Daily News Record (Newspaper) - May 21, 1986, Harrisonburg, Virginia Partly Cloudy Partly cloudy today with highs around 70 and lows in the mid to upper Continued partly cloudy highs again around Aldhizer Dies Former slate George Aldhizer a founding partner ol the Aldhizer and Weaver law died Tuesday at age Story on Page 197 40 Pages May 1986 4332702 20 Cents GNP Strong Inflation Down WASHINGTON AP The economy grew at a sur strong annual rate of percent from January through March while inflation sank to its lowest level in nearly two the government reported White House officials hailed the but private analysts were not as contending that the growth figure hid widespread The increase in the gross national pro the total output of goods and repre sented a fivefold jump from the anemic percent growth rate turned in during the It equaled the growth turned in during the first three months of last year and was the fastest rate since a percent increase in the second quarter of The new GNP figure was an upward revision from the Commerce Departments initial estimate last month of a percent annual The big spurt in growth did not trigger higher infla the government reported that measured by a GNP were rising at an annual rate of just percent in the first three months of the the best showing since who had widely predicted that the original growth figure would be lowered instead of said they were unimpressed by the newfound Jerry chief economist for the National Association of said the increase was attributable solely to onetime factors and does not indicate any major strength in the The Reagan administration is predicting growth for all of 1986 will hit 4 up substantially from last years percent White House spokesman Larry Speakes said the new GNP figure reflected the sustained strength of the American economy and bolstered the administra tions more optimistic growth Private maintained that growth in the current quarter will likely slump in the wake of production cutbacks at auto plants and elsewhere as businesses work to whittle down bulging Inventories were growing at an annual rate of billion in the first billion higher than the Commerce Department originally Allen chief economist for Shearson Lehman said almost half of that increase came from inventories of new This bulge added 1 percent to GNP growth but will subtract growth in coming months as auto plants lay off workers while dealers work down he David senior economist for Merrill said he thought growth in the current quarter would dip to between 1 percent and 2 percent because of the production We are in a weak but we are still looking for a rebound in the second half of the Berson predicting growth from July through December at a robust rate of 4 percent or The optimism for the second half of 1986 stems from See Page 9 n Gross National I REVISED FIGURES Real GNP Trillion 1st Quarter 37 AP AP Flames rise from a shack set afire during fighting in the South African squatter camp of Crossroads story on Page Botha Defends Military Raids Attacks Across Borders Likened To Raid On Libya South Africa AP President Botha said Tuesday that raids on alleged guerrilla targets in three black ruled nations were justified strikes similar to the bombing of and there will be more if South Africa will not allow the double stan dards and hypocrisy of the Western world to stand in the way of our responsibilities to protect our he The smugglers of terrorist arms into our country and murderers of innocent people must be hunted The raids Monday into Zambia and Zimbabwe brought condemnation from around the caused the nations curren cy to plunge in value and brought thousands of college both black and out in Police used water cannons and tear gas Tuesday on 200 most of them at the University of Cape Town who carried placards Botha is a About 800 students of both races from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johan staged a rowdy protest and 13 were reported Protesters threw stones at two police cars and several private and witnesses said some rushed a group of shouting At least more than half of them packed an auditorium later for an in door People went into the streets of Pieter maritzburg with signs reading Dont The text of distributed to ended with the sentence I gratulate our security forces and assure the country that we will do it again when the sion He omitted those words when speaking in but his office said they appeared in the Botha said international law permitted pre emptive strikes in adding Israels attack on the PLO Palestine Libera tion Organization headquarters in Tunisia and Americas attacks on certain installations in Libya are cases in His comments were the first government response to an outcry that included tions from the United States and which have resisted international attempts to impose tough economic sanctions on South Canada recalled its ambassador for Colin leader of the opposition in called the air and ground in which three people were killed and at least 15 a major political The strikes were launched against what the military called bases and transit camps of the outlawed African National which has waged a campaign of sabotage against white rule since Botha said the ANC carried out 193 attacks in the past and South Africans cannot tolerate this without taking The government has appealed repeatedly to neighboring black states not to harbor the he and there can be no question that South Africa has exhausted all peaceful remedies that had been at its disposal and its approach to this matter has been more than See Page 8 EEOC Nominee Flops In Senate WASHINGTON AP A Senate heeding criticism of civil rights on Tuesday rejected President Reagans nominee for chief enforcement officer at the Equal Employment Opportunity Three Republicans joined the seven Democrats on the Labor and Human Resources Committee in the 105 vote against the nomination of Jeffrey Zuckerman to move from chief of staff to general counsel of the Civil rights activists argued that opposition to mative action disqualified him from heading the commissions enforce ment division and groups repre senting the elderly questioned his VFW Poll 632 will at lo His actions repeatedly were tent with the fair employment laws as passed by Congress and as interpreted by the dedication to protecting older workers from age The effectively killing marks the second time in a year that the Senate has rebuffed a presidential choice for an administration position because of civil rights considera The Senate Judiciary Committee refused last June 27 to recommend confirmation of Assistant Attorney General William Bradford head of the Justice Departments civil rights as associate at torney As it was with Brad the vote marked a strong tisan rejection of extremism on civil said Ralph director of the Leadership Conference on Civil His actions repeatedly were in consistent with the fair employment laws as passed by Congress and as Interpreted by the Neas Reagan Tries To Head Off Import Action WASHINGTON AP President acting as the House opened debate on trade promised Tuesday efforts to win voluntary restraints on machine tool The action was the administra tions third trade initiative in a week and came as the House opened debate on major legislation calling for action with the Japa nese and other export nations accus ed of unfair The political parties scrambled furiously for the upper hand in the war of words over the nations re cord billion trade deficit last year and job losses resulting from foreign Republicans repeatedly deplored what they called an excess of par in the debate while Demo crats claimed their would modernize Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige told reporters that the initiative was not designed to upstage the House But he said he hoped it would blunt the drive for the legisla Dan chairman of the House Ways and Means said in a state ment that the machine tool decision is three and a half years too late to make much practical Symbols are no substitute for Rostenkowski Undaunted by White House veto Speaker Thomas ONeill told reporters the 458 page was needed because the na tion is being trampled and stomped in world He claimed it would save jobs threatened by foreign Critics say the would backfire and cost American ONeill said a Reagan veto could be overridden if it came shortly before the November congressional elections but House GOP Leader Robert Michel of Il claimed the House would uphold the The debate marked the first floor action on broad trade legislation in either house since The House recessed Tuesday night without voting on any of 14 amend ments awaiting but planned to resume action Congress did approve a tightening of textile and shoe quotas in December but Reagan vetoed it and the House has postponed an override attempt until Both See Page 8 Conferees Work On Budget Accord WASHINGTON AP Negotiators from the House and Senate slowly began work Tuesday on writing a compromise fiscal 1987 spending plan that will determine how big a slice Congress will take out of President Reagans proposed Pentagon In a preliminary the bargainers were unable to even agree on how difficult it would be to settle on a budget blueprint for the fiscal year beginning I am confident we can come to some said William Gray chair man of the House Budget Commit Pete chairman of the Senate Budget said he did not think the two sides were as close as Gray por trayed I wish I could be as optimistic as you Domenici calling military spending a major The legislators also will be discussing unspecified higher taxes as part of the Before the negotiators Senate Majority Leader Bob said the Reagan administration is still trying to decide whether a revenue increase from pending tax overhaul legislation could be used to cover the revenue increases called for in the budgets that have been passed by each See Page 9 Zuckerman said in a statement he was deeply disappointed by the But I take solace from the fact that when Justice John Mar shall Harlan said in 1896 that the Constitution of the United States is he was voted down he There was no immediate comment from the White but EEOC Chairman Clarence Thomas said in a statement issued by the commis sion that he was disappointed and dismayed that his See Page Q NOTKE Tht Dolly will cloud Mon May 36th In of Memorial The lor May will bt May The for May 20th will May Blue Sky Specials In todays get in on a multitude of ideas for tasty outdoor Todays Index Classified Local Valley Valley Deaths Florence of Mount Details on Page 11
