Show The Utah Sta toman 1 Wtdnwdiy Qctgbvr 14 Here end NoW by Maxwell Glen & Cody Shearer budget cuts hurt needy Reagan’s You may want to wear a black armband this week We are ltrrjr the dark era of Reagan budget cut No om enjoy hearing stories about the poor people who will bt left unprotected by the president's “safety net" Like most fupk we’d prefer to worry about the upcoming World Series a the cuts take hold We’d like to believe the president's cuts in social programs rn't harm “the truly needy" After all Ronald Reagan is a ce guy He wouldn't do anything to hurt anyone — especially Mies 1st that’s not quite accurate Pressured to shrink federal budget-cutter- s gesdog further the president’s wat to dash a program that holds down the nation’s infant aridity rate and reduces the number of neurological birth pencil-wieldi- idem each year Better known as WIC the Women ng Infants and Children Feeding Program helps improve the health of adsourished pregnant women and their babies It’s a welfare program that’s worked Daring the early 1970s medical researchers discovered that dsnuridirrl pregnant women were more likely to bear 3bora or babies than were their healthier Moreover researchers found that underweight coasKfparts babies frequently suffered from a series of diseases that stunt phjsicsl and mental development After several doctors from St Jude’s Hospital in Memphis Ten took this evidence to the late Sen Hubert H Humphrey is 1972 Congress initiated a pilot program giving poor nsderweight mothers vouchers for nutritional foods Slowly health clinics began issuing credits for cheese orange juice and cereals to women who qualified Nutrition classes wre also provided Over the years WIC’s results have been impressive Infant ottality has dropped among babies born to moms who’ve been hpr— “low-weigh- the program t" Low-weig- WIC ht -- WIC" regular checkup They’ve Pjident Reagan’s cutbacks and suspect WIC won’t be much T the future I spring President Reagan proposed a 30 percent reduc-ji- n the WIC budget from $ 1 billion to $720 million Yet the Budget Committee rejected the president's proposal "1 "uuLUngiy Even such conservatives as committee Dotninici and Bob Dole said "no” to the president retained the full program as part of a second round of budget cuts some Agriculture Department expect the administration new WIC cuts ranging from 15 to 40 percent fehaaan terms as women in-n- d many as 800000 children could be denied minimum nutrition fry y up on WIC potential cuts are program Besides frightening toy dim’ rumors of WIC’s demise have led many state to withhold funds authorized last year “Many JrJclon dnn’t want to be caught in a position of spending JfeuUdget” so Agriculture Department official told us '“'Republicans and Democrats in Congress struggle to WIC the White House has threatened to veto any legisla-- I ”eds the president’s budget guidelines As shadow wc to the California Savings and Loan “We’re not going to swerve from the course — eeeovery for political or any other reasons We will L' “ecettary actions no matter how unpopular they may “aeihonnin” W The Gentleman S3 North Main in downtown Logan UPER SALAD DAR $L95 SALADS TO GO OS THURSDAY SPECIAL MEXICAN SMORGASBORD NCLLUXNG SH&VP AND A VARIETY OF MEXICAN KSFCES low-inco- B®Congress hasn’t given Mtoving an effect on the le nee or pePon“bl‘ty ®ut ehouM t0 ear any sacrifice? The next time someone says dent’s budget cuts won’t hurt the "truly needy” tell shout WlC uhhl?ZUnd credentials of college students blow their Interviews due to improper appearance and grooming The Gentleman Is Logan's professional clothing store We want you to get the job you’re after Whatever your field we can package you appropriately to maximize your chances for success It’s a fact that 30 babies supported indirectly by have also been returned to their proper weight With such wowWnung evidence on record Republicans and Democrats have concluded that WIC is possibly the government’s most o effective social program ‘Mothers come into my clinic all the time with big smiles on tirir frees" said Diane Dimperio who directs a WIC program a health clinic in Gainsville Fla "They tell me how their in such good health thanks to But fewer of Diane Dimperio’s patients are smiling these ! She claims several of her undernourished patients aren’t mn coming in for their heard about -- Congratulations! You’re about through with school and you're ready to make some big bucks In a job Interview you put your education on the line But whether you get a good offer depends as much cm your appearance as on your academic Tbe Sky Room Gor5sz3 RestaoRaoC 1 v |