H
iHHH
National
THE BATTALION Page
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1981
“"New spending cuts aimed at entitlement programs
J r - fro®
"it.
inyuiif
" lirucil
jfiiiijjl
United Press International
WASHINGTON — The admi-
dstration is zeroing in on federal
ssistance programs in its drive for
dditional spending cuts, amid
loubts about how far Congress
dll go in meeting President
leagan’s call for new reductions.
Treasury Secretary Donald Re-
;an said Monday programs such as
velfare, Medicaid and Medicare
lave grown too large in recent
ears and are now considered can-
lidates for cuts that in the past
iave been politically unpopular.
“We know that we’ve overs-
lent in many of these areas, and
vehave to cut back,” Regan said
m ABC’s “Good Morning
America. ”
The Washington Post reported
dealth and Human Services Sec-
etary Richard Schweiker has
imposed cutting as much as $9.3
million from welfare, Medicaid
ind Medicare benefits in 1983 as
iart of the administration’s effort
:o fight rapidly rising deficit pro-
ections.
The Post said Schweiker de-
icribed about $5.9 billion of the
:uts in an Oct. 26 memo to budget
lirector David Stockman, in
which he also said they had been
ipproved by the White House In-
"sionol
i ME
'IISilKS
fflnwt
iitioml
atfis i
Miui
teragency Entitlement Advisory
Group.
Regan confirmed cuts have
been proposed, but provided no
details.
“Secretary Schweiker has come
forth with a brand new program,”
he said. “I think we can work with
the Congress and insist that these
are the programs where the
budget cuts should come.”
House Budget Committee
Chairman James Jones, D-Okla.,
said on the ABC program that
Congress will respond with a very
critical eye to the proposed cuts.
If the Reagan program is to
work, he said, “it has to be per
ceived as fair, and there is a grow
ing impression that the poor, less
fortunate among us are taking a
disproportionate share of the sac
rifice.”
White House Chief of Staff
James Baker said Sunday that cut
backs in so-called entitlement
programs will be “cuts at the mar
gin — rounding off at the nearest
dollar” of benefit checks.
“You’ll see a number of those
changes,” Baker said on NBC’s
“Meet the Press,” He predicted
such changes could produce major
savings in entitlement programs.
The Post said Schweiker’s prop-
irwl i«
hmvii
Suicide plot seen
in triple slaying
United Press International
SAN FRANCISCO — Homi-
ide investigators confirmed Mon-
lay that the weekend deaths of
wo elderly women and a middle-
iged man in a plush hotel suite
vere the result of a meticulously
planned killing-suicide pact.
“When we got there, the man
vas seated in a chair with the gun
Itill wedged in his fingers,” Homi-
ide Inspector Frank Falzon said.
I'One of the women was shot first
hile the other one didn’t move,
en he turned the gun on the
jecond one, and her position nev
er changed.”
J The trio, described by friends
1 ibreclusive musicians, had hung a
Ido not disturb” sign outside their
|l50-a-day hotel suite, before car
ing out their pact.
Falzon said the apparent trig-
;erman was a sometimes shoe
lalesman and music teacher.
After firing two shots into each
of the women, he said, the man
took his own life with a bullet to
sesonlijhe head.
The bodies of the three were
nnd Saturday, each with a gun-
ihot wound to the head, in their
luite at the Four Seasons Clift
otel. Homicide detectives found
note, but refused to reveal the
esstoolontents pending autopsies
idai Monday.
“It looks like a classic murder-
juicide arrangement,” Deputy
re tolifCoroner David LeNoue said.
One detective said one of the
'ictims might have had a terminal
” thelifllness.
Deputy coroners identified the
ictims as Nestor Wolffers, 39, of
images
raid in
at a
ircraft
-emed)
ionagf
Fitzgefl
Lges,
-tagres
ccides
[uestiffi
Las Vegas, Nev.; Harriette Wolf
fers, 68, of San Jose, Calif., and
Audrey A. Whittington, 58, of
Oakland. The coroner’s office said
the Wolffers were apparently
mother and son, while Wittington
was a close friend and possibly a
relative.
“It was all very neat, very deli
berate, with no mess,” Chap
Riese, the hotel’s assistant secur
ity director, said. “There were
folded towels placed under each
body to prevent bloodstains.”
He said the death pact was
apparently carried out between 11
p.m. Friday and 11 a. m. Saturday.
The victims left a note on a dres
ser, as well as a check for the room
they had taken on Tuesday, offi
cials said. A half-empty bottle of
Benedictine and Brandy was also
found in the room.
A .38-caliber pistol was located
near Wolffer’s body, which was in
a chair, and the women’s bodies
were found on twin beds.
“It looks like it was all planned, ”
Veronica Davis, an assistant man
ager at the hotel, said. “They’d
had their last cigarette, their last
drink. Their bill was paid.”
The three were believed to
have lived together for some time
at the Vem-Lee Apartments in
Oakland. Manager Homer Car
penter said they described them
selves as mother, son and family
friend and kept pretty much to
themselves.
“When they left here Monday
they were smiling and seemed
well and happy,” Carpenter said.
BUY, SELL.TRADE Oft RENT THROUGH THE
Huber impacts on America!
Join us...for a meaningful career.
luiaciure ui iuuuu
nr
Millions of pounds of Huber
Carbon Black are used each year in the manufacture of rubber
products and tires. Huber Oil Field
Equipment manufactures equipment for
drilling, pipeline and petrochemical storage
industries worldwide. Huber also produces
oil&gas...inks utilized by newspaper and
magazine publishers.. .clay for the paper industry.. .chemicals
...timber and minerals...and calcium carbonate used in
making paper, plastics, and paints. Total annual sales approach
a half-billion dollars, and are moving up fast. You can make a
real contribution—and benefit accordingly.
We’ll be interviewing on campus
Friday, November 13, 1981
Our representative will be on campus to interview Mechanical
and Chemical Engineering graduates for fulltime positions in
West Texas and Gulf Coast locations—the heart of the Sunbelt. If
selected, you’ll enjoy the widest possible range of respon
sibilities within a short time...and you’ll enjoy competitive salary
and top benefits that include almost immediate profit-sharing.
• Company literature and details are available at the
Placement Office right now. For your interview, please
register soon at the Placement Office. • We’re an equal
opportunity employer M/F.
J.M. Huber Corporation
PO Box 2831, Borger, Texas 79007
osals would save $635 million in
cash benefits in 1983, and would
include forcing states to adopt
“workfare” programs that require
recipients to actively search for
jobs.
Cutbacks in Medicaid, which fi
nances medical care for the poor,
would save an estimated $604 mil
lion and would permit states to
require recipients to pay part of
the cost of basic services.
The talk of cuts in entitlement
programs came as one key Repub- J
lican expressed doubts about con
gressional reaction to Reagan’s call
for more reductions in spending.
Senate Budget Committee
Chairman Pete Domenici, R-
N.M., said Sunday on ABC’s
“Issue and Answers” that Reagan
can expect Congress to approve
only about half of the additional
$13 billion in budget cuts he wants
for the current fiscal year.
Baker, however, said the admi
nistration needs more time to
prove the budget and spending
cuts that form the backbone of its
economic program will work.
Citing record tax and spending
cuts as well as reduced federal reg
ulations and a lower inflation rate.
Baker said “the foundation has
been laid” for economic improve
ment “by the end of next spring or
the start of next summer. ”
Regan made the same forecast.
Last week, faced with projec
tions of a ballooning deficit that
could hit $145 billion in fisct
1984, the president conceded hi
goal of balancing the budget b
that year may not be reached.
Speaking in New York Friday
he said: “A balanced budget ha
never been an end in itself. Mayb
it will take a little longer than w
had planned, but we are not re
treating one inch.”
THE STORE WORTH LOOKING FOR!!
CUSTOM
SOUNDS
OPEN
MON.-SAT.
10-6
Only from Custom Sounds
AFTER HALLOWEEN,
BEFORE THANKSGIVING
EXTRAVAGANZA!
Come check out all the new PIONEER equipment. We have the new
PIONEER receivers, amps, tuners, cassette decks and turntables
NOW!!!
(W)r»IOI\ieCEJR NEW!
PL-2 Belt Drive Turn Table
• DC Servo Motor
• Coaxial Suspension
• Auto Arm Return
Si
>95
Or&FMOIMeeR NEW!
SX-4 Receiver
with 6
Preset stations
20 watts/channel, 20-
20,000 Hz, no more than
.04% T.H.D.
s
199
95
FT-510
AM/FM In Dash Cassette Deck
9 10 watts/channel
9 Auto Reverse
• Separate Bass
and Treble
AR 48 SPEAKERS
AR’s brand-new bookshelf or floor
standing acoustical suspension 3-way
speaker system. Capable of handling 100
watts per channel, frequ. response —
3dB at 45 Hz and 24000 Hz
Extravaganza
Priced!!
8
179'
each
fliD Pioixieere CT-F650
ONLY A FEW LEFT!
• Metal tape play
• DC servo controlled motor
• DC servo controlled motor
• Dolby noise reduction
• Wow/Flutter: .05%'
• Frequency: 20,000-18,000Hz
• Signal to noise ratio: 68dB
Reg. 300.00
|99 oo
^ SANYO FT-526
AM/FM In Dash Cassette Deck
'V O'. ' G' 'JvS s''-
AMSS auto music select
system
Locking fast forward and
rewind
i
|M» of -T5 V-3RX
Cassette Deck
Integral dbx noise reduction. Cobalt Amorphous head is better performing
and more durable. Programmable Repeat and Memory Stop function. LED
tape counter, Dolby NR, Peak level meters, optional timer unit
• Frequency Response: 20Hz — 20kHz (metal)
• S/N: 92 dB (dbx) • W/F: 0.03% RMS, WTD
Extravaganza £
Priced!!
lOO
.O' ->Vs< 5
I #';
.
SansruJ-
5900Z
Digital Synthesizer DC
Stereo Receiver
75 watts/channel, 20-20,000 Hz, no more than .03%. T.H.D.
“A Wedding Of Our Finest Tuner and Amp!”
I • l i ^ -J j I _J—! t e > i J i
Reg. 600.00 S,
Extravaganza Priced!
3806-A Old College Rd.
(Next to Triangle Bowi)
It's just Extravaganza-
tional!!
CUSTOM
a COU-EGK
OPEN
MON.-SAT.
10-6
Will I.xu. n»n