The Michigan Daily-Thursday, October 16, 1980-Page 7 ECONOMIC WOES PLAGUE STATE BUDGET PLANS Lawmakers face fiscal policy difficulties LANSING (UPI) -Unexpected bad economic. news at a time when the state's fiscal future was' supposed to be looking.up will make it harder for' lawmakers to-.pass a 1980-81 budget next month, state Budget Director Gerald Miller said yester- day. Political and economic problems forced lawmakers last month to abandon plans to pass a id, 12-month spending plan in favor of the 90- day budget. It was hoped that the state's shaky fiscal future would be settled by the time lawmakers return after next month's election. But Miller said that will not be the case. "THE PROBLEM in November will be much more serious than in September," Miller said. While state officials thought Michigan's recession had hit bottom, September figures showed an unexpected three percent drop in in- come tax receipts. Collections were up two per- cent in August. "We thought September would be better than August. This is not a good sign," Miller said. He noted that sales tax receipts are slightly better. TAX COLLECTION figures are one indication of the state's economic climate. A drop in those figures was one factor prompting Gov. William Milliken's $97 million budget-cutting executive order last spring. Miller-who has long predicted an upturn in the third quarter of 1980-said it is too soon to tell whether the September figures are the start of a trend or are just a fluke, To compound the problem, Miller said a package of "revenue augmentation" measures backed by Gov. William Milliken will not raise the money needed to make up the $165 million budget shortfall. MILLIKEN HOPED to raise $100 million through an increase in the cigarette tax and levies on capital gains and military pay, with the rest of the deficit covered by spending cuts. But the capital gains tax is now dead because income tax forms have already been printed, and the other levies will raise only $70 million, Miller said. The only idditional option is a com- plicated $50 million liquor deregulation bill strongly opposed by the industry and many legislators. It none of the bills' are approved by the legislature, the budget director said the spending plan may have to be sliced from $4.68 billion to $4.57 billion. MEANWHILE, THE state Department of Social Services continues to have severe problems under the interim budget. Miller said the Medicaid program' will run out of money Nov.26. However, he said funding for the state Depar- tment of Corrections and state police will last un- til the end of the year and will not run out as - predicted earlier. Actress'son s,'hoots himself' HOLLYWOOD (UPI)-Mary Tyler Moore's 24-year-old son killed himself with a shotgun blast to the head early yeterday at the home he shared with tWQ young women near the University. of Southern California campus. Police were trying to determine if the death was suicide or an accident. ' ichard Meeker, son of the television std by her first marriage, was repor- tedly "playing with a sawed-off shotgun" after talking on the telephone with a girlfriend in Fresno, Calif. , ONE OF MEEKER'S two room- mates, Judy Vasquez, 21, a student at California State University, Los Angeles, said Meeker was "loading and unloading" the gun when it discharged. Meeker was taken to Western Park Hospital where he was pronounced dead 20 minutes later. The coroner's office said results of an. autopsy would not be immediately released. By coincidence Moore plays the mother of a son with suicidal tendencies in her latest movie, "Ordinary People." Two years ago, Moore's 21-year-old sister, Elizabeth Ann, died of un- specified causes. She had superficial slash marks on her wrists and prescrip- tion drugs were nearby when her body was found. MEEKER WAS AN employee of CBS- TV. Vasquez was with him when the in- cident occurred. The other roommate, Janet McLaughlin, 23, a student at USC, was in another room of the house. Police reached television producer Grant Tinker, Moore's estranged husband, who in turn notified Moore in New York City. He said she returned to Los Angeles immediately. He said the news of the shooting "ab- solutely destroyed her." KEEP AHEAD "MAN "P0) OF YOUR HAIR! W 'LrUS1 " 4 Barbers RICHARD Thurs-7:15, 9:15 " No Waiting PRYOR Fr-7:00, 1015 Sot, Sun-3:35, 7:00,105 " Men & Women THE DASCOLA With this entire ad - one admission $1.50 any film STLi StsGood Mon. thru Thurs ".Liberty.ofate iv.This coupon valid thru 10 /1 6 /80 .. .. ..r . ...... . .. . .. HAVE DINNER WITH Charley THIS WEEK L~A bowl of chili, a slice of 4crn Poli shows Andersbn support down b half FromAPandUPI - 1ww *j«4 ..«.aP1... corn- yM ILWAUKEE--John Anderson, losing ground to the polls, has given up weeks of fruitless efforts to borrow $18 million ,from banks for an intensive,, campaign-end television advertising blitz. Instead, he'll borrow a fraction of that from*individual supporters. On a day of generally bad news for his independent presidential campaign, Anderson, who campaigned here and in Seattle, learned yesterday that he dropped from 15 percent to 8 percent nationwide in the Gallup Poll. The survey has Republican Ronald Iran clai (Continued from Page 1) positions of the Iraqis trying to ;penetrate Abadan. "One Iraqi MiG was downed in a dogfight with an Iranian, plane and its pilot was killed." Iraq told the United Nations Security Council. yesterday ,that Iran provoked the Persian Gulf war. Iran said Prime Minister Mohammad Ali Rajai would eome to New York to present his coun- try's case to thecouncil. At a brief council meeting on the 24- day-old war between the two Moslem neighbors, Foreign Minister Saddoun Reagan with 45 percent and President Carter with 42. In mid-September, the Gallup Poll had Reagan at 41,percent, Carter at 37 and Anderson at 15. THE POSSIBILITY of a Carter- Reagan debate, once thought dead for the year, was reborn yesterday when the League of Women Voters said An- derson's qualifications will be reassessed this week. The league from the start has insisted Anderson must have 15 percent of more in the polls to qualify.r Although Anderson was unable to persuade a number of banks in New York and Uicago to lend him funds, campaign manager Michael MacLeod said a drive for loans from individuals had netted more than $1 million in 11 days. He said another $1.5 million to $2 million is expected before the Nov. 4 election. Carter and Republican presidential nominee Reagan each get $29.4 million in public funding to run their own cam- paigns just because they are nominees of the two major political parties. In addition, the Democratic and Republican parties are permitted to raise and spend a maximum of $4.6 million each for campaign purposes. IN PENNSYLVANIA yesterday, Car- ter depicted Reagan as a foe of social programs, the minimum wage and medical care for the aged. "Those of you who are interested in the Social Security system should be deeply con- cerned about the four different times when my opponent has called for a voluntary system.. .," Carter said. The president said that would destroy Social Security. He also said that Reagan began his political career campaigning against Medicare. ims victory in air attack on Iraq Hammadi said Iran incited the conflict by attempting to export its Islamic revolution and destablize the Persian Gulf region. IRANIAN SPECIAL envoy Ali Shams Ardakani asked the council to postpone further deliberations until Rajai arrives. The council adjourned until Friday. Ambassador William J. vanden Heuvel, deputy chief U.S. delegate to the United Nations, hailed Rajai's im- pending arrival as a signal of Iran's "willingness to come back to the com- munity of nations." The American envoy indicated the United States would not ratise. the issue of the 52 American hostages during the council debate on the Iran-Iraq conflict. The issue, Vanden Heuvel said, "would be handled carefully at the highest level of our government" so as to avoid jeopardizing the hostages. Yesterday's council meeting, which lasted little more than an hour; marked the first Iranian appearance before the body since the seizure of the American hostages last November. Iran has ignored council calls to free the Americans. Hammadi outlined to the council what he described as 46 years of treaty violations by expansionist Per- sian regimes in Tehran. He contended Iran's revolutionary government violated the 1975 Algiers agreement setting borders and regulating navigation on the Shatt al- Arab waterway, which forms part of the Iran-Iraq border. bread & house beverage for $.50 Special Is from 6-8 pm, M-F Good ime Charley' 1140 South University-668-8411 { You've tried everything else, now try some culture. all natural All natural, creamy full of fruit BREYERS. Real yogurt at its best. Letter from hockey team confirms freshmen hazings (Continued from Page 1) According to the three players who brought the release to the Daily last night, three players returned to Markley Monday to check on the freshman. THE HAZED freshman continued to remain silent about the incident. "I don't want to talk about it. It's over now, I want to forget it," said the hockey player, who asked to remain anonymous. He refused to comment- any further. "He told me he did not want to prosecute the players involved because he 'has to play hockey with them for the rest of the season,"' said Steve XKrahnke, a resident adviser in Markley Hall where the player lives. MEANWHILE, University Athletic Director Don Canham said the three team captains sent a letter of apology to the University, the (athletic depar- tment, and to the players who were hazed. "The letter said there would never be any hazings again and the players in- volved were considering some type of community service to make up for their act," he said. Canham said that "if the players talk about the incident, it might complicate the issue." "When you have 25 players, coaches, and staff speaking out, who knows how many versions of the story you'll get." ACCORDING TO Canham, some faculty members of the University sent him letters saying he should cancel the hockey season. "Don't these people take the time to think that the freshman who have been hazed want to continue playing hockey?" he noted. "Some people have said the players involved in the hazing should be sent to Sing-Sing. That's ridiculous!" "It was a serigus incident," Canham continued, "but it wasn't murder, no one was hurt," he said. Canham also said the disciplinary ac- tion taken against the players involved in the incident has remained private "to protect the players from further embarassment." He added that the athletic depar- tment plans to take further disciplinary action. He also said the public has no business knowing how the athletic dep- partment disciplines University athletes: I WJJX CHEAP FLICKS Every Fri & Sat ALL SEATS $2.00 U T 4T A T RI N T ,,at midnight .t INDIVIDUAL THEATRES MIDNIGHT' I I -S 5th 5sAve.o'Liberty 71-0700 I Ye 1 k 1 ; Y ij t 4%a G=; f }y $ e t I .Need aride out of town? 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