Banner Graphic, Greencastle, Putnam County, 27 March 1973 — Page 3
Tuesday, March 27, 1973
Banner-Graphic, Greencastle, Indiana
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Gutman Withdraws Committee Offer
ences in the package, which would double the state sales tax with food exempted and raise business taxes to provide prop-
erty tax relief.
None of the 20 Senate Democrats voted for the program when it passed the Senate a week and a half ago on tour tiebreaking votes by L.t. Gov. Robert D. Orr, a Republican.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Senate President Pro Tern Phillip E. Gutman has withdrawn his oiler to have Democratic representation on the House-Senate conference committee on taxes.
Senate Minority Leader Rob-
ert Lair of Princeton disclosed the withdrawal. Fair said Gutman told him he didn’t feel a Democrat conferee would accomplish meaningful input
from the minority party. Gutmann earlier had said he
would name Senate Finance Committee Chairman Lawrence Borst ot Indianapolis and a Democrat to be selected by
Fair.
Fair had hinted earlier in the day there might not be a Democrat on the conference
committee.
The Princeton Democrat has INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Oppoquestioned the merits of plac- nents of Indiana's tough antiing one Democrat with three phosphate detergent law have Republicans to iron out differ- only one more crack at waterA/leaf Boycott Support Seen Getting Stronger
Gutman has said Bowen will need Democratic help to get a conference committee report accepted by the Senate. House Speaker Kermit O. Burrous has named Ways and Means Committee Chairman John C. Hart and Rep. Robert L. O’Maley to the conference committee. Meanwhile, sources reported
after a weekend of unolticial conferences no progress has been made toward reconciling House and Senate differences. The source said the major problem is philosophical as outlined by Bowen last week. The chief hangups are Senate changes that cut the projected property tax relief for 1974 from 25 per cent to 20 per cent
and altered the local option tax leature, allowing counties to impose only as much as they can spend for local government. The original program gave counties a choice of one per cent or nothing, requiring three-fourths of the new money to go to property tax relief next year.
Phosphate Foes Fail; Only One Chance Left
ing it down, after another attempt to liberalize it failed Monday. The House Labor Committee voted 5-4 Monday against amending the Senate-passed bill to restore 8.7 per cent phosphate content in household detergents. It then voted unanimously to
recommend passage of the bill. It could come up for second r e a d i n g—the amendment stage—on the floor as early as T uesday. The so-called “zero” ban went into effect Jan. I, although it actually is 0.5 per cent, the level chemists say is the lowest content possible.
Sheriff Budget Bill Killed By Committee
Consumers from coast to coast with a bone to pick over high meat prices appear to be gathering additional strength for a proposed nationwide meat boycott the first week in April. “It’s getting to the point where you want to scream when you get to the meat counter,” said a suburban Salt Lake City housewife, Rosalie Whiting. She started a group called Save Our Sanity, which is urging local families to prepare meatless menus during the April 1-7 protest. “It’s the consumers who keep prices up.” she said. “If we don’t stop it, who wilL’” First suggested by two California women who organized FIT —Fight Inflation Together—the meat ban idea has been taken up by similar consumer groups and concerned individuals. In the meantime, housewives ha\e been passing up the higher priced cuts, cooking more vegetarian meals and picketing supermarkets and government institutions. Mrs. Sandy Winslow of Charlotte. N.C., said "lots of casseroles, macaroni and cheese” help keep down the food budget for her family of four, living on SI2,000 a year. She said last year she bought one roast and two steaks on twice-a-month shopping trips but doesn't even take a wistful look at them now. “We had our last roast at Christmas, I think.”
Some 30 women carrying picket signs protesting meat prices marched from store to store Saturday in Portsmouth, Ohio, and were treated by one grocer to free bologna sandwiches. FIT groups in Texas Saturday picketed supermarkets in Dallas, Garland, Grand Prairie and Euless. Besides promoting the general boycott, they’re asking consumers to keep meat off their tables on Tuesdays and Thursdays until prices
drop.
But market managers in Dallas and elsewhere said the protests so far have had little effect on sales. “Blaming grocery stores for meat prices is like blaming a thermometer for the temperature.” said John Schwegmann, owner of the largest food chain in New Orleans. He predicted any general boycott would be ineffective. Another New Orleans grocer, who asked not to be named, disagreed. “That’s the only way to drive prices down,” he said. “It’s the old law of supply and demand.” A producer who says the boycott is no answer is John Guertze of Glenmont, N.Y., who runs one of the state’s largest hog farms. “I hope meat goes to S4 a pound,” he said. “The farmer is long overdue for his reward for subsidizing the food industry in this country.”
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Senate Governmental Affairs Committee killed Monday a bill requiring county councils to approve county sheriff budgets determined by Sheriff Merit Boards. The vote against reporting the measure to the floor was 65. The bill passed the House 6333 a month ago. Senate sponsor James A. Gardner. R-Fowler, said under the present system, county councils are required to accept any reasonable budget recommendations bv the merit
boards, which are appointed by sheriffs. He said the system amounts to allowing appointed officials to determine budgets instead of elected officials. Gardner, the Senate majority floor leader, said the intent of the merit boards when they were created was to be advisory bodies. Gardner said the committee vote was influenced by testimony from sheriffs’ representatives that as professional law enforcement personnel they should have control over their own budgets, including number of deputies.
Oil Company Building Demolished In Blaze
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MICHIGAN CITY Ind (AP) A truck being loaded at Wilson Oil Co. here yesterday caught fire during the loading operation and the fire spread to the company offices and a small storage tank feeding into the building. The fire was reported about 9 a m. (CST) by the company’s manager Bill Maglio. Authorities said he told office workers to get out immediately and only two minor injuries were report-
ed.
There were reports of extensive damage to the offices and all available fire fighting equipment in Michigan City was sent to the scene. There also was equipment at the fire from nearby Michiana Shores. Officials said the fire started when the truck being filled was switched to a second tank. Authorities said it apparently was started by static electricity.
The 8.000 gallon storage tank from which the truck was being filled did not catch fire. But a feeder tank behind the building apparently caught fire after the building itself started burning. One firemen was cut on the arm but treated and released and one of the employes on the truck apparently suffered a sprained ankle.
Rep. John W. King, R-Con-n e r s v i I I e , introduced the amendment to restore the 8.7 per cent level, the level permitted before Jan. I. Seconding his amendment was Rep. I homas D. Coleman, R-New Castle, author of a House bill permitting the 8.7 per cent level which was killed in a Senate committee. The surviving bill provides exemptions from the phosphate ban for commercial use of phosphates and for household dishwashers. There was no opposition to these exemptions at Monday's committee meeting. It was agreed no phos-pherous-free substitutes were available which would enable dairymen, food processors and restaurants to meet present health standards. Rep. Richard W. Mangus, RLakeville, told the committee. “I have been in the dairy industry all my life...! see no way my industry can stay in Indiana without phosphates.” Murder-Suicide In St. Joseph SOUTH BEND Ind. (AP) St. Joseph County police said the death of a Wakarusa couple early yesterday apparently was a murder-suicide. Officers said the shooting apparently occurred in front of two children. The victims were identified as James Suston, about 30, and Sue Smeltzer. about 26. Sheriffs deputies said they received a report of the shooting about 6:15 a.m. after the woman's two children by a former marriage. Dean and Allan Smeltzer, appeared at a neighbor’s house and said their mother had been shot and stabbed. Police said she apparently had been shot and stabbed by Suston and the man then apparently shot himself with a shotgun.
DR. F.M. BURNS ANNOUNCES Due to ill health, as of April 2, 1973 my office at 201 S. Indiana St., Greencastle will be closed. Patient X-rays will be available for pick-up until that date. May I recommend Dr. Wayne Lewis, 1109 Indianapolis Road, who is familiar with my procedures, and will continue the same Chiropractic health care. I wish to thank all who have made my practice in Greencastle enjoyable.
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