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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle, Monday, February 23, 1983 Page Two FSOM TO 2 ACCOCIATCD POjCG Royal couplo arrives for tour Governors urgo defense cuts Massacre claims deniod J' t, BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe Andropov avoids reform m. socio-econom- - ' r "i v . ' V ; 7-- six-poi- nt . mid-wint- er two-thir- ds In taverns and armories, fraternity houses and blood banks, Americans coast to coast are dressing up in Army fatigues to bid a last farewell to Hawkeye, Hot Lips and the whole beloved gang ; to TV's MASH'. will be martinis" poured from a still at the Nugget "Hawkeye Casino in Nevada during Monday night's broadcast of the final show from the environs of the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical . Hospital.' A Providence, R.I., radio station will be serving vodka in intravenous bottles to about 300 winners of a MASH trivia contest. And Hawkeye, Klinger and Hot Lips look-alicontests, and waitresses in surgical masks are on tap at dozens of saloons where season finale on CBS is expected to play to full the 2 ke Legislative pace to pick up '2-ho- ur houses. WASHINGTON The legislative pace picks up this week with President Reagan asking Congress to decontrol natural gas prices, the House voting on emergency relief for recession victims and tax writers putting the finishing touches on a plan to rescue Social Security. At the same time, congressional investigations into the embattled Environmental Protection Agency go behind closed doors. In what is sure to develop into a major political battle, Reagan on Monday will send to Congress his proposal for removing the remaining controls on natural gas by 1986.1 : , The opening shots were fired Satuf day with Relfah announcing his decision to seek the legislation at a time when natural gas rates are rising an average 25 percent, despite record surpluses and declining prices for competing oil. Sen. Howard Metzenbaum, called Reagan's plan "absolutley off base" and vowed to mount a filibuster, saying he thinks there are 10 to 20 other Democrats who would join him: Sen. James McClure, chairman of the Senate Energy Committee, called Reagan's bill a good place to start the debate and said his committee would begin hearings on it March D-Oh- io, ho, - . While removing all controls on Jan. 1, 1986, Reagan's proposal would place a cap on consumer prices until then, allowing them to increase only with the rate of inflation. . Does it represemit you? Find out by attending the ASUU Forum... and let your voice count TODAY : 12 NOOH UNION BLmOOM ' Sponsored by the IFCGrcek Council o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o 0 At Fordham University in New York City, students are throwing a farewell bash in dormitory Suite E-- 6 the room occupied by Alan Alda, MA SHs Hawkeye, when he was a student there 27 years ago. , Passaic, N.J., declared Monday to be Loretta Swit Day for the hometown girl who grew up to play Maj. Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan. And in Toledo, Ohio, home of Jamie Farr, a.k.a. Cpl. Max Klinger, Tony Packo's Cafe home of the Hungarian hot wake jduring the broadcast. A life-sidogis sponsoringhasa been Statue of; Klinger j sculpted for the party, "We'll have people lined up around the block," said Packo, whose restuarant was written into episodes five times. , Packo's also is shipping 300 hot dogs, five gallons of pickles, pepper, napkins, place mats and coasters to a Holiday Inn in Dionsville, Pa., for another MASH bash. A basketball tournament game between Army and Manhattan College was rescheduled to Tuesday night because of the, : MASH episode. Obviously, said Farr, "the Army did not want to start its war with Manhattan College until we concluded ours." : Some MASH lovers got in the mood early. An army of 500 people in battle fatigues, and two kids wearing bathrobes and carrying lawn chairs and champagne glasses gathered at the Western Idaho Fairgrounds in Boise on Mash Bash Friday for the beginning, of a weekend-lon- g March the Dimes. of , . sponsored by . " long-delay- ed . : 'MASH'odieu Richard S. Williamson, the White House aide with 9. 50-fo- ot Nation bids responsibility for dealing with state and local governments, said the president could accept most the details of the proposal except for the defense cuts. . ' . royalty. Several boos could be heard from a group of 21 protesters among a crowd of 200 to 300 people watching the arrival from behind a fence several hundred yards away, but the royal couple gave no sign they heard as they walked quickly along a red carpet to the waiting limousine. The resolution has the backing of Gov. Scott Matheson of Utah, a Democrat who is chairman of the NG A, and Gov. James Thompson of Illinois, a Republican slated to succeed Matheson as chairman in August. "We've had no sense or word from the White House at all that they are opposing what we're trying to do," said Matheson. However, Matheson and Thompson ackowledged that the White House was opposed to the call for trimming- - Reagan's proposed increases in defense spending. : : ' On Monday all the governors will go to the White House to meet with President Reagan. .They were guests for the social evening at the White House Sunday night. DO HOW YOUR MONEY S SPENT?' o o ;, o o o o -- The executive committee of the National Governors . approved the resolution by a vote of 1. the to cut It contained a projected program designed 1988 budget deficit from $267 billion to $90 billion. The action was taken on the opening day of the NGA's annual meeting. All the governors will consider the resolution on Tuesday at the closing session of the conference. It will require a vote at that session to become official associaiton. the of policy ' Association O O J beret, stepped from the gleaming Boeing 707 and preceded Prince Philip down the ramp into a waiting limousine. Escorted by a California Highway Patol vehicle and four motorcycles, they headed for the Walter Annenberg estate in Rancho Mirage, eight miles to the south. The royal couple, who arrived in San Diego Saturday aboard the 5,769-to- n yacht Britannia, were to finish their day in Los a dinner with movie moguls and Hollywood at gala Angeles A OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQPOOOOpOp o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o 56-year--old ;.".-'- ;:' slashing federal deficits won prehminary approval Sunday from the nation's governors but not without some partisan misgivings. MOSCOW He has sacked several key ministers, shaken the bureaucracy, revamped the important propaganda apparatus and instituted a discipline program to make workers work. Yuri V. Andropov's first three months in power as Communist Party general secretary are studded with what appear to be a series of dramatic measures. But a closer look shows that Andropov, while far more active than his predecessor, ' has chosen to tinker with the communist system he inherited rather than reform it. In his first major theoretical treatise since assuming power after Leonid I. Brezhnev's death Nov. 10, Andropov has plotted i course for the Soviet Union that is the embodiment of conservative Marxism-Leninis"There's a whiff of change in the article but no specifics. And there is no doubt that Andropov has no intention of veering from the conservative Soviet interpretation of Marx and Lenin," one Western diplomat commented. In the treatise, Andrcpov allowed that there is room for change and improvement. To that end he directed citizens to take "initiative on the spot" and local governing bodies to assume broader powers, primarily on questions of agriculture. Nevertheless, Andropov stated clearly that he is not interested ic in a true decentralization of the Soviet a reform believe is observers that the system many only way: this nation of vast resources will ever fulfill its potential.' "" WASHINGTON , ng y-j- resolution urging President Reagan and Congress to consider tax increases and defense cuts aimed at Prime Minister Robert Mugabe's troops are alleged to have killed as many as 3,000 civilians over the last few weeks in the tribal lands that form a for opposition leader Joshua Nkomo. ' powerbase The government denies the claims as vastly exaggerated, but is under mounting pressure from church leaders, relief agencies and human rights groups to allow an independent investigation of the situation in Matabeleland. Villagers who have fled the province, home of the minority Ndebele tribe, have told foreign journalists harrowing tales of massacre, rape, looting and torture by the troops, most of them members of the dominant Shona tribe. The refugees say the atrocities were committed by North Korean-traine- d Fifth Brigade a soldiers of the 5,000-strorebels force battle raised by Mugabe to andguard against special South Africa. invasion from white-rule- d ; Some reporters have quoted unidentified sources, ranging from relief agency workers to civil servants, as putting die death toll as high as 3,000. Other sources say the figure is much lower, about 1,200. But Information Director Justin Nyoka, who escorted local western province tour of the strife-tor- n journalists on a three-da- y last week, told The Associated Press Sunday: "Everyone we spoke with said there was no conceivable way of arriving at even a figure of 100. These reports are based on the wildest speculation and not an ounce of fact." The government has conceded that civilians have been slain in Matabeleland by crossfire during clashes between security forces and the "dissidents" they are hunting. ? PALM SPRINGS, Calif. Queen Elizabeth Hand Prince Philip attended church in San Diego Sunday and then flew in Air Force II to Palm Springs, arriving in a steady rain for their second stop on their California tour The queen, wearing a lavender suit and matching ze . MASH , high-scho- ol Export snovsyroin today WEATHER by Eric Gumey and Robart Long Chronicla ataff Mateorologista -- Today's Forecast: Another system of low pressure located in northern California will gradually move eastward today, spreading periods of rain mixed with snow on campus today. Temperatures will gradually cool enough by late afternoon allowing for some scattered snowshowers to taper off by nightfall. Chance of precipitation will be near 60 percent today and into tomorrow morning. Morning Weather ... .Shwrs Morning Winds .0--5 mph SW Minimum Temps ..... 32-3- 6 Yesterday's High. . ...... 42 Shwrs Evening Weather Evening Winds. .0-- 5 mph SW Maximum Temps . . . 43-4- 7 31 Yesterday's Low 1 ' - , , Skiers' Forecast: Overcast skies will continue today with snow ending by early afternoon. Total snow accumulations will range between 5"-- 1 0" in addition to Afternoon conditions will yesterday's snowfall of 4"-8- ". remain mostly cloudy with a few breaks in the sky possible. High temperatures will range between 32-3- 8 with an overnight low falling to 18-22. Resort Aha Snowbird Brighton CaKtude Park City Area CM Totals 1C32 Depth , ' 137" 118" 118" 120" S3?' CH;hton Ckl Touring Ctr 75" 1 CSS 138" 111" v 117"' 114" 100" 82" New Depth 4 ' 9" 6" 7" 7" 6" 5" Nsw show totcis are proisetsd vducs farcexxtsd for area sl resorts. ... |