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Obituaries 4 Business 5 New York Stocks 7 American Stocks 8 TVRadio 10 section new jersey metro Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1974 Little League 'Shutout9 Disputed By Bob Lancaster Why Not Build A 4-Story Pretzel With Mustard Harder said he favored the Little League's decision, which limits the Williamsport tournament to four American teams, but retains regional championships in Canada, Latin America and the Far East. "As long as they have those regional world he said, pausing; "I don't think that's a contradiction in terms." A sharp dissent came from (See BASEBALL on 3-C) can't call it a world title anymore." For the second day, Tuesday, Little League officials maintained their silence as to why the foreign teams were banned, leaving those most interested in the series to speculate. The domination by Taiwan (five championships in the last six years) has not reduced attendance at the tournament, the economic high-point of the summer in Wil- liamsport, a city of 38,000 in North-central Pennsylvania. But some local officials fear that continued domination by Taiwan might have that effect.

"At first, the people here used to root for them," said Robert Harder, president of the Chamber of Commerce. "You know, the kids are cute, they're small, they bow to the umpire. But that's changed. The folks root for the underdogs now." By LARRY EICHEL Inauirer Staff Writer The people around Little League baseball were talking Tuesday about just what it means to have a World Series that excludes most of the world. On Monday, the men who run the Williamsport, Pa.

summer classic announced that they were banning perennial champion Taiwan and all other foreign teams from participation in the series. The Liberty Bell has been the great symbol of Philadelphia for a long time. We've got a lot of promotional mileage out of it, and there's obsiousiy a-lot left. But the truth is that the bell's just not enough any more. It's more of a historical relic than a representation of the city's contemporary spirit, and, let's face it, after you've sees it a few dozen times and touched it reverently and LITTLE LEAGUER a world series? heard tour the informative spiel by the guide and all that, you have Income Tax Revival Ui 'gee trouble maintaining any ongoing enthusiasm for the thing.

It's good to know it's still there, et cetera, et cetera, and you always take your visiting out-of-town relatives to see it, et cetera, et cetera, but Philadelphia is a town with an image to show those billions of anticipated --I Bicen invaders that we're a right-on town, we need a right-on municipal showpiece that's not a throwback to another century. We need a- symbol to Top Democrats Do 'AboutFace By LACY McCRARY Inquirer Trenton Bureau TRENTON Senate Democratic leaders who last summer refused to vote on Gov. Brendan T. Byrne's income tax plan are now talking of reviving it as the only solution to New Jersey's deepening fiscal crisis. State Sen.

Joseph P. Merlino Mercer), who sponsored the income-tax bill, sent a strongly worded letter Tuesday to Senate President Frank Dodd Essex), urging him to bring the measure up for a vote. Senate Majority Leader vl 'i m--" rr -r-" I Jv -V i I Bob Lancaster snow we're not the snoozing moss-backs of the stereotype to show that we're what Marciarose would call "with-it" or "today." And the symbol we're going to get is a clothespin. This is not any ordinary clothespin, now. It's a giant clothespin.

It's a clothespin four stories tall. And a famous modern artist, Claes Oldenburg, is going to fix it up for us, so you can be sure it'll be a classy clothespin. A giant classy clothespin, standing there proudly over the new Center Square near City Hall. Nothing Against Clothespin There was a lot of good arguments for a four-story clothespin. It will certainly be a lot better than a four-story paper clip or a four-story garbage can or a four-story doughnut or a four-story cigaret lighter or a four-story grape.

And a four-story Oldenburg clothespin surely will be better for Philadelphia than the multi-story mad dog or deformed woman or whatever-it-is that Picasso dumped on the city of Chicago. I've got absolutely nothing against a giant clothespin, and none of the guys I drink with do either. We think clothespins are just fine. When we run out of things to toast, we're even liable to toast a clothespin. I can't imagine anybody working up any contempt or animosity for a clothespin, although in a town that boos the National Anthem singers at ball games there'll probably be some.

What I don't understand is what a clothespin has to do with Philadelphia. Why couldn't it be a four-story pretzel? Everybody knows the long happy association that Philadel-phians have with the pretzel. And in my opinion there's as much artistic potential in a pretzel as there is in a clothespin, if not more. The pretzel is a miracle of geometric symmetry and economy, In all its twists and curves, its salt sprinkles and mustard smears, there are implications and intimations of truth and beauty that a damned old utilitarian clothespin couldn't match in a thousand years. Or how about a four-story hoagie? Oldenburg could let his artistic imagination run wild building a four-story hoagie.

He could throw anything into it he wanted to he could go sculpturally berserk and'it would still be an authentic recognizable likeness and loyal Philadelphians would applaud him for his realism and his fidelity to the form. Ralph Lanik, whose Tus-con, team provided the opposition in 1973 as Taiwan rolled to the third of four straight championships, said he knew precisely what the decision meant. "It means we western teams have a shot at a world title," he said, recalling the August afternoon when his team fell to Taiwan 12-0, before 30,000 people in the stands and millions more on television, "but I guess you police chief. Democrat Jon Auritt was civil service solicitor. By Tuesday a resignation and a council meeting later Republicans controlled four of seven council seats.

Republican William Wiser was council president, Republican David Auerbach was solicitor, Republican Jean Bozzilli was secretary, Republican Robert Home was police chief. And officials were searching for a new Republican civil service director. So much for quiet suburbia and the politics of the PTA. "Thines change around here overnight," said one bewildered policeman, "I and may even be considering cutting back production within the state because of the high cost of doing business, and meeting' the environmental laws and regulations here," Zane said. His legislative district includes all of Salem County and most of Gloucester County.

Within that district are major oil refineries run by the Mobil and Sun Oil companies, a massive Du Pont chemical products plant, and several glasi works. "I'm not saying we Philadelphia Inquirer MICHAEL VIOLA Yellow Cab Co. To Move By TERRY BITMAN Inquirer Staff Writer The Yellow Cab Co. of Philadelphia will discontinue operations at its Camden garage next week, but service in the South Jersey area will not be affected. Yellow Cab President Paul Levine said Tuesday that the Camden garage, at 17th and Mickle Streets, will no longer be used for housing cabs and for minor repair work.

Instead, Levine said, operations will be shifted to a Yellow Cab garage at 26th Street and Girard Avenue in Philadelphia, beginning next Tuesday. All major repairs to the Camden fleet have been done in Philadelphia for some time. Levine said that the change was purely to save money, explaining that the company bad lost business continually in Camden since a "lengthy strike there 15 months ago. "We lost a lot of business during the strike and we never got it back," he said. The cab company executives said there were no plans to move any other suburban companies to Philadelphia, nor were there any plans -to eventually discontinue service in Camden.

He said that dispatchers would continue to, work in Camden, although the company is negotiating to sell its garage there. Levine said that if the sale were made the dispatchers would also be transferred to Philadelphia, but the company would retain its New Jersey telephone number. The Yellow Cab operation in Camden employs about 300 drivers, mechanics and dispatchers. Under the new plan, all drivers will report to work in Philadelphia, pick up their cabs and go to Camden. Levine said that the company would pay bridge tolls for the drivers, but he said he did not know whether the change would force drivers who live in New Jersey to pay the Philadelphia wage tax.

"I honestly never even considered the wage tax," Levine said. "This move is one to basically consolidate operations," he said. "We will save on overtime in maintenance." pvinp crnrl nn irtKc ivnnM be lost by the change in operation. enforcement of the state's environmental control laws. Zane said Tuesday that he believed there was a relationship between the fact that the New Jersey has the highest unemployment rate in the country and the fact that it is considered to have the nation's toughest environmental protection laws.

He said he bad arranged for a meeting in Trenton next Monday between a group of South Jersey industrial leaders and the New Jersey commissioners of Artistic Homage While the pretzel and the hoagie suffer such benign neglect, though, rest assured that another great Philadelphia staple will -receive due artistic homage. In addition to the four-story clothespin, we now have plans for a four-story statue of a Mummer. There are people who argue that the city should be trying to play down its association with Mummery, rather than playing it up for the world to chortle at. There are those who argue that the line between Mummery and flummery is so thin as to be indiscernible. There are those who'd rather see a four-story tribute to a Vet Stadium boo-bird than a four-story statue of a garbed and strutting grown man trying his best to convince eyewitnesses and bystanders otherwise.

But such cynics hold no sway with the Bicentennial planners, who have cooked up a Bicentennial tribut to the Mummers that'll cost you $1,600,000, even if it doesn't make you say Weo! The big feature of this project, they say, will be an exhibit "conveying the feeling of participation in the famous New Year's Day (Mummers) Parade." The chief local mogul of the Bicen calls this turkey project "one of the most exciting of all the Bicentennial prospects." Which probably just confirms a lot of people's suspicions about the Bicentennial prospects. Robert Home relaxes at home after his first day as Folcroft's new police chief GOP Rules Folcroft Tower Play' Ousts Democrats Matthew Feldman Bergen) said that he would "very much support" the move to reconsider the income tax. Dodd said that he would be willing to "reopen the discussion" and that he would make a quick telephone poll of the 29 Senate Democrats to find out whether they wanted to debate income tax again. "Personally, I don't see where the groundswell of support is coming from, but I'm interested in it if it's there. We do have a different fiscal picture now with a very real, difference," Dodd said.

Last July, when the Senate shelved the income-tax bill without voting on it after the bill narrowly passed the Assembly, there was little dis cussion of the state's budget for next year. However, the administration now is projecting a budget deficit of up to $500 million. Since last summer a bipartisan committee from both houses has been struggling with a State Supreme Court order, to restructure the financing of public education-one of the original goals of the Byrne income tax. The court set a deadline at Dec. 31.

The committee has focused on a proposed statewide property tax of 50 cents a $100 of assessed valuation to supply about $400 million more in state aid to public education. But that would not solve the budget deficit. Merlino, in his letter to Dodd, said the property tax plan would "destroy the chances for tax reform in New Jersey for the rest of political lives. We will never have a political opportunity for reform like this again namely, a constitutional directive, from the court." Merlino also told Dodd that the Legislature was heading for an election next year "without having done a tiling for our' Democratic voters They don't care about public election financing and they won't remember post- "What they want and need (See TAX on 2-C) UNITED A FUND 4 GOAli I I $21 million RAISED: II $18.91 7.965 If NEEDED) $2 082.035 DAYS LEFT: 1 Hav you made your gift? If you hava not been contacted, call LO 8 08O0 or mail your gift to United Fund. 7 Beniamin Franklin Parkway.

Philadelphia 19103. State Issues Proposal on Sex Bias Associated Prew TRENTON The state Education Department' has proposed regulations to prevent discrimination against girls in public schools, it said Tuesday. The rules are designed to give equal opportunity to girls to participate in all athletic programs, and would be aimed at eliminating sex stereotypes from texbooks and career advice given by guidance counselors. State Education Commisr sioner Fred G. Burke distributed the proposals to county school superintendents and citizens' groups, who were asked to comment on them before Dec.

15. The state Board of Education is studying adoption of the rules under a new state law that prohibits sex discrimination. A key provision of the proposed code would guarantee adequate funds and facilities for girls who want to participate in sports. The rules would permit a school to choose to operate separate teams for or allow girls to try out for boys' teams in all sports. The New Jersey Interscho-lastic Athletic Association does not sanction participation by girls in "contact sports" such as football and basketball, although they are permitted to play in a variety of other sports.

The proposed regulations state that "athletic programs and activities must funds, salaries, equipment, equal facilities, equal, scheduling of practice and game times, length of season and, ill so Idi as pussiulc, quaiiiy of instruction and coaching which have been equitably arranged in terms of adequacy, appropriateness and accessibility without regard to sex." The rules also would require that pregnant students be permitted to attend class, unless they do not want to; that all extracurricular school activities be open to both sexes; and that pupils may not be segregated by sex in seating arrangements, classroom lineups or other activities. The regulations also would require schools to take "corrective action to overcome effects of previous patterns of discrimination," and "raise the awareness of school personnel to deal comfortably and in uristereo-typed fashion with students -of both sexes." Broad St. Subway Stopped 25 Minutes halted at Tasker-Morris, and the passengers left the trains to board the Rte. bus. The spokesman said the cable was one that transmits shoe that connects with the third rail.

don't know what's happening today." The man responsible for the game of musical officeholders was John Mitro, a Democratic borough councilman who resigned Monday at the regular council meeting, citing personal reasons. With him went the Democrats 4-3 edge in the council. A Republican, James Cur-ren, was then nominated to take Mitro's seat. All Democratic council members voted against the nomination and all Republicans voted for it. Republican Mayor Russell Wiley, who votes only in case of ties, voted for Curren, giving the Republicans a 4-3 vic- (See FOLCROFT on 2-C) shouldn't be concerned about the environment" Zane said.

"But I think we have to be realistic and practical. We might have to reset some of our priorities." Zane said that the state should ease up on its pollution control standards, particularly in the area of air pollution. Those standards, he said, should be brought in line with those of other states. "What have we accomplished," he, said, "if we clean up all pollution by driving industry out of the state." By STEVE TWOMEY Inquirer Staff Writer Peter Camiel and Frank Rizzo may not live there, but even in the suburbs the name of the game is power. And sometimes it is used with a suddenness that might surprise even the toughest South Philadelphia ward leader.

Just ask any of the 10,000 residents of FolcrOft in Delaware County. As of Monday, Democrats controlled four of the seven seats on borough council. Democrat Joseph Egan was council president. Democrat Edward S. Lawhorne was borough solicitor.

Democrat Florence Ricci was bormtch secretary. Democratic-appointee Anthony Diorisio was labor and industry and environmental protection to discuss what effect evironmen-tal laws were having on the economy. Zane said the industrial leaders, whom he would not identify, represented some of the largest industries in South Jersey. The meeting is scheduled for 9:30 A. M.

at the Department of Labor and Industry "A number of representatives from various industries in South Jersey have come to me and said their companies plan no further expansion Eased Ecology Laws Asked to Aid Jobs Northbound Broad Street Subway service was disrupted for 25 minutes Tuesday morning when a train broke down between the Snyder Avenue and Tasker-Mor- lu siaiiuus. A spokesman for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. (SEPTA) said a cable came loose on the train at 8:40 A. M. resulting in thick smoke and loud popping noises.

There were 200 passengers on the train at the time. No one was injured and the smoke did not reach the interiors of the train's six cars. The train was able to reach the Tasker-Morris Station on partial power. Four trains following the first train were Turk Caretaker? United Preu International ANKARA-President Fahri Koruturk plans to name Sen. Zeyyad Baykara, 56, to form an interim government until lections are held next year, political sources By GEORGE ANASTASIA Inquirer Trenton Bureau WOODBURY, N.J.

A state senator has called for the easing of New Jersey's stringent environmental protection laws in an attempt to boost the state's sagging employment rate and encourage economic and industrial development. Sen. Raymond J. Zane Gloucester) said that lowering New Jersey's unemployment rate not at 8.5 percent, while the national rate is 6.0 percent had to be given greater priority than.