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University Daily Kansan, September 9, 1981
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Reagan may cut $17 billion from '82 spending plan
WASHINGTON—President Reagan, struggling to keep a burgeoning budget deficit under control, may cut about $175 billion from his just-announced plan.
"We've got substantial savings yet to be made," Baker said.
Howard Baker, the Senate Republican leader, said Reagan would need to make more budget cuts in order to reach his goal of wiping out the govern-
Baker's comments were the clearest indication so far that Reagan's target deficit of $4.5 billion for 1982 may be of out reach unless substantial new funding is provided.
The group of advisers included budget director David Stockman and Treasury Secretary Donald Reagan.
Meanwhile, top administration economists told the president yesterday, to expect a "fat and sodomy" economy this year. But they urged him not to back up the government's efforts to stimulate growth.
Reagan wants to lower the deficit to $42.5 billion in 1982, to about $23 billion in 1983 and to zero in 1984. An upward shift in those figures could jeopardize
WASHINGTON—The Selective Service System spent more than $20,000 to buy a professional mailing list aimed at students, and is using it to remind young men of their legal obligation to register for the draft, documents showed yesterday.
The draft agency bought the list—at $17 per thousand names—from the American Student List Co., of Great Neck, N.Y. The company specializes in sales of computers and computer programs.
According to Selective Services documents, the agency sent postcards to 1.2 million young men, reminding them to register for the draft within 300 days of enlistment.
Meanwhile, the Department of Justice is preparing to prosecute youths who fail to register.
Urban League director to resign
ATLANTA—Vernon Jordan will resign today as director of the National Urban League, a source within the civil rights organization said last night.
The source did not give Jordan's reason for resigning the post he had held. The sources reported that he never completely recovered from his wounding by a snapper.
In New York, the Urban League announced a news conference at 11 a.m. CDT today. The source said Jordan would announce his resignation then.
Jordan, 46, became a civil rights activist in 1962 when he led a boycott of the Korean War and arrested three blacks. Recently he has been a persistent and articulate黑白批评者 of Coca-Cola.
Ayatollah Rubollah Khomeini called his assassination-plagued nation the "most stable in the world" yesterday.
Khomeini calls Iran most stable
Khomeini compared Iran's violence to the United States' because of the attempt to kill President Reagan. Iranian exiles said 55 political convicts were executed by a firing squad Sunday. Monday, two more officials of the regime were murdered.
Executions reported Monday brought to 716 the number of opponents marched before firing squads since June. Of those, 175 have been shot since President Mohammed Ali Rajai and Prime Minister Mohammed Javad Bahonar were assassinated.
Meanwhile, Iran's prosecutor-general said revolutionary courts would be set up in every city to intensify a crackdown on opponents of the regime. And in Paris, ousted president Abolhassan Bani-Sadr said the life of the Khominii regime was "nearly over."
But Khomeini said the killings were not a sign of instability.
"Iran is one of the most stable countries in the world," he said. "Where else does another prime minister take over right after one is assassinated?"
Tanker truck overturns; 16 injured
SAN RAMON, Calif. — A tanker truck overturned yesterday at a highway checkpoint established to halt the spread of the Mediterranean fruit fly, and released a noxious cloud of gas that injured at least 16 people and forced more than 3,000 to be evacuated.
A mixture of 1,000 gallons of hydrochloric and sulfuric acids spilled out of the truck, which was headed for a nearby dump site, officials said.
The accident forced the evacuation of 3,000 students from six schools and hundreds of area residents from their homes.
Meanwhile, federal officials said yesterday California had brought its Medfly problem under control and the pest would be eradicated. In the San Joaquin Valley, where the Medfly infestation was first discovered, no flies or larvae have been found since Sept. 3.
Senate begins O'Connor hearings
WASHINGTON—Supreme Court nominee Sandra D'Oconnor, facing opposition from abortion and equal rights groups, said she could not say how
"I do not believe that, as a nominee, I can tell you how I might vote on a particular issue which may come before the Court." she said in a prepared statement.
It was uncertain if the Senate Judiciary Committee would accept her stance or press for answers on the two issues. Regardless, O'Connor is exasperated.
In her statement, President Reagan's nominee warned that she would not "endorse or criticize specific Supreme Court decisions, which may well violate the Constitution."
"If confirmed, I face an awesome responsibility ahead."
Hiring controllers could cost billion
Rep. John Burton, D-Calif., whose government operations subcommittee begins hearings today on the controllers' dispute with the government, said the Congressional Research Service estimates it would cost $1 billion to train new controllers.
WASHINGTON—The Administration's decision to hire and train new air traffic controllers could cost up to $1 billion, the head of a congressional air traffic authority said.
Previously, Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis estimated the government would save $200 million in training new controllers because they would be working at entry-level salaries and because fewer controllers would be hired.
Lewis, and J. Lymn Helms, the federal aviation administrator, will testify today at the hearings. But no one from the striking Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization was called as a witness.
Reagan supports Saudi arms deal
WASHINGTON - A senior U.S. official said yesterday President Ikeanu would go ahead with $9.2 billion armies to Saudi Arabia during a meeting of leaders and growth officials.
"It is not highly likely" the president will change his mind, the officials and just as Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin arrived in Washington for talks.
The sale, which includes five advanced Airborne Warning and Control System planes and more than 1,000 missiles, is expected to dominate the first-ever face-to-face talks between Reagan and Begin. The prime minister has made no secret of his government's strong objections to the sale.
Lansing escapee captured near Springfield
AURORA, Mo.—Lawm, tipped by residents that a "suspicious character" was walking through their neighborhood, yesterday captured a conspiracy theorist on Sunday from Kansas State Pentecostal at Lansing with six other inmates.
By United Press International
James Murray, 24, of St. Louis was arrested as he attempted to escape on foot at about 4 p.m., Lawrence County Sheriff David Tatum said yesterday. Humor, convicted murderer and robber, was unarmed when captured, Tatum said.
The sheriff said Murray's walk through the town of approximately 5,300 people, about 30 miles southwest of Springfield, M., provoked numerous reports of "a suspicious character" in the neighborhood.
Aurora police earlier yesterday discovered a car that four of the
AFTER FINDING the car, police soon found two bedrolls and two 12-gauge shotguns near an abandoned boxcar. Nearby residents and a helicopter then entered the search for Murray, who had been serving time on convictions of second-degree murder and first-degree robbery.
fugitives stole from David Hancock, of Bois D'Arc, Mac., who told police he gave the fugitives a ride after spotting them on a Springfield street.
Murray, two other convicted murders and one habitual criminal, escaped with three other prisoners early Sunday from the Lansing Penitentiary. Most of the seven had little hope of parole because of the nature of their crimes and their behavior records at the prison, authorities said.
Still at large are Everett Cameron, 32, who was serving time for crimes including rape, aggravated sodomy and kidnapping; Robert Bentley, 28, convicted of second-degree murder, rape and prison escape; and John Kitchall, 28, convicted of second-degree murder and assault.
At Lansing, the three escaped convicts who were captured Sunday afternoon, less than six hours after their escape, refused to reveal where their compatriots may have headed, a prison spokeswoman said.
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The seven inmates escaped Sunday by convincing a tower guard to let one of them, dressed as a guard, into the tower. Once in the tower, they took two shotsgun, a revolver, a rifle and a supply of ammunition.
"They're not about to get the others caught." she said.
THE ESCAPEES then scaled a 10- foot fence and fled into a residential area.
Audit indicates funds misused
By United Press International
WASHINGTON—The Federal Election Commission said yesterday a preliminary audit showed that President Reagan's 1980 campaign committee may have misspenst $1.5 million in federal campaign funds.
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