Page 2-Wednesday, March 9, 1983-The Michigan Daily Senate to vote on nomination of nun to top post LANSING (UPI) - The nomination of state welfare director Sister Agnes Mansour - a "symbol" in a church ver- sus state battle over government-paid abortions.. . became a matter for the full Michigan Senate yesterday. The Roman Catholic nun, ordered last month by Detroit Archbishop Edmund Szoka to relinquish her post, strongly reiterated that she personally opposes abortion but can "tolerate" funding of the procedure for poor women, she said during her confirmation hearing. AFTER considering_ Gov. James Blanchard's nomination of SisteraMan- sour for more than two hours, the Senate Administration and rules Com- mittee narrowly agreed to give the full Senate a chance to vote on her appoin- tment. That vote, expected to result in her official confirmation is tentatively set for today. With no action, she would of- ficially take the job Sunday. The review of the nun's appointment to head Michigan's largest government agency drew an overflow crowd of vocal supporters and equally vocal op- ponents, including about 75 who mar- ched in the rain carrying signs reading "Mansour or Manyslayer," "Mansour belongs in the convent, not Lansing" and "Sister Mansour: No longer Catholic." "I COME before you also as a symbol that is beyond myself, but reflects what some people want me to be and what others don't want me to be," the nun said, adding she is concerned the battle raises questions about church inter- Daily Photo by TOD WOOLF No Room at the Rack Mike Fishman, an LSA freshman, unlocks his bike from a tree which had ob- ligingly agreed to keep an eye on it. State, 'U' officials see gloom if tax hike fails Mansour... ... will fund abortions ference in state matters. Szoka has demanded her resignation because of her approval of Medicaid funded abortions. The local headquar- ters of the Sisters of Mercy has endors- ed her keeping her job, but the matter now appears on its way to theVatican for resolution. The Mercy College president acknowledged that a decision from Rome could result in an order that she leave the $58,300 per year job, but did not indicate what her reaction would be to such an edict. (Continued from Page 1) by the House is now in the hands of the state Senate. Even with a tax hike, higher education is expected to receive a $25 million budget cut - including $5 million to the University of Michigan. Bullard and other speakers warned that higher education would have to absorb an even greater cut if the tax hike is not passed. Addressing the often-heard objection that the tax increase will hurt those least able to afford it, Bullard said, "The tax increase is not going to hit people who can't pay for it - it's going to hit people who can pay it," he said. Bullard said the real issue now is wJether "we are going to have enough tax "revenue to get through this crisis," Bullard said. The crisis he is referring to is what he estimates to be the state's $1.7 billion deficit. SAYING THAT the fight now is to convince the Senate to pass the in- crease, Bullard urged students to write letters to their hometown newspapers and the senators from their districts. :Citing what he called "the residue of the Tisch-Headlee tax revolts," Bullard said, "We hve to have cuts going in," and that is "not good public policy, but unavoidable government." Representing the University at the PIRGIM-sponsored discussion was Vice President for State Relations Richard Kennedy. Kennedy agreed with Bullard that the passage of the in- crease was vital, and that without it the budget deficit would be "un- manageable." KENNEDY SAID that if the trend of dealing with deficits continued without an increase, it could cost the University $30 million dollars in state ap- propriations. He concluded by saying that if the increase doesn'thhave im- mediate effect, it would have "no meaning." Doug Roberts, deputy director of the state department of management and budget said that before the tax increase could have immediate effect, it would have to be approved by two-thirds of the Senate and require that eight senators support a measure for immediate ef- fect. Roberts, a holdover from the Milliken administration, said he was confident a tax increase would pass, though he siad it may be less than the 1.5 percent proposed. He said that a lower increase would result in higher cuts to all areas of state government, including higher education. Ed. school dean slams review panel (Continued from Page 1) about 600 students to only 50 students in 1986-87. The panel advised that those students be certified in math and scien- ce related areas, Stark said. But graduates of such a program would not be able to get jobs, the dean said, because they would not be certified to teach reading. The school's counter-proposal will ask for a slightly larger undergraduate program with a much different em-; phasis. The school wants to retain 601 students in a two-and-a-half year program in elementary and early childhood education. This program would train students to teach reading, as well as math, science,and computer skills, Stark said. In making its recommendation, the panel did not realize that primary school teachers need to be qualified to teach reading to get a job, said Tom Switzer, an education school associate dean. THE PANEL "was respon- ding... the need for math teachers," Switzer said, "They just don't under- stand the (teaching) requirements. Their proposal is an attempt to create technically literate teachers, not socially literate." The panel's recommendation to cut - ~ 1 F yr r AnUno pizza, a jug of wine and thou. Daily 11:30-2 a.m. Hot or frozen 1321 S. university pizzas to go 769-1744 Bar specials nightly report the equivalent of 30 full-time professors would leave the school short staffed, despite an enrollment reduction, school administrators said. The school would not be able to sponsor programs for students in other schools to earn teaching certificates, Stark said. "It is not clear (the panel) linked the number of faculty with the programs they want cut," she said. THE REPORT also suggests that the Department of Kinesiology (formerly the Department of Physical Education) be moved out of the school and change its name to the Department of Exercise Science, Stark said. A large number of students in the present department are varsity athletes. In the process, the panel said, the department should drop its recreation studies program for undergraduates and cut its professors from 17 full-time equivalents to nine, Stark said. The chairman of the physical education department, Dee Edington, declined to comment on the report before the school formally responds later this week before the University's Budget Priorities Committee. That committee will examine,the report and either accept it or form new recom- mendations before passing it on to the University's executive officers for a final decision. For two other schools that have been reviewed-the Schools of Natural Resouces and Art-the cen- tral budget committee accepted its subcommittee's recommendation for one and doubled the budget cut for the other. 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"I suspect we went down the shaft even though dangerous levels of methane gas were detected beforehand, because recently a boost in production had been demanded," he said. Mine accidents are frequent in Zonguldak, Turkey's largest coal- producing region. Government records show Monday's toll was the highest to date in a Turkish mine accident. The previous highest death toll was in 1965 when an explosion in another mine killed 68 peonle. Chances dim for OPEC accord LONDON-OPEC oil ministers failed during day and night meetings yesterday to make progress toward a uniform price cut that might avert a free-for-all price war in the world oil market. United Arab Emirates oil chief Mana Saeed Oteiba said the ministers would try again today, but he rated the chances of success at no better than 50-50. That was the same assessment he gave last week when informal talks among eight members of the 13-nation cartel began in the British capital. "We still see possibilities for arriving at an agreement " said Indonesian Oil Minister Dr. Subroto after a 90-minute meeting of all 13 ministers last night. But when asked if any progress had been made on either pricing or production quotas, Subroto said, "Not yet." The cartel is under intense pressure to cut prices for the first time in its 22- year history because a world oil glut has reduced its sales. Lower prices would be expected to stimulate demand. Failure to reach agreement in London could trigger a series of price cuts by hard-pressed members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting coun- tries. The result could mean lower energy prices worldwide. Volcker asks for new oil tax WASHINGTON-Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker siad yesterday the economy appears ready to begin "a longer-lasting, non-inflationary recovery" and suggested new taxes on oil as one means of reducing the federal deficit. Testifying before the Senate Budget Committee, Volcker was generally optimistic about the economic recovery under way, but cautioned that for it to last, Congress must make further cuts in federal spending. "The more you can do on the spending side the better," Volcker said. He declined to say whether the additional reductions should be made in the defense budget-or in domestic nrorams. Pope tells Honduran Catholics to reject violence TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras-Looking tired and hot under a blazing sun, Pope John Paul II paid a two-stop visit yesterday to impoverished Honduras and urged its Roman Catholics to reject violence and radical political at- titudes. "We must reject everything that runs counter to the Gospel: hate, violen- ce, injustice, the lack of jobs," the pope said in a Mass at the huge, un- finished Basilica of the Virgin of Suyapa, the patroness of Honduras, overlooking the mountainous capital He urged the "betterment of the poorest and the neediest," in a country where the average is $600 a year, and declared, "One cannot invoke the Virgin as a mother when he maligns and mistreats her children." Honduras returned to civilian government last year after a decade of military dictatorship. But some leftist rebels have been active, and rightist' Nicaraguans opposed to the leftist Sandinista regime in their neighboring homeland use the country as a base for raids across the border. After spending the night in Guatemala City, John Paul will visit Belize and Haiti today, the last day of eight-day, eight-nation tour. He arrives back in Rome tomorrow. 43 arrested in Poland WARSAW, Poland-Police arrested 43 "aggressive individuals" in the southwestern city of Wroclaw yesterday and dispersed groups of young people who tried to stage demonstrations, the official PAP news agency reported. It was the largest number of arrests reported since the communist gover- nment lifted nearly a year of martial law Dec. 31. The anti-government demonstrations apparently were linked to the 15th anniversary of a violent protest at Warsaw University in which scores of students were beaten and arrested by police. In Warsaw, more than 100 people gathered at midday to lay wreaths at a plaque commemorating the 1968 demonstration. Dozens of policemen patrolled the Warsaw University area and no clashes were reported. 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