News Digest
Economic news remains discouraging
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rash
of discouraging economic news, the
government said Thursday that or
ders to factories for durable goods
dropped sharply in December and
business layoffs were continuing to
rise through the middle of this month.
A separate report said consumers’
spending was up only slightly last
month in yet another sign of eco
nomic stagnation. Americans’ per
sonal income was up, but that was
partly due to rising jobless payments
because of the national economic
slump.
The Commerce Department re
ported that orders for long-lasting,
usually expensive durable goods such
as cars and computers fell to a season
ally adjusted $117.7 billion in De
cember. The 5 percent decline was
the largest since orders plunged 11.2
percent in November 1990.
Orders were down 4.6 percent for
all of 1991, the largest loss since the
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recession year of 1982 when they fell
6.7 percent.
Transportation orders were down
13.9 percent in December, account
ing for most of the overall decline. If
not for the transportation problems,
total orders would have been down
just 1.6 percent.
Military orders soared 86 percent
and without that gain the overall orders
decline would have been a staggering
8.9 percent. Military hardware order*
are expected to decline In coming
months because of cutbacks in the
Pentagon budget.
The Commerce Department said
consumer spending slowed to a 0.3
percent gain from November’s 0.4
percent increase. Spending was up
just 3.9 percent for the year after
rising 6.4 percent in 1990.
Consumer spending accounts for
two-thirds of the nation’s economic
: activity.
Breast-fed children
found to be smarter
LONDON (AP) — Children who
were fed breast milk scored sig
nificantly higher on IQ tests than
children who received formula only,
according to a study of 300 chil
dren who were born prematurely.
The study is not definitive proof,
but “very strong evidence,” that an
as-yet-unidenlified substance in
breast milk affects mental devel
opment, said Dr. Alan Lucas, the
researcher and head of Infant and
Child Nutrition at the Medical
Research Council’s Dunn Nutri
tion Unit in Cambridge.
The results arc reported in the
Feb. 1 issue of the Lancet, a British
medical journal.
Previous studies linking breast
milk to intelligence have caused
considerable controversy. Many
doctors wondered whether bene
fits attributed to the milk were in
fact due to mothers’ motivation
and education, or bonding during
feeding.
In the new study, investigators
said they were able to isolate and
assess the effects of the milk itself
because both groups of children
had been fed via tubes. They had
been too premature to suckle.
Dr. Neville Belton, a University
of Edinburgh pediatrician special
izing in nutrition, said Lucas is a
well-respected investigator and this
study will draw “considerable inter
est.”
Lucas’s study found that 193
children who had gotten cither breast
milk alone or breast milk plus for
mula scored significantly higher
on IQ tests compared to 107 who
had gotten formula only - scoring
103.7 points versus 93.1. The IQ
tests were given at age 7 1/2 or 8.
After taking into account the
mother’s social and educational
status, children who were fed breast
milk still maintained an IQ advan
tage of 8.3 points, said Lucas.
Police shoot bus hijacker
COLTON, Calif. (AP) - A man
apparently desperate to return home
to talk to God hijacked a Greyhound
bus Thursday, taking eight people on
a 320-mile dash across the desert before
police killed him in his own drive
way, authorities said.
Reynaldo Andrade Gonzales, 33,
described as suffering “religious hal
lucinations,” commandeered the bus
in Phoenix and careened west on Inter
state 10 for4 1/2 hours with police in
pursuit.
The passengers, seven adults and a
child, weren’t hurt during the chase,
which reached speeds up to 80 mph
and included a collision in which a
California Highway Patrol car was
forced off the road near Palm Springs.
Police set out five different sets of
spikes to puncture the bus’ tires, but
the bus didn’t stop despite several
flats.
The chase ended when Gonzales
turned down a residential street in
this blue-collar community 50 miles
east of Los Angeles, and “The good
guys and the bad guy came together,”
said Sgt. Terry Dunn of the San Ber
nardino County sheriff s office.
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The bus stopped in front of
Gonzales’ house.
Gonzales, who was unarmed, was
shot to death at 3:45 a.m. by a Colton
officer after a struggle with officers
in his own driveway, said Sgt. Dennis
Casey of the San Bernardino County
Sheriff’s Department.
“It seems like he was determined
to reach his home,” Casey said.
SDI gets
increase
in funds
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
Bush administration is pushing
for a huge increase in spending
on Star Wars missile defenses
even as the overall Pentagon
budget shrinks and many of the
military services’ cherished
weapons projects get the ax.
The Strategic Defense Ini
tiative to develop a shield against
ballistic missiles of all ranges is
the biggest winner in President
Bush’s proposed 1993 defense
budget.
The most prominent losers
are the Seawolf attack subma
rine program, which would end
after a single $2 billion sub is
built - instead of 36 - and the B
2 stealth bomber program, which
Bush wants to cancel after 20
> planes - rather than 75 - are
built.
The Army took some heavy
hits, too. Its light helicopter of
the future, the Comanche, would
slay in the development lab
longer instead of entering pro
duction. Bush also opted to delay
money for the Army’s next
generation lank.
The Strategic Defense Ini
tiative, or SDI, has benefited on
Capitol Hill from a perception
that Iraq’s use of Scud missiles
in the Persian Gulf War - and
the Patriot missile’s success
against the Scud - makes SDI
urgent.
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CFA recommends cuts
By Rainbow Rowell *
Staff Reporter
The Committee for Fees Allocation recom
mended Thursday night that $174,385.11 in 4
student fees be allocated for the University
Programs Council in 1992-93.
The 22 UPC committees requested
S238,687.59 for 1992-93. They
were allocated $189,802.19
for 1991-92.
Thursday’s recommendation
includes reduced funds for
advertising and elimination of
funds for American Films.
CFA Chairman Rob Broomfield said he was
satisfied with the overall recommendation.
“We wanted to cut the fat,” Broomfield
said. “A lot of the committees had good pro
gramming ideas, but if they want to pull them
off, they’ll have to work harder on their own
and not rely on student fees.”
CFA recommended an allocation of $6,200
for the African American committee — an
allotment $239.60 less than the committee’s
request and $187.45 less than its present allo
cation. V
American Films requested $3,389.75. Ac
cording to the CFA recommendation, the re
quest was denied because the committee is no
longer necessary. The recommendation cited a
lack'of student interest, the advent of dollar
theaters, residence hall movie nights and stu
dent possession of VCRs.
The CFA also slated that the committee had
failed to live up to its mission, as slated in the
UPC handbook, to offer students an alternative
to mainstream films.
Best of the Rest received a $2,050 recom
mendation — an allocation S1,760.90 less than
its request and $1,058.50 less than its present
allotment. CFA recommended that the com
mittee eliminate four programs.
CFA approved a S1,322 recommended allo
cation for COLAGE by a 6-4 vote, after mem
bers debated the validity and necessity of
COLAGE programs such as a Coming Out
Dance. CFA recommended a $ 1,450.10 alloca
tion for the Homecoming committee — an
allocation $2,823.25 less than the committee’s
request. Recommended cuts included advertis
ing and Comedy Night.
KLPAC requested $*106,267.15, and CFA
recommended a $85,500.10 allocation. Rec
ommended cuts included the elimination of a
proposed dinner theater and no increase to the
Kimball-Lied Series donation.
CFA recommended that Major Concerts
eliminate Comstock because of a lack of stu
dent interest. CFA recommended an allocation
of S4,501 — $ 11,597 less than the commilice’s
request.
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