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Show Reagan Readies for His Budget Blitz Via Media WASHINGTON UPI President Reagan throws the full force of his Habib at noon. Deputy White House press secretary powers of personal persuasion into the Larry Speakes predicted the fight on taxes with Congress ‘will go right fray tonight in addressing thenation on the merits of his proposed tax cut — a down to the wire,” but added. “We do pillar of his economic recovery pro: have a good feeling about the congres sional reaction that we're getting gram. sweeteners The president who r ned Sunday ing from two a ‘amp Da’ where he went over thetext of tonight 's expec speech. is expected to argue forcefully only briefly and actually m that his tax proposal is the only one rease by thesecond or third ve before Congress that offers real tax Democrats want a 21-month cut relief ncrease support The president for example has ac eded to the ‘wishes of some oil and farm state congressmen to add special breaks f r those sectors as well as for inesses and estates Reagan worked on fence-sitting members of Congress — most of them Democrats — during the weekend. even inviting 15 of them to Camp David for a lunch of hot dogs hamburgers and some soft-sell politics Tonight he lets the nation in on his latest maneuvering to win passage of his 33-month, 25 percent tax rate reduction. The tax cuts — and accompanying budget reductions — are the central Senate, House Bracing for ‘Tax’ Showdown WASHINGTON (UPI) After both the Republican and Republican-dominated months of debates studies and but may encounter problems compromises the tax cut battle on Capito! Hill is up for a pair of they hopeto finish Tuesday with the Democratic majority in the House unless s¢ conser showdowns — one in the Senate the other in the House carry The Houseplans to debate and vote on its tax bill Wednesday tion’s economic health This morning, Reagan met with Alabama Gov. Fob Jamesin the White ing high political stakes Whenthe smokeclears. Presi dent Reagan, who won congres- pushed by the Democratics the Houselibraryto talk about the tax cut and the work the Democratic governor budget cuts will be a giant step closer to or away from im- president's 33-month, 25 percent across-the-board proposal and liberal Democrat's altemative economic recovery Tonight Reagan will take his campaign to the American peo- scheduled for Tuesday ple in a televised address touting the tax cut he revised last week three separate tax proposals has done in the South to whip up a groundswell of support for the plan The president also arrangedto see at least 20 congressmen during the day and more on Tuesday as he stumps for his tax cut plan which will be debated on the Housefloor on Wednesday. The president was also scheduled to see special Middle East envoyPhilip sional approval for most of his plementing his formula for Today marks the 10th day of Senate debate on Reagan's proposed 33-month, 25 percent across-the-board tax cut By previous agreement the Senate must finish its work on the tax bill by Wednesday but individual tax rates schedule ocrats gives him th in hopes of attracting needed sup- port from Democrats. conservative On the tax front he appears en route to victory in the must issue guidelines for the debate The panel at a meeting will be asked to grant time to debate The most substantial changets 4 proposal to “index” the tax rates to inflation beginning in Heiner of North Carolina Jerry Hucka by of Lousiana, Romano Mazzoli of Kentucky. Ron Mott! of Ohio, Richard cut permanent Democratic alterna That way. people would not be tive and oneoffered by House pushed into continually higher liberals Reagan tax brackets just because their unveiled his mitments from his guests avering Frost Belt Republicans in line 1985, making the 25 percent tax the new version of Reagan's the Thurmont Florida Beverly Byron of Maryland Glenn English and David McCurdy of Oklahoma, Billy Lee Evans and Ch s Hatcher of Georgia Ralph Hall and Kent Hance of Texas Bill Before the House can consider its tax bill the Rules ( ommittee plan near Participants said Reagan’s pitch was low key and did not seek outright com Present were Reps. EugeneAtkinson of Pennsylvania Charles Bennett of There will be three choicesin the House: the 21-month, 15 percent targeted tax cut plan being themes in his plan to revitalize the na- sal Fru day. It preserves the 33-month reent across-the Senate Democratic leaders said today af sorts for the 15 invited Democrats who had never set foot inside the presidential retreat Md incomes kept pace with inflation latest Shelby of Alabama andIke Skelton of Missouri Treasury Secretary Donald Regan at- tended thesession andlatersaid “there will be some newthing” unveiled in Reagan's speech. He didnot elaborate Death Toll Nine In Utah Holiday killed whenhelost controlof his motorByUnited Press International Car and motorcycle accidents, a cycle and struck a tree Friday night. bicycle wreck lightning storm anda Two other men were killed while swimming mishap claimed thelives of nine people in Utah during the three- riding a motorcycle in Ogden Canyon Thursday evening when their motorday July 24th state holiday weekend. bike crossed the center line and Three people died asthe result of car smashedinto a pickup. Therrin Noyes, wrecks. three were killed in motorcy- of Woods Cross, and David Hansen. of cle crashes. One boy was killed by North Salt Lake, were the victims. lightning and another youth diedofinA 13-year-old Mountain Green boy juries suffered in a bicycle wreck. A waskilled andhis father injured when third boy remains missing and lightning struck them on golf course presumed drowned PROVO, UTAH, MONDAY. JULY27 1981 108TH YEAR. NO. 311 $5 50 MONTH—PRICE25 CENTS. Aviation Contracts Appear to Friday. Reed Carruth died immediate- The latest to die was Helen Muns of Las Vegas. The Utah Highway Patrol said she was killed Sunday when she fell asleep at the wheelof her car on I15 near the Juab-Utah Countyline. Her carrolled and she was thrown from the vehicle. Steven Winters. 23, Springville. died whenhelost his balance andfell out of the back of a moving pickuptruck near Mirror Lake Saturday. ly at the Round Valley Golf Course. Family and friends are still searching for the body of Mark Hendrickson,15, of Riverton, who was presumed drownedin the Weber River. Hendricksonslipped off the bankof the Weber River near the Echo Dam spillway Friday while fishing. Summit Tail Spin County deputies ended their search in WASHINGTON (UPI) — The the rushing waters Saturday, but fami- proposed contract betweenthe nation’s ly members werecontinuing it. Steven Stanton, 38, Hanna,killed Friday when a water truck he was driving downa steep grade tumbled overa cliff near Joseph in Sevier County. Bobbie Ray Brown,35, of Sunset, was air traffic controllers and the Federal Aviation Administration seems to be headed for a crash landing. Although the official results of a ratification vote will not be knownuntil Tuesday, a survey of early returns show strong rank-and-file dissatisfaction. Union sources predictit will be re- Nine-year-old Jeremy Watson died Saturday . from injuries he suffered when knocked off his bicycle by a car Thursday evening. The boy wasa resident of West Point in Davis County jected Monday: ; The 15.00) membersof the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization have been votingon a tentative pact reached by union and government negotiators on June 22, just hours before a threatened nationwide strike would have takeneffect. Marcia Feldman, a PATCO spokeswoman said ballots are in from all major centers, but will not be officially counted until Tuesday. Results Feds Lift CUP ‘Roadblock’ A roadblock in the form of a freeze on newconstruction for the Central Utah Project has been removed by federal authorities. Workers at the regional and local Bureau of Reclamation offices are now trying to shorten the procedures for awarding construction contracts forat least three projects. down. BYUhasrelaxed its dress standards enough to allow women to wear jeans and men to weartheir hair partly over their ears. Stories are on Page 4. By7 a.m. the crew had one fixed wing aircraft, two air tankers, one helicopter, one patrol grader, six cats,gang fifteen fire pumpers on the scen Gren hundred firefighters fought hand-to-hand in Millard County with the two worst of six major blazes that whipped across 70,000 acres of Utah rangeland and residents of the tiny hamlet of Oak City whe turned back the flames with tractors and plows gave thanksfor their safety See earlier story on Page 5 Nehemiah Sparkles in Sports Renaldo Nehemiah turned in a sparkling 13-flat in the 110-meter hurdles to highlight action in the National Sports Festival on Sunday Nehemiah’s time equalled his world record, but won't count since the wind was above the allowable two meters per second But, considering the poor condi- tions, Nehemiah wassatisfied. See story on Page 7 TemperaturesStill Staying Warm Fair skies and wamer temperatures are forecast through Tuesday for the Central Utah area. Overnight lows are expected to be near with highs Tuesday in the mid-90s. Generally fair weather also is forecast through Tuesday for Utah in general but with isolated afternoon and evening showers and thunderstormsin the southeast part of the state. Here’ s Where to Find It Amusements. Classified Ad Comics .. Crossword . Na(jonal-International . “is oll Ad 2M survey by United Press International found not a single local favoring the contract. Union sourcespredicted a re- Firefighters Battle Utah Blaze: Nephi City Park has become headquarters for more than 200 professional firefighters on the scene to fight the Little Oak Creekfire which began in the Sevier River Valley Saturday morning. According to Bob Wize, Las Vegas, Fire Information Officer,his numberthree team wasnotified at 3 p.m. Saturday that they were needed to fight the blaze. The group arrived in Nephi at 3 a.m. Sunday aoe began setting up operations in the pai But several dozen locals already have announced their results and a For story see page 3. Barriers End in Fence, Blue Jeans Twounrelated barriers have been removed: a fence in Orem and a ban against blue jeans in Provo. The controversial fence erected a couple of weeks ago between some businesses in Orem has been taken will be available early Wednesday. Obituaries Opinion: Sports Today . Utah-Regional ro Dog Finds More Than Cat’s Meow Charlie the Cougar seemsa bit bored with the antics of his playmate, a Doberman Pinscher named Sugar. Both animals belong to Baryaoe a dealerin diesel truck parts, Advance, Mi Middleton says he purchased the big cat nine months UPI Telephote begunto tabulate the returns, but every place I've heard from, the results are overwhelminglyin favorof rejection.” ago at an auction of exotic wildlife in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He added the dog four monthslater. They have becomegood friends he says, adding that, ‘‘They fight and play and eat side-by-side.” Rains Swamp Midwesterners By United Press International out a bridge near Winchester. Kan.. Torrential rains flooded parts of and flooding streets and highways More then 2'2 inches of rain fell in Kansas and Missouri Monday and storms swept into the East where two hours in Leavenworth, Kan runoff swamped New York subways A crane and dragline began cutting a and stranded thousands of rush hour notch in a cofferdam just above commuters Clarence Cannon Dam in northeast Three deaths were blamed on storms Missouri to release floodwaters into that stretched from the desert the rain-swollen Salt River. Several Southwest across the Plains to the dozen families were forcedtoflee from Atlantic Ocean Sunday and early Mon- day Rescue teams resumed a search for victims inundated by an 8-foo: wall of floodwater that crashed through a ca: nyon filled with swimmers east of Tucson, Ariz.. One person drowned and at least seven others were swept away the expected flooding The ArmyCorps of Engineers said the river will crest Tuesday well above the 1973 record level of 32 feet Employees at Airmasters Sheet Metal Inc. worked against a one-hour deadline to moveequipment to higher ground. Other equipment was tied Up to 8 inches of rain deluged the down to keepit from being swept away nother half of Missouri from Kansas by the flood We're evacuating the buildings City to Columbia. Between 2 and 6 inches fell in northeast Kansas. washing right now” said company President Bob Mount. “We expect tobe in 5 feet of water whenit is all over. It’s going to described the agreements leading to it as ‘‘suspicious The Popular Frontdid not explain its The Popular Frontfor the Liberation of Palestine-General Command had re jected the cease-fire earlier and spokesman accused Israel today of apparent policy change but political sources attributed the partial reversal to ‘‘pressures from the Palestine Liberation Organization of leader Yasser Arafat guerrilla Both the Popular Front and a PLO. violating the cease-fire by sending reconnaissance planes over Beirut and But she cautioned against equating a strong rejection vote with a strike vote The proposed pactoffers controllers an average annualraise of $4,000. including an October step-up for all federal employees Senate Picks Leader for Casey Probe be one heck of a cleanup. 4 flood warning was issued along the Blackwater River from Sweet Springs WASHINGTON (UPI) — The Senate Mo., downstream to the Missouri River. Flash flood watches were posted Intelligence Committee today named acr north central and northeast lawyer Fred Thompson, Republican Kansas. northern Missouri and central counsel during the Watergate hearings, to head a heightened investigation of Mlinois. More than 1'z inches of rain within embattled CIA Director William two hours forced closure of a 10 mile Casey Committee sources said Caseywill stretch of the Garden State Parkwayin NewJersey. Heavy rains also caused be invited to testify before the panel, flooding in the New York subway which is lookinginto the CIA director's system, forcing the suspension of ser- vice on several lines and cancellation of manytrains Lightning knocked out rush hour train service for 60.000 commuters from New Jersey under the Hudson River into New York City past business dealings and his controversial appointment of Max Hugel as the agency's chief of clandestine operations A committee spokesman said Thompson “came aboard today, has met with the committee and is now taking cargeof the investigation Palestinians Lob Accusations By United Press International A radical Palestinian group today moderated its rejecticn of the 4day-old cease-fire in southern Lebanonandsaid it would notshell Israel if certain conditions were met. ThePalestinian radio reported more Israeli flights over Lebanon and charged they were violations of the truce Jecun vote exceeding the 90 percent mark Said Mrs. Feldman: “We haven't the southem Ciaslal Lebanon dita v Witnesses said “at least twoIsraeli warplanes broke the sound barrier over Beirut The Voice of Palestine radio reported more Israeli flights in the southem parts of the countrylater in the day and called them “violations of the ceasefire’ Other broadcasts reported machine gun fire into the Lebanese village of Kfar Tibnit, 10 miles west of the Israeli border Thompson, 38 is a partner in the Thompson and Crawford law firm which has offices in Nashville. Tenn and Washington Earlier this year he served as special Republican counsel during confirmation hearings of Alexander Haig as secretaryof state. Thompson gained prominence as Republican counsel in the Watergate investigations and later wrote a book — ‘At That Point In Time’ — about the ease Appointment of a special counsel in- dicated the serious view the committee was taking in the Casey proceedings, sources said. |