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Show ace TheSalt Lake Tribune NATION/WORLD Friday, February 14, 1997 Clinton Budget Plan In Red, Congress Says KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON — President Clinton's proposed plan to balance the budget would fall short agreement on the hard choices will most likely continue tobedif. ficult. Budget Committee Chairman and leavea deficit of at least $49 billion, rather than a $17 billion John Kasich, R-Ohio, agreed: surplus as promised, the director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Thursday Republicansseized on the pre- before we're able to provide relief to hard-pressed families. I another indication that the we faceis going to be a lot more reaching an agreementto balance difficult to accomplish than some peoplein this town think liminary estimate as proof that “It shows we have much work to do Eventhough the president and the budget won't be easy, despite an atmosphereof bipartisan cooperation. In outlining his plan, san fice or pain, preferring to focus on his proposals to cut taxes for mate a year ago, Kasich said the job of negotiating a detailed bud- Clinton hasavoided talk of saerithe middleclass. The White House c Congress have droppedthepartirhetoric surrounded their government-closing staleget plan remains“veryhard.” White House spokesman Mi chael McCurrysaid Thursday the Nagano: of the competition from between MoreTrees, Fewer Fans nationto start up the chain saws. The Nagano Olympic Organizing Committeeis not considering trees. NAOC, rector General Naokichi Nishi: mura said, adding that organizers will study ways to accommodate morespectators. area regularly We can't accept cutting down Just a few days earlier, [OC President Juan Antonio Samar- anch expressed frustration about the apparent contradiction “If the slope must be pre served, it must be preserved, but actually, weekend skiers are en joying the slope. This is some thing I don’t fully understand, Samaranchsaid at 10C headquar- tied Each tree is designated as property for all the nation,” said Carrardtried to soften Samar- samesenseof national duty, ex- anch’s message, explaining that from far away, “difficult” prob- trees Johnston tried to appeal to that plaining that Japanese mogul ski ers are poised to dominate the lems sometimescan appear “rela sport ma, NAOC Director General Ma: spending “We disagree with their analysis of the economy,” hesaid win a gold medal in the Olympics then you want as many peopleto seeit as youcan,” he said, “This is get negotiationswasset off by the testimony Thursday of Congres- And McCurry said that the difference between the two forecasts is relatively small, only $66 billion out of a budget that would point,” he snapped. “I don't think that its blueprint would L ce the federal budget in 2002 and Clinton administration is confi- that evenifit fell short, automatic dent its triggers would kick in toraise tax- moreaccurate than those in Con es and slash almost all federal The preview of upcoming bud- sional Budget Office Director June O'Neill before the House Budget Committee Heroffice uses more-cautious economic forecasts than the White House, predicting slightly higher unemployment, slightly slower economic growth, and slightly lower wages and corporate profits. She warned that a complete analysis of the president's proposed budget due in the next sev- eral weeks could show an even gress. economic forecasts are total nearly $2 trillion in 2002 “That's only a fraction of a dif- ference between the two sets of assumptions and not anybarrier to achieving an agreement about a balancedbudget,” hesaid enate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota said Clinton’s budget proposal could handle an unexpected deficit be- cause it would include a trigger mechanism. The proposed trigger would raise taxes by ending most of the new middle-class tax cuts and larger deficit than $49 billion in 2002: “Balancing the budget by 2002 may not be mucheasier this year than last, partly because would automatically cut federal spending on all programs except and partly because reaching after Clinton hadleft office. thereis oneless yeartoget there S. Korea Says Note Written By Defector LOS ANGEL. ocial Security by 2.25 percent — tively simple Pressed to explain the dilemkoto Kobayashi bristled We will not raise the starting the question has any meaning. “If a Japaneseskier is going to the chance. It’s a big deal Johnston, a Canadian and a self-proclaimed lover of trees, raising thestarting point, another said Nagano may be missing the bigger picture: “I’m sure those trees will grow back again, but the potential conflict is brewing An FIS official wanted more trees felled along the moguls coursein lizuna Kogen to o1 havea shotat the gold, and many rrard maykill hopes 0 roomfor 18,000to 20,000 spectators — 10,000 more than the course is designed to hold Olympicsonly comeonce.” Some skeptics doubted whether observers seemed upset by the proposal to removetrees Environmentalists believe the it can print” for the moguls event damagedoneto theareaalready is toogreat. ‘Theypoint totheloss if it will clear more trees, said John Johnston, head of the FIS of valuable rice paddies on land On the last day of the 1997 FIS Freestyle Ski World Champion ships, slightly more than 6,000 people watched mogul skiers rocket through the course. But many had to strain for a glimpse that wasrestrictedto agricultural use before Olympic planning be. gan. They also cite a residential area in Hakuba, a community feel,” Jacksonsaidina statement Hospital spokesman Ron Wise born, left the hospital about & a.m., destination unknown. son, 38, announcedin No vember that Rowe, a 37-year-olé nurse, was six months pregnan | “Thave been blessed beyond com prehension and | will work tire withhis child. They wed later that month. Jackson andhis first wife I can possibly be lier last year. Lisa MariePresley, divorcedear lessly at being the best father that PRESIDENT'S __ 997 AUDI SAL DAY E Dave Strong's is ing a sale have been marke selection. 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North Koreastucktoits claims that Hwang had been kidnapped Caught uncomfortably in the middle of “he bizarre cloak-anddagger ep.sode being played out in a tree-tined Beijing diplomatie enclaye, China on Thursday ap- pealed for calm Chineseofficials wrestled with the question of what to do about Hwang, a secretary of the ruling Worker's Party of Korea and the architectofits fanatically nation alist "juche” philosophyof ‘selfreliance.” He reportedly walked into the South Korea consulate Wednesday, demanding political asylum. In a brief statement, Foreign Ministry spokesman Tang Guogiang gingerly avoided taking had not been informed in e of Hwang Jang Yob's ransit through Beijing,” Tang said. “What has beenreportedis still being subjected to investiga tion and verification. Theincident put Beijing in the awkward position of having to choose betweenits longtime Com munist ally in North Korea wherepeasants are reported near starvation, and South Korea which in 1996 recorded $20 bil lionin bilateral trade with China Westerndiplomats with experi ence on the Korean peninsula predictedthat if Hwang wererc turned to North Korea, he would almost surely be killed Allowedto go to South Korea he would be debriefed, feted and showcased as the south’s biggest prizein the ongoing Cold War be tween the states. two ethnic Korean Thursday began Take an extra 5% off All permanently reduced red-lined winter merchandise. Our entire winter inventory has already been ceed to 50%off the regular prices. Now save an additional 2 on winter merchandise in our Men’s, Women’s, Z-Attitude and Children’s departments. with allega tions from South Korean diplo mats that North Korean agents had tried to enter the two-story consulate building, now cordoned off and ringed with dozens of armed Chine: have government to protect our emba: sy compound against North Koreans or anything unexpect ed,” said embassy spokesman Chang Moon Ik Except for a brief, '7,C 1 MI I wooden worded item in the English ver sion of the official New China NewsAgency, the incident involv ing Hwang went unreported here Visit us onthe Internet at www.rcmicom | 26,765 5. speed autos, White #62470 Others: Pelican Blue, Black BEIJING — Thenote, purport- Hwang Jang ind used Audi's >me choose from our great 1 maintenance for 3 years or ch near Nagano, that is threatened with took cations, the source said edly written by the highest-ranking official ever to defect from North Korea, said: ‘Starting with my family, peoplewill judge that 1am mad. But the question is: Am I the only mad person?” This message, South Korean of- by which the Japanese mogul skiers really Naganocan “sell all the tickets freestyle committee. arrival, said the Jacksons, with their new The whirling dervish of pop weren't revealed “Words can't describe how means the committee's hands are the place about 1 a.m. at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. A hospital source confirmed the birth to the AP Rowe delivered without compli gavebirth to a boy public relations, He said the run lies within a national park and on private land, which essentially The Jackson camp was mun about music was in the delivery room for thearrival of the Glove Child —whosename, weight andlength Kjima. “It’s not only NAOC’s decision to cut downsuch important is a pity that the NAOC and FIS havenot yet foundasolution.” THE ASSOCI ATED PRESS LOS ANGELES The King of Pophas an heir Michael Jackson became a fa ther early Thursday when his wife, Deborah Rowe Jackson thetrees,” said Norihiko Ijima NAOC’s assistant manager for “It ters in Lausanne, Switzerland. Glove Child: King of Pop’s — a Pop! however, shows no incli cutting trees,” NAOCDeputy Di @ Continued from A-1 A3 °38,399° |