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''"'Illation Defense rests case in Ford Pinto trial THE BATTALION Page WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1980 10.5% hike interstate, overseas rates ish strongly 0 appoint a ; 11 toahijlllL, United Press International president’slf ^WASHINGTON — The Amer- WTelephone and Telegraph Co. K. asked the Federal Communica- ons Commission for increases that ould raise rates on interstate and verseas services by a total of 10.5 ercent. Boone Co r* Under tariffs filed with the FCC [j L tohdav, AT&T would raise rates by a owned b\ ^ percent in June, and the remain- jrvice ofCor^j P ercent in October. AT&T expects the rate hikes ■ Md generate an additional $1.2 | fllion annually. The recjuest must IQcfr e approved by the FCC. The company estimated the hikes idea wn, accusing e with animiii i Mr. Moore,s ot cattle," pie have all thi ienable rights t] few bucks to 2 nd civil and us id w ;in.’ would increase the average resi dence customer’s monthly bill by ab out 17 cents in June and another 13 cents in October. The average busi ness customer’s bill would go up ab out $1.35 a month and $1.05 a month more in October. Only long-distance and overseas calls would be affected. The two-step process apparently would enable the company to comp ly with President Carter’s voluntary wage-price guidelines, which are based on a fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. AT&T Vice President James Bil lingsley said the company has not asked for a general interstate rate change since 1976, when it got a 2 percent hike. “We have held the line on general rate changes for more than four years,” he said. “That’s largely due to our productivity increases which, since 1970, have averaged more than 4 percent annually for the Bell Sys tem compared to about 1 percent for the private domestic economy as a whole. But these productivity gains alone can’t match double-digit infla tion.” Billingsley said the company must raise more than $6 billion in new capital in 1980 to finance a Bell Sys tem construction program of $16.7 billion. AT&T reported fourth-quarter in- Anti-inflation focus to be alancing 1981 budget - United Press International ■aSHINGTON — The Carter aministration hopes to bring its 5181 budget into balance, or nearly ■Sput has ruled out several other tjssible anti-inflation steps, govern- ihnl sources said Tuesday. Huong measures now said to be jjtually rejected in the administra- Hs anti-inflation review are con- ols over housing and automobile WS from ’edit, gasoline rationing and a )ig§H>ly increased gasoline tax. Sources said tht, while not con- ■■■MMKmplating controls limiting auto- [obile and housing credit, the admi- ■ation still is considering the pos- I of some other types of credit fntrols. The main focus appeared to be on Hming the federal budget, mrces said the administration is oking at possible ways to trim $4 llion in spending during the cur- :n| fiscal year and perhaps $15 bil- )iBrom the budget for fiscal 1981, hich starts Oct. 1. Hpbjals are looking at other possi- e||ays to trim perhaps an addition- $5 billion in 1981. These could elude delaying programs, closing some tax loopholes and possibly changing the extent to which federal benefit programs are adjusted for in flation. The Energy Department has told the administration it could cut $600 million to $1 billion from its $8 bil lion 1981 budget. The Department of Housing and Urban Development has proposed a more modest $75 mil- 3 iealth sales nay grow United Press International CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—A30per- nt increase in world healtli care xluct sales is forecast by 1983. The ^diction by Arthur D. Little, Inc., ambridge market research orga- ation, expects worldwide sales by inufacturers of pharmaceuticals, uipment, supplies and diagnostics il grow from $79 billion in 1978 to 06billion (in constant 1978 dollars) 1983. 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Ford attorney James Neal said the prosecution was trying to repeat issues brought up in the state’s ori ginal case and should be allowed only to answer or refute points brought out during the defense case. “What the defense is trying to do is to get any particular issue just to the posture they want and then cut off any more evidence,” said Deputy Prosecutor Bruce Berner. Judge Harold Staffeldt ruled in Ford’s favor in what he called “the toughest decision of the trial so far. ” He said the prosecution was trying the case piecemeal, and should have presented all its evidence the first time around. The prosecution would not im mediately say how many rebuttal witnesses it would be able to pre sent. It did manage to question a state trooper again about the acci dent scene, and the distance debris was hurled by the impact. The state’s case suffered a blow Monday when a nurse the prosecu tion failed to question prior to the trial for lack of manpower said the driver of the Pinto told her the car was stopped when it was struck. Nancy Ellen Fogo, head nurse at Elkhart General Hospital in 1978, 'said driver Judy Ulrich, 18, told her the Pinto was stopped when a van plowed into it. lion cut in community development programs. In January, the president sent Congress a budget of $615.8 billion for 1981, projecting a $15.8 billion deficit. If he succeeds in eliminating that deficit, it would be the first fed eral budget since 1969 not to show red ink. If you want the real thing, not frozen or canned . . . We call It "Mexican Food Supreme.” Dallas location: 3071 Northwest Hwy 352-8570 T.J.’s Proudly Presents “jRasTY Wier Advance Tickets will be sold at v,-' T-J.'s and Music Express. Wed. March 5th 8:00-12:00 Admission $6.00 per person $5.00 with ASM I.D. 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