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Lefties have rights too, see Friday Magazine THE BG NEWS Vol.70 Issue52 Bowling Green, Ohio Friday, November 20,1987 Budget City police accord at hand investigate WASHINGTON (AP) - Bar- gainers from the White House 'hot* signs and Congress said yesterday they were closer to agreement byJaredO. Wadley on a deficit-reduction plan, but copy editor divisions in Republican ranks imperiled efforts to avoid City police detectives have Gramm-Rudman budget cuts started an investigation to re- today. cover stolen street and traffic President Reagan pushed for signs because of a recent in- the negotiators to settle on a crease in student thefts. STOP Sackage of deficit cuts. Some When the Department of Pub- epublicans, however, said lic Works' fund to replace the they'd just as soon see the wide- signs became low, Decteetive Al spread automatic slicing begin Alvord said a "recovery opera- as required by the Gramm- tion" was started with assis- Rudman deficit-reduction law. tance from University police dish pranks," Fabrey said. "While the final package may and anonymous tips through "They are taking this serious- not be all that I might want, it Crime Stoppers. ly." will not be all that Congress Although the street signs and She said sometimes students wants either," Reagan told the flashing construction lights are do not realize why a street sign U.S. Chamber of Commerce. interesting room decorations, a should remain in its proper missing sign could cause traffic place. The Gramm-Rudman law re- problems, he said. "Most students who had the auires $23 billion in deficit re- "I know it's the 'cool thing' to signs didn't know the serious- liction in fiscal 1988, which be- have a street sign in your gan Oct. 1. By the end of the day ness of the crime," Fabrey said. today, Reagan must order such room," Alvord said. "How "They knew it was wrong to a cut in federal spending, half would you feel if you went into a have them, but didn't think it from domestic programs and strange city and street signs was against the law." were missing?" However, anyone who wants half from the military. "The city is going broke re- to return a stolen sign may take Even if an agreement is rea- placing signs," he added. it to campus police or city ched by White House and con- Everything we've done has police, but Alvord said the per- gressional negotiators on a defi- been through legitimate in- son may not receive amnesty. cit-reduction package to avoid vestigations. "Don't throw them in the the automatic slicing under the He said the investigation was dumpsters because we want to Gramm-Rudman law, enacting productive because last Friday, get them back where they be- such a program might take street and traffic signs and con- long," Alvord said. "If you find weeks. struction flashers were re- a sign, we're not going to arrest However, the immediate covered from 11 students, and you when you return it." Gramm-Rudman cuts could be Wednesday, nine signs were re- According to Capt. Tom Vo- avoided if Congress passes and covered. tava, anyone found possessing the president signs a delay. From January to October, a street sign could face six Yesterday, the House Rules 1987, 430 street signs and 204 months in jail and/or a $1,000 Committee, at the urging of poles had to be replaced because fine. House Speaker Jim Wright, of vandalism, traffic accidents "It's bad enough they take D-Texas, approved a resolution and thefts, Paul Thiebaut, street street signs, but some are for to delay the cuts until Dec. 16. superintendent, said. traffic control — without them, However, lawmakers said it Before the beginning of next it could jeopardize someone's would not pass on today unless year we will break last year's life," Votava said. there was an agreement in the record (522 signs and 223 talks. The penalties for possession of BG News Mark Thalman posts)," Thiebaut said. street signs usually results in a The bargainers were still Train delay With this in mind, the courts $150 to $200 fine, court costs, working on a plan to cut the de- will start to "crack down" on community service with the ficit $75 billion over two years. It Scott Capelle, junior marketing major, hurdles a stopped train on his way to class yesterday morning. those in possession of street street department, a year's pro- would raise about $9 billion in Capelle had waited about 20 minutes for the slow-moving train, which rolled through Bowling Green at signs, Barbara Fabrey, Student bation and restitution, Fabrey taxes this year and impose about 11 a.m., to pass. When the train came to a halt Capelle and several other students saw their chance I^egal Services attorney, said. said. selective spending cuts. to get to class on time. 'TJoth the city and court are not looking at the thefts as chil- □ See Signs, page 3. Students still BG workers may get raise fied that they are getting a fair by Caroline Langer wage, they give better service. opt to smoke city editor "Finances are a problem," he added. "We really can't afford by Jackie Jackson she believes someone can be a The pay scales of city em- to pay this, but we are going to BG employees staff reporter nonsmoker and die of stomach C/ees not under collective have to find ways to do it. The cancer, a brain tumor or gaining agreements will be people deserve this pay." overeating. increased up to 35 percent to Personnel Director John Many University students "You can get cancer from align them with comparable Fawcett said a Columbus firm support study chose to continue smoking yes- practically anything," she said. levels of similar jobs in similar was contracted by city council in terday, despite the nationwide I don't know why nonsmokers cities. January to study 25 cities with a by Caroflne Langer observance of the 24-hour Great are so concerned about people Municipal employees will be population, tax base, university dty editor American Smoke-Out. who smoke. If they are not paid according to the new salary and proximity to a major In an informal survey of 35 happy with the atmosphere they schedule if a new ordinance, metropolitan area similar to University students about the are in they can leave. which received a first reading Bowling Green's. The study Employees from various city departments support the com- Smoke-Out, seven said they re- She said she believes society during Monday's city council covered areas across Ohio and pensation and Job classification study city council had conduc- frained from cigarettes for the puts too much emphasis on ciga- meeting, passes. two communities in Michigan ted, but not all are satisfied with the results. day, while 28 continued to rette smoking and not enough Because the present classifi- and established average mini- Tta Dowmey, electric line foreman of Bowling Green Muni- smoke. emphasis on graver things. cation system no longer accu- mum and maximum pay scales cipal Utilities, 515 E. Wooster Ave., said the electric depart- Cher Gardner, senior social '^¥hy don't they show more of rately describes the duties car- for 28 positions. ment called for a compensation study of that area "and it work major, said she did not an interest in people who really ried out in many job classifica- The pay scales were arranged snowballed into a study of the whole city." know about yesterday's Smoke- need it, like drug addicts or al- tions and does not provide for like a bell curve because "the There was "a bit of dissatisfation with the study" because Out, but added even if she had coholics," she said. proper compensation for the middle is where most cities want the firm doing it did not work with individuals to review the in- known about it, she would not Sherman Johnson, one of the work being performed, a study to be," Fawcett said, adding formation given by employees in the job description surveys. have stopped smoking. seven who said he planned to was conducted to establish an that Bowling Green targeted its "Needless to say, a lot of BS went into some of those papers, In response to social pressures stop smoking for good, said he equitable pay base equal to pay scale to the average. and no one checked it out So, whoever wrote the best essay concerning smoking, she said, gave up smoking because his those in municipalities like "From the study we found came out the best and got a better pay increase than someone "I feel it is my choice to smoke. girlfriend threatened to break Bowling Green, according to the that some classifications were whose wife wasn't an English teacher," Dowmey said. And why should I hide some- up with him.