the workers had been rude by wearing Mondale hats.
"I think it's just neat to get to see the
See CLAYCOMO, p. 6, col. 1
Quality is Job 1
yesterday. Caldwell is Ford's chairman of the board and chief executive officer. Below, Steve Hanson, a 12-year employee at the factory, awaits the president's arrival. Hanson said he supported Mondale.
CLAYCOMO, Mo. — President Reagan receives applause from workers at the Ford Kansas City Assembly Plant, Missouri Gov. Christopher Bond, at right, and Ford chief Philip Caldwell, second from left, accompanied Reagan on his tour
Reagan lauds recovery
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CLAYCOMO, Mo. — President Reagan told Ford automakers yesterday that "the sun is shining" again on a strong economy and the U.S. automobile industry.
In his address to workers at the Ford Kansas City Assembly Plant north of Kansas City. Mo, Reagan cited the auto industry's upswing as an indication of an improving economy and lauded his administration's economic program for guiding the recovery.
"In this place, in one of our country's basic industries, we can see where America's economy is."
people," he told a group of workers squeezed between huge assembly lines.
Reagan pointed to increased factory orders, housing starts, and retail and auto sales.
"All of us, working together and ignoring the gloomiers and pundits who said it couldn't be done, have hung tough. Today, as we see the auto industry and the economy humming with activity, aren't we glad we did?"
House OKs deficit bill 318-97
Bipartisan supporters say $49 billion plan is 'an ounce of faith'
WASHINGTON — The House yesterday approved a $49 billion tax bill favored by Democrats, Republicans and the president, and supporters predicted that the deficit-cutting measure would give "an ounce of faith to a doubting nation."
By United Press International
The bill passed 318-97, with 223 Democrats and
e Republicans voting yes, and 31 Democrats and
e Republicans voting no.
Rep. Henson Moore, R-LA, said that he had been in Congress for 10 years and "this is the first time."
Moore said that in the past he always "had found a way to vote against taxes." But he said, this vote for deficit-reduction is "a time for statesmen, not politicians."
THERE WAS MINOR DISSENT on a provision in the bill that puts a cap on the number of tax-exempt industrial development bonds that can be issued by states. Those bonds finance such governmental projects as low-income housing, stadiums, airports, and industrial parks. The cap is equal to the population of the state multiplied by $150.
Opening House debate on the bill, Ways and Means Committee chairman Daron Rostenkowski said revenue that would be raised by the three-year bill was modest compared with the highly spiraling deficit, expected to rise by about $700 billion over the same period. But, he said, it shows that "Congress is prepared to move against the deficit."
Both Democrats and Republicans spoke in support of the bill, which also has the backing of President Reagan. The bill is an essential part of the Democrats' deficit-cutting plan.
The bill is the "pay" part of the House-approved "pay-as-you-go" budget that includes a $150 billion deficit-reduction plan. It would be used to finance the 3.5 percent increase in
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Cherenko, 72, now holds the three titles held by his late predecessors, Yuri Andropov and Leonid Brezhnyi — President, General Secretary of the Russian Communist Party and the Defense Council, which controls the military.
By United Press International
Chenkerno said in his acceptance speech that Soviet foreign policy demanded "constant activity, firmness, consistency in the search for allies and allies," according to the official news agency, Tass.
MOSCOW — The Soviet Parliament elected Konstantin Chernenko to the presidency yesterday, giving him the top three posts in the Kremlin hierarchy with unprecedented speed at a time of growing superpower rivalry.
"It is directed at overcoming international tension, ensuring security, our state interests in the world arena and upholding peace throughout the world." he said.
Chernenko's election comes at a time of mounting East-West tension over such issues as Soviet charges of harassment of its Olympic athletes and the Klakes and the suspension of nuclear arms talks.
Back in Los Angeles. Bellwood delights in taking pictures of her Dynasty costars — such as John Forsythe (below).
Staff Reporter
There are some people, though, who wouldn't complain about the life Bellwood has led so far it has encompassed virtually all forms of entertainment. A native New Yorker, Bellwood first tasted acting while attending an eastern college and later performed in Boston, London and on Broadway in Butterflies Are Free. Her film credits include
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Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas expected the Student Senate Finance Committee to substantially reduce its budget request, the group's proponent said, and the group to be cut off completely.
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"We expected to be cut down to 'token funding,' rent and phone," said Ruth Lichtwart, GLSOK president.
Lichtwarf said that GLSOK had not yet decided how to respond to the committee's
Jon Gilchrist, Finance Committee chairman, said that the committee denied money to GLSOK because the group was able to generate its own funds.
Like many photographers, Bellwood enjoys photographing people. There is always a large demand for her candid shots of her fellow Daundy costars. A huge spread photographed by Bellwood recently appeared in US magazine and the demand for photos and stories about the hit prime-time drama is as large overseas as it is here
Carla Vogel, student body president, said that the recommendation by the committee would have to be approved by the Senate, which would not look at appropriations bills until next week.
"We're going to wait to see what the Senate does." she said.
Until that project gets off the ground, Bellwood will keep busy with photography — when she has the time. For Bellwood the camera is an extension of her abilities as an actress. "I like the fact that you are making a statement similar to acting only you use your point of view on subjects and in subject that makes the statement, but the way you make that choice and the way you care to photograph it. That becomes your statement."
—Carla Vogel, student body president
Though she first started by using an old Nikon camera that had been living around their house in Los Angeles, and coupling that with some of Wheeler's old lenses, it wasn't long before Bellwood acquired a array of her own equipment and will typically take a 24 mm. 35 mm. 50 mm. and a 75-to-150mm zoom lens on a shoot.
'If I felt the need to veto it, I would.'
The ever-active actress already has plans in the works to achieve this goal. She is talking to investors about financing a documentary which she will produce, and that there have been in captivity are deprogrammed to live in their natural environment, and then are taken to Kenya to be released in the wild. Also part of the project are the actors Adamson and Yuri wife, wrote Brew Free
that he saw and then seeing how he felt about photographing them it was a very hard thing.
But Vogel said that she would veto an negotiations bill that did not contain funds for GLOK.
During preliminary budget hearings,
COOK's initial request for $2,693.73 was cut to
$605.
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The committee denied funds to GLSOK after reviewing the group's current budget, Gilchrist said, which showed that it would carry money over into the fiscal year 1985.
The committee voted 8-3 to deny funds to the organization. Gilchrist explained the committee's denial by saying that GLSOR could support it with the revenue it generated from its dances.
"If I felt the need to veto it, I would," she said,
have faith that the Senate will do what's right.
If there is a relaxed look in the photographs of her subjects, Bellow chalks it all up to her eye. She tries to relax in front of other actors, says Bellow. And pursuing her passion for acting cameras and film, Bellow says she shaves her eyebrows before bed with a picture camera and direct
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