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The Jackson Suny Jackson, Tennf, Thursday, July 22, 1982 5A: Bates Budget and separate vote on the House floor. package charge trying to attack me when I'm not the one running against him," he said. "The FBI has not contacted me for any reason." Bates said, "Ed Jones' law firm, Thomas, Welles and Thomas of Dresden, has had subpoenas served on me to appear in court July 29 for a deposition in the final moments of the campaign. This is obviously an attempt to keep me off the campaign trail. Thomas said the subpoena was dismissed about two weeks ago after Bates' attorney agreed to schedule the deposition after the Aug.

5 primary. Thomas said he had to get the subpoena after Bates' attorney did not answer letters asking for a deposition date. said the GOP members had decided to go along with the Democratic majority "so we could do noble battle on the floor in the full view of the public." House Budget Committee Chairman James R. Jones, whose panel will assemble the various packages of budget cuts, said he sent the White House a letter Wednesday informing them of the Post Office Committee's action. Jones said in an interview that he also told the administration that the additional cuts mandated for the committee would have to be achieved through an amendment mortgages COMPUTERLAB IS COMING from page 1A Bates said, "On May 17, 1832, I received a letter which bordered on extortion from Leroy Campbell, a- former business associate, demanding large sums of money under threat of another lawsuit if I did not comply.

He advised me that because of the media coverage I did not need another lawsuit at this time. This letter has been turned over to the FBI for investigation of the possible violation of federal statutes. Reliable sources have ad vised me that Mr. Campbell is presently actively involved in Ed Iamii) nmnoiim Jones' campaign. The letter offered Bates the chance to buy Campbell's remaining interest in the insurance business the men have in Union City.

One sentence said, "You have had all of the adverse publicity you need and the local papers would really jump on a new lawsuit." Campbell said today he was not trying to extort money, but trying to get out of the business without a lawsuit. He said he is not campaigning for Jones. "I don't understand why he's JERRY WOODALL ATTORNEY GENERAL Chester, Henderson and Madison Counties YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO A FUND-RAISER AND BARBECUE FOR JERRY WOODALL All the Trimmings, Entertainment including Western Music Friday, July 23, 1982, 6:00 P.M. at Okeena Stables Dress is casual and a good time will be had by all. Minimum donation $5.00 per person is requested.

Agriculture reductions, such as those in food stamps, along with reductions in federal housing programs. Reductions or caps in cost-of-living increases for military and civilian federal employees and retirees. Reductions in veterans programs. While separate House committees continue drafting the pieces of the packages which are due at the beginning of August, the House Veterans' Affairs Committee gathers today to draft $387 million in savings in veterans programs. Meanwhile, Republican-controlled Senate committees met their Tuesday deadline for drawing up legislation to achieve the savings and, according to preliminary estimates, bettered the goal by coming up with total reductions of about $29.5 billion.

The full Senate is expected to consider its spending cuts in the tax bill now on the Senate floor and one other package of reductions. Also Wednesday, the Democratic-controlled House Post Office and Civil Service Committee rejected the spending cuts assigned to it, openly defying the recently passed budget resolution. On a 17-8 vote the panel approved legislation trimming $113 million from operations under its jurisdiction over three years, compared with $3.2 billion over three years it was supposed to make. The panel has authority over federal pay and retirement adjustments as well as post office operations. Democrats had warned earlier that it would be up to Republicans to force committees to comply with the budget act provisions.

By washing its hands of the matter, the committee took the first step toward putting that onus on the GOP. Rep. Edward Derwinski, Ransdell: Jackson in Okeena from page 1A "We believe that General Hospital officials are privately more optimistic about growth than the impressions which have been given. General's last reported patient days were up 1.7 percent over 1981, despite a slightly reduced length of stay for their admission. That is a significant increase, and appears to be their highest census ever." Competition is good for the community, Ransdell said.

'Competition is real and it is effective in causing hospitals to better address patient and physician concerns," he said. j'That happened when Parkway opened, and it is happening faster under the stimulus of our regional hospital proposal. The public is the winner of this competition," he said. HCA has grown by invitation to communities because of its perfor Call 423-3251 or 427-5555 Sponsored by Committee to Keep Jerry Woodall Attorney General, Jack Smith, Chairman Paid for by Jack Smith, Chairman I I 1 I inc on WASHINGTON (AP) The House Veterans' Affairs Committee approved a $551 million, three-year package of budget savings today that includes a mortgage fee for most veterans receiving a VA loan. The proposal, cleared by voice vote, would impose a fee of one-half percent on home loans guaranteed by the Veterans' Administration.

Committee staffers estimated the average cost per loan would be $285. In addition, the proposal makes several relatively minor changes in veterans' benefit programs. But none of them involve veterans' compensation or pension cost-of-living increases, both of which will total 7.4 percent this year. The proposals, similar to the ones approved earlier by the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, are expected to come up for a vote in the full House early next week. The proposal for a mortgage fee would apply to all holders of VA-backed mortgages except veterans with service-connected disabilities.

Homeowners paying the fee would have the option of a lump sum payment or monthly installments over the life of their loan. The cuts which exceed the amount called for in the budget approved earlier this year were worked out in advance by the chairman, Rep. Charles V. Montgomery, and Rep. John Paul Hammerschmidt of Arkansas, ranking Republican on the panel.

That harmony was in contrast to the sharp disagreement between the two parties generally on how to approach the requirement for producing $27.5 billion in budget savings over the next three years. Democratic leaders are insisting that a series of reductions mandated by the proposed budget go to the full House for individual consideration. This means outnumbered Republicans may have to win several fights to keep the cuts President Reagan has embraced. Democrats and Republicans alike agree that it is easier to pass a single large package of reductions in politically popular spending programs than to make the cuts with a series of votes. The decision for handling the $27.2 billion worth of reductions with a series of votes was reached Wednesday at a private meeting of Democratic leaders.

The leaders decided to have at least the following four packages: Tax increases and spending cuts under the jurisdiction of the Ways and Means Committee, such as those in health and welfare programs. THIS SUMMER KEEP YOUR COOL! WITH Si-JXj I A LXJ SAVING SOIAR SCREENING SOLAR SCREEN CALL 422-3567 For FREE Estimates Yandell's SECURITY DOOR WINDOW CO. College Lexington St. At Royal VA ism rOJlUJUU COJUQUULLLL ENERGVlJ Bates tinal point was that "my friends, supporters and campaign motoriolc curvnlior-c Yiava ronnrto materials suppliers have reported visits from supporters of my opponent who have attempted to intimi date them, warned them of planned lawsuits to come, or in the case of materials suppliers, have inquired if a balance was owed and, if so, encourage the suppliers to initiate a lawsuit against me and our campaign." Bates said he had proof of the acts, but he didn't offer any. He said he had talked with one supplier in Jackson, but he would not name the person.

prices and avoiding costly excessive facilities, he said. Jim Moss, General Hospital assistant administrator, however, said before the hearing that HCA's proposal was duplicative and would drive up the cost of health care. "Additional beds would mean overbedding. We had over 253 empty beds in this community in 1981 and a 68.7 percent occupancy rate that year. That's entirely too low," Moss said.

"We feel oversupply of hospital beds at this day and time in Jackson will cause hospital rates to go up, not down. The general public needs to be aware of that," he added. Today's testimony will be transcribed and presented to the 12 members of the commission, who are expected to rule on the need for each project Aug. 25 in Nashville. Requested by Jackson Sun Editor and Publisher Reid Ashe, the local hearing was to have given West Tennesseans the chance to People's Aid is an organization of firefighters and law enforcement officers who banded together earlier this year to help people stranded in the area, specifically along Interstate 40, said THP dispatcher Glenn Ferguson.

Ferguson said the organization will issue food and gas vouchers for up to $25 to hardship cases including unemployed people trying to get back home or families whose cars have died on the interstate. "If you have a breakdown on the interstate it costs you an arm and a leg," he said. The help People's Aid Organization offers is usually enough to get the unfortunate travelers to Memphis or Nashville, where other charitable facilities are available, he added. Since January, the organization has spent between $600 and $700 to help at least 30 travelers who have Dogged down in West Tennessee, he said. The press release on the fund drive noted that the vouchers are only issued after the patrol runs a security check on the his car and his license.

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