The Michigan Daily, Tuesday, October 4, 1983 - P qg97 Kennedy meets Faiwell State borrows be ore LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) - Sen. Ed- ward Kennedy (D-Mass.) delivered a political sermon on tolerance last night 'before the Rev. Jerry Falwell and an audience of fundamentalists, warning that "today's Moral Majority could become tomorrow's persecuted minority. Kennedy, one of the country's best- known liberals, walked into the lion's den of conservatism, preaching his own brand of politics. "WE NEED TO be talking to one another and not lobbing mortars across -~ U oral Mc the lines," said Cal Thomas, an aide to Falwell whose off-hand letter to Ken- nedy's office led to the Massachusetts Democrat's speech. "It doesn't do much good to talk about the need for a pluralistic society by talking to friendly audiences,' agreed Kennedy aide Lawrence Horowitz. "You need to talk to people who don't agree with you." Kennedy's aids said in advance that. he would defend his liberal political views before a fundamentalist audience that doubtless feels strongly about his support for a nuclear freeze and his op- position to proposed constitutional amendments that would ban abortion and permit voluntary prayer in public schools. FOR KENNEDY, it was an oppor- tunity to speak to some of the "10 million voters who will never agree with us," said an aide. For Falwell, founder and chairman of the Moral Majority, it meant sharing the platform with a man he has criticized in fund-raising appeals as an "ultraliberal." For just one night, at least, the name- calling seemed likely to stop. FALWEL DISPATCHED his private plane to pick up Kennedy and a few close aides, arranged a private dinner in his home and promised a full house for the senator's speech. The event shaped up as one of the most improbable political events of the ijority year. Kennedy's speech grew out of a Moral Majority fund-raising appeal, a copy of which arrived at the senator's office one day. IT IS THE sort of mistake that occurs often in the computerized world of direct mail, but word of the incident leaked into print, and Thomas followed up with a letter to Kennedy inviting him to drop by and visit if he ever got to Lynchburg. "Kennedy said call him up and tell him we're coming," said one aide. "So I told Jerry and he almost turned white as a sheet," said Thomas. AND WHEN the social amenities were completed, Kennedy delivered a speech at Liberty Baptist College that often seemed a strong rebuke to the brand of politics practiced by Falwell and other fundamentalists. "We must never judge the fitness of individuals to govern on the basis of where they worship, whether they follow Christ or Moses, whether they are called 'born again' or 'ungodly,'', he said. "People of conscience should be careful how they deal in the word of the Lord," Kennedy declared to thousands of students at the college. HE MENTIONED Falwell by name only a handful of times, most often in sympathetic terms. $500 million, pays school aid Kennedy ... preaches liberalism But there were plenty of what seemed like veiled references to Falwell, most of them unflattering. On issue after issue, Kennedy stated his differences with Falwell and the other leaders of the New Right, yet declared that Falwell has "every right" to his opposing views. Kennedy strongly defended the proposed nuclear freeze. Falwell often refers to its supporters as "freezeniks" playing into the hands of the Soviets. On abortion, the Massachusetts Democrat declared that the proper role of religion is to appeal to the conscience of the individual, not the "coercive power of the state." Falwell favors a constitutional amendment to ban abor- tions. LANSING (UPI) - The state pocketed its much-discussed $500 million loan yesterday and im- mediately shelled out $332.5 million in school aid and revenue sharing payments. The short-term loan was facilitated by a line of credit from a consortium of banks which, ironically, included several Japanese firms in a secondary role. Gov. James Blanchard has repeatedly decried the fact that last year, state officials went "on (their) knees to the Japanese bankers" for a letter of credit. A LINE of credit is a less sweeping, and less costly guarantee than the let- ter of credit which the state needed last year in order to market its notes. Another' major payment, $77 million for colleges and universities, is due Oct. 15, bringing the total to well over $400 million. On the same date, however, state revenues start coming in to cover such expenses. Treasurer Robert Bowman said he was "pleased that our local units (of government) can now share .the benefits of the state's improved credit standing. "THIS PAYMENT launches a brighter prospect for stability irC the new fiscal year," he said. - In the fiscal year which ended: last Friday, the state was forced to dtelay aid payments in order to avoid payless paydays for its employees. Budgetary action began early yesterday with a special 8 a.m. session of the State Administrative Board where that panel's approval of the state's short-term borrowing was reaf- firmed. Attorneys had advised that a vote of approval had to be held during the fiscal year in which the borrowing takes place. The board also needed to act prior to finalization of the short- term note sale in New York. Bowman and Doug Roberts of. the Budget Department were in New York to receive the proceeds from the short- term note sale. Falwell ... invited Kennedy by mistake Reagan foes 'let them eat cake' sa a r inrd nA7Y From the Associated Press Foes of President Reagan's economic policies held a nationwide bake sale to raise money for the needy yesterday, peddling "Flat Broke Bread" and "Prune the Military Muffins," and sponsoring carnival events like the James Watt shoe toss. "The First National Let Them Eat Cake Sale" enlisted entertainers, political cartoonists and politicians from the left and was held at lunch time on street corners in scores of cities, Their goal was to use Reagan's call for volunteerism to raise half a million dollars to help the nation's poor, who they say are victims of the ad- ministration's budget cutting. "REAGAN SAID go out and do it based on volunteerism and we're going to show him it can't be done." said Marilyn Ondrasik, executive director of the New York Public Interest Research Group. Other grievances were not forgotten in the day's activities. sRonald Reagan's cake is undoubtedly made from the same hazardous waste, toxic chemicals and polluted water that his administration tolerates," Susan Merrow, chairwoman of the Connec- ticut Environmental Caucus, said at a bake sale and rally in Hartford. "I and millions of other Americans want no part of that recipe," Ms. Merrow said. ON PENNSYLVANIA Avenue, just two blocks east of the White House, baked goods peddlers erected a plywood of Watt with a big hole where the interior secretary's mouth would be. A chance to throw ,a shoe through the hole cost 50 cents. "Help Jim Watt Put His Foot In His Mouth" was the name of the game, a reference to Watts' remarks which have required apologies. Puns, as well as games, were the or- der of the day: "Guns or Butter Cookies," "Strawberry Short Recovery Cake" and "Unemployment Rolls." But there was a hard-sell message, too. The Rev. Thomas Harvey, director of the National Conference of Catholic Charities, one of the protest sponsors, said in a statement that Catholic relief agencies are n ing it dificuiLt to Keep up with services for the poor. "FROM 1981 TO 1982, the number of emergency meals we provided jumped from 497,000 to 999,000" Harvey said. "And emergency shelter for single adults grew from 3,900 to 63,000." LPdpr cid mrpthn rnn la OCTOER 19 3" 3'2" V ,mao 7TVom-b wfJ Y'S ILA&T41i-y52S SUN IMKOA -I ilues I WEDS I I4URSI ~ ISKET I.. I L- 1 www i i - 1 am w w - - w i A " - - -4 - -1 Lea ers saw more LnanD uo iocai LET s E A organizations took part in the bake sale 'OL t6,A L- GR EEK PYNAMI1b HOSER LADIES 60 SLUE I RAC -ITE and rallies, with the proceeds to go to SN1ELA K&Y. 8LENITE NITS NITE MITENMI E soup kitchens, elderly centers, halfway QExAe ARREu.%/, Project. RILT-I G FRFr0A MIs Dor4t as oEu* houses, crisis centers and other local V oh v N v. eMPA A-f projects.3- KBEM O51 16 EM 7F I RoL A tongue-in-cheek goal of the rallies CEM was to raise $10 billion, which o f l toMIH protesters claim Reagan has cut from Rock escs.1 social programs. / 2 TE E E M *Jb LISA SCHWARTZ, a spokesman in c3 NoME~ArrA Washington, said it would take several. a jj8 is.AE ,T5\I-J 9 ;i vNoiS days to total the proceeds, but "we're EIT just about on target, from what we cant 1 ;7 ."AL$f1RZOo tell from the Washington and New York FEATUILJ E uoLIE events." ,PANCE MOS cBy The concept came from Washingtong e,, AAAN w F+ lawyer Ira Nerken. It was based on} 2 Z5 3 gt. 27 i. L Ai+ci ok t=6X3 2{ EMt 1 4N6f Marie Antoinette's, remark .during theuALOJr2 French Revolution who, when informed"-31. " ~u EE that the starving masses had no bread A r said : "Let them eat cake." DOMINOES 5o1000 F RST PLACG -' T H E . E4 Man dies after 34 hours trapped KUTZTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A novice Scott, wh cave explorer who slipped and became James G. B -wedged in a narrow crevice died ped into th yesterday despite the efforts of rescue ped at 2 a.m workers who spent 34 hours within an cave with f arm's length of him. free Scott Rescue teams could touch Michael companions Scott with their hands to feed him and official res provide first aid throughout the ordeal. The majo But they could not free him from the was the cr tight crevice 70 feet under ground. Scott's body "It was just a frustrating feeling that any movem they were there the whole time, but John Hemp they couldn't do anything, other than team. provide assurances that they were At least 2 there," said Frank Coughey, a friend of sonnel, i Scott's. specialists Scott, 36, who was not married and Washington lives in Trappe, was pronounced dead at ticipated about 12:30 p.m., moments after he was authorities brought out of the cave, said Berks Rescuers County Coroner Michael Feeney. heat packs "From the time he lost his vital signs to keep Sco it still took five and a half hours to free his body an him from the cave," Feeney said. plastic to "That's how bad it was in there." Scott's roc Scott had epilepsy, but that was not a 27, said Sc factor, authorities said. A doctor at the dangerous scene had given him medication for the located in condition. contains th Authorities had said it appeared Scott Crystal and suffered from hypothermia, or sub- "It is ver normal body temperature, caused by passage," the cool, dank conditions inside the strange bod cave. Hypothermia victims can be so narrow. revived, a fact that gave rescuers cause look back - for optimism. The group But Feeney said Scott, described as at night to a being of medium build and weighing 170 pounds, showed few signs of hypother- * * * * mia when his body was recovered, en- , , " , ding all hope for his survival. " .".".*. in cave o worked as a shipper at the Biddle Co. in Blue Bell, slip- e crevice and became trap- m. Sunday, while leaving the five friends. After trying to for nearly seven hours, his s contacted authorities and cue efforts got under way. or problem, authorities said, evice's narrow dimensions. y was wedged in so tightly, vent caused him pain, said pel, the head of the rescue 200 emergency services per- ncluding cave rescue from as far away as n, D.C., and Virginia par- in the rescue attempt, said. used portable hair dryers, and intravenous injections tt warm. They even greased nd lined the cave walls with make- his passage easier. oommate, Robert Gautreau, ott was trapped in the most part of the cave, which is a limestone formation that he commercially operated Onyx caves. y difficult to get through the Gautreau said. "It involves dy contortions because it is You can't turn your head to - that's how narrow it is." p had been exploring the cave void bats. " . . . 0 0 0 0 4 ) E *.* .*UNION : 00000004 e . An impressive teclnvmlogical journev be1an over three de2cades a ( at Hughes Aircraft Company. 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