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digest Hunger exists, panel says BOSTON (AP) ? Contradicting the Reagan administration, a private commission reported today that hunger is widespread in America and that policies of the federal government are to blame. The findings of the five-month study by the Citizen's Commmission on Hunger in New England, "American Hunger Crisis," were released today in Washington and Boston. "Hunger is widespread enough tor a medical perspective to be an epidemic," said commission chairman Larry Brown of the Harvard School of Public Health, defining an epidemic as an "excessive and increasing prevalence" of a condition. He said, "Hunger is continuing to grow at a rapid rate. There is no evidence that we have found that indicates that hunger is tailing off due to improvements in the economy." Gas prices down in 1983 WASHINGTON (AP) ? Gasoline prices last year averaged $1.25 a gallon, 4.7 cents less than in 1982 but still three times more than prices a decade ago, the American Automobile Association said in a report today. 'ri? ?? * i 1 ^ ? mnntMu cnrvpvc I IlC report , UclMTU Ull llic assutiaiiuii .t iuuihui; of 6,000 service stations, said the average prices for leaded regular and unleaded gasoline in 1983 were $1.22 and $1.29 respectively. The prices reached their 1983 high over the Labor Day weekend in September, when regular was averaging $1.26 a gallon and unleaded $1.32. Olympics change Sarajevo SARAJFA'O, Yugoslavia (AP) ? This Balkan city of 400,000 people had one ski slope and a single mountain hotel in 1978 when it was awarded the 14th Winter Olympics. Tod.-iv one dav before the Games beein. there are 11 hotels, 20,000 beds and lifts to handle 12,500 skiers per hour. 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With run what we hav the New Hampshire presidential Hampshire." primary a bit more than three weeks Hollings is spend away, Sen. Ernest Hollings' campaign ads in New Y is depending more on loans because Massachusetts as other funding sources have dried up, Hampshire primary the campaign's director said. fatt said. The campaign of the South Carolina The Hollings cai senator, who is running for the having paid off all c Democratic nomination for president, said. was collecting $7,000 to $8,000 a day And the campaig in contributions in early January, said ing of dropping ou Curt Moffatt. But individual and shire if Hollings do< political action committee contribu- conceding that Mo tions to Hollings' campaign dropped is a formidable cat in the last three months of 1983, fore- tremely well-run c ing him to rely more on loans. said he thinks the open after New Ha "It is tough raising money now," Hollings raised $ Moffatt acknowledged, "because for his campaign. every clay that goes by, (Walter) Mon- was in loans, he b dale appears to be picking up strength. half of that amo "We have enough cash on hand to quarter, when P/ .X-onSV-N' i W <\< '({* *$> V$V W Av.vmv?v?v.v?ViVWrt.v(vvAv<o: Senator advocates salary amendment % WASHINGTON (AP) ? Majority Leader Howard Baker Jr. is leading a Senate effort to change the Constitution to strip Congress of a power he claims it wields poorly: the autnrouy 10 sei us own ^ctidiy. The Tennessee Republican renewed his pitch for his constitutional amendment the other day as lawmakers again found themsleves fighting over their paychecks. This time the issue was an effort to repeal the automatic $2,400 cost-of-living increase Congress got last month, to $72,200 a year. "Congress is institutionally incapable of establishing its own salary, and 1 think we have demonstrated that time and again," Baker said. His proposal: establishment of a presidential commission that would set the pay of members of Congress every two years. The commission could raise salaries, lower them or freeze them. It would act by July 1 of each even-numbered year, and the new pay level would take effect the following January. Members of Congress could not vote to raise their salaries, or to block a pay raise from taking effect. Critics of a salary boost would have only one option: they could individually return the money to the Treasury. Nothing lies the Senate and House in knots like pay fights. It happens nearly once a year. Whenever recorded votes are taken, members vote overwhelmingly against salary increases. especially when elections are near. But somehow or other, amendments raising congressional salaries seem to keep finding their way into other legislation. "We have an implossible situation. It is an irreconcilable conflict of interest. It plagues us constantly. It makes us look terrible in the eyes of the people. This is always our worst hour," said Sen. Russell Long, D-La. And the recent $2,400 pay increase? Senators voted to repeal it; it's now up to the House. ir presidential bid e to run in New contributions totaled $282,542. Thirdquarter contributions totaled ing $105,000 on TV $306,219, and second-quarter conlampshire and tributions totaled $446,176. ine reo. zo i^ew rirsi quariei Luiiiriouuuiis iuuicu r approaches, Mof- $246,762, but that was before Hollings formally announced his candidcacy in rnpign is debt-free, April. lebts in January, he Hollings spent $1.53 million in 1983, $433,749 in the fourth quarter. n is no longer talk- He reported debts of $338,152 at the t after New hamp- end of 1983, but starting in January he ssn't do well. While began receiving federal matching ndale in particular money, which totaled $682,114 as of ididate with an ex- Feb. 1. :ampaign, Moffatt field might still be While Hollings's campaign income tmpsnire. doesn't rival that of Mondale or John 1.58 million in 1983 Glenn, he leads the Democratic Of that, $285,000 presidential candidates in the percenorrowed more than tage of contributions from PACs. >unt in the fourth Some 13.8 percent of Holling's conand individual tributions were from PACs in 1983. LSiS p -' %m*,i mnm-mmmmmrn Ik V * 1 * VM 1