I Page 2-Friday, April 3, 1981-The Michigan Daily FE Senate passes $87 b~llion WASHINGTON (AP)-The Senate handed President Reagan the biggest legislative triumph of his young ad- ministration last night, voting over- whelming approval of a plan to force $87 billion in budget cuts over the next three years. The bill, attacked by outnumbered liberals as a "cruel abandonment" of the nation's needy but hailed by Republicans and most Democrats as a historic turning point in the battle to control spending, passed on a vote of 88- 10. "THIS IS A FIRST and major install- Use Daily :Classifieds Benefit for LOWELL PETERSON 'f City Council (Democrat, First Ward) TIHE OTHER BAND LOST GENERATIONS THIRD COAST ALL THE BEER YOU CAN DRINK . ALL THE MUSIC YOU CAN STAND budgel ment in fiscal responsibility," Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) said of the measure, which calls for savings of $2.3 billion this year, $36.9 billion in 1982, and $47.7 billion in 1983. The bill follows Reagan's own proposals for cuts virtually dollar-for- dollar. Its passage came with unusual swiftness, less than a month after the president delivered his final recom- mendations to Congress on March 10. But in addition to being a triumph for the president, the measure represented an achievement for the Republicans, who used their new majority in the Senate to reject more than two dozen Democratic attempts to restore cuts in their favorite social programs. SHORTLY BEFORE the final vote, Sen. Alan Cranston (D-Cal.) blasted the package, with deep cuts in social programs such as jobless, food stamp and education benefits as "cruel aban- donment" of the nation's needy. Complaining about "hardened Republican hearts," he said: "Republican rigidity won the day. But the Republican victory may be a costly victory for the nation." The measure, which orders congressional committees to make the cuts in programs under their control, now goes to the House, where Domenici virtually challenged majority Democrats to follow suit. "I think the U.S. House will have to respond not only with quick action . .. but I think they will also have to take a look at the size." slash THE SENATE took its action as one key House Republican declared, "we have an opportunity to win" in the House, too, despite the Democratic majority. Rep. Delbert Latta of Ohio, ranking Republican on the House Budget Com- mittee, said outnumbered Republicans on the panel are "definitely and com- pletely committed to the president's package." Senate Republicans, rushing to do the president's bidding, defended the cuts as historic. "WE'RE TRYING to reverse the trend in a drastic increase in federal spending," said Sen. Dan Quayle (R- Ind.) In days of maneuvering leading up to the final Senate vote, outnumbered Democrats forced Republicans to stand up and vote to reaffirm cuts in social programs. But they failed time after time, as Republicans backed the president. "Forgive them, Father, they know not what they do," Sen. Thomas Eagleton (D-Mo.) declared as he argued against Republican-backed reductionsinsthe National Science Foundation budget. The legislation they were debating requires congressional committees to make cuts in programs they oversee. The bill assumes those panels will follow through with huge reductions in food stamps, education, unemployment benefits and other social programs. , Friday, April 3 8:30-12:30 pm $4 Anderson Room Michigan Union VOTE MONDAY, APRIL 6 Paid for by Peterson for Council, s. Pinney, Treos. 563 5. Ashley A' When you need $65 fast, you find out who your friends are. IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and United Press international reports Long coal strike ahead, UMW official says A union official yesterday predicted a lengthy strike by the nation's 160,000 soft-coal miners. West Virginia Gov. Jay Rockefeller urged both sides to resume bargaining in the week-old walkout. Union spokesman Eldon Callen said the tentative agreement between United Mine Workers negotiators and soft-coal operators was turned down Tuesday because of internal UMW politics. There was no word from Washington on whether negotiations would resume soon. Atlanta killer may react strongly to publicity ATLANTA-There were factors other than age that led police to add Eddie Lamar "Bubba" Duncan, a retarded 21-year-old, to the list of 24 young Atlanta blacks murdered or missing in the last 20 months, officials said yesterday. "Age was not the only factor," Public Safety Commissioner Lee Brown told a news conference. "We considered where the body was found, the method of death, and the clothing, or lack of it." Formation of a "bat patrol" to protect black children at a housing project from the city's child killers apparently was taken as a challenge that led to the death of Duncan, investigators said yesterday. U.S. may have first Mexican- American mayor tomorrow SAN ANTONIO, Texas-Henry Cisneros, urban affairs professor and city councilman, is running in an election tomorrow that could make him the first big city Mexican-American mayor in the United States. Cisneros, 33-year-old protege of former cabinet secretary Elliot Richar- dson, is favored to win the eight-man mayoral contest. Cisneros' closest competitor for the city's chief executive post, businessman and city council member John Steen, says his pre-election polls show he has been rapidly gaining ground on the Harvard-educated Cisneros, but still lags behind. More than half the city's 800,000 people are Hispanic, but neither candidate has made ethnic background a campaign issue. Mexican-American political power in San Antonio peaked in 1977 with a city council majority of Hispanics. Christian neighborhoods in Beirut shelled for several hours BEIRUT, Lebanon-Tank, rocket, and artillery fire battered Christian neighborhoods in east Beirut for several hours yesterday, closing the inter- national airport, and by one account, killing dozens of civilians. Zahleh, a Roman Catholic city 30 miles to the east, was under Syrian tank fire for the second consecutive day. The Syrians, who have been here as peacekeepers since a cease-fire in the 1975-76 civil war, said the shelling was an attempt to stop the rightist Christians from strengthening their militia base: A shaky cease-fire, which took hold by nightfall after a plea by President Elias Sarkis, was interrupted by sniper fire between the Christian and Moslem sectors of the city. In response to the shelling, Israeli Defense Minister Mordechai Zippori said Israel "will not stand quiet if there is a threat to the Christian com- munity" in Lebanon. Prime mnister cnshes Thaicoup BANGKOK, Thailand-Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda crushed a two-day-old coup by senior military officers this morning, sending thousands of troops into Bangkok to seize army and government headquarters, the air- port, and all radio and television stations. There were no reports of fighting and the coup leaders fled. A radio report said coup leader Gen. Sant Chitpatima and other rebel of ficers were aboard two helicopters that left army headquarters as the government troops moved into the city. It said they flew to the west. Prem, who fled the capital with the entire royal family after the coup star- ted early Wednesday and went to Korat, 150 miles to the northeast, had - broadcast by radio a warning for all civilians to move at least half a mile" from government house and army headquarters in the center of the city4 where the coup leaders had their command post. No shots could be heard in the central city. Vol. XCI, No. 149 Friday, April 3, 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. Sub- scription 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. 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