THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1981
Page
State /National
Clements pays off wager,
Arkansans in hog heaven
United Press International
LITTLE ROCK — “Wild Bill”
may have been the most unusual
passenger American Airlines ever
flew, but Arkansans were delight
ed to see him all the same.
“Wild Bill” is the javelina Gov.
Frank White won in his wager
with Texas Gov. Bill Clements on
last week’s Arkansas-Texas foot
ball game. The mountain pig ar
rived in Little Rock by airplane
Wednesday night and was re
ceived by Preston Bynum,
White’s chief aide.
the public has viewed him for a
couple of days. A barbecue at the
Governor’s Mansion is a possibil
ity, but White said he might also
give Wild Bill to the zoo.
White won the javelina when
the Arkansas Razorbacks defeat*
Texas 42-11 last Saturday. Hi
Texas won the football gam
White would have had to sei
Clements a real razorback, a wj
hog with a ridged hack.
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Staff photo by Colin Valentine
White said he would name the
6-month-old javelina “Wild Bill”
in honor of Clements and would
display him in the rotunda of the
state Capitol.
The pig has been the pet of a
couple in Harlingen and is ostens
ibly tame, White said.
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“Bill (Clements) says it’ll follow
you around like a dog, but you
don’t want to pet it because it’ll
bite your hand off,” White told
reporters. He said he would take
the warning seriously “based on
the way Texans usually behave.”
White said he was not sure what
he would do with Wild Bill after
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may raise taxes
of tobacco, drink
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WASHINGTON — The 8-
cents-a-pack federal tax that con
sumers pay on cigarettes may go
up as a result of the government’s
fight to hold the line on the
budget.
Senate Finance Committee
Chairman Bob Dole said Wednes
day higher excise taxes on cigaret
tes and alcohol, along with fewer
consumer interest deductions,
were real options for raising feder
al revenues.
The Kansas Republican said he
is confident Congress will approve
some type of tax increases to help
reduce the federal deficit, but he
does not expect any action until
early next year.
His committee will hold hear
ings later this year, he said. Dole
predicted the tax increases would
take effect no later than April 1.
President Reagan recently told
Congress he needs an additional
$13 billion in budget cuts and $3
billion in tax enhancements to
hold the fiscal 1982 budget deficit
to his goal of $43.1 billion. His
proposed tax package would in
crease revenues by about $22 bil
lion over the next three years.
The administration suggested
closing some business tax
loopholes, speeding up corporate
income tax payments and elimi
nating obsolete tax incentives,
such as the credit taxpayers get for
installing home insulation and
storm windows.
But Republican tax writers in
the House and Senate have active
ly discouraged the administration
from seeking action on a tax hill
this year, fearing it would be used
as a vehicle to defer the tax cut
already passed.
Consequently, the administra
tion has not yet sent its formal tax
increase recommendations to
Congress, and Treasury Depart
ment sources said it may be sever
al weeks before it does.
While Congress almost certain
ly will approve tax increases of
some form next year, Dole said,
“I’m not saying the mix will be the
same” as Reagan proposed.
Dole also said the committee
may consider putting a cap on con
sumer interest rate deductions,
such as on credit card debts, but
promised: “Were not going to
tamper with interest deductions
for homes or automobile loans.
Treasury Secretary Donald Re
gan said this week the administra
tion, for the first time, is review
ing the possibility of increasing
the taxes on liquor and tobacco.
Regan, who previously opposed
increasing excise taxes, said it
could be a painless way to increase
revenues for the government, par
ticularly since those taxes have not
been raised since the end of World
War II.
At current levels, the govern
ment will receive nearly $2.6 bil
lion in cigarette excise taxes this
year. Taxes on all forms of potable
alcohol will total about $5.9 billion
for fiscal 1982.
Treasury Department spokes
man Marlin Fitzwater said Re
gan’s change of heart was promp
ted by concern about the deficit.
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