Ottawa Herald (Newspaper) - December 19, 1975, Ottawa, Kansas Tax Cut Compromise Hammered Out WASHINGTON AP President Ford has agreed to a compromise tax cut partly resolving a legislative impasse that threatens to boost the av taxes on New Years of Congress said William announced on the Senate floor that Ford has agreed to the compromise which would tie a nonbinding spend ing ceiling to a tax cut exten Two other senators said Fords approval came as the Senate Finance Committee voted 101 for the The was sent immediately to the Senate The senators said the White House would not announce its formal approval in At the White Deputy Press Secretary William Greener said only that Ford is quite encouraged by the compromise proposal because it covers what the President has been asking He said Ford wants to see the final version of the Edmund D chairman of the Budget There is some fuzziness of language and some doubts about it by But is the essence of Both sides have to be able to claim a The third senator who con firmed Fords acceptance of the compromise declined to be In the both Republi can Leader John Rhodes of Arizona and Democratic Lead er Thomas ONeill of Mas said Ford favors the The President has in he will sign the taxcut if it includes the Senate compromise Rhodes The compromise pledges Congress to reduce next years anticipated federal spending by an amount equal to billion in tax but the pledge is not The compromise was less warmly received in the House than in the Speaker Carl Albert said as far as he knew Ford had not been convinced of the Al bert added They havent sold me at I imagine Ill be the last one tp cave Ford vetoed the taxcut ex tension because he said such a reduction in federal income The Children Gawked While Ed Beck Explained Aviation Work All Eyes Up On Airport Tour The fourth graders at the Sacred Heart School visited the Ottawa Municipal Airport Thursday afternoon as part of their exploration of careers associated with In the morning they heard from a local Bob and learned that jobs at airports include being a runway radio line airport secretary and flight Then in the afternoon they traveled out to the local airport where they learned that Ed Beck had to do all those jobs as part of his job as airport Beck covered all those terms associated with airports and too wing He told the children that the Ottawa Airport does not have a control He can not tell the pilots when to land or when to take He can only advise them as to weather Theres no weather bureau in Weather conditions are heard on a low frequency ban on the When the weather gets cold he must preheat the airplanes by bringing them cover them with quilts and blow warm air through Beck started with a short presentation in the Then cautioning the children that they wouldnt stay out long because of the cold they went out to the hangers to see the It was exciting peering into the cockpit and reaching up to touch the but it was also cold with that wind blowing through the they wanted to see Bob Greens so they ventured out a little further and on the way had to skate on the Greens plane looked a little different than the He had landed on the ice the other day and bent the Beck would have to straighten Beck showed how to drain a fuel He pointed out the lights and the stall He explained how the plane He showed how he tested for a And he answered Everyone had a but the one that had Sacred Heart Counselor Joyce Green shaking her head in approval was the question one girl Do you like your job Sure he Otherwise he wouldnt be doing one of her classmates Oh she Some people have jobs they dont Some people do fall into their Beck he most airplane mechanics generally pick their Its a job that requires three years of experience and usually does not pay A wage of per hour is generally the starting an the kids Thats not very much Beck The minimum wage is an hour so the mechanic only gets 30 cents above minimum The kids nodded their They There were more important things in a job than The Angola Issue Senate CutOff Nearer WASHINGTON AP Senators opposing covert military aid to antiSoviet factions in Angola appear to be near victory in their effort to cut off funds being used to channel weapons into the African Senators backing an amend ment that would ban the use of funds to supply military aid to any faction fighting for control of Angola said they hope to get a vote on the proposal today or John Tunney and key cosponsors of his amendment to the defense appropriation said they expect Angola aid supporters to end a filibuster and allow a vote on the propos al if efforts to kill it fail Supporters of the Tunney amendment showed their strength in two key tests turning back an effort to get the Senate to take a more lenient stand toward the Angola issue and adopting a proposal that would limit CIA involvement in the African Senators backing the Tunney amendment defeated by a vote of 72 to 26 a substitute proposal by Robert R which sought to quiet the fears of senators who have voiced concern that the in volvement in Angola could lead Skies Are Friendly Once Again WASHINGTON AP United Airlines and striking ground service employes reached tentative agreement on a new wage contract today and officials said they hoped the airlines busy holiday flight schedule would be resumed by The agreement was reached after an allnight bargaining session with the governments top labor Usery A ratification vote was scheduled by the union for Sun Wichita Paper Says Barrett Wont Stay On AP Er nie who was removed Tuesday as Kansas State ath will not accept a new position as university fund the Wichita Eagle re ported KSU athletic director since has placed his home on the market and may be studying job offers from other the newspaper Barrett was removed Tues day by KSU President Duane who said he would be reassigned to other The Eagle said Barrett was surprised by his firing and had no inkling that Acker planned to make the change until he met with the university presi Barrett reportedly was un happy with the way things were going and had planned to re sign at the end of the school the Eagle The newspaper said some contributors to the university athletic program expressed surprise and indignation at Barretts and the way it was handled by I think they will find out a lot of their sources of income will dry one big utor The newspaper said Brad Barretts top said he is not in the picture as a successor to his former I am not nor will I a candidate for the Rothermel The strike began at midnight forcing hundreds of thousands of holiday travelers to turn to other airlines or not travel at All United flights had been cancelled through the largest air carries passengers daily on Other lines have been making extra flights to help stranded United There was no immediate in dication of the terms of the agreement between United and the striking International Association of The settlement came as a Union officials had predicted a long strike and ad vised their members to seek temporary A United spokesman said if the agreement is ratified Sun 30 per cent of its flights would resume by Monday and 80 per cent by to another Griffins proposal would have prohibited use of American military and civilian personnel in hostilities over or off the shores of Angola but would not have halted the flow of money to Angola Adopted 93 to 4 was an amendment by Jacob restricting money in the defense to in gathering activity in without reducing the amount available in the Tunney supported the Javits although his original proposal would have reduced the by Compromise was discussed at a meeting of more than two dozen senators and Secretary of State Henry but senators said no agreement was Tunney and his backers said they would continue to press for immediate cutoff of military supplies to forces fighting against the Angola faction backed by Russia and Senators said it was disclosed that million in the defense appropriation was intended for CIA covert support of anti Soviet forces in Veto WASHINGTON AP President Ford today vetoed a billion appropriation for the departments of Labor and Education and Welfare it called for spending nearly billion more than he sought and would add people to federal employment must be tied to a cut in spend Albert said the House is not going to put down a figure and bind ourselves by law 12 months in Asked whether he thought the Senate proposal could pick up enough votes in the House to override a Ford he com I doubt The House was unable to override Fords veto of the tax cut on Chairman Al Ullman of the House Ways and Means Com said he would support the proposal only if Ford agreed to it in While the compromise plan calls on Congress to reduce spending by for each dollar of reduced taxes next it also says the pledge would not prevent the setting of higher or lower spending ceilings by nor mal budgetary The compromise was worked out by Russell Roth and House continued their plans to keep the chamber in technical ses sion through the This will not mean factual legislative action in the It is a urt der which a handful of bers can meet at every three days to legally continue the session while moit mem bers take their Christmas vacations as If members were to Ford could call WINTER 627 used his day off Thursday to split some wood for his His velvet ski mask was itchy and but like he it sure beats the McGuire Defense Motions Granted Two motions filed on behalf of Clarence James charged with murder in connection with the drowning death of JoAnn were granted this morning in the Franklin County The motions were for continuance of a preliminary originally scheduled for and for discovery and Harold attorney for requested the preliminary examination be continued for not less than 14 Judge Michael Nichols rescheduled the preliminary for 1 A conference for the discovery and inspection was scheduled for The prosecuting County Attorney Robert made no objection to either of the he did request the endorsement of two more names of witnesses for the His request was granted with no objection from In the motion for discovery and Matney asked that the court order the State to permit the defense to copy or photograph Written or recorded admissions or confessions made by the Defendant which are or have been in the custody or control of the State results or reports of physical or mental and of scientific tests or experiments made in connection with this case memoranda of any admissions or confessions made by the Defendant and a list of witnesses to such admissions or is being held in the Franklin County Jail in lieu of He was arrested and formally charged with murder on He and the 24yearold Miss Stewart both were workers In the Franklin County Rehabilitation Program She disappeared the night of 23 and her nude body was found in the des Cygnes River east of here on Area Weather COUNTY dowdy ond little tonight Lows tonight round mid
