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The Morning Newt, Wilmington, October 1 8, 1 978 Biden raps tax 'fever Baxter rips into Biden til Congress had been "so caught up in the fever of a tax cut," said Biden, "it has become known as tax reform and they're not the same!" The senator said his endeavors toward real tax reform have included efforts to make tax expenditures "part of the 'sunset' I legislation) process," meaning the spending would need to be rejusti-fied and reapproved at regular intervals. He also said he opposed the Social Security tax increases that now have become law because they place the greatest burden on middle-class taxpayers. Baxter, repeating his support for Roth-Kemp and other tax-cut measures, again charged that Biden has been less than wholehearted in his endorsement of that proposal co-sponsored by Dela-1 ware's Republican senior senator, William V. Roth Jr. "I don't believe he has been very fired up about it," Baxter asserted, claiming the Democrat had "walked out" of a budgetary meeting while Roth-Kemp was being considered.

Biden chose not to respond to the charge. Tearing into what he called "the unbelievable non-leadership of the Democratic Congress" in its rush By HUGH CUTLER Campaigning Sen. Joseph R. Biden last night told a Wilmington audience that a nationwide "fever" for a tax cut this year has shifted attention from the need for more extensive tax reform. Biden said what is needed is "an equitable distribution of a reduction in taxes." He said proponents of the Roth-Kemp tax-cut measure, which he had supported, expected that a tax cut would force the federal government to cut spending.

A "Coalition Amendment," sponsored by both Republicans and Democrats including Biden, as a compromise tax cut when the other was failing, was still better because it would have been triggered only if federal spending stayed below a specified level forcing Congress to answer constituent complaints if excess spending prevented the cut. But, the senator said, "What is needed is real tax reform, a modified gross income tax." Biden shared a platform with his Republican opponent, James H. Baxter at a forum sponsored by the Committee of 39 good-government group at downtown Wilmington's Presto Restaurant. Court cashier guiltyoftaking cash receipts A Family Court cashier, charged with embezzling more than $16,000 from the court's bail-bond account, pleaded guilty yesterday and was sentenced to a two-year suspended jail term and required to repay the $5,571 she still owes the state. Judge Vincent A.

Bifferato imposed the sentence on Antoinette "Toni" Kaiser, 30, of Holly Oak, in Superior Court. Ms. Kaiser has already repaid $11,126, according to state aaudi-tor Richard T. Collins, who uncovered the theft in a routine audit last May. Ms.

Kaiser's alleged scheme was described yesterday by prosecutor Lucy Cirino as "free loans." Ms. Cirino said Ms. Kaiser took in cash at Family Court but did not deposit it until two or three months later. Ms. Kaiser had been "borrowing" money for over two years, Ms.

Cirino said. But by year's end in both 1975 and 1976, Ms. Kaiser had repaid what she took and the audits showed no money missing. Ms. Cirino said the deficits then grew until Ms.

Kaiser was no longer able to pay back the money. Charles Kennedy, Ms. Kaiser's attorney, said his client's husband had been injured in 1973 and has been permanently laid off since April 1977, he said. He and Ms. Cirino said Ms.

Kaiser had been cooperative with investigators. Kennedy said that she intends to repay all the money with the proceeds from the sale of her Holly Oak home. Bifferato gave Ms. Kaiser seven years' probation in which to make the restitution. Hospital workers victims of disease ATLANTA (AP) A high level of exposure to Legionnaires disease was found among ground-skeepers at a Los Angeles hospital where 43 confirmed cases of the disease occurred over 14 months, the national Center for Disease Control reported yesterday.

The cases of the disease occurred from May 1, 1977, through July 31, 1978, at the Wadsworth Veterans Administration Hospital. Forty-one of the Legionnaires patients had pneumonia and 10 died, the center said. to adjourn last weekend, Baxter sought to cover Bidedn with that same tar. "I think a lot of the Democratic leadership must believe in abortion," Baxter declared. "They stuck a pin to 'Son of Roth-Kemp what Biden calls the "Coalition Amendment" and it had only been conceived for two or three days!" That volley at Biden may have missed its mark, however, since the senator not only publicly endorsed the original Roth-Kemp bill but also stuck by his Delaware Republican colleague even join-.

ing the bipartisan sponsorship for the "Son Of" compromise substitute. Both plans failed in the marathon 32-hour closing session, though, and a lesser cut was approved. Baxter asserted that Biden is "trying to be all things to all men," first checking public opinion and then jumping on bandwagons such as the tax-cut efforts. And Baxter sought again to lump the incumbent with those he labels "big spenders" in Washington. "Everybody in this room will be paying more taxes in 1979 than you did this year," said Baxter.

"If the esteemed 100 senators in Washington don't listen to the people of the United States, we're going to have a Proposition 13 for federal tsxes Biden was more restrained, less animated than usual in his oratory last night. If reelected, he said, his three top domestic legislation priorities would be to reinstitute his own pilot efforts to win passage for "sunset" legislation fixing termination dates for federal programs and spending, to try again for a tax cut tied to spending limits, and to seek alternate ways to finance Congressional elections such as public financing like that now used for presidential campaigns. Biden said he felt the main foreign affairs issue is the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) talks with the Soviet Union. He did not expound on that for lack of time. Baxter said his key efforts if elected would be directed toward improving the national economy, strengthening national defense, and deregulating private industry.

The program will be aired unedited on Cablevision Channel 2 at 7 Bread fit for a king Middle East Bakery in Cleveland is enjoying an upsurge in business since King Khalid of Saudi Arabia came to this Ohio city for heart surgery several weeks ago. Maurice Abood (left) and Carl Nashra check out loaves that will find their way to the royal table. (UPI) United Way gets report, but it's too complete Man gets life term for robbery killing is made of up trained paraprofes-sionals who help disabled people with medical treatment in the home. The report made a series of recommendations for expanding the programs, which are run by four non-profit agencies in the state. But Heckart found it all a little overwhelming.

Using a system favored by another president Jimmy Carter Heckart suggested a one-page summary would be easier to handle. The planners were told to prepare an oral presentation to, accompany the abbreviated The thoroughness of a report may not always be a virtue, according to the president of United Way of Delaware's executive committee. Faced with a 10-page report printed in very small type on nomemaker and home health aid services, President Richard E. Heckart told the authors, who were members of the planning council, "The report is very impressive, but we just can't digest the whole thing." The homemaker service provides people to go into homes and take over routine household responsibilities when someone is ill or infirm. The health aide service Larry C.

Collins yesterday was found guilty of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison for the 1973 killing of a. huckster during a robbery. The mandatory sentence imposed on Collins, 24, by Judge Vincent A. Bifferato, is to begin when Collins completes a 35-year sentence he received last year for killing a gas station attendant in a holdup. Collins, formerly of unit block Jensen Drive, was charged with first-degree murder in the beating death of Walter R.

Slattery, of Llangollen Estates. The Superior Court, jury convicted him of the lesser second-degree murder charge. Slattery was clubbed in the head with a shotgun Nov. 7, 1973, when he and a woman companion were held up by two men at Compton Towers Apartments in the 300 block of E. 5th St.

was in a coma for most of the next six months, and died May 28, 1974, at the Tilton Terrace Nursing Home. The medical examiner ruled the death a p.m. rriday The Morning News A Gannett Newspaper Published Monday through Friday except holidays by The News-Journal Company 831 Orange Wilmington, DE 19899 Second class postage paid at Wilmington, DE News-Journal Management In June, 1977, Collins pleaded guilty to manslaughter and attempted robbery in the Sept. 18, 1973, fatal shooting of James "Bud" Stevens, 57, in a holdup attempt at Eddie's Gulf Station, Lobdell and S. Heald Sts.

Collins had also been charged with first-' degree murder in that case. Under an agreement with the state, Collins was given immunity from prosecution for any offenses other than murder and rape. He began giving information on robberies, implicating two other men, Larry L. Chase, 22, of 2600 block Bowers Street, and Robert R. Meads, 22, formerly of 1500 block Todds Lane.

One of the cases Collins mentioned was the robbery of a huckster with a truck at Fifth and Walnut, Streets. The information Collins gave was the subject of Superior Court proceedings aimed at suppressing use of his statements as evidence, but the statements eventually were ruled admissible. He and Chase were tried together in July, but a mistrial resulted and separate trials were ordered. Chase is scheduled for trial next month. Gordon J.

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