Ottawa Herald (Newspaper) - January 28, 1975, Ottawa, Kansas In Presidents Energy Program Estimated Cost For Consumers Takes Jump WASHINGTON AP White House officials say President Fords energy program could consumers a year more than originally or as much as a The higher figure was dis closed Monday as eight North eastern governors filed suit challenging the Presidents power to impose new taxes on imported oil as a way of reduc ing gasoline consumption and increasing domestic produc The governors suit against Ford was filed on behalf of New Rhode New Pennsylvania and It charged that Ford had taken a law meant for one purpose and used it for another without bothering to consult either the public or as the governors say is A similar suit also was filed against Fords plan by the New England Power and Robert White House Press Secretary Ron Nessen said an average family could pay as much as a year extra as a result of higher prices on oil and the end of price lids on natural gas and The figure was given as the absolute outside cost of the while the average cost hike was esti mated as per Originally the adminis tration said the program would cost an average family an extra a The new estimate now includes higher indirect costs for by Nessen Part of Fords plan calls for a new oil import tax imposing a levy on each barrel of im ported oil starting An other is added on both March 1 and April Nessen said New England actually would fare better under Fords plan than 19 Southwest and Rocky Mountain The first per barrel tariff would be waived for New and only 60 cents of the tariff would be applied for the region in according to Eric acting deputy ad ministrator of the Federal Energy The tariff would be applied in he In a related Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott said that it is thor understood that Ford will veto any debt ceiling carrying an amendment to de lay the Presidents tariff on imported A provision delaying the tar for 90 days has been ap proved by the House Ways and Means Committee as part of a raising the limit on the na tional debt to billion through June In other economic develop ments market prices soared to the highest level since last August partly as a result of enthusiasm over de clining interest In the New York Stock Exchanges most active trading day in his the Dow Jones average of 30 industrials advanced points to Yorks Chase Man hattan the third largest commercial and Manufacturers Hanover fourth in followed a trend begun last Friday and lowered prime lending rates one quarter point to per Labor Department re ported that productivity in the American economy dropped sharply again in the fourth quarter of 1974 as labor costs continued to The output of goods and services OTTAWA HERALD Vr TV Tm J 79 28 JANUARY KANSAS 66067 10 Cents 18 Pages 2 Sections OHS Eyes Vocational Facilities By DON LAMBERT Representatives of the 290 school system have been looking at vocational facilities in other school systems to get ideas for a possible vocational facility Dan superintendent of the local explained that the 290 Board of Education will decide at its 10 meeting whether to seek funds to build such a If they decide in favor of the a bond issue to secure the necessary funds will be placed on the April 1 city election Construction of such a facility has been recommended by a task force established several months ago to study needs at the high The task made up of board students and recommended construction of a vocational building to help meet the needs of the bound student at the high said that on Harold assistant principal at the high school Ron shop teacher at the high school Vince local ar and he inspected the vocational facilities at Derby High School near And on Mike shop teacher at the high school high school principal Earl DeVore and local architects and Ken assistant visited a vocational facility at Woods explained that there are basically two kinds of vocational In students are trained so that when they graduate from high they have already acquired the necessary skills for a particular In the Woods said the program is designed so that the student can explore a variety of vocational He said the local persons believe this kind of program would be more beneficial in the local Many persons lean toward the exploratory program because the state has 20 schools where students can go after completing high school to learn specific he He said that at vocational technical such as the ones at Emporia and the state often pays 90 per cent of a students tuition We want the students here to look at many job op make their own choices and set their own Woods He explained that after the student is exposed to several vocational he is more ready to decide what specific if he will need after graduating from high He said that local teachers and administrators have suggested that several courses could be taught at a local vocational facility at the high including auto machine vocational distributive education and These would be broad courses that would give the students general backgrounds in those he Auto Brass Pleads For Tax Action RUNNING clock on the Franklin County Courthouse is keeping time The clock was repaired earlier this month after a group of interested people talked to the County Commission about getting it running Commissioner Joe Ferns said that the repair work was very the clock needed a little bit of rewiring done and the striker didnt need to be fixed at only The only other thing needed was light bulbs to illuminate the faces of the Now whenever you need to know the just look WASHINGTON AP of General Motors and the United Auto Workers urged the House Ways and Means Com today to act swiftly on a tax Henry Duncombe vice president and chief economist of General Motors stressed that details as to the exact method of economic stimulation are of less im portance than the need for prompt action prompt action that stimulates both con sumers and Leonard president of the United Auto said there is a crisis of confidence in the Quick and strong action by the Congress on an emergency tax cut in my do much to restore needed con Woodcock said President Fords proposal for a billion rebate on 1974 personal income taxes is both inequitable and Under Fords tax payers would received a 12 per cent rebate on their 1974 in come up to a maximum of Woodcock said he hopes the committee would cut personal income taxes at least bil Woodcock also said he would support for this year only a boost in the business in vestment tax He gave no but President Ford has proposed a oneyear hike in this tax credit to 12 per cent from the present general 7 per cent and current 4 per cent for Duncombe said General Mo tors endorses the basic thrust of all tax proposals to stimulate or aid consumers and including the Presidents economic and tax Herbert chief adviser in the Nixon administration and preacher of oldtime religion as a guide to also has joined the swollen ranks of economists calling for a tax Expect Changes In Bingo Measure Indochina AP At least two amendments are ex Tuesday when the Kansas Senate de bates a regulating bingo in the As approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee Thurs the requires non profit organizations to pay a application fee and pay six per cent of their receipts in taxes and license Amendments are reportedly planned to reduce the appli cation fee and to reduce the tax on the game by exempting it from sales tax or by eliminat ing the license The allows a nonprofit educational or veterans organizations to conduct up to 25 games a night two days a It limits the prize on a regu lar game to and on a special game to The total prize limit for one night is The is designed to imple ment a constitutional amend ment approved last November Agriculture Census A But Vital By JOAN ISTAS Youve probably all received it by big brown envelope labeled 1974 Census of You opened it and probably by the time you finished leafing through the 18 pages of questions you felt like the local farmer who told his wife she could take it to work with her and fill it out during her coffee Its no wonder you for it seems that theres nothing the census doesnt except maybe how many dishes you have in the cup It asks how many acres you rent or What do you harvest from it How do you harvest it It asks about land Is the land in woodland or cropland If you how much water do you use Youre asked to itemize your and your grain storage how big is your payroll How many employes do you have Do you use the futures market Do you contract farm products And how about the number of turkeys and cattle you have One or you have to list them Dont forget about that old apple tree you have in the back What do you use that fruit for It wants to know about your amount owed and to whom it is It asks about the in lime and other chemicals If there have been injuries or illnesses as a results of the farm you have to report And who is the a corporation or a partnership What is his his his race Does he work off the farm oh what was your profit after expenses it is personal in it is somewhat of a headache to fill Itll take two hours at the But its all confidential and its important that the census be filled Its used for planning USDA programs such as the planting program and the Extension Its used in predicting trends and its the only report of its kind thats used uniformly throughout the as the census itself many changes have occurred in agriculture since 1969 when the last census was taken and its important to the farmer that these changes be measured and understood by other farmers and ranchers as well as by those who serve its a matter of The Census takers are obliged to get this information from Last time they sent as many as four mail remin ders before enumerators went calling on farms in This year they will begin calling by telephone after only a reminder or Bennett Defends Job Eliminations Robert Bennett said today that of the nearly state jobs he has proposed eliminat ing in fiscal year only 100 to 150 of them now are filled by people who would be put out of About 75 per cent are jobs that dont even exist by voters at the general elec is not likely to reach the Senate floor this unless and until proponents of the con amendment con vince Judiciary Committee Chairman Tillotson that they have the votes to pass Though the Judiciary Com approved a change in the constitutional amendment the committee did not vote on the amendment and Tillotson said that Wednesday is the earliest the vote might Under the change cities and counties would remain dry unless they they vote to go The move was designed to make the constitutional amendment more acceptable to wavering One source indicated Tillotson is reluctant to send the resolution out of his committee unless proponents can show him 27 solid votes for the exact number One veteran senator Monday reckoned 13 solid votes 24 or 25 solidly for and two or three Senate Republican leaders Monday retreated in their at tack on the Democratic proposal for an income tax apparently figuring it will die in Senate President Richard Rogers originally assigned the to raise the personal in come tax exemption from to to two a strategy usually employed to kill a Monday he withdrew the as from one leaving the Assessment arid Taxation Committee in sole possession of the Rogers said he withdrew the from the Ways and Means Committee Aid Tab At Million WASHINGTON AP President Ford informed bipartisan congressional leaders today he will seek more than million in extra aid for South Vietnam and Cam bodia and was told the request faces an uphill Following a lengthy session between Ford and Senate and House Senate Demo cratic whip Robert Byrd told reporters that leaders from both parties advised Ford passage of the supplemental appropriation would be dif if not Byrd said Ford was sending Congress a request for an extra million of aid money for South Vietnam and about million for Congress last year auth billion of aid for the area in the fiscal year that ends June 30 but wound up appropriating all for South Rise Shown In Ottawa Crime Rate By JEWEL SCOTT The number of persons charged or involved in crimes cleared by the Ottawa Police Department increased in 1974 by 72 per cent over those in A breakdown by not including traffic and disposition recently was sent to the Federal Bureau of In It showed the total number of persons charged or involved in cases cleared was 292 in 1973 and 405 in The increase could be ac counted for in part or totally by an increase in increased awareness of persons and Wet Weather Passing By Cloudy skies covered Kansas and there were showers in the east but the National Weather Service said the state will miss most of the rain and snow associated with a low pressure system over the Rocky The weather service said the system would carry more showers into eastern Kansas and some thunderstorms in the southeast today and High temperatures today were expected to range from the mid 30s in the northwest to the mid 40s in the with lows tonight ranging from the teens in the northwest to the upper 20s in the Partly cool weather was forecast for with highs from the mid 30s in the northwest to the low 40s in the The extended outlook for Thursday through Saturday called for little chance of pre cipitation and high tempera tures from around 30 to near Lows were expected to range from 5 to Highs in Kansas Monday ranged from 61 at Coffey ville to 30 at Hill Lows ranged from 20 at Hill City to 36 at therefore increased reporting of crime or increased arrests in or clearing of those cases One of the greatest increases was in In 11 persons were charged or in volved in cases otherwise That increased to 32 in The 1973 figures show that six were found guilty as charged and five were referred to the juvenile In two were found guilty as charged and 30 were referred to juvenile Other significant increases were represented in the figures reported for narcotic drug law violations of liquor laws and aggravated The number of persons referred to juvenile author except in aggravated assault also showed a considerable Decreases were shown in 1974 for simple forgery and counterfeit and possessing or receiving stolen The totals show that of the 292 persons charged or in volved in cases cleared in 115 were found guilty as charged two were found guilty of lesser offenses 32 were acquitted or dismissed 138 were referred to juvenile authorities and five cases were In of the total 405 charged or involved in cases 168 were found guilty as charged one was found guilty of a lesser offense 45 were acquitted or dismissed 138 were referred to juvenile authorities and eight cases were
