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25c IAIE ICENTUCKY EDITION Louisville, Wednesday morning, December 14, 1983 60 Pages Vol. 257, No. 167 Reagan's '85 budget cuts health funding, Heckler aides say By ROBERT PEAR Now York Timoa Nowi Sorvlco WASHINGTON President Reagan's new budget seeks to cut spending for child immunizations, treatment of venereal disease and medical care of people exposed to toxic waste, administration officials said yesterday. Aides to Margaret M. Heckler, secretary of health and human services, said she would object to the cuts at a meeting today with David A.

Stockman, the budget director. His Office of Management and Budget drafted the budget, which is for fiscal 1985. In disclosing details of the budget, the aides were lobbying to persuade the budget office that more money is needed in the fiscal year, which starts next Oct. 1. The president is expected to send I a P.J- V.

1,:, Ai? L-'SVli The Courier-Journal ill illiiliii "raj Staff Photo by Mitt) Williams Martha Layne Collins spoke in Frankfort yesterday after she was sworn in as Kentucky's first woman governor. Gov. Collins vows to put Kentucky first U.S. warships shell Syrian-held targets after jets draw fire By FAROUK NASSAR Associated Pross BEIRUT, Lebanon American warships bombarded an anti-aircraft position in the Syrian-controlled central mountains yesterday after two U.S. jets were fired on during a reconnaissance mission.

Pentagon officials in Washington said the cruiser Ticonderoga and the destroyer Tatnall hurled 35 shells from 5-inch guns at territory held by pro-Syrian militiamen in Lebanon. But the Syrian army command in Damascus said the U.S. attacks involved "premeditated aggression" against Syrian targets. The ships fired 70-pound shells at Druse positions overlooking Beirut, Pentagon officials said in Washington. The Druse, a Moslem sect, are aligned with the Syrians in the Lebanese fighting.

Some Druse fighters operate from Syrian-held territory. m0m Copyright 1983, I 5 lilt sent back to a committee for revision. Just how much that panel will eliminate in an effort to make the proposals acceptable won't be known until today at the earliest. The convention is scheduled to run through Friday. Trumka tried to diminish the impact of the vote by calling immediately afterward for a motion proclaiming the delegates' "solidarity," motion that he got easily.

But while he generally stayed out of the spirited debate preceding the vote, Trumka left no doubt that he The administration appears ready to commit funds from next year's budget for a space station. Story, Page A 2. the budget to Congress late next month. The aides reported that the Public Health Service budget, while containing few new projects, also sought to cut spending for personnel at the Food and Drug Administration. This, they said, could slow the approval of new drugs, contrary to the stated goals of the administration.

Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services said vaccine costs were rising at least 10 percent a year, in part because See NEW BUDGET Back page, col. 1, this section The retaliation came almost immediately after two Navy F-14s drew at least two surface-to-air missiles and "multiple rounds" of antiaircraft fire from an area about 12 miles from the coast, the officials said. "The aircraft completed their mission and returned safely" to the carrier Independence, in the Mediterranean off Lebanon's coast, the Pentagon said. Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger, in a speech to the Washington Press Club, said that military commanders in Lebanon have wide authority to determine attack responses.

Weinberger said the decision to use Navy guns rather than bombing strikes was made by on-scene commanders. "There's no limitation on what See U.S. Back page, col. 1, this section would be found illegally drunk if tests showed a concentration of 0.10. The proposal for enforcing a national minimum drinking age of 21 immediately ran into trouble at the White House and elsewhere in the administration.

Presidential spokesman 1 Larry Speakes said, "We strongly support this recommendation but think it is a state action that should be taken, not a federal action." Jim Burnett, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, who has campaigned in state Capitols across the country for a legal drinking age of 21, said the proposal to withhold federal highway funds from non-complying states would needlessly complicate the issue. The tactic proposed by the commission is similar to one Congress used in 1974 to set a national speed See PANEL Back page, coL 1, this section day. Mostly cloudy and cold tomorrow. Highs today, to SOs; tomorrow, nor 40. Lows tonight, 20s to 30s.

High yesterday, 45; low, 40. it Year ago yesterday: High, 41; low( Sum Rises, 7:5) EST; sets, 5:24. Moon: Rises, 2:14 p.m.) sets, 2 o.m. Weather map and details, Pag 6. INSIDE The government's report on retail sales for November paints a rosy picture of the holiday sea- son for business 13 Ix Panel urges Congress to set 21 as legal age for drinking in nation By BOB JOHNSON Courlar-Jsurnal Political writor FRANKFORT, Ky.

Martha Layne Collins took the ceremonial oath of office as governor yesterday, dedicating herself to putting Kentucky first and promising to remain one of the "typical Kentucki-ans from whom I come." A 19-gun salute echoed across the capital after Collins took the Related stories and photos. Pages A 8 and I. oath before most of Kentucky's political leadership. The ceremony was also witnessed by a crowd of supporters that appeared to be substantially smaller than the throng of 30,000 to 50,000 people anticipated by police. Moments before, Steven Be-shear took the symbolic oath as the state's new lieutenant governor.

Although Collins had been governor since midnight Monday, yesterday's parade and ceremony publicly marked the end of the term of Gov. John Y. Brown Jr. and the return of more traditional politics to the capital. It also represented the triumphant conclusion of Collins' long quest for Kentucky's top political prize.

It was a quest marked by what her son, Steve Collins, in introducing his mother, said are two of her greatest qualities devotion and commitment The new governor appeared several times to wipe tears from her eyes as her son spoke. Collins is the first woman elected governor of the state and the 52nd Kentuckian to hold the office. Five other women have held the office in other states. "If I am to be a symbol," she said in her address, "then let it signify the kind of individual freedom and opportunity precious to typical Kentuckians from whom I come and with whom I remain. "With a deep awareness of the responsibilities conferred by your trust, I vow that this first for Kentucky will be ever dedicated to putting Kentucky first." Collins said she hoped that history would record that her inauguration was something more than a ceremony.

"Let it record that we stirred here a progressive spirit and inaugurated changes of consequence that became enduring hallmarks of this uncommon commonwealth." The 47-year-old Collins said she See NEW PAGE 9, col. 1, this section Martha Layne Collins and her husband, Dr. Bill Collins, descended the Capitol's white marble staircase last night for the inaugural ball. Staff Photo by Sttwart Bowman sri i it i 4 4- mr yr r. lil ri 4.

gross pay for a strike fund, something the UMW does not have now. Also, there was considerable opposition to a proposal that would make it more difficult for the international executive board the union's main governing body to overrule the president. Claiming that change would make the president a "dictator," a West Virginia delegate yelled into the microphone, "They're taking our democracy away that we fought for." However, the vote did not kill the package; the proposals were merely At Sit 4 a By MICHAEL PUTZEL Associated Pros WASHINGTON President Reagan's commission on drunken driving proposed yesterday that Congress set a minimum legal drinking age of 21 and cut off federal highway funds to any state that fails to enforce the standard. The panel, presenting its report to Reagan at the White House after 18 months of study, also calls for a mandatory 90-day suspension of a driver's license on the first conviction of drunken driving, plus either 100 hours of community service or a minimum of 48 hours in jail. In addition, the commission urged eliminating plea bargaining in drunken driving cases and establishing a "presumptive" breath-test standard for drunken driving suspects.

A person with 0.08 alcohol concentration would be presumed to be driving under the influence, and Blow-by-blow account UMW refuses to expand its president's National Woathor Sorvico KENTUCKY Rain today, becoming mixed with and changing to snow in the west in the afternoon. Cloudy and cold tomorrow, with a chance of snow flurries. Highs today, 30s to low tomorrow, mid- to upper 30s. Lows tonight, low 30s. TENNESSEE Rain diminishing to- powers Phipps, president of the Middles-boro-based District 19.

It would have made these changes in the UMW constitution: Elimination of the bargaining council, which under current union rules must approve a negotiated agreement before it is sent to the coalfields for a ratification vote by the rank and file. The council, which was created in 1973 as part of the effort to make the union more democratic after the autocratic rule of W.A. "Tony" See UMW Backpage, col. 1, this section Accent Section Classified ads 6-11 By MIKE BROWN Courier-Journal Staff Writor PITTSBURGH In a setback for President Richard Trumka, the United Mine Workers convention voted yesterday to reject a proposal to broaden the union president's powers. By a 2-1 margin 1,307 to 660 the delegates signaled that they were not willing to give Trumka as much new authority as he had wanted for next year's contract negotiations.

The major sticking point appeared to be a proposed assessment of up to 5 percent on each UMW member's badly wanted the package to be approved in its initial form. He called it "the most important decision" to be made at the convention. "These are the tools we think we need to get the job done" in negotiations with the Bituminous Coal Operators Association, he said. The BCOA contract, which covers most UMW members, expires Sept. 30.

The union also has several separate agreements in western coalfields that run out starting in February. The rejected package was proposed by a committee headed by Joe I Comics Deaths 10, Marketplace 1315 vs Opinion page A Vy People iVy Racing entries JO 5Wy Show clock 4 Sports 1-5 TV, radio, C2.3K 4 i i.