European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday july 22, 1978 House defeats plan for taxpayers to help finance congressional races the stars and stripes Page 7 Washington a backers of pub pc financing for congressional races Are conceding that their proposal is dead Foron year but claim they be Laid the Aoa Dwork for a comeback in 1979.the concept of Public financing lost that is Likely to be its final test of thl year Ben the House voted 213-196 against con Deering it the negative reception for Public financing preceded another vote to Autho Rise a million for the Federal election commission in fiscal year 1979. The com Mission which already monitors the pub Idy financed presidential campaigns As a in it a a Yuca Pius Ariy wou1u do Given relight responsibility if a system for Congress was enacted. Fred Wertheimer a vice president of common cause said that even in defeat proponents of the Public financing concept Feltt closer than Ever w before to winning House support. The vote showed that this Issue is via ble. It s going to come Back next year he said. We be added the capacity to win this another Factor in their favor is the fact thai dozens of members Aren t returning so "12ny p them opponents of the idea Wertmeimer said. Common cause which Calls itself a citizens lobby has Benin whiff 0rvnin nit Chinn inv Ika some members who stated their opposition in debate on the House floor cited the Cost of the proposal As a Burden that tax payers won t want to assume in any form. Let s Don t kid ourselves said . Sask a Calif. Whether its checkoff or whatever it is every dime is going to come from taxpayers but rep. John b. Anderson r-iu., sponsor of the amendment argued that the projected $25 million Cost would be the Best bargain we could give Anderson also argued that Public financing would be a Boon to challengers Tather than to incumbents and appealed to republicans to support the idea on that basis since they Are a political who accepted Public financing would have had to observe a $150,000spending ceiling. Bulk of estate limited License for station left to widow of Rockefeller White Plains . A John Iii left the bulk of his Esti mated $100 million Fortune to his widow but earmarked $2.25 million for Charity according to a will filed the will filed in Westchester county surrogate s court Rockefeller also asked executors to work with his three survival Brothers to transform the 2,400-Acretally estate in poc Antico Hills ., into l Public Park and to turn it Over to a Chari Ible organization. The Brothers Are Nelson a., former vice resident Laurence businessman and environmentalist and David Chase manhat Tan Bank chairman. John Rockefeller 72, was killed july 10 Hen a car crashed into the one in which he was Riding about a mile from the Pocan Tico estate. A family spokesman who asked not to Behest filed estimated the estate at $100 Mil Hen but said a precise evaluation was no possible because of its Complex nature. Children provided for in naming his wife the former Blan Bette ferry Hooker As chief beneficiary ahls win. Rockefeller said he was making Nader bequests to his children because Hay were provided for by gifts in his life time and by his father. John d. Rockefeller of feb. Butt of Rockefeller s highly re Art collection was left to mrs. Her. Bequests of Art also hereto his son Cov. John d. Jay Rock in of West Virginia and to his three Aidrich Sandra Rockefell tit remainder of his Oriental Art collect willed to the Asia society of new Jock which he founded and the remain or of his american Art collection to then Francisco Fine arts museum. Four residence mrs. Rockefeller whom Rockefeller married in 1932, receives All the remaining is property plus their four rest an apartment in new York Cit Homes in Westchester county. Han county. Maine and win Ramsburg a Trust of undisclosed proportions also a created for the of $100,000 each were made to Japan society the agricultural devel Pei Council the Asia society River Chur i of new York and Phelps me association of North lbs to be penalized for Tennis deception Washington a the Federal communications commission announced thursday that it intends to Grant Only Short term License renewal to the next lbs station up for review As a penalty for the network s deception in the heavyweight championship of Tennis expect that the station will be knit to los Angeles. Licenses Are nor Mally renewed for three years. Presumably the station s License jul be renewed for Only one year. The Short term renewal the commis Sion indicated would enable it to Monitor lbs compliance with its assurances to the acc that the deceptive practices will not recur the announcement indicating that lbs conduct is too serious to warrant Only a letter of admonition the commission made Clear that the circumstances do not require designation for hearing of any lbs this should prevent any challengers for licenses of lbs owned and operated stations from benefiting from the acc commission found that lbs had Vio lated provisions of the communication act in failing to exercise reasonable Dili gence to icam of agreements Between cae Sar s Palace and the promoters of the ten Nis match which insured repeated Oral an visual identification of the Las vegas hotel. The Case dates Back to february 1975,when lbs aired the first of what became four Tennis matches Between Jimmy con nors and four challengers Rod Laver John Newcombe Manuel Orantes and uie Nastase. The first three were played at Caesar Palace and the fourth at Dorado Beach puerto Rico. Connors won All four. The commission said previously that the second third and fourth matches aired by lbs ostensibly were for a Winner take Al prize of $250,000. In fact the commission said Connors received $450,000 and new Combe $250,000 for match two Connors $500,000 and Orantes $250,000 for match three and Connors $500,000 and Nastase $150,000 for match four. Police refuse to name Crane murder suspect of $250.000 was made to Loo mime in Windsor. Coon., from Rockefeller graduated. Gifts of $500.-�4. To. I old i Latonn. A to the population Lincoln Center and Princeton uni ton Wen made of which he was a graduate. Phoenix. Ariz. A Scottsdale no Ike say they have a suspect in the murder of actor Bob Crane but can t get an indict ment because they Haven t gathered enough refused to identify the suspect but the Arizona Republic said police had tried to get an indictment against John Carpenter a Long time Friend of the actor who played the title role in the Hogan s teachers flunk Over-13 tests Dallas a More than half the 585new teachers in Dallas classrooms failed examination designed to test the Intelli gence of persons Over age 13, the Dallas times Herald report of the Dallas Independent school District obtained by the newspaper add the scores of us ale
