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ational THE BATTALION Page 3B WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1981 30 billion in defense cuts expected United Press International LOS ANGELES — A top ftlite House aide says President eagan is prepared to cut planned C|P|f sfense spending by up to $30 bil- on annually to achieve a balanced udget by 1984. Inan interview Monday, White |ouse chief of staff James Baker o acknowledged publicly for the time soaring interest rates lay push the deficit for the cur rent 1981 fiscal year beyond the administration’s $42.5 billion esti mate. Baker said Reagan is ready to slash the Pentagon budgets for the 1983 and 1984 fiscal years by $20 billion to $30 billion to achieve his goal of balancing the budget by the end of his presidential term. It marked the first time an aide has said Reagan is willing to make major cuts in his ambitious prog ram to increase the nation’s milit ary might. There was no immediate com ment from members of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Baker said Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger will submit proposals for major spending cuts to Reagan by mid-week. He ack- nowleged Weinberger has been reluctant to propose any reduction bman asks to be taken iff life support systems United Press International | HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Dr. kmald Klinestiver turned off lolda Yoder’s respirator Monday • as she had requested — and toe minutes later the 76-year-old /Oman was dead. He was not sure jfhe had done the right thing. “I hope it’s a very long time jefore I have to face anything like Bis again,” Klinestiver said Mon- lay outside Yoder’s Huntington pospital room. “It’s not exactly hat you’re trained for, but (it’s) a |atient’s right.” Six weeks ago, Yoder, who was fferingfrom cirrhosis of the liver lompounded by a painful infec- i, had asked doctors to let her , A son and other relatives had ught, however, to keep Klines- |ver from honoring Yoder’s cumented request. Nine hours before Yoder died, linestiver told her relatives she s"brain dead.” The family then i convinced to drop their peti tion aimed at blocking her volun tary death. “I believe in life,” Klinestiver said. “I’m terribly opposed to the idea of death. I feel a doctor is in a position where he’s the patient’s agent, and he should do basically what the patient desires. It’s a real tough philosophical question.” “People say they’d know what to do in this kind of a situation,” said a daughter, Mary Fisher, who sided with her mother in the con troversy. “But they really don’t know until they experience it.” Had the respirator and other life-sustaining aids been con tinued, Klinestiver said Yoder would have lived only another day or two at the most. Cabell Circuit Judge D.B. Daugherty said he was set to rule in Yoder’s favor when word came 40 minutes into the proceeding her condition was deteriorating rapidly and she had lapsed into a coma. Klinestiver informed Fisher in a note “the pupils are dilated and fixed. This is an indication of brain death.” “I suggested the physician fol low her expressed wishes,” said Daugherty. “That would have been my decision anyway, consid ering the fact she, in writing and in conversation with me, conveyed her desires.” Six weeks ago, she underwent surgery and afterward, when she was weakened by persistent infec tion, she called on doctors to stop medical care. “She said something like: T want all the life support systems removed so I can die,” the judge said. “She’s not beating around the bush or kidding. She was rather insistent, rather pitiful.” Attorney Frank Armada, who represented Fisher, noted that in all cases involving adults declared competent, the courts have up held their wishes. by Becky Swaua audis to cut oil production in effort to curb crude surplus United Press International JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — been gettiii! lu di Arabia, which engineered the past fe ^current oil glut by flooding the thewai or ^ market with OPEC’s m leapest crude, has cut its pro- Iduction by a million barrels a day, fiiidustry sources said Tuesday. After the Organization of Pet- 'ieuin Exporting Countries iled to reunify its chaotic prices to a meeting in Geneva earlier this Saudi Arabia said it would ire \portM warm lower its output by 1 million bar rels daily as a “gesture of good will.” Saudi Arabia said the produc tion cut would be initiated Sept. 1. Government sources had no im mediate comment on the produc tion cut. Saudi Arabia, OPEC’s largest producer and America’s main foreign oil supplier, has been pro ducing a record 10.3 million bar rels a day since last fall in an effort to force the cartel to reduce its crude prices. OPEC prices range from $32 a barrel for Saudi crude to $40 a barrel for Libyan and Algerian oil. Saudi Arabia, saying overpriced OPEC crude speeded the search for alternative fuels and triggered a sharp drop in world oil demand, has been under pressure from some OPEC nations to cut pro duction. International - Good loci-, e if they ' an appti University si® nber ism y reported psychologist at indicatedfc nore attract!" stine rathertla Joseph s P as the test, L udents Kathy, to the pi^ and tin* Gertrude, fj the others, t iad beenrslf ime group ie plainly 9. The rest 5 it of the f name disc* 7 percent of )N: 11-12 in the Pentagon's $222 billion budget authority for fiscal 1982, which begins Oct. 1. The Washington Post reported the Defense Resources Board met Monday to consider the armed services’ lists of programs that could be cut or delayed to defer or reduce spending. Among the steps the Air Force said might be needed, the Post reported, are cutbacks in the nation’s strategic defenses. Reagan also has directed his Cabinet members to search for more possible spending cuts in so cial programs. Baker said the Office of Man agement and Budget still holds to its forecast of a $42.5 billion 1982 deficit, but added there will be another projection made in a month to six weeks. “When it’s done, they will have to take a look at their assumptions, and one of the assumptions that has not been met is the interest rates,” he said. “The interest rate has remained higher than when the OMB ori ginally projected the 1982 budget deficit, and therefore, assuming all other economic factors are con stant, you might see the OMB have to increase its estimate of what that estimate will be,” Baker said. “But how much, I can’t tell you,’’ he added. Baker said Reagan remains tot ally committed to the concept of a balanced budget in 1984. He said the president feels the recent drop in stock prices should not be interpreted as a lack of con fidence in his economic recovery program. The effectiveness of the admi nistration’s economic programs cannot be judged before they are put into effect Oct. 1, the begin ning of the 1982 fiscal year, he said. Citing inflation as the “No. 1 problem facing the country,” Bak er argued the stock market slow down is a function of inflation moderating. As inflation is reduced, “in terest rates will come down,” Bak er said. “We’ll begin to see some relief by the first of the year.” Baker said Reagan remains firm in his resolve to not resume nego tiations with striking air traffic controllers. If the administration gives in to the strikers’ demands, “the message might be lost on other government unions,” he said. • I, ocr - i c_iviuc_n c., i oo i U.S., Japan to discuss oil swapping scheme United Press International TOKYO — The United States and Japan are expected to begin discussions next week on an oil swapping scheme that would send Alaskan oil to Japan in exchange for oil from Mexico, Japanese officials said Monday. Washington — The weight ed averaged international price of a barrel of crude oil fell 11 cents to $34.13 the week ending Aug. 26, continuing a slide that began last winter, the Energy Department said Monday. Washington — The screen ing process used by the Energy Department to award $125 mil lion in alcohol fuel project sub sidies was riddled with doc tored records and inconsisten cy, a congressional watchdog agency said Monday. New York — Diamond Shamrock Corp. Monday announced a “significant” oil discovery that produced high- quality crude at the rate of 866 barrels a day in the Williston Basin. Gift Shop The little country shop where prices are “old fashioned” and gifts are made with love... A free gift for every Aggie customer during month of September 1981 Hours M/F 9-6 Sat: 9-4 HIuiav 13 minntoe from Cnlnenner S6BRING... For the cut thot foils into place noturallY. full salon service for men and uuomen by certified) Sebring designers — 846-2924 Open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mon.-Sat. 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