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.. .Hunger — page 3 VOL. XV, N O . 8 ! an iru pendent student newspaper serving"notrc dame and saint mary’s FRIIMY, JANUARY 30, 1981 Reagan abolishes wage council By DONALD M. ROTHBERG As for his own view of Soviet in Political Writer tent, Reagan said, “I know of no leader of the Soviet Union since the WASHINGTON (AP) — President revolution, including the present Reagan, saying there has to be 'a leadership, that has not repeated change in direction" in the country, more than once, that their goal announced Thursday he is abolish must be world domination.” ing the Council on Wage and Price Announcing the freeze on pen Stability and prohibiting federal ding federal regulations, the new agencies from implementing new president said the action would give regulations for 60 days. his administration time “to start a In an opening statement at his first new regulatory oversight process news conference since taking office, and also prevents certain last- Reagan said the Council on Wage minute regulatory decisions of the and Price Stability, which adminis previous adm inistration — the so- tered the Carter administration’s called midnight regulations’ — anti inflation program “has been to from taking effect without proper tally ineffective in controlling infla review and approval." tion and has imposed unnecessary Abolition of the Council on Wage burdens on labor and business.” and Price Stability would cut 120 As for budget cuts, Reagan said no persons from the federal payroll. He An international committee concerned with Jerusalem held a rare meeting this week on the Notre area of government will be exempt said he will ask Congress to rescind Dame campus. Mayor Teddy Kolleck here addresses a press conference while Fr. Theodore Hesburgh. and he added that “the time has its budget of $1.5 million. University President, looks on. come where there has to be a change in direction in this country." "We have lived beyond our means,” he said. “We must gain con trol of this inflationary monster." On Iran, Reagan said, "I’m certain ly not thinking of revenge." Jerusalem Committee confirms civic unity The president said he expects the United States will honor the agree By MIKE O’BRIEN The statement came at the close lek as "functioning remarkably each nationality retaining its own ments that led to release of the U.S. Staff Reporter of the two-day conference in which well.” quarter of the city and administering hostages. 23 North American members of the Another co-host of the meeting, its religious shrines. A day after his secretary of state Members of the Jerusalem Com committee met here to discuss Notre Dame President Fr. Theodore H esburgh added that all these sounded a new hard line toward the mittee yesterday released a state issues relating to the political future Hesburgh, recognized the current agreements presume the existence Soviet Union, Reagan said that "so ment confirming the indivisibility of of Jerusalem. tranquility and Kollek’s leadership of an adjacent Arab entity. far, detente has been a one-way the ancient city and calling for The three page summary praised abilities of the unified city as holding Charles M. Haar. a Harvard law street that the Soviet Union has used "increased delegation of municipal the administration of present mayor “the promise of enabling Jerusalem professor, argued that Jerusalem for its own ends.” functions ” to its local communities. and conference co-host Teddy Kol- to fulfill its historic role as the city of needs a written legal base to assure peace.” residents that respect for their rights Along with its two major points, will not be swept away. the committee’s statement resolved Haar’s analysis caused the overall that the city continue to provide committee to stress the need for Gasoline prices universal access to religious shrines, community participation in areas review outdated city codes govern such as education and community ing planning and land development, service. and further facilitate interaction be The committee further suggested tween the city’s inhabitants. that the city revise its municipal By ROBERT MACY of gas and diesel fuel goes up 50 per But the cost of energy is a dif Four discussion groups provided codes guiding planning and land Associated Press Writer cent, that would mean only a 3 per ferent story down on the farm. cent increase.” button said energy makes up 10 the basic material of the statement. development, which arc presently Each working group met in private based on an outdated 1934 British KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Then no big deal, right? percent of the cost of operating a sessions Wednesday night, but some Colonial Code. American farmers, beset by 20 per Wrong, button said. farm. He said many farmers won’t of the results were discussed early Boston architect Moshe Safdie cent interest rates and roller-coaster "The supermarket people and feel the pinch immediately because yesterday morning. told the group that the physical plan grain prices sparked by the Soviet others through the food chain see they’ve stockpiled fuel for spring According to Fr. T heodore Hes ning committee advocated "softer grain embargo, are about to take this (fuel) increase and they planting. But sum m er and fall har burgh, the committee on the city as edges” of division between the another blow — in the gas tank. automatically say, ‘W e’ve got to raise vests are a different story. a religious and cultural center peoples of the city. A U.S. Department of Agriculture prices.’ We see an awful lot of price gouging going on (in situations like See GASOLINE, page 5 agreed that Jerusalem remain economist predicted yesterday that See UNITY, page 6 unified under Israeli control with regular gasoline would be selling for this).” $1.50 to $ 1.70 a gallon by the end of 1981 — a hike of 25 to 40 percent over current prices. B-P break-in "The effect on net farm income is anybody’s guess,” said Tom button of the USDA energy research group Basement window entry for intruder at its National Economics Division in Washington. By MARY FRAN CALLAHAN Department officers, however, could not locate anyone after combing the area. Senior Copy Editor FRIDAY Police have described the suspect as a black, frizzy haired, dark eyed male of slender build in his late teens or early twenties. A male — who Dean of Students James Roemer said could have fit “a The man sought for the Jan. 16 rape is also wanted for armed robbery. He —FOCUS description similar to the alleged rapist ” — broke into Breen Phillips early carried a small blue revolver of small caliber at the time of the rape. Wednesday morning by climbing through an unlocked basement window. At that time, the man wore an orange ski mask, and a navy windbreaker "All I know is that som e guys are The incident has led Roemer to send letters to hall rectors in an effort to with red and light blue vertical stripes running down the front. going to be put in a terrible squeeze. stress the importance of “being on the alert.” Breen Phillips rector Sr. Patricia Dowd yesterday said that dorm residents There could be a lot of farmers going Shortly after 4 a.m. Wednesday morning, a Breen Phillips security guard — will be warned in section meetings of the incident and cautioned to “lock out of business this year because making her usual rounds in the hall — discovered the intruder in a basement their doors and be a little more conscious if they’re studying in a study they don’t have the money up front." corridor. According to Roemer, the woman’s two-way radio was out for lounge at that hour in the morning.” And the harried consumer? ■ repair, so she promptly ran to telephone the Security department. Roemer said his letter informed rectors of the importance of ensuring that “In terms of actual cost of produc The intruder, however, “bolted out the same window he came in," the dormitory security guards consistently check to see that windows art- tion, energy is a very small portion,” according to the dean. locked. button said. “When you consider the Security officials arrived immediately at the dorm, but could not detect He also said that last Monday’s burglar, who entered Dillon Hall under the cost of production through the any sign of the intruder, Roemer said. guise of a janitor, remains in jail. Since Security officials apprehended the entire food chain (from planting the “It wouldn’t have made much difference even if the guard’s radio had been 17-year-old youth, the youth has been unable to post bail. crop to selling it at the super working because the escape took just a matter of seconds,” Roemer added. "This means there’s someone else out there,” Roemer said. He cautioned market), energy accounts for only 2 Last Sunday evening. Security received a report that a man similar to the female students against walking alone and added that all dorm windows and percent of the cost. Even if the price police description of the alleged rapist was seen walking south on U.S. 31. doors should be locked. News Briefs Friday, January 30, 1981 — page 2 by The Observer an d The Associated Press A n g ie R . C h u m b ic e , advisor in the Freshman Year of Studies at the University of Notre Dame, has been promoted to the Jerusalem: Violence and PR new position of assistant dean of Freshman Studies, it has been an nounced by Prof. Timothy O’Meara, provost.

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