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page 2 daily nebraskan thursday, january 25, 1979 1 Congress agrees with austerity, but disputes target Washington -President Carter is sound ing a keynote of restraint for a Congress whose leaders agree with his austerity. But the legislators are already arguing about proper targets for his budget cutters. "The president charged business and labor and the Congress to work together to beat inflation," said House Speaker Tho mas O'Neill Jr., D-Mass. "I will do what ever I can, as speaker, to do what the pres ident wants." datelines Assistant Senate Majority Leader Alan Cranston was not so effusive. "I differ with the president on the proposal to increase defense spending by huge sums when we are the strongest nation on earth," the Cal ifornia Democrat said . House Majority Leader Jim Wright, D Texas, called Carter's committment to fight inflation commendable and said, "He will have the active support of Congress." But Wright predicted "there may be some disagreement as to where the cuts should come." Carter's State of the Union message, de livered to a joint session of Congress Tues day night, dwelt heavily on inflation and the strategic arms limitation treaty with the Soviet Union, which the Senate must ratify by a two-thirds majority. Exotic weapons Washington -The Pentagon is seeking more money to intensify scientific studies that could lead to exotic weapons bom barding targets with streams of tiny elec tronic pellets. Defense research officials estimate it would take at least 20 years to achieve a re volutionary "charge particle beam" wea pon unless scientists score a "lucky break through," as one source put it. The officials believe it is important to move ahead as fast as possible to solve bas ic problems in physics and engineering, lay ing the groundwork for possible weapon development, because the Russians are re ported working along a similar track. The Pentagon has asked Congress for $29.5 million for this purpose in fiscal 1980, up from $17.2 million this year and about three times the level of effort oniy three years ago. Dr. Ruth Davis, a senior Pentagon offi cial in charge of advance technology, has said that a "charged particle beam" wea pon could strike targets about 1 ,000 times faster than conventional warheads. "Such a technological advance in wea pons delivery could radically change war fare," she has told Congress. Senator hospitalized Washington -Sen. Herman Talmadge, D Ga., whose financial dealings are under in vestigation by the Senate Ethics Committe, is undergoing treatment for what aides say is alcohol abuse and exhaustion. Talmadge, 65, was admitted Monday night to Bethesda Naval Hospital, accord ing to his press secretary, Gordon Roberts. The hospital duty officer would not comment on Talmadge's condition, saying he had instruction to refer all calls to Ro berts. Roberts issued a statement saying Tal madge, who has served in the Senate for 22 years, asked to be admitted for treatment of "exhaustion, fatigue and alchohol abuse, which associates said was a result of pro longed stress and pressures." Doctors said a thorough physical evalua tion, rest and medical care will require the senator to be hospitalized several clays. The Senate Ethics Committee is invest igating allegations that Talmadge ordered the diversion of $39,000 in campaign con tributions and expense funds into a secret Washington bank account. Billy, press dispute Americus, Ga. -Billy Carter's latest clash with the press has resulted in the arrest of a freelance journalist on charges of assaulting the president's brother. Billy Carter swore out a simple assault warrant Tuesday against Pete Peckarsky. GUNNY'S COMPLEX 245 North 1 3th Street JANUARY EMPTY You'll save while we empty r the hangers we need J now for Spring s! -Merchandise! J r $39.90 to $69.90 W xnF.N1M f ft $10-99 and up T DRESSESS (f 50 OFF UTOLYv ,L yt GAB PANTS. T $7.99 to $16.99 1) 31, of Wauwatosa, Wis., after a dispute with the journalist at Carter's service sta tion in Plains, Sumter County Sheriff Ran dy Howard said. Howard said Peckarsky reportedly went to Carter's home in nearby Marion County and "had words" with Carter's wife, Sybil. The writer then went to the service station, where a dispute arose. Illegal money transfer Rome-Sophia Loren's husband, film producer Carlo Ponti, is threatened with seizure of $24 million of his Italian proper ty for transferring $11 million out of the Pioneer . . . Continued from Page I 10 hours a day sitting on the ground," Welsch said. They will have read all the re quired works prior to the session and after the workshop they will prepare research papers. During the session they will be re sponsible for their own food, lodgings and transportation. No complaints It may sound like a hard way to earn six credits, but Welsch said he has had almost no complaints. "I've never had the kind of fellowship that develops in that kind of class," he said. "There's only one thing we all have in common: the books we've read in class." Even though they discuss the works all day, Welsch said the classes often carry on discussions through evening and into night and class members develop "an amazing a mount of closeness." The class draws a wide cms sectional of students, everyone from"little old lady school teachers" from the central part of the state to "young undergraduates who country illegally. Ponti, 66, was convicted in absentia Tuesday by a Rome court, fined $24 mil lion and ordered to serve a two-year term. The court acquitted Miss Loren of charges that she was an accomplice in the currency violations and tried to smuggle $3.5 million worth of art works abroad. A warrant for Ponti's arrest remained in effect, but there was no expectation that he would ever go to prison. He and his 44-year-old wife have become French citizens, and France does not extradite its citizens. But the government earlier placed a lien against his property in Italy, which is re ported to be worth more than $40 million. want to take advantage of being outside," according to Welsch. Coyotes' howling He said he used to expect problems with the "little old ladies," but he quickly dis covered that they were well adapted by long experience to the rugged circum stances . On the other hand, he once had trouble with a linebacker from New Jersey who couldn't sleep outside -the coyotes' howling bothered him. "There are problems you just don't anti cipate." Welsch said. Over the years the course has gotten better he said. Encroaching civilization hasn't destroyed the "context" yet. The class will visit an Indian settlement this year. They will also spend time at Welsch 's Dan nebrog Home, a reconstructed 1872 log ca bin. Welsch is a native Nebraskan, but he doesn't think the class is just for people with a special interest in the literature of the locale. "All of us in Nebraska have a heritage of our own we can contribute to a class like that," he said. Perfect vision. Jm liW STATE dtt Take stock in America. Buy US. Savings Bonds. Z . z x r a czd a 1 czd tzzj J rWK 4 M JI8 ,