European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 2, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1977 the stars and stripes Page 19 Safe fax bite by Mary Neth staff writer when it comes to income taxes levied by the different states there Are no the bite can vary greatly from a High of tax on an annual adjusted Gross income of roughly in Minnesota to on the same amount in the same circumstances in if youre from one of the 34 states that has requested the Pentagon to begin withholding its taxes from your military be prepared for bad or Good a study by the advisory commission on inter Over relations computed the amount each state asks in taxes on three income the study is based on the latest figures those of other tax bites ranged from paid on a income in seven states to less than on the same amount o income in eight other How does your state compare to others on amount of tax levied heres a breakdown of the personal charged by the 34 states in the figures Are based on taxes for a married couple with two with wages earned by one at the optional Standard deduction was at itemized deductions of were at deductions of were of the 34 a number exempt a certain amount of military pay and others exempt pay for members of the armed forces living outside of the on the Chart a yes indicates that military pay is exempt and a p that it is partially Maine exempts pay of military who have not spent 30 Days during the lax year in the and do have a permanent place of abode Missouri and Oregon and Rhode Island have similar Rul Rhode qualifies this by adding that absence from the state on duty with the armed forces is considered of a transitory and temporary irrespective of the period of a number of other states exempt the first or so of military these states include North and the usually does not cover income from other such As Money earned by a dependent wife at an outside Many states exempt military pay during time of War when the person is serving in a combat zone this exemption want since it currently does not keep in mind that these figures Are Only a your actual tax liability will depend on individual and some states have raised their rates in the Mil pay state exempt Alabama 147 339 593 no Arizona 148 314 646 p 163 387 771 p Colorado 157 382 785 no 236 652 no Georgia 83 319 714 no Hawaii 212 611 no Indiana 150 300 450 p Iowa 295 528 884 yes Kansas 126 297 560 no 243 444 750 no la 48 125 227 no Maine 60 160 359 yes 255 479 812 no mass 277 641 no 543 p 38 218 473 no Missouri 109 268 567 yes 35 158 330 no 84 238 527 no by 206 550 no 258 535 no 105 338 822 p Ohio 55 188 390 no 50 196 517 p Oregon 238 633 yes a 200 350 500 yes re 119 286 521 no so 157 420 885 no Utah 148 452 821 no Virtonia 175 449 829 no 144 276 494 yes 365 801 p new Jersey enacted an income tax in in 1974jhe year for which the taxes Are it levied no personal income tax the course of Black studies by Dolores Barclay associated press Black studies courses Are now firmly established in Many of the nations leading colleges and but experts from the afr american Field say theres plenty of room for there has been an increase in the number of undergraduate and graduate degrees awarded in Black studies during the past decade More professors in the area than Ever before arc receiving tenure and courses that once were appendages in established divisions Are now parts of entire but those Long involved in the Field academic administrators say the biggest deterrent to More expansion of afr american pro Grams is the same one that slowed their Start institutional there Are inequities in salaries and inequities in the number of Blacks and Whites who Are tenured or Given permanent they Bertha chairwoman of the National Council for Black says one reason for the Money tenure problem is that Many of those who evaluate Black studies faculty question the Validity of the it is an alien area to says who is also a vice president at Johnson Smith too Many people in our society think Blacks Are cultural shadows of said James director of the Africana studies research Center at Cornell when we one of the tremendous rejoinders from the administration was that we didst have a scholarly and there were no books i just went Over a Book list to order new materials and there Are Over 200 titles alone of Black scholars who wrote in the 18th and 19th the whole development of afr american studies is the  of a discipline that old and has been around for a Long since when most Mack studies pro Grams the number of institutions awarding degrees in the Field has More than according to the National Center for educational in the 197071 academic for 36 col Leges and universities in the United states awarded 80 bachelors degrees and 17 masters degrees in Mack by 197475 the last period studied 92 institutions awarded a total of 368 bachelors degrees and 29 masters in the the National Council for Black studies estimates that More than 300 Ameri can colleges and universities offer programs in Black ii too Many people in our society think Blacks Are cultural shadows of Whites but these courses did not always have such a firm academic they once were the legacy of the feverish student protests and riots of the Black and demanded courses they said would be More relevant to their collective experience than traditional University some such As Boston University and Many of the private Black had Long established Black Bostons program started in Many campuses met the student demands of the late 60s and began offering topics they believed Cov ered the Black these courses were bom amid speculation and a residue of they flourished briefly among a handful of Blacks on largely White by 1972 or they had begun to attendance enthusiasm entire programs Lan some of these programs were hastily conceived and poorly administered some by the students they also lacked a commitment and support from University and col lege policy weve gone through a growth said Lou coordinator of information and services for the department of Black studies at Ohio state uni when a Large number of programs Black studies began to take itself More we had to develop stronger curriculum in order to sus Tain the All the professorial pimps and Aca Demic hucksters were rid from the programs following the failure of Shustur said Ohio has 22 full and Par time faculty in Black the program there is one of the largest in the there Are 800 to students taking courses in the department each the started in has a Black affairs Library of volumes with microfilm of the collection from the Schomberg Center for research in Black culture in new Indiana University also started its program in at that about four courses were says Joseph associate professor and chairman of the department of afr american there Are 18 faculty members and Over 40 about 60 per cent of the students in the department Are the remainder Are at the University of California in majors in Black studies have been doubling for the past three according to Reginald pro Fessor and chairman of the afr american studies we had a commitment from the administration to keep our budget intact for five he so were experiencing some in a few we would like to move into a graduate program As soon As we have sufficient tenured Turner of Cornell also noted support from univer sity administrators and faculty but As Well As others in the agree that even with this pressure from economic crunches As Well As institutional racism limit continued Black studies challenges the status says Shuster of Ohio american Educa Tion concerns itself with creating and putting people into a Black studies teaches people to be it is a Nowoc Stem discipline that u derived from the Western sex and its directly in conflict Wilh the types of information taught by unites in schools because we cant Leach Black history without negating White history were to b min Pitini fir scarce re says of it Ryty will eur when we Start nun Iri Tutts it s in Fuoau o Ftp or our he his 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