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Wednesday, October 11, 1978
University Daily Kansan
NIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Capsules From staff and ware reports
Memphis teachers picketing
MEMPHIS, Temu — Memphis teachers set up picket lines outside the city's 165 schools year-round over a city wage offer, in action reminiscent of the riots that erupted in Oklahoma in May.
Picketing began at 6 a.m. at most schools but classrooms were kept open for 150,000 calls by administrators and volunteers.
150,000 paper administrators also volunteer a 30-hour internship in the University of Memphis Board of Education's latest contract offer and to strike on the recommendation of the Education Committee.
union's executive board.
Union teachers, who constitute more than 82 percent of the city's 6,300 member teaching force, also instructed their bargaining team to resume negotiations immediately.
Farber ordered to jail again
HACKENSAK, N.Y.—New York Times reporter A. Farber refused again yesterday to forward his files on a murder defendant, a judge ordered to remove him from the court.
Superior Court Judge Theodore W. Trustwin allowed Farber, who is Jewish, to remain free until after Yom Kippur, the highest Jewish holy day.
Farber has already served 27 days in jail and the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that both Farber and the Times are, for the time being, subject to any penalties Trautinew sees fit to impose. The court has yet to consider the appeal made by Farber and the Times of their contempt citations.
Rhodesian integration urged
SALIBURG, Rhodesia—Rhodesia's interim government announced plans yesterday to strike down segregation laws, clearing the way for blocks to live in white neighborhoods, attend white schools, and use white hospitals—if they can afford it.
The proposed changes still must be acted upon by the Rhodesian Parliament and there were reports it might be called into special session.
and their efforts to form a unified government by the biracial government as a significant breakthrough despite the fact that only the weakness of the nation's 6.5 million white population is being ignored.
Lebanese cease-fire violated
BEIRUT - Lebanon — An hour-long gun battle between Syrian troops and Christian militants and outbreaks of fire siper fire they failed to unite.
Machine-gun fire and rocket-propelled grenades blazed at the main crossroad between the Moslem and Christian sectors of the city in the worst violation of the truce since Saturday. But there were no apparent casualties and there was no general breakdown of the truce.
The cause-fire, worked in Damascus by Lebanese President Ellas Sarkis and Syrian President Hafez Assaf, took effect Saturday after 10 days of Savage bombing.
Diaas to step aside for now
DETROIT-Rep. Charles C. Diags, D-Mich., conceived on charges of mail fraud and payroll-paid, announced yesterday he would temporarily step in to defend the company against a lawsuit.
Diggs, 55, a 24-year House veteran and founder of the Congressional Black Caucus, n. d. House officers of his plans but he intended to resume his normal duty ... if he was re-elected. He is heavily favored to win re-election despite the conviction.
AMA opposes federal plan
WASHINGTON - The American Medical Association told Congress yesterday it strongly opposed Sen. Edward Kennedy's proposal for a federally controlled hospital.
James H. Sammon, executive vice president of the AMA, told a Senate health subcommittee that the AMA did not find the proposed program to be in the best interests of all citizens. Kennedy, D-Mass., is chairman of the subcommittee.
Sammons told the subcommittee on its second day of hearings that although there were drawbacks in U.S. health care, it was "superior to any other in the world," and Kennedy's proposal could hurt the system through federal administration and control.
KPL denied hearing on rates
TOPEKA—The Kansas Corporation Commission yesterday denied a request by Kansas Power and Light Co. for a rehearing on the commission's decision to extend the lease term of the KSPS plant.
The company was granted $25.8 million in interim rate increases pending full consideration of the utility's request for a permanent increase of $55 million.
The company had asked for $39 million on a temporary basis until the full request could be heard and decided upon.
rarm aid requisites planned
WASHINGTON - Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland said yesterday that he hoped to announce next week how much cropland farmers would have to set aside year to qualify for federal price supports on corn and other feed grain.
However, Bergland said he would have to get White House clearance first. He did not say what he would recommend.
Feed grain producers seeking to qualify for supports this year were required to leave idle land equal to 10 percent of their 1978 corn acreage. They also had the option of taking additional land from production to qualify for greater benefits.
Letter carriers approve pact
WASHINGTON--The threat of a nationwide postal strike faded yesterday as a letter carrier unions approved a new contract by a 6-1 margin and a second contract by a 5-2 margin.
Members of the National Association of Letter Carriers also voted to oust their president, J. Joseph Vacca, after one term, union officials confirmed. Elected to head the 181,000-member union was the New York City local president, Vincent Sembrotto, who narrowly lost to Vacca in 1976.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the 299,000-member American Postal Workers union said officials began counting their ballots yesterday, with early returns to be completed by midnight.
the two unions held ratification votes even though they had a legally binding contract since Sept. 15, when an arbitrator handed down final set-touch decisions.
House passes documents bill
WASHINGTON—The House, mindful of the dispute with former President Nixon over ownership of his White House document containing yesterday a bill that would give him more authority to prove himself.
The bill will permit presidents and vice presidents to restrict access to certain papers for up to 12 years but will open others to the public under the
Final passage of the bill in the Senate is doubtful this year because Congress is scheduled to adjourn Saturday.
McDonald's fighting rumors
OAK BROOK, III-Officials of McDonald's Corporation said yesterday they were trying to quit a bassetheale rumor that company profits have been turned over.
The rumor is that hamburger magnate Ray Kroc, who founded and runs McDonald's, is handing over money to the San Francisco-based Church of Satan. The story has been circulating for about a year, chiefly in the "Bible Belt" states, McDonald's spokeswoman Stephanie Skryd said, and has appa-
"We look ridiculous trying to refute something this ridiculous." Skurdy said.
Weather
Patchy fog this morning with skies clearing by afternoon. Temperatures will be in the loos 70% with light and variable winds. The lows tonight will be in the mid 60%.
$29 billion tax-cut bill passes Senate, 86-4
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate passed a $2.3 billion tax-cut bill yesterday that was so far above the amount recommended by President Carter that he threatened to veto
The measure, including 86-4, includes reductions for virtually all individuals, with benefits tilted toward those with incomes under $50,000 a year. In addition, it contains a bill allowing certain businesses the Senate, by a lapsed margin, refused to scale down, and some for businesses.
BY A 75-18 vote the Senate added to the bill an expanded tax break for disabled persons and those 55 and older who sell their principal home and don't buy a new one costing at least as much. Once in a lifetime you can save a free profit of up to $100,000 on such a plan.
The Senate bill would give a $26 tax cut to a typical four-member family with a $20,000 income and deductions totaling 23 percent of income. The House bill would give the same fee for every household as the state tax warning $20,000 would get a $114 tax reduction, or $9 more than in the House bill.
That amendment would eliminate relief voted by the Finance Committee for all
persons who sell their homes. The committee plan would have exempted from taxes the profit from the first $50,000 of selling price—regardless of the age of the seller—and a proportionate amount on more expensive homes.
THE BILL leaves almost no room in the budget for additional tax cuts in 1979.
The House passed a $16.3 billion tax cut in August. The Carter administration trimmed its original $25 billion recommendation and passed an amendment to hold the 1979 cut to about $20 billion.
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