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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle, Tuesday, November 30, Page Two 1982 FwOM TK2 ACCOCIATED INTERNATIONAL Trade conference ends . trade conference on An Monday dashed U.S. hopes of phasing out Common Market farm subsidies and winning Third World concessions on trade barriers, approving a final declaration that skirted both issues. After five days of grueling and at times bitter negotiations, delegates from nations subscribing to the General Agreement on GENEVA, Switzerland 88-nati- LOS ANGELES President Reagan drew the applause of boost in the urban leaders Monday for a proposed gasoline tax, and promised the final installment of his cuts in individual income taxes would have a "most dramatic impact" in pulling the nation to economic recovery. But Reagan said he has no decision on whether to seek a th acceleration of the 10 percent withholding cut due July. "We're going to talk about it" with congressional leaders 5-c- ent on Tariffs and Trade voted early Monday for a 3,000-wor- d document that endorses GATT principles of free and open trade. The vote came in a plenary session that originally was scheduled for Saturday, but was repeatedly delayed to avoid having the conference end without making any kind of joint declaration. The compromise document, watered down in marathon bargaining over the weekend, committed GATT members to "resist" protectionist trade barriers erected to protect weak domestic industries. But, under objections from the Common Market and elsewhere, it dropped a previous draft's pledge to "refrain" from text that would have protectionism, as well as a called for "dismantling" existing protectionist measures. U.S.-back- Gasolinotaxcppbudod ed NATIONAL Stockman sees high deficits six-mon- Tuesday, he said. GOP leaders told Reagan he doesn't have the votes for a speedup of the final phase of the income tax cut. But White House spokesman Larry Speakes said Reagan talked to key GOP members over the weekend, and "consultations are continuing." Reagan's message to the National League of Cities annual economic convention was to stand behind his long-ranrelief. immediate in and little the of way recovery program expect and He urged them to reject, meanwhile, "temporary Band-Aiplacebos." But he won applause when he promised to move quickly on the gas-ta- x increase, which would be spent, in large measure, rebuilding mass transit systems. The federal gasoline tax is now 4 cents per gallon. On the income tax question, Reagan said the last phase of his three-ye- ar plan will go a long way toward helping cities with financial and unemployment problems. . ge ds House limits control ofsitos WASHINGTON The House voted Monday to limit the ability of states to veto permanent nuclear waste disposal sites within their borders, saying any such decision must be ratified by one house of Congress to be effective. 4 an amendment wiping out a The House adopted much stronger veto the states initially were given over the selection of a nuclear waste dump site and substituting the WASHINGTON Budget Director David Stockman's latest estimate shows a budget deficit for the current fiscal year of between $180 billion and $190 billion, higher than any previous administration forecast, government sources said Monday. Sources said Stockman's estimate, already presented to President Reagan and his closest White House aides, assumes an economy expanding at the rate of about 3 percent next year. Without the recovery, the deficit presumably could balloon even higher. These sources, who asked not to be identified by name, also said Stockman's estimates show deficits rising to between $185 billion and $190 billion for the next fiscal year, and over $200 billion in 1985. For the years beyond, deficits of $250 billion or more are likely, sources familiar with Stockman's estimates said. Thus, the deficit would be in the range of $250 billion in 1987, the year in which a balanced budget would be required under a proposed constitutional amendment that Reagan favors. 190-18- weaker version. Under the old language, a state veto of its selection as a dump site would be binding unless both houses of Congress voted to override it within 90 days. Under the new language, similar to a version passed earlier this year by the Senate, the veto is meaningless unless the state can persuade one house of Congress to go along. While the difference in wording is slight, the difference in effect is enormous. It shifts the burden of proof to the states and requires them to prod Congress into action. The old version put the burden on the federal government to defend its choice. Congressmen from states that are the leading candidate sites for a waste dump said the change will deny them any effective Rockwell settles civil suit WASHINGTON Rockwell International Corp. agreed to the Monday pay government SI. 5 million to settle a civil suit the charging company with overbilling taxpayers as the prime contractor for the space shuttle, the Justice Department . Loudspeaker in Salt Lake City -- announced. The suit and a consent judgment resolving it were filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, ending a three-ye- ar investigation of the contractor by ;rthe;FBIiv the .National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Defense Department auditors. iRrO HAS CHANGED ALL OF THAT MOTHER'S EARTH THINGS J2t i 1 Hand knit sweaters, shawls, ponchos, & doves - frmrt Paw Tr'nrlini sweater Music System Now Available ct the Good Kltisic Store WASHINGTON The Supreme Court rejected on Monday the attempt by Richard M. Nixon to block public access to his White House apes, meaning Americans will be able to listen in, as early as 1984, to most of the recorded conversations through 2Vz yean of his presidency. The decision applies to thousands of hours of Oval Office talks not related to the Watergate scandal that drove Nixon from office .' ' ' eight years ago. As plans now stand, the tapes may be played for the public at 1 1 listening centers across the nation. In other action Monday, the high court: Agreed to consider creating an exception to the rule barring illegally seized evidence from use at criminal trials. In a case that could lead to major changes in law enforcement, the justices will decide whether such evidence can be used when police act in a reasonable, but erroneous, belief that they are not violating a defendant's constitutional rights. Refused to reinstate the U.S. citizenship of John Demjanjuk, an Ohio autoworker accused of having operated a World War II gas chamber at the infamous Treblinka Nazi death camp in Poland. Agreed to decide whether waste disposal considerations must influence the licensing of every nuclear power plant. Demos to push package WASHINGTON House Democrats vowed Monday to use the lame-duc- k session of Congress to press for. an economic recovery package that includes both a $5 billion jobs bill and legislation to aid the housing industry. House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill Jr., disclosing kimonos and Acmm' mnto Austrian cut crystal, silk embroidered brooches, shell, rosewood and stone inlay boxes. the outlines of the Democratic initiative to combat an unemployment rate of 10.4 percent, said the proposals would com in addition to a S5.5 billion plan to finance highway repairs increase in the federal gasoline tax. through a That proposal has bipartisan support in Congress and is . expected to pass easily. "The highway bill is a start," O'Neill declared as Congress convened for the first time since the Nov. 2 elections. "I am hopeful that we will win bipartisan support for a broader package and take action on this package before Christmas." nickei-a-gall- on job-creati- ng REGIONAL Kennecott to close division SALT LAKE CITY About 85 employees of Kennecott Mineral Co.'s Tintic Division near Eureka, Utah, are being laid off and the division is being shut down, a Kennecott official said Monday. The employees, mostly miners, were laid off Monday "in response to the continuing depressed economic conditions in the metals industry," said Ken Hochstetler, a company spokesman. "This shutdown is being made for an indefinite period," he said. The division, about 100 miles south of Salt Lake City, produces flux material, primarily a silicon material that is used in smelters at company copper mines near Salt Lake City and Ely, Nev., Hochstetler said. The material includes as byproducts some recoverable copper and precious metals, he said. In addition to the underground mining at the Tintic Division, some limited exploration, development and production M Bolivia. Mexican wrap Audition the Finest Home Court releases Nixon tapes D-Ma- ss., voice. One Year ago You Couldn't Buy a Great Rockwell was represented in the negotiations with the government by Attorney General William French Smith's former Los Angeles law firm, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. As a result, Smith took no role in the case, department spokesman John Russel said. Russel said no criminal charges were filed because despite "three years of investigation there wasn't enough evidence to sustain criminal charges." The Justice Department's complaint described a scheme by which Rockwell shifted costs from "fixed price" Air Force contract to the "cost-plu- s" space shuttle contract, thus ensuring that any cost overruns would be borne by the government, rather than Rockwell, as the Air Force contract required. The government's papers gave no indication of the exact amount Rockwell overbilled on the space shuttle contract. lis? mm operations also will be shut down, according to Hochstetler. About 10 employees will remain at the division to keep it in working condition, he said. The layoffs bring to about 1,100 the total number of Kennecott workers in Utah who have lost their jobs since February, Hochstetler said. It is the first announcement of Utah layoffs, by Kennecott since July. Before the layoffs began this year, the company employeed about 7,300 people. Kennecott is the state's largest private employer, according to company officials. "It's a matter of economics, so it's pretty hard to predict how long it might be" before the division is reopened, Hochstetler ' said. ' December Hours Mon. through Sat 11 a.m. 6 p.m. -- 364-769- 6 discriminator S Ck CkMkal S Cab Ci, Utah 'Rood Sp "IttSsuh ll00Ea whj, Shop 84k 46964 Opn GimJmi thru Trtdajt, (KM II lo '? Saurd till SiV PP conducts fund drive SALT LAKE CITY Planned Parenthood Association of Utah is conducting a S225.000 fund drive in an attempt to make up for, a federal grant which it has lost to the Utah Health Department. The organization has cut administrative costs and changed its rate structure since losing a legal battle over the federal funding, association officials said. VThese changes will improve our financial ability. But will take a year or two," said Michele complete Wood, acting executive director of the associationThe 8225,000 help would make up for the lost federal funds, officials said. cy |
