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THE IOLA REGISTER. MONDAY. JUNE24, 1985 PAGE 7 Congress to fake another shot at Pentagon budget By TIM AHERN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) The House will be plowing through a huge Pentagon spending bill again this week as Congress prepares to wrap up business and head home for a Fourth of July recess. The Senate will debate the al-ways-hot issue of gun control before it breaks for the recess, tentatively set to begin Friday. The House still has two major areas of controversy military procurement reform and antisatellite weapons before it finishes the huge bill authorizing the Pentagon to spend $292 billion in the fiscal year starting Oct.

1. That Democratic budget is $10 billion less than the defense-spending plan approved by the Republican Senate and the two versions will have to be reconciled by a conference committee. Meanwhile, the major item on the Senates calendar will be a proposal by Sen. James McClure, R-Idaho, to slash the federal limits on firearms and gun dealers imposed by the 1968 Gun Control Act. That law, passed after the assassination of Sen.

Robert F. Kennedy, put strict limits on interstate sales of guns and requires that extensive records be kept by gun dealers. McClure, in sponsoring the changes, said, "the ones who bear the brunt of this law are not necessarily the most dangerous criminals. The ones who have been harassed by the enforcement of this act are often innocent men and women who have bungled their paperwork. A chief opponent is Sen.

Edward M. Kennedy, who has lost two brothers to assassinations by gunfire. Kennedy opposed similar legislation in past years. But Jerry Tinker, a Kennedy aide, says the two sides are working toward a compromise over items such as lifting of regulations on guns used for sport, such as rifles and handguns, while keeping limits on handguns. Meanwhile, the House-Senate conference committee on the budget was resuming work to find a compromise on a 1986 budget resolution that will satisfy both houses on defense spending and Social Security.

The House will deal with at least 50 amendments to the Pentagon bill, all aimed at overhauling a Pentagon spending system that in recent years has produced $650 ashtrays and taxpayer money sent to defense contractors for items such as country club memberships and gift cookbooks. The anti-satellite controversy surrounds an Air Force plan to conduct final-stage tests of weapon designed to knock out enemy satellites. Air Force supporters say the program is needed to offset a similar Soviet weapon. Critics contend the U.S. system is far more advanced and will only lead to a new arms race in space.

The House will also consider a proposal to cut spending on the military retirement program from $18.2 billion next year to $14.2 billion as a way of forcing the Pentagon to come up with reforms for the system. Parsons sells meters; Gasoline prices still rising governor takes one home Abducted Oklahoman escapes in Kansas City; suspects still at large tions in 50 states every two weeks. In Lundbergs latest survey, the average price of a gallon of regular leaded gasoline at self-serve pumps was nearly $1.12, regular unleaded was almost $1.20 a gallon and premium unleaded was almost $1.32 a gallon. About 75 percent of all gasoline sales are at self-serve pumps. He said the price of crude oil has fallen by an average of $1.70 a barrel in the last several weeks, which normally might lead to a reduction of 2 cents to 3 cents a gallon in retail prices.

LOS ANGELES (AP) Despite a decline in international crude oil costs, the average pump price of gasoline rose a quarter-cent in the last two weeks, oil industry analyst Dan Lundberg says. The boost continued a climb that began in February, the publisher of the oil-oriented Lundberg Letter said Sunday. Motorists are paying almost $1.24 on the average for a gallon of gas this week, nearly 10 cents more than they were paying in February when the average price was just about $1.14 a gallon, said Lundberg, who surveys 17,000 service sta PARSONS, Kan. (AP) Visitors to an arts and craft fair in this southeastern Kansas town had an opportunity during the weekend to take home a different kind of souvenir a parking meter. "I think parking meters are fast becoming a part of Americas past, said Ann Kennett, president of the Parsons Main-street PRIDE Committee.

The civic improvement group hoped to raise more than $6,000 from the sale of more than 400 meters that were donated by the city. Money raised from the sale of the meters, which were being sold for $15 each or two for $25, was to be used for a citywide project to be chosen at a later date. Mrs. Kennett said the decision to sell the parking meters caused considerable interest among collectors of memorabilia in Kansas and neighboring states. "I got calls from all over the four-state area, Mrs.

Kennett said. "I had close to 100 calls this week. Kansas Gov. John Carlin, who was in Parsons Saturday for a dedication ceremony, also purchased a parking meter. "I might put this out in front of Cedar Crest and charge for parking, said Carlin, referring to the executive mansion in Topeka.

Motorists may find Saturday the men were gone. He told officials he freed himself and returned to Oklahoma before calling authorities. Jim Crawford, an inspector with the U.S. Marshals office in Oklahoma City, said the car belonging to the daughter of an Oklahoma City couple held captive overnight by the robbers was found abandoned about 2:30 a.m. Sunday.

Terry Lee Conner, 41, of Eugene, and Joseph William Dougherty, 45, of Philadelphia, took the car Thursday morning after they held Don and Pam Briscoe of Oklahoma City in the Briscoes home overnight. Conner and Dougherty escaped from two deputy marshals Wednesday as they were being transported from the federal prison in El Reno to U.S. District Court in Oklahoma City. Conner used a razor blade and handcuff keys to overtake the two deputy marshals escorting him and Dougherty to court Wednesday, authorities said. They drove away in the deputies car and later commandeered another vehicle before winding up at the Briscoe residence in western Oklahoma City.

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