Page 2 University Daily Kansan, January 27, 1983 News Briefs From United Press International Reagan hints at abolishing tax on corporate income BOSTON — President Reagan suggested yesterday it might be time to abolish the corporate income tax, telling a group of executives from his campaign that "we should change it." Reagan commented on the tax while he was discussing ways of encouraging growth in the burgeoning field of sophisticated technology. He toured three high-technology buildings during a quick trip to Boston less than 24 hours after praising the industry during his State of the Union address. "In our tax structure, it is very hard to justify the existence of a corporate tax." Reagan said. The president said abolishing the corporate tax would help universities and other tax-exempt institutions that invest endowment money in businesses, only to see their dividends taxed before they receive them. Reagan also announced he would appoint a bipartisan commission on industrial competitiveness and would propose to Congress "an unprecedented increase" in federal research money next year. Bethlehem Steel reports record loss Bethlehem Steel Corp. reported yesterday it lost $1.15 billion for the fourth quarter and $1.47 billion for 1982 — Bethlehem's largest losses ever and the largest quarterly loss in U.S. corporate history. The lion's share of Bethlehem's 1982 loss, $1.05 billion, stemmed from costs of the planned shutdown of its Lackawanna, N.Y., plant and the restructuring of its Johnstown, Pa., plant. The No. 2 steelmaker's losses compare with net income of $31.1 million in the fourth quarter of 1981 and earnings of $21.9 million for Meanwhile, Mobil Corp., the nation's second largest U.S. oil company, Wednesday reported a stunning 51.9 percent slump in fourth-quarter profits and blamed poor economic conditions worldwide. Mubarak says troops must withdraw WASHINGTON — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak arrived here yesterday to tell President Reagan his country would not resume Middle East peace talks and send its ambassador back to Israel until the Israeli agreed to pull out of Lebanon. Mubarak, Kings Hussein of Jordan and Fahd of Saudia Arabia and other Arab leaders are pressing Reagan to secure Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon and a freeze on Israeli settlements in the occupied territories as a first step toward a peace settlement. The administration shares these goals and, in an attempt to increase pressure on Israel, has indicated to Prime Minister Menachem Begin that he was not welcome in Washington until Israel agreed to pull its troop out of Lebanon. A critical test of American-Egyptian friendship is the influence of the United States on Israel. OPEC crisis may spark oil price war ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — United Arab Emirates Oil Minister Mana Saeed al Otaiba hinted yesterday that OPEC's Gulf members might cut their prices and increase their production. Otaiba said the Gulf producers — Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE and Qatar — might be forced into cutting prices soon as a solution to the crisis caused by the collapse of OPEC's emergency meeting Monday in Geneva. It was believed such a price cut would be aimed at punishing dissident OPEC members, who have already illegally dropped prices, by cutting Most analysts believe the odds of a pricing free-for-all are high unless OPEC acts quickly to curb production and defend its prices. But both OPEC and non-OPEC oil-producing nations are reluctant to be the first to cut prices and set off a price war. Three Poles escape to U.S. air base BERLIN — Two Polish members of a flying club fled in a rented plane from their homeland to a U.S. air base yesterday, taking an unwilling mechanic with them, a police spokesman said. The refugees, both pilots, flew from the Lodz area across Poland and East Germany to the U.S. Air Force's Tempelhof airfield, about 50 miles west of the Polish-East German border. American authorities interrogated the three Poles after the Soviet-built Yak 12-A, single-engine observation plane, landed. As usual in such escapes, the two Poles will be allowed to remain in the West, but the police spokesman said the West Berlin public prosecutor might prosecute them. It was the first escape by Poles by air this year and the fifth since martial law was declared in Poland in December 1981. Organism linked to blood disorder CHICAGO — Researchers yesterday reported the discovery of a microorganism they believe is linked to toxemia of pregnancy, a condition that causes the deaths of up to 5 million expectant mothers and fetuses worldwide each year. Authorities say toxemia of pregnancy is the second most important cause of maternal and fetal death — after hemorrhage. "About 5 to 10 percent of all pregnant women will have the disease," said Silvio Alldjem, chairman of Loyola University Medical Center's In mothers, it can produce high blood pressure, swelling, blood in the urine, convulsions and death. For the fetus, it can cause growth retardation and death. The cause and treatment of the disease has eluded medical researchers for more than a century. Aladjem said. Germans send aid to poor in Detroit HANOVER, West Germany — West Germans, facing rising unemployment but remembering U.S. post-war aid, have collected $6,250 for needy Americans in the long unemployment lines of Detroit, West Germans organizing the fund drive said yesterday. Most of the aid has been gathered from German auto workers who are concerned about the plight of unemployed auto workers in Detroit, organizers said. "When I read about the Bethlehem Steel Company laying off workers, the message came home because I had been in Pennsylvania," said appeal organizer Eckhard Minthe. The care packages were expected to take at least four weeks to arrive in Detroit. Margaret Ainzinger, director of public relations for the Michigan Department of Social Services, said the care packages were intended to supply necessary family names whose names were provided by welfare workers. OPEC disagreements unlikely to affect price, professor says By DAVID POWLS Staff Reporter Disagreements among the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries are not significantly affecting fuel prices in the United States because U.S. oil importers (OPEC) have danced a KU professor of geography said yesterday. "The United States imports approximately 30 percent of its oil," said Leslie Dienes, professor of geography who teaches energy-related courses. "And less than 50 percent of the imports come from OPEC." *Saudia Arabia had a cut production from to million barrels a day to live* *and Saudi Arabia lost its market share.* HE SAID THE OFFICIAL world-market price for oil was $34 a barrel, but that price is not always the case. OPEC members were selling oil below the world-market price," Dienes said. The price might drop to $28 a barrel, he said. An emergency meeting of the 13 OPEC countries to set production and pricing policies this week ended without agreement. HE SAMI international debts forced Iran and Venezuela to continually oppose OPEC limits on pricing and production shares. "The Iranian War is costly," he said, and Venezuela suffers from budg- getting back. Dienes said that as the world-market prices for oil go down, so does the profit margin for U.S. oil produced offshore. He also said that the U.S. windfall profit tax, a tax on oil discovered before the 1970 price rise, is also lowered when the world-market price of oil goes up. Although developing other energy sources, such as synthetic oil produced from shale and coal liquidation, requires a large amount of capital, Dienes said, he thinks the United States should continue to do so. "I'm worried because only one synthetic oil project is still in busi- The 1990s may bring price increases in oil, as in the 1970s, if the United States is again forced to depend heavily on OPEC countries for oil, he said. bess," he said, "and the arctic regions are the last frontier for oil exploration." OPEC countries include Saudi Arabia, Iran, Kuwait, Iraq, Libya, Venezuela. Dienes said that although the price of oil was dropping, gas prices will stabilize because motor fuel taxes probably will increase. JOHN KEMP, Kansas secretary of transportation, said that the federal tax on gasoline and diesel fuel would rise from $147 in April to $195 in April. The tax is now 4 cents a gallon. He said the state's gasoline tax was 8 cents a gallon, and the diesel fuel tax was 10 cents a gallon. Kemp said he wasn't sure whether the Legislature would attempt to increase the state tax this year. Nearly 40 apply for sports council Nearly 40 students have applied for the five at-large positions available on the new Student Sports Council — more than its organizers expected, an athletic department spokesman said yesterday. The council will be composed of 13 students from various campus organizations. They will advise the athletic department on ways to increase attendance at sports events and student involvement in the athletic program. MIKE HAMRICK, administrative assistant to the athletic department, said he thought there were so many people in the school who were taking the council seriously. "People talk about student apathy, but there are a good number of concerned students with interests that are athletic or academic department." Hamrick said. MANY OF those who signed up for interviews also are being encouraged to seek a seat on the council through the various groups represented, such as the Interfraternity Council and the Association of University Residence Halls. 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