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FINAL EDITION COOLER AGAIN (Weather Details Pg. U) JBaxlfi Aimerft See Index Below) LAFAYETTE, SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1982 76th Year, No. 349 Haig Says 'Relationship' Should Help In Settlement Action Corner olvet problemt, geti answers, cuts red tope, stands up for your rights, local questions given preference. Write to Action Corner PO Box 1268 Lafayette, 70502 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina AP) -Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig Jr.

said Friday the "close relationship between the United States and Argentina" should help settle the deepening Falkland Islands crisis. Argentina poured more reinforcements into the Falklands, broadcast air raid instructions in a major coastal city, and pledged to defend itself if Britain attacked. Dozens of British warships were steaming toward the disputed islands and Royal Navy submarines were believed already in the Haig said on arrival from London "Argentina and the United States are hemispheric partners with many years of historical cooperation. That relationship, which has become even more cordial in recent months, should serve as a good basis in seeking to avoid conflict." Met Official Haig met in London with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. She dispatched a fleet Monday to recapture the British-administered islands, which Argentina seized April 2.

area. What is the status of the city-parish task force on driving while intoxicated? Who will be named to it and what will be its purpose? P. Lafayette That task force has not yet been named, although city and parish officials are expected to staff it in another two to three weeks. Word from Acadiana Safety Association Director Rob Davis is that the group will consist of 14 citizens six each from the parish and city and two appointed by ASA. Mayor Dud Lastrapes and Police Jury President Louis Roth have agreed on the committee's concept, number and 60-day duration, Davis says, and are to present resolutions to their respective governing bodies shortly.

The general purpose of the task force will be to look at what's going on here and throughout the state in terms of drunken drivers, what might be done to alleviate the problem, what can be done to endorse or recommend state efforts and what obstacles (such as jail space) are involved. 11 aim- Falkland Islands in preparation for a possible attack by a British armada heading for the archipelago, 250 miles east of Argentina. The air force said it had reinforced its operational strength and taken steps in the islands to permit "detection, identification, interception and destruction" of hostile aircraft. Longtime Grambling President Dies RUSTON, La. (AP) Dr.

Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones, a pioneer educator who served as president for 41 of his 51 years at Grambling State University, died Friday night at Lincoln General Hospital. He was 80 years old. A native of Lake Charles. Jones had been in good health until gall bladder surgery on Sunday, said a Grambling spokesman Survivors include two sons, Ralph Jr. and John Arthur Jones' wife, Mildred Shay Jones, died in the 1950s.

Funeral serv ices were incomplete. A graduate of Southern University who held a master's in education administration from Columbia University, Jones joined the Grambling staff in 1926 and spent the next 10 years teaching math, band and tailoring, serving also as dean and coach of the baseball and football teams. After becoming Grambling's president in 1936, Jones known universally as "Prez" introduced the field service unit to teacher education. At a time when Negroes went to segregated schools and sometimes none at all, Grambling sent its education students to the plantations and elsewhere to learn the most urgent learning needs of black Americans. Jones left Grambling on June 30.

1977, and had spent his retirement lecturing, consulting and in other pursuits. Good morning. This is April 10. The weather will bo cool. Stories featured inside in- ig field leads Rommel to The secretary of state said President Reagan had asked him to "assist in finding a solution to the crisis in the South Atlantic." The Pentagon announced in Washington that U.S.

merchant ships had been advised to stay away from the 200-mile war zone around the Falklands. which Britain said will be effective Monday, but said the notice "in no way constitutes" U.S. policy in the dispute. Twenty-one Americans were reported on the islands. Earlier in the day, Foreign Minister Nicanor Costa Mendez said, "If Britain persists in its hard-headedness and attacks we will defend ourselves." On Thursday he said "the danger of war with Britain is fading." Labor and political leaders, echoing a call from a Buenos Aires radio station, urged Argentines to gather in the Plaza de Mavo across from Government House Saturday morning in a mass show of support for the seizing of the Falklands after 149 years of British rule.

WaitOuslde Despite the Good Friday holiday, hundreds of Argentines waited outside the Defense Ministry to volunteer for military duty. Officials said "thousands" had volunteered since the office opened Wednesday. Argentina continued flying troops and munitions from coastal airbases to the Proposed amendments could (ace trouble. Page 13 walked in stock ng feet during Good rffffay St Peter's basilica. (AP service in Laserphoto) POPE WALKS IN STOCKING FEET To commemorate the death of Jesus Christ, Pope John Paul II shed his shoes, miter, ring and other svmbols of authority and For conveneient home delivery of The Advertiser, call 235-8511.

ON GOOD FRIDAY Pope Carries Cross Through Ancient Ruins Treen Floorieader Files 'First Use' Tax Proposal Church News Pg. 4-6 Entertainment Pg. 7-8 Sports Pg- 9-12 Classified Pg. 15-2' Women's News Pg. 22 I would like school officials to comment on the following account: On Tuesday, March 9, I was driving my car behind a Lafayette Parish School Bus westbound on Congress Street.

The bus was also headed westbound. As it passed Lafayette High School, the driver signaled he was moving into the left lane, and did so. Then as he got to the intersection of Congress and Marie Antoinette, he made a right turn. He had in effect, moved into the left lane and then cut back across a lane of traffic to make a wide right turn. I might add this happened about 11 a.m., when all lanes of Congress are heavily congested.

Don't school bus drivers attend traffic school or some other safe driving class in order to transport our children? G.B., Lafayette Dr. James Jackson of Lafayette Parish School Board said drivers are required to attend driving and in-service training. In some situations, long buses have to swing out to make sharp turns. Jackson said the Board is looking at these situations and trying to resolve them. One of the hangups in the law was the exemption given to pipeline companies in Louisiana.

The court also said the tax interfered with interstate commerce. Administration sources said Treen is planning next week to unveil details of his bill, which must get a two-thirds vote of the Legislature to pass. Treen told a gathering of bankers recently that he may have figured out a way to enact a constitutional replacement but he did not elaborate. Although the sources would not disclose specifics to the Advocate, one said the tax BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) A floorieader for the Treen administration filed a proposed amendment to the Louisiana Constitution Friday which would set up a "first use" tax on natural gas.

oil or minerals. The proposal filed by Rep. Loy Weaver, D-Homer, would enable the state to impose a "tax, fee. permit or license upon the transportation of oil, gas or other minerals." Sally Nunguesser, the governor's press secretary, said the proposal was filed to enable Treen to "keep all of his options. It does not necessarily mean legislation will be filed." Friday was the deadline for filing a proposed constitutional amendment.

Gov. Treen has not commented but top administration sources say that he and his special team of lawyers feel they have a constitutional bill to place a first-use tax on natural gas. The first-use tax approved by the Legislature in 1978 was stricken as unconstitutional by the U. S. Supreme Court last year and Treen has said he wants to shore up that law to meet the legal test.

The Morning Advocate quoted top administration sources Thursday as saying that all gas. both inland and offshore, would be taxed and no exemptions would be granted to pipeline companies. The sources asked not to be identified. The Supreme Court, in a ruling last year, said the tax was unfairly passed on to out-of-state users on Friday afternoon, the pope knelt three times and kissed a crucifix in St. Peter's Basilica to mark the death of Christ.

John Paul took off his shoes, his dark red robes, his miter and ring and wore a simple white robe to show his humility during the service on Good Friday, the only day in the Christian year when Mass cannot be said. There were no candles or incense during the service and the altar was bare. Church bells in Rome's 500 churches were silent. Earlier, the pope heard confessions of 25 worshippers for 90 minutes. He began the practice of hearing confession at the basilica on Good Friday two years ago -the first time a pope had ever performed the sacrament at St.

Peter's. Skies were cloudy in Rome after several days of sunny weather. Streets were jammed with tourists and pilgrims here for the holiday weekend. The 20.000 faithful who attended the service were searched with metal detectors as they entered St. Peter's, a security measure instituted at papal appearances after the May 13 attempt on John Paul's life.

The pope spokes in 10 languages and Pilot Escapes Injury In Crash-Landing A student pilot escaped injury Friday afternoon when he crash-landed in a field in the Driftwood Subdivision north of Lafayette. A spokesman for Pelican Aviation, which rented the plane to the pilot for a solo flight, reported that the plane suffered minor damage. He said that the plane possibly ran out of fuel. The name of the pilot was not available. ROME (AP) Pope John Paul II, his brow knit in concentration, carried a black wooden cross through Rome's ancient ruins on Good Friday to retrace symbolically Jesus' steps up the hill to his Crucifixion.

About 30,000 tourists and faithful, some holding candles, gathered to watch the torchlit procession under cloudy skies on the mild spring evening A full moon broke through the clouds and shone down on the crowd. A choir sang melancholy chants in Latin as the pope slowly walked the 100 yards from the Colosseum to the Palatine Hill on the edge of the Roman Forum. The pope chanted along with the choir. John Paul, wearing white vestments and a short, dark red cape of mourning, pressed his head against the 44-foot poplar cross as he paused at the 14 Stations of the Cross. At each stop, the pope made a reference to the modern world praying for kidnap victims, those who suffer from hunger, those whose civil rights are violated, those who are condemned unfairly.

Millions of television viewers in Western Europe. North America, South America and Africa watched the ceremony broadcast live. On the Palatine Hill, the pope looked down on the Colosseum, where legend says early Christians were fed to the lions. "The cross, planted among these ruined monuments, reminds us of all those who in the first generations of the church were condemned to die on the cross, were thrown to the lions or were tortured in other ways and martyred," John Paul said. Pope Paul VI in 1964 revived the tradition of popes walking through the Stations of the Cross, in which each stop represents an event in Jesus' condemnation, death and burial.

Local Man Killed In New Mexico RENVILLE, N.M. (AP) Three Texas residents and a Louisiana man were killed in a two-car crash early Friday on U.S. 64-87 about three miles south of Grenville in Union County, state police said. The victims were identified as Dwayne A. Andrus, 19.

of Lafayette, Nelson Burdette Emery, 37, of Fort Worth. Texas; Aletha Main Emery, 58, of Fort Worth; and Cynthia Kilpatrick, about 13, of Slaton, Texas. State police said the southbound vehicle driven by Andrus and the northbound car driven by Emery crashed about 4:30 a.m. Friday. There is an empty lot on Lee Street in the 1300 block between University and Brashear.

It has become a dump for debris. Can its owners be compelled to clean it? N.K., Lafayette The owner will clean up the lot. Francis Thomas, assistant director to Public Works Director Jerry Trumps, said the lot has been cleaned up on numerous occasions, but people keep throwing debris onto it. Wright Encouraged About Prospects SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) House Majority leader Jim Wright said Friday that he is encouraged about the prospects of rightist parties including the centrist Christian Democrats in a national unity government. "I find a growing awareness among some of the people on all sides that they really do need to work together," the Texas Democrat told reporters.

"I got the feeling that they were somewhat more guarded than they have been." Iran Says Peace Not Possible BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) Three weeks after a successful offensive against Iraqi forces on the bat-tlefront, Iran's president reiterated that there would be no peace with "the aggressor," Radio Tehran reported Friday. The state-run radio also broadcast a military communique claiming Iranian security forces killed and wounded 45 Iraqi troops near the southwest Iran refinery city of Abadan. It also said 16 Iraqi soldiers were killed in other clashes in western Iran. Officials Fear Israeli Attack WASHINGTON (AP) Senior administration officials said Friday they feared Israel would attack Palestine Liberation Organization bases in southern Lebanon soon. But they confessed that aside from intelligence reports of a slight strengthening of the long-standing Israeli military buildup on the Lebanese border, they had "nothing concrete" to indicate that Israel would march.

Mexican Peasants Ignore Warnings PICHUCALCO, Mexico (AP) -Ignoring warnings that El Chin-chonal may erupt again, about 6,000 peasants have returned to their ash-covered homes in this town 23 miles from the volcano, the mayor said Friday. Thickening smoke forced paratroopers to halt a two-day effort to rescue 4,800 villagers the army believes are trapped on the slopes of the crater that has erupted seven times since March 29. Reagan Concedes Deficit Will Top $100 Billion Christians Of World Observe Good Friday There is a large live oak tree on Johnston Street at the corner of Grand Avenue and Johnston Street. Its limbs are hanging about 20 feet on the state right-of-way. Its large limbs hang on about four or five high power lines and droop all the way down to the ground.

Not only is it a potential electrical and telephone line hazard, but it blocks all visibility of oncoming traffic. When will the city remove this hazard? K.V., Lafayette There are two live oak trees on Johnston Street between Grand Avenue and Antigua Drive. Since these trees are valuable to the aesthetics of already overly commercial scenery, all low hanging branches were removed that in any way blocked visibility of traffic flow," said Francis Thomas, assistant to Jerry Trumps, the city's Public Works Director. billion and $130 billion given the continued slide in the economy." The spokesman, who did not want his named used, said the administration is still unwilling to release the more accurate figures, but at least they have admitted that the deficit is going over $100 billion, which is a psychological threshold." Friday's report was the latest in a long string of deteriorating budget forecasts the administration has issued since the start of Reagan's presidency, when he promised to hold this year's deficit under $50 billion and balance the budget by 1984 or earlier. As recently as January, Treasury Secretary Donald T.

Regan predicted the deficits for 1983 and 1984 would be "much lower" than $100 billion. Private economists, meanwhile, have been saying for months that Reagan's program of tax cuts and record spending for the military would produce deficits exceeding $100 billion a year. The spring update, which is required by law, was sent to Congress amid reports that administration and congressional negotiators were nearing agreement on a compromise budget plan for 1983. Congress and the administration have been looking for an acceptable package of program cuts and tax increases required to hold the deficit to $1C0 billion or less. WASHINGTON (AP) President Reagan conceded Friday the federal deficit will excede $100 billion for the first time this year and hit $101.9 billion in 1983 under his embattled budget plan assuming there is a strong economic recovery this summer.

In a report updating budget estimates made just two months ago. the administration raised its deficit estimates through 1987 by as much as $11 billion a year The report cited higher federal spending as the principal cause. The deficit for fiscal 1982, which ends Sept. 30, was re-estimated at $100.5 billion, up from a $98.6 billion estimate in February The estimated deficit for 1983 is $10.4 billion higher than February's forecast of $91.5 billion, and the deficit "for 1984 grew by $10.9 billion to $93.8 billion. The worsening deficit outlook, prepared by the Office of Management and Budget, was still optimistic relative to internal government forecasts.

The administration decided not to take into account recent negative economic indicators that many economists believe could push the 1983 deficit above $120 billion. A spokesman for the Democratic-controlled House Budget Committee said the updated estimate is "a significant step toward reality, but the actual 1983 deficit under their program will be between $120 Some expressed disillusionment. "It brings you closer to Christ spiritually, but I was really disappointed with the shoving and the commercialism," said Dino Salvestrini, a seminary student from Iron River, Mich. "It wasn't that prayerful or quiet." Easter celebrations will end Sunday with a pontifical Mass of the Resurrection. In Vatican City, Pope John Paul II heard confessions of 25 worshippers at St.

Peter's Basilica, and later removed his shoes and symbols of papal authority as a sign of humility during the Good Friday service -the only day in the Christian year when Mass cannot be said. Good Friday celebrations at the seat of the Roman Catholic faith include a torchlit procession through Rome's ancient ruins, with the pope carrying a wooden cross to retrace symbolically Jesus's last steps in Jerusalem. Streets were jammed with tourists and pilgrims here for the Easter weekend. By The Associated Press Christians around the world observed Good Friday in solemn ceremonies from the Philippines to Poland, the Vatican to Jerusalem, where pilgrims gathered to mourn the death of Jesus on Calvary Hill nearly 2.000 years ago. The land of Christ's birth, death and Resurrection has been caught up in sporadic violence in recent months.

Israeli soldiers watched from rooftops and accompanied the faithful along Christ's traditional path through the narrow alleyways of the Via Dolorosa to the church built over Calvary. Faithful poured through the West Bank town of Bethlehem all week despite the unrest, and government officials said 100,000 visitors were expected in the Holy Land for the holidays. Inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the site where tradition holds that Christ was nailed to the cross, annointed and buried, men and women sobbed as they remembered the holiest moments in The railroad crossing on Sun- Continued on Page 3, Col i.

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