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PAGE 8 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST IS, 1M4 '-Ttav -up " *Ja CUB demands end to utility overcharges Fish boil benefit The boilmaster (above) keeps a careful eye over his charges at the fish boil held last Friday at Pearl Street Park. The event was a fund-raiser for Plaindcalfr photos by Anthony Oliver the Pioneer Center. Below, a youngster eagerly awaits fish, potatoes and onions boiled in butter at what is probably his first such outing. New law guarantees care for handicapped infants Governor James R Thompson recently signed legislation to ensure that any infant born with a severe handicap or develop­ mental disability in an illinois hospital will receive prompt evaluation and referral for appropriate care. In addition to the evaluation of handicapped or develop- mentally disabled newborns, hospitals and maternity centers ARIZONA SUN 3321 W. 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A loophole in the Internal Revenue Code allows the companies to charge con­ sumers as if the utilities were paying the full 46 percent cor­ porate income tax - while racking up savings due to tax c r e d i t s , a c c e l e r a t e d depreciation, and other ac­ counting techniques. The savings are not passed on to consumers. In endorsing HR 4923, "The Phantom Tax Reform Act," CUB joins a national coalition of senior citizen, environmental, consumer, and taxpayers' groups in calling for an end to such charges. The bill is sponsored by Iowa Congressman Tom Harkin, and co-sponsored by four Illinois lawmakers: Lane Evans (D-17, Rock Island); Charles Hayes (D-l, Chicago); Gus Savage (D- 2, Chicago); and Paul Simon (D- Artists invited to join show Area artists are invited to be among the exhibitors in the twelfth Annual Fall Arts Festival, to be presented by American Society of Artists, a n a t i o n a l m e m b e r s h i p organization, at Crystal Point Mall, Route 14 and Main Street, Crystal Lake, Friday through Sunday, October 26 to 28. Only original work will be accepted for exhibition in the juried show. • "Art in Action" will be included in the show with exhibitors encouraged to work and demonstrate in their media during the show. To be juried for the show, potential exhibitors should submit four slides or photographs of work representative of that which they wish to exhibit, one slide or photograph of their display set- up--a resume and-or show listing. 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The bill would allow the Illinois Commerce Commission and other states' utility regulatory agencies to ban phantom taxes. "Illinois utility companies seem to have an insatiable appetite for our money," said Sue Stewart, CUB ad­ ministrative director and coordinator of CUB's Phantom Tax Campaign. "Phantom taxes are the most outrageous way of collecting it. The utilities simply aren't playing it straight with consumers when they claim that the money will eventually be paid to- the federal govern­ ment." Citing figures prepared by the W a s h i n g t o n - b a s e d E n ­ vironmental Action Foundation, Stewart said that Illinois electric utilities are among the worst offenders when it came to phantom taxes. She reserved her strongest criticism for Chicago-based Commonwealth Edison, whom she branded "the granddaddy of phantom taxes." "From the time figures first became available on phantom taxes - in the 1950's - through the end of 1982, Edison charged its customers almost $1.6 billion. And, by the end of 1984, it is expected to levy an additional $300 million in phantom taxes on its ratepayers," she said. E n v i r o n m e n t a l A c t i o n Foundation figures show that six other large electric utilities in Illinois collected some $1.5 billion in phantom taxes. They are: Central Illinois Light Company, $185.5 million; Central Illinois Public Service, $250.2 million; Illinois Power, $391.5 million; Interstate Power, $35.4 million; Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric $147.2 million; and Union Electric,.$449 million. Stewart urged Illinois con­ sumers to write to the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Illinois Rep. Dan Rostenkowski (D-8, Chicago) and express support for HR 4923. Rostenkowski's committee must hold hearings on the bill before Congress can act. Ruth Caplan, Washington Representative for Environmental Action coor­ dinator of the National End Phantom Taxes Campaign, welcomed CUB's support. "The fight to end phantom taxes will not be easy," said Caplan, "But with the support of g r a s s r o o t s c o n s u m e r organizations like CUB, we'll have added strength. Illinois ratepayers are among the hardest-hit in the hation, and this represents a very effective way for CUB to fight for them," she said. Added CUB's Sue Stewart: "Passage of HR 4923 is long overdue. It's high time Illinois Consumers stopped serving as a low-interest lending agency for our state's utility companies." ATTENTION BOWLERS! FALL LUCKS LEAGUE OPENINGS MON. 9:30 PM TUfiS. 9:30 PM NOW FORMING NEW MENS LEAGUE FORMING 4 *r 5 Maa TOM u/pn q pii IND.&TfAM WrD. 9 PM OPENINGS THURS. MORNING LAOIES Q-^O AVI TPAM& JU AM INDIV. FRI. COUPLES LEAGUE 9:30 PM Xs INQUIRE ABOUT WEEKEND COUPLES LEAGUES Junior Loagvos begin Sopt. 8thf 9o.m. 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