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Europe on $16 Per Day And EUROPE CHARTERS For Freetime Brochures Lowest Prices Available Vancouver B.C. Departures 1601 Willamette, Suite 2 484-7373 ON $16 PER DAY including transportation and camping accommodations for the 18 to 35’s There is no way you can do it cheaper! Ask any travel agent for the FREETIME VACATION BROCHURE emerald inter/national Americans divided, says economic poll NEW YORK Americans are divided sharp ly over whether Pres. Reagan's economic program is helping or hurting the nation, the latest Associated Press-NBC News poll says Unemployment remained the top choice for the most impor tant economic problem for the government to help control, but inflation was still the problem that affected more people per sonally. In the March 29-30 poll, a scientific random telephone sampling of 1,603 adults across the country, 37 percent said they think Reagan's program is helping, while 36 percent said it is hurting. The rest said they were not sure. The president has vowed to stick with his tax and spending cuts and a tight money supply despite high unemployment and interest rates and a federal budget deficit that is larger than expected The poll also said public con fidence in the president’s econ omic program is slipping Fif teen percent said they have more confidence in it now than a year ago, while 34 percent said they have less and 49 per cent said their feelings are the same Two percent weren't sure Unemployment, meanwhile, remained the most important economic problem for the government to help control: 45 percent said unemployment, 27 percent said interest rates, 24 percent said inflation and 4 per cent were undecided At the same time, inflation affected most people personal ly: 49 percent said inflation, 30 percent said interest rates, 17 percent said unemployment and 4 percent were unsure Private business pays governors’ tab SALEM Oregon Gov. Vic Atiyeh has asked private business to pick up most of the tab for the Wes tern Governors' Conference to be held June 2-5 at Salishan Lodge Because of Oregon's budget crunch, the governor has for bidden use of state funds to pay for the conference, says Denny Miles. Atiyeh's administrative assistant for communications Instead, he's set up a nonprofit, tax-exempt corporation which is soliciting money to pay the bills Governors from 17 western states and territories in the Pacific have been invited to the CASH For Textbooks Mon -Fri Smith Family Bookstore 768 E 13th 1 Bl From Campus V* 34V 1651 meeting, along with the premiers of four Canadian provinces and the commis sioner of the Yukon Territory Representatives of the Reagan administration and top industrial leaders also are scheduled to attend Topics for discussion include food production in the West, Canadian-U S relations, hous ing and the economy, interna tional trade and New Feder alism Atiyeh's experiment marks the first time a state hosting the annual meeting has avoided paying the overhead for the conference out of tax dollars. Miles said He estimated the cost at $100,000, of which $35,000 has already been raised Miles said Oregon taxpayers will be paying the salaries of Atiyeh's staff assigned to work on the conference, but other costs will be borne by par ticipants and Western Governors' Conference Inc., the nonprofit corporation Iranians mobilize ‘kiddie corps’ DEZFUL, Iran “See this lithe boy He is one of our fighters This little boy helped fight and capture these big men.” Speaking at this frontline out post of the Iran-lraq war was a spokesman for the Iranian army Standing beside him was a boy, described as 13 years old The "big men” were 2,200 Iraqi pri soners and the boy was one of their guards The boy, the spokesman said, is one of thousands trained for combat and other war duties Some, he said, have already excelled in combat Iranian press accounts tell of child warriors who cleared a mine field by marching across it, knowing they could die in a sin gle step Martyrdom is highly esteemed by Iran’s Shiite Moslems and a soldier becomes a martyr if killed in the war with Iraq because it regarded as an ex tension of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's Islamic revolution The 13-year-old introduced to reporters was armed with a U.S.-made assault rifle and was said by the army spokesman to have helped in Iran's offensive in which the Iraqis were pushed back 24 miles The young irregulars are part of a new militia called 'Baseej'' (Mobilization), a virtual kiddie corps that receives arms train ing from the more adult Revolu tionary Guards The Baseej recruits help dis tribute food and control traffic and sometimes patrol the streets at nighi. \ijour Words' Worth TYPING WORD PROCESSING COMPUTER PROGRAMMING ,591 W 191h Ave Eugene 342-7548
