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POLITICS.
Violence escalates
abortion debate
BySan Btnardud
Sim Font
•HOC* "^ inwinffi of rrtr^T^vrm
M sbcTtioti riinW his fffVtif^ the
tlora fai Kccot tuoothi.
Accenting to federal Marcc*,
then hrre been 30 testatttes of
boabifl|. HrUiotoMat. and anoo it
abaction disks itecc May 1933.
In addition tt thb oven violence.
BOOK doc on w.V) perform aborliooi
btvc reechwd tckphonid iad
mailed death thrcrfa.
• lavesti{a.'oa « the Federal
Bum of Alochi), Tobacco and
Futaiiut cotcod> however, thit
then h no evdeoct of coy orjaioiod
bnornt camp* go, even tbough
' acrcnJ hombh'p i«vc occurred oo
the tun? day, tod nuny hive aim
pbee la the Wathinjton, D.C. area.
la rcspome to this jrowtoj
violence, some dliies have hind
scewfty guards, rdd evacuation
drilu. ml mjne.1 narTcn in ml-
Eroolko. run hia* to the abortion
debate. -
terrorist techniques.
Goddard Medical Associates in
Brockton. Muiichuicm hat
responded to clinic violence in a different
way. The clinic, one of the
largest private Institutions offering
abortions, announced in mid- .
Jimmy I9S5 that it would perform
no more ibonioni. Of the cJinlc's
230.000 patients a year, only onetenth
of one percent went Sir
This aiioounccmenl and some
antj-aborboa demonsmlons coindda!
with the anniversary of the
Supreme Coun'« 1973 dcciilon
legalizing tboniaa. Every January
32. • "Much .'or Life" is orfiaizcd
to parade in front of Ihc Supreme
Cam to Washington. D.C. This
year. 70.000 people participated,
the largest number to dec
There is evidence, however. th«t
despite the stepped up nciiviues of
the Mi abortion BOWKM. ,xiblic
opinion is swinging to Or. prochuJce
direction. A W«sM.ifton
Post/ABC News poll, cuoductcd
lanutry 11-20. bleated tic: 32
percent of adult Americans Wjvut
.• woman's ri£bl to choose abortion,
as comptred with only 40 percent in
1911.
Although the nui-abonimi urror.'sts
have generally been
associated »'lh the anti-abortion
montnrnl. ill the evidence to date
indicues llut llw people cemmitting
violence «re acting independently of
any legitimate organtuuioj.
In fast, strong abortion toes such
as Presided RooJd Re ' and
Jerry Falwell. the IcaLi •' the
Moral Majority, have publicly *nounced
violence as a n*eans of protesting
abortion.
Riu Casey, a representative of
National Right to life, believa.
"...unedacaud and emotional people
ire ooing this (the bombings)
and they should be punishcC » the
fullcU extent of the law."
It's completely
inappropriate to
threaten death
when your point
of view supposedly
supports
life.
Casey says that the abortion clinic
violence is counterproductive to the
pro-life cause. "Things have to be
chimed thuaigh legislation." she
Mserts. "The violence on the outside
has to stop «o that the violence
inside can uop."
Planned Parenthuxl of Alamcda-
San FrRncisco declined to comment
on the isl« when contacted by
Lowtil reporters.
Lowell constituents have «pre»scd
thci.' condemnation of the
Reagan's budget cuts
threaten students
By Betty Mentnkh
How would Reagan** proposed
bodies cuts for education affect
Reagan's proposal in cut •tut'em
rid \j 2-3 billkr> dottart could affect
nun? Lowell ttudcota. Guaranteed
Student Loan* would be cut for
Mudem* ftota families wbh a taxable
income tbovc $32J00. Nationwide,
more than a milUoa coUege itudeou*
loam ind grants would be completely
halted.
Another part of the proposal b a
new mmthmim of $4,000 on all
federal grant! to etudema
If these proposals are ratified, the
oaiioQ *ill be Krioosly affcctnJ.
since presently •hoot half of the college
studenu In the cooatry receive
KMM flcaodal aid. la 1983*1984. in
the University of California jyitera.
earned more than $32,500 received
t.000 at UC Bcxbeky alone.
In the nine year, ova 12,000
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students in the UC sytfeni were loaned
more than the new proposed
minimum of $4,000.
According to Reagan's proposal.
mVUV! income students could receive
money from a special program cilled
CLASS. However. CLASS loans
would have leu favorable conditions,
such as a requirement for the student
to pay off his debts while he b still
in school.
These cuts would especially limit
the chances of a kmrr or middle income
student to attend the more expensive
private universities. At Stanford,
if Reagan's proposed budget
was in effect, two-thirds of the
undergraduates at the university who
presently use Guaranteed Student
Loans would r.K be eligible for these
loans.
The new Secretary of education.
William Bennett, strongly supports
tb; President's proposed budget. He
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Bennett's statements that srudrots
whose scholarships are cut wij bf
forced to give up their strrcos.
automobiles and "mrce-weeki.3Mhebcach"
vacations particularly
angered Fibish.
"Bennett's statement about fancy
cars uid vacation] arc on their face
designed to excite the emotions. This
is demagojucry. not pjoi politics."
Fibish responded.
Deficits threaten
national security
By Robert Kim
Unless action b taken soon, the
unprecedented sue of the budget
deficit threatens to cripple the
United Stales by boosting Inflation,
interest rates, ard unemployment-
Currently, the disparity between
government expenditures and that of
acquiring revenue is in otcess of
$200 billion a year and the projected
deficit for 1989 b KM billion.
What we need to c-mb* the
growing deficit is a plan that raises
additional money and cuts government
spending.
Pint the fide deficit, the shortfall
between the anxunts of goods the
US imports and whal it ex^r,'.
must be dealt with. The tn-^c
deficit, caused by the strength of the
dollar abroad, makes US capons
more expensive, therefore hum
American companies. Tfib. in turn,
coefibutes to the growth of
p py
mem and reduced ula will eventually
lead to a receutoo.
Next, we must trim the defem*
budget. President Ronald Rcsgzn
had desired a defense budget of
$286 billioo. but alter Congreu
premiered him, he compromised a»J
agreed on $277.5 billion. Th'j,
however, h still more than S pcixeM
above the total that Cooprcsi voted
Tor the 1985 fiscal year defense
budget. TTK new budget b ttill too
great and must be cut.
I* it fair that the President wutts
an increased defense budget while
he plans to cut student-loan prog.inu
and funds for the National
Endowment for the Aruf
reduce deductions; this would increase
the amount of taxable
Although the Bradtey-Ocphardt
plan would not raise any additional
revenue wi'H its tax rales frurn 14
percent to 30 pftr.nl. j modified
pUn with a tax rate increase of 4
pcrcect would raise in additional
SSObillkm.
Increasing taxrs is certainly not
appealing, but li' we do not combat
Ite budget deficit, it "mil push ap
interest rates, cau the doUar to be
over-vnlucd. Inflicting severe
damage on the Airerican dollar,"
contends Martin Fcldstdn. a Kar.
In general, a
more efficiently
run government
will save taxpayers
' money
and reduce the
deficit.
Fhyuology teacher Niitcy Brewer
uid. "lt'tcotnptctdy uupproprulc
to ihreaten death when your point o
view- MppmttUy wpporu life."
'Prcudem Keagan ihould get off
his bun and dn iomethinf r vard ccunowics prores-or.
In general, a more efficiently run
government will save taxpayers'
money and reduce the deficit.
For cxzmpte. if the IRS (Internal
Revenue. Service) collects unpaid
taxes, then die government will
have some S100 billion more wit?
whkh to fight the deficit.
Senator WUItan Cohen says of
the $600 toilet scats purchased by
"
t're military:
d-cltrrd frc&hnun Peggy Kotui. The budget
"It gives new meaning to the
wnnl ihnme."
deficit is a silent Clearly, if the govemmeji had
killer.
been ff.onitoring expenditures efficiently
to avoiJ cost overruns. 'Jie
government would have saved
William Murphy, former dirrctor money. Instead they purchased $400
of the United Performing Am Fund claw hammers and $900 wrenchcr.
of Milwaukee, expresses the in additioo to t!' toilet seats.
frustrations of many by saying ". . The budget deficit is a silent
.we're tradieg ballet for bombs." killer. Pctylr do i» feel it directly,
f Moreover, we need a new ux but it has the potential "to hike Hi-
with...the antion that the federal I pun that raises more revenue. lemt rates, choke off unesrncnu.
Korcmment tus a responsibility to I Senator Bill Bradley and Represen- ciobbcr trade, destroy rural
auure that every student can go to the I utive Richard Gephardt have pre- Aruiica. kill Jobs, and shrink cor
school of hi> or her choice." I posed a tax pbn that would future." said detae&l Prciidrffli.il
PrincipJ Alan Fibish opposes the ^eliminate many loopholes and candidate Walter Moalalc.
budgctcuuandstaird."lamdisturbed
by the willingness to cut education
by an administration which has addressed
hsclf repeatedly to the issues
of national security. It is my belief
tliat tic strength of a democracy and
the interests of national security are
best served by an educated electorate."
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