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Akron Beacon Journal Mostly sunny Weather report, Page 2 Soviet sale OK'd See page A-3 Thursday, August 10, 1978 Copyright 1978, Beacon Journal Publishing Co. Ohio's complete neivspapei 15 cents House votes record funds for defense By B. DRUMMOND AYRES JR. New York Times Service WASHINGTON The House has passed the largest money bill in congressional history, a $119.2 billion defense appropriations measure, tacking on a controversial amendment at the last moment that would severely limit use of Roll call Here is how Akron area representatives voted on the House defense appropriations bill amendment that would prevent the money from being spent to pay for abortions by military women or dependents except when the mother's life is endangered: Democrats YES Douglas Applegate-18th NO Donald Pease-13th NO John Seiberling-14th YES I Charles Vontlc-22nd Republicans YES Ralph Regulo-i6th YES J. William Stanton-11th pontiff's body was removed from its coffin overnight and put on a Ml 1 ft low catafalque in front of the great altar, where it will remain J-l0 IIf OttIV' untU the funeral Saturday.

At right on the floor is a ventUator Throngs of Romans and tourists line up for a last glimpse of producing fresh air around the partially-embalmed body of the Pope Paul VI as he lies in state at St. Peter's Basilica. The late pope. Stories and another photo on page A-4. (JP) On the inside Big business increase expected any of the funds for abortions by military women or dependents.

The vote on the abortion amendment was 226-163. Later Wednesday, the House passed the full bill 339-60, after three days of debate in which an unsuccessful effort was made to eliminate $2.1 billion for a nuclear aircraft carrier the Carter administration did not want. THE ABORTION amendment raised the possibility that the big money bill might precipitate another lengthy abortion fight between the House and the Senate at a point when time is running out on the 95th Congress. The Senate has usually been more liberal on abortion matters than the House. Last year, a House-Senate squabble over abortion funds for the Department of Health, Education and Welfare dragged on for six months before conferees could find a compromise.

A similar conflict looms again this year over HEW funding and, as of Wednesday's action, over military appropriations. Wednesday's amendment was offered by Rep. Robert K. Dornan, It stated that none of the funds appropriated for the Department of Defense could be used to pay for abortions except in cases in which the mother's life would be endangered should the fetus be carried to term. DEFENSE DEPARTMENT policy provides funding for abortions for any woman eligible for other medical care by the military, as long as two doctors find that the abortion is "medically indicated" or required for "reasons of mental health," and if that funding is not in conflict with the laws of the state or country in which the abortion is to be performed.

In calling for adoption of the amendment, Dornan said military funds were being used to pay for at least 26,000 abortions every year. He called it an abuse of taxpayer's money and said it constituted a "curse" on the U.S. defense establishment. Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman argued that it would discourage women and married couples from joining the armed forces and thus would hurt the American defense effort.

THE LANGUAGE in the Dornan amendment was similar to language that Rep. Henry J. Hyde has inserted into HEW bills several times. Last year, the Senate flatly refused to accept the highly limiting wording and a compromise was worked out. It is not clear whether this year's HEW abortion dispute could be solved with similar language, nor was it clear whether such language would end a dispute over abortions funded by the Defense Department.

The best guess seemed to be that the HEW dispute would be taken up first, because it involves more abortions than the defense dispute, See HOUSE, page A-8 $2 million Aerospace expansion set KVJTX if-- to Aerospace for production of wheel and brake assemblies for 19 different airplanes, including the Air Force F4 and the F15 Eagle fighter planes. Goodyear Aerospace is in Springfield Township, just south of Akron Municipal Airport. All of the defense contract work is to be done at Aerospace plants next to the Airdock, according to Lyle Schwilling, a company spokesman. He said all the brakes in the new contract are replacement equipment for existing aircraft. The Defense Department awards the contract annually to the lowest bidder.

Schwilling said Aerospace is usually the recipient of the contract, and also made the original equipment for the aircraft. THE EXPANSION of facilities will make room for 60 new salaried engineers in the wheel and brake division's Plant east of the dock, the company said. The building was constructed during World War H. Construction and remodeling will take up to two years. The company said another $2 million or $3 million may be spent several years from now for new computers for the wheel and brake section.

Most of the production work on the defense contract will be done by existing employes, the company said. The contract covers primarily fighter See AEROSPACE, page A-8 By DOUG OPUNGER Beacon Journal Business Writer Goodyear Aerospace officials said Wednesday they will soon begin work on a $2 million expansion and remodeling at their wheel and brake engineering facility next to the Airdock in anticipation of a big upswing in business. Aerospace is expecting "a new wave of aircraft introductions in the next several years and it is our objective to be a part of those programs," said Morris B. Jobe, president of Aerospace, a Goodyear subsidiary. Aerospace is a major producer of wheel and brake assemblies for commercial, private and military aircraft.

At the same time, the Defense Department announced it is awarding a $15 million contract Scientist says cigarets not risky known to have short-term adverse effects and is suspected of causing addiction, peptic ulcers and other damage. Gori and Lynch also compared the amounts of four other hazard ous substances in cigaret smoke: Carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, nitrogen oxides and acrolein. WHILE SOME brands showed higher tolerance levels of some sub-See SCIENTIST, page A-8 The state fair, Ohio's biggest show, begins next week. Here's what you will And. Page F-l.

Cleveland's woes Cleveland's economic problems are serious even though they have been overshadowed by the recall election against Mayor Dennis Kucinich. Page A-7. Pele and the kids Soccer star Pele spent a lot of time with the kids when he came to Akron as part of Soap Box Derby week. One of those competing this year is Lori Ruth, 15, who has had a bout with cancer. Page C-l.

Action Line F-14 Advice F-18 Art Buchwald Page 2 Business C-14 to 20 Classified D-4 to E-7 Comics F-14, 15 Commentary A-7 Deaths D-3 Dynamite F-13 Editorials A-6 Fran Murphey C-3 National report A-5 Ohio news A-13 People Page 2 Sports B-l to 8 Theaters, restaurants F-6 to 8 TV, radio F-16 Weekend F-5 creasing the risk of dying from lung cancer, heart disease or the various other ailments associated with cigaret smoking. Gori said the government research project has tested more than 150 modifications of the ordinary cigaret in efforts to reduce the hazards. Some of those modifications are showing up on the market, he said. BY CHANGING the porousness of the paper, the soil in which the tobacco is grown, the cut leaf's texture, the curing process, the filter, the burning temperature and the method of manufacture, scientists have substantially lowered the smoke's toxicity, Gori said. The results have been turned over to the tobacco industry, and "some of these new cigarets are a direct result of this work," he said, although the industry has never admitted cigaret smoking is hazardous.

Tar, the total particulate matter found in cigaret smoke, is generally believed to be the chief cancer-causing agent, while nicotine is 'Safe' smoke levels WASHINGTON (JP) Here is a list of the 27 "low-tar" brands tested and the number of cigarets of each brand a person may smoke in a day without exceeding "tolerable levels." The levels were defined by government researchers as the amounts of six hazardous substances contained in two pre-1960s cigarets. Carlton Menthol: 23. Now Menthol: 18. Now and Stride: 17. Carlton: 16.

Flavor Lights (King), Lucky 100, True and True Menthol: 8. Decade and Pall Mall Extra Mild: 7. Decade Menthol, Iceberg 100s, Kent Golden Light Menthol, Long Lights (100s), Lark and Tareyton Lights: 6. Kent Golden Lights and Real Menthol: 5. Benson Hedges Lights and Newport Lights Menthol: 4.

King Sano, King Sano Menthol, Merit, Merit Menthol, Real and Tempo: 3. Today's chuckle One patient to another, in doctor's waiting room: "The way health costs are going up these days, I don't know how much longer I can afford to be a By MICHAEL PUTZEL WASHINGTON (JP) A top government scientist has said a smoker can consume a pack a day of some new cigarets on the market "without apparent risk." "We don't want to call them safe; we don't think there is such a thing. But some are so low (in tar and other toxic substances) as to cause no observable hazard," said Gio Batta Gori, head of the smoking and health program at the National Institutes of Health. The tobacco industry has developed these new cigarets with the help of millions of dollars in government research funds. GORI AND Cornelius J.

Lynch of Enviro Control the government's prime contractor on what has become known despite their objections as "safe cigaret research," have identified the "tolerable levels" of smoke for 27 cigaret brands with relatively low tar. The levels are based on the max-imurn amount of tar, nicocine and four other toxic substances found in the smoke that an average smoker might consume before his group's death rate rises above that of non-smokers. For example, a person could smoke 23 cigarets a day of Carlton Menthol more than a pack before reaching the tolerable level, Gori and Lynch said. Tolerable levels of the other brands range from 18 cigarets a day for Now Menthol to three a day for King Sano, King Sano Menthol, Merit, Merit Menthol, Real and Tempo. THE TWO scientists define tolerable levels in terms of pre-1960 cigarets.

In 1960, tar and nicotine contents were much higher than today and studies first identified the long-term risks of cigaret smoking. Gori said studies have shown that people who smoked no more than two pre-1960 cigarets a day had no higher death rate than nonsmokers. Therefore, he explained, if one could reduce the various toxic substances in cigarets below the pre-1960 levels, a smoker presumably could smoke more of the new, "low-hazard" cigarets without in Wholesale prices rise .5 WASHINGTON (JP) The government said today that wholesale food prices dipped 0.3 percent in July even though over-all wholesale prices rose 0.5 percent to $195.90. That's almost twice what wholesale prices cost in 1967. The 0.5 percent increase in wholesale prices was the smallest in five months.

The Producer Price Index for finished goods, the leading measure of Cole wants county to roll on 'Stones' By MARILYNN MARCHIONE Beacon Journal Staff Writer If Summit County Commissioner Ted Cole had his way, the county's new cars would come equipped with Firestone tires. Commissioners today agreed to advertise for bids for about 53 new cars and about eight new trucks. Half of the cars will go to the sheriff's department. Cole wanted the resolution to specify that the vehicles have Firestone tires. He had to amend it to say they must be equipped with "Firestone tires or approved equals" to comply with the law, and the resolution was approved unanimously.

IT'S HIS WAY, Cole indicated, of showing support for Firestone during its controversy over the company's "500" steel belted radials. "Here's a company that's been in the Akron area for a long time and has contributed so much to the area," Cole said. "I think we should stand behind a company like this, at a time like this." However, bids for purchases of more than $2,000 cannot specify a company or brand. By law, commissioners must accept the lowest bid which meets specifications. Thus, Cole had to insert "approved equals" in the resolution.

19 196 wholesale prices, stood at 195.9 in July, meaning a product costing $100 in 1967 cost $195.90 last month. Consumers usually can expect to see changes in wholesale prices reflected at the store checkout counter within a few months. IT WAS the first time food prices have gone down since September, when they declined 0.1 percent. Beef prices, which climbed steadily during the winter and spring, began to drop in July as more cattle became available, the Labor Department said. Products other than food increased 0.8 percent in price, about the same as the gains of the previous four months.

ALTHOUGH gas prices declined, prices went up sharply for passenger cars, home appliances, furniture, jewelry and health products. July Aug Wpt Ort. He 0t. Mm. fb.

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