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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1982)
Congress goes out partying as the government goes broke WASHINGTON (AP) - Opting Instead for an evening of poli tical partying, Congress abandoned its race against the clock Thursday to keep the government from going broke upon the midnight start of the new fiscal year But negotiators for the House and Senate reached agreement on a compromise spending measure they said would win swift approval on Friday, and a Reagan administration spokesman said there probably would be no interruption of regular government operations Although agreement on the compromise bill came several hours before the midnight deadline, congressional leaders decided against a late-night session to pass the measure on an evening when major social events were scheduled for both Democrats and Republicans The Democratic Party had a $1,000-per-person fundraising dinner that many members of Congress were expected to attend And President Reagan invited the entire Congress to a barbecue at the White House in what amounted to a counter event dominated by Repub licans The stopgap spending plan will keep the entire government in business until Dec 17, thereby assuring a post-election session of Congress in which lawmakers will debate the regular money bills that have not yet been approved Only one of 13 regular bills has cleared Congress, and it is still awaiting Reagan s signature For domestic programs, the catch-all measure generally is within the budget that Congress set for itself several months ago, meaning many programs will be frozen at roughly the 1982 levels On defense spending it calls for roughly $6 billion below the amount contained in the budget Congress approved last sum mer, and about $1 7 billion below Reagan's original request of last winter The interim measure temporarily prohibits purchase of the first five MX missiles, which the administration wants to buy, and blocks any spending on the second of two new nuclear aircraft carriers Reagan wants to build Construction of the B1 bomber may proceed however The interim measure also calls for substantially less in foreign aid than either Reagan or the Republican-controlled Senate voted for. about $9 7 billion The Senate recommend ed S11 1 billion, while Reagan asked tor $11 6 billion House speaker Thomas O' Neill, D-Mass did not mention either social function when he told reporters that negotiators for the two houses estimated that no compromise bill would be ready for floor action until shortly after the midnight deadline We II pass that tomorrow so I don't think there will be any effect' on government opera tions, he said Edwin Dale, a spokesman at the Office of Management and Budget, said no disruptions in operations were likely, as long as the compromise that is reached is acceptable to Reagan Dale said all government agencies were notified earlier in the day to prepare to begin ' shutdown'' operations on Friday But he said that if the com promise measure appears to merit Reagan's approval, agencies will be tola Friday to continue business as usual In any event, he said, all federal workers are expected to be on the job on Friday Water deactivates bomb BAYTOWN, Texas (AP) - A bomb exploded Thursday at a Gult Oil Co petrochemical plant as it was being deactivated authorities said Four other bombs were found in the apparent extortion attempt and safely deactivated No injuries were reported as the explosion occurred while authorities used a water cannon on the device, said the Texas Department of Public Safety No details of the operation, or the composition of the bomb, were released The five devices were being deactivated at the sites where they were discovered on the plant grounds when the bomb exploded, according to Sgt W D Marsh of the department Authorities were continuing to search tor other bombs, Marsh said The facility makes petrochemical components i used in plastics, cleaning materials and solvents, all high ly volatile Gulf completed its shutdown at the Cedar Bayou facility Thursday after receiving a bomb threat earlier in the week Company officials and authori ties refused to comment on reports of a warning that 10 bombs would be detonated if a demand for up to $15 million was not met within 120 hours The deadline would be about noon Sunday An unofficial source said the bomb threat was in a seven page letter that specified the location of one of the 10 bombs and said four others could be found easily, The Baytown Sun reported The source said those were the five bombs found The source said a federal bomb squad found the bombs to be “very sophisticated and modern," possibly operated by remote control and sensitive to touch, shock and electricity Each device would have cost $18,000 to $20,000 to build, the source said The Baytown Sun source said the letter demanded $17 million The Houston Chronicle report ed that a plant employee who requested anonymity said a supervisor told him the demand was for $15 million About 1,100 employees normally work at the plant eight miles north af Baytown and 30 miles east of Houston, but the only ones remaining at the plant were those “needed to do such jobs as required surveillance of plant systems, security and necessary maintenance work, ' Gulf said Gulf said "several suspicious devices" were found after the bomb threat was received Tuesday afternoon Lunch • Friday • -2 p.m. Dinner • Sunday - 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