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Show THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Monday, October Page A2 22, 1990 crack down on black market KGB, Interior to People defector travels in West lished today the Post. (AP) Howard said he has dodged defect to the CIA The WASHINGTON CIA agent to Soviet Union says he has traveled widely in the West since he first fled the United States five years ago, according to an interview with The Washington Post. "I don't think any secret service can deal with multiple names, multiple passports," Edward Lee Howard said in an interview from Moscow pub - Interior Ministry chief Vadim Bakatin agreed but said the targets The KGB and Interior Ministry today announced a crackdown on black marketeers and lawmakers voted for a new law against "speculation," stepping up an official Soviet assault on the shadow economy. The actions follow two presidential decrees aimed at breaking the black market's hold on many state supplies and a reform plan designed to transform the centrally planned economy into a partial market system. "For the transition, we want to try to put more order in our economy," KGB chief Vladimir Kryuchkov said at a news conference with other officials. MOSCOW (AP) in Western intelligence services and customs officials while traveling in France, Canada and Mexico. He also said he has widely in Nicaragua, Cuba and Eastern Europe since asking for asylum in June 1986. Howard said he did the traveling "for fun" and over the objection of the KGB. traveled of the crackdown might someday pull the country from its economic morass. "I believe the shadow economy will be supplanted by law and commodity relations. But it's clear that we will have to (get through) a transition," he said. "We will have to have intermediate legislation for this period to support the economy, while we hold criminal tendencies in check," he said. "Stealing and embezzling should not have a place in the new economy." Across town at the Kremlin, the Supreme Soviet legislature gave preliminary approval to a bill to Shucking champ retains title Md. (AP) Neatness counts. Just ask Roland "Duke" Landry, the nation's oyster shucking champiLEONARDTOWN, on. Competing in the U.S. National Oyster Shucking Championship on Sunday, Landry, the champion, shucked two dozen oysters in 2:03:52, a fraction behind Clementine Macon, who threw up her hands in defending 2:02:80. But after the judges adjusted the competitors' times for infractions such as a cut oyster or blood, dirt or grit on the half shell, Landry finished at 2:59:52 and Macon at 3:31:80. "I've got to give God the n Chrisglory. I'm a tian, and I've got to give him the glory," said Landry, 33, of a Baton Rouge, part-ownLa., restaurant. born-agai- er The shuckers had to pop open ''UXmAQS, bottom shell and place it neatly on the half shell on a wooden tray as if they were serving at Ji "so-calle- art." Jones said such was the problem in recent discussions about SUDAN Sunday. Both won $300 and a plaque. The rotary club will pay for Landry's trip to Ireland for the world championships next year. X. play Washington the black leader. "The talk had been that there might be a white director, and that infuriated some people, like Spike Lee. Spike said the director ought to be black, which was Spike's way of saying it should be Spike," Jones said. "When an important project comes along and a Spike Lee suggests he must be involved, I think that's destructive." Pd D"wntow" Areat; DRnvn Salt , good eoci ed good , eden. : Overall Air Clarity The air quality for today was good m all areas along the Wasatch nt' smog-causin- ' Judge rules for genetic parents parents The news comes one day ified number of sick and elderly British hostages on Tuesday. President Hosni Mubarak of EgT3t traveled to Saudi Arabia today on his first foreign trip since GeSANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) who paid a surrogate netic mother to bear their child should raise the boy despite the surrogate's claim that she wants the child after all, a judge ruled today. Mark Calvert gently kissed his wife, Crispina, as Orange County Superior Court Judge Richard Par-slosurrogate rejected mother Anna Johnson's claim seeking partial custody of the baby boy. "I believe he should be raised exclusively by the Calverts," Par-slosaid. The baby, whom the Calverts call Christopher, is now 4 weeks old. The judge said that a "three-paren- t, situation" would be confusing to the child and "invites emotional and financial extortion." The Calverts, of Tustin, had agreed to pay Johnson $10,000 to bear their child. Iraq invaded Kuwait. Mubarak, whose country is the leading Arab contributor to the multinational force, was expected to visit with his troops and King Fahd. Saddam, in a letter to the Iraqi parliament, said that legislators should discuss freeing French nationals held in Iraq and Kuwait. He said such a move would be a sign of Iraq's friendship with France. There are more than 300 French citizens in Iraq and Kuwait. w w French leaders have favored linking a solution to the gulf crisis with negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians over the li-occupied territories. Saddam has tried to make the same linkage, and in a Japanese television interview broadcast today, said the proposal deserved consideration. Israe- im (index) Highs North Provo Norfn Provo oz co indon Pa Pro na n "a 33 .........-..c- The (Index) Scale moderate; 101- good air; 9 199 unhealthful; very un- healthful; 300 and above hazardous. Abbreviations co - carbon monoxide 51-1- 200-29- oz ozone so pa - sulfur dioxide particulates Note The Utah County residential area reading is taken from the Lindon monitoring station. The State of Utah has identified the following as primary sources of pollutants in Utah County: co vehicles and gas vehicles; oz vapors; H na heavy industry. r-.- t J - ' - G if?;- -, 7 N As' IJro 4E" ' i v X . A TTI ...V q AP Laserphoto Budget Director Richard Darman leaves the Capitol this morning after meeting with Senate Minority Leader Robert Dole. BUDGET: (Continued from Paee All amazing progress considering opposition to any tax increases just a few months ago. Both sides were willing to boost the marginal rate on the wealthiest families with inAmericans to comes above $180,000 a year 31 percent, up from the current 28 percent. And each party was willing to limit the deductions that people earning more than $100,000 can claim. But a big gap existed over a Democratic demand to levy an additional 7.5 percent surtax on those with incomes above $1 million. Republicans said they would not accept the plan, and instead offered a proposal rejected by to reduce deductions Democrats on incomes above $1 million by 8 percent. In addition, Republicans wanted to lower from 33 percent to 31 percent the tax rate on families with incomes between $80,000 to Democrats opposed the $180,000. idea. Negotiators also moved closer to each other on Medicare. Democrats would restrain the growth of the program by about $44 billion over the next five years. Republicans want the cuts to be $3 billion deeper. of the reducAbout tions would be borne directly by the 33 million handicapped and elderly people who use the program. Rostenkowski said the two sides were less than $2 billion apart on the precise cut to be Bush's one-four- th aimed at beneficiaries. Democrats also want to boost the $51,300 wage cap from which Medicare taxes are deducted to $125,000. Republicans would increase the cap to $98,000. The 1.45 percent Medicare tax is part of the Social Security deduction. The final plan also is certain to include higher taxes on cigarettes, alcohol, luxury items such as furs, elements that and airline tickets were in separate bills the House and Senate passed last week. Also destined for the final bill were cuts in crop payments to farmers, new fees for federal environmental tests and Coast Guard services, and stingier benefits for retired civil servants and veterans. Sunday afternoon, speaking to reporters just in time to make the evening's network news programs, the usually gruff Sununu complained that Democrats were dawdling rather than responding to the administration's offer to raise taxes on the nation's highest-incom- e people. "We're not going to negotiate with Democrats who can't come to an agreement among themselves," he said as he left the Capitol with White House budget chief Richard Darman and Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady. "This was a great offer." Top Republican lawmakers agreed, with Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole, saying, "These important negotiations have reached an impasse." ljc Daily , Reau- (AP) thorization of the Central Utah Water Project has been left hang- ing bv Congress as lawmakers struggle to find a wav out of the federai budget morass. The house passed the CUP last Tuesdav, but the measure must approval before Con- gain 'earRress finaU-- adiourns for jhe ieglsiators already have stayed later tnis October than at any time War II. sjnce CUP bill also The House-passe- d contains stringent reforms of recla- mation iaw including strict limi- tations on tiie acreage that a single farm may irrigate with federal water plus a number of other projects, some of them opposed by the Busn administration. Tne worst problem CUP faces, however, is reclamation reform. Manv weslern senators oppose it, and' Sen. Jim McClure, has threatened to block passage of CUP as long as it is associated e "reform" language. witn has Sen jake Garn, t0 ime up a compro- been nuse In the House, which was meeting over the weekend. Rep. George is the author of tne filler, reforms. He has said he will block CUP unless the reforms are includ- - Herald (I.S S N Seoonfl Class Postage Paid at Provo. Utah (SBf? 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The requirement is aimed at pushing the sale of "reformulated" gasoline or blends that include additives such as ethanol. The measures affecting factories, thousands of small businesses, automobiles and electric rates are acknowledged to be expensive. But environmentalists argue much of the cost will be offset by savings in health care because of the cleaner air. The controls on acid rain are expected to hit hardest in the industrial Midwest where electric utilities have the dirtiest plants because of their heavy reliance on high-sulfcoal. In final bargaining, Midwest lawmakers gained some additional credits that will ease the cost of installing new pollution devices, especially over the first five years. Negotiators, however, rejected er-- f orts by the utility industry to roll back the sulfur dioxide reductions substantially, according to congressional sources. (Continued from Page Al) no independent confirmation of Mansour's claims, but added: "We understand that what Masnour is saying could turn out to be true." They said they understood that the Americans released would by "sick or elderly." Also today, oil prices in New York opened down more than $3 a at $30.65. In London, barrel North Sea Brent Blend oil fell to $29.10. Since the Persian Gulf crisis began, oil prices have fluctuated wildly on world markets, reaching above $40 a barrel at times, comlevels of $22 a pared with barreL Oil prices fell today on reports that Saudi Arabia's defense minister, Prince Sultan, suggested Arab countries were willing to grant Iraq "all its rights." The market interpreted this as a sign Saudi Arabia was prepared to agree to Kuwait ceding some land to Iraq. In other developments: Diplomats in Baghdad said a letter from Americans and other Westerners detained at strategic sites in Iraq reached a Western Embassy today. In the handwritten Iraq. r - Outlook Forecast called for little change in pollution levels with a clearing index f delay action on CUP bili WASHINGTON Kryuchkov and Bakatin were vague about what kinds of activity would be prosecuted. Activities ranging from purchase of hard time, until 2020. Even stronger pollution control measures could be required if the Environmental Protection Agency concludes that residents near a plant are not ensured "an amble margin of safety" from the risk of cancer. pre-cris- is KlfflffAf WrtPQ UUUyCl "WW UTAH COUNTY Salt Lake Weber YEMEN GULF: rOHUllOn Residential Areas X female shucker titles earlier double-c- a.m. were as ( YEMEN AP ounting of 8 OMAn petition. Landry and Macon faced off after winning the best male and SALARIES: as UAE 1 250 miles which sponsors the com- programs and health screenings. Its 1989 annual report lists that contribution at more than $100 million, although several groups, including the Salt Lake County attorney's office, challenge that figure. (Continued from Page Al) Deputy County Attorney Karl L. Foundation, a health care watchHendrickson testified at one tax dog group, believes such salaries hearing that IHC's charitable conare out of line for a charitable tribution figure is misleading beinstitution in a relatively poor cause it counts all contributions state. once when made to IHC twice "We are very concerned about they're made and again when the health-car- e costs. They are skymoney is spent. "Donations are treated as part of rocketing," he said. Cutting Parker's salary wouldn't the charitable gift when they are lower hospital rates, McKay said, received. Additionally, when those but such economies might help same donations are expended, they convince the community that IHC are counted again as part of the cares about rising health-car- e charitable gift. This results in costs. of the same money," "It's a matter of appearance. he said. The public needs a great deal of IHC officials say their hospital confidence in its health care. charges are 5 percent below comThings that distract from that conparable hospitals locally. fidence must be faced up to," he McKay isn't sure that's true. said. "Caesar's wife not only has to "IHC claims they cost no more be chaste, she has to appear to be and often less than the other hospichaste." tals. Yet other people out in the IHC argues it shouldn't pay propcommunity do their own analyses erty taxes because it makes a and find IHC costs more than other significant contribution to the comsystems. So I don't know which is munity through free medical care right," he said. to the needy, unreimbursed care, IHC is one of the largest nonprof subsidies to government health proit health-car- e corporations in the grams and support of education country, said IHC's Nelson. It owns and operates 24 hospitals, employs 15,500 people, and had a 1989 gross Air H revenue of $789.3 million. The following information is taken from the Wasatch Front air pollu- tion report compiled by the Utah Bureau of Air Quality. The complete report is available by telephone at 3M Conditions fur- confiscation of property, or "corrective labor" for up to two years and a fine. Higher penalties would be imposed for severe crimes. Los Angeles is given 20 years. Industry must install new pollution control equipment to cut the release of toxic chemicals into the air by 90 percent over the next decade. Only the steel industry's coke ovens would be given more Riyadh A Jones: Race issue hampers art Malcolm Pa. (AP) - James a movie planned was to black director Denzel Earl Jones says Spike Lee and others are letting race interfere with moviemaking. star of ABC's The "Gabriel's Fire" lashed out in an interview in the Oct. 27 issue d activof TV Guide at ists who let race get in the way of so much. They hamper good IRAN reduce the Lexington Park Rotary on The bill, which will undergo ed harmed citizens would be prosecuted, but it remained unclear how those activities would be defined. "If somebody goes to a village to buy food, then sells it in a market in Moscow, that would've have been punished under old laws, but no longer," Justice Minister Venia-mi- n Yakovlev told the news conference. But it would be illegal "if a person buys goods at a state store for (subsidized) state prices, then goes around the corner and sells those goods at a higher price. This is no service to the people," he said. ther debate, defined speculation as "the purchase of goods from state trading outlets and consumer cooperatives and their resale for profit." It makes the activity punishable by up to three years in jail and (Continued from Page Al) About 100 cities now considered to have unhealthy air must meet federal air quality standards within five to 15 years, depending on the severity of the problem, by VPrlan SAUDI a raw bar. Longtime shucking contest observers said they had never seen such a close competition. "That was a horse race if I've ever seen one. It was oyster for oyster and every second counted," said Cuthbert Fen wick of RADNOR, state-produc- AIR: the oysters, discard the top shell, cut the meat out of the Club, currency to reselling of goods now are outlawed. 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