Banner Graphic, Volume 14, Number 89, Greencastle, Putnam County, 19 December 1983 — Page 2

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The Putnam County Banner-Graphic, December 19,1983

Reagan sounds like Feldstein

WASHINGTON (AP) - A second White House official is now daring to say that two of the Reagan administration’s prized achievements tax cuts and higher military spending are partly to blame for the government’s record budget deficit. Chief White House economist Martin Feldstein was sarcastically criticized by the president’s own spokesman after making similar comments recently. He was even portrayed as being close to losing his job. Now comes President Reagan himself saying Feldstein’s comments were the kind “that I think any one of us could have made.” The statement by the president, in answer to a reporter’s question last Wednesday, didn’t get the same front-page attention as the earlier talk that Feldstein was about to be run out of Washington for worrying and talking too much about -taxes and the dangers of deficits. But it still added up to a triumph of sorts for the former Harvard professor and perhaps a significant acknowledgement for Reagan.

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Whether intentionally or not, the president seemed to be owning up to one of the main criticisms of “supply-side” economics an ideological underpinning of the entire Reagan economic program. The theory was that the administration’s huge tax cuts would not necessarily hurt federal revenue and raise the deficit because the people who got the cuts would work harder and make more money and build more buildings that would produce more goods. The idea was that they’d pay taxes on all of that extra money, even if at a lower rate. Critics said at the time that wasn’t necessarily so and Feldstein seemed to be saying that too with his contention that the tax cuts clearly were adding to the deficits. Here is what Reagan said: “I reviewed the whole situation where Mr. Feldstein spoke on that, and he made an answer that I think any one of us could have made. The answer he said was, ‘Well, yes, if the defense budget were reduced, and if you hadn’t tried this tax thing, reduced revenues for taxes, yes, the budget would be, or the deficit would be smaller.’”

Gunboaits shelling Tripoli

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) Israeli gunboats today launched another bombardment on PLO chairman Yasser Arafat’s 4,000 loyalist fighters to deter their evacuation from this northern port city their last Middle East stronghold. About three hours later, Israeli warplanes made bombing and strafing runs over the Syrian-held central mountains, swooping down on targets around the towns of Aley and Bhamdoun, about 10 miles east of Beirut. The 25-minute naval barrage, the second in less than 12 hours, set the Cypriot cargo ship “My Charm” ablaze in Tripoli’s harbor. Another previously

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damaged ship tied to a wharf was sunk. It was the sixth such assault in 10 days. Israel radio quoted defense sources as saying the shelling of Tripoli, Lebanon’s secondlargest city, was designed “to make clear Israel’s attitude” to the planned withdrawal of Arafat’s guerrillas aboard five Greek ships flying the Unilsd Nations flag as a guarantee of safe conduct. The radio quoted unnamed sources as saying “the pressure on the terrorists in Tripoli will continue,” indicating more attacks would be mounted before the ships arrive for the evacuation. Lebanon’s state radio said the

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dive-bombing jets, which hit about 7:45 a.m. (12:45 a.m. EST), drew a barrage of sur-face-to-air missiles from ground positions along the Beirut-Damascus highway. But it said the missiles were deflected by heat flares released by the attacking planes. The Israeli strikes came a day after U.S. Navy ships shelled Syrian-held positions in the central mountains in immediate retaliation for an attack on two American reconnaissance flights. The attacks on U.S. jets were the first reported major violations of a cease-fire agreement worked out Friday in Lebanon.

Suspect 'rejected suitor'

Gunman kills two coeds in Cornell dorm

c. 1983 N.Y. Times News Service NEW YORK A New York City man carrying a rifle invaded a dormitory at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., late Saturday night and shot and killed two women students, authorities said. The gunman, described as a rejected suitor of one of the students, then fled in a car, pursued by campus and Ithaca city police. After a two-mile chase, the police halted his car, but the assailant shot and critically wounded himself in the head before the officers could seize him, the police said. The murders were the first in the 118-year history of Cornell and, coming amid the tensions of final-exam week, they left the university’s 17,000 students in a state of shock. Many were incredulous that such crimes could occur in the serenity of the wooded, ivy-draped, 740-

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Different Democrats

Characteristics change from candidate to candidate as voters search for presidential 'right stuff'

WASHINGTON (AP) - A striking similarity about half the Democratic presidential candidates is how hard they’re working to be different. Reubin Askew comes right out and labels himself the “different Democrat.” Ernest Hollings says he’s willing to “make the tough decisions.” Gary Hart claims he’s the “thinking man’s candidate.” Alan Cranston wants to be known as the peace candidate. While dreaming of the White House job that ensures instant identity, at this stage of the campaign the four are struggling for recognition in the eight-man field for the Democratic nomination. Each is trying to establish a persona to convince voters that he is different and that his difference is what it would take to defeat PQRESIDENT Reagan next November. Recognition is less of a problem for former Vice President Walter F. Mondale, who is happy being known as the front-runner; for John Glenn, whose exploits as an astronaut made him familiar to millions of Americans; for George McGovern, who was the party’s 1972 presidential nominee, and for the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights activist bidding to become the first black to win a major party’s presidential nomination. But even the better known candidates are trying to stake out territory on issues that would distinguish them from their rivals. “I am ready to be president of the United States,” said Mondale when he entered the race. The statement symbolized his attempt to convince voters he is the most experienced candidate. While some of his rivals have attempted to establish themselves by identifying with one or two issues, Mondale has offered

acre hillside campus overlooking the Finger Lakes city of Ithaca. “It is hard to convey the sense of sorrow and dismay that the whole Cornell community feels at this outrage,” Cornell’s president, Frank H.T. Rhodes, said. “People are just walking around in a daze, sort of comforting each other as best they can,” said Laurence G. Cohen, a sophomore from New York City, whose room is next to that of the victims. The victims, both fatally shot in the room they shared, were identified by the police as Young Hee Suh, 19 of Elmhurst, Queens; and Erin Coleen Nieswand, 18 of Long Valley, N.J. Both were freshmen and were described as extremely popular among their classmates and active in various extracurricular

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himself as a candidate for all factions. He is championing the concerns of labor, women, and minorities while also criticizing the Reagan administration’s foreign and defense policies. As the front-runner, Mondale has found himself increasingly the target of barbs from his Democratic rivals. “He’s either going to have to break his promises or break the bank,” Glenn said of Mondale. Mondale and Glenn also clashed on defense with the Ohio senator attacking the front-runner for “a fundamental lack of support for an adequate defense.” The former vice president countered that Glenn was supporting “a dangerous new escalation” by his vote for resuming production of nerve gas. Hollings also attacked the former vice president for promising too much. “The voters aren’t stupid,” said the South Carolina senator. “They know that a politician who goes around promising everything to everybody is not going to end S2OO billion deficits.” Hollings didn’t spare Glenn: “He’s orbiting the issues faster than he orbited the earth.”

activities. Miss Suh was majoring in human ecology and Miss Nieswand was enrolled in a general course of study in the College of Arts and Sciences. According to the police, they were shot by Su Yong Kim, 26 of Long Island City, Queens. Kim was listed in critical condition Sunday at the Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, 60 miles northeast of Ithaca. The police declined to discuss Kim’s motive or his relationship to the victims, other than to say he was an acquaintance of Miss Suh. But a friend of the young women at Cornell said Kim was “an obsessed lover” who had known Miss Suh in New York City and whose attentions had been rejected by her repeatedly since her enrollment at Cornell last September. Acquaintances of the two women said Kim had telephoned Miss Suh on a num-

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Hart followed that lead. When Mondale and Glenn attacked each other, the Colorado senator quipped, “I say both are right.” Hart portrays himself as the candidate who is offering solutions to the nation’s problems and also as the champion of young people and women. The candidate has expended great effort organizing on campuses and sponsoring forums on women’s issues. Sergio Bendixen, Cranston’s campaign manager, conceded recently that his candidate had failed in his effort to establish himself as the candidate around whom supporters of the nuclear freeze should rally. “I wouldn’t say at this time the average voter in this country clearly identifies Cranston as the nuclear freeze candidate,” said Bendixen. He speculated on how Cranston’s chances might improve if “our message gets the exposure.” Hollings complains that while he wants to talk about issues like balancing the federal budget, the media isn’t interested. “They don’t want to discuss the issues,” he said. Hollings emphasizes his

ber of occasions and had sent her cards and letters from New York City. Once, late in October, they said, Kim went to Cornell, turned up at Miss Suh’s room and had to be removed by the campus police at her behest. Miss Suh made no secret of her rejection of Kim, her friends said, but they added that there were no hints, other than his removal by the campus police in October, that there was anything threatening or dangerous about him. Efforts by Kim to reach Miss Suh by telephone last week were rebuffed, according to friends, who said Miss Nieswand may have incurred his enmity by taking the calls and conveying the messages that Miss Suh would not talk to him. Thus, apparently frustrated, Kim drove to Cornell Saturday night to see Miss Suh, parking

IRA apologizes for deadly store bomb

LONDON (AP) Londoners vowed they won’t be deterred from Christmas shopping by Irish Republican Army terrorists who bombed the city’s top department store, killing five people in an attack which prompted an IRA apology. “Nothing is going to stop us walking the streets of London,” Susan Arbuthnot, 54, declared on Sunday. Her 22-year-old daughter, Jane, due to be married next month, was one of two police officers killed in the blast Saturday at Harrods. “The Germans didn’t manage it. Neither will the Irish,” she said, referring to the Nazi aerial bombing blitz during World War 11. Home Secretary Leon Brittan said, “If we did stop shopping and hid at home, we would be giving the biggest possible victory to the terrorists.” However, Brittan warned in a

willingness to tell Democratic Party constituency groups they will have to sacrifice some of their interests in a common effort to balance the budget. “Making the tough decisions the Hollings difference” is the closing line in the candidate’s radio commercials running in New Hampshire. Jackson doesn’t need to distinguish himself to his base constituency, the black community, but he failed recently to derail a Mondale endorsement by the black wing of the Alabama Democratic Party. Jackson’s powerful oratory, which failed to sway the political leaders, may have a different effect on the stump. “If you’re looking for somebody who will fight for civil rights, here I am; send me,” he told the Alabama Democratic Conference. “If you want someone who will feed the hungry, here I am. Send me. If you want someone who will choose the human race over the arms race, here I am. Send me. ... I’ve paid my dues. I’ve earned your vote. I am your choice.” McGovern’s campaign, lacking the money and organization to compete for wide attention, still carries echoes of his 1972 anti-war crusade. “At least in Vietnam, we said we wanted to defend the government,” he said in an interview. U.S. involvement in Lebanon “seems even more pointless.” Askew comes across as the candidate on the other side of most issues. While his rivals support women’s right to abortion, Askew opposes it. The others support the nuclear freeze, Askew opposes it. Seven Democratic presidential candidates expressed misgivings about the U.S. invasion of Grenada. Not Askew. He is,. as he says, “the difference Democrat.” .-I

his car outside her dormitory, a four-story red-brick building on the north end of the campus, shortly before 11:30 p.m. At that time, Miss Suh, Miss Nieswand and most of the other 150 residents of the dormitory were in their rooms, studying for the fall semester’s final examinations, which began last Friday. The dormitory’s front and side doors are normally kept locked on weekends, but Robert Smith, a Cornell spokesman, noted that there was no indication that Kim had forced his entry into the building. Apparently there was no need to do so. Several students said that, with residents of the dormitory coming and going, it would have been easy for Kim to gain entry for the asking, particularly because he knew the names of resident students.

radio interview, “We must not assume that this is the end of it. Those who have done this have an absolutely unlimited capacity for evil.” Harrods, an exclusive department store where the royal family shops, planned to reopen at its usual time after just one day of cleanup. Only the men’s department, which took the fuD force of the blast, was staying closed. Civilians killed when the car bomb exploded just outside the store included Kenneth Salvesan, 28, formerly qf Chicago, who lived in London’s Chelsea district, a woman shopper and a newspaper gossip columnist. Relatives said Salvesan’s wife, Karen, A medical student at Nofthwestern University, had flown to London to meet him Saturday and learned of his death upon arriving.