Show TTiri Page 2 —The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday March 28 2000 1 N dHonMWdr! di t waste WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan admonished lawmakers Monday to resist temptations to spend budget sur- pluses saying that reducing the national debt is the best way to prepare for the expense of baby boomers’ retirements “Saving the surpluses — if politically feasible — is in my judgment the most important fiscal measure we can take at this time to foster continued improvements in productivity” said Greenspan testifying before the Senate Special Committee cm Aging The nation’s central bank chairman also sought to calm fears that a recent spike in energy pices could dampen the overall economy “Currently we do not as yet and Debt first: Federal Reserve Board emphasize as yet see any significant indication that crude oil price increas-Chairman Alan Greenspan es are in the process of embedding themselves in other areas of the economy and inflating the general price ' structure" he said Members of the Aging Committee pressed Greenspan on whether government surpluses from income taxes — as opposed to those that come from the special payroll taxes that finance Social Security and Medicare—' should be used to bolster the nation’s ' retirement programs The Fed chair- man took no clear stand however Promising future income tax surpluses to Social Security and Medicare could create a political incentive for lawmakers to follow through on reducing the national debt Greenspan said ’’Given that our1 record of sustaining surpluses for extended periods of time is not good any device that might accomplish this role surpluses should day goal is worth examining" he said He also raised concerns that transPresident Clinton has proposed ferring more money to die retirement using income tax surpluses as well ast programs “cbukl take the steam out" i Social Security surpluses to reduce the ' of efforts to make money-savin- g national debt then give Social Securichanges he said should be considered ty and Medicare IOUs equal to the such as raising the retirement age and amount of interest payments the federimproving health care delivery al government would save from debt Greenspan said he is disappointed redaction' that discussions of proposals to let Congressional Republican s want Americans keep some of their Social from Social Security payroll surpluses indiSecurity contributions to invest - taxes protected and used for debt vidually in the stock market have stalled“I grant you that at the end of reduction But they argue that most at the day we may conclude as a nation the income tax surplus should be that that's not the right way to go” he returned to Americans in the form of said but added “I would nate to have tax cuts V W it happen without appropriate discus- sion” Congressional debate on Social Security and Medicare reforms this year has been largely limited to the On the Net: Federal Reserve site: Senate Special Committee on Aging: Feds and Microsoft trying for settlement Boomlet reverses birth trend WASHINGTON (AP) — Propelled by a strong economy and more women of childbear-in-g age total US birdis rose 2 percent in 1998 the first increase since 1990 the government reported today Many of the women who had babies were on their own — births to unwed mothers reached an high But researchers said it wasn't teenagers fueling the baby boom-lit was twenty- - and thirtysomething daughters of baby boomers who had their own kids but didn’t always get married first “ As the economy gets better people have more chi- WASHINGTON (AP) — Microsoft’s latest offer to set-tie its antitrust lawsuit may not totally satisfy the government but the proposal by the software company could be enough to postpone a verdict that was expected as early as : today Sources dose to the case say sufficient progress between the two sides and a mediator is likely to perlast-minu- all-ti- et te court-appoint- ed suade the federal judge overseeing the case to hold back plans for delivering a ver- dict ldren” said Dr Gabriel District Judge Thomas Escobar a perinatal researcher Jackson has made it dear with Kaiser Permanente a he will rule strongly against health maintenance organizaMicrosoft Last November he tion “But most of the increase issued the first phase of his APpholo is because there are more peojudgment with harsh findings Visitors walk through YosemHa National Park on Monday Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt on Monday previewed a development plan for that ple entering the childbearing accepted nearly all allegaYosemite Valley that seekp to restore and protect the park’s splendor by significantly scaling back parking and protecting the Morood River tions of illegal years" There were 394 million behavior by the company births jn 195)8 or about 146 mu Other sources said no verdict for eVery 1P00 females dr settlement yax expected for rv-i- least IQ daykioi) uil report by the National Center pt ifie 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one-thi- rd 90-da- I In brief and at one point searched Netanyahu’s home office and a warehouse he used Among the items reportedly stared three were candlesticks silverware candelabras carpets pictures scarves and a gold letter opener that was a gift from Vice President A1 Gore Netanyahu said today that the allegations were baseless and accused police of acting in bad faith “This was a tendentious investigation whose outcome was known ahead of time" Netanyahu said in a statement Investigators recommended that Netanyahu be charged with fraud attempted misuse of state funds breech of trust and obstruction tit justice police said in a statement Netanyahu’s wife Sarah should be charged with theft and attempted misuse of state funds the statement said Pakistani general wants to reopen talks with India Comeback In doubt: Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sarah Police recommend Netanyahu be indicted JERUSALEM (AP) — Police recommended today that former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be indicted on corruption charges dealing a serious blow 'to his possible political comeback plans Netanyahu who was trounced in May 1999 elections has been under investigation for the past seven months on suspicion he accepted bribes tried to misuse state funds and illegally kept 700 state gifts worth $1 10000 Some 100 investigators worked on the case KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia (AP) — Pakistan’s military ruler said today be wanted to reopen a stalled dialogue with India over the disputed Kashmir region and expressed the hope that Washington would help revive the sensitive discussions “We need to talk" Gen Pervez Musharraf told The Associated Press in a short interview in a Kuala Lumpur hotel “We need to negotiate between India and Pakistan — a bilateral dialogue" Musharraf's Comments came three days after a visit by President Ginton to Pakistan The brevity of the president’s stop — just seven hours — was widely viewed as signaling Wash- ington's displeasure with foe military regime in Pakistan formerly one at America's staunchest Cold War allies The Pakistani leader who overthrew the elected government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a bloodless coup in October was in Kuala Lumpur today on foe first leg of a Asian tour aimed at improving his country's image abroad and attracting new foreign investment When asked if he wanted Clinton to help India and Pakistan return to the negotiating table Musharraf said: “He will facilitate it We expect him to facilitate yes" four-nati- on INS threatens to revoke parole for Cuban boy MIAMI (AP) t— The federal government said Monday night it would revoke Elian Gonzalez’s permission to remain in the United States by Thursday unless his Miami relatives agree to surrender die boy if they lose their court fight to keep him in foe country “Without a specific written commitment we have no choice but to move forward with the termination of Elian’s parole as at Thursday March 30 2000 at 9:00 ajn" foe Immigration and Naturalization Service said in a letter to the attorneys representing foe relatives The agency said die relatives have failed to make that commitment which is required under federal law as a condition of Elian’s parole which allowed foe Cuban boy to remain in the United States Government officials said they exiled pie relatives to a meeting Tuesday morning to discuss the ramifications of the termination and an orderly return of the boy to his father in Cuba The agency said it was unnecessary to bring the boy but that Lazaro Gonzalez the boy’s great-uncshould attend There was no reaction from Elian’s Miami relatives or from the crowd tit about 50 people gathered outside foe boy's Little Havana nome A family spokesman said lawyers were discussing the letter le Friendly mom: Today's edition of the Iranian daily Hammihan Iran paper breaks taboo prints picture of US flag TEHRAN Iran (AP) — An Iranian newspaper broke a taboo by printing a color picture of the US flag on its frontpage today underscoring growing calls within the country to end more than 20 years of estrangement between the former allies The daily Hammihan which often endeavors to project the viewpoints of both the ana reformers inside the Islamic government carried pictures of the US and Iranian flags ties: dark above an editorial entitled “Irxn-U- 3 and bright aspects" It was the first time in mote then 20 years that the US flag which the hard-lin- e clergy has portrayed as a symbol of hatred since foe 1979 Islamic revolution that ousted the shah was published with respect in a mainstream banian daily hard-line- rs US-back- ed |