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Monday, September 2, 1991 The Battalion Page 13 U991 ts sh an -The it will wer to push sterity snt by in An- linister thinks its are osition e polit- special day af- idence lower lay de- 1 to ef- )nomic aid the 1 a new bmit its londay hold a uesday i said. .. 4, Bi- •ate the ustries munist ket-orv- » have ;overn- md de- onomic ominat- ;ts and percent 89 elec- e then ce first ent in in elec- ts Kremlin continued from page 1 the savings on domestic pro grams. "The budget will be in play," said Sen. Bill Bradley, D-NJ. Bush himself seemed to open that door slightly last week. He said it was premature to talk about sending U.S. defense dollars aboard in the form of humanitari an aid. But he added that the Sovi et upheaval may allow "an oppor tunity for a vastly restructured na tional security posture" down the toad. Under the existing budget pact, spending levels for the Pen tagon, foreign aid and domestic spending are set until 1993. That's been stifling Democrats' attempts to challenge Bush on domestic oolicy issues, and they won't wait for a sign from the White House to begin trving to break the pact. "This agreement is a straitjack- eton Democrats, for many new programs Democrats want ... par ticularly in an election cvcle," said Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M. He said many Democrats want to break it "for reasons that have nothing to do with" the Kremlin events. Without the budget con- itraints, Democrats would have more freedom to push their pro grams and challenge Bush with ideas of great potential appeal — such as a tax cut for the middle class — which might be paid for through defense cuts. "Give people the tax money back," said Bradley. "We hope to put S40C) to $500 jl least in their pockets," Bonior \»d adding that Bush had "aban- oned the middle class in favor of oreign issues and protecting the veal thy." So far, the only concrete pro- nosal is from House Armed Ser vices Committee Chairman Les Aspin, D-Wis., who said this week that, in the short term, U.S. aid to the Soviets should come out of the Pentagon budget. That would bend, but not break, the budget because the spending would be 'considered defense in a different form than weapons, he said. But other Democrats, such as Bonior, Bradley and House Major ity Leader Richard Gephardt, D- Mo., are ready to move beyond Aspin's suggestion. They see Bush's ability in the international arena as a potential weakness if the public can be con vinced he is pursuing diplomacy at the expense of American needs at home. "He's very vulnerable," Bonior said. "The president is out of touch with what's happening on Main Street. People are being squeezed." The Democratic strategy as sumes that people are less con cerned about the federal deficit than they are eager for whatever help the government might pro vide to get the economy going. There's risk that people will continue to see many of Congress' efforts as wasteful, negating what ever plus the Democrats get from portraying themselves as friends of middle class. "The worst signal you could send is to tell the world or the country you're going to scrap any discipline you've got on the fiscal side," argues House Budget Com mittee Chairman Leon Panetta, D- Calif. But for many Democrats, that signal isn't half as bad as going into an election year without sig nalling the voters that Democrats are trying to get them some bene fits from the collapse in Moscow. Area code split causes short-term problems OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Hello! Hello?! "Area code crisis" calling. But don't hang up. There's a solution. After California splits the San Francisco Bay area code Monday — the first of three planned divi sions in the state's near future — only five unused area codes will be left for the rest of North Ameri ca. However, a revised area code system adding 640 authorized three-digit area codes to the exist ing 152 is due in mid-1995, just in time to save the day. "We do have a short-term area code crisis because we're running out, but we're prepared for change," said Cynthia Lucenius, media relations manager for Bell core, which assists the nation's seven regional telephone compa nies. "The thing is, in 1960 or even 1970 no one really envisioned this problem. Now, a lot of homes have two phone lines and new businesses open and, of course, all the new technology is taking up the access lines." Blame it on population growth and 30 million Californians' love affair with the telephone, facsimile machines, pagers and computers that have voracious appetites for telephone access lines. "People have phones at home, at the office, in their car and they carry them around now," said Pa cific Bell's Paul Hirsch, who over sees California's area code changes. "They can't get away from them." California, which got its first area code for Los Angeles — 213 — in 1947, has a record 10 area codes but soon will break the mark again with a total of 13. More than two dozen states have only one area code. In the San Francisco Bay area, the 415 area code will split Mon day with communities east of the huge inlet — Oakland, Berkeley and all of Contra Costa and Alameda counties — becoming 510, nicknamed the "five-and- dime." The last 415 split came in 1959 when 408 was created for the San Jose area. Pacific Bell is allowing a five- month grace period through Jan. 26 for people to get used to the change so both 510 and 415 area codes will get through. A record ing will warn callers that the old code's time is up. On Nov. 2 in Southern Califor nia, the 213 area code will split for the third time, making Los Ange les the only city with three area codes. Areas to the south and west of downtown Los Angeles and Hol lywood will become 310. The area north of Los Angeles was assigned the 818 area code in 1984. In November 1992, the 714 area code for Orange County and parts of San Diego County will split. A new 909 area code will be added. Elsewhere in the nation, Mary land will split down the middle with the western half keeping 301 and the Baltimore area becoming 410. And in New York City, the telephone company expects to cre ate a 917 area code sometimes in 1993 to overlap some parts of Manhattan, now 212. Man faces death penalty for killing prisoner COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Donald Henry Gaskins, who has idmitted killing 13 people be- iween 1970 and 1975, faces death in the electric chair Friday for timing up a fellow prisoner. Gaskins, nicknamed "Pee v was serv ing 10 life sen tences when he was convicted of the 1982 slaying of death row in mate Rudolph Tyner at Central Correctional Institution. Gaskins stabbed, shot or drowned his other victims, bury ing them in backwoods graves in the heart of the state's tobacco belt. A jury sentenced him to die for one of those killings, but the sen tence was tossed out when the state's death penalty was ruled unconstitutional. Gaskins made a bomb that looked like a homemade radio. It blew up when Tyner put it to his ear on Sept. 12, 1982, earn ing Gaskins another death sen tence. Reform isn't an option for Gaskins, said Dick Harpootlian, who as deputy solicitor prosecut ed the case. GRE GMAT across •me So- lember he par- percent re held arx and but the lifelong 1 repre- dvisers Eduard [g those ng Cen- on Aug. Iged its E! Grad School Selection WELCOME BACK AGGIES! Visit us at our Bryan location 501 Texas Ave., across from Tom Light Chevrolet We’ve got the missing pieces 764-8303 Call for a FREE diagnostic. 319 Dominik • College Station, TX. 77840 99c ANY CHICKEN SANDWICH Good thru 11/30/91. This coupon good for up throe orders. Not good with any other offer. Available at Bryan location only. XL 990 DELUXE BURGER (Cheese extra) Good thru 11/30/91. 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