European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Saturday november 24, 1973 the stars and stripes Page 7 in memory of his brother sen. Edward Kennedy places a Flower on the grave of his brother president John f. Kennedy in Arlington National cemetery thursday. Other family members from left Are Kathleen Kerry Michael Joseph Patricia Lawford a Sis Ter of the president Christopher  Kennedy partly visible behind Christopher Matthew Patrick an mrs. Edward Kennedy. Patrick is the son of Edward and the other children Are part of Robert s family. The group also visited Robert s grave which is nearby. The president s widow Jacquel Ine sent three bouquets. A deliberate plan to Aid wealthy group Calls tax report misleading Washington up a Ralph Nader backed research group said thurs Day the administration and the House ways and Means committee have deliberately published a misleading report to cover up tax favouritism toward the wealthy and thwart needed tax  tax Reform research group said the report published by the committee last june in consultation with the Treasury department omitted crucial statistics i reaching the false conclusion that Federal tax loopholes favor Middle income tax payers. Berrigan group drops off prize for Kissinger Washington up Antiwar priest Phillip Berrigan led about 20 persons in Brief religious service outside the Home of Secretary of state Henry a. Kissinger thursday leaving what they described Asan alternative to the Nobel peace prize on his Doorstep. The group including Berrigan s wife Elizabeth the nun he married earlier this year paraded in a Circle in front of the House in Northwest Washington before they went to the door. They knocked on the door several time but there was no response. Finally they left their gift a carved replica of the Globe on the Doorstep and then held a Brief service including  and his wife were tried in har Risburg pa., last year on several Federal charges including a conspiracy to Kidnap Kissinger but they were convicted Only of smuggling messages at the Lewisburg pa., Federal Penitentiary where Berrigan was being held for a previous conviction. Kissinger and be due Tho of North Viet Nam were awarded the 1973 Nobel peace prize jointly for their part in arranging the cease fire in Vietnam. In a statement the Nader group said the Complete statistics actually show that wealthy taxpayers Benefit from the Loop holes at the expense of those with lesser incomes. The slanting of these statistics is Parton a deliberate plan to deceive the Ameri can people and stymie the tax Reform movement said Robert Brandon director of the group. These statistics really show How much the nation needs thorough Reform of its tax  he said rep. Wilbur d. Mills d-ark., the ways and Means chairman and president Nixon should be working to end the unfairness of our tax Laws instead of covering it  mortgage interest Brandon said the House committee re ported that taxpayers with adjusted Gross incomes Between $7,000 and $10,000 a year saved $310 million in mortgage interest deductions in 1972 and those with incomes Over $100,000 saved Only $55 million. But he said the report failed to mention that the $310 million savings was spread among 12 million taxpayers while Only 91, 286 people shared the $55 million in the higher bracket. The average taxpayer actually saved Only $24.59 from the mortgage interest deduction last year he said while the wealthier taxpayer saved $602.50. Brandon said this loophole saved Nixon about $66,000 on his 1970 and 1971 taxes because of interest paid for his Homes in key Biscayne fla., and san Clemente Calif. Brandon said the committee report was similarly misleading about deductions for medical expenses. He said the statistic actually showed that an average Middle heat s on in Moscow Moscow up the English Lan Guage Moscow news said thursday that this City s production of heat and electricity is second to none in the world. It said Power stations generate 14 billion kilocalories of heat each hour using mostly natural Gas. Income earner saved Only $23.80 on medi Cal expenses compared to $547.73 for the average taxpayer in the highest bracket. Besides comparable disparities for Capi Tal gains and charitable contributions Brandon said the committee report used adjusted Gross income in its tables which he said omits Many of the very loopholes such As accelerated depletion Oil percentage depletion and the exemption of interest from state and local Bonds which tax reformers attack  these facts show that claims by the Nixon administration and chairman Mills that average taxpayers Are major beneficiaries of our present tax loopholes Are completely false he said. Those responsible for our unfair tax system Are perpetuating a cruel hoax on the  study finds ban on food won t work Washington up the House for eign affairs committee issued a study thursday concluding that any . Effort to embargo food shipments to Arab nations in retaliation against their Oil embargo would be ineffective. One Day after Secretary of state Henrya. Kissinger warned of possible countermeasures if the Arab Oil cutoff continued indefinitely the House committee said the arabs would still hold the upper hand. The leverage available to the arabs through their Oil Boycott far exceeds any leverage that might be available to the United states through a food embargo said a study conducted by the Library of Congress congressional research service and released by rep. Thomas e. Morgan,d-pa., the committee chairman. Can meet their needs the arabs can meet their relatively Small food import needs from other sources in the world Market while the United states cannot meet its relatively Large Petroleum import needs from other sources it said. Some members of Congress have demanded that the United states Stop Selling grains and other foodstuffs to Arab nations As a retaliatory weapon. Kissinger did not specify what counter measures he had i mind but another state department offi Cial had hinted earlier at a possible Clamp Down on . Trade in food and Industrial goods. Five dollars a Bushel wheat can easily be purchased with five dollars a barrel Oil the report said. Grain supplies Are available in sufficient quantities eve though the buyer might have to  higher prices for them. The same cannot be said about  what . Supplied the United states supplied nearly 24 percent of the wheat imported by Arab nations from january through september of this year compared with 17.1 per cent of All their imports last year. The increase was attributed to Low . Wheat prices  tight world Grain Market. But the report said that except for Egypt the Arab countries have sub Stantial foreign Exchange reserves and the Promise of even greater Oil revenues putting them in an excellent position to outbid other potential food buyers in the world food  although the world Grain Market is still tight the report said it is nowhere near As tight As the world Market for  $ 1000 offered for $20 Bill in Chuting Hijacker Case Portland Ore. Up $1,000 fora $20 Bill that s the offer made thurs Day by the Oregon journal. The journal announced it will give a$1,000 Reward for the first $20 Bill recovered from the loot collected two year Sago by . Cooper the still missing parachuting air plane Hijacker. The journal said it was making the offer in accordance with an Fri state ment that obtaining any of the $200,000 extorted from Northwest Orient air lines would Aid its investigation. A passenger listed As Dan Coope boarded a Northwest Boeing 727 jetliner Here thanksgiving eve 1971, hijacked the Craft forcing Northwest to give him the $200,000 in $20 Bills at Seattle then ordered the plane Crew Tolly to Reno Nev. When the plane landed at Reno Cooper later labelled . Cooper was not aboard. The flight Crew and Fri believe he parachuted from the plan Over southwestern Washington. No Trace of either Coooper or the Money Ever has been found and officers admit they Are baffled. Many believe he was killed when he parachuted an that his body and the Money May some Day be found in the rugged Mountain North of Portland by some Hunter or hiker. The journal said it made its offer unbelief that if any of the Money from the extortion is in circulation its readers May turn up one of the Bills. The paper ran a list of some of the serial numbers and said it would publish More later