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Tyrone Daily Herald Number 244 of Our 107th Year Economists Find: WASHINGTON (UPI) Gains by poor people under the latest Nixon administration budget may not be as big as first thought, according to three Brookings Institution economists. Increasingly burdensome taxes are wiping out recent advances in federal spending for social security, Medicare, food stamps, and other programs aimed at helping aged and low- income Americans, the economists said. The analysis was part of an annual review of government fiscal policy published Friday by Breakings, a respected private research organization Higher Percenage The study notes that in fiscal year 1975, which begins July 1, the administration has earmarked $98.2 billion for "cash income maintenance." This is a full 32 per cent of the $304 billion that the government plans to spend during the next 12 months and is a much higher percentage for such programs than in recent years. Government money for "es- sentials" such as medical care, food, housing and education programs has swollen to $33 billion, or 11 per cent of the total '75 budget, also a bigger slice of the pie than in earlier spending programs. But these gains are, in part, offset by a tax system that the Brookings study says is increasingly regressive that low-income people are carrying a heavier share of the tax burden relative to their incomes.

For example, after examining all sources of government revenue, the Brookings group concluded that "social insurance (security) taxes that weigh relatively heavily on low- income people are growing the most." Revenue Producer At the same time, tax breaks for farmers, oil producers and other business sectors have reduced the effective yield of corporate income taxes as a revenue producer. "If you just looked at expenditures, you would think that (Cont'd on Page 2) Succeeds Suffer: To Head Planning HOLLIDAYSBURG The Blair County Planning Commission Thursday night named Richard T. Haines as county planning director effective June 1 at an annual salary of $16,000. Haines, a Hollidaysburg resident, has been serving as interim director since the resignation of Richard C. Sutler on Jan.

15. A native of Barnesborg, P.U.C. The Norfolk Western Railroad crossing near Erie, where two 16-year-old girls were lolled April 10, one of them a daughter of a former Tyrone couple, has been closed on orders of the state Public Utility Commission (PUC). Girard near Erie, barricaded the Williams Road crossing with gravel this week, following the PUC order. The PUC said the crossing will be closed until a hearing can be held.

Cynthia Kochera, of Williams Road, Girard, Erie RD 1, a daughter of and Audrey Cowher Kochera, formerly of Tyrona, and a schoolmate and girlfriend, Karen Teribery, of Elk Park Road, Park City, suburban Erie, were traveling across the crossing in an auto operated by Miss Kochera, when the vehicle was struck broadside by a freight train, throwing the auto 100-feet and killing the girls almost instantly. The deaths were ruled accidental. Haines is a 1966 graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and is working toward a master's degree in regional planning at Pennsylvania State University. He joined. the county commission staff in June 1970 as a junior planner and was advanced to a Planner II position in January 1973 and became a Planner III last January before assuming the interim directorship.

Prior to joining the staff of the Blair County Planning Commission, the new director was employed for three years by the National Archives and Records Service of the General Services Administration. He was also employed by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Prision, for six months. During the meeting, commission members found con- (Cont'd on Page 2) TAHSReport Cards Coming By Mail The final distribution of Report Cards for students in Tyrone Area Junior-Senior High School will be made by mail only and they should be received no late than June 15, according to Neil Smith, high school principal. Today was the last school day of the 1973-74 term in the school district.

Principal Smith emphasized that the cards for individual students will not be available at the school office, but will be distributed only by mail. This does not apply to report cards for children in the elementary grades. Aitmtna FSU Campus: Men To Receive Degrees Friday, May 31,1974 15c Per Copy Taxes Wiping Out US Help For Poor Nearly a young men from Tyrone and Bellwood areas will be among the 174 who will graduate Sunday from the Altoona Campus of Pennsylvania State University. All have completed requirements for associate (two-year) degrees in one or more of five academic disciplines. To receive associate degrees from area are: Ronald Fran Caber, 1218 N.

Cambria Bellwood, in letters, arts and sciences; Paul Stevens Lynn, 220 S. Tuckahoe Bellwood, in letters, arts and sciences; David Allen Padula, 1023 Main in let- ters, arts and sciences; Steven Edwards Moore, 527 Orchard Bellwood, in mechanical engineering technology. Robert Lawrence Wisnieski, Box 170, Tyrone RD 4, in mechanical engineering technology; Robert Carl Dressel, Box 71-H, Tyrone RD 2, in letters, arts and sciences. Michael Patrick Hoyne, 507 Madison Tyrone, in letters, arts and sciences; James Kenneth Kennedy, 905 Floral Tyrone, in letters, arts and sciences; Ralph Henry Hagg, 610 W. Fifth Tyrone, in electrical engineering technology; Michael Lee Harpster, 409 Fifth (Cont'd on Page 2) PSU To Confer In Geneva Today: Degrees, Some From This Area A number of Tyrone, Bellwood and vicinity young men and women will be among nearly 4,200 graduates to receive degrees tomorrow morning at Pennsylvania State University's main campus, University Each of the 20 other campuses have or will hold commencement exercises bringing to more than 6,000 the number of degrees awarded by the university.

Among the 4,175 degrees to be awarded at University Park are 3,700 baccalaureate degrees, 40 associate degrees, 353 master degrees, and 82 doctorates, 69 of them the doctor of philosophy degree and 13 the doctor of education degree. There are 720 honor graduates among the seniors. Speaker for the exercises in Beaver Stadium will be William W. Scranton, former governor of Pennsylvania. Dr.

John W. Oswald, president of the university, will preside. He will be joined by Michael Baker of Beaver, president of the board of trustees, in conferring the degrees. There will be no honorary degrees. Prior to the commencement exercises 65 seniors who have completed one of the R.O.T.C.

programs will receive either regular or reserve commissions in the Army, Air Force, Navy, or Marine Corps. To receive degrees from this area are: TYRONE Cheryl K. Ranks. 722 W. 15th BS in business administration, with distinction; Sharon E.

By water, 1467 Pennsylvania BS in elementary and kindergarten education, with high distinction; Paul A. Gardner, 624 W. 16th BS in biology, with distinction; Deborah A. Hagg, Tyrone RD 3, BS in education of exceptional education; Joseph W. Hagg, 610 W.

Fifth BS in medical technology; Warren T. Keith, 1805 Columbia master's degree in educational administration; Mary K. (Cont'd on Page 2) Fight, Stabbing Probed In Boro Borough Police filed disorderly conduct charges against two Tyrone women following an altercation Thursday afternoon, and are seeking the identity of a juvenile believed to be from the Smoke Run area of Clearfield County following an altercation that occurred last night in the vicinity of the Alcoa Construction Systems, plant along Adams ave. at 26th st. Charged with disorderly conduct were JoAnn Shawley, 402 Washington ave.

and Phyllis Mertiff, 1460 Logan ave. The women were allegedly fighting in the vicinity of 1515 Logan ave. at 3:15 p.m. Thursday, when police were summoned to the scene. Police are attempting to learn the identity of a youth, believed to be from the Clearfield County area of Smoke Run, who allegedly stabbed Charles Miller, 23, of Tyrone RD 3, several times during a fight at 11:01 p.m.

Thursday. According to police, Miller was able to break free and ran to the Alcoa plant where he telephoned his mother, Betty Miller, Cook's Hollow, Tyrone RD3, who notified police. Miller was taken to Tyrone Hospital where he was treated for multiple superfical stab wounds of the chest, back and left arm and released. An investigation into the incident is continuing. Countalns Win Major Prizes Two Blair County men have won major awards the past two weeks, the Harrisburg office of the Pennsylvania State Lottery said today.

Thomas F. Wilt, 45, of 407 59th Eldorado, Altoona, won $50,000 in the Baker's Dozen drawing held May 23. He matched the number 651855. Henry J. Schmucker, 35, of PO Box 137, Claysburg, won a Pontiac compact Ventura in the initial drawing for cars, held May 29.

His ticket matched 093565. Israel, Syria Sig Pact, Peace GENEVA (UPI) Israel and Syria signed a formal agreement today to separate their warring armies on the Golan Heights, bringing the troubled Middle East a step closer to a lasting peace. With the United Nations acting as neutral-chairman and the representatives of United States, Soviet Union and Egypt looking on, army generals from the two nations signed the pact in Geneva's ornate Palais des Nations. On the battlefield 1,800 miles away, Israel and Syria reported heavy artillery and tank clashes only hours before the signing of the historic pact worked out by Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger.

The agreement called for an immediate cease-fire on the Golan Heights, exchange of prisoners from the 1973 Middle East War and troop pullbacks within four weeks. The pact paved the way for resumption of full-scale Middle East peace talks. In the muraled Council Chamber of the palace, Maj. Gen. Herzl Shafir of Israel and Gen.

Adnanwajih Tayara of Syria sat across from each other at separate tables that were covered in green baize. At another table between them sat the official witness, Gen. EnsioSiilasvuo of Finland, commander of the U.N. Emergency Force in the Middle East. Ambassadors Ellsworth Bunker of the United States and Vladimir Vinogradov of the Soviet Union, co-chairmen of the Middle East peace conference, acted as observers along with Brig.

Gen. Tamal el Magdbub of Egypt. UNSCHEDULED STOP Some 50 Tyrone Area School District elementary and high school students escaped injury Thursday at 3:20 p.m. when the dual left rear wheels of this bus fell off while traveling north on Adams approaching the 20th st. intersection.

Matthew Sharer, Tyrone RD3, Bald Eagle, operator of the bus, owned by Richard S. Burley, contractor, is shown talking to several of the students while awaiting the arrival of an auxiliary bus to transport the boys and girls to their homes in the Decker Hollow area. What caused the wheels to come off the bus has not been determined, but according to Sharer, all the wheel lugs were found at the scene just where they dropped off. Vote Next Tuesday: County's Subdivision Plan Nearing Decision Watergate Roundup A final meeting on a proposed subdivision ordinance for Blair County was held Thursday morning by the Blair County Planning Commission and the county commissioners. During the meeting, Com- misssioner Edward J.

Flanagan indicated that the commissioners would possibly pass or reject the ordinance at a meeting of the commissioners next Tuesday. The subdivision ordinance which has been proposed by the Planning Commission went to public hearing more than two yeacs ago, but the commissioners stated they would meet with any local municipality that wished to discuss the ordinance. Today is News From Around Here BELLEFONTE Two inmates at the Rockview State Correctional Institution who escaped from the institution's forestry camp Wednesday night were still being sought early today by state police. The men were identified as Donald Johnson, 30, of West Virginia, and John McCool, 21, of Burnham, Mifflin County. Johnson was serving a term for robbery, prison breach and counterfeiting.

McCool was serving a sentence for burglary and larceny. PHILIPSBURG The Philipsburg State General Hospital board of trustees have accepted a bid of $415,866 rom J. C. Orr Son, of Altoona for updating the hospital structure to meet standards set by the federal Life Safety Code. Work which is scheduled to get underway within the next several weeks is expected to be vompleted by January 1975.

MOUNT UNION The Mount Union Board of Education has agreed to stop all progress on the new elementary building on a site along Route 522 South, when it was indicated by the Mount Union Chamber of Commerce and Area Development, that Owens Corning Fiberglas is interested in locating its reinforced plastic and tank division in the former Genesco plant in Shirley but was hesitant to make the move due to the close proximity of the new elementary school. Greif Bros, closed their Genesco clothing manufacturing plant here several weeks ago. ALTOONA Logan Twp. supervisors said Thursday that a public meeting on federal flood insurance scheduled to be held June 13 at the Logan junior High School at Greenwood, is of vital interest to township residents and urged attendance by all affected citizens. JOHNSTOWN A Hornerstown woman, Elizabeth Bobula, 33, has been charged with arson following an early Thursday morning fire here that caused an estimated $200,000 damage to a three-story apartment building that left 11 persons homeless.

The Bobula woman was lodged in the Cambria County Jail in (Cont'd on Page 2) the deadline for the completion of such meetings. Anticipating that most of the county's municipalities have met with the commissioners, the Planning Commission yesterday requested an opportunity to sum up the feelings of the local municipalities and to present the Commission's viewpoint on why such an ordinance should be enacted. SETSTANDARDS Commission members noted that a subdivision ordinance established standards that go into effect when a land developer divides a larger piece of land into several plots. A written description of the proposed ordinance was presented by the Planning Commission, who stressed that while zoning controls land use, a subdivision ordinance controls the quality of development. The ordinance as presented included requirements concerning lot layouts, street size and construction, utility easments and other facilities that are necessary in a development.

Bruce Mayer of the Blair County Planning Commission (Cont'd on Page 2) State Gasoline Supply Good WASHINGTON (UPI) Pennsylvania should have no gasoline shortage this summer. Gov. Milton J. Shapp said Thursday. "At the present time we have plenty of gasoline," he told a news conference, adding that there was no evidence of a shortage coming during the hot weather vacation months.

"Their tanks are bulging," he said of gasoline dealers. "They have more gas than they know what to do with." WASHINGTON (UPI) The doctrine of executive privilege, on which President Nixon's incumbency may depend, is now embattled in the Supreme Court, two U.S. District courts and the House Judiciary Committee. But Nixon says the principle "remains alive and well." Immediate concerns raised Thursday by Nixon's refusal to provide investigators with any more White House or 1972 campaign records are: The prosecution of seven men for the Watergate cover-up, the prosecution of six for the El- Isberg break-in, a grand jury probe into possible campaign finance violations, and Nixon's impeachment itself. In the case of the seven men accused of participating in the cover-up, Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski has subpoenaed 64 presidential tape recordings which Nixon has refused to (Cont'd on Page 2) They sat at separate tables as well, with the group forming a hexagon with one end missing.

A heavy thunderstorm stopped suddenly as the Israeli and Syrian delegations met at the huge, cream-colored Palais des Nations, one-time home of the League of Nations predecessor of the United Nations. The disengagement agreement represented the first formal accord between Israel and Syria since a 1949 armistice ended the Jewish state's war of independence. Before the pact was signed, the Tel Aviv military command (Cont'd on Page 2) Kissinger Reporting To Nixon WASHINGTON (UPI) Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger returned home today to report to President Nixon on his major diplomatic success in bringing about an agreement on military disengagement between Israel and Syria. The agreement, to be signed later today in Geneva, will make possible a trip by Nixon to the Middle East, possibly the second week in June.

In a statement when he landed at Andrews Air Force Base at Kissinger said: He noted with satisfaction' "that it was the United States that was trusted" by both Israel and Syria to bring about the agreement. After a 14Vfe hour flight, Kissinger got only a few hours sleep before a busy day beginning with a breakfast with Nixon at the White House. Longest Trip His 33-day trip to the Middle East, during which he traveled 24,230 miles, was one of the longest ever made by a secretary of state. After his report to the President, Kissinger had a full day of appointments, first with congressional leaders at the White House, then with United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim, then with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in executive session and finally with West German Defense Minister George Leber. With Waldheim, Kissinger (Cont'd on Page 2) Weather Western Pennsylvania Warm and humid with occasional showers and thunderstorms tonight.

Rain possibly heavy at times this evening. Lows tonight mid 50s to 60s. Saturday decreasing cloudiness and less humid with a chance of lingering showers east portion in the morning, Highs Saturday 60s to mid 70s. 'Greater Credibility': Nation Better Off With Ford-Shapp WASHINGTON (UPI) Pennsylvania Gov. Milton J.

Shapp said Thursday there was "a total lack of leadership" in Washington and the nation would be better off with Gerald R. Ford as the chief executive. "The country would certainly be better off with President Ford," Shapp told newsmen. "I would like to see the change." Shapp said Ford would be better because of his "greater credibility." "I didn't want Nixon in there in the first place," Shapp said. "If we get him out, fine." "It's not just Watergate," he added.

"It's the attitude, it's the arrogance here." In a speech later to the National Democratic Women's Club, Shapp said the nation needed leadership to provide impounded federal funds, set national priorities to cure inflation and stimulate economic growth. "From my own experience in the truckers' strike and the gas emergency, I have discovered that what is sorely missing from our national government is the human element, a genuine com passion and concern for people." the governor said. Regarding political issues. (Cont'd on 2).