Page 2-Wednesday, August 4, 1982-The Michigan Daily Reagan backs endto abortion on demand HARTFORD, Conn. (AP)- President Reagan told a Roman Catholic audience yesterday that the "national tragedy of abortion on demand must end" and said his call for nuclear weapons reductions renders "obsolete" proposals for a mere freeze. The president reasserted his op- position to unnecessary government in- trusion into the lives of Americans and then went on to advocate tax credits for private-school tuition, a constitutional amendment to allow prayer in schools, and legislation to restrict abortions. AS EXAMPLES of the kind of gover- nment involvement he objects to, Reagan cited federal financing of abor- tions for poor women and forced busing to achieve school integration. Addressing the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic service organization celebrating its 100th anniversary, the president said: "Our goal is to take government out of areas where.it does not belong so that it can properly perform its traditional and legitimate functions. "I STRONGLY believe that the protection of innocent life is and has always been a legitimate and indeed the first duty of government. Believing that, I favor human life legislation ... This national tragedy of abortion on demand must end." He urged "speedy consideration" for three separate human life bills pending in the Senate. "If we don't know when the unborn becomes a human life, then we must opt for life unless and until someone can prove it is not alive," he said. Reagan .supports human life bills ON FOREIGN policy, Reagan con- tended his administration "takes second place to none in the quest for peace through arms control and agreements." "Many of the proposals we hear today for a nuclear freeze are ob- solete," he said. The president said his proposal to cut U.S. and Soviet nuclear warheads by one-third and to eliminate ground- based intermediate-range missiles in Europe-items now being negotiated with the Soviets in Geneva-go "far beyond the sterile idea of a freeze." "A freeze might be fine after we've had a complete removal of the most threatening intermediate-based missiles and deep reductions in strategic weapons-verifiable reduc- tions," he added. Today The weather Today's weather will perk up as skies clear and temperatures rise to the upper 80s. It's the real Diet Coke SPOTLIGHTS LIT up the sky, 4,000 guests entered on a red carpet, and the Rockettes kicked up their heels as the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of New York unveiled its new diet soft drink, Diet Coke. The company, the largest Coke franchise in the United States, later transported its guests from Radio City Music Hall to a west side pier for a street festival that rounded - out the $100,000 party. Pianist Bobby Short, flown in from Europe for the oc- casion, sand a medley from Coca-Cola advertising campaigns before in- troducing the Diet Coke "Just For the Taste of It" jingle. Diet Coke, billed as having a "real cola taste," will be in direct competition with Diet Pepsi and Pepsi-Light for the diet soft drink market, but will not compete with Tab, Coca-Cola's leading diet product, company officials said. "Diet Coke is for real people," Edward O'Reilly, president of the franchise told the audience, and will be aimed at "Mr. and Mrs. America" while Tab is primarily geared towards "women, and the beautiful people." Coca-Cola has yet, however, to market a drink for those outside the beautiful, real, or married category. Q Happenings Films AAFC- Maitresse, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Aud. A, Angell Hall. Cinema Two - The Big Combo, 7:30 p.m., The Big T.N.T. Show, 9:10 p.m., Lorch Hall. CFT - Lenny, 3,7:15 p.m., Cabaret, 5, 9:15 p.m., Michigan Theatre. Miscellaneous Academic Alcoholics - meeting, 1:30 p.m., Alano Club. Science Fiction Club - meeting, "Stilyagi Air Corps," 8:15 p.m., Ground Floor Conf. Rm., Michigan Union. School of Music - tour of carillon, 4-5 p.m., top of Burton Tower. Cognitive Science & Extension Service Program - conference of Cognitive Science Society, 8a.m., registration, 2nd Fl., concourse, Michigan League. Transcendental Meditation Program - lectures, 1 p.m., Rm. 4313 Michigan Union and 8:15 p.m., 528 W. Liberty. Contact Marilee Woodworth at 996-8686 for information. To submit items for the Happenings Column, send them in care of Happenings, The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard St., Ann. Arbor, MI. 48109. The Michigan Daily Congressional panel starts work on tax compromise WASHINGTON (AP)- A Senate- House conference committee began writing a compromise, election-year tax increase yesterday and im- mediately started looking for ways to avoid higher taxes on consumers. Sen. Bob Dole (R-Kan.), chairman of the conference, said he would be willing to eliminate proposed increases in taxes on cigarettes and telephone ser- vice if colleagues could find other ways to raise the revenue. Dole also said he and other members agreed to try to moderate the planned boost in taxes on families with big medical expenses. BUT THE first session of the commit- tee, which is made up of seven senators and eight House members, was devoted chiefly to a defense of the tax increase passed by the Senate and calls for President Reagan to work actively for congressional approval of a com- promise.I Rep. Dan Rostenkowski (D-l.); whose Ways and Means Committee departed from tradition and decided against drafting its own tax bill, hailed the Senate version as "a truly great piece of legislation." He added, however, "I see no way this. measure has any chance of passage without a so- called full-court press by the ad- ministration." Congress must pass the tax increase to reduce the federal borrowing requirement and bring down interest rates, Rostenkowski said. Failure to agree on a bill, he added, "would be totally destructive to the economy." DOLE SAID Reagan took an active role when the Republican-controlled Senate passed the bill last month. "He is committed to this tax bill," Dole ad- ded, "but it is going to take a great deal more effort on behalf of the president to get it enacted." House Speaker Tip O'Neill sounded the same theme in a meeting with reporters. "I don't see a tax bill out there" unless the president can deliver more than 100 of the 192 Republican votes in the House, he said. Congressional aides now estimate the bill passed by the Senate would raise taxes by $98.9 billion over the next three yesrs. The target budget adopted by Congresshrequires at leasta$16 billion worth of new revenues during that period. The measure also would reduce federal spending for Medicaid, Medicare and aid to t;he.needy by about $16.7 billion over three years. Vol. XCII, No. 54-S Wednesday, August 4, 1982 The Michigan Daily is edited and managed by students at The Univer- sity of Michigan. Published daily Tuesday through Sunday, mornings during the University year at 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 49109. Subscription rates: $12 September through April (2 semesters); $13 by mail outside Ann Arbor. Summer session published, Tuesday through Saturday mor- nings. Subscription rates: $6.50 in Ann Arbor; $7 by mail outside Ann Arbor. 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