ZO—The Daily Collegian Thursday, December 6, 1973
Pa. political feud stops tax relief
By STEVE OSTROSKY
Collegian Staff Writer
Pennsylvania taxpayers
may receive some tax relief
this year, if the political
parties stop their bickering.
Republicans again are
battling with Gov. Shapp and
the Democrats over how
much tax relief state
taxpayers will get and in what
form.
Tied in with the tax relief
plans are arguments about
supplemental appropriations
and how to spend $35 million
in federal revenue sharing
funds.
The GOP-controlled House
Nov. 20 passed the
Republicans' $255 million tax
relief plan 121 to 69 and their
$6B million spending bill 185 to
12.
The Democratic - controlled
Senate passed Shapp's $195
million tax relief plan Nov. 28.
A conference committee
must work out the differences
between the two proposals by
Dec. 31 to make the tax relief
hold for this year.
The Reptiblican proposal
has three major points:
—Each taxpayer would be
allowed to exclude the first
51,000 of income received in
1973 from the state's 2.3 per
cent personal income tax,
saving each taxpayer 523.
—Exclude the first $1,500 of
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income received in 1974 and
every year thereafter from
the state personal income tax,
which would remain at the 2.3
per cent rate. The savings for
each taxpayer would be
$34.50.
—Reduce the rate of the
corporate net income tax
from 11 per cent to 9.5 per
cent, retroactive to July 1.
The Democrats' plan has
four main points:
—Each taxpayer would get
a 10 per cent refund on state
personal income tax paid this
year.
—A five per cent refund on
all business taxes, except
those paid by utilities on their
real estate holdings.
—Continue assessing
individuals and businesses at
the present rates of taxation
next year.
—Partial and total tax
exemption for low-income
families under a
constitutional provision
allowing special tax-relief
based on a sliding-scale of
income.
The plan provides $195
million in tax relief, including
$4O million for the poverty
program which is a
permanent tax cut. The other
cuts are for this year only.
Shapp said the Republican
proposal would force cuts in
several programs.
Politically, Shapp has
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admitted the GOP plan would
force him to seek a tax
increase next year, when he is
expected to seek reelection.
The Republicans want their
program ter' go through so
Shapp will not receive credit
for the tax cuts. But the GOP
is anxious to approve some
kind of tax cut this year
rather than next year when
Shapp runs for reelection.
House Republicans last
week offered a new proposal
which would connect tax
relief to the economic
situation.
The plan would return
funds to the taxpayers onlylf
the money was not needed to
stimulate the economy.
Shapp denounced the plan
and called the GOP position
contradictory.
By-pass effects studied
by University professor
A study of possible effects study will look into any way
of the State College by-pass construction of the middle
on local water supplies is section of the by-pass could
being conducted by a damage wells by possible
University professor of pollution.
geology. Smith said she expects the
The Pennsylvania study to be completed around
Department of the end of the month, and said
Transportation last month another meeting with
agreed to allow Richard PennDOT officials is likely in
Parizek to conduct the study, early January.
despite their assertions that CCC has been trying to
an already completed state block construction of the
study is sufficient. middle-section on the grounds
Centre Citizens Council it is over-designed and
President Sue Smith said the environmentally hazardous.
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Conference committees
have not been appointed yet,
but the Senate has appointed
conferees and when the House
takes the same action, the
legislators can begin working
on compromises.
Senate Majority Leader
Thomas Lamb, D-Allegheny,
Senate - Minority Leader
Richard Frame, R-Venango,
and Senate Appropriations
Committee Chairman Henry
Cianfrani, D-Philadelphia,
are the Senate conferees on
appropriations and how to use
federal revenue sharing
funds.
Lamb, Frame and Senate
Finance Committee
Chairman Joseph F. Smith,
D-Philadelphia, are 'the
Senate conferees on the tax
relief conference committees.
Tax relief for senior citizens
HARRISBURG—With "satisfaction and concern for, our
elderly people," Gov. Shapp signed a law yesterday providing
$45 million a year in rebates for the rent and property tax of
disabled' and senior citizens.
The new law expands a 2-year-old act which provided up to
$2OO a year in refunds on the local property taxes paid by
widows over 50, couples over 60 and disabled persons.
Now, widowers over 50 and, for the first time, renters in the
same age categories, are eligible. In addition, the revised law
increases the amount of income an elderly couple can have to
qualify for the m a ximum rebate from $999 to $2,999.
Moreover, in determining how much the family has, the new
law says only the income of the head of the household and
spouse are to be considered. Before, income of a relative
living in the same house was included. •
One group left out of the bill are persons between 50 and 65
who were never married or divorced,
"The signing today of the expanded Senior Citizens
Property Tax Assistance Act makes Pennsylvania the
unquestionable leader among the 50 states in efforts to aid our
elderly people," Shapp said.
Chrysler delays truck plant
HARRISBURG—ChrysIer Corp. says the nation's energy
problem has caused it to put off a decision on completing a
$l6O Million car and truck plant atNew Stanton.
Gov. Shapp released Tuesday copies of a letter from John J.
Riccardo, president of Chrysler Corp., who said:
"I want to assure you once more that it is not a question of if
we will equip and operate the plant, but rather of when it will
be most opportune to do so.
"I hope and trust that the situation will clarify soon so that
we can move on with the plant as quickly as possible."
In Septinber, Riccardo told Shapp, who was visiting in
Detroit, that Chrysler hoped to make its decision by the end
of October so the plant could by ready for production of 1976
models.
Construction of the facility, which was expected to employ
some 5,000 workers, has been off and on for the past five years.
So far, Chrysler has spent $35 million for land acquisition
and site development. A shell of the building is up: the
remaining phase of construction includes equipping it.
The Westmoreland County facility was designated a swing
plant with the capability of producing any of the corporation's
models of cars or trucks.
Mining contract battle looms
PITTSBURGH—The United Mine Workers moved on two
front; yesterday to take on the coal operators in next year's
critical contract negotiations.
Delegates to the UMW's 46th constitutional convention gave
control over the contract to the men in the mines for the first
time in the union's 84-year history, and moved to set up a
strike fund that could support a long walkout.
UMW President Arnold Miller reiterated at a news
conference that he had already told the industry that if it was
not willing,,to bargain in good faith and thought the miners
would settle after a brief walkout, "we may be willing to go
out for six months."
The convention's action adds weight -to Miller's increas
ingly militant position in that approval or rejection of a
new contract with the soft coal industry will rest in the highly
volatile coal fields.
In the . 3t
Winter Term 1974
STS (Engr.l 410 Technology: Its Character, Role and Function
MWF 3,206 Hammond Instructors: R. Heinsohn and D. Parke
What is technology? The object of this course is to answer this question by unemering the essen
tial nature of technology through.authentic imolvement as well as written and oral exposition
The course is intended for students who are not science or engineering majors and is mons ated
by the pressing need for non-technical students to comprehend technology. so that the, can
place it in proper perspective, evaluate its impact on contemporary lite. base a basis for opinion
and decision on the technical matters which daily face us.
Spring Term, 1974
STS lEm Sc) 420Enery and Modern Society
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TTh 14,169 Willard Instructors: R. Gordon and F. Vasiola
The course provides perspecme on current national energy problems b% pros iding z.n introduc
tion for the general student to the technical, economic. social and political forces affecting
energy. Resources are indicated to be quite ample and the critical problem is to make these re
sources available in an environmentally and economically acceptable fashion. The persasise im
pact of public policy in affecting the energy system is explored; as well as the contributions and
limitations of new technology as a solution to the problem.
STS lEM Sc) 421 Materials and Modern Society
"fTh 15, 209 Willard Instructors: F. Apian, E. Miller, and J. Tilton
This course examines (heroic of mineral materials in modern society. It begins by investigating
the historical development of iron and steel technology and the major scientific ads ances on
which this technology is built. Following this introduction, the impact of human needs. as well as
other economic and geographical factors, on the location and growth of material industries are
considered. This leads, after an analysis of the various systems for materials production. to an
examination of the benefits and the problems that materials and their production have created
for man.
STS IPh11) 435
ITh 3, 351 Willard
The ,gs.al of the course will be to achieve some understanding of the contemporary interrelation
of science. philosophy. and religion, first by examining their mutual interaction in the course of
the history of western civilization. More particularly, the course will approach the contemporary
science on western views of nature, man. and God. The second part of the course will examine
current research in physics. biology. psychology and sociology and attempt to delineate the shape
of adjustments to come in our conceptions of the nature of nature. God and man.
STS 460, 3 credits Science and Public Policy
ITh 14, 167 Willard Instructors: G. Brandon and R. Roy
Students look at the all-pervasive importance of science policy in modern societies and the mech
anisms and processes by which it is made.
If you want to find out how your life in U.S. society is really being shaped by science and tech
nology, you better get this on your schedule. Taught by faculty involved in the process.
STS 498 A
By Appointment Instructors: W. Khmer, T. Benson, C. Muumuus, and H. Henloch
A pilot workshop course designed to acquaint science students with the aesthetic dimensions of
their discipline, the artist and the scientist with the social•aesthetic nature of technological
objects as they appear in society and the art student with the rigor, honesty, and skepticism of
science. This course will also attempt to help trace the elements and nature of creativity.
(Students wishing to enroll should first get permission of the instructor. Professor Kinser.)
AP New Scope
The Interrelation of Science, Phiknophy and Religion
Instructor.: G. Fleming and S. Goldman
traditionilly live by the rule of "no contract, no work," even if
it means defying the courts and their own leadership.
Miller said the energy crisis and the rising demand for coal
will strengthen the union's bargaining position. •
UMW blasts fuel exports
PITTSBURGH—M official of the United Mine Workers said:
Tuesday that while the government continues to make
ominous noises it has done nothing about the thousands of
barrels of fuel which leave this country each month.
"There were about 1.7 million gallons of oil and gas exported
during September and October of this year." said union Vice
President Michael Trobovich "That is five times the normal
export rate."
Trobovich said the companies are exporting more nal.%
because they can get a better price overseas for the petroleum—,
which he said has gone up "by 522 per barrel recently "
"It's easy for people to get on TV and tell the nation to lower
thermostats, cut speed and shut down gas stations on Sundays
while profiteers are makingmoney on oil exports.
"The bureaucrats in Washington," he said. "are the ones to
stop this." but as yet have not moved in that direction
"We shouldn't have to depend on any foreign country for oil:
energy because of the abundance of coal w•e have in the United
States." Trobovich said
He said coal miners are willing to pay a major role m helping
the nation through the current energy shortage, but that the
miners' safety could not be neglected in the process
Skylab crew observes comet
SPACE CENTER. • Houston—Skylab 3 astronauts aimed
powerful cameras yesterday at Comet Kohoutek. a visitor
from deep space that is streaking toward a Christmas-time
loop around the sun.
"She's still coming at us." said Gerald P. Carr as he focused
on the speeding comet 120 million miles away
Carr and his crewmates. Edward G Gibson and William R
Pogue. were to study the comet four hours yesterday. using
four different instruments. The data may help scientists
learn the composition of the comet
The astronauts were in the 20th day of their 84-day mission
The Kohoutek photographs yesterday were the first ex
tensive Skylab 3 studies of the comet, which is still a fuzzy dot
in the distant heavens.
Kohoutek is thought to be a 15-to-20-mile-wide iceberg of
frozen dust and chemicals wandering through space from
beyond the orbit of Pluto. the most distant of the suns family
of planets. It is streaking inward at more than 110.000 miles
per hour and will loop the sun on Dec 8 before speeding out to
deep space again.
Observing the rare deep-space visitor is one of the major
research efforts of Skylab 3.
Kohoutek is expected to be about 100 times brighter than
Halley's Comet It is already visible in the morning skies to
ground observers using binoculars. After it passes within 13 2
million miles of the sun, it will be visible in the evening sky
Officer refuses questioning
HARRISBURG—A state police lieutenant, formerly in
charge of criminal investigations in the Philadelphia area.
yesterday refused to answer some 10 questions put to him by a
House investigating committee.
The questions ranged from basic queries about his career to
interrogation about state-owned surveillance equipment and
veiled allegations that other troopers, including Commissioner
James D. Barger, have performed illegal wiretaps.
Lt. Angelo J. Carcaci, a 24-year State Police veteran now
assigned to 'he Punxsutawney barracks, responded to nearly
all questions by saying: "I refuse to answer on the advice of
counsel."
His wife Catherine also was subpoenaed by the special
House committee probing law enforcement in Pennsylvania.
Judge threatens to fine union
PITTSBURGH—Judge Richard T Wently yesterday said he
will fine the union representing striking bus and trolley drivers
$7.50 a day for contempt, if their three-day walkout continues
The fine, scheduled to go into effect 8 a m. today, is being ap
pealed to Commonwealth Court. said Joseph J Pass Jr . at
torney for Division 85 of the Amalgamated Transit Workers
Union
Pass said the union also is appealing an order to submit to
arbitration and is appealing the entire Common Pleas Court
proceeding to federal court.
Judge Wentley has been presiding over more than three
days of complicated legal wraneling that began even before
the drivers walked off their jobs with the Port Authority
Transit 12:00 a.m. Monday.
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