Reagan Prepares for Battles Over Taxes, Budget Cuts
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Long Branch board grapples with oversize budget, B GREATER RED BANK EATONTOWN Last; laugh in Utah Coaching changes LONG BRANCH AP poll names BYU Kubu, Amabile in line Today's Forecast: top football team. for new grid posts. Cloudy, more rain Page B4 Page B4 Complete weather on A2 The Daily Register VOL. 107 NO. 158 YOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER ... SINCE 1878 THURSDAY. JANUARY 3, 1985 . 25 CENTS Reagan prepares for battles over taxes, budget cuts WASHINGTON (AP) - President expected to gear up fully until after Reagan pronounced his fifth Reagan, after getting support from the Jan. 21 inauguration meeting with Nakasone an "im- Japanese Prime Minister Yashuiro Even so, Democrats and Re- mense personal pleasure" and said Nakasone for upcoming U.S.-Soviet publicans are warning that major it strengthened ties between the two arms talks, is back in the White battles loom for Reagan's foreign nations House preparing to battle Congress and domestic proposals. In particu- The president said the trade issue over taxes and the budget. lar, he faces pressure to cut his — America's massive foreign ex- After a six-day California va- defense spending request to pare the change deficit with Japan and its cation, Reagan met with Nakasone projected $200 billion deficit. lack of access to that nation's in Los Angeles for three hours Major votes also are expected on markets — was on the "top of the yesterday. They agreed to try to cut the controversial MX missile and agenda." America's $34 billion trade deficit the administration's push for aid to "We discussed very (andidly with Japan and make "serious contra rebels fighting Nicaragua's those areas where we have prob- efforts" to open that nation's mar- Sandinista government. lems, " Reagan said "We agreed to kets to U.S. goods. Besides that, congressional ef- work strenuously in the months Few concrete results were an- forts are expected to block Reagan's ahead to open our markets fully and nounced after the session, but a proposed cuts in domestic welfare to resist protectionist pressures in senior administration official programs, and the president, who both countries ' termed it "very satisfactory." He has long argued for streamlining the "I believe that we both agree that spoke on condition that he not be tax code, what kind of plan to push. there is an urgent need to work identified. He already is studying a so-called together to resolve the problems in Although Congress formally con- "flat tax" offered by Treasury our trade relationship, he added venes today, lawmakers are not Secretary Donald Regan. See Reagan, page A2 Errant Soviet missile winds up in Finland PARTING FRIENDS — President Reagan smiles Yasuhiro Nakasone, right, following their meeting at OSLO, Norway (AP) - A low- mation that indicate that the cruise violation of our airspace last Fri- as he shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister a Los Angeles hotel yesterday. flying "object" that appeared to be missile must have crashed on Fin- day." a Soviet cruise missile passed over nish territory " Disclosure of the incident came a northern Norway and landed in At the Norwegian Foreign Minis- day after President Mauno ftoivisto Finnish territory in what may have try, there was no immediate official of Finland expressed concern that been an errant training shot, the comment Spokesmen said a de- cruise • missiles were causing "in- Disastrous blaze fails Norwegian military says cision on any reaction to the incident security" in Scandinavia Defense Command spokesman would be made in the next few days, In his New Year's Day speech. Ole R. Bollmann said yesterday that but officials said privately that a Koivisto called on both NATO and the object seemed to have been a "strong" protest to Moscow could the Warsaw Pact to accept on ban Soviet tactical training missile fired be expected. on cruise missiles in northern to halt school bus firm from a vessel in the Barents Sea and Gen. Frederik Bull-Hansen, the Europe. Bull-Hansen said the flight of BY STEPHANIE GLUCKMAN A second 13-year-old youth was by township police with arson and that it may have been off its planned Norwegian defense chief, said there also arrested by township police trespassing. One lives in the River course. was no way of knowing for certain Soviet missiles had previously been MIDDLETOWN - Despite a fire Monday, but his paperwork has not Plaza section of the Township, and The object was tracked by Nor- whether the missile carried a pay- observed from Norway on several at a bus company Monday, township reached the county, and he is at the other in the Fairview section, wegian radar stations last Friday as load, but neither he nor Bollmann occasions, but that this was the first students made it to school on time home in the custody of his parents, where the fire occurred. it flew westward across Rustvatn had any reason to believe it did. to stray into Norwegian air space. after schoolbus and van owners police Capt. William Halliday said. Murphy said that members of an Lake and the Pasvik River, which "It would be highly unlikely for The defense chief said people throughout the state lent John J The youths allegedly started the industry reputed to be cutthroat forms the border between Norway anyone to arm a training missile of should not "dramatize" the inci- Murphy "more buses than he could fire in a century-old bam that was chipped in and rescued his business. and Finland at the top of the this type," Bollmann said. dent. use." destroyed before firemen could The grateful owner of Murphy Bus Scandinavian peninsula. In Los Angeles, President Reagan "There is no reason to believe Murphy, owner of a bus company quench the blaze. Service and Murphy Transportation Norwegian radar stations saw the said the United States, had "no that the missile came over Nor- bearing his name, said SO of his A probable cause hearing for both added, "there's just no way of object disappear in the direction of absolute verification" that the ob- wegian territory to test our vehicles were destroyed in the fire. youths at Juvenile and Domestic expressing adequate thanks." He the Lake Inarii in Finland. Accord- ject was a Soviet missile. Asked by preparedness, " he said. Meanwhile, a 13-year-old youth Relations Court. Freehold, is sched- said the owners, all members of the ing to unofficial reports, Finnish reporters if Soviets could be sending Defense Ministry spokesman Erik charged with setting the fire was uled for Friday, according to, Halli- New Jersey School Bus Owners radar stations also observed the a signal in advance of next week's Senstad said the missile probably remanded to the custody of the day. Association, offered to lend him missile. U.S.-Soviet arms talks in Geneva, crossed over Norway by accident. juvenile detention center, Freehold, At Friday's hearing, Coleman, vehicles until he can replace the 40 The Swedish news agency TT Reagan replied: "I wouldn't know. Cruise missiles are small, un- at a hearing yesterday before Su- who will preside, could decide to percent of his fleet demolished by quoted a Norwegian Defense Minis- As I say, we don't have any manned aircraft which fly relatively perior Court Judge James Coleman, incarcerate the second youth until the fire. Murphy said it could take try spokesman as saying: "The verification." near the ground at speeds of less according to Paul Chalet, first his trial, Halliday said. from six to nine months to obtain missile crashed later into the Lake The news agency said Finnish than 500 mph, in contrast to high- assistant county prosecutor. Both juveniles have been charged See Bus, page A2 Inarii or near it. We have infor- military spokesmen confirmed "a flying, supersonic ballistic missiles. Traffic deaths down in '84 BY KATHLEEN BIRD the roadways," said Lt. Joseph drivers accused of driving while Associated Press Writer Kobus, state police spokesman. intoxicated, Pagano said. Despite a growing number of cars Alcohol-was involved in S3 percent Officials said they have no idea on New Jersey's roadways, the of all 1983 fatal accidents, compared how many drunken-driving sum- number of people killed in motor to 35 4 percent of the fatal crashes monses were issued by police in the vehicle accidents continues to drop in the first six months of 1984, state state's 587 municipalities and fewer highway deaths are police officials said. A total of 20,226 motorists in the caused by drunken driving, state Related figures showed that in state were stopped at roadblocks set police announced yesterday. 1983, 59.4 percent of all drivers up by state police over the two In 1984, 925 people died on the involved in fatal accidents were holiday weekends. Eighty-five of the state's roadways, down by seven drunk, while the figure dropped to 99 drivers given tests to measure the deaths or 0.8 percent from 1863, said 21.3 percent in the first six months amount of alcohol in their blood- Col. Clinton L. Pagano. super- of 1984 stream were considered legally intendent of the state police. "This is an indication ... it's drunk, Pagano said. From 1982 to 1983, the number of working," Kobus said of the state's Twelve people were arrested on deaths dropped by 13.5 percent. In get-tough attitude on drunken driv- criminal charges such as drug 1982, 1,061 people were killed on the ing, r- ' possession and 268 summonses were state's roadways, state police said. During the recent New Year's and issued for motor vehicle violations "We're not disappointed ..