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Feb. 8, 1978 FIERCE WINDS BLOW TIDES OVER SEAWALLS AP PHOTO nruf orADPU UNCOVERS FRAUD IN 24 STATES 6A DES MOINES REGISTER STORMS -Jt jAy Xm WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) A computer search in 24 states and the District of Columbia has uncovered 13,584 persons receiving federal welfare benefits in more than one jurisdiction (none in Iowa), Congress was told Tuesday. ''4 Joseph A. Calif ano secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, said those cases of apparent fraud cost the taxpayers'af least $20 million a year.

The recipients, he told the Senate finance subcommittee on welfare, were using the same Social Security number in two or more states 'and "making no attempt to hide their apparently fraudulent activity." Califano disclosed the latest results from his department's "Project Match" anti-fraud operation as' he made a pitch for approval' of President Carter's far-reaching "welfare-revision bill. Such cheating on welfare would not be possible under the Carter plan, the secretary told the subcommittee. He strongly protested the welfare plan proposed by Representative Al Ullman chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. While Carter proposes to start with a totally new program of cash benefits, Ullman wants to retain existing the existing food stamp program, the Supplemental Security Income program and the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program. "Leaving the categorical programs in place makes it more difficult to achieve uniformity of rules and administration," Califano told the Senate panel.

"It perpetuates inequities of coverage and continues the invitation to fraud and abuse offered by the present system." He contended that Ullman's proposal would create only about 500,000 jobs for welfare families, Floating restaurant takes on water force winds whipped up snow in Boston and street crews have given up trying The restaurant Peter Stuyvesant, a ship docked on the Boston waterfront, lies od its side and begins sinking after a major storm hit the area. Hurricane- Continued from Page One soaked by a weekend downpour, was hit by a new round of heavy rains that caused a rash of rush-hour traffic accidents, minor flooding and mudslides. And the end wasn't in sight. "Storms are stacked up across the Pacific and headed this way," warned one weather forecaster in Northern California after San Francisco got three-quarters of an inch of rain in four hours. Reservoirs were filling so quickly that water regulators said they may have to release water to prevent flash floods.

"Were rapidly approaching the maximum allowable levels in the reservoirs at this time," said Bill Clark, spokesman for the state drought center in Sacramento. Jerry King, a spokesman for the Bureau of Reclamation, said water flows into the reservoirs are now ISO percent of normal. Rainfall at six monitoring stations in Northern California was two to seven inches above normal for this time of year, and runoff from unusually deep snowpacks in the Sierra was 50 percent above normal. More rain was predicted for this afternoon. A tornado struck a school in a rural area north of Sacramento Tuesday afternoon and damaged some other buildings.

Began Sunday The snow in the Northeast began Sunday night barely two weeks after the last blizzard and was still falling in some, parts at midday Tuesday, although it was less severe than earlier and was expected to taper off during the day. The storm in New York City was officially declared ended at 3:30 p.m., about 40 hours after it began. Accumulations ranged from one to two feet. Like most disasters, the blizzard brought out good and bad. New Jersey officials described public cooperation as "marvelous." Pennsylvania officials praised efforts of volunteer snowmobilers to rescue stranded motorists.

In Boston, however, police arrested 43 persons in 20 incidents of looting, primarily in the Roxbury and Dorchester areas. Boston police in full riot gear fanned out Tuesday to prevent further looting. And in Philadelphia, a teen-ager was charged with killing another teen-ager who pelted him with snowballs while waited for a bus during the snowstorm. Police said 18-year-old Oscar Young boarded the bus, walked to a back window that was partially open, pulled a small-caliber handgun from his overcoat, and fired several shots at the snowball-throwers as the bus pulled away. Ralph Williams, 17, was struck by one bullet and killed.

Transportation at Standstill Transportation throughout the Northeast was at a standstill. Airports were closed, and there was doubt whether normal operations could resume today. Airports in other parts of the country were jammed with passengers unable to reach their snowbound destinations. Roads remained impassable. As the snow stopped, the cleanup started.

The New York City Sanitation Department had 3,700 men on the streets working a 12-hour shift They used 1,300 major pieces of snowfight-ing equipment and were supplied with 42,000 tons of salt. About 600 state snow plows, aided by 1,000 private trucks and scores of county and municipal crews, worked to clear roads in New Jersey. In Maryland, where snow depths ranged from 4 to 24 inches, state police helicopters were used to airlift patients to hospitals. Authorities warned that roads were "snow-covered, slippery or just completely drifted shut." v-- In Virginia, winds of 30 to 40 mph whipped four to six inches of snow looting and widespread power failures, NEAL SMITH INTRODUCES TAX BILL By JAMES O'SHEA Of Tht RMHttr! Wamkwton Burnu WASHINGTON, D. C.

Represent tative Neal Smith (Dem la.) intro duced a bill Tuesday that would establish a new graduated corporate income tax and cut the tax rates of corporations with less than $1.3 million in income by 2 to 11 percent. The bill would establish seven tiers of income that would be taxed at gradually increasing rates ranging from 18 percent on income of less than $25,000 to 43 percent on taxable income of $1.3 million. Currently, corporations are taxed at 20 percent of the first $25,000 in income, 22 percent on all income above that and an additional 26 percent surtax on all taxable income of more than $50,000, Smith said. Smith said that he thought the current law is unfair because it imposes the same tax burden on all corporations that have more than $50,000 in income. He said that President Carter has recommended changes but that "his proposal would reduce the surtax by 4 percent and thus give the lion's share of the tax relief to those with the highest taxable income." Smith said his proposal would have the same effect as the Carter plan on reducing tax receipts by $6 to $10 billion over the next five years.

However, he said, his proposal would eliminate the sudden 24 percent tax increase that occurs once a business reaches $50,000 in taxable income. Some businesses try to adjust costs, delay sales, and take actions that are based on "spreading income rather than good business," Smith said. "In the long run, that is not. good for business or the U. S.

Treasury." Special film award to Charlton Heston HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. (AP) -Actor Charlton Heston received a special early Academy Award on Tuesday for distinguished service in the film industry, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced. Heston was named winner of the Academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, presented to "an individual in the motion picture industry whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry." He was cited for frequent trips to Vietnam to visit troops, service as past president of the Screen Actors' Guild and participation in charitable activities. to clear roads. There were reports of was plagued by flooding.

The ocean surged over the seawall at Hampton Beach two hours before high tide, and roads alone the state's 18-milc seacoast were closed. In Maine, half of a 65-year-old amusement pier at Old Orchard Beach was swept into the sea by mountainous waves. Tanker lost in storm; 'major oil spill' feared SALEM, MASS. (AP) The Coast Guard warned of a "potential major oil spill" Tuesday as it searched for a Greek tanker grounded and lost in a blinding blizzard in Salem Harbor. Meanwhile, a pilot boat that had run to the stranded tanker's rescue had not been heard from since Monday night when it lost its naviga tional equipment in the mountainous waves.

Police in Nahant north of Boston said two life jackets from the 45-foot pilot boat "Can Do" had washed ashore there. Coast Guard logs show the last word from the boat, was the master's radio message: "All 'power out, communication with hand-held walkie-talkie, pilot house window collapsed, bleeding under control." The reference to "bleeding" was not clear, but the Coast Guard said one crewman aboard the pilot boat was believed to be injured. Though the 682-foot tanker "Global Hope" was thought to be just over a half mile off shore, a searching Coast Guard cutter could not find it because of the fierce snowstorm that cut visibility to 400 yards. The tanker, loaded with 160,000 gallons of oil, ran aground Monday night with its crew of 32. It had tried to ride out the storm anchored in Salem Sound.

John Bablich, a Coast Guard spokesman, said the ship had radioed Tuesday that it was in no immediate danger of sinking. "It's a potential major oil spill," he said. "But our first major concern is getting the crew off board." Lionel Levy dies PHILADELPHIA -Lionel F. Levy, 94, a prominent engineer, businessman and 59-year member of the Franklin Institute's board of directors, died Tuesday at his home here. their causeway washed out, so they canoed to the mainland.

But such regular conveyances as commuter trains prompted epic tales of woe. A 40-mile journey to New York could take six hours or more when trains ran. On one such Long Island Rail Road ride, a passenger moaned he hadn't used the line in 10 years not since getting stuck in another snowstorm. A regular rider piped up: "Let me give you my telephone number. The next time you decide to ride the train, give me a call and I'll stay home." Some refused to bend to the storm.

Between 200 and 300 motorists stuck since Monday in a tie-up eight miles long near Harrisburg, stayed with their cars into Tuesday, attracting firemen and snowmobile rescuers who made repeated trips to check the cars. Another who wouldn't knuckle under was Desmont F. P. Cole, headmaster of the Allen-Stevenson private elementary school on East 78th Street in Manhattan. He wouldn't shut down, calling it "a question of fiber A little snow does a chap no harm at all." Nevertheless, 71 of his 297 charges were absent Monday.

that began falling Monday into drifts up to six feet high and made many roadways impassable. Portions of the state's Eastern Shore were virtually put out of business. From Pennsylvania through New Hampshire, businesses, many of which closed early Monday as the snow mounted, kept their doors shut Tuesday. Banks in some areas were closed. So were schools and public highways.

Some commuters who made it to work Monday morning were unable to get home and jammed city hotels; others struggled home, only to find conditions even worse in the suburbs. Drifts in some areas of the Northeast still recovering from the Jan. 20 storm were up to 10 feet. Coastal Flooding Floodwaters swept low-lying coastal parts of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, forcing the evacuation of thousands. In Boston, winds gusted to 79 miles an hour, and a spokesman for the Metropolitan District Commission, which is responsible for clearing roads in the city, said: "We've stopped clearing snow; we're starting to lifesave.

That's the best way to put it." The entire Massachusetts National Guard was called into active duty. The blizzard blew a section of a roof into Boston Edison largest generating station, setting off a chain reaction that knocked out above-ground transformers. The power failure, at about 1:40 a.m., cut off electricity to 75,000 of the utility's customers. Power was restored by 8 a.m. to all but about 20,000 customers.

The New York and American Stock Exchanges, which closed early Monday, opened late Tuesday. Four of the five commodity exchanges in the city were closed, as was the Boston Stock Exchange. Pennsylvania The storm dissipated in Pennsylvania during the morning Tuesday, but trailing squalls whipped up snowdrift? that kept roads and airport runways blocked. National Guardsmen manning giant yellow snowplows patrolled interstate highways, looking for stranded motorists. At least two deaths were attributed to the storm there, which brought two feet of snow in some areas.

"We couldn't get through," said a It succored some 350 unexpected guests by concocting a rum-and-lime drink called the Manhattan Blizzard and pouring it free. A St. Regis spokesman gave this recipe: Take the juice of a lime, a teaspoon of sugar and two ounces of light rum. Blend with a squirt of creme de menthe. Pour over shaved ice in a champagne glass.

Then garnish the snowy-looking mound with a slice of fresh lime a poignant touch, reminding the sufferer that spring will come one day. Police stuck at the 66th Precinct stationhouse in Brooklyn were cared for, if not as lavishly as at the St Regis, at the Palm Gardens Nursing Home, which set up cots, fresh linens and supplied razors and shaving cream. Volunteer Snowmobilers In Rhode Island, meanwhile, some 750 National Guardsmen were getting people into shelters, and in many places, snowmobilers volunteered to help police and National Guard units in highway rescues. One Civil Defense spokesman in Pennsylvania put it this way: "Thus far we've had only two deaths. It could have been a lot, lot worse had it not been for the courageous efforts of I guardsman patrolling Interstate 81.

"In some places the snow drifts were higher than the blades of our largest snowplows." Flooding was a major problem in New Jersey. Tides in some communities were 7V4 feet above normal Monday night. Snow accumulations in the state ranged from 13 to 20 inches. The New Jersey Turnpike was open, but the speed limit was cut to 30 mph. Commuter trains moved on a reduced weekend schedule and even at that, with delays.

Worst Since '47 The storm in New York City, where five deaths were blamed on the bad weather, was the worst since the 26.4-inch fall on Dec. 26-27, 1947. The accumulation in mid-Manhattan was 17.7 inches by 7 a.m., and snow fell into early afternoon. Metropolitan area airports were not expected to reopen before today; main highways serving Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island also were shut, and more than 1,500 motorists had to be rescued from snowdrifts. Power to 5,000 customers of Long Island Lighting Co.

was knocked out Tuesday morning, and the company asked road crews to help repairmen get through. Commuter rail service was very limited. Some 5,000 persons were in emergency shelters in Connecticut Tuesday, and 300 families were evacuated from low-lying areas during the morning. State highways, schools, state offices and courts were closed. Gov.

Ella Grasso said the state urgently needed snow removal equipment, front-end loaders, snow blowers, cots and small buses. The blizzard had caused at least a dozen deaths in Rhode Island by Tuesday morning, and National Guardsmen and snow removal crews concentrated on getting stranded motorists to shelters. Almost every road in the state was impassable; 26 inches of snow fell at the airport at Warwick, R.I., more than at any time since the weather service started keeping records in 1905. In Boston, the National Weather Service reported that 26 inches of snow fell at Logan Airport between 1 p.m. Monday and 5 p.m.

Tuesday. All non-emergency vehicles were banned from the city's streets; there were no buses running during the morning rush hour. The subway, with its own emergency power supply, ran with lengthy delays. Like New Jersey, New Hampshire snowmobilers and four-wheel-drive clubs." When stranded in a car, the National Weather Service advises, don't seal the windows or run the engine for more than short periods. That invites carbon monoxide poisoning, and the danger was noted when two state troopers near Limerick, came across four teenagers, who appeared to be asleep in a snowbound auto.

"We were fortunate to get to them before they passed away," said trooper Thomas Walsh. Food deliveries into New York slackened, and many grocers were short of milk, bread and other perish ables. "If the farmers milked the cows, the tank trucks couldn't get through from the country. If the trucks got through, we didn't have the manpower to fill the containers or load our trucks. And our trucks couldn't go anywhere anyway," said Joe Brancazio, manager of Amity Dairies in Queens.

Some consumers responded by making a run on milk and meat Sales were also brisk for dry and evaporated milk. In Orient, at the eastern' end of Long Island, some residents found compared with the 1.4 million jobs contemplated under Carter's recommendation. Califano said continuation of a separate food stamp program is un necessary and inefficient, adding, There is no reason to believe that the poor cannot manage their incomes' as well as other Califano and Senator1 Daniel P. Moynihan N.Y.), chairman of the panel, agreed that special efforts should be made to assure continuation of the nation's farm program if the food stamp plan ends. For several years the food-stamp program has been passed in Congress as part of the farm bill.

In many cases, noted Moynihan and Senator Bob Dole urban members concerned about the heed for Iood stamps have provided the votes necessary to pass the farm "It would be the worst example" of government fumbling if that urban-rural coalition was broken because of efforts to clean up welfare, Moynihan said. Russian flu wave feared in Colorado AIR FORCE ACADEMY, COLO. (AP) An outbreak of Russian flu among cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy has peaked, but the disease may have spread to high school students in nearby Colorado Springs, officials said Tuesday. Absenteeism at public schools in the area is starting to increase, said Dr.

Timm Edell of the Colorado Department of Health. Obviously we suspect that it is not confined to the academy," said Edell, disease specialist. "It is just a question of confirming it." More than half of the 4,300 cadets at the academy have been ill since the outbreak of Russian flu began there early last week, academy officials said Tuesday. Edell estimated that 60 percent to 70 percent of the cadets had come down with the illness. Maquoketa to add luonde to water Th Rtflsttr'i Iowa Ntwi ttrvlc MAQUOKETA, IA.

The Maquoketa City Council Monday voted to add fluoride to the Maquoketa water supply by a vote of 1. The city also decided to maintain shallow well of unfluoridated water for residents who object to the was closed earlier this year for alleged liquor violations. County Attorney David Richter totd the court that although Bergeron may have strict rules, the testimony of what went on at the Free Spirit only pointed out that things in nude bars can get out of hand. Bergeron had challenged the law, saying it prohibits free expression. He also said it discriminates against owners of taverns and nightclubs because nudity may be permitted in other licensed liquor establishments', such as theaters, concert halls, art centers and museums.

A hearing on a similar case in Polk County District Court started by operators of three Des Moines area taverns was also held Jan. 31. District Judge Theodore Miller has not yet issued a ruling. In a blizzard, you cope the best you can Style counts not a fig; court upholds nude ban Th AutcKMd Prau In a blizzard, people do the best they can. Snowmobilers in Pennsylvania search for stranded motorists, and four-wheel drive vehicles form a rescue caravan on a Long Island freeway.

Police on Long Island turn a yan for prisoners into a rescue bus, and police in Revere, carry flood-stranded residents to safety in the scoops of snow-removal vehicles. There are lighter moments. A posh New York hotel whips up a cocktail, i names it for the storm and pours it free in the bar. But at the same time, New England 1 shoreline dwellers are huddled in churches as high tides flood their homes or the surf rips into them. That's how it was Monday and Tuesday, when storms battered much of the nation.

Raging Ocean In Boston's shoreline suburbs, as the city struggled through a storm-caused blackout, some families watched as the Atlantic Ocean smashed into beachfront homes, ripping away porches, washing through at least one dwelling and submerging a police substation. But in New York, the bar at Manhattan's St Regis Hotel was festive. DANCERS Continued from Page One they entered amateur contests at the Bittersweet. Bergeron and his attorneys sought to show that Bergeron has strict rules governing conduct of performers at his clubs, and that he does not permit vulgarity, lewdness, drugs or soliciting for prostitution. But one of the dancers testified that she had previously worked at another Council Bluffs area club where many of the acts were vulgar and where male customers sometimes got onto the stage with the dancers and exposed themselves.

She also testified that that club the Free Spirit Lounge sometimes hired prostitutes as dancers. The Free Spirit, located in Mills County just south of Council Bluffs,.