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4 Friday. Jtrfv 15 1983 Philadelphia Daily Nww Hoiuibo OUb Tax' tfaarease U.S. gtveth city, state taketh away: Pag 14 City takM new tack on tax reform: Page 14 ity Leader James Manderino, D-Westmoreland, who voted for both measures. Manderino had been the principal proponent of the economic program Democrats called -PennPRlDE." It originally would have used $1.2 billion of state, federal and pension money and was later scaled down to S380 million. In an agreement worked out this week among House leaders.

Manderino offered 14 Democratic votes for increased taxes if Republicans provided 88. Republican leaders worked throughout the day and night yesterday to persuade 88 members to vote for taxes, but fell short. Then the food money was added to the spending bill. Democrats, who have a 103-100 edge in the House, demanded Republicans provide most of the tax votes because they blame the GOP administration for the state's $235-million deficit for 1982-83. which ended June 30.

The S620-million spending bill would raise slate spending about $100 million above that recommended by Thornburgh in February. The $495-million tax measure is smaller than the proposed spending bill for two reasons. Lawmakers believe Thornburgh's cuts were deeper than necessary and House leaders have United Press International HARRCBURG The House of Representatives approved a $495-millkn tax increase early today to help pay for a S620-million spending bill that would restore about half the money cut from the 19831 budget this week by Gov. Thornburgh. The measure calling for a personal income tax increase to 2.45 percent from 2.2 percent retroactive to Jan.

was approved by a 103-93 vote, with 20 Democrats joining 83 Republicans in support of it. The increase, which would roll back to Z35 percent on June 30. would cost a taxpayer $25 for each S1O.0OO of income in 1983. The $620 million spending bill, which would restore about $475 million of subsidies to local school districts, was approved 130-66. It calls for a new formula for distributing $1.8 billion in state aid to schools so more help goes to needier districts; increased bousing and redevelopment money; more funding for community colleges; and assistance for small communities" water and sewer facilities.

Passed by the House shortly before 2 a both measures go to the Senate for consider- How They Voted Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives voting on legislation to raise $495 million in new taxes: For Arty. Burns. Bunt. Civera. Clymer.

Cornell. Deal. Evans. Ftick. Freind.

Gallagher. Gannon. Gladeck. Gooshafl. Greenwood.

Hagarty. Hershey. Lashinger. Levin. McClatchy, Micozzie.

Nahill. O'Donnell. Olrver. Pievsky. Pitts.

Rappaport. Reber, Reinard. Rieger. Ryan. Satvatore, Sauerman.

Semmel. E. Taylor. Vroon. Williams.

Wilson. J. Wright. Against: Barber. Battisto.

Broojos. Cam, Cohen. Cor-dsco. Donatucci. Durham.

Fattah. Hoeffel. Kosinski. tinton. McMonagle.

Morris. O'Brien. Perzel. Richardson. Rudy.

Spitz, F. Taylor. Truman. Weston, Wiggins. Wo-gan.

R. Wright. Not Voting: Betofl. Harper. Maiale.

Mctntyre. agreed to transfer $100 million of lottery funds for nursing care for the elderly. The transfer would free general tax revenue for other purposes. Thornburgh cut Sl.l billion from the 1983-84 state budget to balance the remaining S6.9 billion in spending with projected tax revenue. ation and.

if approved there, to Thornburgh. The Senate may return to session today. In addition to the income tax increase, the revenue bill also would extend the 6 percent sales tax to cigarettes, speed up the collection of sales taxes from businesses, withhold taxes from lottery winnings and require prepayment of public utility real estate taxes. There was a last-minute change in the spending bill, the addition of about S8 million for grants to emergency food banks. The addition apparently boosted the number of Democratic votes for the tax bill from the 14 Democratic leaders had offered to the 20 that were cast.

The 20 Democrats voted for the tax bill even though the spending measure contained little of the economic recovery and development programs that Democratic leaders said would have to be approved before they provided a substantial number of tax votes. "There is no dishonor in defeat. There is only dishonor in not trying." said House Major The Steamy Side of Life Ch. 48 to Full Plug At End of August V7 i If today's heat isn't a record-breaker, it's close enough to be miserable. After all.

it got to 92 degrees by 1 pm. and that's hot enough to be a record-breaker, even in July. Furthermore, the seers believed that the record for this date, 9S. would be surpassed before sunset While awaiting later returns. Philadclphians had only one outlet for sympathy.

They could feel sorry for the people in central Idaho, where a heavy snow fell in mountain regions. Otherwise, most of the country was in the same blistering fix. The fires that had plagued the South Jersey pinelands for the past two days had died out. but the woods, rainless for 15 days, still were tinder-dry and fire wardens were on the alert. To make the local weather more uncomfortable, we had heat's old companion, humidity, climbing after mid-day close to the 50 percent mark.

Accn-Weather meteorologist Don Leuhrs. who had predicted a possible high of 100 today, called the humidity reading "extremely high. Furthermore, we're stuck. Leuhrs said that until a mild cold front tomorrow, we're even in for a hot night, with temperatures up in the 70s. A mass of furnace-hot air over the northern Great Plains, which was responsible for a lOe-degree reading yesterday in Williston, N.D..

is moving this way. Temperatures for the entire weekend will be in the 90s, Luehrs said, but they should drop into the lower 70s and perhaps upper 60s at night tomorrow and Sunday. "The humidity will be lower I tomorrow because of the cool front and it might shave a few degrees off the temperature." Luehrs said. A 10 percent chance for a thunderstorm provides the only hope for cooler air tonight. Temperatures at the shore will range between 85 and 90.

co to linited Television WFLD-TV in Chicago to Metromedia and W1.AI-TV in Boston to the Gannett Company. The 83 employees of Channel 48 were told of the station's shutdown at a meeting this morning that was attended by two top Field Communications executives Iresident Don Curran and Executive Vice President Herb Vicor. Field had reportedly tried unsuccessfully to sell WKBS-TV tor between S2S million and million. "They i Kiel I just want out," said one source. "This year, Marshall Field and Ted Field had a disagreement.

As a result, they made a decision to liquidate all of Field Enterprises." The Fields arc half-brothers who arc known to luive widely differing views on how the business should be run. Field Enterprises, the parent company of Field Communications, also owns the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper, cable television interests in California, real estate holdings around the country and other ventures. Channel 48. once called WKBP-TV. changed its call lellcrs in 1965 when it was taken over by Kaiser Broadcasting Service.

It moved into what was described as "an ultra-modern building" on a four-acre tract leased from Humble Oil a 13.800-square foot building from which college and high school football, movies and a variety of other color and black-and-white programming was broadcast. But hard times were not far away. Five years later, in November 1970, Kaiser Broadcasting laid off the station's news staff at the height of a recession. Then, in June 1973, Field Communications began to get into the pic-lure, obtaining 22.5 percent of the Kaiser Broadcasting stock. In August 1977, Field bought five Kaiser stations outright, including WKBS-TV for S42.6 million.

By SCOTT HEIMER and STUART D. BYKOFSKY Dairy News Staff Writers WKBS-TV (Channel 48). one of five L'HF stations serving the Philadelphia area. wHl be shut down at the end of next month, its owner. Field Communications Co.

of Chicago, announced today. "Although consideration had been given to a sale of the station. Field indicated that it had concluded that greater value could be realized for its shareholders through the procedure announced today (closing the station I the Field announcement said. WPHL-TV (Channel 17) has agreed to buy programming rights (that is. certain programs) from Channel 48 and some of the station's production equipment, the statement said.

It added that Channel 48 employee benefits had been "extended" and a program had been started to help the Channel 48 staff find new jobs. Field yesterday denied that the station was in financial difficulty and declined to comment on an earlier story broadcast by KYW-TV (Channel 3) that Channel 48 would close by the end of August. The announcement said that Field would sell Channel 48 programming rights "and certain other assets" to recover the company's broadcasting investment in the Philadelphia area. II will shut down operation of WKBS-TV'. headquartered in Burlington.

with studios at 3201 S. 26th Philadelphia, by Sept. 1. The station's license will be returned to the Federal Communications Commission in Washington. D.C..

and could possibly be reissued to another company some time after that. The Channel 48 liquidation is "consistent" with plans announced earlier by Field to sell its five television stations, according to the company's statement. Four have been sold: WKBD-TV in Detroit to Cox Communications; WBHK-TY in San Francis i I i re t'- A -s Tammy Bond and Rostyn Hutson take sun at JFK Plaza.