European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes Friday August 23, 1991 income Hartford Conn. Apr the state Senate gave in to gov. Lowell p. Weicker or. And adopted an income tax Early thursday breaking a 52-Day deadlock that has left Connecticut the Only state without a budget. It. Gov. Eunice Groark casting her first vote in the Senate broke an 18-18 tie. Debate on the measure began before Dawn in the state House where passage was considered Likely. The House previously approved a similar Bill. Connecticut is one of 10 states without an income tax. The legislature approved one in 1971, but repealed it within weeks amid a taxpayers revolt. A a a after two months of constitutional deadlock the people of this state Are looking for an  said state sen. Gary Hale a Ansonia. A for this senator if it Means the end of elective office then so be it. But i know its the right  the $7 billion budget supported in the Senate by 16 democrats and two republicans would impose a 4,5 percent income tax and raise taxes and tees by $1.1 billion. It would also Cut the state sales tax from 8 percent to 6 percent. Connecticut has a deficit from 1990-91 of nearly $1 billion. A deficit at least that big was forecast for the current fiscal year. The Senate vote was a Victory for Weicker a Republican turned Independent who has no members of his party in the legislature. Weicker in his first term As governor proposed a tax on wages to solve the states fiscal crisis and vetoed three budgets since making that proposal in february that did no to contain the new tax. _ income tax supporters assailed the states sales tax As unfair to the poor. A i think this is a step in the direction of a fairer tax system one that begins to tax income based on fairness and equity that begins to expand the Burden a said state a sen. William Dibella a Hartford opponents decried the income tax As unfair to the Middle class. A this is a sad Day for the state of Connecticut a said sen. Judith Freedman r Westport. A seventy percent of the people in this state Haye said we done to want an income tax and yet one Way or another its going to get jammed Down their  lawmakers Felt the first rumbles of what some warned would become a taxpayers revolt. The House Republican office tallied 735 phone Calls wednesday Only 35 from supporters of an income tax. The proposed income tax would provide exemptions and tax credits for Low arid Middle income taxpayers. A couple making $40,000 would pay $468 in state income tax or a rate of 1.2 percent. A couple making $80,000 would pay $3,600, or 4.5 percent. In death of son Chicago up a a teamsters Union staff member was found shot to death wednesday at local 705 Headquarters and police were questioning his father a High ranking Union official noted for cleaning up Union corruption. Daniel Ligurotis jr., 36, a legislative Liaison for local 705, was shot in the head a spokesman for the medical examiners office said. His body was found about 10 . After an argument Between Ligurotis and his father Daniel Ligurotis sr., president of teamsters joint Council 25 and and Secretary treasurer of local 705. Police said they questioned the father but refused to say whether Ligurotis had been detained or released. A police spokesman said it was first believed that Ligurotis or. Had shot his son. A a we re investigating the circumstances around the shooting a detective Bill Wright said. Jerry Gladden a Chicago crime commission spokesman was shocked at the news and described the elder Ligurotis As a  Quot they got along very Well. He the father was very proud of him the son they were a very tight family a Gladden said. I never heard a bad word Between father and son and he was very proud of his  on Public Washington apr americans favor the idea of children attending Public schools of their Choice but most oppose using Public Money for private education according to a Gallup poll released thursday. The annual Gallup Phi Delta Kappa poll of the Public attitudes toward the Public schools found growing support for most of the education Reform measures outlined by the Bush administration last Spring in its America 2000 program except for private school vouchers. The Public favored by 62 percent to 33 percent allowing students and parents to choose which Public schools in their Community the students would attend. However few parents whose children attend Public school said their children would change schools if Given the Choice. President Bush has broadened the concept of Public school Choice to include private and parochial schools. He wants Money now targeted to disadvantaged children to follow individual students to schools of their Choice in the form of vouchers. The poll asked respondents if they favored a voucher system in which the government would allot a certain amount of Money per student and then allow parents to Send. The child to any Public parochial or private school. Fifty percent favored such a proposal while 39 percent were opposed. Support Rose by 6 percentage Points Over 1987. However 68 percent said they opposed a allowing students and parents to choose a private school to attend at Wake of destruction a woman weaves her Way through the ruins or a Bathhouse in Newport . The Structure was downed by winds from Hurricane Bob which ravaged coastal areas of new England earlier this  finds Public expense a while 26 percent favored the idea. The voucher plan found its strongest support among minorities and Urban residents 57 percent in each group. Fifty eight percent of the people with children under 18 supported the idea Ana 6o percent of nonpublic school parents supported the plan. Officials said the Gallup Phi Delta Kappa poll is the most comprehensive Survey of american attitudes on educational issues since the series began in 1969. This year Gallup interviewers asked a selected Sample of 1,500 american adults a total of 80 questions twice the usual number. The margin of error was 3 percentage Points. Americans approved by 81 percent to 12 percent that local Public schools be required to conform to National goals and standards of achievement. They also favored by 68 percent to 24 percent that Public schools in their communities be required to use a standardized National curriculum. And by 77 percent to 17 percent they supported the use of standardized National tests to measure academic achievement. For the first time a majority 51 percent said they favored lengthening the school year by 30 Days 42 percent were opposed. However the Public was divided on the question of lengthening the school Day by one hour 48 percent opposed the longer Day while 46 percent favored  previous Gallup Phi Delta Kappa polls respondents opposed a school year of 210 Days and longer school Days. Inmate loses suit claiming smoke violates rights Chicago up a a Federal appeals panel says exposing a prisoner to secondhand tobacco smoke does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment. The 7th . Circuit court of appeals issued its ruling earlier this week in an Appeal of a class action suit filed by David m. Steading 36, an inmate at the Illinois River correctional Center in Canton. Steading suffers from asthma and claimed that the exposure to smoke violated his constitutional rights. The suit was rejected at the District court level and steading appealed. Judge Frank Easterbrook wrote in a unanimous decision that exposure to secondhand smoke is not unique to prison life. A secondary tobacco smoke is common in offices restaurants and other Public places throughout the United states and the rest of the world a Easterbrook wrote. A no one supposes that restaurateurs who allow smoking Are subjecting their other patrons to a punishment or desire to harm them. The guards and administrators who breathe Smoky air in the prison Are not punishing themselves. A no one would suppose either that the gentleman tobacco Farmers who wrote and adopted the 8th amendment could have conceived of smoke As punishment a