Collegian Tue IZIII URY y, May 11, 1976 As . 607 AKASV7ZI6O IF HE'S NOT 601N6 TO BE AROUND TO FEED ME AN'( MORE, MAYBE I SHOULD PLANT A GARDEN IMil 1 AND Of fart KEEP -1/05 CNA &EMS LET'S SEE, I COULD PUT SOME TOMATOES HERE AND iER‘r DRUM MAJOR AND MAJORETTES ADDITIONAL TRYOUTS NOT FOR THOSE WHO TRIED OUT IN APRIL. Sat., May 15. Call Blue Band for details. These additional auditions are occurring because the Collegian did not run original article. UP YOUR ALLEY . . . That's where the Family Clothes Line is. And so are its prices now in: Painter Pant, Bib overalls 12.89 Pre-washed Men's & Women's Jeans 10.99 Rugby shirts 5.89 Women's Spring Body Suits 7.89 Women's Indian Guaze Blouses and much, much more The Family Clothesline is up your alley 126 Humes Alley Legislators reject budget HARRISBURG (AP) House leaders once again fell short in efforts to gather enough votes to pass a proposed $4.7 billion general state budget yesterday. . The House has tried repeatedly since late March to pass the budget. Returning from a four-week recess, Democratic leaders though they would make it yesterday. Seven new legislators, including six Democrats, were sworn in as the session began. The seven were winners of special elections held last month to fill vacant seats. But a survey taken at a caucus showed that too many other Democrats were missing and the leaders did not try for a vote. They also decided to put off action on a proposal designed to let Philadelphia raise its municipal taxes. To pass either the state budget or the Philadelphia tax bill, a majority of at least 102 votes is needed in the House. In a series of previous efforts to pass the spending package, there have been as many as 99, but never enough for passage. "We have the 102 votes. Our problem is medical," said Majority Leader K. Leroy Irvis. He said two legislators are in hospitals and three others have various medical problems which prevented them from attending yesterday's session. Other lawmakers simply did not show up. Irvis said he would work on rounding up some of the missing members and will probably try again today to pass the budget. One legislator emerged from the Democratic caucus and noted the irony of yesterday's situation. Pa., Ohio locations examined Volkswagen stalls on plant sites WOLFSBURG, West Germany (UPI) A spokesman for Volkswagen, Europe's ' largest car manufacturer, yesterday said it has neither chosen nor ruled out any site for its planned $240 million U.S. assembly plant. The Volkswagen statement followed reports from in formed company sources that the automaker had decided to choose between two potential sites near Cleveland and Pittsburgh, and had ruled out any plans for building a factory near Columbus, Ohio. "No site has been chosen for the plant and no site has been • ruled out," said Ekkehard Wesener of the firm's press department. The company sources said Meat firms give WASHINGTON (UPI) Some military meat in spectors were given cash, prostitutes and free trips if they did not "hassle" a firm - that was swapping cheap meat for prime cuts on military shipments, a Senate panel was told yesterday. Sen. Lawton Chiles, D-Fla., chairman of the Senate sub committee on federal spending practices which :opened hearings yesterday, said irregularities in military meat inspections led to millions of dollars in illegal profits for some meat packers. Sgt. Charles Reidinger, in VW had narrowed its selection to a partially completed Chrysler plant in New Stanton, Pa., and a former tank factory in Brook Park, Ohio. However, Wesener said, "Columbus is neither in nor out and this holds true for any other place because we have never officially named a location for the plant. "Much may still happen until the site is announced," Wesener said. "Officially, there can be no talk of Volkswagen having cut its choice of a plant in the U.S. to two sites." Wesener said he could give no timetable for the site selection beyond earlier company reports that the site charge of food inspection at the Boston branch of the Army Veterinary Inspection Service, and Manuel Pacheco, a civilian inspector, said they took thousands of dollars from the now defunct G&G Packing Co. .of Roxbury, Mass. . G&G Packing and another firm involved in the case, Blue Ribbon Frozen Food Corp. of Hamden, Conn., were owned by Harry Goldberg and David Frank Goldberg. The second firm is also out of business. Edward Kehl, quality control manager at- the Roxbury firm, testified his , • "Six weeks ago we ran this bill (the budget) and got 99. votes. Then we had a special election and got six new Democrats. So today we took a nose count and we got 99 votes. You explain it to me ... " said Rep. William Lincoln, D- Fayette. _ The budget is for the fiscal year beginning July 1, and leaders want to approve it as soon as possible. In past years the legislature has gone down to the wire on the budget, and has sometimes missed the deadline. Once the HoUse approves the spending bill, it must still be passed by the Senate. There is a Thursday deadline for passage of the Philadelphia tax measure, but Irvis was not optimistic about it. "That is in more difficulty than the budget . . . The two are intertwined," he said. The reason for the Thursday deadline is legal. Philadelphia , must have the legislation by then in order for city council to enact its own annual budget. Otherwise, the city may have to make cuts in its budget, lay off city employes and take other austerity measures. Democrats from Delaware County are angry over the Philadelphia measure. A provision limiting the city's wage_ tax on suburbanites was eliminated, and the county's Democratic legislators have retaliated by refusing to support the budget. would be announced by late June. Volkswagen's supervisory board voted April 23 to build a U.S. factory to produce its Rabbit model. The company said an American site will cut production and shipping costs by about $350 per car and offset losses from currency fluctuations. The assembly lines, scheduled to begin rolling in the fall of 1977, will eventually provide jobs for 5,000 American workers. In his annual report yesterday, Volkswagen Chief Toni Schmuecker said production in the United States was "unavoidable" if Volkswagen wished to remain Army raw deal company made as much as $960,000 a week in illegal profits. If the military detected a problem, Kehl said, "I would try and cover up. I would lie to them and try to confuse them." ' Reidinger said he was paid $4OO a month for giving "no hassle" to the G&G operation. He also admitted that on numerous occasions he was provided with the services of a prostitute. Pacheco said he accepted a total of about $B,OOO and was asked to "refrain from hassling the employes." He said he knew the firm was switching low quality cuts for ■ da7,Collegian . . .is looking for full-time PSU undergraduate students to create the advertising layout: one for summer two for fall - spring 'lf interested, come to a training session: Tuesday, May 11 9PM or Wednesday, May 12 7PM 126 Carnegie competitive. Schmuecker said $5O million toward financing the plant would come from the company's own capital and the rest would be raised on the American market. ' The higher value of Ger man marks against the dollar has pushed Volkswagen from, its position as the most popular foreign car in the United States, the company chief said. Schmuecker said the company delivered 2.7 per cent fewer cars worldwide in the first four months of this year. He said the drop in deliveries could be attributed to the company's weaker performance on the U.S. market. meat costing the Army up to $4 a pound. Nadja foyer-Booth, 20, worked at the G&G plant as a military inspector and ad mitted receiving several gifts, including two expense pa id weekend trips, professional football tickets, plane tickets, three expensive .., suits and free meat. While knowing it was wrong, Hoyer-Booth said "It didn't seem to be a big'deal. Everyone was doing it." ' Kehl said the most profitable switch involved substituting beef knuckle for top sirloin butt.
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