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April 30, 1982

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PRESIDENT APPEALS FOR SPENDING CUTS TO REDUCE DEFICIT

By Steven R. Weisman, Special To the New York Times

President Reagan tonight accused the Democratic leaders in Congress of advocating ''more and more spending and more and more taxes'' and asked the American people to support a budgetary approach that would rely on spending cuts to close the Federal deficit in the years ahead. In a television address delivered a day after the collapse of talks aimed at a bipartisan budget compromise, Mr. Reagan sounded a combative note by saying that he would meet soon with Republican allies in Congress to help draw up a budget for the next year. ''I will also consult with responsible members of the Democratic Party in Reagan's address is on page A17; Bolling's reply, page A18. the Congress,'' he said, ''to make this a truly bipartisan effort in the national interest.'' Failure After 5 Weeks The bipartisan budget talks dragged on for five weeks and broke off Wednesday after an extraordinary three-hour meeting between the President and the Speaker of the House, Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. The impasse arose from Mr. Reagan's refusal to scale back his three-year income tax cut and the Democrats' refusal to accept deep new cuts in domestic programs.

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News Analysis

By Jonathan Fuerbringer, Special To the New York Times

The breakdown of budget negotiations between the Reagan Administration and Congress leaves the nation's economy floundering, with high interest rates still threatening any chance for a sustained and strong recovery. Economists, in assessing the impasse reached Wednesday, said that the failure to reach an agreement heightened the uncertainty about the future of the economy, which has been through the worst threeyear period of sluggishness and recession since the Depression. As long as an opportunity remains for Congress and the Administration to regroup and slash the budget deficits, the immediate impact of the stalemate is not expected to produce an economic disaster. If deficits continue to grow, however, many economists believe interest rates will not decline significantly because of the specter of huge Federal borrowings and the negative psychological impact that such deficits have on the financial markets. Therefore, even a delay of just months in dealing with the budget problem, some economists say, would produce further pain for the housing and auto industries.

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Index; International

By Unknown Author

Thailand strives to turn turbulent region into "happy south" A2 Weinberger calls U.S. conven- tional forces insufficient A3 Iran is expected to launch an of- fensive against Iraqis A3 Around the World A5 Britons vent their anger at things Argentine A8 Government/Politics F.B.I. chief defends undercover work in Abscam operation A11 Senate rejects efforts to weaken nuclear wastes bill A13 Talks fail to end impasse over New York State budget B1 State assails judge's ruling on its care of the retarded B2 Mayor Koch is jeered on housing at "town hall" meeting B2 City may tie construction aid to hiring of poor workers B3 Washington Talk Briefing A20 Authors battle a copyright law A20 A special party for a special pharmacist A20 Required Reading A20 Decision File A20 General Around the Nation A10 Potential jurors questioned in the Hinckley trial A14 Ex-Justice Potter Stewart re- turns to Yale B1 Health/Science Industry effort to change Clean Air Act runs into difficulties A10 Study panel says red tape delays drug approvals A12 A study panel suggests safer means of curing meats A12 Religion Thousands in Chicago join in last tribute to Cardinal Cody A10 Weekend Events: Weekender Guide C1 Dozens of good ways to greet merry month of May C1 Theater: Broadway C2 "The Chalk Garden" opens at the Roundabout C3 Circle Rep stages plays by youngsters C1 Dance: Students to do Helgi Tomasson first ballet C3 Screen: At the Movies C8 "The Chosen," with Rod Steiger C5 "Soup for One," a coming-of- age story C8 "Partners," with John Hurt C12 Music: Oxana Yablonskaya at Brooklyn College C9 Salute to Thelonious Monk C16 Jorge Bolet, pianist, and Charles Rex, violinist C32 Art: Homage to Napoleon at Wil- denstein Gallery C22 Art of the book at Morgan Li- brary C23 Auctions C26 Books: Publishing C28 "Take Five" by Keith Mano re- viewed C29 Restaurants C18 TV Weekend C30 Style The Evening Hours B4 A tea dance with a Victorian flavor B4 Clean tailoring, refined knits B4 Sports Dave Anderson on the Derby favorite by default A22 El Baba favored as 20 are entered in 108th Kentucky Derby A22 Islanders defeat Nordiques, 5-2, and lead series, 2-0 A23 Pat Hickey unfazed by Nordiques losses A23 Angels beat Yankees, 2-0 A23 Tennis Professionals Association urges $10,000 fine for Lendl A23 Lollar of Padres stops Mets, 6-0, and hits a homer A24 Features/Notes Alvaro Alfredo Magana, new Sal- vadoran President A7 Notes on People B6 News Analysis Jonathan Fuerbringer on the im- pact of the budget impasse A1 Editorials/Letters/Op-Ed Editorials A30 Food fight, across the Atlantic The right signal in Seoul Fewer hands on the garbage Nicholas Wade: smart apes? Letters A30 William Safire: benefits of the flat tax A31 Tom Wicker: Haig and Water- gate (2) A31 Sol M. Linowitz: either Camp David, or ... A31 Daniel S. Greenberg: science equals spy-ence A31

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Friday; 'SAYONARA' ON 47TH ST.

By Eleanor Blau

Joshua Logan will introduce ''Sayonara,'' his 1957 film, tonight at 7:30 at the Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street. The film -about a love affair between an American Army officer stationed in Japan (Marlon Brando) and a beautiful showgirl (Miiko Taka) - won four Oscars, including those for best supporting actor and actress to Red Buttons and Miyoshi Umeki, who played star-crossed lovers. Tickets are $4 and go on sale 5:30 the day of the screening. Information: 752-0824. SOHO TV DOCUMENTARIES Documentaries on a broad range of subjects - some seen on public television, some not yet shown - will be shown in an annual festival starting tonight at 7:30 at Global Village, 454 Broome Street in SoHo. Global Village is a nonprofit center that offers conferences and classes about television. It also produces documentaries, although none are in this festival, which will continue Fridays and Saturdays in May. Showing tonight are ''From the Ashes ... Nicaragua Today'' by Helena Solberg Ladd and Melanie Maholick; ''Puerto Rico: A Colony the American Way'' by Diego Echeverria, and ''Americas in Transition'' by Obie Benz, narrated by Ed Asner, about United States involvement in Latin American affairs. Admission is $3. Information: 966-7526.

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MARINE'S NATIONAL OUTLOOK

By Robert A. Bennett

Having emerged from a deeply troubled past, Marine Midland Banks Inc. is trying to make up for lost time by creating a nationwide federation of commonly owned, but autonomous banks. Armed with capital from the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, which now has a 51 percent interest in the New York bank, Marine is aggressively seeking to buy banks around the United States. Hongkong and Shanghai, one of the most powerful banks in Asia, operates more than 400 offices in 40 countries and is especially strong in the Far East, the Middle East and India. Because Federal law prohibits interstate banking, Marine's purchases cannot be consummated until the law changes, but the bank is confident that the change will come in the not-too-distant future. Until then, it is holding options to trade nonvoting preferred stock that it now owns in the out-of-state banks for common voting stock. If the acquisitions do not go through, the preferred stock can be redeemed over a 20-year period.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 28, 1982, covering April 30, 1982.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Chariots Of Fire (Soundtrack) by Vangelis

    Chariots Of Fire (Soundtrack)

    Vangelis

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
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    29
  2. 2
    Album cover for Beauty And The Beat by Go-Go's

    Beauty And The Beat

    Go-Go's

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
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    40
  3. 3
    Album cover for I Love Rock 'n' Roll by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

    I Love Rock 'n' Roll

    Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

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    2
    Peak
    2
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    20
  4. 4
    Album cover for Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet by Rick Springfield

    Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet

    Rick Springfield

    Last week
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    Peak
    4
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    6
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    Album cover for Asia by Asia

    Asia

    Asia

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    5

Notable Births

Kirsten Dunst

1982Kirsten Dunst, American actress[†]

Kirsten Caroline Dunst is an American actress. She made her acting debut in the anthology film New York Stories (1989) and has since starred in several film and television productions. She has received several awards including nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and four Golden Globe Awards.

Drew Seeley

1982Drew Seeley, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor[†]

Andrew Michael Edgar Seeley is a Canadian actor, singer and dancer. He has recorded many songs for the Walt Disney Company. He danced as a child in Ontario until he was about preteen age and then moved to Florida.

Notable Deaths

Lester Bangs

1982Lester Bangs, American journalist and author (born 1949)[†]

Leslie Conway "Lester" Bangs was an American music journalist and critic. He wrote for Creem and Rolling Stone magazines and was also a performing musician. The music critic Jim DeRogatis called him "America's greatest rock critic".

Historical Events

1982The Bijon Setu massacre occurs in Calcutta, India.[†]

The Bijon Setu massacre was the killing and burning of 16 sadhus and a sadhvi of Ananda Marga, at Bijon Setu, West Bengal, India, on 30 April 1982. Although the attacks were carried out in broad daylight, no arrests were ever made. After repeated calls for a formal judicial investigation, a single-member judicial commission was set up in 2012 to investigate the killings.

Historical Context for April 30, 1982

In 1982, the world population was approximately 4,612,673,421 people[†]