PAGF TWO Kennedy Asks Higher Truck Taxes To Pay for Superhighway Program WASHINGTON (A*)—President Kennedy proposed higher taxes on big trucks yesterday to help pay for the superhighway program. He said truckers get the most benefit from the new roads. Kennedy asked Congress t to three cents-a gallon this Jui; Lawrence Approves Housing Bill HARRISBURG (R) A bill banning discrimination in the sale or rental of housing because of race, religion or national back ground was signed into law by Gov. Lawrence yesterday. By approving such a measure, the governor said in a statement, “Pennsylvania has struck a major blow against this discrimination.’* Specifically, the new law would ban discrimination in sale or rental of multi-unit dwellings and places of public accommodation, resorts or amusement centers. It would not affect sale or rental of homes such as a duplex house, which is occupied by the owner, nor would it affect single houses. The law will become effective Sept, 1. “In, of, and by itself, this law can be most effective,” said Law rence. “Administered in its full intent and spirit,” he declared, “It can become one of the greatest tools of our, generation for the foster ing of basic American philoso phies.” The new law will also change the name of the present Fair Employes Practices Commission to the Pennsylvania Human Rela tions Commission. TWA to Curtail Service WASHINGTON iJP) Permis sion to suspend service temporar ily at Reading and Williamsport, Pa., was requested yesterday by Trans World Airlines. Rusk Issues Policy Statement WASHINGTON (/P) Sec-have made on the reshaping of , roi * rx „ i •, U.S. defense policies, retary of State Dean Rusk said “There has appeared a news re yesterday he favors strength- port purporting‘to give my views enmg the non-nuclear military der way about our defense poli power of the fVee world as well cies," Rusk’s statement said. .... ■ This news report was highly m as maintaining its nuclear accurate ’’ might. In a statement, Rusk reaf firmed United States commit ments to the “common defense” and declared it “is our detemina tion to back them.” His statement was issued at the State Department some hours after he appeared before the Sen ate Foreign Relations Committee, The senators questioned him about news reports concerning re commendations Rusk was said to BREAKFAST SPECIAL 7:30 ct.m. - 11:00 a.m. 2 EGGS -- "Any Style BACON STRIPS TOAST and JELLY COFFEE, MILK, or TEA 49' REA and DERICK 121 S. ALLEN ST. ;o block a scheduled drop in the federal gasoline tax from four [y 1, but said he preferred not to go along with former Presi- dent Dwight D. Eisenhower’s recommendation that the tax be raised to 414 cents a gallon. ■* - “It is already clear that pas senger cars are paying more than their fair share now,” Kennedy said. In a 3500-word special mes sage t® Congress, Kennedy said the pay-as-you-go highway building program is in peril be cause of a threatened shortage of funds. He said adoption of his plan would permit completion of 41,000 miles of express roads on sched ule without dipping into general funds or' resorting to a further increase m*. the federal gasoline tax. -''Practically all of the increase in revenue replacing the gen eral Yt cent rise in gas tax would come from the heavier trucks that use diesel fuel and weigh over 26,000 pounds," Ken nedy said. “This is only fair,” he said. “Indeed, technical experts in the Bureau of Public Roads ad vise me that even this increase would not charge heavy trucks their fair share of the cost of this program.” Kennedy’s reasoning developed differences of opinion at his week ly meeting with Democratic con gressional leaders and brought a protest from the American Truck ing Association. House Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas told newsmen that diverse opinions were expressed on whether the money should come from general tax revenue or from gasoline taxes. Title Bout Postponed MANILA (/P) Flash Elorde’s defense of his world junior light weight title Mavch 4 against Cali fornian Joey Lopes was postponed Friday because the Filipino is suffering from a deep-seated cold. The date was moved . back to March 19. Earlier, Chairman William J. Fulbright of the Senate commit tee quoted Rusk as calling the news report distorted. The Rusk statement, issued late yesterday afternoon at the State Department, was cleared by the White • House, State Department press officer Lincoln White said in response to questions. White also said he thought the statement followed the general line which Rusk took before the Senate committee. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA Living Costs Drop Slightly In January WASHINGTON (/P)— Living costs dropped slightly in Jan uary for the first time in 12 months because of lower prices for clothing, used autos and food. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said yesterday its consumer price index dropped by one-tenth of one per cent, from a record 127.5 in December to 127.4 last month. In the index 100 represents ’ average prices for 1947-49. Because prices rose throughout 1960, except for a pause in Aug ust, January living costs were up 1.6 per cent from a year earlier. The bureau said price changes in the last few months were not large enough to affect the wages of about one million workers in the auto and related industries, j Lower clothing prices were the biggest single factor in reduced living costs in January. Average clothing tags were down 1.1 per, cent, largely because of after-; Christmas sales of women’s coats and suits. [ Used car prices dropped 2.5 per! cent in January. Prices of new autos were unchanged. | Food costs were down one-tenth of one per cent with the biggest reduction in eggs, milk, fresh | fruits and tomatoes. Most other major categories held steady or showed declines. 1 An exception was medical costs which rose by three-tenths of one per cent. 6 . 'J 1 Jlol'iAe/i '.i.'vX • hCN.s' '. V f.'-Vu ‘ AbTiMjV ’ SUNDAYS t'i TC-5 pmKjS ■)/*. / ''' • ' TAXI RETURN GRATIS The Sreat EntertsiWMt Shaw! NOW AT POPULAR PRICES! CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCES! —STARTS FRIDAY— "Go Naked in ihe World" ICATHAUIVIB Feature Begins ■WW 2:00. 4:00. 5:50, 7:40, The Strange Story .of the Weird Child-Demon*! George Barbara SANDERS 9 SUELLEY "THE VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED" Senate Approves Money-Raising Bill HARRISBURG (ff) The Senate yesterday approved, 2749, one of the two remain ing money-raising bills in Gov. Lawrence's revenue program. Two Republicans joined the 25- member Democratic delegation-'to give final approval to the House approved measure. The bill would raise $1 mil lion through accelerated pay ment of the bank shares levy and keep the tax rate si a permanent 8 mills. The total assessment produces about $5 million a year. The two Republicans who joined in supporting the tax measure are Sens. Albert R. Pechan, Aim strong, and Stanley Stroup, Bed ford. Still pending is a bill that would produce $8 million a year by elimination of the present two per cent commission paid-to mer chants for collecting the state’s four per cent sales tax. The bill reportedly has opposi tion within Democratic ranks, as well as from Republicans. The House and Senate adjourn ed until Monday. In other legislative develop-, menls, the legislature ratified an amendment to the U.S. Consti tution allowing residents of the District of Columbia to vote in CAREERS IN LARGE-SCALE SYSTEM ENGINEERING ...the new technology The MITRE Corporation offers graduating engineers and scientists special opportunities to broaden their disciplines along new avenues in computer-based, real time system engineering. 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Mob Riots in Algeria ORAN, Algeria (A») A ram paging mob, setting out as a mourning procession for King Mo hammed V of Morocco, became enraged yesterday and burned two European women to death in their car. jl LENTEN T SERVICE March 2, 1961, at 7 A.M. THE WESLEY FOUNDATION will present Professor Mourice S. Gjesdahl, College ef Engineering and Architecture, as our speaker for the service. Breakfast will be served afterwards I\>AXXXXXXXXXX\XXXXXXX\\j t MITRE
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