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It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. i WORLD SPORTS TUESDAY ^*4■wr-.jn * Tortures, murders, witnessed by Falcon hockey team falls twice to Lake Kuwaiti escapee Deborah Hadi Superior on opening weekend Hi Tuesday Vol.73 Issue 28 October 16, 1990 Bowling Green, Ohio The BG News &9s*An Independent Student Voice for 10 Years ss-ss BRIEFLY Quayle criticizes Proposed budget cuts to Campus lengthy terms in reduce federal programs Tailgate party neari: Chris Dastoli is the final winner of The BG News and Athletic Department spon- House, Congress by Alan Fram "They're pretty widespread, so they shouldn't sored trivia contest. Win- Associated Press writer be intensely felt by any particular group or ners will compete in trivia would get rid of more poor ones playoffs this week to deter- by Jeremy S. Weber staff writer than good ones," he said. WASHINGTON — Fed- individual." mine the winning group or The move is justified by the individual who will receive eral payments to doctors and - Rudolf G Penner, a senior fellow at 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Con- hospitals would go down, driving a tailgate party and re- LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Vice stitution, which limits the Presi- up costs to patients. The govern- the Urban institute served seats for a Universi- President Dan Quayle called for a dent to two terms, Quayle said. ment would be less generous to ty football game. limit on con- "What's good for the President farmers and college students. most of the public's attention, tal costs. Reimbursements to gressional is good for Congress," he said. "I And, under the budget deal brew- with Democrats and Republicans family doctors would increase by terms Friday, a have grown more convinced than ing in Congress, a broad range of vying to show the voters that the just 2 percent next year, while Nation move supported ever about the need to limit fees would increase — from tou- rich will pay their fair share. payments to specialists — such as by a local poli- terms." rists entering the country to in- But it's not just tax increases surgeons — would be frozen at tician. Representative Paul Gillmor, that the average American would Supreme Court cracks ventors filing for new patents. this year's levels. Speaking be- R-Ohio was elected in 1988 when In fact, virtually all Americans notice should lawmakers and With their federal reimburse- down: fore approxi- Delbert Latta retired after nearly The Supreme Court would be likely to find themselves President Bush finally reach a ments reduced, doctors and hos- mately 2.000 30 years. A spokesman said Gill- digging deeper into their pockets. deficit-reduction agreement. pitals could be forced to pass turned aside free-speech members of the mor favors term limitation. In fact, most of the savings in their costs onto patients — all arguments Monday and Society of "[Gillmor] very strongly be- the packages Congress plans to boosted the federal Rudolf G. Penner, a senior fel- Ktients. The government limits Professional Quayle lieves limits would be goodfor the low at the Urban Institute and vote on come from spending re- e ability of health-care pro- government's crackdown on Journalists, Quayle said terms system," said Mark Isakowitz, obscenity. former director of the Con- ductions. viders to boost costs for Medicare should be limited to balance chal- Gillmor's press secretary. "Co- gressional Budget Office, sees a Among the programs hardest recipients. The justices, over one dis- lengers' chances against incum- ngress members should go home hit would be Medicare, which senting vote, let stand the silver lining concerning the Medicare patients themselves bents and keep congressional and live under the laws they higher costs: "They're pretty helps 33 million elderly and hand- are being singled out by the bud- forced closing of three adult members informed about events passed instead of staying in bookstores and nine video widespread, so they shouldn't be icapped Americans pay their get writers. The $75 they must outside Washington. Washington. We support this even intensely felt by any particular medical bills. Increases in the pay each year in doctors' bills be- rental shops in Virginia "Clearly, term limitation is an though it might affect us some- group or individual." program, one of the fastest grow- fore the government begins pick- under a federal anti- idea whose time has come," he day. The proposals are contained in ing in the government, would be ing up the tab would increase to racketeering law. said. "There is simly more turn- "An overwhelming number of separate budget-cutting bills the held to $43 billion to $49 billion be- $150 next year under the Senate The businesses' owners, over in the Supreme Soviet than incumbents are re-elected — House and Senate are girding to low the amount needed to keep Finance bill, $100 under the convicted of racketeering there is in the House of Repre- there must be some incumbent debate this week. The packages pace with inflation over the next House Democratic plan. and selling obscene materi- sentatives." advantage." However, political are aimed at paring the federal five years. College students would also als, had argued that the Quayle said 98.3 percent of in- science professor Gerald Rigby deficit by $40 billion in the budget The Senate Finance Committee find the Guaranteed Student Loan subsequent seizures of their cumbents were re-elected in 1988, said a term limit is not needed. year that began Oct. 1, by $500 bil- bill would hold increases in pay- program stingier, under a properties violated their and many of them were not the "It's a ridiculous idea," he lion over the next five years. ments to hospitals to 3.2 percent measure approved Monday by tree-speech rights. best candidates. So far, the tax increases con- in 1991, 2 percent below the ex- "[With term limitations] you See Quayle, page 5. tained in the plans have received pected rate of inflation for hospi- See Loans, page 6. Tabloid under siege: The National Enquirer has been tattling about celebrities for decades, en- Gorbachev ticing millions of super- market shoppers with tanta- lizing headlines about lust- winner of ful, jilted or diseased stars. Readers can expect more juicy headlines on the order Nobel for of "Princess Di Pregnant, How She Used Food and Sex Techniques To Make Sure It's A Girl." perestroika But Cher's attorney John Forbess predicted legal by Doug Mellgren woes for the tabloid. "I Associated Press writer think celebrities in general are getting more and more OSLO, Norway — Soviet Presi- fed up with the outrageous dent Mikhail Gorbachev won the nature of the articles being 1990 Nobel Peace Prize on Mon- written," Forbess said. "I day for easing international ten- think more lawsuits will be sions, but claimed it as an en- filed." dorsement of wrenching changes he has made at home. The Norwegian Nobel Commit- People tee said the 59-year-old Soviet leader displayed a "leading role in the peace process which today characterizes important parts of Camera shy: the international community." It was a lot milder than "Words fail one at such mo- his Lethal Weapon movies, ments. I am moved," Gorbachev but police said actor Mel said in a television interview. Gibson smashed a camera "I perceive this action of the when a photographer re- most authoritative organization fused to quit taking pic- of the global community first of tures. all not in personal terms, but as According to the Califor- recognition of the significance of nia police report, photogra- the immense cause ot perestroika pher Richard Reeves ig- for the destiny of the entire nored a request to stop, so world." Gibson grabbed the camera Gorbachev has been criticized and smashed it against the at home because some of his Kvement. Gibson then apo- social and economic reforms, jized and told Reeves he called perestroika, have led to would pay for the damaged bloody ethnic rioting, food short- equipment, valued at $650, ages and demands by most Soviet witnesses told police. No republics for independence. arrests were made. ''We know that there are great ■O Newt/Paul Vernon Eroblems (in the Soviet Union), Eva Marie Saint and Elden Smith. Saint's former theater professor. I Saint was at B.G.S.U. to attend the rededlcatlon of th« rwh, ■ look at movie stills from movies that Lilian Glsh had performed In. | Lilian Glsh film theater. uonny ana ut that is not what he got his [irize for," said Gidske Anderson, Weather eader of the five-person Nobel Committee. "The big thing that is Saint attends Gish theater reopening happening in the world is the rec- Mostly sunny: onciliation of the superpowers." Mostly sunn v Tuesday by Barbara A. Weadock The theater, named in honor of tion and cups highlighting inter- "If you will read the text you with highs in the 60s to 70s. editor the acting duo, was recently re- views with Gish.