Page 2-The Michigan Daily -Wednesday, September 13, 1989- Blanchard unv LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Gov. James Blanchard unveiled yesterday m e his fall legislative agenda, which fo- cuses heads cuses heavily on crime and drugs, including a $500 fee for casual drug lent offenders, and is in favor users. multi-county grand juries and cou The legal system now ignores ca- supervised wiretapping. sual drug users, but imposing the $500 fee would provide an incentive to reverse that, the governor said. An anti-racketeering law pattern The money would go to education after the federal law would help fig and treatment programs. It has to be organized crime, Blanchard said. defined as a fee because under state laws, fines are earmarked for other The governor also called for acti purposes. on a 13-bill medical waste packag The governor also is considering a and a 16-bill solid waste package proposal from state drug czar Donald boost recycling efforts and cut t Reisig that calls for suspending or amount of garbage buried in landfi revoking drug users' driver's li- by 70 percent in the year 2005. censes, said William Kandler, Blanchard said he'd be ushing Blanchard's legislative liaison. B g Blanchard said he will back life in bills to improve Michigan's scho prison without parole for repeat vio- and boost the economy by approp eils fall agenda list of priorities of rt- ed ght on ge to he ills for ols pri- ating $4.5 million for his Michigan- Ontario trade plan. In another area, Blanchard said he hoped an agreement could be worked out on a financial disclosure law for state elected officials and top ap- pointed officials. "I do expect a good legislative ses- sion," he said. He added that the fall session offered the best chance for passage of some proposals, because next year is an election year and they could become political footballs. "It's easier to get things done the year the Legislature isn't up for re- election than the years that they are," said Blanchard. The governor added that he didn't want restoration work on the Capitol, which has forced the House and Senate out of their chambers into temporary quarters, to serve as an excuse for inaction. "I don't want anybody to think they can sneak out of town and not deal with drugs and crime," he said. "This is our best chance to move most of these items and any failure to do so would be an ominous sign for next year." 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Call for More Information IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press and staff reports Trade deficit suffers setback WASHINGTON - The deficit in the broadest measure of U.S. trade widened to $30.99 billion from April through June as the country suffered its first shortfall in the category covering overseas investment earnings in three decades, the government reported yesterday. The Commerce Department said the current account deficit rose by 2 percent over the January-March imbalance of $30.39 billion. It marked the second consecutive quarterly setback and provided fresh evidence, economists said, of how entrenched America's trade problems are. The current account, also known as the balance of payments, is the most important trade statistic because it measures not only trade in merchandise but also trade in services. College board scores decline DETROIT - College admission scores dropped nationwide last year, and Michigan joined the trend, recording the state's lowest scores in six years, according to a U.S. Department of Education study released yesterday. State students averaged a combined score of 18.6 on the 1988-89 American College Testing exam, a decrease of 0.2 point from the previous year. About 68,000 seniors this year took the ACT, making it the most popular exam in the state. Students in the rest of the nation also averaged 18.6 out of a possible score of 36. Scores may be lower as a result of cutbacks in educational programs in financially strapped districts, said David Donovan, an assistant state school superintendent. On the Scholastic Aptitude Test, scores increased two points over last year to 972. The 14,000 state seniors who took the SAT scored higher than national averages in verbal and math sections. National scores remained virtually the same for the last four years. Officials find toxic pollution near Jackson Prison area JACKSON, Mich. - The world's largest walled prison is a toxic mine field of contamination hot spots following decades of pollution, state Department of Natural Resources officials said yesterday. Among the problems at the State Prison of Southern Michigan near Jackson are illegal storage of chemicals such as DDT and Agent Orange. A DDT-laced landfill is polluting ground water and prison farms, which have been fouled by tainted sewage sludge over a 40-year period. "Our investigation has yielded a set of concerns that are extremely wide-ranging, more wide-ranging than I have dealt with before," said Gary Klepper, supervisor of the DNR's environmental response division in Jackson. Typhoon rams into Taiwan TAIPEI, Taiwan - Typhoon Sarah lashed Taiwan with heavy rains and high winds for a second day yesterday, killing at least 11 people and leaving nine missing, officials said. They said the typhoon set off landslides, immobilized transportation, flooded crops and broke a Panamanian freighter in two. The 12,000-ton Lung Hao with 36 Turkish and Indian crewmembers broke apart Monday off Hualien, 110 miles southeast of Taipei, and rescuers still are looking for five crew members believed stranded on the vessel. Four sailors swam ashore Monday and 17 were rescued yesterday. Hualien was the hardest-hit area, with four people reported dead. An Australian teacher, Jonathan Watts, died Monday when swept into ; the sea while touring the harbor there with other instructors from' a nearby English-language center, police said. EXTRAS Australians gear up against invasion of monster toads SYDNEY, Australia - Toads that grow to the size of dinner plates are invading Brisbane, Australia's third-largest city, and local authorities are planning an elaborate program to get rid of them. "For toads in Brisbane, this summer is shaping up as a nightmarish scene from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre," the Sydney Morning Herald said yesterday, the day the eradication project was announced. Plans include ringing the city's suburbs with recordings of the rattling call the male toad uses to attract females. When the unsuspecting females arrive, trappers will shove them into plastic bags and freeze them, said Greg Stegman, a city council member in charge of the eradication plan. Residents who find toads around their homes are being advised to sprinkle detergent on them because it "does the job quickly," Stegman said. He promised that the city of 1 million in the northeastern state of Queensland will be toad-free within five years. The Queensland Museum said the toads pose a major threat to Australia's fauna wildlife. 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