Oregon daily emerald., January 21, 1986, Page 5, Image 5

National/Regional
Nation observes King holiday
By The Associated Press
Veterans of civil rights struggles in the
United States and South Africa joined to
remember Martin Luther King )r. and his ideals
Monday os the nation observed the first federal
holiday honoring the black leader.
Vice President George Bush watched as
King's son Dexter placed a wreath on his father's
grave Monday in an Atlanta ceremony followed
by an ecumenical service at Ebenezer Baptist
Church, where King was pastor.
"In the name of Martin, we. ain't going
back." the Rev. Joseph Lowery, who heads the
Southern Christian Leadership Conference found
. ed by King, said at the service. "We've corne.hio
far. we've worked too strenuously, we’ve march-,
ed too long, weive prayed (oo hard, we've wept
., ' too bitterly! We'.ve bled too profusely and we’ve
died, too young. !.'V . . • ’ °
' Attending the service in addition to Bush
*. ' weft* Sens. Robert Dole. R-Kan;, Edward Ken-.
nedy, oTMuss.. Bill .Bradley, D-N.J;, Sam Nunn,
„ IM.a . and Mack Mattingly. RLla.: Atlanta Mayor
Ahdi?sw Young; Georgia Gov. Joe Frank Harris;
MB
and members of King’s family.
Kennedy called King “the founding father of
the second American revolution, the revolution
of civil rights.”
“He disturbed our peace by appealing to our
conscience,” said Dole, who called the service
"one of the proudest moments in my public life.”
South African Bishop Desmond Tutu, who
received the. 19H4 Nobel Peace Prize for his op
position. to his nation’s racial segregation
policies, was to. be awarded the annual Martin
Luther King Jr. Peace Prize at the Atlanta service.
Following that presentation, hundreds of former
King colleages and friends planned to march
through the city. ■. . . . „ •
"I'm so happy . tha^. today.- we are
celebrating the firft national "holiday foj a black
American, which in a sprise transcends Martin
himself, and really-.gives honor and respect to
every black American', to those who’struggled so
long and so hard to make this country-as great as.
it is,’’; Benia min Hooks, executive director of the
NAACP. said Monday .on the "CBS' Morning
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Cost of college on the rise
WASHINGTON (APJ - The nation's four
year public collages and universities, tradi
tionally among the best buys in higher educa
tion. are getting more expensive. They now
charge an average of $4,587 a year for tuition,
room and board.
That is 7 percent more than a year ago, ac
cording to a survey released Monday by the
American Association of State Colleges and
Universities and the National Association of
State Universities and land-Grant Colleges
Tuition alone lumped by 8 percent for
students attending college in their home stain
and 11 percent for out-of-state students.
The steepest increases, in percentage
terms, were in Texas, for years the home of the
nation's least expensive public universities.
Tuition and fees for state residents jumped S7
percent from $446 a year to $701, while out-of
state students saw their bills soar 162 percent
from $1,437 to $3,764.
The legislature in Texas boosted the col
leges* charges amidst a budget crunch brought
about largely by depressed oil and gas prices.
Louisiana, another state hit by failing
energy prices, had the second highest increase
in tuition and fees, 27 percent for residents
and non-residents alike. That boosted tuition
and fees to $1,071 for home-state students and
to $2,134 for non-residents.
The average public college bill of $4,587
is still roughly half what it costs to spend a
year at the typical private four-year college.
That has led to a surge of applications at many
prestigious public universities.
States deal with last year’s budget cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) — After
v a wave .of tax cutting last year.
few states are looking for more
•reductions -fHis year", and
legislatures in some' states are
facing nu-growth budgets or
* spending cuts in the face of
° oconomlc.hardtimes.
Associated Press survey of
state legislatures convening this
month shows that state coffers’
are reflect i ng the ° unavenesS of
the economy-. Booming' ^states
like Massachusetts and Califor
nia are flush, with surpluses,,
while farm-hel.t; pij-producing
and Other economically hard-hit
states are looking for ways to
cuts spending. .*
"It’s a very bleak picture. It
makes me depressed to review
it,” said slate Sen. Hinton Mit
chem of Alabama, where Gov.
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4.5-percent cut in spending by
most state agencies in the
budget for fiscal 1987: .
’ ' "We Will lose 10.000 state
employees, and that means a
blow to services," said U>ui
sian* Gov. Edwin Edwards.
' "The poor-will suffer, the eider*
ly. the mentally ill — all those
who can least afford to lose
services."
But fit California the state's
general fund budget is in for a
7-percent increase, prompting
Gov. George Deukmejian to
boast. “California has gone
from K)U to A-OK . ” .
Other issues are also on the
front burners. More than a
dozen states have proposals to
deal with the growing crisis in
liability insurance, such as by
limiting damage, claims; and
many states arts considering ac
tion on prisons *lo relieve
crowding or otherwise improve
conditions.
Money, though, is, the over
•. riding issue in the statehouses.
Searching for money-raising
alternatives to more taxes,
Florida, {Louisiana and West
Virginia are considering allow
ing gambling casinos. Kansas is
considering legalizing betting
on horse racing.
Nationwide, the states are
protecting at least $2.8 billion
in total surpluses, with Califor?
nia’s $1.16 billion the largest.
Others include Massachusetts at
$5()0 million, Illinois with $200
million. New Jersey with $190
million and Virginia with $302
million.
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