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PAGE THREE: A-3 Tuesday, February 7, 1984 Budget testimony continue; News briefly r- Total Budget Deficit i At the House Budget Committee today, Rudolph G. Penner, director of the Congressional Budget Office, was delivering his assessment of the current situation. According to a report Penner was presenting to the Budget Committee, "The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the fiscal year 1984 deficit will be $190 billion just below the record 1983 level of $195 billion. If current taxing and spending policies are continued unchanged, the deficit will grow in 1985 and in every year thereafter" and "will approach or exceed $300 billion by fiscal year 1989." The report prepared by the nonpartisan budget office, which provides economic information for Congress, added, "Without a change in budget policies, the cost of financing the deficits could become a severe burden, to the point that huge spending cuts or tax increases might be necessary just to prevent an explosive increase in outlays for interest payments. "Such large deficits would also increase real interest rates and eventually lead to reduced capital formation and lower living standards," the report said.

At the Appropriations Committee today, Feldstein repeated his support for the bipartisan negotiations the president wants on the deficits. The first meeting of legislators and White House officials is set for Wednesday. Agreement on a $100 billion, three-year package to reduce the deficits 4 i i i in gay murders out of jail International Israeli security forces have arrested several guerrillas who admitted planting bombs at an Israeli school last year. I a brief announcement, the military command said the guerrillas confessed to planting explosive charges last Oct. 19 and Nov.

7 at the Brenner school in Kf ar Saba, a suburb northeast of Tel Aviv which borders the occupied West Bank of the Jordan River.The bombs were discovered and disarmed. A federal grand jury has indicted 10 Puerto Rican policemen on charges of conspiring to cover up the deaths of two Puerto Rican independence supporters who attempted to sabotage a communications tower. The 44-count indictment included charges of perjury in three previous federal investigations, destruction of evidence and obstruction of justice in the 1978 slayings of Arnaldo Dario Rosado, 23, and Carlos Soto Arrivi, 18. National A Massachusetts jury has begun considering whether a 22-year-old lawn worker who admitted to murder was poisoned by pesticides until he was unable to distinguish right from wrong. David Garabedian admitted strangling 34-year-old Eileen Muldoon in the back yard of her Dunstable home March 29, but says he doesn't know what caused him to kill her.

Defense attorney Robert Mardirosian argued that Garabedian was intoxicated by organo-phosphates used in his work and could not tell right from wrong. The eight Democratic presidential candidates want Democrats in Congress to enact an acid rain control program "with or without President Reagan." In a joint letter to Democratic leaders in the House and Senate, the eight said Reagan's call for intensified research rather than controls "is an action which the Democratic Party cannot ignore." Indiana The former head of Ball State university's London Centre, charged with murdering his wife, remains in prison without bond, nr. Jerrv Kasc-arek's application for bail was denied Monday by a magistrate in Britain's crown coun. Kasparek was arrested Jan. 27 in the suffocation death of his wife, Carol Ann Kasparek, 42.

Her body was found a day earlier in the couple's West London apartment by London police, who said she appeared to have been strangled. The FBI says it is finishing phase one of its investigation of the jail death of Calvin Perry III. FBI spokesman Goraon w. owinn said Monday the bulk of the agency's investigative work has been completed and agents are putting together a report. Perry was found hanged in his Allen County Jail cell last month, a day after he was charged in the the murder last year of Ralph Calise, 28, of Chicago, whose body was found in August in a field near 1-94 and 111.

60 near Lake Forest. Calise had been stabbed 17 times, Lake County Sheriff's police said. Authorities have said there are several similarities in the string of stabbing murders of young men, including four whose bodies were found in October on an abandoned farm off U.S. 41 near Lake Village. Two of those bodies remain unidentified.

Block ruled Friday some prosecution evidence in the Calise murder case was gathered improperly. "The law does not give me the right to Ramsa's books taken for scrutiny WASHINGTON (AP) President Reagan's top economic advisers return to Congress to answer questions on 1985 budget. Tumbling stock Drices. dire predic FELDSTEIN tions from economists and renewed warnings from the Federal Reserve Board have yet to move Congress and President Reagan closer to settling their differences over how to reduce bulging federal budget deficits. More rhetoric on the situation was on tap today as the architects of the president's new fiscal 1985 budget Treasury Secretary Donald T.

Regan, budget director David A. Stockman and presidential economist Martin Feldstein were making a joint appearance before the House Appropriations Committee. At an appearance before the House Budget Committee on Monday, Feldstein acknowledged that without action to stop the flow of red ink, deficits could be "over $300 billion" by the end of the decade. Meanwhile, Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, appearing before the House Banking Committee today, was bringing new warnings about deficit dangers. Suspect By The Times and Times Wire Services WAUKEGAN, 111.

Larry Eyler, a suspect in a series of killings in Indiana and Illinois which authorities believe were homosexual-related, was released on bond Monday. A Lake County, 111. judge lowered Eyler's bond Monday from $1 million to $10,000 after throwing out some state's evidence collected against him. Eyler was released Monday after his family posted a $1,000 cash bond. Circuit Court Judge William Block told Eyler he must not leave Illinois without informing the court and his attorney.

Eyler, 31. has been charged only with REAGAN 'Discipline will solve problems' LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) President Reagan declared today that school discipline, not more money, is the key to solving the nation's educational problems. "Since our administration put education at the top of the American agenda, we've seen a grass-roots revolution that promises to strengthen every school in the country," Reagan said in remarks prepared for delivery to the 68th annual convention of the National Association of Secondary School Principals. Reagan lumped the initial decline in schools in with a general decline in American military and economic strength he said characterized the nation when he took office.

Reagan said learning can't occur in an unruly classroom "and that means restoring good old-fashioned discipline. In too many schools, teachers lack authority to make students take tests, hand in homework, or even quiet down in class. And in some schools, teachers suffer verbal and even physical abuse." After the speech, Reagan was meeting with a group of Nevada Republicans before flying to his moun-taintop ranch near Santa Barbara, for the rest of the week. He flew here Monday from Eureka, College, his alma mater, and Dixon, 111., his boyhood home, where he had celebrated his 73rd birthdav. I 1 r-A tMvj 1977-1989 In Billions of Dollars Totals, not Including outlays of ofl-otidgot Federal entitles 200 150 100 1977 78 79 80 61 Source: Budget for Fiscal 1985 Chart display federal deficit would be "clear evidence" that legislators and administration officials can work together to trim back the deficits, Feldstein said in prepared testimony.

hold someone in custody who under the law is presumed innocent and where the evidence against him is almost nil," Block said. "If I thought the appellate court was going to reverse my decision, I wouldn't have ruled that way in the first place." Lake County Assistant State's Attorney Ray McKoski said the state plans to appeal Block's ruling on the evidence. Eyler's trial, which was to have started Monday, has been continued indefinitely pending that appeal. Block's ruling Friday concerned items taken from Eyler's truck by Indiana State Police after he was stopped for questioning along 1-65 near Lowell on Sept. 30.

needed, police said. Postal authorities wouldn't comment on the specific information seized, but a list of the records which were removed was left in the Ramsa office, according to police. Postal Inspector J.E. Fields, who participated in the records seizure, confirmed the records were taken in connection with the mail fraud investigation of Ramsa, but he said he couldn't comment further. "No charges have been filed.

The investigation is continuing," Fields said. Lansing Police Det. Luther Ferrell, who accompanied postal inspectors, also said he couldn't comment because of the ongoing investigation. Ramsa, which operates the Pointe East supper club in Lynwood, is under investigation by state and federal mostly national foundations to raise the $729,000 needed to match a federal grant, some local support will be needed, Moore said. "If we can't raise the money, it may be an indication that Northwest Indiana doesn't want local television programming," Moore said.

WCAE TV-Channel 50 went off the air last spring when the previous Federal Communications Commission license-holder the Lake Central School Corporation decided to cut off funding for the public television station. Moore's group was awarded the license late last year. Surgeons successfully removed a bullet from Wagenblast's left lung on Jan. 30. Doctors had allowed his condition to stabilize before operating.

The suspect in the shooting, Joel Pittman, 26, of Gary, is being held on $60,000 bond in the Lake County Jail. Pittman is charged with attempted murder. He was arrested in Gary about four hours after the shooting. After ruling on Jan. 30 that Pittman was indigent, Lake County Criminal Court Judge James Letsinger appointed Eric Clark, a public defender, to represent Pittman.

Pre-trial hearings are scheduled for March land March 29. a ti a mm 82 Note figures 1984 1989 are estimated projections through 1989 "Nnthine rould better stren2then the confidence of financial investors and improve the prospects for a sound recovery with declining interest rates," he said. Among the items was a pair of boots that prosecutors say linked Eyler to the site where Calise's body was found. But Block ruled Eyler was arrested solely for questioning in the homosexual slayings, and that officers had no solid reason to search his truck. Block, however, did not suppress evidence obtained in an Oct.

3 search of the truck. That evidence included casts of tire treads, which prosecutors say also link Eyler to the field where Calise's body was found. The judge also allowed the use of evidence from three searches of Eyler's Terre Haute, Ind. apartment in October and November. authorities regarding a loan brokerage service and its failure to pay employees and suppliers, sources have told The Times.

Although several persons paid Ramsa initial loan fees ranging from $1,500 to $5,000, The Times has been unable to locate anyone who has successfully received a loan from Ramsa. Pointe East was closed by Lynwood village officials last week after they found the club's fire alarm system had been removed. The system has since been re-installed. Ramsa also operated Family Restaurant in Dyer, which was closed by court order two weeks ago after Ramsa allegedly failed to pay several months' rent and utility bills. Already, the group has taken steps to get Channel 50 back on the air.

Leases will be signed shortly for both a studio and a site for the transmission tower, Moore said. The studio will be located in the annex of the Lake County Central Library on U.S. 30 in MerrilMlle, she said. And the tower will be located in a farm field south of Crown Point. Lake Central's Channel 50 tower was located in the Robertsdale section of Hammond and was not tall enough to send a strong signal to all of Northwest Indiana, Moore said.

Fingers reattached KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) In an operation that took 25 hours, a team of surgeons reattached five fingers of a man whose hands were crushed in an industrial accident. All of the fingers on Len Crockett's left hand were severed, along with the middle finger of his right hand, said Dr. William O. Reed, an orthopedic surgeon who led a team of three surgeons.

The operation was particularly com- Elicated because Crockett's hands were adly injured and his right arm broken, Reed said. The surgeon said Crockett, 42, of Kansas City, will need at least 12 months of rehabilitative therapy, but eventually should be able to use both hands. 11 i ri 3 r' I I i 3 3 '3 I 63 64 8S 68 87 68 89 By LORI OLSZEWSKI Times Staff Writer LANSING Federal postal authorities have seized business records of Ramsa Companies Ltd. in a continuing mail fraud investigation of the controversial firm. Lansing police said "several boxes of business records" were confiscated last week from Ramsa's office, 1965 Bernice Road.

Three Lansing officers accompanied three federal postal inspectors, who had a search warrant, police said. When they arrived at the office about 5 p.m. Thursday, police said Michael Fields a Ramsa employee, was present. Fields locked the office after federal and police officials took the records they Channel 50 trying to raise money mid-September murders of Fort Wayne newspaperman Dan Osborne, By THOMAS HOULIHAN Times Staff WRiter HIGHLAND Construction of a 960-foot transmission tower for a resurrected Channel 50 could begin this spring. But first, the new Channel 50 license-holders must raise more than a half million dollars for tower construction costs.

"We're going after every possible source of money," said Carol Moore, the secretary-treasurer of Northwest Indiana Public Broadcasting Inc. Although her group plans to approach PUC teacher goes home his wife, Jane, ana rneir son, oen. Illinois Aides are revising campaign transportation for Democratic Senate candidate Alex Seith, who will be in a hip-to-toe cast for at least eight weeks. Seith, 49, a Hinsdale attorney, broke his right ankle and leg when he struck a snowbank while jogging Saturday in Lincoln Park. six candidates for the U.S.

Senate will meet next month in separate Republican and Democranc aeDaies. Sen. Charles Percy will debate his primary challenger, Rep. Tom Corcoran, R-l on March 9 at the WGN-TV studios. The debate will be held from p.m.

Four men seeking the Democratic nomination in the race will debate March 4 from 7-10 p.m. The candidates are U.S. Rep. Paul Simon; state Senate President Philip Rock; attorney Alex Seith; and state Comptroller Roland Burris. HAMMOND Purdue University Calumet instructor Ronald Wagenblast, allegedly shot by a student, was released Monday from St.

Margaret Hospital. Irene Wagenblast said her husband "is doing real good." Doctors allowed him to return to his Highland home, she said, to obtain more rest. Wagenblast had so many visitors at the hospital, his wife said, it was difficult for him to get the needed rest. Wagenblast, 51, an associate professor, was shot Jan. 27 while in his office on the Hammond campus.

A PUC student, who was allegedly unhappy with a he'd received in Wagenblast's calculus class, has been charged in the shooting..