European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 2, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 5 income tax Survey indicates few americans understand the system but Many think Reform is needed new York up a recent Survey by the Roper organization indicates few of the 2,007 americans polled have a solid understanding of the income tax system but most of them feel it is unfair. The Survey underwritten by h & r Block also indicates growing Public sup port for a tax Reform that would Levy Hea vier taxes on the Rich and on big business and ease the Burden on Middle income families which most respondents describe As being in a $20,000 to $40,000 income bracket. A growing majority condemns the in come tax system As unfair to most peo ple the Survey said. A growing majority sees Middle income families As overtaxed while upper income people and Large Busi Nesses Are seen As under taxed. The Public believes that Over half of the very wealthy pay no income taxes at  says automatic restraints safer Adams lauds airbags seat belts Washington a transportation Secretary Brock Adams said new surveys show automatic restraints in automobiles Are saving lives and that the Public sup ports the government s decision to make them mandatory in All cars. Adams told a news conference his department has been monitoring cars equipped with airbags and automatic seat belts and has found them to be much safer than autos with conventional safety belts. He said that after one billion Miles of travel in Volkswagen rabbits with Auto Matic belts the fatality rate for these cars was .78 per 100 million Miles compared with a rate of 2.34 for rabbits with Conven facing new jobs Nancy Hays teeters left and Sarah r. Weddington have both been nominated for new jobs in Washington. Teeters chief economist for the House budget committee has been nominated for the Federal Reserve Board. Weddington general counsel for the agriculture department and a former Texas Legisla Tor will fill the White House Post vacated by Midge Costanza. Up Recluse has millions of papers but no Cash Philadelphia a City inspectors searched Recluse Mabel Sheehan s two Story Brick Row House but did not find a rumoured Fortune inside. Since last weekend reports had circulated that thousands maybe even millions of dollars were stashed in the House spark ing a rash of burglaries and around the clock police surveillance. Nineteen persons were arrested on Bur Glary charges and the 72-year-old widow left the House and moved into a Convent for her own Protection. After inspectors got inside wednesday moldy files debris and dust came flying out of the windows but no Money. Licenses and inspections commissioner Dominic Sabatini said his men have to Clear some 3,000 abandoned Homes a year and this was one of the worst he has seen. There was no walking space in there at All he said. You had to walk through the debris. At times i could touch the ceiling the papers and trash were so  sister Dorothy one of two nuns who went to recover whatever valuables she could for Sheehan found some personal papers. I m really surprised i managed to find these said the sister. I was walking on Mounds of trash when i came across some envelopes that looked  they contained Sheehan s social Security papers and some of her husband s army Veteran s papers. Sheehan came under the nuns care when she walked into St. Edward s roman Catholic Church on tuesday. Sister Dorothy quoted Sheehan As say ing her $247 social Security Check had been stolen. Tonal belts. After 600 million Miles of travel by air bag equipped cars mostly those made by general motors for 1974-1976 models the fatality rate was .85 per 100 million Miles about half the rate observed in cars with manual belts. Adams said a nationwide Survey of 2,000 adults showed that 58 percent supported and 28 percent opposed the department s decision that automakers must equip cars with either an airbag or an automatic Belt. The balloon like airbag is installed under the dashboard and inflates instantly when a frontal crash occurs. The automatic belts do not buckle but Are attached to seats and car doors and automatically wrap around a passenger in Case of a crash. The regulation requires that automatic restraints be installed in 1982 Model full size cars in 1983 intermediate and com pact cars and in 1984 subcompact. The transportation department has estimated that 9,000 lives will be saved each year once automatic restraints have been in stalled in All cars on the Road. Those interviewed in the Survey were evenly divided on whether they preferred airbags or automatic seat belts. Only 25 percent said they use conventional safety belts most saying they were uncomfortable or difficult to use. One in five said they favored Laws that would re quire people to buckle conventional belts while 57 percent viewed the idea As poor. Joan Claybrook administrator of the National Highway traffic safety administration said her Agency Hopes this fall to Issue a Comfort and convenience Standard for manual belts. Adams said he is pleased that several manufacturers have stated their intention to offer automatic restraint systems As options on some of their models at least one year in Advance of the effective Date of the regulation. He said general motors Ford Chrysler and Volvo intend to offer airbags one year before they Are required that Volkswagen and general motors Are Selling some cars with automatic belts and that Ford and Toyota will offer automatic belts in and Vance of the requirement. I am encouraged by the support shown by the Public and the conscientious Effort being made by Industry to help save lives and reduce injuries on our nations roads the Secretary said. Rollback freeze ordered9 in la. Residential rents los Angeles up mayor Tom Bradley wednesday signed an ordinance rolling Back residential rents to pre proposition 13 Levels and freezing them there for six months. The measure approved by the City Council without debate on an 11-1 vote ear Lier in the Day will take effect sept. 30 and continue through March 1979. The Rollback and freeze unprecedented in California s largest City will affect an estimated 638,000 rented apartments sin Gle family Homes and Mobile Homes. The new Law permits rent hikes in units voluntarily vacated and allows landlords to cover the costs of major capital improvements and repairs to meet municipal code standards. The ordinance also creates a landlord tenant mediation Board and five local boards to approve such hikes and Rule on other rent disputes. Landlords cannot be forced to charge Correct rents however except through the courts. Landlords convicted of charging More than the highest lawful rent could receive a maximum sentence of a $500 Fine or a six month jail term. The Survey report also said the study confirms widespread misunderstanding of and Lack of information about How the income tax system works which feeds. The indictment of the income tax system As unfair " taxpayers continue to overestimate the percentage of income they themselves pay in taxes and estimate their own tax percentage As higher than that for families with $200,000 annual  it concluded that three weeks after april 15 the tax deadline nearly half of those queried did not know within $100, what they paid in Federal income tax. Respondents rated tax Reform third on a list of 15 National problems needing imme Diate attention. Only control of inflation and lowering the crime rate were Given higher priority. Special interest groups most often were blamed for failure of con Gress to pass tax Reform legislation. But for All the concern Over income taxes property taxes still took precedence on the anger scale of those polled. The Public has not reached the boiling Point on the amount of Federal income taxes they pay the Survey report said. On an anger scale from 1 to 10. Taxpayers place themselves just above the Halfway Mark on the Way to extreme anger " other findings there was Little demand among respondents for further simplification of tax returns. The majority favored use of tax Money to create jobs rather than tax credits to businesses to hire More people As a Means of fighting unemployment. The majority described major tax Breaks As reasonable rather than As Loop holes. A Large majority rejected proposals for College tuition tax Aid and to tax Aid for families sending children to private or parochial schools. There was widespread opposition to business tax deductions that seem to give special Breaks to a privileged few but Union dues child care costs and transportation to work were seen As appropriate deductions. To trim government spending a majority would Cut space exploration but More than a third recommended cuts in welfare and Aid to big cities. The majority would be willing to spend More tax Money to fight crime improve education solve the Energy problem and provide National health insurance. Of time sept. 2, 1948 the state department reported the . Had evidence that fighter planes and arms had been flown to Israel from Czechoslovakia and the . Had asked the czechoslovak government to halt the traffic. The shipment of arms to either Side in the Palestine fighting was banned by . Resolutions. Sept. 2, 1958 governor Orval Faubus said he had information that the Federal government was assembling a Force of Deputy marshals for use at Little Rock Central High school if necessary to enforce Black integration. Faubus said i will re Sist any use of Force to integrate any school in  sept. 2, 1968 in the official opening of his presidential Campaign vice president Hubert h. Humphrey walked up new York s fifth Avenue in a labor Day Parade and said he hoped he was starting a Victory March to the White House