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Davidon Denies Kidnap Plot story on page Shfffotr if if SUNNY, COLD Mostly sunny, cold Wednesday, high near 20. Partly cloudy, not as cold Thursday. High Tuesday 19 Low Tuasday 10 Tuesday Pollution Index: 2 Average Winter Index: 4-6 Full wea'-her report, page 54 FINAL CITY EDITION ft THE OLDEST DAILY NEWSPAPER IN THE UNITED STATES WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, 1971 y.Voi. 284, No. 20 FOUNDED Shapp Takes As Governor- End to State 1 Shapp' First Task: 'Back to Solvency' The following are highlights of Gov.

Milton J. Shapp's inaugural address: Fiscal Problems "Our first task is tough, realistic and immediate. We must take a government on the brink of bankruptcy and return it to solvency, not because of the because those dollars are our people." Patronage "Our second as the first: to Milton Shapp Takes Oath as Governor of Pennsylvania racy of state government into a responsible instrument, for human service." Economy "We mustand will improve the delivery of human services. We cannot accept the traditional existence of any state agency, department or procedure. We shall, in short, put the operation of this government on a streamlined businesslike basis." Credibility "We can and will restore the peopleY faith in their government and close the widening gap that now separates those who are governed from those who govern." Mrs.

Shapp and outgoing Gov. Shafer (behind plastic windshield) watch as Pennsylvania Chief Justice Bell photo by RUSSELL F. SALMON administers oath Navy Yard Safe Till 72, That Drive to Work Won't Get Easier Programs "The demand outstripped the but it will never outstrip our and our commitment." For 20 Years, Highway Aide SrDfficjal Says Text of Gov. Shapp's inaugural address, colorful cele bration in Harrisburg, a lack of space in Senate chambers limits spectators or inauguration of Lt. Gov.

Ernest P. Kline and other sidelights, 'Initial Task' To Wipe Out 1.5 Billion Loss By GENE HARRIS Inquirer Political Writer HARRISBURG. Milton Jerrold Shapp took the oath as Pennsylvania's 40th governor Tuesday and pledged to "rescue Pennsylvania from its current financial crisis." Taking over as the first Democratic governor in eight years, Shapp said his initial task will be to erase the $1.5 billion deficit facing the state. "We must take a government on the brink of bank ruptcy and return it to solvency, not because of the need for dollars alone but because those dollars are needed to meet the needs of our people," he said. PEOPLE'S ADVOCATE The 58-year-old Merion industrialist promised to be a "people's advocate" while providing "innovation" during his term in office.

He said he would "turn the encrusted bureaucracy of state government into a responsible instrument for human services. "Trite as it may sound, we shall succeed only if we are guided by the public interest and if we never forget that we who lead the Commonwealth are here only because the people have put us here," Shapp said. Shapp spoke for 12 minutes before 10,000 chilled followers in front of the Capitol after taking his oath. He kept inaugural remarks brief and to the point, apparently in deference to the comfort of the crowd shivering in 14-degree sunshine on Third st. OATH ON TALMUD The first Jewish governor in Pennsylvania's history, Shapp held his hand on the Talmud as the oath of office was administered by Chief Justice John a Bell of the State Supreme Court.

A bullet-proof glass wall around -the inauguration platform protected the new governor from 16-mile-an-hour-wlnds. Claiming our institutions "face severe tests because they have become too remote from the people," Shapp said government failed to keep pace with changes in society. "The demands for human services far outrun not only today's financial resources, but also overtax our existing governmental machinery," he said. "Stated simply, the prob-Continued on Page 12, Col. 2 below ground-level.

Even with increased use of rail travel for medium-length trips, such as between Philadelphia and Washington, and more air travel for longer trips, the automobile will continue to be "the dominate transportation mode," Turner-said. The car is the only means of getting around that allows people to come and go whenever they feel like it. And the individual, he said, "is in love with that mobility." The most significant change TEN CENTS-' Vows. Crisis need for dollars alone, but needed to meet the needs of responsibility is as important turn the encrusted bureauc lor services may indeed have capacity of our institutions, determination, our ingenuity all on Page 12. WILCOX REESE Although the public explanation for putting off confirmation until next week was that the 26-member Democratic majority wanted to get to meet each appointee, the rebuff was regarded in some quarters as a power play between organization stalwarts and Shapp.

Several senators privately objected to Shapp and his cabinet nominees scheduling the swearing-in ceremonies at 4:30 P.M. as part of the inauguration festivities as though confirmation was a foregone conclusion. Democratic City Chairman Peter J. Camiel reportedly urged the Philadelphia Democrats to approve the nominations. City Councilman David Cohen, who attended the scheduled "swearing-in ceremonies," claimed Mayor James H.

J. Tate tossed the monkey wrench into the works. "This is the most brazen interference by a political machine I've ever seen," Cohen" said. "I think this is an attempt by the mayor to clamp a tight control on the state government, and I don't think it's going to work." Confirmation of cabinet members requires 34 votes in Continued on Page 12, Col. 5 3htfttttEt OatI ftit Senate Democrats Refuse to Confirm Shapp's Cabinet Inquirer Says in highway planning, Turner concluded, will be mm greater emphasis on the envi ronment, community preservation and citizen participation.

Dr. Paul Ylvisaker, professor of public affairs at Princeton University and executive secretary to former Philadelphia Mayor Joseph Clark in 1954 and 1955, strongly challenged Turner, asserting: "When you assume you will be roughly the same in 1990 as you are today, your- destruction has already begun." NORMA CONSTANTINEU 4 her 'honor upheld High Court Annuls Liquor Blacklists magazines and newspapers. Turner said evidence now available indicates that the American lifestyle will continue much as it is; the number of people living and working in the core cities will decrease, while the population and work force of the suburbs will grow. As a result, Turner said, the central business districts will receive almost no new transportation arteries. Even now, Turner said, only about 15 percent of all auto trips lead to downtown areas.

The other 85 percent, he said, "are spread throughout th? length and breadth of urban areas." Turner said all foreseeable solutions to rush-hour traffic jams and downtown congestion are relatively undramaiic and inexpensive. First, he said, there will be much greater reliance on exclusive bus lanes on highways leading from the suburbs into cities. Turner also forecast more use of staggered work hours and even staggered work days, so that everyone isn't going to work at the same time. And he said he expected to see a number of cities restrict truck deliveries in downstown areas to night hours. Most transportation construction in the cities will be to 'and widen existing highways, Turner said, adding that increased attention will be paid.

facilities for ljoth above and By STEPEEN SEPLOW Inquirer Transit Writer WASHINGTON. Commuters who live in the suburbs and work in the cities can ex-pect no impoilant advances in technology to make their trip into town more pleasant, Francis C. Turner, head of the Federal Highway Administration, said here Tuesday. In a speech to the Highway Research Bosrd, Turner predicted that Americans in ths next 20 years will continue to do most of their traveling in cars and or highways that look much trie same as today's models. He predicted that the time is still a long way off for ths sleek futuristic spaceship-like modes of transportation of: en pictured in ..1 FRANCIS 'C.

TlflNER predicts more of same 66 at Illl I I III Special to The Inquirer WASHINGTON Pennsylvania's two Republican senators said Tuesday they have been assured by the Defense Department that the Philadelphia Navy Yard will remain open at least until mid-1972. An aide for Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott said the assurance came from "a high Defense Department official." The aide refused to name the official, who, he said, also passed on the inside information to Sen. Richard S. Schwei-ker and GOP Rep. Lawrence Williams, of Delaware County.

The announce ment by Scott's aide apparently counters a prediction by Mayor James H. J. Tate, who said Friday the government plans to becalm shipyard facilities in Philadelphia and Boston by March 1. Tate said at that time he was trying to prevent the closing. The Defense Department has not made any announcement of closing the Philadelphia yard, which employs 9200 workers and boasts an annual payroll of $70 million.

The three legislators have led to a months-long battle to keep the yard open, despite expected Defense Department budget cut-backs this year that threatened to close the Philadelphia yard. Scott's office quoted he "high official" as stating there are "sufficient iunds" in the 1971-72 budget to keep the Philadelphia facility in at least until the end of the fiscal year on June 30, 1972. wouldn't need a commercial occupancy tax." Tate's solution to the problem one he has been trying without success to implement for most of his years in office is to eliminate the seven-member board and consolidate its functions under the City Finance Department. He would hire a chief assessor "a professional" to run the operation. "This is the real answer," the mayor continued.

"I wanted to include this in my suggested legislative programs for 1971. We ought to rip out the board, but some of my aides told me I'd just be I inn their city Board not THE PUBLIC SPEAKS By GENE HARRIS Inquirer Political Writer HARRISBURG In an unprecedented action, Senate Democrats on Tuesday refused to confirm all 13 cabinet nominations submitted on inauguration day by Gov. Milton J. Shapp, the first Democrat to take over as chief executive in eight years. The unexpected action wus generated in the seven-member Philadelphia Democratic delegation, reportedly over the appointments of William Wilcox as secretary of community affairs and Nor-val Reece as Shapp's special assistant for interstate relations.

Both are Philadelphi-ans. Wilcox, a Republican and executive director of the Greater Philadelphia Movement, and Reece, an independent Democrat, were named by Shapp without consulting Philadelphia leaders. knowledgeable tax experts in the city, said Philadelphia should imitate the professionalism of assessment methods in Chester and Bucks counties and in Florida. "The remedial action lies in greater professional training for assessors," he said. The measurement of an as- Continued on Page 10, Col.

1 In Today's oTFk tax mkss How to Reform Tax Revision Board? WASHINGTON (UPI). The Supreme Court, by a 6 to 3 vote, struck down as unconstitutional Tuesday a Wisconsin law that allows authorities to publicly post the names of excessive drinkers. Fifteen other states have similar laws. Justice William O. Douglas declared in the majority opinion that the Wisconsin statute Other Supreme Court Decisions on Page 7 was unconstitutional because it provided no advance notification or hearing for an individual before his name was posted.

"Where a person's good name, reputation, honor or in tegrity are at stake because of what the government is doing to him, notice and an opportunity to be heard are essential," Douglas held. SAES BARRED FOR YEAR Chief Justice Warren E. Burger and Justices Hugo Black and. Harry-A. Blackmun dissented, on grounds the issue should have been dealt with by the state rather than the Federal courts.

The case was initiated by Norma Grace Constantineu after her name was posted in Hartford, retail liquor stores by Police Chief James W. Grager on Jan. 23, 1969. The notice barred any liquor sales to Miss Constantineu for a full year. Douglas said that to be identified as an excessive drinker, "Though a mark of serious illness to some, is to others such a stigma or badge of disgrace that procedural due process requires notice and an opportunity to be heard." Burger said in his dissent that the court's ruling was "very likely" correct but he commented: "It seems to me a very edd business to strike down a state statute, on the books for 40 years more or less, without any opportunity for the state courts to dispose of the problem either under the Wisconsin Constitution or the U.

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Results of Tuesday's Talk Page Question, "Should Marijuana Be Are on Page 21 estate problem and its pis-urwti s-n sbile resolution. (Bo RfAVlf Lennox Moak, director of Of Taxes) JUSl doit do the Pennsylvania Economy job. If they did, the League and one of the most wouldn't have a $10 million deficit and the of Education would need a commercial oc-cupancy tax." Last' of a Series By DONALD McDONOUGH and JEREMY HEYMSFELD Of The Inquirer Staff It is normally difficult for a reporter to talk at length with Mayor James H. J. Tate.

But when the subject is the operation of the Board of Revision of Taxes, the mayor's door is always open. An Inquirer investigation into the operations of the board revealed that Philadelphia homeowners are not being taxed equally. As a result, more than $30 million in Picture on Page 10 badly needed revenue is lost each year. In addition, soaring exemptions erase another $76 million in potential income. Not surprisingly, Democrat Tate, himself a former tax assessor, lays the blame at ths doorstep of the Republican-dominated board.

"They just don't do their job," the mayor declared. "If they, did, the city wouldn't have a $10 million deficit and the Board- of Education tt rri Mayor James H. J. late spinning my dropped it. wheels so I "They said Herb Fineman State House (Democratic Speaker) wouldn't go for it af ter working so hard to get his brother (Irvin) a job on the board." Knowing that the board is not likely to be scrapped in the foreseeable future, the mayor said a partial solution would be to give more instruction to the city's 44 assessors and introduce more scientific procedures, including the use of computers.

Other experts interviewed had other thoughts on the real Our schiol band has one dream: To march down Fifth Avenue in the St. Patrick's Day Parade. Who do you have to know to in on it T. Moorestown, N. J.

Doesn't take special leprechaun. Action Line got your school Moorestown High special invitation to march with the. best of 'em in New York's St. Patty's Day Parade on March 17. Band along with color guard, majorettes and drill team will join 300 other groups in four-mile march.

Those New Yorkers whose hearts are still in the Emerald Isle have been honoring Irish patron saint for 208 years. You can expect more than a million folks to cheer you on along parade route through downtown Manhattan. Full Action Line Column on Page 3 Bridge by Solomon 29 Harry Harris 20 Business Financial 55 to 59 Ann Landers 23 Classified Ads 36 to 47 Marianne Means 15 Columnists' Page 15 Obituary News 54 Comics and Features 28, 29 Puzzle Corner 37 Death Notices 54 Sports 49 to 53 Dixon Horoscope 28 Suzy 23 Shirley Eder 27 Talk Page 21 Editorials 14 Television and Radio 20 Entertainment 24 to 27 Thosteson on Health 28 Food Guide 31 to 33 Weather 54 Foreign Datelines 6 Women's News 22, 23.