22—The Daily Collegian Septembir 8, 1978 Garter veto of nuclear carrier upheld by House WASHINGTON (UPI) The House gave President Carter a decisive victory Thursday, upholding his veto of a defense authorization bill featuring a nuclear supercarrier opposed by the White House as "a $2 billion turkey." Carter's opponents fell far short of the <two thirds vote needed to override the veto of the $36.9 billion defense bill, failing even to get a simple majority. Those voting against the override came out on top in the 206-191 vote. Backers of the carrienhad threatened to tie up the defense budget for months in an attempt to reconsider the bill, but support for a drawn-out battle was uncertain. Philly teachers return to work PHILADELPHIA (AP) Philadelphia public school teachers overwhelmingly approved a new contract Thursday and immediately reported to their classrooms, ending a seven-day walkout. The district's 250,000 students will report at the 282 schools on Monday. The new two-year pact, expected to cost about $6B million, provides for the rehiring of 1,750 laid off teachers in February, and defers any wage increases until next July. Teachers, who now average $19,000 annually, will get 15 percent in three equal steps to increase their pay by August 1980 to $22,500. Lower-salaried employees such as aides and secretaries will receive 3 percent hikes over the same periods. "This is a good contract," said John Ryan, the union's chief ...sco.pilg4,llglT.g:...:Tij..pkirptgsT CINEMA ...-....-11.6Hol f ler St./237-.7657 In a two-sentence statement released by the White House, Carter said he was "very pleased" by the vote. "I now look forward to working closely and cooperatively" with Congress in enacting a new bill to provide "the strongest possible national defense," Carter said. In the Senate, a powerful critic of the veto took note of how the wind was blowing and quickly introduced a new authorization bill with only one change the deletion of the carrier. Sen. John Stennis, D-Miss., chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, called for quick approval of the new bill to prevent the nation's defense programs from being hurt. negotiator. "While it is in effect there will be no, repeat no ) layoffs of our members." Mayor Frank L. Rizzo, who this spring had vowed "not one thin dime more" for the teachers and predicted that any walkout would be the longest in the history of the world, was cited as the behind-the-scenes architect for the settlement. But he did not take personal credit, and denied his interest was politically motivated because of an effort being pushed by his supporters to amend the city charter so he can seek a third term next year. "This contract represents the most mature, responsible collective bargaining we have seen in the school system in many years," Rizzo said. "It assures this city of labor peace in its schools." "We must not delay," he said Carter's Aug. 17 veto of the defense bill his fifth since taking office took many lawmakers by surprise and led to charges he acted merely to assert his authority. It was the first time a major defense authorization bill was vetoed this century. The House vote came after a brief debate in which Carter supporters echoed the president by attacking the proposed supercarrier as wasteful. "It's a $2 billion turkey," Rep. Ronald Dellums, D-Calif., said. "It's not going to save the world from communism and it's money down the rathole." La. abortion law begins today NEW ORLEANS (AP) One of the nation's most restrictive abortion laws goes into •effect Friday in Louisiana in the latest attempt by a state or city government to counter the U.S. Supreme Court's decision liberalizing the availability of abortions. However, it faces an immediate challenge. A hearing is scheduled Oct. 18 in U.S. District Court on a request by foes of the law for a preliminary injunction to block its • Carter's image got a boost from the vote, but congressional sources said the president may be hurt in the future by his steamroller lobbying campaign to sustain the veto. The sources said the administration bruised the feelings of key House members by implying carrier advocates irresponsibily slashed $2 billion in high-priority programs from the budget to pay for the supership. Rep. Melvin Price, D-111., chairman of the House Armed , Services Committee, had no immediate statement on the defeat of the enforcement. Pending the outcome of that hearing, the state has agreed not to enforce the law. It is the Louisiana legislature's second attempt to negate the Supreme Court's 1973 ruling, which, in effect, said governments may not interfere with a woman's right to an abortion so long as it is performed in the early stages of pregnancy. A 1976 statute intended to make abortion murder by defining a person as a "human being from the moment of Verv conduetvo to Urionittinc a maohin JUNCTION Of COLLEGE-4 GARNER, TATE. cou4GE, I pi .: Plf-tey OF PAKKMI6 13FIIIIJP 111 E STATION -OPEN 11 a.m -2 am DAII-11,1 override attempt The Illinois Democrat had threatened • kiii reconsider the whole bill if the veto were upheldt Committee aides said a decision on scheduling hearings would be made next week. ... Carter opposed the supercarrier fromalii start, saying he planned to ask instead fix a conventionally powered, somewhat smallershipi in his next budget. - i But opponents argued the smaller ship, wliio still has to be designed, could wind up costing more and doing less than the nuclear vessel. . , fertilization" was ruled constitutional by a federal judge "The guts of our (new) law is the' concept of 'informed consent,' " said - state Rep. Lane Carson of New Orleans, who wrote the bill. 4,0 Y, Under the "informed consent doctrine, the woman would have to" undergo a concentrated period of I ' instruction before receiving per-":,' mission for the abortion. /1 Of 1, t il • AM .• 141 of .• at un ,,,,, on U :: , 4.1 Q' :: :. 1 4r. , C 7 .3 'VI 1. 1 4 ....-.... 4 i S k 1 P r tail' Z. V--- 1 " *- 4.2 , "ztu.
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