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Committee hears testimony
MX: nation’s ‘best option’
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Chair
man John Tower, R-Texas, of
the Senate Armed Services
Committee, warned Tuesday
that failure to deploy the MX
missile would lead to • “severe
and untoward consequences.”
He urged congressional
backing for the Scowcroft Com
mission recommendations,
which includes immediate de
ployment of the MX in Minute-
man silos, as the “best option
available today” for moderniz
ing U.S. land-based strategic
forces.
Tower said he agreed with
the finding of the blue-ribbon
commission that “further delay
in MX deployment could be
perilous to our security and that
of our allies.”
Tower, a military hard-liner
and once considered by Presi
dent Reagan for the post of de
fense secretary, testified before
the Senate Appropriations
Committee and urged approval
of basing the MX in existing Mi-
nuteman silos.
“No one should be under the
illusion that this early vote in
committee is other than a test
vote on the acceptance of the
Congress on the totality of the
Scowcroft Commission’s recom
mendations,” Tower said. “Let
us be clear on this point. An aye
vote for the pending resolution
is an affirmation of the biparti
san Scowcroft Commission’s re
last year, Congress will vote on
the issue of basing the MX apart
from legislation authorizing re
search, development and manu
facture of the MX and for pro
viding funds for the develop
ment of a smaller missile, as re
commended by the commission.
port.”
Under an agreement reached
Tower’s committee has juris
diction over proposing author
ization levels for the MX and de
velopment of the smaller mis
sile.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — For
mer Vice President Walter Mon
dale proposed creation of a $4.5
billion national fund Tuesday to
improve the quality of the na
tion’s school systems.
In a position paper and re
marks prepared for a news con
ference at Harvard University,
Mondale, a candidate for the
1984 Democratic presidential
nomination, also criticized Presi
dent Reagan, calling him “the
enemy of excellence.”
Mondale’s education com
ments follow by two weeks the
release of a report by the Na
tional Commission on Excell
ence in Education. The report
said the nation’s school systems
are being overwhelmed by
mediocrity, and recommended
stronger graduation require
ments, higher teacher pay, more
class time and more emphasis on
science and math.
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WASHINGTON — Congress
has voted to use the full power of
the federal government against
those who tamper with food and
drugs in cases like the fatal
cyanide poisoning of seven Chi
cago residents last year.
any food or drug if the indi
idi ' ‘
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fun
vidual knows the tampering will
cause death or bodily injury.
The legislation also would
punish anyone who falsely
claims a product has been tam
pered with, or who threatens to
tamper with a product.
By a 292-0 vote Monday, the
House passed legislation that
would allow the FBI and other
federal agencies to immediately
enter tampering cases and
would provide penalties up to
life in prison if death results.
Later in the day, a companion
bill was approved by voice vote
in the Senate. The bills will now
go to a Senate-House confer
ence where the differences will
be resolved.
States now have jurisdiction
over such crimes, and the FBI
can be called in only if there is a
threat of extortion, as happened
in the case last fall when seven
people in Chicago died after tak
ing Tylenol poisoned with
cyanide, crimes that never have
been solved.
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federal crime to tamper with the
product, label, or container of
There were several copycat
poisonings and attempts in the
next few months.
The bill would cover only
products that are consumed or
ingested, plus such products as
cosmetics, laundry detergent
and disposable diapers.In
not cover non-personal
such as lawn mowersandi
oil.
Penalties range fn
$25,000 fine and upto ’
in prison for an unsiii
attempt to tamper, to a
up to $ 100,000 and upto ^ t j
prison if the tampering!!
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