Madison Capital Times (Newspaper) - December 31, 1982, Madison, Wisconsin Weather Low in Satur day high in upper 30s 4ti 4 Sections BOWL PREVIEWS Sports Complete weekend package Looking back at year 1982 Page 5 and THE Wisconsin December dew years Eve EDITION Reagan snubs Soviet summit call By GEORGE SKELTON Los Angeles Times News Service PALM The White House Thursday shrugged off as largely propaganda an expressed willing ness by new Soviet leader Yuri Andropov to hold a summit conference with President The official as conveyed through White House spokesman Larry was that with adequate preparation and reasonable prospects for a successful the president would be he Right now there is nothing scheduled and nothing in the Reagans foreign policy advisers did not read into An remarks any sign of a real desire for improved One administration who asked not to be likened the new Soviet leaders statement to the same type of goodguy propaganda he Reagan had engaged in at the same time last In a Years interview with some newspaper Reagan last year expressed a willingness to meet with leader Leonid declar ing that although their nations were It doesnt mean you cant talk and try to resolve your dif He said such a in was likely in but should first be properly prepared ton Throughout early Reagan continued to express a desire to meet with who died in Reagans major the administration official was to show the American public and world leaders that he was eager to maintain peace and was not the warmonger some of his critics tried to This key official saw a similarity in latest Reagan had heard nothing from Andropov about a pos sible Speakes until the Soviet using the same type of forum the president did last spoke favorably of a meeting during a rare written re sponse to questions submitted by an American Hearst newspapers national editor Kingsbury The interview was published Asked about a possible Andropov in phrases similar to those frequently used by Reagan and his spokesmen The Soviet leadership has always viewed contacts at the highest level as one of the very effective methods of developing relations among we continue to hold this of good preparation is nec essary to make such a meeting a At any we are for improving for implementing mutually beneficial treaties and agreements concluded between our and we shall welcome anything that leads to this The two superpower leaders also this week have been similarly upbeat in their public statements about pros for successfully negotiating a nuclear arms In the Andropov said that he certainly thinks it is possible to achieve a There is ample he Reagan told reporters Wednesday that his representa tives at the arms talks feel that the Soviets are really ne in good So were a little These exchanges seemed to underline the remark on Wednesday of Reagans chief strategic arms Edward who said of Andropov This man really understands us And he knows how to twist words You they preempt our Its like Alice and Words mean whatever want them to At any after conferring with National Security Adviser William who is here with the vacationing said that there is no change of position regarding a summit by either the United States or the Soviet Speakes said that Reagan would negotiate in the of world But what we would like is adequate and there are no moves at current along these Can state cash flow crisis By Capital Times Staff Writer The states massive cash flow crisis has elected legal ex perts and lobbyists scrambling for By early March the general fund will be short more than million of the money necessary to meet the general fund obligations of state gov There wont even be enough money in the segregated highway and conservation funds to cover those general fund Some are talking about facing New York City financial Many already have felt the pinch of the cash flow This weeks Medicaid payments have been de layed a Some think the state might be forced to slow income tax refunds by but even that wont solve the huge State government seems to have alternatives Borrow from its pension an action that will trigger outrage from many public workers and a pos sible legal Borrow from private an alternative which seems to fly into the face of constitutional limits on creating public deferral of state pay an action which could dump higher costs on to local force some private firms to miss pay rolls and perhaps lower the states al ready battered bond Legislators already are hearing from constituents who are public em ployees or public employee pension The several legisla tors are generally outraged that anyone would even consider tapping the estimated billion in the public employee pension An attempt in the 198183 legisla Continued on Page 1 Don 9t play with your food RICH Capital Times This polar bear at the Henry Vilas no doubt delighted with the return of decided that playing with his food was more fun than eating it at least for a Carver Trust gives to Fund THE KIDS FUND Previously Carver Memorial Edward George Cheryl Telephone Total to A grant from the Carver Me Trust and several other dona tions have raised the 1982 Capital Kids Fund drive over the mark to fight problems afflict ing young people in the The Carver Trust was established by the late Anna and James The two were long ac tive in civic and cultural affairs and often supported charitable work throughout the Carver owned the Carver Seed on Cottage Grove Road on the citys east Carver died in 1963 and left onethird of her estate to a charitable When Carver died in his will added to that Each year the trust makes grants to worthwhile Because your program is the kind of entity that the trustees feel the Carver family would have been in terest in we have granted you a bequest for Charles vice presi dent and trust officer for United Bank of said in a letter to the Kids The Kids Fund turns over 100 per cent of the money it receives from Capital Times readers and others to the Alliance for Children and in distributes the money to aid handicapped youngsters in the county and to fight the growing prob lems of alcohol and drug abuse among young Other recent contributions include from Edward 8 Breese The Madison oriental rug dealership has been a regular sup porter of the Kids Fund and its the Kiddie The late George re tired executive editor of The Capital made a donation to the while David and Cheryl Lemke of Deerfield contributed The pay telephone booth that be longs to an anonymous Madison busi nessman who has the monthly pro turned over to the Kids Fund added another to help support the A anonymous donation was also received just before Christ Donations to the Kids Fund in any amount are always Just send a check to The Kids Fund The Capital Times Box 8060 Ron McCrea no stranger to public controversy By DAN ALLEGRETTI Capital Times Staff Writer Ron McCrea spent the past three years trying to find my way back to a normal pro only to return to Madison this week and find himself again at the center of public Im not a confrontational he though you wouldnt know it from his track Ron newspaper torcum closet lead has now found himself a niche in the State as press secretary to Anthony If he didnt seek confrontations during 10 years in the newspaper business in McCrea never ducked them And even before he could return from a sort of exile in California where he was national edi tor of the San Jose he finds himself confronted again by the There may be a bit of irony consider ing I was born into the newspaper I grew up in a news he referring to his childhood in Michigan where his father and grandfather both were wellknown His newspaper credentials are impressive editor of his college paper Tufts University near a brief stint on the Boston then to Madison to become news editor for The Capital later editor of the shortlived Madison Press Connection strike then copy editor for the Washington Continued on Page 1 r RICH Capital Times Ron McCrea Where to find ft Sports News Pages 1320 Local News Pages 2124 PM Section Pages 3339 Arts Births Classified ads Comics Dear Abby Death notices Editorial Pate 16 Circulation Want ads Phone Numbers 2526363 2526321 No CT Saturday inauguration special Monday The Capital Times will not publish Saturday because of the New Years When we resume publication on The Capital Times will be your guide as Wisconsin begins a new era in government with the inau of Anthony Earl as gover State government reporter Matt Pommer will look at the challenges facing the Earl administration and describe some of the ways the new governor hopes to cope with The new leaders of state depart ments the Earl team are pro filed in a special expanded Monday There also is a photo tory to the 198385 Legislature in the Monday Start the new year right by picking up Mondays Capital
