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Show uu lUbliU - WASHINGTON De(LTD spite some success in trimming the federal deficit this year, congressional economists predict the red ink will hit $178 billion next fiscal year and an "exceedingly high" $263 billion by the end of the decade. The projections, from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, were down slightly from February's forecast, partly due to the package of tax increases and spending cuts enacted last month. Jn North Oaks, Minn., Democratic candidate Walter Mondale called the figures "appalling and President Reagan, who said last week that the deficits are going down, has said he would not raise personal income taxes to fight the u CBO prediction. , Rep. James Jones, chairman of the House Budget Committee, said the Monday report shows "beyond the shadow of a doubt that even with an optimistic growth forecast, the deficit will grow and grow and grow." CBO director Rudolph Penner credited the $63 billion package of taxes and spending cuts with reducing his office's deficit predic deficit. In California, White House spokesman Larry Speakes said another midyear review, this one by the administration's Office of Management and Budget later this week, will "will project much lower deficits" than the bilhon "The good news is that the legislation has stabilized the deficit," Penner told reporters. "The bad news is that it is stabilized at a very high level." Asked if taxes will have to be raised next year to cut the deficit further, Penner hedged. "Technically, you can cut spending," Penner said. But he said to make a "significant differ- - tion by $19 m $20 ence " in the deficit, such areas as Social Security. Medicare and defense outlays would have to be slashed The CBO projected the deficit at $179 billion in fiscal 1985, $195 billion in 1996. $216 billion in 1987, $238 billion in 1988 and $263 billion $272 in Lewis 1UTH YEAR, NO. Sp PROVO. UTAH, TUESDAY, AUGUST 6 7, 1984 $6.00 A MONTH mil r &J and $308 billion 19 That means the government In February, the office projected $197 billion in 1985, $217 billion in 1986, $245 billion in 1987, 25 19S8 will continue to compete with industry to borrow money, keeping interest rates high. If nothing else is done, the CBO projects the national debt, now at5 about $15 trillion, to race to $2 trillion in fiscal 1989. The CBO assumed no further reductions in federal spending and assumed roughly a 5 percent increase in military spending about halfway between the House and Senate defense figures. The two chambers are in disagreement over the military spending number and conference committee negotiations have so far been unsuccessful in settling on a compromise. m 1989. - PRICE billion m The CBO said even though the deficits are now projected to be lower, "They will remain at exceedingly high levels by peacetime historical standards." obscene." (Related itory, Page 2) Mondale, who has called for tax hikes to cope with the rising deficit, said that despite the improvement from the CBO's February projection, the deficit "is a very severe problem that thea-ten- s our future." S011 CENTS ' N ' ''rvv..-' n "-- ; '1 Hits 100 Mark - LOS ANGELES (UPI) Carl Lewis leaped more than 28 feet to his second gold medal in his bid to write history at the Summer Olympics, already the best attended in history, and helped push the American medal collection over the 100 mark. (See detail on Page S) While Lewis thrilled the crowd with his Olympic quest to equal the immortal Jesse Owens' feat of winning four gold medals, the Reagan administration accused the Soviets of attempting to sabotage the Games. Attorney General William French Smith told the American Bar Association in Chicago that the KGB was responsible for "racist and disgusting" letters that were sent to 20 Asian and African nations before the Games began. The letters were signed by the Ku Klux Klan, Smith said, but were written by the Soviet spy agency. The Soviet Union and several allies boycotted the Olympics, citing a lack of security at the Games. Lewis, who won a gold medal Saturday in the sprint, flew 28 feet, 4 inches in the lnnp jump, well short of Bob Beamon s world record of 29 feet, 2 Vz inches set in 1968. With competition in track and 100-met- er field, the U.S. team increased its total medal count to 101 on the ninth day of competition, three times the number of runnerup West Germany which had 33. In the chase for gold, the Americans led with 46. Romania had 16 and China 13. Meanwhile, Peter Ueberroth, president of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee, told a news conference that about 3.5 million fans have paid to see events thus far. That is about double the number of fans for a comparable period at the 1976 Ueberroth Convict Escapes SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) - A prison inmate, who attacked a guard, took his gun and escaped on a commandeered motorcycle during a hospimaximum-securit- y tal examination, threatened to shoot the officer and a doctor, the guard says. From his hospital bed, state prison guard Dan Leavitt said inmate Ronnie Lee Gardner, a maximum-securit- y inmate and alleged ringleader of a minor riot in February, said the prisoner threatened to shoot him with Leavitt's own gun. "He said, 'All right, I'm going to leave this room,"' Leavitt Tuesday: Drug abuse, like other social problems, affects the whole of society. It thrives due to a fraternity of drug suppliers, packagers, shippers, transporters receivers, wholesalers, dealers and refiners. While these people grow rich, a community of friends and family of addicts are hurt. See the concluding story in a series on drug abuse on Page 10 of the Today Section. Countdown Starts to It's hard to believe the college football season is almost here, BYU yet underclassmen on the football team have reported for physicals. Today marks the start of the Herald countdown to the XY' Football Pittsburgh game on Sept. 1. The opening Cougar matchup will be televised on ESPN. See Marion Dunn's column and countdown information on Page 5. no precipitation expected in Central Utah for the next 24 hours, Bulays the National Weather in reau. Highs will be warmer, the mid 90s, with overnight lows about the same, in the mid 50s to low 60s. Further weather details are on Page 12. Here's Where to Find It :24 13 Amusements Builneu Classified Adi Comics Crouword National-Internation- al 17-2- 3 14 14 I 'I By J.J. JACKSON Herald Staff Writer Obituaries Opinions Sports Today Utih-Reglon- Weather All 4 15 5-- 7 10-1- 1 24 12 vA rH .'U . Jli) A federal study of repairs on confirm that a repaving process is not strictly meeting specifications, but bridge work, not the controversial repaving Additional support will have to way Administration. The federal investigators rated the bridge be added to the bridge joints, Ptak said. work, "unacceptable." Bill Hurley, Utah Department restora- of Transportation director notes The review of the tion project between Provo and there were only problems with the Point of the Mountain has five of the 140 joints in the 17 drawn criticism from rival high- bridge stuctures under repair, but process, received poorest marks way contractors. from a team of federal inspecThe problem with the bridge tors. The inspectors spent a week in work, said Tom Ptak, acting adUtah Valley probing freeway con- ministrator for the Federal Highstruction work on Interstate 15. way Administration in Salt Lake Bridge work got low marks City, was "not minor. They were Monday from the Federal High unacceptable." - 7jrT admited UDOT inspectors should have caught the problems the federal inspectors found. Rival repaving contractors sparked the federal probe when they alleged repaving is not meeting usual specifications and is not being adequately tested by UDOT but the FHA study "did not bear out the charges," according to Hurley. "We went back and copied their (UDOT's) field books and there is evidence it (tests measuring the rejuvenation depth of the pavement) was being done all along," said Ptak. "We are happy we went down and looked at the bridge work because that is a deficiency that needs to be corrected," Ptak added. "As the traffic would run over (See UDOT, Page 3) roecf May Help Desert Bloom' pump briny Great Salt Lake water onto the West Desert By NANCY BRINGHURST Herald Staff Writer Cedar Valley may become a lush, fertile farming basin if proponents of a plan to pump Utah Lake water to the arid valley get their way, said Milo Peck, spokesman for the Cedar Valley Water User's Association. 0 "There are approximately acres of virgin soil in Cedar 50,-00- Valley," Peck said Monday. "Every landowner there would love to see that land irrigated and ready for production." Cedar Valley lies just west of Utah Lake. Less than 10,000 acres are now cultivated, according to Peck. toured the area lasy week and was impressed with the concept. who has expressed Matheson skepticism about a similar plan to said he liked the concept. "We've been taking land out of agricultural use, and here's a conducted by State Water Resources people," said Peck. Results should be known by the first of November, he said. "Historically, Utah's agricul- Matheson said. "On the surface, it appears to be a way to alleviate high water problems in that area," said Malin Foster, Matheson's press secretary. The bottom line on the project would be the feasibility of pumping water into Cedar Valley ; water rights when the level of the lake is down; and how to pay for n dollar system, the he said. According to Peck, preliminary studies indicate $50-6- 0 million will be needed to do the job properly. That amount will have to come from legislative support, he said. "Feasibility studies are being creasing while population has increased dramatically," said Peck. "By 1982 Utahns were consuming three times what they were producing." Peck says experts predict the state's population will almost double by the year 2000. "There is no developmental site in the entire state for farming production," said Peck. "One of our major reasons for wanting this project is to develop the instate market." The state has indicated that any future development of "virgin soil" will require pumping, said Peck. "Water will have to be pumped chance to put some multi-millio- back," tural production has been de- ush Leaves Tax Door Ajar After Meeting With Reagan - Calif. (UPI) President Reagan ruled out plans for any tax increases in his strongest statement to date but two hours later, Vice President George Bush appeared to rule them back in. The disparity in tone and substance between Reagan and Bush, combined with a daily between the president and Democratic challenger Walter Mondale, gave the tax issue added momentum as the main issue of campaign SANTA BARBARA, back-and-for- th No Precipitation Expected Here For a change, there is Pi bridges under repair passed federal tests but inspectors said additional work is needed on several spans. Governor Scott Matheson Addicts, Families Hurt by Drugs 15 Steve Heiner Photo Work on most MS qrcted Gardner as saying. '"If that doctor comes in I guess you know I'm going to have to shoot you and him both.'" Police late Monday were still searching for Gardner, 23, who had been taken to the University of Utah Medical Center Hospital for recurrent vomiting. After a doctor had completed the examination, Gardner attacked Leavitt. "The man after the examination decided he would rather not be with us any longer and he struck me with something, which I never saw, from the right-han- d side as I reached for the shackle chain to him," Leavitt said. if A. pointed out that Maximum Security I - Montreal Games, Ueberroth said. Ueberroth attributed the "surprising" attendance to the size of the stadiums and arenas in Los Angeles and the enthusiasm that became "Olympic fever" after the opening ceremonies. "It's not us," Ueberroth said, referring to local organizers. "It's the Olympic movement. It's a credit to (IOC President) Juan Antonio Samaranch. "The IOC takes its share of complaints but in this case they have the Olympic movement in a very healthy fashion." baseball, being played as an exhibition sport at Dodger Stadium, was also a surprise. Thus far it has averaged 46,000 fans, he said, exceeding the average attendance level of any major league baseball team. J i '84. Reagan invited Bush for only his second visit e to the secluded Rancho del Cielo high in California's Santa Ynez Mountains to discuss campaign strategy. 688-acr- "Walter Mondale is not tellii.g the truth," Reagan replied testily. "I said before and I'll say no matier how many of you try to put it again in a hedging line, we have no plans for, nor will 1 allow any plans for, a tax increase. Period." In the past, Reagan has adamantly, but carefully, rule: uiii only increases in personal tax rates, while Bush and other top Republicans pointed out that raising revenues through closing loopholes or imposing certain business taxes might be necessary if the revived economy does not by itself substantially lower the deficit. Two hours later, when Bush appeared before the White House press corps at their Santa Barbara hotel, he evaded the first seven questions on tax increases and then conceded that on anything except personal tax rate increases, Reagan would "keep his options open." "Any president would keep options open. Conditions can dramatically change one way or another. Of course, I would think that any president would keep his options open," Bush said. Asked if that included Reagan, Bush said, "Sure, I'd say so." Later, when questioned about his differences in the past with Reagan and Geraldine Ferraro's differences with Mondale on other issues, Bush explained: "Nobody's looking for a clone," he said, "and you're not going to find anybody that agrees with somebody else 100 percent of the time." hill into over a the valley," he said. "We are talking about putting in a reservoir to keep water in the valley isn't high." Peck when run-of- f said there are very few years when there isn't high spring runoff. "The Jordan River is a torrent during the spring, Utah Lake is still above the legally established compromise level and the Great Salt Lake is nearly 10 feet higher than it was 10 years ago," he said. "There are several benefits to this project, the most important being flood control, and new agriculture," he said. Other possibilities include power generation ca- pacities, fresh water fisheries, recreation campgrounds, creased job opportunities farm-equipme- nt in- and sales. Parolee Vandalizes 'Christus' him LOS ANGELES (UPI) A man claiming God gave the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints and all its property was charged with malicious mischief for using a hammer to attack a statue of Christ at the Los Angeles LDS Temple. Larry Brent Sargeant, 53, on parole for a similar attack at the Salt Lake City LDS Temple, allegedly pulled, a hammer out of his coat Sunday while on a tour of the Los Angeles Temple Visitor's Center. Sargeant apparently waited until his tour group left the ot "Christus" statue, then pulled out a hammer and knocked all the fingers off the figure. |
