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Quayle claims German unification is at hand

PEORIA, DI. (AP) Vice President Dan Quayle is crediting the Reagan-Bush administration for sparking a wave of Democratic revolution in Communist bloc nations, saying a U.S. military buildup brought an end to the Cold War. Quayle also predicted Wednesday that Germany will be reunited sooner than most people expect and must stay aligned with NATO. AND HE CAUTIONED against any effort to dismantle the U.S. armed forces network worldwide, which he said is essential to maintain peace. “Change came fast in Eastern Europe and change is coming more slowly in the Soviet Union,” Quayle told 1,100 people attending the 92nd annual Washington Day dinner sponsored by a Peoria downtown dinner club. “Only from the basis of strength could change come. We will not radically alter the strategy that brought change. Our national security is a deterrent and brings peace.”

Excise tax haters will get help under relief plan, lawmaker say

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) The average Hoosier who complains about the auto excise tax or tries to avoid it should get some relief from a compromise tax reduction plan moving through the General Assembly, lawmakers say. The Indiana House approved late Tuesday a plan calling for a $79 million annual reduction in the amount of excise taxes Hoosiers pay on their cars, motorcycles and small trucks. THE PROPOSAL, A compromise negotiated by Republicans and Democrats, now goes to the Senate. Supporters of the plan contained in Senate Bill 484 say they’ll try to get the Senate to concur with the House plan, clearing the way for the bill to go to Gov. Evan Bayh. That would be good news to thousands of Hoosiers who dislike the tax, lawmakers said Wednesday. “It’s a sore subject,” Sen. Morris H. Mills, R-Indianapolis, said of the excise tax. “Either they (citizens) complain about it or Jiey go somewhere else” to register the vehicles. “FOR THE INDIVIDUAL in the bowling alley in your community, this is the bill they want to pass,” said Rep. Donald T. Nelson, an Indianapolis Republican and House sponsor of the bill. House Ways and Means Democratic Chairman B. Patrick Bauer of South Bend said the tax is “onerous and unpopular.” He called the compromise plan to cut the tax “a victory for the people of Indiana.” The excise tax, created in the early 1970 s to replace the personal property tax on vehicles, has become increasingly unpopular in recent years as rising car prices forced up the tax bill Hoosiers have to pay to register their vehicles, lawmakers said. LAST YEAR, lawmakers approved a bill that adjusted the taxable value of cars, subtracting cost increases due to inflation, in an effort to arrest the growth in the tax. But that didn’t do much to reduce the total S4OO million tax bill Hoosiers pay on their vehicles, lawmakers said. “We really haven’t done anything about it, and now we’re way ahead of the rest of the country,” said Mills, the Senate sponsor of S.B. 484. “We’re at almost twice the national average on the total fees on cars.” IN RESPONSE TO the high tax load on cars, thousands of Hoosiers have gone out of state to register their vehicles, experts say. In 1988,

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QUAYLE SAID history has proven the dangers of a neutral, united Germany. “We do not want, nor is it in our best interest, or Europe’s interest or the Soviet Union’s interest, to have a neutral Germany,” Quayle said, noting that the lack of a peacekeeping force in Germany after World War I led to the rise of Adolph Hitler’s Nazi government “We completely packed our bags and came home only to have to return again. “Hopefully, we will not repeat those (mistakes) of the past.” QUAYLE CALLED ON Cubans to join the movement toward democracy and freedom by following the recent lead of Panamanians and Nicaraguans. “We have a new opportunity in this country to do something very constructive in the Western Hemisphere,” Quayle said. “We have a whole new landscape in Central America. “Hopefully... Democratic values will come to Cuba.” Changing politics in Eastern Europe and Central America

REP. B. PATRICK BAUER A victory for Indiana

before state officials began a new enforcement effort against excise tax evaders, a Purdue University study estimated that one of every 12 vehicles owned by Indiana residents was registered out of state. That study said the state was losing at least $23.5 million annually due to excise tax evasion. However, lawmakers such as House Ways and Means Republican Chairman Patrick J. Kiely of Anderson, believe the loss could be as high as SSO million to SIOO million a year. THE NEW, LOWER tax rates may encourage some Hoosiers to come back home to register their vehicles, said Kiely. Under the compromise plan, which would take effect in 1991, the tax rate on a new car worth less than $22,000 would be cut by 30 percent. Owners of higher-priced cars will get no relief. The tax, which drops as the vehicle ages, will be cut by 25 percent the second year the car is registered and by 15 percent in later years until the tax drops to its minimum level of sl2. ON A NEW CAR worth $15,000, the first-year tax would drop from $413 to $289. Over a 10year period, the total tax bill for the car would be reduced by $4lB. On a 5-year-old car that cost just under SIO,OOO when new, the tax bill would be reduced from S9B to SB3 next year. Under the compromise plan, $79 million in lottery profits would be used to make up for the lost excise tax revenue so schools and local governments, which benefit from the tax, wouldn’t lose money.

present economic opportunities for American businesses, but first the economic reforms are needed in the changing nations to protect private investment. “WE HAVE TO HELP these nations put their economies back together. They are going to need serious economic reform. “We want to make sure American businesses have access in Eastern Europe and Central America and we’ll encourage them to seek those opportunities after we make sure economic reforms take

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place and that private investment will be well-received and protected.” While in Peona, Quayle and U.S. Rep. Lynn Martin campaigned at a local bowling alley, seeking votes for Martin in her bid to replace Democrat Paul Simon in the U.S. Senate QUAYLE AND MARTIN brought bowling to a standstill as they swept through the Landmark Recreation Center, shaking hands and asking for votes. Quayle also met Dorothy Val-

losio, a Peoria woman who is launching the “Hit the Trail for Dan Quayle” fan club the only group honoring Quayle in the United States. “Somebody has to stop the snowball,” Mrs. Vallosio said of what she considers mean-spirited jokes made about the vice president by comedians and political commentators. “I THINK THE disparaging remarks should stop. I don’t think (Johnny) Carson or Jay Leno are funny. They just make vicious

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jokes.” Quayle was greeted by Betty Tumell, 84, a former speech department professor at DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind., who taught the vice president in a radio and television broadcasting class 25 years ago. “At the time, I thought ‘this young man has more talent than he’s using.’ I thought somebody ought to light a fire under him,” Ms. Tumell said. “He was not a fast beginner, but he had a lot of ability. I’m really proud of him.”