Page 2 - The Michigan Daily - Saturday, February 2, 1985 Inquiring Photographer By Carol L. Francavilla Do you think that new arms negotiations will lessen the chan- ce of nuclear war? Steve Barsh, LSA sophomore: "I think that it's important to have talks. In this society it's certainly one way to reduce tensions." Gretta Forrester, LSA junior: "Has it done anything yet? No. I think it has sto do with the at- titudes of the people at that moment, because of cause and effect relationships." Ken Hill, LSA sophomore: "Yes, of course. The only way to reduce the threat of nuclear war is to reduce arms, and the only way to do that is through talks." Amy Folkoff, LSA sophomore: "Not until someone makes a huge con- cession. I don't see what they can talk about to make changes. " Josh Berg, LSA sophomore: "It seems like they spend so much time laying the ground work for talks, that they never get around to any pivotal con- cerns. So, no." 1 IN BRIEF Complied from Associated Press and United Press International reports Unemployment rises to 7.4% WASHINGTON - The nation's unemployment rate rose to 7.4 percent in January, the Labor Department reported yesterday, but analysts said the underlying strength of the economy was evident in the creation of 350,000 new jobs. The civilian unemployment rate was up two-tenths of a percentage point as the ranks of the jobless grew by 300,000 to a record 8.5 million, the depar- tment's Bureau of labor Statistics said. Many of the 300,000 were laid-off Christmas workers who failed to find new jobs. That was reflected in an increase in the jobless rate for women from 6.4 percent to 6.8 percent. However, the number of Americans holding jobs rose about 120,000 to a record 106.4 million and a separate survey of business establishments showed that there actually were 350,000 new jobs created last month, almost entirely in the service area of the economy. "The increase in jobs growth was well above what had been expected," said Allen Sinai, chief economist and managing director of Shearson Leh- man-American Express. Congress nears farm aid bill WASHINGTON - Help is on the way for farmers caught in the most severe credit crunch in decades, Reagan administration and congressional leaders said yesterday as they pieced together an aid package that includes at least $650 million in farm loan guarantees. But even Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole (R-Kan.) who was a central figure in working out the compromise plan, said it was "a band-aid, it's not a solution. There's no way the federal government is going to go out and rescue everyone who may be in difficulty, in agriculture or in any other area." Farmers' financial problems, highlighted by protests and foreclosure auc- tions in the farm belt and by escalating pressure and rhetoric in Washington, are the worst since the depression. The aid program is aimed at alleviating the most immediate needs: credit to buy fertilizer, fuel and seed to plant spring crops, and interest-rate relief for farmers having trouble making scheduled loan payments. After weeks of pressure by farm-state members of Congress, the ad- ministration first advanced its latest relief plan in meetings Thursday night with House and Senate Republicans. More details fell into place at a bipar- tisan meeting with senators yesterday. Democrats elect new chairman WASHINGTON - Paul Kirk, fending off a last-minute challenge by rivals, was elected Democratic national chairman yesterday and promptly vowed to regain the "respect of mainstream Americans" for the party. The Democratic National Committee, ending a three-day meeting, chose Kirk over the consensus candidate of his opponents, former North Carolina Gov. Terry Sanford. Kirk, a former senior aide to Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and party treasurer for the past two years, received 203.07 votes to 150.93 for Sanford. Kirk acknowledged the lopsided defeat in the 1984 presidential election has plunged the party into "a period of hand-wringing, of soul searching, of questioning who we are and what we stand for" and challenged party regulars to go out and "earn the right to govern." Firefighters tame Florida blaze TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Hundreds of firefighters aided by bulldozers struggled yesterday to contain a 4,000-acre brush fire in southwest Florida that destroyed 12 homes and forced evacuation of 200 people. Across the state a second major fire raged on in the Everglades. "Right now, we have everything contained inside the fire lines," he said after a briefing with Long. "We spent last night widening the lines. If we can keep it where we've got it, today we can maybe think of mop-up work. It's too early to say." The more serious fire was burning in tinder-dry vegetation in the sprawling Golden Gate subdivision of Naples in southwest Florida. A firelane of plowed earth was widened to 100 feet by midday, giving forest rangers a better chance to contain the blaze, said Mike Long, chief of the Division of Forestry's Fire Control Bureau. That inferno had killed one ranger and helped prompt Gov. Bob Graham to declare a state of emergency and send in the National Guard. Car bomb kills 12 in Tripoli TRIPOLI, Lebanon - A booby-trapped car blew up yesterday outside a mosque packed with hundreds of Moslem worshippers at noon prayers, killing at least 12 people and wounding 58 others, police said. The estimated 176 pounds of TNT in the car detonated at 12:17 p.m. as the faithful filed into the Imam Ali mosque and streets were crowded with shop- pers and children going home for lunch. "The explosion brought the whole front of the mosque down and damaged nearby buildings," a witness said. "Most of the dead and wounded were trapped under the rubble. It was a big bomb." A total of 10 dead and 60 wounded were taken to Tripoli hospitals and police sources and official Beirut radio said two of the wounded later died. Residents said the Imam Ali mosque was a center for the powerful Islamic extremist Tawheed, or unity, militia that controls most of Lebanon's second largest city despite a government security crackdown last month. Marc Klyman, LSA senior: "It's certainly an advance over Reagan's joking that he is going to bomb the Russians." Geri Donenberg, LSA senior: "No. I think that the talks are a bunch of 'Let's decide when we are going to talk.' There are much more deep seeded problems than anyone is acknowledging. Mutual trust is necessary that is not there." Gregg Walker, LSA junior: "My feeling on the subject is that even though talks will resume, there will never be any reduction of arms. So I don't think anything will come of it." Jennifer Billingsley, business senior: "I think that any communication will help, but to actually lessen the chance of nuclear war, all nuclear powers should be involved." Ghazwan Shimoun, phar- macy: "It's definitely better having them than not having them. To lesson tension you have to talk about it." Subscribe to The Daily Subscribe to The Daily Phone 764-0558 ( lurdc R nsiip ,rruiten Reagan seeks domestic cuts FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AND AMERICAN BAPTIST CAMPUS FOUNDATION 502 East Huron, 663-9376 (Between State and Division) Sunday Worship, 9:55 a.m. February 3: "Covenant: The New Life." Holy Communion. Midweek Study and- Dinner for Students: Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. Pastor, Robert B. Wallace Assistant in Ministry, Madelyn Johnson * * * UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL and STUDENT CENTER 1511 Washtenaw Robert Kavasch, Pastor 663-5560 9:15 Communion Service 10:30 Service of the Word Wednesday night, February'6, 6:30 Choir 7:30 Hand Bells and Bible Study. * * * FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 1432 Washtenaw Ave., 662-4466 (Between S. University and Hill) Worship and Church School at 9:30 and 11:00. Jamie Schultz, Campus Ministry Coordinator Broadcast of Service: 1 1:00 a.m. - WPAG, 10.50 AM THE FIRST UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF ANN ARBOR 1917 Washtenaw Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104 665-6158 The Celebration of Life Service will be held at 10:30a.m. February 3: The sermon, preached by the Rev. Dr. Kenneth E. Phifer will explore the issue of "sanctuary." Adult Forum: held from 9:20 to 10:20 a.m. will feature guest speaker Dr. Kenneth Land, Psychotherapist, who will discuss "Erickson's Way: Com- munication, Hypnosis, Therapy." Religious Education classes at 9:30 a.m. A co-operative nursery available at 10:30 a.m. * * * FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 120 S. State (Corner of State and Huron) 662-4536 Church School and Sunday Service 9:30 and 11:00. February 3: Sermon, "Religious Jargon" given by Dr. Gerald R. Parker. Ministers: Dr. Donald B. Strobe Dr. Gerald R. Parker Rev. Tom Wachterhauser Education Director, Rose McLean Wesley Foundation Campus Min- istry, Wayne T. Large, Director. Chancel Choir Broadcast Sundays 9:30 a.m.- WNRS, 1290 AM Televised Mondays 8:00p.m.-Cable Channel 9. (Continued from Page 1) The $973.7 billion figure would represent an increase of only 1.5 per- cent over the current year, the smallest rise in years. The administration currently estimates total spending for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30 at $959.1 billion. THE PRESIDENT'S decision to raise Pentagon spending by nearly $30 billion within the context of a near-freeze overall means a reduction of an estimated $38.8 billion in domestic costs, including a freeze in numerous domestic programs and outright cuts and cancellations in others. The proposals, which run through 26 pages of program listings are expected to include denial of cost-of-living in- creases next year in federal pension programs. Food stamps and SSI, which provides aid to the very poor, would not be affected. Nor would Social Security benefits be frozen, although Reagan has said he would "look" at a recom- mendation to cancel that increase, as well, if Congress recommends it. The budget proposals are certain to set off a confrontation between the White House and Congress, where many Senate Republicans have taken the lead in urging the president to accept less spending for defense than he wants as a way of winning support for some of the more controversial cuts he is proposing in domestic programs. In the House, where Democrats are in the majority, there has been less vocal opposition to the president's budget, with the party's leaders preferring to wait for Reagan's formal recommen- dations before fashioning a response. To make even the less ambitious deficit target, Reagan's plan calls for reductions totaling between $205 billion to $210 billion over the next three years. Daily staff writer Kery Murakami filed a report for this story. New rape shield law upheld (Continued from Page 1) the vast majority of cases, evidence of a rape victim's prior sexual conduct with others, and sexual reputation, when offered to prove that the conduct at issue was consensual or for general impeachment purposes is inad- missible," the court majority said. Sexual conduct evidence offered to show the victim's bias or ulterior motive probably would be admissible, the court said, as would evidence that the victim had made false rape ac- cusations in the past. In a dissent, Justice Charles Levin said the evidence should have been admitted in the Hackett and Paquette cases. In neither case, Levin wrote, was the evidence going to be presented through cross-examination of the victim. In both cases, Levin wrote, the evidence was relevant to counter a possible assumption by jurors that the victims would not have consented to the acts described. ~Te Stc n za ig Vol. XCV -'o. 102 The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967 X) is published Tuesday through Sunday during the Fall and Winter terms and Tuesday through Saturday during the Spring and Summer terms by students at the University of Michigan. Sub-; scription rates: September through April - $16.50 in Ann Arbor; $29.00 outside the city; May through August - $4.50 in Ann Arbor, $6.00 outside the city. Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan. Postmaster: Send address changes to The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109. The Michigan Daily is a member of the Associated Press and subscribes to United Press International, Pacific News Service, Los Angeles Times Syndi- cate and College Press Service, and United Students Press Service. Group fights porn ban I, (Continued from Page 1) porn," and offered a $1 discount for moviegoers bringing picket signs or a copy of the Constitution. Independent movie groups contacted 11111 PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE. Need some? FIND IT AT MSA. yesterday in Ann Arbor said that the University of Michigan has not attem- pted to control what they decide to show to campus audiences. "The University has never made any type of restriction on the films that we show," said Greg Prokopowicz, a spokesman for Alternative Action Filsm. He added that, "what movies are shown are entirely up to the film group." According to Prokopowicz, Ann arbor boasts an impressive reputation as one of the best Midwestern campuses for film viewing because of its quality selection. A spokesman for another local film group, Cinema Two, said that the University should never have the authority to control what movies such groups show. 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