—The Daily Collegian Wednesday, Feb. 14,1979 O'Ban non supports tax increase HARRISBURG (AP) - The state’s welfare recipients deserve higher cash grants but they won’t get them unless taxes are increased, Welfare Secretary designate Helen O’Bannon said yesterday. O’Bannon’s comments followed a meeting with members of the Penn- sylvania State Welfare Rights Organization, who staged a sometimes bitter news conference earlier in the day to dramatize their plea for more money. The group urged dn increase from about $360 to $513 a month for a family of four. But O’Bannon said even a small increase won’t be possible unless Gov. Thornburgh proposes additional taxes. “If he makes a proposal for new revenues, I think I could make a con vincing argument for how to appropriate Amish boy verified as polio case HARRISBURG (AP) The Pennsylvania Health Depart ment confirmed the presence of a polio virus yesterday in a four-year-old Amish boy in Cumberland County. The youth is the first Pennsylvanian outside Franklin County to produce positive results in polio virus cultures. A similar virus has been found in 17 Amish residents of Franklin County, including one young woman who was crippled by the disease. Health officials said most carriers of the virus do not become seriously ill, but can infect others. A total of 71 persons, mostly Amish, have been tested since a polio outbreak began in Franklin. County and parts of southern Maryland last month. More than 40 dormant cases have been found in the two states and thousands of persons have received special immunizations. Dr. William Parkin, Health Department epidemics expert, said the Cumberland County youth lives in an Amish set- Senate gives nod HARRISBURG (AP) The Senate Sens. Edward Early, D-AUegheny; confirmed 13 members of Gov. Thorn- Leonard Bodack, D-Allegheny; Frank burgh’s cabinet Jast night, leaving only Pecora, R-Allegheny; and Richard five of the top state government jobs to Tilghman, R-Montgomery, voting no. k e J*^ . ~ . Early was the lone dissenting vote The nominees, all subjected to Senate „ . • . . , J , , against Jones nomination, hearings over the past several weeks, ° were approved without any debate. ' Approved 49-0 were Attorney General Welfare Secretary Helen O’Bannon Edward Biester; Education Secretary and Environmental Resources Robert Scanlon; Adjutant Gen. Richard Secretary Cliffford Jones were the only Scott; Agriculture Secretary Penrose ones to attract negative votes. Hallowell, a Penn State trustee; O’Bannon was confirmed 45-4, with Banking Secretary Ben McEnteer; X R-219 We make our mistakes your savings! At Balfour’s ANNUAL MISPRINT SALE T-Shirts Jerseys $5.95 Sweat Shirts $7.95-$9.95 Jackets $2O-$35 Golf Shirts $9.50 the funds in the department,” the former Public Utility Commissioner said. State funds totaling $594 million an nually are currently being spent on cash assistance grants to 760,000 people. O’Bannon said the needed money will not likely be found within the Welfare Department, which currently faces a $lOO million deficit she attributes to underfunding by the Legislature. “It’s a bit unrealistic, within the present framework, to talk about a significant reordering of priorities when you’re running with your head un derwater already,” she said. As far as a “work-fare” program suggested Monday by a group of House members, O’Bannon said she would prefer to put able-bodied welfare recipients to work at jobs in the private March 8 issue - Tues, March 6 at noon March 9 issue - Wed, March 7 at 4 pm Classified Deadline - Wed, March 7 at 11 am Reg. Price SALE Price $2.95-5.95 $1 tlement near Newburg, just across the Franklin County line. “The boy has no symptoms of polio, but the presence of virus in this individual represents a source of infection from an unimmunized person,” he said. The boy was the only person with the virus among 39 Amish who underwent a new round of testing in Franklin, Cum berland, Lebanon and Lancaster counties. Parkin said further tests are being conducted among Amish residents of Juniata, Mifflin, Montour, Centre, Clinton, Somerset and Adams counties. It takes several days to obtain results from test cultures. More than 2,300 of the 3,000 residents in Franklin County’s Upper Path Valley received polio immunizations, but only 34 of those doses were given to members of the Amish sect. The Amish, a breakaway Mennonite sect, generally avoid all drugs and'other outside influences. $2 $2 $5 $2 sector, rather than in government as the legislators propose. Two spokeswomen for the group of welfare - mothers, legislators, com munity activists and clergymen present at the capitol news conference attacked the “work-fare” idea as reminiscent of slavery. “We’re not concerned with workfare,” said Louise Brookins, chairwoman of the state Welfare Rights Organization. “We’re concerned with survival.” However, she and co-chairwoman Frankie Jeeter vehemently refused to discuss the issue further, saying they called the news conference to emphasize that Pennsylvania’s poor are starving. “We’ll find out if Pennsylvania and the world believe in human rights,” Jeeter said. to 13 Thornburgh appointees Commerce Secretary James Bodine; Still to be confirmed are Aging State Secretary Ethel Allen; General Secretary-designate Gorham Black Jr., Services Secretary Walter Baran; State Police Commissioner-designate PennDOT Secretary Thomas Larson, a Daniel Dunn, Health Secretary former Penn State professor; Revenue designate Gordon MacLeod and-Labor Secretary Howard Cohen and Com- and Industry Secretary-designate munity Affairs Secretary William Davis. Myron Joseph. Insurance Commissioner-designate In other action, Senate Democrats Harvey Bartle 111 was approved last refused Thornburgh’s request that night by the Insurance Committee. A several hundred minor nominations vote on his nomination is expected next made by Gov. Shapp in the closing days week. of his administration be returned to the La Vie Board of Directors is now accepting applications for three student representatives fa*. Interested persons should apply in’ ■’ 206 HUB LPlV jg 79 706 HUD *6) 7607 s —*l v *< ' +•%*'*#* Co/d all under The sisters and pledges of Triangle fraternity celebrate Valentine’s Day in an unusual manner. They stole a pair . 1 ).„,' ';*-1 ’ «4. Photo by Chuck AndraskJ ik.A'Xv-islh *.. governor’s office. Democratic Floor Leader, Edward All of the nominations were approved Zemprelli, also a Penn State trustee, by 27-22 party line votes. said the appointments should be “There is a new governor on the scene f j™ ed because the y. were made wfgle whose nominations these are not,” Sh £ Pl3 , w “ ri ° f £ C ±, J n P ZS Republican Floor Leader Henry Hager J had 1 sa,d ' • tended. ' i. . , g “It’s a hand from the past trying to write on the new governor’s page,” he Zemprelli added that if [Thornburg said, adding that voters gave Thorn- wants to block the nominations he cjah burgh a mandate to start off with a clean merely refuse to cerfjfy them when thgy slate. reach his desk. ’ 2 of underwear from each of the brothers at Trairigle and strung them across the mall last night.
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