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University Daily Kansan, October 1. 1981
News Briefs From United Press International
Taiwan rejects Peking offer for unifying the two nations
PEKING-China offered a peace package to Taiwan yesterday in its first comprehensive proposal for unifying the country and said Taiwan could be a "great partner" of China.
Within hours, the Nationalist regime rejected the offer and called on Peking to relinquish communism.
On the eve of the 32nd anniversary of the Communist victory, now observed as National Day on the mainland, National People's Congress Chirman Ye Jianyang announced the proposals to end "the unfortunate separation of the Chinese nation."
"This is essentially a continuation of their united front propaganda that contains new news," James Soong, Taiwan government spokesman, said.
First-class stamp to cost 20 cents
WASHINGTON—The Post Service yesterday raised the cost of mailing a letter from 18 cents to 20 cents, effective Nov. 1. The action prompted an increase in mail rates.
It was the second increase this year. Just six months ago, it cost 15 cents to mail a first-class letter.
In an unprecedented move, the Postal Service Board of Governors hiked the mailing rates without the approval of the independent Postal Rate Commission.
The board must file its rate requests with the commission, which reviews them and issues recommendations, but it can reject any recommendation.
Yesterday's decision was immediately challenged by the National Association of Greeting Card Publishers, which filed a notice of appeal with the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, the reviewer of federal regulatory decisions.
Plans to cut EPA staff criticized
WASHINGTON—The Reagan administration will attempt to cut the Environmental Protection Agency's staff by more than one-quarter, a move that would virtually dismantle the agency, a former EPA official said yesterday.
William Drayton, an assistant EPA administrator for planning and management during Jimmy Carter's administration, said budget proposals submitted to Congress also would cut the EPA's purchasing power by 60 percent when inflation is taken into account.
The EPA now has more than 10,000 employees and a budget in excess of $1 billion.
Drayton said the cuts were coming at a time when the EPA's workload was about to double because of new laws, including hazardous waste protection and clean-up measures enacted last year.
"This is a bomb-in-the-basement budget," Drayton said.
Fiscal year ushers in tax changes
WASHINGTON—The government rings in a new era of austerity today, the beginning of President Reagan's first fiscal year. There will be cheers over a tax cut, but little rejoicing by those who will get less from Washington.
Personal income tax rates drop five percent, the first increment of a 25 percent increase in income tax rates. The calendar year, taxpayers will get only a 25 percent benefit for 1981.
"All Savers" certificates go on sale today. The rate will be tied to what the U. Treasury pays when it borrows money, and interest will be tax-free up to $10,000.
Interest charges for direct loans to students rise from four percent to five percent, and parent loans will cost 14 percent, up from 9 percent. Students from families with incomes over $30,000 will face a "needs test" for the first time.
Officials see Hyatt before reopening
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - On the day before its official reopening, the Hyatt Regency Hotel yesterday unlocked its doors for city leaders and building owners who later expressed their confidence that the structure was one of the safest in the country.
The hotel, which was closed after the July 17 disaster that killed 113, is set to reopen at 5:30 p.m. today.
Mayor Richard Berkley, members of the City Council and officials from Hallmark Corp. and the Crown Center Redevelopment Corp.—owners of the Hallmark branch of The New York Times
They focused their attention on the 10-foot-wide terrace walkway, which rests on 10 concrete pillars. The walkway connects the hotel's convention center with a 40-story guest tower. The new walkway replaces the three steel and concrete aerial walkways that collapsed July 17.
Braille Plavbov printing continues
WASHINGTON—House and Senate conferences yesterday put down an attempt by freshman Sen. Mack Mattingly, D-Ore., to stop the Library of Congress from publishing a new report on the state's budget.
Sen. William Proxmire, D-Wis., said it would be "a terrible precedent to get into censoring things in the Library of Congress on the basis of moral reasoning."
"In producing Playboy by braille, only selected print material is used," said Yayoi Kusama, a spokeswoman for the Library of Congress. "No pictorials."
Diablo Canyon mix-up to be fixed
SAN FRANCISCO—The Pacific Gas and Electric Co. said yesterday the company believed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission would not permanently revoke its license to operate the Diabil Canyon nuclear plant of a mix-up in the construction of the plant's earthquake safety supports.
Plant officials said effects of the foul-up would be corrected within a matter of weeks.
Company officials said Tuesday that engineers used the wrong diagrams to make stress analyses of the plant's auxiliary cooling system. Because of the error, some of the system's earthquake supports were faultily constructed.
Calgary gets '88 Winter Olympics
"It won't be a major undertaking," said company spokesman Dick Davin. "We're probably talking weeks, if that, a few weeks at the most."
Shortly before 9 a.m. CDT, the International Olympic Committee announced the city would host the 1988 Winter Olympics, causing champagne and cigars to fill stadiums.
CALGARY, Alberta—Calgary went a little crazy yesterday morning.
Other major structures in both Calgary and Kananaskis country—Alberta's showcase provincial park being developed on the western slopes of the Rockies has provided vital contributions from the province's Heritage Savings Trust Fund—could be completed by 1987, officials of the Calgary Olympic Development Association, said.
Construction on a $70-million Olympic coliseum in Calgary began in August.
Crash kills Iranian military leaders
ANKARA. Turkey—Iran's defense minister and three other top military commanders died in an air crash near Tehran, the state-run radio reported on Wednesday.
Gevailah Radio said defense minister Brig. Gen. Seyed Musa Nujam; Gen. Tehalallah Fallah, acting chief of staff of the joint command; Gen. Kolah Lavallah, acting commissioner of Revolutionary Guard; and Gen. Javad Faouri, former defense minister in the service command, were among "a number of passengers" killed in the crash.
Twenty-four freshmen file for class elections
Twenty-four freshmen will be running for four offices in this month's freshman class elections, the Student Senate Committee has announced.
The official ballots include six coalitions and two students running as independents in the elections Oct. 7 and 8.
Candidates for student body president and vice president must file by Oct. 21 and candidates for the Senate must file by Oct. 31.
The coalitions and their candidates for freshman class elections are:
*Spirit Coalition, John Bower,
president; Ann Bolen, vice president;
Michelle Liebt, secretary; and James
Berglund, treasurer.
*Your Coalition, Dan Lowe,
president; Julie Flynn, vice president;
margaret Gilliam.*
*New and Improved Party, Charles Kenworthy, president; Lindsay Hutter, vice president; Cindy Onello, executive and Todd Wandling, treasurer.
*Davis, Lerner, Trenshaw Coalition,
Steven M. Davis, president; Lisa
Lerner, vice president; and Tessie
Trenshaw, treasurer.
*Foundation Coalition, Randy Wender, president; Karen Blubaugh, vice president; DeAm C. Johnson, secretary; and Glenn Jewell, treasurer*
*Performance Coalition, Ken Prendergast, president; David Urban, vice president; Cindi Englund, secretary; and Laura Docking, treasurer.
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