European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Pages the stars and stripes sunday May 4,1986 tearful protest at . College anti apartheid demonstrators at Hamilton College inc Linton n.v., cop and embrace after hearing that school officials would tear Down the Shantytown the erected to protest the school s investments in Compa Nies doing business in South Africa. Hamilton presi Dent j. Martin Carovano said he ordered the razing because the students did t have permission to build the shanties and he feared an outbreak of violence. Packwood says Senate panel will support tax Reform " Washington api chairman Bob Packwood wiping out the deduction for Midi said Friday he thinks he has lined up a majority of the Senate finance committee behind a Bill that would pro Duce the biggest change in the Federal income tax in a generation while keeping most of the deductions for stat and local taxes. The proposal would Cut taxes for most americans and remove 6 million lower income people from the income tax Rolls altogether Packwood r-orc., told reporters. It would shift about $100 billion of the tax Burden fro individuals to corporations Over the next five years less than the plan originally proposed by president Reagan Orthe substitute passed by the House last december. The proposal would Cut the 50 percent top individual tax rate to 27 percent and raise the $ 1,080-pcr-person exemption to $2,000 for All but the wealthiest taxpayers. On the other hand it would repeal the deduction per milled for state and local sales taxes paid wipe out any tax advantage for individual capital gains and restrict tax deferred individual retirement accounts Only to workers not covered by a company pension plan. I think it s a majority of the 20-Mcmbcr finance committee that will support his latest plan Packwood said after the panel ended a week of closed door Hope there is a majority for it he added. He would name Only six members who accompanied him when he made the announcement plus majority Leader Bob Dole r-kan., a committee member. However sen. John c. Danforth r-mo., a supporter pointed out Many specific details must still be devel in fact the committee has yet to take a Public vote on Many of inc toughest issues in the package the third one offered by Packwood. These include taking away Ira lax deductions for millions of mainly Middle income peo ple ending inc traditional lax break for capital gains and philanthropist Dies new Orleans a Muriel Bultman Francis who did Public relations work for opera stars and was a philanthropist has died at 77, wiping medical expenses. Packwood said the committee will begin considering the new plan in Public sessions on monday. He set no Ticla blk for completing committee action. Under the Bill Packwood said a family of four would pay no income tax until its earnings exceeded $12,470. Eighty percent of All taxpayers would be taxed Only at the lower 15 percent rate in the two rate Structure. A four member family with typical deductions would have tomake Over $40,000 a year before being subject to the 25 percent Rale a key provision supporters agreed would take away some of the incentive that upper income people have for investing in tax shelters ventures aimed More at reducing their tax Burden than at making a profit. This is a shelter killing Bill said sen. John Chafic . Senator Packwood s revised tax Reform proposal rep resents the most significant step taken to Date toward achieving True tax Reform Danforth said. The plan pro poses a classic Swap in tax terms tax preferences will be traded in for lower tax rates he added. That also is the major thrust of the tax plan that Rea Gan recommended last year and billed As the lop legislative initiative of his second term. The House approved a version that critics say would reduce incentives for saving and business investment. The president has counted on the Republican controlled finance committee to shape the Bill More to his liking. Packwood s new plan would preserve Many of inc Spe Cial business lax Breaks now in inc Law including those for the Oil and Timber industries. Businesses would lose the investment tax credit but get a depreciation system that is More generous than present Law and a top tax rate of 33percent, compared with 46 percent now. Conspicuously absent from the new plan is Packwood earlier proposal to pay for some of the income lax reductions by raising consumer excise taxes on alcohol tobacco motor fuel and other products. A majority of the commit tee had indicated earlier that provision was unacceptable. Standing with Packwood when he announced the new proposal were Danforth Chafic and Sens. Daniel Patric Moynihan . David Durenberger a Minn. Bill Bradley d-n.j., and George Mitchell a Maine. Stateside Man sentenced to give lectures on mishandling waste products los Angeles a James Smith has been sentenced to , who pleaded no contest in municipal court to 10 Misdemeanour charges stemming from alleged improper handling of hazardous wastes by an aerospace company was ordered to give three lectures on the consequences of mishandling dangerous materials. His six months probation would then be suspended. Smith is the former director of administration for space ordnance systems a subsidiary of trans technology corp. Of Sherman Oaks Calif. Wife s Best shot turns out to be too Good for husband Richmond miss. A when conservation agent George Hiscar and his wife Marcia went Turkey Hunting he told her to take her Best shot. She did and got twobirds with it along with a ticket from her husband. Not Only did Marcia Hiscar drop the first Turkey at 40yards, she hit a second one 15 Yards behind it with the same blast. State Law prohibits killing More than one Turkey a week during the Spring season so conservation agent Hiscar cited her for the second Bird. He has to do it said mrs. Hiscar. Who faces a j5 Fin and court costs. I know what his Job breaking and entering Deer revealed by bloody Hoo prints san Carlos Calif. A the Vandal that broke into Jerry Dudley s Home left behind a crucial clue a Trail of bloody hoop nuts. Officers concluded a Deer leaped through a front win Dow of the House while Dudley was away. That came As somewhat of a Relief to Dudley who arrived Home to find the window shattered and carpets drapes floors and a dining room table stained with blood. I thought for sure there was a murder there Dudley said. It had everybody freaked out for awhile police searched for the Deer without Success. They speculated it May have seen its reflection in the window an jumped at it or it May have been chased by a dog. Garage to increase prices $15 unless people take old Oil Home Anchorage Alaska up1 a Standard $19.70oil change at Gary Westoby s garage is going to Cost his customers an extra Sis unless they take their Diny old motor Oil with them when they pick up the rears. A prominent sign has gone up behind the counter of his Domestic automotive parts & services shop notice. Due to the extreme expense of disposing of hazardous waste Oil there will be a $15 charge on All Oil changes beginning May 1. If you provide your own waste Oil Container you will receive your old Oil Back and this fee will not Westoby s plan has created a stir among Federal stat and City environmental officials who fear a trend with motorists taking their old Oil Home and dumping it randomly creating pollution problems in this City where Petroleum compounds were found in the drinking water of eight subdivisions last month and where pc Laden Oil has been used for dust control on roads. Hundreds rudely awakened by broken civil defense Siren Muncie ind. A a civil defense Siren malfunctioned rousing hundreds of sleeping residents. The Siren atop Storr Middle school began its piercing Wail about 131?tani1 firc dispel n is took More than 700calls. About half the callers were angry that they had been to tentacle " Werc what disaster had panic up y pol chief Leroy Hahn said there was no
