Show 2K--' The Salt Lake Tribune Wednesday June 24 1987 House Passes Budget That Boosts Taxes Continued From Aeven it Congress passed a tax bill they could not override a veto Reagan on Tuesday continued his public campaign to win from Congress more power over the budget process as part of what he calls “an economic bill of rights” “Congress has declared war on American jobs and I’m not going to stand for it” he told the National Federation of Independent Business Reagan said he wanted Congress to pass a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget and to give him power to veto individual items in spending bills He acknowledged that critics have called them well-wor- n and rejected ideas “Some said that I was singing Golden Oldies Nothing new” Reagan said veto and the “Well the line-itebalanced budget amendment may be oldies but they’re also goodies” he said “And those who think they don’t stand a chance on the charts had better keep their dial tuned to this station It’s rock 'n' roll time again at the White House” Spokesman Marlin Fits a ter said the president will make a speech on July 3 at the Jefferson Memorial here to outline his “economic bill of Spotlight -l I Raul Alfonsin Sean Penn Leonard Bernstein I g concert for said Tuesday orchestra Dutch AIDS patients the Concertgebouw Bernstein will donate the proceeds from Wednesday’s concert to a the money for research private Dutch AIDS fund which will set asideand for a hostel for AIDS into acquired immune deficiency syndrome patients according to an orchestra spokeswoman Tickets were offered at $50 each Since March the most recent month for which figures are available 153 of the 260 confirmed Dutch AIDS patients have died Leonard Bernstein will conduct a fund-raisin- j 1 m —Associated Press Leserphoto ? Demonstration beats up as effigies of Ko- leader and his successor are torched “We like Americans i It is Reagan we de-rea- n spise for supporting Chun” a student said I i President Opposition Leader Meet To Seek End to S Korea Violence Vi Continued From dfcnt A-- moderate wing of his ruling Demo- l cratic Justice Party at Yonsei University a hotbed of violent protest has remained aloof throughout the crisis broke his public silence at the dedication of a nuclear power plant in a southern province calling for “dialogue and comprowho Chun mise” t Political sources say the former r general who is backed by military allies in key government positions appears to have heeded the f war-sta- But diplomats and other seasoned observers said hard-linecalling for military repression of the protests could still win out if a compromise is not reached soon “The critical problem is Koreans have never practiced the politics of compromise They use the politics of confrontation That could be disaster in this situation” said one Western diplomat rs The arrival of Sigur assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pa- appeared to signal a US initiative After meeting with Prime Minister Lee Han-Ke- y Sigur said "In the process of President Chun’s preparations to step down next February I believe a democratic principle will be applied” Sigur also is to meet with Kim Dae Jung the charismatic dissident kept under house arrest since April 8 cific affairs new high-profi- rights” House Speaker Jim Wright said Reagan’s new budget push was aimed at diverting attention a affair and other from the problems “The ploy is so transparent that it is embarrassing” Wright said “At a time when we need serious and constructive attention to budget deficits the president subjects himself to ridicule by shouting old slogans and preposterous claims that sound more like a sideshow barker than a president” Wright said The Democratic budget earmarks $296 billion for the Pentagon a modest increase over the current year but $16 billion less than the president requested Sean Penn is on his way to jail and to a therapist The battling young actor was sentenced to 60 days in the Los Angeles County Jail for punching an extra on the set of his latest movie "Colors” and for driving recklessly The sentence actually was imposed for violating the terms of the probation Penn was given after an earlier battery case In addition to the fight with the extra Penn entered a plea to a charge of reckless driving “I think he’s a talented individual and I don’t want this type of thing to happen again” said Municipal Court Commissioner Juelann K Cathey who imposed the sentence She also ordered Penn to undergo psychiatric counseling for his violent temper Penn who wore a conservative grey suit and a green shirt open at the collar thanked Cathey for her courtesy Iran-Contr- Raul Alfonsin the president of Argentina got mixed up in a triathlon in San Diego on Sunday as far as athlete Wally Buckingham was concerned Police however thought Buckingham was busting in on Alfonsin’s parade and they restrained him Buckingham 34 of San Diego filed a complaint against the police Monday alleging he was roughed up Sunday after he raced past a barricade protecting Alfonsin’s motorcade He maintains the officers should have realized he was a racer not a terrorist “I had my number on the front of me” said Buckingham who was participating in the Pepsi San Diego International Triathlon “I had my shorts and sneakers on I didn’t look like a terrorist” Buckingham said he assumed the officers were part of the crowd-contrdetail for the race “I was thinking about the race and as I got to them the next thing I know I feel an arm around my neck and I’m starting to see stars” “It’s unfortunate but these things happen” Sgt Jim Wallace said “We aren't going to let somebody run right up next to the Argentine ol ’JSo Deal Yet on North Testimony committees WASHINGTON (UPI) — The fqjjed to draft a plan Tuesday to compel testimony from Lt Col Oliver North and all negotiations on the matter “could blow up” over demands from North’s lawyer a 3Wrce said After nearly a week's wrangling over the legal fine joints an agreement that seemed near Tuesday apparently was not concluded later in the day and committee ipembers left the problem to simmer overnight committee source said the real difficulty in forging i at)’ agreement stems from demands by North’s attorney Brendan Sullivan Including the selection of a certain date (0 private questioning which conflicts with committee pAns "Sullivan is being very difficult and even the Republicans are getting difficult with him” the source said “There are conditions about the private testimony the Iran-Cont- Pressure’s On fates to Up rinking Age itinued From A-- l ions such as the National Safety Jncil and Mothers Against Drunk wing that backed the legislation ewSt is a defeat for South Dakota and 3 eight states that supported its Ha-aCourt effort: Colorado Louisiana Montana Ohio South (irolina Vermont and Wyoming h J Transportation Secretary Dole said in a statement that the srtsurt ruling “reaffirms the administration's commitment to eradicate borders and rid our highways of Jood shrunk drivers” Rehnquist said the states still have power to keep under-2- 1 drinking on their books “Here Congress pjas offered relatively mild encour- rUgfement to the states to enact higher Jjiiftimum drinking ages than they Jyould otherwise choose” he said SSlJnder the federal law those states that do not comply with the 21 drink-fln- g age lose 5 percent of the highway i funds otherwise due for fiscal year 1987 and 10 percent of such funds dur-- : ing fiscal year 1988 which begins Oct Su-fe- ii Eliza-?J$pt- gjs ii States that subsequently adopt a j minimum drinking age may be entitled to recoup withheld money For a state the size of Ohio such cuts could mean $165 million in lost i n federal money j for fiscal year 1987 and $331 million in fiscal year 1988 Joining Rehnquist's opinion were Justices Byron R White Thurgood i Marshall Harry A Blackmun Lewis F Powell John Paul Stevens and An-- j tonin Scalia ! Justices William J Brennan and ! Sandra Day O’Connor dissented stat-- : ing in separate opinions that the 21st Amendment bars such a federal law 1 1 highway-constructio- I t I I I I : ! ! j Dangerous Drug Being Sold As Valium Doctor Says - At least 13 ST LOUIS (UPI) people have been treated for severe reactions to Haldol a powerful anti-- j psychotic drug apparently being sold on the street as Valium a doctor said Tuesday About half of the victims appeared to be drug users who believed they had taken Valium to reduce the ef-- i fects of other drugs said Dr Mattie Casteel an emergency room physi-- j cian at Regional Medical Center "The others Just wanted something To relax them” she said 4 committees are unwilling to yield on The date of the private testimony is one This whole thing could blow up” Earlier some committee members expressed concern that negotiations with the fired White House aide set a bad precedent in the handling of critical congressional witnesses The select committees had met separately in closed session during a break in public hearings to discuss arrangements for the former National Security Council staff member’s testimony about his involvement in the worst scandal of the Reagan presidency But House committee Chairman Lee Hamilton came out of the private session to say no final deal had yet been struck The Senate panel met after the day’s hearing and Senate committee Vice Chairman Warren Rudman said no agreement had been reached The committees were expected to try again Wednesday ra D-I- R-V- Illinois Again Seeks Utahn’s Extradition Continued From l film poisoned and from used y Golab killed the as Prosecutors described the plant f a “huge gas cham- - V ber” and charged! that company offi-- g cials knew plant! g l A-- 1 conditions endangering werej the(Jf lives of their ployees yi jP em-- i Three company officials were convicted on murder charges in Michael T June 1985 and sen- tenced to 25 years MacKay in prison Their appeals are pending A fourth defendant was acquitted and Mr MacKay has found asylum from the murder charges in Utah Former Gov Scott M Matheson twice denied Cook County's extradition requests saying sensational publicity would prevent a fair trial for Mr MacKay in Illinois In June 1986 Gov Norm Bangerter denied a third extradition request The Utah governors based their decision in part on a 1861 ruling in which Supreme Court refused to force the governor of Ohio a free state to extradite Willis Lago "a free man of color" to Kentucky where he faced charges of helping a slave escape from his master But Tuesday the US Supreme Court overturned that ruling deciding the federal courts may force states to extradite fugitives to other states The circumstances of that March 14 1861 ruling no longer exist Justice Thurgood Marshall wrote in the court’s opinion “On that date secession was a fact and civil war a threatening possibility" Justice Marshall said “The practical power of the federal government was at its lowest ebb since the adoption of the Constitution” The Supreme Court believed then that the federal government lacked much power to compel actions by state officials Justice Marshall wrote “Basic constitutional principles now point as clearly the other way” the opinion states The Iowa case before the Supreme Court this year resembled the MacKay case in many ways As in Utah two Iowa governors refused to extradite Ron Calder a air traffic controller charged with murder and attempted murder in Puerto Rico Charges against Mr Calder stem from an incident at an Aguadilla Puerto Rico convenience store parking lot on Superbowl Sunday 1981 Following an argument with a Puerto Rican man Mr Calder got in his car and pulled out of the parking lot running over and killing the man’s pregnant wife Mr Calder maintained it was an accident but Puerto Rican authorities charged him with murder Mr Calder’s Des Moines attorney William Kutmus told The Tribune last November that the incident had become politicized and was used as a rallying point by the Independista Party a group advocating the separation of the Puerto Rican territory and the United States The stiff charges and controversy convinced Mr Calder who had been released on $5000 bail to stay in his native state of Iowa Puerto Rican authorities turned to the federal court seeking a writ of mandamus compelling extradition They argued the Supreme Court would overrule its decision in the Kentucky decision if presented with the same issue today Unlike the Puerto Rico prosecutors Illinois attorneys have not turned to the federal courts in an attempt to compel extradition for Mr MacKay Asked if Cook County prosecutors planned to file a federal lawsuit if Gov Bangerter denies extradition a fourth time Mr Levin said “Let’s just say we have a new optimism We’re not going to speculate about what we’re going to do if he doesn’t grant extradition because we’re hopeful he will" The Utah Attorney General’s Office has kept an eye on the Iowa case since the Supreme Court agreed to review it Assistant Attorney General Earl F Dorius said Tuesday’s ruling leaves governors with only ministerial discretion when presented with proper legal extradition requests from other states "There have been times when discretion has been nice to have discreOn the other hand there have tion been some governors who have abused their power” Mr Dorius said “You would have mixed emotions in the governors' offices and the attorneys general’s offices But the issue in this case is whether discretion is lawful and the court has spoken” Mr Dorius said that “as a constitutionalist attorney one who believes we should construe the Constitution strictly I think the decision Is sound and long overdue” 4 A Fruit Salad? North’s Code Gets Cracked - It was all part the secret international arms WASHINGTON (AP) of deal — Aaron and the bookkeeper went to the swimming pool and arranged for bananas to help orange send apple some dogs in return for zebras Translated that mepnt a Pentagon official and an Israeli representative met at the airport to talk about Israel helping the United States sell Iran some TOW missiles in an effort to free Americans held captive The latest string of code names sparked a light moment as they emerged Tuesday in congressional affair a hearings on the case that has been rife with trappings supplied by fired White House aide Lt Col Oliver North and the associates he recruited into the clandestine arms deals k The hearings resumed after a recess Noel Koch a former deputy assistant secretary of defense told the special House and Senate committees that North gave him the code name Aaron and the representative of an Israeli purchasing office in New York was known as "the bookkeeper” For purposes of this operation North known to people involved in some other aspects of his work as “Sledgehammer” “Blood and Guts" e and “Green” gave himself the Paul according to Koch Under discussion was the sale of TOW missiles or “dogs” to Iran or “apple” by the United States known as “orange” with the help of Israel or Iran-Cont- ra cloak-and-dagg- er two-wee- code-nam- "bananas” president” —Tribune Wire Services Felon Says Cash Kept Her Mum on Mayor’s Drug Use - dleman' in the delivery of cash payoffs to Johnson Shorter is currently sentence in federserving a al prison on unrelated tax charges ' Johnson 35 served an eight-mont- h eral prosecutors she was paid at jail term after pleading guilty in 1934 least $20000 for reto contempt of court Earlier that fusing to testify year she had pleaded guilty to cobefore a grand caine possession and conspiracy to sell the drug jury probing cocaine use by Barry Prosecutors in US Attorney Joand others it was seph diGenova’s office had hoped her reported Tuesday grand jury testimony would help them determine whether Barry perThe Washington Post quoting jured himself when he appeared before the panel testifying he never obunnamed sources Marion Barry tained cocaine from Johnson said Karen Johnson told prosecutors WUSA-Tthat city contractor John Clyburn peciting sources reported made and last week that Johnson often sold co$200 $300 payriodically ments to her over two years and that caine to Barry and used the drug with businessman and city contractor Roy him The report also said the two Littlejohn contributed money to the were sex partners in the early 1980s make the installments Barry was married at the time to his Johnson’s statement’s did not link third and current wife Effi Barry has described his relationthe District of Columbia mayor to the payments the sources told The Post ship with Johnson as and has emphatically denied using Lawyers for Clyburn and Littlecocaine john denied paying any money to Johnson’s statements came in the Johnson to ensure her silence before wake of a sting operation the grand jury by federal investigators probing posCBS affiliate WUSA-Treported sible extortion in city contract deals Tuesday that Johnson has also told Companies operated by Clyburn and federal investigators that her former Littlejohn have received millions of lawyer John Shorter acted as a mid dollars in city contracts A convictWASHINGTON (UPI) ed drug dealer who reportedly shared sex and cocaine with Mayor Marion Barry has told fed- th “non-intimat- Largest Debtor Nation US Foreign Debt Jumped 135 By Martin Crutsinger Associated Press Writer - WASHINGTON The United States owed the rest of the world $2636 billion at the end of 1986 more than double the previous year’s total as the country accelerated its plunge as the world's largest debtor nation the government said Tuesday The annual report from the Commerce Department showed America's foreign-deb- t burden shot up 135 percent last year outpacing the combined debt of Brazil Mexico and Argentina the three previous debt leaders Foreigners now own more in US investments than Americans own in foreign investments something that had not occurred since 1914 Last year foreign investment in the United States jumped 26 percent to $1331 trillion while American investment overseas posted a smaller 13 percent increase to a new total at the end of the year of $1068 trillion As recently as 1982 the United States was still the world’s largest creditor country with an investment surplus of $1411 billion But since that time Americans have transferred billions of dollars into the hands of foreigners who took the money in payment for cars television sets and other imported products By 1984 the string of record trade deficits had shrunk the US invest- - ment surplus to $36 billion and in 1985 the country beqame a net debtor for the first time in 71 years ending the year with a foreign debt of $1119 billion President Reagan has sought to downplay the change in the country’s status contending that it merely showed how popular the United States is to foreign investors The administration also contends it is wrong to lump America with Third World debtors because the United States debt is owed in its own currency and is a much smaller percentage of America’s total economy But private economists contend the burden represents longforeign-deb- t term problems that will lower America’s future standard of living as billions of dollars are transferred to foreigners just to meet interest obligations on the debt “The country’s debt situation is getting worse and turning it around is going to be painful" said David Wyss economist with Data Resources Inc of Lexington Mass Some economists predicted the US debt total would top $1 trillion by 1990 requiring transfer of $50 billion annually to foreigners just to meet interest payments on the debt “The momentum for us is to go ever deeper into debt and that is a long-ru- n negative hanging over our economy" said Allen Sinai chief I in ’86 economist for Shearson Lehman Brothers in New York who said the growing foreign debt and its destabilizing effect on the dollar could end up pushing the country into another recession The Committee for Economic Development made up of 200 of the nation’s top corporations released a study Tuesday which estimated the foreign-deb- t burden would surpass $2 trillion by the early part of the next century The United States was a debtor nation for most of the 19th century as European investment flowed to the new nation helping to build railroads and factories David Hale chief economist for Kemper Financial Services of Chicago said unlike that period the new wave of foreign investment has been tapped primarily to fund the huge federal budget deficits and private consumption rather than being used to build new factories and expand the country’s productivity Holdings by foreign private investors of Treasury securities climbed $123 billion in 1986 to total $96 billion The huge debt increase in 1886 puts the United States far ahead of Brazil the previous debt leader with $108 billion owed to foreigners and is in fact above the combined total of Brazil’s debt and that of Mexico a $1003 billion and Argentina at $498 billion f |