Banner Graphic, Volume 13, Number 114, Greencastle, Putnam County, 20 January 1983 — Page 3

20,000 jobs

That's the goal Hoosier Democrats have set for measure

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Democratic legislative leaders say a SIOO million program to provide six month jobs for out-of-work Hoosiers js “a very dynamic jobs-now program,” but Republican budget architects say the plan is unworkable and mere political rhetoric. House Minority Leader Michael Phillips. DBoonville, told House colleagues Wedneday a bill would be introduced this week which would provide jobs for at least 20,000 Hoosiers who have been jobless for more than one month. Phillips said Democrats would welcome bipartisan support for the measure. House Majority Leader Richard M. Dellinger. R-Noblesville, said Gov. Robert D. Orr s administration put an economic development package in place in 1981 and is now building on the package to create more jobs. Orr told the General Assembly in his "State of the State address job creation is still a top priority and urged adoption of a $121.5 million economic development package aimed at creating 800.000 jobs by the end of the decade. - "The governor’s program is long range.” Phillips said, arguing that something needed to be done now. when the state’s most recent jobless rate stands at 14 percent. The Democrats' plan would allocate SIOO million to be distributed to local government in six monthly installments, starting July 1, 1983, for job creation for those who had been out of work for more than one month. "It is not a significant dollar amount in view of the $l.B billion expected to be generated through a combination of tax increases and spending deferrals passed in special session in December, Phillips said. Phillips told a Statehouse news conference earlier Wednesday it is imperative to create

Political contribution on tax form?

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Hoosiers could indicate directly on their state income tax forms if want to donate their tax refund to major political party election campaigns under a bill on its way to the Indiana Senate. The measure, sponsored by Sen. Charles E. Bosma. RBeech Grove, allows taxpayers to check off on their state income tax forms whether they want all or a portion of their refund to be used for a “state election campaign fund.” The bill allows taxpayers to indicate which “significant political party” should be credited or if the donation should be equally divided. • A taxpayer who is not due a refund could send a donation with his tax payment. In order to qualify for the funds, a political party would have

Life hunting-fishing license proposed

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race program could sport advertisements for alcoholic beverages under a bill on its way to the Indiana Senate. The measure which would allow the ads cleared the House Wednesday on a 90-4 vote. Reps. Jerry F. Bales, RBloomington; Donald E. Hume, D-Winslow; Dean R. Mock, RElkhart; and Richard 0. Regnier, R-Munster, voted against the measure, which is sponsored by Rep. John Donaldson, R-Lebanon. The Senate approved a bill which allows Hoosiers overseas to request and vote absentee

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jobs this year because the nearly 340,000 unemployed Hoosiers represent “the highest unemployment since that of the great depression." Senate Minority Leader Frank L. O’Bannon. D-Corydon, said the plan was "picking up jobs that have been wiped out. ” The bill they plan to introduce provides for six months of funding for the jobs program, which would be administered locally. "Hopefully the economy will turn around by then,” O’Bannon said. Phillips said it would be unrealistic to believe people employed in the program would all be left unemployed at the end of six months. Funds would be allocated to counties based on the number of unemployed workers in a county in April 1983, compared with the total number of workers unemployed in the state. Counties would distribute funds to cities and towns based on the population. If a county didn’t spend its appropriation, within three months, it would revert to the state general fund. Wages would range from the federal minimum of $3.35 per hour up to $5. O’Bannon and Phillips predict the jobs would

to receive at least 10 percent of the vote in the last election for secretary of state. H.K. Bennett, Marion County chairman of the Libertarian Party, spoke against the bill in Wednesday's hearing before the Senate Elections Committee, arguing it would ease the major political parties' fund-raising burden. “It would require taxpayer support of the party in power.” he said. The Libertarian Party candidate received just over .5 percent of the vote for secretary of state in the 1982 elections and thus would not qualify for the check-off on the income tax forms if the bill becomes law. John Rowings, an attorney with the Legislative Services Agency, estimated it would cost $40,000 to administer the program between July 1, 1983,

ballots without notarization. Another sets up a lifetime hunting license. The Senate voted 48-0 for a bill which eliminates for overseas Hoosiers the present requirement of notarization on absentee ballots and request forms. Sen. Joseph Corcoran, RSeymour, said his bill would make voting easier for more than a million Hoosiers in military service or living abroad. Sen. John B. Augsburger, RSyracuse, sponsored the bill to allow lifetime licenses for hunting, fishing and combination licenses.

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and July 1. 1984. with $83,000 thereafter. Bennett said there might not be enough donations to cover the administrative cost. Under the bill, the state treasurer would invest the funds until distribution time and use the interest to pay the costs of administering the program. The Senate Elections Com mittee forwarded the measure to the full Senate on a 5-1 vote, with Sen. David L. Nicholson, D-Richmond. voting against the measure. The Elections Committee also approved two bills that would allow labor unions and corporations to spend more on political campaigns. One bill, which carried 6-0, would permit unions and cor porations to contribute a total of $3,000 to the four House and Senate political caucuses, in ad-

“It’s a hedge against inflation,” he said. The annual license fees are periodically raised to bolster state coffers. Under the bill, hunters could choose to buy yearly licenses or buy lifetime licenses which cost 20 to 60 times as much as an annual license. Augsburger said the Department of Natural Resources expects 1.500 lifetime licenses to be sold in the next two fiscal years, producing $250,000 each year. License fees w'ould be deposited in a trust fund administered by the DNR. The state treasurer could invest money in the fund, returning

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include maintenance, street repair, building renovation, weatherization, secretarial, park maintenance and public safety work. Phillips said the program would help state coffers by removing workers from the unemployment rolls and adding tax dollars. He said the program would also have a spinoff effect that would create private sector jobs. Democrats estimate the program would create 2.826 jobs in Marion County, where unemployment in November was 11.5 percent. 2,766 jobs in Lake County, where unemployment was 18.8 percent, and 1.020 jobs in Allen County, where unemployment was 11.8 percent. Other counties would benefit, but in smaller numbers. Union County has the lowest number of estimated jobs, with 19 predicted to be created in the area with 9.9 percent unemployment. Phillips said the program was backed by leaders of the Indiana AFL-CIO, United Auto Workers and United Mine Workers. The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. Sen. Lawrence M. Borst, RIndianapolis, said the plan was "politically

dition to the SB,OOO they can already contribute to candidates for state and local offices and state and local party committees. A similar bill, which was approved 5-1. would permit unions and corporations to contribute a total of $5,000 to the four legislative caucuses, $5,000 to statewide candidates. $5,000 to state central committees, $2,000 to local candidates and $2,000 to local party committees Meanwhile, the Senate Finance Committee voted 12-0 for a bill to set up a committee to study the effects of block grant legislation and President Reagan's "new federalism” on Indiana. The bipartisan committee would be made up of the director of the State Budget Agency, two senators and two House members.

profits to the "lifetime hunting and fishing license trust fund. " Under the bill, on July 1 of each year accumulated earnings and 2.5 percent of the license fund would be transferred to the fish and wildlife fund. Augsburger said Oklahoma was the first state to institute a lifetime license program and has $6 million in trust funds from 37,000 lifetime licenses. Sen. Dennis Nearv, DMichigan City, pointed out that if enough people bought lifetime licenses, the state could lose some annual income. “I think maybe down the road we would be losing money.”

motivated" and Kiely said Democrats were using it "to put a feather in their cap.” “It’s impossible,” said Kiely. “I think it’s a cruel hoax on the unemployed.” But O’Bannon said, “It would be more of a cruel hoax if we do nothing.” Borst said Democrats “know we haven’t got SIOO million" to spare. O’Bannon said current revenue forecasts project a $123 million surplus by July 1984 and a balance of $403 million by July 1985. "We feel that it’s fiscally responsible,” O’Bannon said. "If there's a cash flow problem, we can borrow from other funds as we did this year.” O’Bannon said. Phillips said the revenue estimates don’t include the state's $l2O million tuition reserve fund. “We feel very comfortable this is a workable program, he said. “There are sufficient revenues to establish this as a priority." Kiely said the tuition reserve money was needed to keep up with cash flow payments to schools. The Democrats’ proposal “would basically put us at a zero balance” by July 1984. he said. Kiely also says lawmakers will be eyeing funding for education, mental health, and other services once the budget process starts, and he thought those programs should be considered as well “before we put the state at a zero balance.” The General Assembly is considering how to provide about SIOO million in matching funds for federal gasoline tax money, B rst said. "That will help create jobs," Borstsaid. Borst said that even if the state had the money, “a six month program won’t do that much.”

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Hoosier firemen aid stranded deer BREMEN, Ind. (AP) Volunteer firefighters saved some four-footed animals this week deer stranded on a frozen lake. The firefighters attempted the rescue after observing the deer slip and slide on icy, windswept Lake-of-the-Woods Tuesday. Firefighters twice pushed a rowboat to the middle of the lake near this northern Indiana community in in an attempt to rescue six deer that had become trapped after wandering onto the ice. Three of the animals suffered broken legs after repeated falls and had to be destroyed. The others, which had stayed close to their fallen companions until rescuers arrived, were scared off the lake to safety. The drama lasted three hours. “Since I’ve been out here, I’ve never seen this happen before," said former Marshall County Sheriff Jack Sime, a lake resident who was among several onshore spectators. The deer were reported stranded on the north end of the frozen lake shortly before 10 a.m. Four were seen standing over two fallen ones about 200 yards from shore when firefighters, conservation officers and Indiana State Police arrived. It was decided that by removing the injured ones, the healthy ones would attempt to get off the lake.

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