The Michigan Daily -Wednesday, October 17, 1990 - Page 3 , House to debate *new tax :on rich WASHINGTON (AP) - Majority Democrats rammed their deficit-cut- ting plan a step closer to House pas- sage yesterday, ignoring President ush's threat to veto the tax-boost- g package that hits the rich espe- cially hard. The plan was debated in a tensely partisan atmosphere just three weeks from Election Day and four days be- fore the government's authority to ;spend money lapses. Bush has said that unless he receives a budget plan lie likes, he will let the government shut down again on Saturday. Democrats plunged ahead anyway th a plan that would raise taxes by .149 billion over the next five .years. On a test vote, the House voted 231-195 to proceed with the debate. The Democrats argued that their package of one-time income tax boosts for all but the poorest Americans, permanently higher rates on the wealthy, and cuts in Medicare *and agriculture spending was the fairest way to spread the burden of slicing the federal deficit. "The American people are willing 49 undergo unpleasant things to get this deficit under control, but they xnust be confident that no one is jingled out, especially the poor and -piddle class," said Majority Leader Richard Gephardt (D-Mo). Republicans rallied around a *deficit-reduction package of their own that relied on deep spending cuts and only $23 billion in addi- ional taxes. As the debate raged on Capitol MHill, Bush said from the campaign trail that he would stand firm until lawmakers complete a deficit-cutting measure he favors. U.S. refuses to accept partial Gulf solution Associated Press Campaigning LS&A first -year student Sarah Theut listens to College Democrat Dan Friedenzohn talk about the upcoming election Nov. 6. Three American professors Kuwait's government-in-exile yesterday ruled out conceding "one inch" of territory to Iraq in any settlement, and the United States said it would not accept partial solutions to the Persian Gulf crisis. The comments followed hints that Iraq might withdraw from Kuwait if it is allowed to retain three key areas - two islands controlling Iraq's access to the gulf and part of an oil field. But Iraq took a firm position yesterday with the newspaper of Saddam Hussein's ruling party saying: "We will not give it (Kuwait) up even if we fight for it for 1,000 years." Japan's government, meanwhile, introduced a proposal in Parliament that would permit Japanese troops to join the U.S.-led multinational force in the gulf. The plan envisions the establishment of a non-combat force of civilians and soldiers to participate behind the lines. GI's in Saudi Arabia got a suprise visitor yesterday - comedian Steve Martin. Martin signed autographs and climbed aboard a tank during a USO stop. Martin was told not to perform because of concern by U.S. commanders that American-style humor could offend the Saudis. Kuwait's crown prince and prime minister told a news conference that Iraq's 11-week occupation of his emirate will "never force us to make any concession." "We will never give up any part of our country, not even one inch," Sheik Saad al-Abdullah al-Sabah said in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. Kuwaitis fleeing into Saudi Arabia said the Iraqis were setting up fences that separate most of Kuwait from the disputed oil field in Rumailah. But Iraq repeatedly has denied speculation that it would withdraw in return for territorial concessions. Secretary of State James Baker said Washington also would not agree to concessions. "We are unwilling to engage in a search for partial solutions," Baker said. He said Saddam evidently was interested "in a negotiated arrangement that would enable him to claim benefits from his unprovoked aggression against a small neighbor." President Bush, on the campaign trail in Iowa, encountered signs of dwindling public support for U4, involvement in the gulf. "Amerieq will remain in the Persian Gulf not one single day longer than necessary," he promised. Jordan's King Hussein, who has worked to try to find a peaceful solution to the crisis, said iq remarks published yesterday that war may be imminent. Hussein told The New York Times that the outbreak of w6i would be partly the fault of Bush and other Western leaders, who he said failed to respond promptly to Saddam's early indications he was willing to withdraw. Also yesterday, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev dispatched an envoy to the West to seek a peaceful end to the crisis. A Soviet spokesperson said Yevgeny Primakov, recently back from talks with Saddam in Baghdad, would visit Rome and Paris, then meet with Bush in Washington. - "The Soviet leadership believes that if there is a smallest chance ti settle the conflict peacefully that chance should be used to the ultimate," Gorbachev spokesperson Vitaly Ignatenko said in Moscow. win Nobel STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Three Americans who gave in- vestors, stockholders and corporate directors a better understanding of the intricate financial markets won the Nobel memorial prize in economics yesterday. Harry Markowitz of the City University of New York, Merton Miller of the University of Chicago, and William Sharpe of Stanford University will share the prize, worth about $700,000. Since the prize in economics was the first awarded by the Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1969, 18 of Prize in economics the 30 winners have been Americans. "There has been a very powerful and rich development of finance economy as a scientific subject, and that was a main reason for giving them the prize," said Academy Com- mittee Member Bengt Naslund. The academy said financial mar- kets serve a key purpose in a modern market economy by allocating re- sources to various production areas. "It's important that these markets function efficiently. That, they can really only do if we have a proper understanding of them," Naslund said. Miller said he thought it was a crannk call when committee chair Assar Lindbeck called him early yesterday with the news. Lindbeck said Miller and Sharpe were "really stunned" by the news but recovered enough to ask about the exchange rate for kronor. The economics prize was instituted in 1968 by Sweden's Central Bank to complement the five prizes established in the will of dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel. AT&T awards more than $50,000 to 'U' depts. Math dept. to connect more faculty to computer network by Brenda Dickinson Engineering school to double research computer capability The mathematics and electrical engineering and computer science departments will purchase new labo- *atory equipment with $50,000 in grants from the American Telephone & Telegraph Foundation. The grants are part of a national AT&T program which awarded $2.9 million to 37 universities for 100 projects this year. Grants are awarded to university departments for purchasing lab equipment and developing curricu- lum. 49 - Mathematics Prof. Peter Hinman said his department will use its $14,563 in grant money to connect more faculty members to the de- partment's computer network. He said the department may buy three Macintosh SEs, three ethernet cards, a few dot matrix printers, and a laser printer. "A design is dynamic, when put on the board it's static; you can't see it in dimensions. On computer it is dynamic; you can see how things change. That's what calculus is re- ally - the derivative is how things change, and you can see it on screen," Hinman said. Hinman said once the faculty are familiar with the computers, they can be used in the classroom. First-year mathematics major Chris Brown said computers are bet- ter and faster than doing computa- tions by hand. by Brenda Dickinson Researchers at the Advanced Computer Architecture Laboratory in the engineering department will soon discover what happens when their Meiko Computer Surface is ex- panded to twice its size. Using a $40,205 AT&T grant, the department will increase the in- ternal memory of one of its comput- ers, which students use for finding the best way to file and retrieve data - algorithms and file structures. The department will also pur- chase a Sparcstation workstation, which is like any personal computer but is designed to perform tasks faster. It contains the softwareused to write programs that tell the com- puter's central processing unit what tasks to carry out. Most computers have only one central processing unit, or node, which carries out all of the com- puter's tasks. The department will double the processing unit to have 16 nodes. Though the department expects to double the work performance of its computer, electrical engineering Prof. Chaitanya Baru said the actual outcome could be different. II Health & FinSA JUST A SHORT WALK FROM CENTRAL CAMPUS *NAUTILUS *RACQUETBALL *POOL *FREE WEIGHTS *GYMNASIUM *SAUNA All This And More For About $8 A Week! coupon ~~~~~. 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