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
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