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• v •' . ' , i * • PAGE 14 • PLAINDE ALER • WEDNESDAY. MAY S. IMS 4^ ' 7" Editorial plaindealeitv pr0perfy Replacement Taxes To Government Safety In The Home > We're constantly reminded of the danger on the highways in the United States. The number of fatalities experience each year on highways is a national scandal. There is also another major danger some seldom think of. That's the danger of accidents in the home. Every year many take various poisons or pills left carelessly about in the home, cut or burn themselves, fall or suffer a variety of serious accidents including asphyxiation . It's surprising how many accidents occur in the bathroom and in the kitchen. But accidents occur in other places, usually attributed to carelessness. Safety authorities suggest Da rents make a precautionary survey of possible' dangerous conditions in the home once or twice a year. Remove potential hazards for all the family, especially the young, to prevent personal tragedy in their home. Trend In Music in recent decades The demise of good pdpular musk has coincided with the rise of FM stations he decline of *sf - stations which have built their following among teenagers are beginni and the decline of AM stations; in many areas of the country FM stations have attained greater awfcences than older AM stations. Biit have competition. It's estimated that some 200 stations-many of them AM stations-have now changed over from disco-thumping, puerile-worded mod songs to original hits, from Boston to California. Some Buy this music from a national service distributing it. Big stationa are enjoying success with such pop music. coming back to radio-while younger listeners learn for the first time what solid rhythm and big-band fun and melody really Older listeners are therefore are. Even some public service stations are devoting time to this proven music- which many people enioyed in earlier years without revolving lights and singers looking foolish in tight pants. tionS all over the country are finding that by playing swing and pop songs with enticing rhythm and words that make sense, / are gaining financial salvation. ingers looking foolish in tight pants If there's one thing most serious musk critics agree on today, it's that the modem version of pop music is mostly a wasteland. Songs are half-sung and half talked. Lyrics often don't rhyme. The beat is monotonous. Revolving lights and loud vibes make up for a lack of talent and quality. But the fad is now on the decline and even those youngsters who know nothing better-not having heard anything better-are beginning to hear a revival of good pop music. Now, radio stations all < more traditional and rhyme, they are gaining WESC, in Charlotte, N.C.. perhaps the best radio station for music in the entire southeast, plays good music 24 hours a day and is a major success. KMLO in Vista, Calif, was just another so-so station until a year ago. Then the station switched from today's music to one playing the original hits of the 1930s, 1940's and 1950s. ' These were the years most of thegreat popular songs were recorded and became famous. In the late fifties the switch by AM stations to rock began to take place, and rock -not bad music then -and the Top 40 songs, began to dominate the airwaves. As popular music got worse and worse, however, a longing for good popular music has steadily increased and in the first two years of the eighties a trend back to it has become clearly evident. The trend has brought older listeners back into the market--those who had turned off their sets when Rav Coniff and others like him were crowded out by the low-level, simplistic stuff that passes as mod music today. Roll Call Report (Your Congressmen's Vote) Washington - Here's how area senators were recorded on major roll call votes April 15-21. There were no record votes in the House. Tele vis Ins The Senate--By a vote of 47 for and 51 against, the Senate refused to end a filibuster agaii whic instS rves 20. The against, inst a proposal to televise Senate proceedings to the American public. A three-fifths majority was needed to silence the talkathon measure would put the Senate on a par with the House, ih makes live, gavelAto-gavel coverage of its activity available to cable TV outlets and film clips available to the commercial networks and to congressmen for their own distribution. Sen. Charles Mathias R-Md., a supporter of Senate TV, said the American people feel increasingly victimized by government decisions they do not understand, and that the Senate can ease this frustration "by making it possible for the average citizen to participate in the proceedings of the U.S. Senate." Opponent Wendell Ford, D-Ky.. said: "Let us not rush into action that would irreversibly convert the Senate chamber into a television studio. Proceeding a step at a time, first to radio, and then la n late igHnl »f' < r to television, if the facts support information." opposed moving immediately to such a move, will not deprive the public Virtually all senators voting "na televising Senate proceedings. Sen. Charles Percy, R, voted "yea." Sen. Alan Dixon, D, voted "nay." Decorum--The Senate rejected, 46 for and 51 against, an amendment reauiring senators to be present at their assigned desks when they vote on roll calls. Senators vote orally, in contrast to House members who vote electronically via a computer system. Presently senators can state their vote from any point in the chamber, and critica sav this creates disorder and diminishes the accountability of senators to their colleagues. The amendment was offered to S Res 20 (see preceding vote). Since it required a charge in Senate rules, its adoption would have aided the cause of senators filibustering against Senate TV. When a rules change is at issue, a 67 percent rather than 60 percent majority is needed to end a filibuster. Sponsor Jennirigs Randolph, D-W. Va., an opponent of Senate TV, said: "If there is to be television in the Senate, the public certainly has a right to see the members...in a posture of decorum and not milling around like players in a rowdy and unruly hockey match." „ Opponent James McClure, R-Idaho, said fundamental changes in Senate rules should be processed through the Rules Committee and not piggybacked onto measures such as the pending one dealing with Senate television. Senators voting "yea" wanted to require senators to vote from their desks, and many supporters also liked the amendment because it bolstered the filibuster against Senate TV. Dixon voted "yea,1 Percy voted "nay. from HISTORY'S SCRAPBOOK DATES AND EVENTS FROM YESTERYEARS May 6,1851 --Linus Yale, Jr., obtains patent for his lock and key May 7.1915 -- Br itish liner l.usitania is torpedoed by Ger­ man submarine without warning off southern toast of Ireland, killing 128 Amer icans. May 1,1945-- V-fc Day. President Harry S. Truman and British Prime Minister Winston Chuichill proclaim end of Furopean War. For Y o u r I n f o r m a t i o n • • .V Checks: totaling 976 million in corporate personal property replacement taxes are being sent to local units of government as the third of eight payments to be made during 1982, according to J. Thomas Johnson, director of the Illinois Department of Revenue. The total distributed so far this jreer to the 6,798 cities, counties, school districts and other local taxing bodies is $173 million, according to Johnson. "Local governments should receive an estimated $530 in replacement taxes during 1S82", Johnson said. The largest share of this replacement tax money" or S2 per­ cent - goes to the state's 1,014 public school districts. Coming in second in the amount received are the state's 1,263 municipality. which receive 20 percent of the total. Next are the state's 102 counties which receive a little under nine percent; park districts receive five percent; sanitary districts and junior college districts each receive nearly four percent; road districts and townships e f w f e t e f e of the total, forest preserves, fire, library, airport, mass trsnsit, hospital,' conservation, TB sanitorium, public health* mosquito, street lighting and water authority The replacement taxes were authorized by the Illinois Gensral Assembly in August, 1979, to replace funds lost to local governments when the corporate personal property tax was abolished by the 1970 state con- sitution. Under the present system, taxes are collected by the Department of Revenue and the money is turned over to local govennpants. Distributions are made eight times a year (January, March, April, May, July, August, October and Decem­ ber). The replacement taxes are (1) a 2.5 percent income tax on corporations; (2) a 1.5 percent income tax on part­ nerships, trusts snd sub-chapter S corporations; and (3) a 0.8 percent tax on the invested capital of utilities. Tax Dollar Saving Patrolling The Highways ' 'PLAINDEALER™> Letter to the Editor Public Pulse (Tto Pl«l»4*«t*r Invite* **»• puMk »e m rttlt flwmo oi an ••prwtiea «• olawt an w>i«cH •» fanard In. In our community Ovr only nywl It that wrMara flv* lifnatw«*. Ml (Mrm ond photy xvmkar W* nil too thai on* individual not writ* on Mto 10 ma mfctoct mot a than onto a montfc Wa roaafvetho rifM to rfalota any matariol which mm canaldar llholaua or in ah|a>tlliii>l» tatto ) AGAINST CENSORSHIP "Editor: "I read the book you were referring to in you/ editorial 'School Reading*. Tbe title was 'Working', written by Studs Terkel. "I do not remember 'pornography, filth and degradation', being its theme On the contrary-, there were uplifting interviews with working people. The book showed there waa something to be proud of, even if your occupation were factory worker, waitress or laborer in the steel mills. There was profanity used, but if vou believe there is no profanity id a steel mill, you are wrong. "Also, if you think a group is 'self- righteous', to believe in 'free speech' and 'academic freedom', I would rather be identified with that group, than the others, who are trying to limit our liberties. The liberties and rights we fought the British to 3Chi6V6 "Recently, 'Huckleberry Finn', waa accused of being s racist book, due to references to Blacks as 'niggers' and other such rhetoric. Would you suggest it be taken off the shelves also? ^ "My point is, taking books off the stifelves of libraries, because a certain group does not approve of them, is censorship. If you do not approve of a book assigned, be 'self-righteous', exercise your right to 'free speech' and speak with the teacher. It is one of your liberties, just as writing this letter, is one of mine. Free of cen­ sorship "Sincerely, "ReenieQuantz "4216 Sioux Lane" New motorists probably haven't even noticed groups of men dressed in blue denim and wearing distinctive orange caps petrolling the sides of Illinois' interstate highways with trash bags in hand. Always under the watchful eyes of green clad correctional officers, these men, inmates from 11 Illinois prisons, perform a valuable service to Illinois residents. Crews averaging around 10 men each collect refuse discarded by motorists along the many miles of Illinois' interstate system from Chicago to the Quad Cities and from deep southern Illinois to the Wisconsin border. Last year, from April through November, inmate crews spent 65,843 hours on the job, s joint effort with the Illinois Department of . Tranv sportation They picked up enough trash to fill 66,384 garbage bigs along 5,106 miles of highways. As weather came in early April this; the crews once again began the i for the third year. s along i good All inmates are proven responsible for minimum security classifiestion and are always under the supervision of correctional officers. The inmstes leave full bags of refuse along the edge of the highways to be collected by DOT personnel. Expand Inquiry BBB's Center From Washington The Better Business Bureau's Inquiry center has now been ex­ panded through additional incoming lines to better serve the more than 400 telephone calls it receives every business day. In order to increase the number of lines, a change in the phone number was necessary. The new phone number, effective im­ mediately, is 444-1188. The Inquiry center staff provides s caller with immediate information through a computer report capability on almost 10,000 companies, which data indicates are most frequently requested in the northern Illinois area. The staff can also provide in­ formation on an additional 60,000 companies that are inquired about less frequently. The public hours of the Inquiry center will remain the same--10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. By U.S. Represen­ tative Lynn Martin The solution to the budget dilemma is not yet at hand and, yes, part of the real problem is politics - not just partisan politics, but the reluctance of Members of both Houses to make extraordinarily difficult decision.. The budget deficit is high, far too high. Bringing that deficit down is imperative. Prosperity is tied to interest rates, and in­ terest rates will con­ tinue to stifle prosperity if the deficit •- is not controlled The numbers are impossible to even imagine. You can imagine a thousand horses You can • visualixe a hundred- thousand stars - even a m i l l i o n d o l l a r s Scientists say we cannot visualize a billion, yet the deficit could be as much as<ft$180 tV'sn. Congress must face Una and act. You can lower the deficit in two ways; raise revenue or cut spending. There are those members of Congress who would raise taxes, and raise them again. They philosophically believe the government should grow, and that the federal government should be part of everyone's life. Others want no increases, feeling strongly that the only way to limit government growth is to curtail revenues. They would cut the spending side. So there is conflict again. There's not one member of Congress who doesn't want to cut wsste, fraud and abuae. Avoiding decisions will not make the programs and their problems go away, but in an election year there are precious few thst want to make the tough decisions that affect any part of the voting electorate. Where do I stand you may ask? I believe the deficit must be kept "below 100 billion dollars this year. I also believe there must be cuts both in military and non- military spending. There can be no program that is a sacred cow, including e n t i t l e m e n t s . A d ­ ditionally, there must be changes on the revenue side so thst all pay a fair share of taxes. So, I'm willing to make the tough choices and vote for the necessary changes in spending and revenue - possible political suicide. If that's true, so be it. The economic future of my district snd my nstion is more im­ portant than mine. BUDDY'S WORKSHOP Kvrr> lime I replace a window, I gel as much pufly on my handk as I do on thr window frame. Is there something I can put on m> hands thai might help in this sticky situ­ ation? Fresh puny is sticky, Hut there's something in the kitchcn that will help Pour sortie flour into a bowl and dipyour hands mio the Hour before using the putty. Door Iriends, "Meoswre of • man. 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