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Show Vol. 226, No. 157 Salt Lake City, Utah Sunday Morning Demos Seek To Pass Own Budget Reagan Asks 1st EPA Chief Back By Mike Shanahan Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON House Democrats, for the first time offering a serious challenge to President Reagan, are hoping hitherto elusive party loyalty will give them victory in a crucial vote this week on an alternative to Reagans 1984 budget. The Democrats won 26 additional scots in the House in last November's election and expect that to give them the edge. But defections which in the past have allowed Republicans to hold sway despite their still could being outnumbered deal defeat to the Democrats. - - WASHINGTON (AP) President Reagan is moving to restore credibility to the Environmental Protection Agency by turning to its first administrator, William D. Ruckel-shauto run the troubled body, an s, administration official says. But other officials cautioned that while Ruckelshaus had accepted the job in principle, a final decision had not been made as of Saturday. One official, who insisted on anonymity, said the White House was holding off making the anouncement until any possible conflict of interest could be studied. Ruckelshaus, through a Spokesman, declined comment. Larry Speakes, the chief deputy White House press secretary, said when the presidents ready to announce it, hell announce it. Another official said Saturday that White House staff members involved in EPA matters would meet Sunday, probably with the president after he returns from Camp David, Md., in hopes of wrapping up a decision on Ruckelshaus that could be announced on Monday. an said Rep. Leon Panetta, influential member of the House Budget Committee. If we lose this one, its back to the same situation we have had the last two years." Fall of Own Weight House Republicans, pushing for such defections, say the Democratic budget will fall of its own weight because it contains too much money for domestic programs and assumes elimination of this years 10 percent tax cut. It is going to be an interesting fight, said Rep. Jim Jones, chairman of the Budget Committee. I suspect it is going to be a close vote. Train Bolted Down? PARIS Nearly 2,050 tons of long bolts pack 35 railcars drawn by new French locomotive last month way in a test of the prototype vehicle by the French Railway Authority. Origin of the bolts was undisclosed. On Friday, Jones committee apvote of 20 to proved on a party-lin- e 11 the $863.5 billion Democratic spending plan for fiscal 1984, which compares with Reagan's budget of $848.5 billion. Seized Initiative Scientists Keeping Close Track Of Unruly Mount St. Helens House Democratic half of Reagan's proposal; raise $30 billion in new revenues next year, and put about $15 billion into job retraining and education programs. It also restores many of the cuts in domestic social programs made under See Page 2, Column 3 VANCOUVER, Wash. (UPI) began three years ago Sunday rumbling beneath -as Ita snow-cappe- d Mount St. Helens. But the rumbling was only a warning of what was to come. . Less than two months later, on the sleepy Sunday morning of May 18, 1980, a cataclysmic eruption ripped the top off the volcano, laid to waste 150 square miles of forest, left 59 people dead or missing and spouted a column of ash that circled the world. Public Is Against Gutting College Students Loans By J. Roy Bardsley Government loans to college students should not be cut, according to the Utah public. This is the contention of more than half of all Utahns, who want to give students every opportunity to remain in school de- spite a greater appreciation for the value of higher education. Sixty percent of those with a grade school or no education oppose the cuts, compared with only 52 of those with a complete college education. Complete age and educational ratings follow. (Read Across) Undecided Tefal The poll was conducted by Bards- ley & Haslacher Inc., an independent and impartial research organiza- tion. The findings are based on 810 personal interviews with adults in all parts of the state. groups, the register least opposition to loan cuts, which suggests - James Bo Gritz, a Vietnam War veteran, has focused attention on the POW-MI(Missing In Action) issue by staging secret operations into Laos, where he believes some Amer- Today's Forecast Salt Lake City and vicinity Partly cloudy with patchy fog in valleys. Lows in upper 20s, highs in upper 408. Details on page B-i - ri r icans are still held captive. officials, although criticizing private forays like Grltz's, have shown they are willing to consider that there may still be Washington Ruckelshaus is a senior vice president of law and corporate affairs of the Weyerhaeuser Co., a timber and paper products firm based in Federal Way, Wash., about 30 miles south of Seattle. Within the administration, Ruckelshaus was seen as a candidate who may face some opposition from the presidents conservative allies. But otherwise, he is viewed by the president's aides as one who has the experience necessary to help patch up the images of the agency and the president in regards to environmental issues. This guys got a lot of credibility, he startwhich is what we need. ed the department, the administration official said. Thomas Ambrose, director of corporate information for Weyerhaeuser, said Ruckelshaus "will have no comment until there is something to comment upon. He said that at this time he will have no statement about the EPA. With the president spending the weekend at Camp David, Md., no forma announcement of an EPA choice was expected until the beginning of the work week at the earliest. While there was no official comment from the White House, the administration official said of the decision to ask Ruckelshaus to take the ... job: Hes been basically offered it and accepted it in principle. The president and his aides have been looking for nearly two weeks for new leaders of the Environmental Protection Agency, since Anne M. Burford resigned under congressional pressure on March 9. Ruckelshaus stint at the agency in the early 1970s was under the direction of former President Richard M. Nixon, who created the EPA. Later, Ruckelshaus was a deputy attorney general and acting director of the FBI. Afghan Economy Gains, Russias Press Reports By Alison Smale Associated Press Writer MOSCOW The government press said Saturday that Afghanistans economy is improving but still in deep trouble, possibly indicating Kremlin frustration over the loss of troops and money in the batrebels. tle against The accounts of a faltering economy suffering food and other shortages were a new angle in the more detailed reports of fighting in Afghanistan that have been appearing in the Soviet press this year. In early February, Soviet dispatches said thousands of people had died in the guerrilla war in Afghanistan. Saturdays accounts also said thousands of peaceful Afghan citizens have been killed. The official Tass news agency, reporting from Kabul, added that Afghan leaders had adopted urgent measures to restore the economy levels and eliminate to 1978-7- 9 shortages. ii President Reagan said Jan. 28 that U.S. government intelligence agencies were fully focused on the problems of prisoners of war and MIAs and ready to take decisive action on sighting reports that can be confirmed. In 1976, a select committee of the U.S. House of Representatives con- cluded there are no Americans still being held alive as prisoners in although it speculated that a small number of deserters and civilians might have chosen to remain Indo-chlp- The Tass account coincided with a report in the newspaper Sovietskaya Rossiya saying that rebel attacks had damaged factories and interrupted power supplies, causing losses of billions of afghanis, the Afghan currency. The newspaper said Moscow had given aid to Afghanistan, citing as examples the training of 70,000 Afghan specialists and Soviet construction of 1,000 miles of the total 1,600 miles of paved road in Afghanistan. It also indicated some economic growth, saying agricultural production increased 12.7 percent in 1982. But this was compared only with the last year the year before the April 1978 revolution that brought the first Soviet-backe- d Afghan regime to power. The Tass report showed the Afghan economy had suffered severe setbacks in the period since 1978. e It quoted Afghan President Page 6, Column 1 Ba-Se- 4 iAj5 now been officially declared killed but bodies not reBNRs covered. In addition, there are 22 American civilians listed as missing in action and 18 as BNR. The Vietnamese have repeatedly denied that any Americans are being held in Vietnam, Cambodia or Laos. They say the last prisoners of war were sent home in 1973 after the Paris cease-fir- e accords were signed. Reagan has declared April 9 national POW-MIrecognition day as a symbol of our unswerving commitment to resolving the fate of all American servicemen still Chuckle Todays of the expresfond are sion, That's neat - bedrooms at Teen-ager- s home excluded. t 4 a, The Defense Department currently classifies only two servicemen as missing in action, while 2,450 have behind. Americana alive in Southeast Asia. a V n dome-buildin- By Denis D. Gray Associated Press Writer BANGKOK, Thailand Despite some recent colorful dramatics and heady rhetoric, no hard new evidence has emerged to back claims that American prisoners of war are being held in Communist Indochina a decade after the last U.S. troops came home from the war. The loan cuts find their greatest support (51 ) among senior citizens, 60 years of age or older, while more than six of every 10 (64) of those under 30, who stand to lose the most, oppose .nem. As might be expected. Utah County, home of the state's largest university, registers some of the stiffest opposition to student loan cuts Among educational tilt-mete- volcanic event in the 48 contiguous states. Dr. Bruce Foxworth, a USGS hydrologist in Tacoma, Wash., and senior author of the report, said it was aimed at the public and written in a fashion, unlike earlier scientific studies. The devastation caused by the volcano's blast has overshadowed valuable scientific insights. BOISE (AP) Senior Pace Mannion sank five clutch free throws and set up two uncontested baskets with timely passes as Utah shocked seventh-ranke- d UCLA Saturday in a -round game of the NCAA West regional basketball tournament. Mannion, Peter Williams and Angelo Robinson each scored 18 points as the unheralded Utes, second- The Upset Win, D-- 1 seeded 10th in the West, outplayed the favored Bruins, the tournament's second seed, down the stretch. The first half was tightly contested, with Utah taking a five-poiadvantage midway through the half. But UCLA rallied to store the final five points, taking a 2 lead at intermission. nt 34-3- Hernandez Facing EPA Exit - Dr. John WASHINGTON (UPI) Hernandez took over the Environmental Protection Agency vowing to "get this agency back to work, but the EPA has plunged into a deeper crisis during his short and stormy term as acting administrator. Hernandez, Anne's Burford's deputy administrator, was considered a serious candidate to ultimately replace Mrs. Burford as permanent EPA chief when she resigned March 9 and he was named acting adminis- trator. But it now appears likely he will be forced to leave the agency altogether, EPA sources said, as a result of allegations that he pressured agency scientists in 1981 to soften an explosive report blaming Dow Chemical Co. for dioxin pollution in Michigan. EPA and congressional sources told United Press International Hernandez is likely to be replaced as by Walter deputy administrator Barber, a former EPA acting administrator. Barber is likely to serve under William Ruckelshaus, who President Reagan reportedly wants to name the new EPA chief. A former civil engineering professor from New Mexico, Hernandez, 53, was named to EPAs No. 2 job Feb. 21, 1981. He remained out of the spotlight, however, as allegations of mismanagement, political favoritism and sweetheart deals with polluting industries recently engulfed the agency and eventually forced Mrs. Burfords resignation. The day after replacing Mrs. Burford, Hernandez made a brief speech to a room jammed with EPA employees and reporters, pledging, It should come as no surprise to anyone that my No. 1 priority is to get this agency back to work. Hernandez admitted to a House subcommittee Wednesday that while he gave a draft of the report only to Dow, he should have sent the study out to the world. - WASHINGTON (UPI) Rita a former Environmental Protection Agency official at the center of the EPA controversy, for a second time advised a House subcommittee she will defy a subpoena for her tes- La-vell- e, timony, her lawyer said Saturday. House Counsel Stanley Brand said Saturday night that if Ms. Lavelle refuses to comply with the subpoena for her testimony to a House Energy and Commerce panel Monday, she could be held in contempt of A 100 college-educate- d dome-buildin- first 100 days of page report the 1980 eruption, ranked by its scientists as the century's most violent on the Runnin Utes Beat Up Bruins , 67-6- 1 Issue, Despite Recent Focus on POW-MINo New Evidence Emerges on Their Fate 41 54 13k (56). less-viole- nt ot Producing these results: Paver student lean cuts Oppom student lean cuts The mountain, awakened from 123 years of slumber, still trembles and scientists spend countless hours examining the slopes and yawning crater of the southwestern Washington peak. Learned Many Lessons They have learned many lessons about one of nature's greatest upheavals and have been able to predict eruptions. But they are quick to acknowledge there is still much to learn. Scientists attention has centered a huge on the lava dome mound of crusty, blackened lava that rises 700 feet from the crater floor. The lava dome has been slowly growing for more than two years and has been the site of several g eruptions, during which new material pushed to the surface. The mountain's pulse is constantly monitored by a battery of gas emission monitors and when they are other instruments not knocked out of commission by heavy snow, rockfalls or thick clouds that hug the mountain. Hampers Measurements Winter weather severely hampers measurements on the mountain, which can cause problems during g eruptions, such as one in February that lasted three weeks. That eruption, which added a 200-folobe to the lava dome, actually was first detected by scientists who were in the crater at the time and received a light dusting of ash. The U.S. Geological Survey and University of Washington seismology department in Seattle issued an advisory March 6 predicting anothg er eruption within three weeks. The USGS has just released a 125- dome-buildin- hard times. Nevertheless, the fact that better than four of every 10 respondents favored the cuts is evidence of significant diversity in public opinion on the matter. Even among those who opposed the cuts, there were many who expressed concern about laxity in lending policies and repayment delinquencies. Some respondents emphasized the repayment should be enforced, while others warned that some can abuse the loans" and "applicants should be chosen more carefuly. Because of the threat to students aid stemming from cutbacks in the rate of growth of Federal spending, the Tribune commissioned an exclusive poll to determine the local climate. This question was asked: Do you favor or oppose cuts in government loans to college students? Cents Seventy-Fiv- e 67-6- 1 Paper Products Official Accepts In Principle We have got to have loyalty, It would allow a 4 percent increase in defense spending, less than Price 20, 1983 MM House Majority Offers Reagan a Challenge leaders polled their members before announcing the alternative budget last Tuesday, marking the first time since Reagans election that Democrats seized the initiative on the national spending plan. They believe the program theyre pushing can attract enough support to make it unnecessary to negotiate a compromise with Republicans and the administration. March However, the U.S. government continues to receive what it calls live sighting reports, generally from Indochinese refugees claiming to have seen or heard of Americans still alive. Between 300 and 400 reports are on file and while U.S. official sources are not willing to rule out that some Americans are being held captive, they describe the reports as "spotty stuff. More than 1 million refugees have poured out of Indochina since the 1975 Communist victories, but none are known to have carried out convincing evidence such as photographs or letters from missing Americans. "We have a lot more information now (on alleged Americans in Indo- See Page 6, Column 3 |