Page 2-Friday, February 13, 1981-The Michigan Daily State Dems. file new tax plan LANSING (UPI)-Senate Democratic leaders proposed yester- day an alternative to the Milliken ad- ministration tax reform plan which would give greater property tax relief, especially to lower income groups, but require an even higher sales levy. The constitutional amendment was introduced one day after Gov. William Milliken's announcement that he had reached agreement with legislative leaders on a process aimed at reaching a compromise on the tax reform issue by March 18. INTRODUCED BY Senate Democratic Leader William Faust and Sen. Jack Faxon, the measure would exempt homeowners from the first $660 of their property taxes, while compen- sating for the loss of revenue by raising the state sales tax from four percent to six percent. Separate legislation would offer credits to ease the pinch of the sales tax increase on low income families. The -Milliken proposal would slash property taxes by 35 percent, while raising the sales tax by one percentage point. The proposal, which like Milliken's requires voter approval, offers steeper cuts-an average of about 50 percent for 1982. The benefit for those with lower property taxes is much greater under the Senate proposal than Milliken's because if offers a flat dollar reduction rather than a percentage cut. Last week the powerful United Auto Workers union, usually allied with the Democrats, criticized Milliken's proposal for favoring the rich and doing too little for low and middle income persons. Daily Photo by BRIAN MASCK CARD chairman speaks Rev. Barry Lynn, chairman of the National Committee Against Registration and the Draft, spoke at the Unitarian Church in Ann Arbor last night. He told an audience of about 35 that registration is only one small part of the "overall excessive militarization" of the United States. Reagan advisor predicts balanced budget by '84 WASHINGiTON (UPI)-Murray Weidenbaum, chairman of the President's Council of Economic Ad- visers, said yesterday he hopes the Reagan administration can balance the federal budget by 1984. "That's my personal hope," Weiden- baum said during a White House briefing for reporters. THE ADMINISTRATION came into office aiming to balance the budget by at least fiscal year 1983. Since then, of- ficials have cited a jumble of possible target dates. President Reagan is expected to give the official version of this goal Wed- nesday, when he announces details of his economic program of tax cuts for individuals and business and deep cuts in government spending. In atn introduction to Weidenbaum's briefing, the president called again for "a profound and dramatic change in the direction"of economic policy. "THERE CAN NO longer be a business as usual approach," Reagan said. Weidenbaum's belief the ad- ministration may not achieve a balan- ced budget until the final year of Reagan's term appears in line with reports that other officials have scaled downan optimistic forecast of what Reagan's program might achieve. Profs predict growth (Continued from Page 1) Ackley states in the report that the policies of the Reagan administration appear "unclear, contradictory, and of- ten confused." "I don't think the administration has any idea what it wants to do," Ackley said in an interview yesterday. Recent rapid improvement in business conditions was caused by hopes of an improved economy under Reagan, according to Curtin, and evaluations of current market con- ditions are actually not as good because of tight credit conditions. IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and United Pressinternational reports Operator error blamed for nuclear plant aceident SODDY-DAISY, Tenn.-An operator error was blamed yesterday for a nuclear plant accident that triggered an embergency alert and sent 100,000 gallons of radioacitve water raining down on 13 unsuspecting workers. The mishap, which authorities said had a danger potential of about "one- half" on a scale of 10," happened in the reactor room at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Sequoyah plant in East Tennessee. TVA officials said an assistant operator accidentally opened a valve, diverting the radioactive water to a sprinkler system in the reactor co- tainment building of the $2 billion plant. TVA officials said yesterday the reactor coolant water was only slightly radioactive and did not injure the workers. The men stripped off their clothes, showered to remove the contamination and were given complete checks by TVA doctors. Plant spokesman Steve Goldman said the workers received a dose of about one to five millirems. "In comparison, an x-ray is about ten millirems," he said. Laboratory-produced insulin tested in Michigan hospital DETROIT-The first nationwide test of laboratory-produced insulin, hailed by doctors as a major scientific advance in the treatment of diabetes, is getting under way at Henry Ford Hospital. The hospital currently has just two volunteer patients in its program, but is aiming for 50. The first injection was given Tuesday to a 53-year-old Detroit woman who asked not to be identified. Volunteer patients began receiving the first injections of "biosynthetic" insulin this week in Detroit, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Seattle, Trenton, N.J., and Wichita, Kan. Patients must be referred to the program by a doc- tor. Biosynthetic insulin, manufactured by Eli Lilly and Co. of Indianapolis through genetic engineering, is chemically similar to the hormone produced by the human pancreas to regulate blood sugar. Doctors said it would offer a cheap and abundant substitute for animal in- sulin, now used by some two million American diabetics, and eliminate dangerous allergic reactions in some of those patients. French communists' racial policies questioned PARIS, France-A communist mayor's accusation that an immigrant family is guilty of selling drugs has rekindled a nationwide debate over the Communist Party's racial policy. It was the second communist-inspired attack against immigrant workers in less than two months. The latest incident began last week when Robert Hue, mayor of the predominantly communist suburb of Montigny in nor- theastern Paris, accused a Morroccan family of using and selling hashish. Hue encouraged Montigny communists to demonstrate against the family, and on Monday they left their home. The incident came seven weeks after a Christmas Eve attack in another suburb against an African immigrant workers' dormitory. The Dec. 24 bulldozer attack against a housing unit for 30 workers from the African nation of Mali occurred while the communist mayor of Vitry-sur- Seine stood by and watched. The mayor had contended that his suburb, where ten percent of the people are immigrants, could not absorb any more foreign workers. France's 4 million foreign laborers, most of whom hold low-paying jobs shunned by the French, are increasingly the targets of French frustrations about an ailing economy. Zimbabwe prime minister declares war on ex-guerillas BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe-Prime minister Robert Mugabe yesterday or- dered his former foes, the white-officered regular army and air force, to smash mutinous ex-guerillas loyal to Joshua Nkomo, a minister in Mugabe's government. The rebellious former guerillas, who were allied with Mugabe's forces in the seven-year war that brought his coalition to power, are acting against the orders of their leaders, including Nkomo, the prime minister said. "I'm determined to descend on them like a hammer," Mugabe told the Zimbabwe House of Assembly in Salisbury. He spoke after six days of fighting between former guerillas loyal to him and the forces led in the war by Nkomo, a sometimes uneasy partner in Mugabe's 18-month-old coalition. Correspondents in the area around the embattled city of Bulawayo repor- ted well over 100 dead yesterday afternoon, up from a known 19 on Wed- nesday. Yorkshire Ripper charged with 13 killings in England DEWSBURY, England-Suspected Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe will be charged with all 13 slayings by Britain's worst mass murderer who terrorized northern England in a 5-year killing spree, authorities said yesterday. In addition, Sutcliffe, 35, a truck driver who has only been charged to date with the last of the 13 Ripper killings, will be indicted on seven counts of at- tempted murder, officials said. 0 ble 3tJtga atul Vol. XCI, No. 115 Friday, February 13, 1981 The Michigan Daily is edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday mornings during the University year at 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109. Subscription rates: $12 September through April (2 semesters); $13 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Summer session published Tuesday through Saturday mornings. Subscription rates: $6.50 in Ann Arbor: $7 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to THE MICHIGAN DAILY, 420 Maynard Street, K Ann Arbor, MI 48109. 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