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Block legislators walk out on Lamm By CARL MILLIARD Associated Press Wilier DENVER (AP) Richard Lamm, who won election by promising to protect (he environment while maintaining a strong economy, was sworn in today as Colorado's chief executive. Three black members of the state legislature walked out of the ceremony to protest, they said, Lamm's refusal to name a black to his cabinet. In his inaugural address in an outdoor ceremony on 'the steps of the capitol, Lamm reaffirmed his cam- paign promises on the environment and the economy. executive branch of government and the people must "listen and learn from one another. "We will not always be right, but we will always be trying, together," he said.

"What we accomplish will be the result of your full support and participation." The three black legislators, Sen. Regis Groff and Reps. Wellington Webb and Arie Taylor, all Democrats from Denver, walked out of the ceremony and were joined by Denver City Councilman William Roberts, black Democrat. "Gov. Lamm feels the future of the slate can be enhanced by 'maisive public input'," Groff jaid In a statement.

"We as blacks wonder if somehow public input can be gained by leaving out a supportive of the community. "Our action rthe walkout) is based, therefore on our sincere belief Gov. Lamm has been insensitive and deceptive In dealing both with the black legislators and the black community," said Groff's statement, on behalf of the four blacks. In his inaugural address, Lamm said as policy-makers, "we peer anxiously into a murky future amidst Immensely conflicting advice. Conventional wisdom tells us that the solutions of the future are merely extrapolations of solutions of the past." But, Lamm said lawmakers are finding increasingly that the historic solutions do not work.

He cited the problems facing the state-overcrowding, the limitation on food-growing capacity, "blind wealth en one hand and abysmal poverty on the other," and finite mineral and energy resources. Original Script Written by Horace Greeley in 1871 VOL. 67, NO. 71 GREELEY, COLORADO80631 ANDTHE GREELEY REPUBLICAN Weekly Tribune Established 1870 TUESDAY, JANUARY 14,1975 WASHINGTON (AP) President Ford will ask Congress for a permanent $16.5 billion-a-year cut in individual income taxes with reductions heavily favoring lower income groups, his press secretary, Ron Nessen, said today. This would be in addition to the onetime 12 per cent cash rebate Ford outlined Monday night, applying to 1974 income alone.

Nessen; said Ford would consider the' post-1974 income tax cuts permanent because Ford would intend them to remain in effect so long as recommended higher tariffs and excises on crude oil were collected. The President intends those high levies to continue into the indefinite future, Nessen said. The levies are designed to cut U.S. dependence on foreign oil. In addition to the individual cuts, Nessen said, Ford will seeiraircduction in the maximum corporate income tax rate from 48 per cent to 42 per cent, a cut that would cost the'Treasury an estimated $6 billion a year in revenue.

The press secretary spelled out in some detail the President's plan for permanent tax cuts and other adjustments to offset the inflow of $30 billion a year that would result if his plan to increase excises and tariffs on crude oil go into effect. In addition to proposing sharp reductions in individual and corporate income tax receipts, Ford also will present a plan to make direct federal payments of $2 billion a year $80 for each adult in the to all those whose incomes are so low they owe no taxes, Nessen said. Nessen gave examples of the effect of lower tax rates Ford will propose for families of four with varying adjusted gross incomes the 'amount reported on tax returns before subtracting deductions and exemptions. At $5,600 of such income, taxes payable this year would drop to zero from $185 in 1974, he said. $7,000, the average family of four would get a tax cut of 72.6 per cent, from $402 to $110.

Nessen gave these figures for higher, incomes: a 40.3 per cent cut from $867 to $518. a reduction of 23.8 per cent from $1,281 to $961. a 13 per cent slice from $1,699 to $1,478. down 7.9 per cent from $2,660 to $2,450. a reduction of 3 per cent from $4,988 to $4,837.

down 1.6 per cent from $7,958 to Nessen said Ford was pleased by the way he was able to get over what he wanted to the public in his radio- television address Monday night. Then, in a sharp departure from customary White House practice, Nessen revealed that in the first 14 hours after Ford spoke, the White House received 259 telegrams, mailgrams and telephone calls approving the content of his speech and 258 that were critical of his program. Nessen reported Ford, if Congress approves, intends to distribute an additional $2 billion annually under revenue sharing programs to state and local governments. These payments would be designed to offset their higher fuel costs. In similar fashion, the federal government would retain $3 billion from its added revenues from excises and tariffs to counterbalance its own higher fuel outlays.

Senate GOP conference picks Curtis Mayor, city manager guests at stock show Greeley Mayor George Hall and city manager Pete Morrell were among dignitaries who were the guests of Cheyenne Mayor William Nation at the National Western Stock Show in Denver Saturday. Hall, Morrell and their wives traveled to Denver on a train pulled by steam engine No. 8444. At the stock show, they were greeted by Colorado Gov. elect Dick Lamm and Denver 'Mayor Bill NcNichols.

They attended a luncheon and dinner hosted by the Cheyenne Chamber of Commerce. At dinner, they were joined by Wyoming Gov. Ed Herchler. The group also attended the rodeo. WASHINGTON (AP) Carl T.

Curtis of Nebraska, one of the most conservative Republican senators, was elected chairman of the Senate Republican Conference today shortly before the convening of the new Congress. He defeated Jacob K. Javits of New York, a member of the party's liberal the fourth-ranking GOP post in the Senate. The vote was unofficially reported as 23 to 14 Sen. Charles Percy of Illinois absent.

Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania was reelected minority leader; Sen. Robert P. Griffin of Michigan the party whip and Sen. Robert T. Stafford of Vermont secretary of the Republican Conference.

Scott, Griffin and Stafford were unopposed. Stafford replaces Wallace F. Bennett of Utah, who did not seek re-election to the Senate last year. Curtis, who was a down-the-line supporter and defender of former President Nixon, has served longer than any other Republican now in Congress. He was first elected to the Senate in 1954 after 16 years in the House.

As chairman of the Republican Conference, he replaces Norris Cotton of New Hampshire, who retired from the Senate. The Senate was embroiled in a battle over who should be seated to replace Cotton as a senator from New Hampshire, after the closest Senate race in The New Hampshire issue split the Senate Rules Committee Monday. After two tie votes, the panel sent the question to the Senate for decision. Some observers saw the Curtis-Javits contest as a convervative-liberal one. But Curtis maintains the issue is geography rather than ideology.

He argues that Republicans in his area of the country are entitled to representation in top party councils in the Senate. The rival claimants to the New Hampshire seat are Republican Louis C. Wyman, certified by the State of New Hampshire as a two-vote winner in last November's election, and his Democratic challenger, John A. Durkin. The Democrats have an even bigger majority in the new Senate than they had in the last Congress.

The new lineup is 61 Democrats and 38 Republicans. La Salle brother, sister show champion barrows ByLYNNHEINZE Tribune Staff Writer A brother and sister from Weld County decided to keep the barrow championship in the family during junior show judging at the National Western Stock KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY Lois and Dunne Sylvester ot Ln Snllc decided to keep the Berkshire-Chester White market Harrow championship In the family during judging Monday at the National Western Slock Show In Denver. They have shown hogs for four years and have several other projects In 4-11 (Tribune photo by Lynn Hclnzc) Show in Denver Monday. The pair is Lois and Duane Sylvester of La Salle, aged 15 and 12 respectively. The two managed to get the champion and reserve champion spots in the Berkshire and Chester White contest.

This year's show was the first for the pair, although they have been actively showing their projects in 4-H events for the past four years. Duane was the owner of the reserve grand champion barrow at the Colorado State Fair this year. Lois is the owner of the Champion for the stock show, a Chester White barrow. She said it was quite a surprise to get the top spot in the contest. "This was our first National Western and we just didn't expect to finish this high.

But I think it is a real honor," Lois said. When asked about giving up the hog during the special sales slated for Wednesday, she said, "After you've raised this type of animal and you sell enough of them you get to the point where you accept it. You do spend a lot of time with them while you're getting ready for a show, but you realize that this is the purpose of the project: to raise them until they're ready for market," Lois said. Duane said he was surprised with the results too, but promised he'd be back for future shows at the National Western. They plan to put the money from the sale of their hogs in the bank so they can buy more hogs and feed for future projects.

Besides the market barrow, Lois also takes market beef, horses and breeding beef projects In 4-H. Dunne has the same projects, "except I have tractor instead of horse." They are the son and daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. Chuck Sylvester of La Salle and members of the Ln Salle 4-H club. "The incredible combination of recession and inflation will soon hit us hard and there will be serious readjustments in our life styles." "The age of abundance is over.

We are told on all sides that we are entering the age of scarcity, and we ought to listen," he added. Lamm listed the immediate tasks facing his administration: --Solving our energy problems --Reversing economic difficulties. --Conserving limited natural resources. --Eliminating the causes of social dependency. --Re-establishing the ethics of conservation, self-reliance and cooperation.

But he focused primarily on the environment. "They can dig up, strip extract, and remove all Colorado's energy resources, and there will still be an energy crisis," he said. "Unless we pay as much attention to decreasing demand as we do to increasing production, our society will be doomed 'to failure." Contined on page 2 Ford to ask $16.5 billion tax cut New wrestling hold Following the UNC-CSU wrestling meet at the new Butler-Hancock Hall Monday night, these two grapplers began their match. Shawn Adams, 6, grasps J. J.

Langdon, 3, around the legs and seems to be looking for a referee to signal a pin. (Tribune photo by Mike Peters) City eyes bonds for improvements ByJOHNSEELMEYER Tribune Staff Writer Greeley's city government is looking at a new system of financing improvement districts, possibly involving the sale of improvement district bonds. City finance director Leonard Weist said present improvement districts are financed by the city, causing some financial difficulties. When a contractor presents his bill after work is completed in an improvement district, the city government borrows money from the general fund to pay him, Weist said. That borrowing, in turn, is repaid into those funds as residents of the improvement district pay the city, generally on a five-year installment plan.

Weist said the present system is "putting an extreme hardship on the city's cash-flow situation" as nearly' $500,000 is tied up in improvement district payments. And, he said, many landowners prefer to finance the improvement districts at the six per cent interest rate charged by the city. "That's cheaper than they can finance improvements anywhere else," Weist said. Inside the Tribune (40 pages, 4 sections) Abby Agri-news Classified Comics Crossword Editorial Helolse Horoscope 9 7 17-20 11 11 4 9 12 Hospital Markets Obituaries Sports Theater TV log Weather Wm'spgs. 6 12 6 14-16 13 11 6 8-9 Today's pren run: 19,237 If you have not received your Tribune by 6:30 p.m., call 352-0211.

An additional problem has arisen as the costs of paving streets or building sidewalks has skyrocketed, Weist said. "These higher costs have put a hardship on some people," he said. "They come us asking to stretch their payments over 10 years instead of five." If the repayment period was extended under the present system, it would further hamstring the city's financial apparatus, Weist said, tying up funds for a longer period of time. So, faced with these problems, Weist and the city council's finance committee are beginning to look at a system of improvement district bonds. Weist said other Colorado cities, including Fort Collins, are presently selling improvement district bonds.

Under that system, the city would sell bonds to cover the cost of all improvement districts completed in a construction season. The cost of all the districts would probably be lumped to form one bond Issue. The improvement district bonds are allowable under the city's charter, but the charter limits the interest rate the city can pay on the bonds to six per cent. As the interest rate required of the city now hovers around the seven per cent mark, a charter change would be needed before the bonds could he sold. The city council has been preparing to place that charter amendment before the city's voters, perhaps in a spring election.

"We're prepared to issue these special assessment bonds if the charter is changed," Weist said. Weather NOUTIIEKN COI.OHA Variable high cloudiness nnd mild through Wednesday; highs both days 45 to 55; lows tonight 20s; occasionally windy with westerly winds 10-30 m.p.h., and occasionally gusty lixluy find tonight..