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FIRST 16 THE MORNING CALL, Allentown, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 1969 Amount Not Public Information at This Point Parenti Trial Costs May Be Aired Only if Part of Sentence By DICK COWEN trial record and be on file with The trial began June 16. Nothing further has happened plus travel money for the jurors. travel money alone. Another in the U.S.

Justice Department. money well spent. The reasonOf The Morning Call Staff the clerk of the court in the U.S. ended Sept. 12 after extending in the case since then.

The government called well came from Florida. But a spokesman for U.S. ing goes this way: PHILADELPHIA The fed- here in Philadel- 50 court days. Here are some of the obvious over 100 witnesses in its case. According to one source, the Atty.

Louis Bechtle says those IRS gets a cluster of eral government's costs of pros- District Court across expenses for the government in About a half dozen were agents witness government brought in a second vouchers aren't public record. "amended" tax returns during ecution 13-week trial phia. Parenti, 49, of 736 S. 25th found the Parentit trial: from Las Vegas who Inquiries about the expenses the conduct of a tax evasion John C. Parenti may remain a Even asking for the costs at Salisbury Township, was from Internal Revenue Service never took the stand.

were shifted from place to case like the Parenti trial. government secret. this point is perhaps premature. guilty on three criminal counts transcript who would get no witness fee. Many of witnesses, how- the other from Bechtle's of- When the verdict comes in The covered one Among the federal sources con- of income tax evasion.

The claimed gov- 4,180 pages. copy on a daily prosecution basis But "civilian" witnesses for ever, came from the Lehigh Val- fice to the U.S. marshal's office especially if it is a guilty verdict The Morning Call officials tacted, there was no indication ernment in its bought a the government's case got $20 Repeated inquiries by The to federal cases at $2 That meant a ley getting the $20 per day to Internal Revenue Service is a larger cluster of here indicate the aren't that anyone had tallied them up Parenti should the page. complete transcript. $8,360 day, plus 10 cents a mile round- plus somewhere around $10 for back to Bechtle amended returns.

about a public information point. as yet. $36,000 during more 1961-63 than he actually The of 12 regular Some waited in the courtroom travel. Just A source outside that govern- With the handing down of a costs, in income taxes just for trip for travel. again.

Apparently, the federal tab for But a frequent question from com- did. members and jury three alternates three four days before they figuring appearing 100 civilian wit- mental circle says, "Even if verdict, IRS gets a still larger the Parenti trial would become Lehigh Valley people who or nesses only day would be tallied, I don't flurry of amended returns. a matter of public record only if ment on the trial is: "What did On Sept. 16, Parenti's lawyers sat for about 40 court days. A got to take the stand which each, the tab would be $2,000 for they What comes in from these othto prose- filed motions for a new trial and courthouse source says a juror meant witness pay and travel witness fees plus maybe another if there would anyone er taxpayers in amended reknow be Parenti's sentence included the case?" also for of acquittal.

gets $20 a day, plus 10 cents a money for each day the govern- $1,000 for mileage. authorized give them it cost the government paying of the costs of prose- cute that a judgment mile roundtrip for travel ex- ment asked them to be there. The total costs for witnesses One that no mat- turns more than offsets the cost cution. It's possible to pinpoint at They were given 60 days to One witness in and source says of a trial like Parenti's. At least, Then, those costs would re- least $25,000 in certain expenses present detailed reasons to fed- penses.

was brought called uncalled would ter what the cost reached the that's the way the reasoning portedly become a part of the quite easily. eral Judge MacTroutman. perhaps $12,000 easy to government, goes. That meant from Las Vegas, involving $500 be tally from IRS would consider City to Get From Midyear Allentown's coffers will receive $23,130 more this year as the result of the annual midyear assessment, Assessor Leo J. Fetzer said yesterday.

The additional income will come from real estate taxes on new construction, alterations and changes in the use of land from January through June. Fetzer's office assessed 329 properties during the midyear check. Assessed valuations on those properties totaled $2,891,280, or a market value of $4,816,872. Assessed valuation is 60 per cent of the market value. Using the city's 16-mill rate, the assessed valuation would produce $46,260 annually, or $23,130 for half the year.

Only four property owners are appealing the assessments made by Fetzer and his assistant, William Angstadt. Three of the owners appeared in person yesterday morning to present their cases before City Council, sitting as the Board of Revision of Taxes and Appeals. The fourth, John Shigo, appealed by letter. His property, a new restaurant at 2216-36 S. 12th has been assessed at $71,490, representing an appraisal of $119,150.

The three cases pleaded in person were residential properties, two being new structures whose owners felt the valuations placed were out of line in comparison to others in their same neighborhoods. Charles Skrapits said the city's $22,840 assessment on 423- 31 N. Ott was nearly $2,000 $23,130 More Assessment higher than the county's assessment. Similarly, Neil F. Wirth termed the assessment of $13,330 for 1001-05 N.

Kowa "the highest in the block." Fetzer agreed to review both cases and make a report to council to determine if any adjustments are advisable. Russell L. Wem, whose assessment of $5,190 for 1235 Turner St. represented a $440 increase over the assessment for last year, felt he had received unjust treatment. The valuation was revised because the property contains an insurance office and apartment.

Wem, a senior citizen, protested steadily increasing taxes as they affect retirees with fixed incomes. I To Give So greta At Betty Allen, mezzo-soprano, will be featured in the first of a series of six concerts at Lafayette College's Colton Chapel at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Miss Allen appeared last season with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra as a soloist in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, under the direction of Leonard Bernstein.

She has also appeared in "Falstaff" with the American National Opera Company conducted at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Japanese tourists going abroad will have more money to spend because foreign currency allocation for overseas trips were increased from $500 per person to $700. Public Opinion: Views on Moratorium Continued From Page 14 prominence, to letters such as this. George Laros 2819 Green Pond Road Easton Lonely Effort To the Editor: As you well know, Wednesday is to be a day of protest on our college campuses against our part of the war in Vietnam. Well, there is an old saying: Knowledge, without wisdom is like a load of books on the back of an ass.

Most of the GIs I knew in Vietnam didn't care much for the war or the Vietnamese because unless a people have developed to a degree somewhat comparable to what we have in the U.S. we don't think much of them, and the Vietnamese are very poor. I think this is a far more honest feeling than the Bravo Sierra being spewed into the public mind by men like Edward Kennedy. If there is anything immoral about our part of this war it must be in the fact that we took it upon ourselves to bring peace to a war weary people and then were unwilling to do all that was necessary to defeat the Communist North. That we have sent, and are sending men to fight and die in a war without even the small comfort of knowing that we are really trying to win.

Never has the flag flown more alone or with less honor. Louis Cerullo 105 Parkway Road Allentown Reply to Lawrence Shafer Signs Bill Hiking Interest Rates New Schools May Cost More to Finance Schools and other public projects might cost more to finance under a new law signed Friday by Gov. Shafer. But at least this legislation should once more get bond financing moving again for local governments in Pennsylvania. The new law, which went into effect immediately, raised the maximum interest rate from 6 per cent to 7 per cent for municipal and school bonds.

It also allows local agencies to offer "a reasonable amount" of those bonds in denominations as low as $100. The higher interest rate is de- Counsel Set for Suspect In Hotelman's Knife Death Special to The Morning Call POTTSVILLE Two Schuylkill County Attorneys were appointed Monday as counsel for Mrs. Margaret Troutman, 58, who is charged with the alleged murder of Frank Reis, operator of the Ringgold Roadside Inn, New Ringgold R. 2. Attys.

Raymond R. Monahan of St. Clair and Joseph Semasek of McAdoo were named by Judge James J. Curran after Mrs. Troutman advised the court she could not afford private counsel.

Monahan is a past president of the Schuylkill County Bar Association and a former assistant county solicitor. Semasek has served as counsel for the State Highways Department. Reis died Sept. 30 in Coaldale Hospital of a stab wound of the signed to make municipal bonds more attractive to investors in a tight and highly competitive money market. The new law authorized the higher rate only until next July 1.

Harry Kintzle is vice president in charge of municipal underwriting for the Allentown investment firm of Warren York Co. He says that if the interest rate goes up, then the cost of municipal construction is higher. In turn, that means more taxes. "The thing we have to recognize is that Pennsylvania is in competition with 49 other states. The whole thing is predicated on the law of supply and demand.

"Other municipal bonds are being offered outside of Pennsylvania at higher than 6 per cent. New Jersey and New York have eliminated their interest ceiling. "The last school bond issue we had was Northwestern Lehigh back in June. That was $920,000 at 5.9 per cent." He says many other bond issues have been held up because of the old interest limit. Kintzle cites as an example million for a new junior high school for Parkland School District.

This may mean a flurry, of competition within Pennsylvania with this new law for the investment dollar. "If people decide to wait to see if interest rates are coming down, then they'll have to contend with a an increase in construction costs. "One of the things to remember as interest rates go up, state reimbursement increases dollarwise. It's not really a salving situation since the state gets its money from the people, too." He says that increased state reimbursement won't be enough to offset the higher financing costs. "There isn't any question.

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ZIP your own home), your net profit would be high. If you In reply to David Lawrence's column in the Oct. 11 Morning Call, "Yielding to Foe Will Not Bring Peace," I would say that continuing the war will not bring peace either. Nor justice. Those who are involved in the moratorium are not aiding the enemy.

Rather, they are helping Mr. fulfill his campaign promise and his honest efforts to end the war; they are helping the Vietnamese reach the stage of self-determination; and they are correcting the errors of our involvement in this war. We have recently seen Nixon's change in battlefield policy, his recall of troops, and his decision to relieve Gen. Hershey. The peace movement and moratorium have encouraged these measures.

As for self-determination, we must remember that from Diem until now the Saigon government has been our creation. Edward F. Snyder states the case well when he reports in the October issue of the Friends Committee on National Legislation Washington Newsletter: "The deadweight of U.S. military and political support, now committed to of Vietnamese opinion, must one small -wing segment be removed in order to allow WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE INTRAVENOUS (IN-treVEE-nes) adjective; within a vein; pertaining to an injection into a vein. the Vietnamese to work out their own solution." We must measure the possibility of a coalition government or a Communist government over against (1) our continuing as a neo-colonial power, our loss of respect among developing nations, (3) our image as a people who know how to deal with problems only with force (4) and the ongoing cost both to the Vietnamese and to us that comes from the waging of this war.

Maybe yielding to the foe will not bring peace, but it may bring justice. And so, we pray and work and politic for peace. Rev. William E. Gramley Pastor, West Side Moravian Church 418 3rd Ave.

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State police have said Mrs. Troutman told them she was holding the knife when Reis was stabbed, and that she and Reis collided accidentally in the kitchen of the inn. Mrs. Troutman was a housekeeper for Reis. Before his death, Reis told several persons he accidentally stabbed himself with a butcher knife.

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