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Wednesday, January 20, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
Hayden's tax plan introduced
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — Two important tax-reform proposals endorsed by Gov. Mike Hayden were introduced in the Legislature yesterday, and a Senate committee took quick, favorable action on 29 gubernatorial appointment.
Hayden's full tax-reform plan, contained in his proposed budget, was introduced in the Senate. It calls for cutting the highest individual and corporate income tax rates, decreasing the number of tax brackets and taking about 100,000 Kansans off the tax rolls.
In the House, the Taxation Committee introduced a bill that would exempt the purchase of business equipment and machinery from the state's 4-percent sales tax.
Supporters of the proposal have said that the lack of such a tax break puts Kansas at a competitive disadvantage with other states, many of which allow the exemption.
The measure would cost the state $7.3 million during fiscal year 1989, which begins July 1, 1988, and $16 million starting in fiscal year 1990. It is managed by the chairman and chairman of the House Taxation Committee.
mittee, said that he thought the plan's cost might cause some lawmakers to oppose it but that he saw broad support for the proposal.
"I think the time is probably ripe for it," Rolfs said. "I think there's a consensus that the current statute creates a climate that isn't conducive to attracting new businesses."
The income tax-reform proposals, which were developed by a task force Hayden appointed, would cut individual income taxes by $21.3 million. Supporters also have said the plan could make filing a return much simpler for about two-thirds of the state's residents.
The Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee will begin its consideration of the measure with a briefing Friday. The panel's chairman, State Sen. Fred Kerr, R-Pratt, has said he sees broad support for the plan.
Lawmakers say they can afford to implement tax reform because of an expected $135 million income-tax windfall created by federal tax reform in 1986.
With little discussion and only one Demo
crat present, the Senate Confirmations Committee recommended that 29 people appointed to various posts, including four cabinet-level positions, be confirmed. The recommendations now go to the full Senate.
The committee's endorsements included Winston Barton, secretary of social and rehabilitation services; Stanley Grant, secretary of health and environment; Esther Wolf, secretary of aging, and Robert Meinen, secretary of wildlife and parks.
The committee also recommended that former Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Alfred Schroeder be confirmed as chairman of the Kansas Racing Commission, along with its other four members, Phil Martin, Harry Anthony, Bert Cantwell and Kay Arvin. Jimmy Grenz was recommended for approval as the commission's executive director.
The committee also recommended for confirmation three of the four members of the Lottery Commission. They are Ray Morgan, Duane Nightingale and Kete Klein.
'Plastic Fork Rebellion chooses nonviolent path
The Associated Press
GREENFIELD, Mass. — Fifth-graders upset over plastic forks and spoons in their cafeteria are demanding a return to stainless steel, and their principal said they could protest with posters and petitions "as long as they had everything spelled correctly."
The campaign, dubbed "The Great Plastic Fork Rebellion" by one father, began a few weeks ago when students at the Four Corners Elementary School discovered their stainless-steel tableware had been shipped to the high school for use by what one youngster called "ugh. teen-agers."
In the place of the stainless steel were bakers' plates and spoons made of reusable hard plastic.
Christopher Peters, 11, described the new tableware as "bumpy, thick, hard to hold . . . and eating with them makes you feel weird all over."
Using nonviolent tactics they studied for the Martin Luther King Jr. observance, Chris and his classmates hung posters in their cafeteria that read "School Is No Picnic" and "Real People Deserve Real Silverware."
By Friday, the youngsters had gathered from more than 40 schools to the schools 318 para-grade 5 through 12.
The leaders of the protest met yesterday with the food services director, who said she should have been there.
"We didn't break anything or start any riots," said Steven Berson, 10. "We just wrote signs and talked to people, like Martin Luther King."
Sandra Herzig, the director, said she ordered the plastic tableware because the stainless-steel utensils ended up in the trash too often. She added that the plastic utensils cost about 5 cents less than each stainless steel piece.
Energy secretary announces finalists for supercollider site
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary John Herrington yesterday confirmed sites in seven states as finalists for the $4.4 billion superconducting supercollar and again pledged to make the selection a nonpolitical one.
The sites were those chosen last month by a joint committee of the National Academy of Sciences and
the national Academy of Engineering. The sites are in Texas, Illinois, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arizona, Michigan and Colorado.
"The department found no justification for either rejecting or changing the academies' recommended list of sites, which in the judgment of the department was developed impartially and without bias." Herrington said at a news conference.
The academies' committee was asked to consider geology, environmental impact, regional resources such as nearby universities, site availability, outside impacts such as noise and vibration from nearby traffic, availability of utilities and costs.
The committee also chose a site in New York, which Gov. Mario Cuomo withdrew because of local opposition.
Cuomo requested that another site in the state be substituted.
Herrington said the department would not consider the withdrawn site further and did not act on Cuomo's request because he said he didn't think it would be fair to the other states.
had probably the most prestigious selection committee of nonpolitical expertise that's been put together in a long time."
"To the best of my ability, this is a nonpolitical process," Herrington said. He said. "The academies' panel
The department is offering briefings to the 17 rejected states, if requested, on why their proposals did not make the finals.
Before Herrington makes his tentative choice in July, department offi- cations will be called to order.
particular attention to soil conditions and environmental impacts.
Herrington is scheduled to make his selection final a year from now, but he has said his July choice will stand if it survives the preparation of an environmental impact statement.
Congress still has to appropriate the money. President Reagan is expected to seek $363 million for the collider.
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