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Show Page HERALD, Provo, Utah, Wednesday, September 36-- THE 2. 1981 U.S. Must Continue Indo-Chin- a - WASHINGTON (UPl) The exodus quested by Secretary of State Alexof refugees from Vietnam, Laos and ander Haig. Cambodia must be expected to conVietnamese boat people alone are tinue in the foreseeable future because still fleeing to other nations in the of political conditions in Indochina, a region at a rate of more than 8.000 per month, "and the future prospect is for special panel says. "Accordingly; the United States a continuing, possibly increased, flow," must maintain adequate support for the group reported. It said current current programs to deal with the In- programs must be maintained to resetdochina refugee problem, and should tle the refugees. The panel said the U.N. General Asplan its activities on a long-terbasis." the panel said in a report re sembly shouid consider the Indochinese Refugee Program, Panel Claims dochinese refugees are motivated to tlee tneir homelands in a desire tor imbut for those proved economic conditions departure programs" qualified for resettlement in otner claim political prosecution bee-u- se countries. This would help curtail that makes entry easier. the disorganized and often fatal trips Since Vietnam is unwilling to allow by refugees fleeing Vietnam in unsafe these people to return the panel conboats. cluded they are entitled to refugee The panel said it found widespread status. domestic support for U.S. refugee There should be a comprehensive programs. It said there are increasing study ox the problems of refugee resetcharges however, that many In tlement in the United States including refugee problem this fall and obtain Vietnam's acceptance of "orderly welfare States: it concluded. urged that the United suDDort. The panel Maintain support for international refugee assistance including encouraging developing nations to participate in resettlement programs. Continue backing Cambodian food relief programs. Support U.N. programs to arrange voluntary repatriation of Khmer and Laotian refugees in such nations as Singapore, the Philippines, and Malaysia. Encourage monitoring of conditions at refugee camps established by the Thai government. The panel, which spent 25 days in Indochina studying refugees was headed by Marshall Green a former ambassador to Australia. Members included: James Greene former deputy director of the Immigration and Naturalization Thailand, Service. Decontrol Of Gas Costiy? By EDWARD ROBY WASHINGTON (UPI) A consumer group says steppedup decontrol of natural gas would cost most Americans their tax cut gains and then some, eut no prove much of a e burden to families. The impact would be greatest in the northern states. A report released Sunday by the Energy Action Educational Foundation compared the tax cuts expected by families at various income levels, with the direct and hidden costs of an adhigh-incom- ministration plan to accelerate gas decontrol. A typical family with income of $20 000 a year and 1984 would pay $1,060 less in taxes under the tax cut recently signed by President Reagan, but spend $2,600 more for direct and in 1982, 1983 indirect natural gas costs, the report said. For a household subsisting on $10,000 a year half the national median income the report said the tax cut of $200 would cover just one-tenof its gas bill increase. But, it said, a household with income of $100,000 would easily be able to offset increased gas costs of $3,950 with an estimated $12,600 tax reduc-tio- n mm th under the C32KP8 ad- tax ministration's program. The report's natural gas price estimates are similar to those used by Reagan's Cabinet Council, which earlier this 'usee month recommended total gas decontrol by 1985 with controls on certain unspecified types of 003130 gas being lifted immediately, said Mike Podhorzer of Energy Ac- tion. The (Ed1!? report, said Podhorzer, shows "what you'd have to pay under decontrol to be as economically well off as you are today with regard to natural gas prices." He said even those families that heat their houses with electricity or oil would be hurt indirectly by decontrol because "three-quarter- s of all natural gas used in the country makes products" such as textiles, processed food and cars. The report said the of accelerated decontrol would be most severe in the industrial sm cases 0 cases im-pa- ct . GG3 North. In the Great Lakes area, it said, a family earning $20,000 and' receiving a $1,060 tax cut would face increased natural gas costs of $3,100. The household with a $100,000 income and a $12,500 tax cut would face increased costs of $4,500, it said. The report said the family struggling along on $10,000 would have only a $200 tax cut to meet $2,500 in higher gas costs. Long Locks Ok'd for mm Swiss Army GENEVA, Switzerland New Swiss sex(UPI) ual equality laws have cleared the way for a unisex army at least when it comes to hair. Muttering in the ranks over the prohibition on long hair came, to a head when a private told his regimental commander he would not cut his shoulder-lengt- h mane. He said women soldiers are allowed long hair and Switzerland now has an equal rights law. A divisional military court, after three hours deliberation, agreed. The court twice made Private Felix his full name was withheld put on his gas mask and steel helmet to prove his hair in no way reduced his combat readiness - D 0 Mr 0? o - Mi AfSClftR IT Oil for Shopping Comet! u it irv jtkhii ft m xn-nfl-- A ii cywiwuiiii cynauim Sale Dates: Sept. 2-- 5, ipenini 1981 n. r ire |