European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 08, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Military plan s details Given tuesday August 8, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 5 senator optimistic on solar boost Washington up Congress i considering a massive boost to solar Energy through a military construction Bill re Quiring All new housing and a fourth of other construction to have solar hot water Cooling or heating devices. The measure sponsored by sen. Gary Hart a Cpl. Would require installation of solar equipment when it is Cost effective based on Money saved for fuel or electricity Over a building s 30 to 40-year life. The Bill would increase military construction costs by $100 million a year or More. At the same time it would significantly boost sales for the $150 million a year solar Industry. The project would add about 1,500 Mili tary families a year to the population of americans who live with solar Energy Hart also said he expects the corporals and sergeants who become the Pentagon s expert solar installers to inject theirs Iii into the. Civilian Economy when they leave the  Hurt Hopes that the Bill which has Bee approved by the Senate and needs Only one More approval from the House will Lead to experience and efficiency in the solar Industry resulting in improved products and lower costs. The War department Hart noted first popularized the safety razor Over the straight razor of pre world War i  said he doubted that More than a dozen senators knew about the military construction Bill s solar provisions. But he and his staff Are convinced that solar Energy is politically  even though the House did not originally have a solar Energy provision in the Mili tary construction Bill fiscally conserva Tive congressmen working on a Compro Mise with the Senate readily accepted the provision. The first question Hart was asked in a my Kozlowsky the 65-year-old kit wry Maine woman who vowed to use a by cub to defend her Home against a my wrecking Crew holds some of the their stamp of approval letters she has received from sympathizers across the . One writer offered her More bus. Her farmhouse was destroyed by arson but no arrests have been made. The state which wanted to demolish the farmhouse to make Way for a Highway Bridge has Given her a trailer to live in. A of time Nader Ossa is airline prop administration asked to fight air fare taxes  ims _ the Republican-con-j4 Congress adjourned its Kway Spe " an ad8rv political wrangler Republican threat of in against president  ignored the president s of Price and wage control Powers Ming authority and republicans president of seeking  it my Maranei list _ the . Announced the Marln Nautilus has completed ant Tram Polar underway Voy to the top of Ibe world. I iks Richard Nocon an fat Maryland gov. Spin t. A tr4 running male hours after ctr the Republican presidential in Miami Beach flu. Washington up ii consumer advocate Ralph Nader has urged the administration to take a Public stand against pro posed airline ticket tax legislation that he said would increase airline fares by $13billion Over the next five years. In letters to Barry Bosworth chairman of the Council on wage and Price stability and Charles l. Schultze chairman of the Council on economic advisers. Nader criticized both councils for remaining silent on the legislation which he called clearly in  said the legislation now pending in the House would impose a new 2 percent tax on . Air passengers and a $10 tax per passenger on most foreign  Bills would hand the $3.3 billion in revenues directly to the airlines to buy be warplanes and other  Nader said Nader said the airlines claim to need the Money to meet a 1976 Federal aviation administration noise Rule. He said instead of modifying present aircraft at a Cost of $950 million the airlines want to spend $7 Bil lion on new planes with Public tax Money. Clearly this approach is inflationary he said. Buying a new b-727 can Cost $12 million while quieting a noisy one wit several Good years left in it can Cost $225. 000 by Industry  Nader also said nearly $1 billion. Will go directly to foreign carriers most of which Are owned or subsidized by foreign  at a time when the Trade deficit is soar ing and the Dollar is declining the coun cil s refusal to speak out against tunnelling these tax dollars to foreign corporations is irresponsible he wrote Bosworth. Conference committee working out differences Between the House and Senate Bills was Why not Solarize All military construction Why just housing and a Quarter of construction Hart aide Kathy Bushkin recalled that Hart gulped and explained that really would be too  of the solar Energy industries association last week said a study found both potential residential and commercial solar Energy customers were putting of their purchases pending passage of presi Dent Carter s Energy Bill. Both the House and Senate have approved tax credits of up to about $2,000 for homeowners installing solar systems. But lengthy congressional debate on other aspects of the measure particularly natural Gas and Oil pricing threatened to put Many of the Small solar Energy companies out of business officials said. Price hikes widely erase income gains Washington up in a vivid demonstration of How americans Are losing ground to inflation the government Sun Day said nationwide consumer Price hikes Between january and March completely wiped out personal income gains in 19 states and the District of  Commerce department said in 16 other states personal income outstripped inflation by less than one percentage Point. In fact there were just four states allocated in the West where personal in come was twice the National rate of inflation. They were Alaska Washington Ore gon and Nevada. Citizens of those states however did no necessarily fare better than residents in other areas because the inflation rates i individual states May be higher than the National average of 2.1 percent for the first Quarter. The National average for personal in come gains was 2.3 percent. Of All states West Virginia fared the poorest. Persona income declined 4 per cent  two other states in the nation Kentucky Down 0.3 percent and Kansas Down 0.1 percent had actual declines in personal income. The main reason for the weakness incest Virginia and Kentucky the report said was the lengthy Coal miners  Kansas dip was the result of a drop in Farmers income. South Dakota and North Dakota posted minuscule 0.3 percent personal income gains also due to farm problems. Michi Gan s 0.2 percent increase was held Down by a decline in automobile production the report said. Other states where personal income gains were less than the National average inflation rate were Nebraska 0.5 percent Pennsylvania and Oklahoma 1.2 percent Maryland and the District of Columbia 1.4percent Missouri and Delaware 1.5 per cent Virginia and Ohio. 1.7 percent Rhode Island  percent Montana Illi Nois and Connecticut 1.9 percent and ver Mont 2.0 percent. The report noted Many states with a be Low average personal income performance during the first Quarter were hit hard by bad weather causing a weakness in construction payrolls. Sabena to Start London hops Brussels. Belgium a Saben Awill Start flights Between Ostend on the belgian coast and London on sept. 8 the belgian airline has announced