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national / • Battalion/Page 11 March 1, 1982 ictuary at thc.^i CL Career nip and answers, ait npus informatiot, i PARKS HOC rtunity night k at 1 p.m. in 2(5 : Inquiry Cb Meet to pray U i. Lights out ft® [x* sliown at "A Warped IF YOU DON’T LISTTN TO ME, PEOPLE, rouRE GOING TO HELL By Scott McGullar SAT PAUL, HOW WAS CLASS TODAY? WELL MfRRlTt IT WAS FI WE, DON'T TOO TUST LOVE THE SVN- CUIMP ? FANTASTIC. WHAT'S FOR LUNCH-1 BATTALIOW. GET TODAY'S FREE Battalion right HERE! million in gold stolen from plant fCongress sees more red ink IES; A prem ,tn. in 206 MS( i, to 6 p.m. in 22 leeting to mail 15 Feitn. United Press International I WASHINGTON —President Reagan’s budget would lead to a deficit of $121 billion ;iext year, then steadily increasing deficits later years — a trend directly IS: Roger Ztirei| Opposite of the president's pro- :50 p.m. in 2(fll ct i on — t | ie Congressional 1 Budget Of fice says. House Republican Leader lob Michel of Illinois said ~ Thursday he agreed with the ■BO estimate that the fiscal B982 deficit will be about $111 j Billion, rather than the adminis- LiS B ation ’ S P ro j ect ' on uf bil- ■ Michel also told reporters he fexpects members of Congress to tiv to attach deficit-reducing Beasures such as tax hikes or defense cuts — forming perhaps In entire budget resolution — to ” on the miinBebt ceiling legislation that must terviewers at 3be passed by mid-May. ce seemed mcl “By May 1, something’s got to give,” Michel said. .e pretty blondl The budget office, which underestimating the total deficit during the next three years by some $140 billion, budget office director Alice Rivlin said. “This is a very grim outlook for the budget,” Rivlin told the Senate Appropriations Com mittee. “To reduce the risk of con tinued economic instability, |he Congress may wish to consider possible alternatives to the presi dent’s budgetary proposals.” Rivlin testified as debate con tinued on Reagan’s $757 billion spending proposal to boost Pen tagon spending, cut back tire growth of social programs and resist additional taxes to cover expected red ink. At the White Horise, chief spokesman David Gergen said administration officials believe additional savings — beyond the $56 billion Reagan has asked — can be achieved “with the cooperation of Congress.” He added: “And we think the economic growth can be achieved, again with the cooper ation of Congress.” The darker deficit view put forward by the budget office, a non-partisan agency created by Congress to help it do economic calaculations, said revenue would be slightly lower than esti mated by the administration for 1983-85, mainly because of dif ferent estimates of the effects of the sweeping tax^uu progr,am. enictect List fyear- q . > Also, it estimates higher fed eral costs than Reagan foresees for farm-price supports, de fense procurement, a plan to accelerate leasing of offshore oil land and the net cost of interest paid by the government. The budget of lice believes the d the ronvofiffbursday issued its analysis of Inc cd —■^ a 8 an ’ s budget, said the 1983 ced a platforJ^. unt | er the president’s spending plan would be nearly key issues ofhl3() billion more than the admi- I be increaslistration projection of $91.5 mtrol, risingutlillion. the need ■ Michel’s announcement was ent parking, lie strongest confirmation to ■ate, from a top Republican, the ■eficit is heading into a deepen ing spiral and seemed likely to fuel calls for defense cuts and nx hikes to curb the rising debt. 1 The budget office report said S it expects deficits would climb Steadily from $111 billion in ■982 to $140 billion in 1985, rather than decreasing as the administration projects, trailing will cost atonidown to $71.9 billion in 1985. due to theeflii Overall, the administration is > install, coittfi Curz said, i the braces ati|L^ ^ 1 ■ ^“"Governor s dinner nyone weanf ppliances -seats contested locking them. And, to turn it into a con test such as this is obviously a play for publicity wihout any re gard for politeness or courtesy.” From more than 100 appli cants, Shapiro selected six: a first grader, a handicapped veteran, an unemployed unem ployment officer worker, a teacher, a reformed drunken driver and a prison inmate.' Hughes had remained silent about Shapiro’s contest Until Thursday’s news conference, which he opened by reading aloud a letter from Corrections Secretary Thomas Schmidt ex plaining why the prison inmate, Robert E. WechslCr, would not be released from the Brock- bridge Correctional Facility. The Schmidt letter said Wechsler had, a criminal record dating back to 1948, including two escapes, and he was current ly serving a 12-year sentence for nighttime burglary. “We simply are not going to have in attendance this man who has a long criminal record, which involves escapes, house breakings, a concealed deadly weapon — vie are simply not going to permit that,” the gov ernor said. ed With ig Foods ; Tax. r:00 P.M an awkwantj United Press International ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A state .•legislator who was told he can- report on not bring a prison inmate as his lontics will g ues t t 0 dinner at the executive April Jour® mansion says he now may see Kiontia. bow the governor likes dining I with a gay rights activist instead. Delegate David Shapiro, D- !,Baltimore, had hoped to bring a ■HHMI prison inmate as one of his six guests to a legislative dinner ed With (tonight at Gov. Ha ry Hughes’ official residence, but Hughes scotched the idea Thursday. “If he doesn’t seem to feel comfortable with having an in mate with him, then I have sev eral other alternatives, includ ing one guy who is interested in gay rights,” Shapiro said. “Maybe he (the governor) will he more comfortable with talking about reforming the laws on sodomy.” Hughes opened his regular weekly news conference Thurs day by criticizing Shapiro for turning the dinner invitation into an essay contest. Shapiro, at 26 the youngest member of the General Assem bly, said anyone wishing to be his guest at the mansion could apply by writing in 100 words or less what they would like to say to the governor over dinner. , “I think it was rude,” the gov ernor said. “I think it did not show proper deference for his colleagues who were extended an invitation to come to the house and to bring guests with IY CIAL Steak avy ►s and >ther nd Butter £* ^IAL ■NING DINNER lutter ■ any Hughes said others invited for Monday evening’s dinner have said they may not attend if Wechsler does and the governor said he wanted to make it clear the inmate would not be among the diners. Tuesday: LUNCH SPECIALS — FRIED CHICKEN — 2.95 HAPPY HOUR: 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. & 10:00 p.m.-12:00 p.m. gross national product will grow at an average annual rate of 3.5 percent a year between 1984 and 1987, while the adminisi tion assumes a GNP growth r 4.6 percent annually. ra- ate United Press International HARTFORD, Conn. — A special police unit working on a major narcotics investigation has uncovered a theft ring in volving at least $5 million worth of gold stolen from a major de fense contractor, authorities say. Fhreeepeople were in custody Sunday, and the FBI sought additional suspects in the thefts, which occurred at the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Group plant in Fast Hartford, Hartford Police Chief George Sicaras said. He said the gold powder was taken from the jet-engine manu facturer over approximateTythe Iasi two to three years at the rate of 25 to 50 troy ounces a week, then shipped out of state in attache cases and sold. The gold powder, used for industrial operations by Pratt 8c Whitney, had a value of $5 mil lion at a minimum, Sicaras said, who said he couldn’t compare the scope of the thefts with simi lar incidents investigated by the FBI. “I know it’s the largest this town has seen and this part of the state,” the police chief said, adding the theft operation could have international ties because “it’s a gold commodity we’re dealing with and the defense in dustry.” Pratt 8c Whitney manufac tures jet engines for military and civilian aircraft and is a division of the giant United Technolo gies Corp., one of the nation’s top three defense contractors. Sicaras said the Hartford Police Department’s Crime Sup pression Unit came across the operation at the start of this year while working on a major narco tics investigation. The department immediately informed the FBI, which then launched a covert operation with local police and security personnel at Pratt 8c Whitney. Both the FBI and Pratt 8c Whitney declined comment on the matter Thursday, but Sicar as said Pratt 8c Whitney officials “were surprised when we brought it to their attention along with the FBI.” \ O ■ J'+Jf. . U NVfMOStmx.'' Thank yoa, Aggies! We were impressed by those of you interviewed last week. If you have any further questions, just write us at the address below. If we didn’t talk to you at all, please send us a resume. And if you’ll include a note requesting it, we’ll send you a free copy of our “Oil & Gas Pocket Reference 1981.” It’s a compilation of facts about the U.S. petro-energy industry As the world’s largest supplier of oilfield drilling and production equipment, National Supply is part of that industry, too. We’d like to hear from you. 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