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The Putnam County Banner-Graphic, March 15,1985

Senate floor fight is expected over newest budget proposition

WASHINGTON (AP) - A $966.1 billion budget calling for a freeze in Social Security benefits and a lid on military spending is headed for Senate floor action, but Republicans and Democrats alike are predicting major alterations. “It needs some work,” Majority Leader Robert Dole, R-Kan., said of the spending outline that would trim $55 billion from the nation’s S2OO billion deficit in 1986. The Senate Budget Committee gave final approval to the budget on Thursday after rejecting last-minute Democratic efforts to strip away provisions that mandate some of the spending cuts. Dole promised to bring it to the floor in about two weeks. The committee vote was a straight par-ty-line 11-9 tally, with only Republicans voting for the measure and only Democrats opposing it. Meanwhile, the chairman of the House Budget Committee, Rep. William Gray, DPa., said the Senate panel had demonstrated that even the Social Security

Mother seeks $2 million for AIDS victim LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Ryan White of Kokomo has hemophilia and has received blood transfusions since shortly after his birth. Now the 13-year-old from Kokomo has been diagnosed as having Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), an incurable disease that can be transmitted in transfused blood. To control his hemophilia, Ryan receives Hemofil twice a week. His mother, Jeanne White, administers it. She filed a $2 million suit this week against the company that produces Hemofil, Hyland Therapeutics Division of Travenol Laboratories in Deerfield, 111. The suit contends that Hemofil transmitted AIDS to young White. Because of frequent transfusions they require to produce blood clotting, hemophiliacs are one of the high-risk groups for AIDS. Saying she knew her son was in a high risk group, Mrs. White adds she never expected to face the disease because the percentage of hemophiliacs getting the disease is small. “They said it was less than 1 percent,” she said. “I thought, gosh, less then 1 percent, that’s hardly anybody. And around here, no one’s got it. “I didn’t figure something that was helping him all these years could be killing him.” Although his mother doesn’t like the idea, Ryan still receives Hemofil treatments. “You see it dripping into him, and you want to rip it out,” she said. “But it’s what’s saving him too. There’s nothing we can do about it.” Mrs. White and her son were in Lafayette Wednesday in the office of their attorney, Charles Vaughan, when she discussed the case. Ryan was diagnosed as having AIDS Dec. 17. He hasn’t been in school since Dec. 7, and his weight has dropped to 59 pounds. Mrs. White said her son spends his time at home watching television, playing home video games and making believe with G.I. Joe toys.

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system is no longer immune to the budget knife. “Obviously, it’s not a sacred cow anymore because (Committee Chairman) Sen. (Pete V.) Domenici and the Republican-controlled Senate Budget Committee did touch it in defiance of their own president,” Gray told reporters. Reagan’s budget called for deep domestic spending cuts, but left Social Security alone. Gray said when the House committee begins its work on the budget in several weeks, “Social Security cost-of-living adjustments will be on the table.” “The House is reluctant to freeze cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security,” Gray said. But, he added, “I have never ruled it out.” Dole said he supports the Social Security freeze and urged GOP colleagues to join him. “There aren’t any painless ways to cut the deficit. But we are the majority party. In my view, we have to bite the first bulet.”

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U.S. begins withdrawal of some embassy personnel

c. 1985 N.Y. Times News Service WASHINGTON - The United States said Thursday that it had temporarily withdrawn some of its embassy employees from Lebanon as a result of the worsening security situation. But in what was seen as an effort not to give the impression of being forced out by terrorist threats, a State Department spokesman said, “The embassy is functioning, but with a limited staff.” Ambassador Reginald Bartholomew “remains at post,” the department spokesman, Edward P. Djerejian, said. Neither the White House nor the State Department would say how many embassy personnel had been evacuated or how many remained. Nor would they say

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Granadians promised U.S. protection: Bush

c. 1985 N.Y. Times News Service ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada Vice President George Bush, arriving here Thursday from Moscow, told thousands of cheering Grenadians Thursday that even though the United States would soon be withdrawing its military police from the island it would “not leave you unprotected.” “We will not sit idly by and watch your security threatened,” Bush said, 17 months after a U.S.-led invasion toppled a leftist regime here and was joyously welcomed. Speaking on a grassy playing field under a blazing sun with scores of schoolchildren waving miniature American and Grenadian flags, Bush said he wanted to “emphasize as strongly as I can” that “President Reagan and I and the

But Democrats in the Senate were lining up in opposition to the freeze, as well as to spending cuts recommended by the panel in Medicare and other social programs. “We can do better,” said Sen. Daniel P. Moynihan, D-N.Y. “We had better do better.” Dole said it was time to bring Democrats and the White House into negotiations to try to forge a bipartisan consenus. “We’re waiting to be asked. We haven’t been asked yet,” said Sen. Lawton Chiles of Florida, senior Democrat. The budget would permit defense spending to rise only with inflation in 1986, then allow additional increases on top of inflation of only 3 percent in 1987 and 1988. By contrast, Reagan’s plan calls for a defense spending increase of 5.9 percent above inflation in 1986, 8.2 percent over inflation in 1987 and 8.8 percent over inflation in 1988. Reagan did win a round on taxes. The budget headed for Senate debate contains no proposals for new taxes.

where the ones still in Lebanon were living. In the past, whenever Americans have been withdrawn from a foreign country, the State Department has given precise figures. But the concern over security in Lebanon has led the department to treat such information as highly sensitive. An administration official said later that he understood the embassy staff, which at one time numbered more than 100, had been reduced to fewer than 20 after the bombing of the new embassy building east of Beirut last September. More recently, he said, the number had risen to about 45, with many temporary employees sent to help rebuild the embassy and install new security devices.

people of the United States will never, ever waver in our support of this democracy.” The 250 U.S. Army military police and support troops that have been patrolling Grenada and helping to operate police stations since shortly after the invasion, are scheduled to begin withdrawing from the island on April 12, U.S. officials announced last month. The withdrawal is to be completed by June 12, the officials said. Bush, the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Grenada, arrived early Thursday morning after a 16-hour flight from Moscow, where he had attended the funeral of Konstantin U. Chernenko and later had met with the new Soviet leader, Mikhail S. Gorbachev, for 85 minutes. Bush left Grenada a little more than eight hours later, at about 4:45 p.m., heading for Brazil where he was to attend the

Committee toasts ban on happy hour drink specials

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana Legislature is getting closer to turning off the tap of free-flowing booze at “happy hours.” The Senate Public Policy Committee voted 6-0 Thursday for a bill that would halt happy hour promotions such as reduced drink prices and two-for-one specials. House Bill 1180, approved earlier on a 5540 vote in the House, now goes to the full Senate with the blessing of Indiana bar and restaurant groups.

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He said he believed about a dozen employees had been sent out of the country, most of them to Cyprus, pending further evaluations of the security situation. They included those officials of the Information Agency and the Agency for International Development remaining in Lebanon, he said. Of the 30 embassy employees still in Lebanon, the official said, most are security and communications personnel. Only a few key officers remain with Bartholomew. The ambassador, he said, is keeping in touch with President Amin Gemayel of Lebanon and is trying to serve as a gobetween among the various political factions.

inauguration of Brazil’s new president, Tancredo Neves. On Saturday, Bush is to spend a few hours in Honduras before returning to Washington. The vice president arrived at the island’s new airport, which was started with assistance from Cuba and other nations and was completed with U.S. aid after the invasion. Ben Jones, Grenada’s minister of external affairs, welcomed Bush and, shortly afterward, told reporters that government officials intended to appeal to Bush to extend the stay of the American troops and to provide hundreds of millions of dollars in additional economic aid. In a meeting with reporters on the lawn of the governor general’s mansion, Bush would not go into detail about the substance of his talks of about 30 minutes each

Ralph W. Van Natta, representing the Indiana License Beverage Association, told the committee that “most of our (bar) owners do this (happy hour promotions) only because of the competition. It’s a defense mechanism.” “You don’t make money giving things away,” said Van Natta. “In some businesses, you sell things because you want to get rid of them. But in this business, what you sell today, you buy tomorrow.” Under the bill, a public establishment

Handwritten notes only Negley proof?

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Handwritten notes often were used by the state school superintendent to request campaign expenses from his campaign committee, according to a published report. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Harold Negley received more than $8,083 from his Educators for Negley (EFN) campaign committee in 1982 and 1983, The Indianapolis News reported Thursday. The money was reportedly used for “political” and “out-of-pocket” expenses ranging from $25 for "haircuts” to $156 for Elks Club dues. He also borrowed $7,342.80 in personal, interest-free loans from the fund during the two years and used a $4,500 loan to help him buy a $9,000 boat, the News said. A Marion County grand jury began hearing testimony this week regarding

How the Americans were evacuated is not known. The aircraft carrier Eisenhower and the cruiser Mississippi were both in the eastern Mediterranean, in a position to send Marines and helicopters ashore if necessary. The latest concern was touched off by threats against Americans by Shiite Moslem leaders. They warned that if the United States vetoed a Lebanesesponsored resolution in the U.N. Security Council condemning Israel for actions taken in its withdrawal in the south there would be retaliation against Americans. After two weeks of trying to obtain what it considered a more balanced resolution condemning all acts of violence, the United States vetoed the resolution on Tuesday. In

with Prime Minister Herbert A. Blaize and the governor general, Sir Paul Scoon. Speaking of U.S. aid earlier, Jones said he and some other Grenadian officials had “an idea that SSOO million might just set us right” over the next five or sue years. That would be nearly 10 times the $57.2 million that the United States has agreed to give Grenada over two years ending in September and more than 200 times the amount of U.S. aid received annually by the island before the invasion. The officials also say the United States is eager to withdraw the last of its soldiers from Grenada because of some international criticism that they have remained as “an occupation force” and also because of the cost of maintaining them here.

that holds a retail liquor permit would have to set a fixed price for a drink and keep that price in effect at all times during the day. The establishment also would be prohibited from offering two drinks for the price of one. Warren Spangle, executive vice president of the Indiana Restaurant Association, said studies have shown that “two-for-one speeds up consumption” of alcoholic beverages. However, Spangle cautioned the com-

Negley’s campaign funding and alleged use of ghost employees. At least four Indiana Department of Education employees have testified in the grand jury probe. John V. Commons, a Marion County deputy prosecutor, said four clerical employees in Negley’s department testified Wednesday. He declined to comment on their testimony. Negley has taken a paid leave of absence from his job until the probe is concluded. At the suggestion of his attorney, Negley has declined comment on all charges concerning campaign funds. The News said Negley’s accounting of “out-of-pocket” expenses was often submitted without receipts or any indication of who was paid for what. The newspaper said its figures were obtained through examination of campaign expenditure

Laser light has staff engineer George Harpole all aglow as he tests the rotating discs in a chemical laser at TRW Inc. Electronics and Defense Sector headquarters in Redondo Beach, Calif. The company is busy conducting research to develop highenergey lasers for scien- * tific and defense purposes. (AP Wirephoto).

the Beirut press Thursday, Shiite leaders called on all Islamic and Arab nations to break diplomatic relations with the United States. The situation has become more complicated because of the rebellion by Christian militia leaders against President Gemayel. The rebels, led by Samir Geagea, hold parts of the Christian areas of East Beirut, in which the American Embassy and ambassador’s residence are situated. Djerejian, discussing the decision to withdraw some of the embassy employees, said, “We continue to be concerned about the safety of our official personnel and other Americans in Lebanon.”

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mittee that many bar owners could circumvent the fixed-price provision by pouring larger drinks with cheaper liquor during happy hours. The cost would remain the same, but a customer would get more liquor for his money, Spangle said. Sen. James R. Butcher, R-Kokomo, the Senate sponsor of the measure, said the bill is designed to stop promotions that “are encouraging people to drink more in a short period of time, a period that is normally after work.”

records. Negley submitted miscellaneous scraps of paper with his claimed expenses, said Robert Gadberry, the campaign committee’s accountant. Gadberry said he did not question Negley’s reports. Republican State Chairman Gordon Durnil called Negley’s undocumented claims “a very poor accounting practice.” "I have never dealt with a candidate that spent campaign money for personal use,” said Durnil, who managed Gov Robert D. Orr’s 1980 and 1984 campaigns. The committee also paid $7,280.05 for Negley’s personal credit card bills and $4,218.15 for food, liquor, lodging and membership fees at the Columbia Club in downtown Indianapolis.