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House votes to freeze $40 million in Nicaraguan Contra aid
Republicans: Decision could "hand over Central America to the Soviet Union"
WASHINGTON - The House voted Wednes
day to freeze $10 million in aid for the Nicara
guan Contras for six months and to order the
Heagan administration to use the time to account
for millions of dollars in allegedly missing pre
vious aid.
The 2:)() to-lOGvote marked the first in a series
of expected congressional battles over contra
aid this year. The resolution was supported by
21;l Democrats and 17 Republicans and opposed
by lot Republicans and 40 Democrats.
Democrats said Wednesday's action was justi-
Judge: Couple can adopt
child of surrogate mother
i'ied by alleged corruption in the ranks of Nicara
gua's anti-leftist insurgents. But Republicans
said the vote was a bid to break a promise made
by Congress last year and could "hand Central
America over to the Soviet I'nion."
Final congressional action to block the money
would draw a veto from President Reagan. Lead
ers of both parties say such a veto would st and.
But House Speaker Jim Wright of Texas said
the real target is not the $40 million the last
installment of a $100 million aid package voted
last year but the $105 million Reagan has
requested for the Contras for the fiscal year
beginning Oct. 1.
Rep. David Bonior, D-Mich., leader of the
House Democratic task force on Contra aid, said
a moratorium was essential because, of the
money previously provided the Contras, "tens ol
millions and perhaps hundreds of millions of
dollars cannot be accounted for."
But Contra aid supporters said the morato
rium proposal was aimed at embarrassing Rea
gan and giving the Soviet Union a victory on the
mainland of the Western Hemisphere.
"1 do not want to be recorded as contributing
to handing Central America over to the Soviets "
said Rep. Trent Lott, R Miss., sounding a theme
repeated by many Republican speakers.
On Capitol Hill before the debate and vote
Secretary of State George Shultz and Reagan's
national security adviser, Frank Carlucci, said a
break in the aid pipeline would strip the Contra
rebels of their defenses and remove any incen
tive for Nicaragua's Soviet-packed Sandinista
government to negotiate in good faith.
LONDON In a test case brought
by the government, a judge ruled Wed
nesday that a married couple can adopt
a 2-year-old girl born to the husband
and a surrogate mother who received a
$7,500 fee.
At issue was whether the couple
could adopt the child even though the
surrogate mother accepted money foi
her sen-ices and a 1958 adoption law
bars "payments in return for consent to
adoption."
High Court Judge Sir John Latey said
he was convinced the surrogate mother
was not motivated by financial gain but
wantd to help childless couples.
The judge also said the girl has been
living with her natural lather and his
wife since she was two days old and was
"thriving. . . (in a) loving, normal, parent-child
child relationship."
Latey said the surrogate mother
originally agreed to bear a child for
$15,000. She received $7,500 but then
published a book about her experience,
earning an undisclosed amount, and
turned down the second $7,500 install
ment. The couple and the surrogate mother
did not draw up a written contract and
the surrogate arrangement was "one of
trust which was fully honored on both
sides," Latey said.
Latey said the father had sexual
intercourse with the surrogate mother
several times before the child was
conceived.
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In Brief
Governor Orr signs tobacco tax bill
LINCOLN Gov. Kay Orr signed a tobacco tax bill Wednesday.
The Legislature passed LB730 on Tuesday with the emergency clause
attached, meaning it would become law shortly after Orr signed it.
The measure, sponsored by the Revenue Committee, increases the
cigarette tax and imposes a new excise tax on other tobacco products,
such as cigars, pipe tobacco and snuff.
The cigarette excise tax will increase from 23 cents a pack to 27 cents a
pack July 1. The new tax on other tobacco products, 15 percent of the
wholesale price, begins Jan. 1, 1988.
The measure is expected to generate an additional $7 million in state
revenue for 1987-88.
Former Nebraska governor dies
HARTINGTON Former governor, lieutenant governor and legislator
Dwight W. Burney died Tuesday at his winter home of Mesa, Ariz., at age
95. His funeral will be Saturday in Hartington, where Burney was born.
He became acting governor Sept. 9, 1960, after the death of Gov. Ralph
G. Brooks, and served until Jan. 5, 1961.
While acting governor, Burney was re-elected as lieutenant governor
and held that job until 1965, when he retired from state office. Burney lost
a bid to become governor in 1964 when he was defeated by incumbent
Democrat Frank Morrison.
Burney's wife, Grace, said he awoke Tuesdr. vith stomach pains and
died during the afternoon after being driven by iriends to a Mesa hospital.
Mrs. Burney said an aneurysm on an artery near his stomach ruptured.
Other survivors include son Donald of Naperville, 111., and daughters
Marilyn Pierpont of California and Natalie Hahn of Nigeria.
Burney's funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Congregational
Church in Hartington.
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Trade gap
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WASHINGTON - The nation's mer
chandise trade deficit hit an all-time
high of $38.4 billion from October
through December as higher-priced
imports swamped gains in U.S. export
sales, the government reported Wed
nesday. The Commerce Department said the
imbalance between what the nation
imported and exported rose 3.3 per
cent from the July-September period
and helped to push the annual trade
deficit to a record $147.7 billion. The
figure was 18.7 percent above the pre
vious all-time high of $14.4 bilion set in
1985.
The new report confirmed parallel
figures released earlier that put both
the quarterly and annual deficits even
higher. The new deficit totals are lower
because they reflect trade on a "bal
ance of payments" basis, omitting such
factors as military sales and the cost of
shipping and insurance.
During the final three months of
1986, imports rose 3 percent to $95.7
billion, while export sales advanced 2.8
percent to $57.3 bilion.
Analysts, however, noted some encour
aging signs in those totals. The import
rise was totally accounted for by a 4
percent rise in the price of goods
imported. The volume of imports actu
ally fell by 1 percent during the quarter.
To correct the country's trade prob
lems, the Reagan administration for
two years has been working to push the
value of the dollar lower on foreign
exchange markets. This would raise
the price of imported goods while mak
ing Ameican goods more competitive
overseas.
Analysts said the new trade report
showed this strategy was beginning to
work, although they cautioned that the
quarterly trade deficits were likely to
remain at near-record levels for most of
this year.
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