ursell labels Baker in 'ultra-liberal' The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 23, 1986 - Page 3 ,. Home run Reagan campaign ends, By MICHAEL LUSTIG U.S. Rep. Carl Pursell con- asted himself to challenger Dean ,aker, calling Baker an "ultra- beral" and himself a "moderate epublican," during a speech to a litical science class yesterday. Pursell (R-Mich.) told a political ience current affairs class that Election during his 10 years in Congress he has gained a reputation as a catalyst who gets things done. Hcited his work as chairman of the committee that wrote a draft of the national budget for fiscal 1986-87. N~' Pursell also discussed current tsues on which he and Baker clash. He pointed to Baker's apparent support for unilateral disarmament, which Pursell said is "un- affordable." (In fact, Baker, a University graduate student in economics, believes the United tates should simply stand by arms proposals it has already made. "I'm 100 percent opposed to unilateral isarmament," he said last night.) Pursell said he supports U.S. arms cuts only if the Soviet Union agrees to respond in kind. Referring to the U.S.-backed Nicaraguan rebels, Pursell said, "Yes, I did support Contra aid." He called Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega a "communist Marxist who wears a uniform like (Cuban president Fidel) Castro." He also noted Ortega's Moscow meeting with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev the day Congress voted down aid to the Contras. He said Ortega received $200 million in aid from the Soviets. Pursell condemned the protests against Contra aid that took place in his local office last spring, saying the protesters "decimated my office and threatened my staff, especially the females." He added, however, that he had nothing to do with the arrests because the building owner requested that police arrest the protesters on charges of trespassing. Pursell said the protesters were interested in "tactical harassment," not discussing issues. The Daily also received some of the Pursell's criticism. He called The Daily's coverage of the sit-ins "misinformed." American WASHINGTON (AP)-"I feel like we've just played the World Series of tax reform and the American people won," President Reagan said yesterday as he completed a 16-month tax-overhaul campaign with a signing ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House. The measure, the product of intensive lobbying and a compromise between a Republican- led Senate and a Democratic-run House, is a far cry from the president's original proposal, but he embraced it as a "sweeping victory for fairness." REPEATING a note he had often sounded, Reagan told a crowd of about 1,000: "Blatantly unfair, our tax code became a source of bitterness and discouragement for the'verage taxpayer. It wasn't too much to call it un-American." Reagan told the audience that the new tax code will be "fair and eople won' simpler for most Americans," will "refuel the American growth," and will "take us into a future of technological invention and economic achievement. Key elements of the bill include: -Tax cuts: Most taxpayers will get a tax cut averaging 6.1 percent, starting gradually in 1987 and fully in effect for 1988. More than 20 million couples and individuals will pay more, including one-fourth of those with income between $30,000 and $40,000. More than 6 million lower-income working couples and individuals now on the tax rolls will pay no tax. -Standard Deductions: In, 1988, couples get $5,000, singles { $3,000 and heads of household $4,400; annual inflation adjustments will follow. -Deductions: Kills deductions for state and local sales taxes; consumer interest, such as credit cards and car loans, and the special writeoff for two-earner couples. Reagan directs reduction of long-range weapons WASHINGTON (AP)-Despite a duel over diplomatic expulsions, President Reagan has directed U.S. pegotiators to propose sharp Freductions in long-range nuclear weapons to the Soviets in Geneva, administration officials said yesterday. A package of U.S. proposals, including a defense of the "Star Wars" anti-missile program, was not as sweeping as the projectd arms control measures Reagan took up with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Iceland, the officials said. ALSO, the instructions, sent Tuesday night to chief U.S. negotaitor Max Kampelman after a Pentagon review, did not contain any call for removing U.S. and Soviet intermediate-range missiles in Europe. Butpthe officials, who demanded anonymity, said there would: be a follow-up package expanding Kampelman's instruc- tions and also dealing with the Euromissiles after details are worked out by U.S. arms specialists here. After returning from Reykjavik, Reagan underscored his determination to push for arms control agreements in Geneva. Daily Photo by JOHN MUNSON What a catch! Fisherman Tom Piedmonte examines a small mouth bass caught in Bar- ton Park, north of Ann Arbor. Want to start a new sorority? MIASS MEETING Thurs., October 23, 7:00 p~m. 2231 ANGELL For More Info, Call: 747-7415 or: 763-3817 between 5 and 7 p.m. .. ,j 4 U i- - " Campus Cinema F/X (Robert Mandell, 1986) - Michigan Theater Foundation, 7:45 p.m., Mich. Acclaimed thriller in which Brian Brown plays a special effects expert hired by the gov- ernment to fake an assassination. Or is the murder real? And is it really the government? And so on, and so on... Performances Furniture Music-- Sound- stage, 9:30 p.m., U-Club (763- 1107). Great music and a great time tonight at the U-Club. University Band, Percus- sion Ensemble - School of Music, 8 p.m., Hill Auditorium (763-4726). Rousing and rhythmic music will fill the hall at Hill Auditorium tonight when the University Band and Percussion Ensemble perform their joint concert. Renaissance City Chamber Players - Thursday Master- works Series, 8 p.m., First Congregational Church, State St. and William (626-8742). Tonight's performance will feature classic works by Strauss, Haydn, and Schubert. Speakers Sen. Carl Levin - On Tax Reform, Michigan Economic Society, 3:15 p.m., Lorch Auditorium. Sen. Carl Levin - "Shoot- ing Straight from the Hill," 7:30 p.m., Hillel, 1429 Hill St. I. Ahmad - "Inferring Nuclear Shapes By Spectroscope," Chemistry Department, 4 p.m., 1200 Chemistry Bldg. Yun Lee - "The Koobi Fora Field School," Museum of Anthropology, noon, 2009 Museum Building. John Russell Brown - "The Complexities of Oedipus," 12:15 p.m., Pendleton Room, Michigan Union. Richard Lerner, Franz Weinert - "Literacy and Schooling," School of Education Center for Research on Learning and Schooling, 1 p.m., Schorling Auditorium. Meetings Hebrew Speaking Club - 4 p.m., 3050 Frieze Building. Women in Communica- tions - 4:15 p.m., 2050 Frieze Building. Barbaric Yawp, Literary Mag, & Undergraduate English Assoc. - 7 p.m., 7th Floor, Haven Hall. Furthermore Impact Jazz Workshop - UAC, 7 p.m., Michigan Union Ballroom (763-1107). Symposium on Poland's Debt - Center for Russian and East European Studies, 12:30 p.m., Executive Education Center Room 0450, School of Business Administration (764- 0351). Group Facilitator Training Workshop - Women's Crisis Center, 7 p.m., 306 N. Division (761-9475). Classified & Proprietary Research Policies Confer- ence - "Openness in and Re- sponsibility for Research at U- M," 7:30 p.m., Rackham Ampi- theatre (763-3241). If You Know Where You Want to Go- Get Going ! 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