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PAGE 2 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28. IW News and Views =1 Roll Call: HIGHER PRICES FOR CREDIT BANNED Spirit of Christmas reigns Some folks thought Santa was responsible for the dirty trick that substituted last year's Christmas temperatures of 70 degrees with sub-zero cold.^But at this particular holiday season, it's riecesary to be tolerant of the good saint. Just think, of the thousands of little girls who could have Mandertk BY KAF complained when they found no Cabbage Patch doll under the tree. But chances are, they smiled through their disap­ pointment as Mom tried to convince them that the sub­ stituted Raggedy Ann doll once had its heyday also. Although messages that tell us kindness and charity emanate from the Christmas spirit may appear hackneyed to some, but they are true. At no other time of the year are we so impressed with the thoughtfulness of others. Folks who prefer to look the other way when they meet an unfriendly face, suddenly flash a big smile and say Wand are greeted in return. Others, who guard each dollar as though it is their last, become generous to make the season happier for someone else.. Each year we personally experience something that sets Christmas apart from every other day. f This year it happened as we provided chauffeur service for a bright young boy of 13 who delivered some of our gifts. Such trips must have their start with food, of course, and it was in the small restaurant that we were introduced t<5 the intricacies of the video gitme. With the machine directly to the side of our table, we were bewildered by strange noises as new paths appeared on the screen and small moving ob­ jects seemed to gobble up other small moving objects. Our young friend, who ap­ peared to be an expert, used patience in explaining the general operation of the games. To go into detail at Christmas time, with a mind filled with a mixture of sugarplums and more serious subjects, would have been futile. Suffice to say that an in­ troduction is enough for the waning 1983. Perhaps a renewed spirit and enthusiasm for the new year will carry us deeper into the mysteries of the rage of the '80's. WASHINGTON-Here's how area tnembers of Congress were recorded on major roll call in the closing days of the 1983 session. HOUSE CREDIT CARDS-By a vote of 349 for and 73 against, the House passed a bill that extended, from Feb. 27, 1984, to July 31,1984, the ban on merchants charging more to customers who pay by credit card. The bill (HR 4278) was sent to the Senate. Supporter Chalmers Wylie, R-Ohio, said the House needs the extra time to ftilly study credit-card surcharges and the overall impact of retail credit on the economy. No opponent spoke against the bill/Hie Administration opposes the ban as unwarranted meddling in the private sector, and contends there is little difference between a discount for cash purchases, which is legal, and credit-card surcharges. Members voting yes wanted to extend the ban on higher prices for credit-card purchases. Illinois-Voting no: Philip Crane, R-12. PUBLIC BROADCASTING-The House rejected, 141 for and 277 against, an amendment to inflict a 10 percent -$46 million-cut in the Corporation for Public Broadcasting budget for fiscal 1984-86. The amendment was offered to a spending bill (HR 2755) that later was cleared by both houses and sent to the president. Hie bill authorized a $460 million corporation budget over three years. Although the agency also runs public television, it was National Public Radio that drew attacks during debate. NPR, which has 280 member stations, this year was forced to fire much of its staff and get government. The new rule takes effect Dee. 31,1983. The amendment, which was offered to an appropriations bill (HR 3959) that later became . law, sought to delay the rule until Oct. 1,1984. Jake Garn, R-Utah, who voted to kill the amendment, said it had no place as part of the appropriations bill. Howard Metzenbaum, D-Ohio, who sponsored the amendment, said that under the new rule "stockholders and investors in the country will have far less information on which to base sound investment decisions." J Senators voting no supported detailed public disclosure of th^ compensation received by corporate executives. / Illinois-Alan Dixon, D, voted yes. Charles Percy, R, voted yes. DAY CARE-By a vote of 50 for and 31 against, the Senate ap­ proved a measure (S Res 269) establishing a day-care center for children of senators, cafeteria workers and all other Senate em- • ployes. Taxpayers are to provide $20,000 in start-up costs as well as 3,500 scjfcare feet of rent-free space for the facility, which at first will ac- comfhodate up to 60 children of age six and younger. Sponsors predicted but did not guarantee that no more public money would be spent on the center, which is supposed to pay for itself. The House does not have day-care facilities. Supporter Paula Hawking, R-Fla., said "rather than having this as an employee benefit, this is showing care for a child whose mother or father is an employee fo the Senate." Opponent Jim Sasser, D-Tenn., said the issue "symbolizes special privilege for those of us who are fortunate enough to work for the U.S. Public Pulse "'Twas the Saturday before Christmas and all through McHenry the folks with money were bustling with cheer, but not the poor. "I, in my pickup, had just finished shopping for a family of less fortune, when what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a Jaycee tree stand with 20 or more trees and a sign so bold as to say: 'no free trees.' "On to the smoke arising from the center as they threw another tree on the fire-with a liberal dose of lighter fluid. And the 4 smoke it encircled their head, like a wreath. They spoke ant laughed and went straight to their work and burned every tree in sight. (Where is the 'no burning in town' ordinance)? "I wonder if they exclaimed as they finished -'Merry Christmas to us with trees and too bad folks without, we sold our quota!' "P.S. Anyone of those trees would have looked pretty good to a child without one. "Shame Jaycees! "Jeanne Bei new executives after mismanaging itself into deep debt. Sponsor Mike Oxley, R-Ohio, said the budget cut was warranted in view of "serious questions that have been raised about the efficacy and the fiscal management of NPR." Opponent Timetfry Wirth, D-Colo., asked:"Do we want to have an informed American public, or do we want to continue to jab away and cut away at the ability of 230 million Americans to be informed?" Members voting yes favored the budget cut. Illinois-Voting yes: Philip Crane. REFUGEES-The House passed, 300 for and 99 against, and sent to the Senate a bill (HR 3729) to extend for two years the program for resettling refugees-those who enter the U.S. to escape persecution. Some 72,000 refugees are to be admitted in fiscal 1984 under quotas set by the Administration: 1,000 from Latin America and the Caribbean, 3,000 from Africa, 6,000 from the Near East, 12,000 from the Soviet Union and 50,000 from East Asia. The bill authorizes $100 millioin annually for job training, English language training and other social services, $50 million for com­ munities with large refugee populations, and $14 million for medical treatment of arriving refugees. Supporter Roman Mazzoli, D-Ky., said the measure "will help refugees assimilate into the American mainstream quickly...without unnecessary reliance on the welfare system." No opponent spoke against the bill. Members voting yes favored spending $100 million annually on refugee resettlement. Illinois-Voting no: Philip Crane. ' SENATE DISCLOSURE - By a vote of 51 for and 40 against, the Senate tabled (killed) an amendment whose effect was to require publicly held corporations to continue providing stockholders with detailed in­ formation on the compensation of company executives. Senators favoring full disclosure-those voting no-were trying to block a Securities and Exchange Commission riding that will enable companies to disclose the cost of salaries, fringe benefits and perquisites in abstract form. Senators voting yes wanted to establish a Senate day-care center. Illinois-Dixon did not vote. Percy did not vote. Circuit Breaker state tax grant deadline Dec. 31 ONLY $39. 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