The Michigan Daily-Thursday, July 29, 1982-Page 3
Reagan
WASHINGTON (UPI) - President
Reagan vowed yesterday to stick with
his economic program, forecasting im-
provement within six months and
declaring "We are working our way
back to prosperity."
"We've begun to rescue this
economy," Reagan said. But he
acknowledged "some of our people are
still suffering and nothing is more pain-
ful to me."
THE PRESIDENT told his 12th news
conference that real income is in-
creasing because of the decline of in-
flation and his tax cut, retail sales are
up 12 percent on an annual basis and in-
terest rates are inching downward.
Reagan said that when his economic
program takes effect, it will produce a
permanent cure for the nation's
economic woes, not a "quick fix"
solution which in the past has produced a
new recession twoyears later.
predicts economic
'I'm not through with cutting in spending-I'm
going to ask for more, I'm going to ask for more
cuts.'
-President Ronald Reagan
upturn
see more than an end to the bloodshed,"
which he described as "two way,"
sparked by the Palestinians as well as
Israel.
He said contrary to some reports
"there are no deadlines of any kind that
have been set."
Reagan said he has "no second
thoughts" about banning export of
American technology to Russia to build
a gas pipeline through Siberia to
eastern Europe. He said that decision is
not inconsistent with the expected an-
nouncement that the United States will
continue to sell grain to the Soviets.
"TECHNOLOGY for the pipeline is
obtainable only from the United States
... grain they can obtain elsewhere,"
Reagan said, adding that when
President Carter imposed a grain em-
bargo on Russia "it was a terrible
economic blow to our farmers."
"We are in a transition period of
moving into recovery," Reagan said.
"It will be slow. I think you'll see
recovery in the second quarter of this
year, but I'm not going to prediict how
much."
HE SAID THE resolution in Congress
to require a balanced budget was a key
ingredient to economic recovery, and
said he will not change economic horses
in mid term.
"I'm not through with cutting in
spending - I'm going to ask for more,
I'm going to ask for more cuts" in
government spending, Reagan vowed.
Reagan said he is optimistic am-
bassador Philip Habib will negotiate a
peaceful withdrawal of armed PLO
troops from Lebanon, followed by a
withdrawal of Israeli and Syrian
troops.
"WE WANT an exodus of armed PLO
out of Beirut and out of Lebanon," he
said. "There is nothing we would like to
Suds Factory bar
to stay open despite
filing for bankruptcy
By SCOTT STUCKAL
Although the bubble may have burst
for the Suds Factory, a popular Yp-
silanti bar which declared bankruptcy
last week, owners say they hope to keep
the bar open by increasing business this
fall.
"We're counting on the fall business
with new students coming in to turn us
around," said Suds owner Woody
Drobot yesterday.
LAST FRIDAY, Drobot filed a Chap-
ter 11 bankruptcy petition for the bar.
Under Chapter 11 rules, the bankrupt
firm is protected from creditors while it
attempts to pay off its debts.
"All we're doing is trying to buy a lit-
tle time," Irobot said.
The Suds Factory, well-known for its
large dance floor, will stay open until at
least November 1, Drobot said. If debts
are not paid by then, however, the bar
will be liquidated or sold and its assets
will be divided among creditors.
SEVERAL factors contributed to the
bar's financial problems, according to
Drobot. With rising college tuition rates
and local factory shutdowns, students
and young workers "are spending less
money per person," he said.
Drobot also said the state's 1978
decision to raise the drinking age frorr
18 to 21 added to the bar's decline.
"We do check (customer's ages)
quite closely," Drobot said, "and that
tends to chase customers into other
bars that are more lenient."
In the fall, the bar will expand its
hours and will replace live bands with
more evenings of pre-recorded music to
cut costs, he said.
Kirscht named interim
dean of Public Health
Holy road
Policemen stare at a hole in the ground - or rather, a sinkhole that ap-
peared on State St. and Madison yesterday. the hole was caused by a broken
watermain that also forced the Union's water system to shut down tem-
porarily.
Ban stuns Norway, Japan
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fisheries and they export $185 million in
against violating nations. fish products to the United States.
The United States, for example, has Japan has the greatest appetite for
threatened to restrict such countries' whale meat, and much of the rest of the
other fishing rights in its 200-mile of- world's catch is processed for the
fshore zone. U.S. law also allows the Japanese market. At $4.50 a pound,
government to prohibit fish imports whale meat is less common now in the
from an offending nation. Japanese diet, but it is still prized as a
THE NORWEGIANS do not fish in delicacy.
American waters but restrictions on Although only 1,500 people are direc-
imports could hurt them-they sell $50 t ly 1,500 pese airec-
illon yer i fsh rodctsto he tly employed in Japanese whaling,
million a year in fish products to the Tokyo's national Fishery Agency con-
United States. tends the repercussions of an industry
The Japanese are doubly vulnerable- shutdown would throw 65,000 Japanese
they rely heavily on U.S. offshore out of work.
John Kirscht, professor of health
behavior and health education, has
been named interim dean of the
University's School of Public Health.
Kirscht will replace current Dean
Richard Remington, who is leaving
September 1 to take a post as vice
president for academic affairs at the
University of Iowa.
"He's an outstanding man,"
Remington said, "I couldn't be happier
about his designation as interim dean."
KIRSCHT, A social psychologist,
received both his bachelor's and
master's degrees from the University
of Chicago. He completed doctoral
studies in sociology at the University of
California-Berkeley.
Kirscht has conducted extensive
research in the areas of health beliefs
and behavior, including a recent study
of community control programs -for
hypertensive patients.
Remington said he hopes the new in-
terim dean will "capitalize on the
faculty strengths and resources"
already existing at School of Public
Health.
IN ADDITION to various professional
and community activities, Kirscht is a
former Ann Arbor city councilman. He
assumed a council position left vacant
by Remington and then was re-elected
to a subsequent term.
Kirscht joined the School of Public
Health in 1963 as a research associate
and lecturer after a three-year stint as
a study director at the Institute for
Social Research.
According to Vice President for
Academic Affairs Billy Frye, Kirscht's
"achievements as a scholar, his
familiarity with the school and the high
esteem in which he is held by his
colleagues make him a well-qualified
choice for the post." The University's
Board of Regents approved the
promotion at their meeting last week.
Kirscht was appointed a professor in
the department of health behavior and
health education in 1972.