Wellsville Daily Reporter from Wellsville, New York • Page 16

Page Sixteen WELLSVILLE DAILY REPORTER, WELLSVILLE, NEW YORK Big Tax Hike Required To Meet $5.5 Billion Budget Wednesday, January ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Gov. RocKefeller sent a stats budget to the Legislature today with requests for nine state tax increases designed to yield $494 million during the new fiscal year. He called for a big 20 per cent, boost in the personal income tax, plus, fat increases in the levies on liquor, gasoline, pari-mutuel racing, large corporations small businesses, banks and 'utilities. Actually, over a full calendar year, the tax increases he proposed would require taxpayers to pay a total of $700 million more.

But Rockefeller staggered the effective dates, to mimi- mize the immediate impact in the fiscal year beginning April 1 As he had indicated well in advance Rockefeller told the. politically divided Legislature that the tax boosts wer? essential to provide more state aid for education, and other welfare programs. His proposed budget would proposed to cut back the state's medicaid program to the reduced levels of federal support, warning that the alterna- live would be further tax increases ol about $200 million. recommended a 10 per cent increase in the level of state aid for the public schools, far less than that sought by fessional educators, but probably sufficient to appease the demands from that quarter The fiscal year cost would be $60 million pencilled in an 8 per cent pay raise for the state's 140,000 employes who have been clamoring fo'r increases of 20 per cent and beyond." This also would cost $60 million in his budget 11 ncy "head cial economy saving" estimated at $81 million Thev would be ABOUT To the Editor: Efforts to raise additional revenues to balance the New York State budget are 'leading to varied tax proposals. Both Governor Rockefeller and Comp- trol lev Levitt have included dis- 16 spirits as a candidate for furtner tax increases.

The an- noun cements with regard to am lifv already existing confu sion and are misleading. Tne New York tax is not but $2 25 per gallon The confusion Stems from the acU taken in At that bme roi were made to the eop le of New iha would be needed. The pressure for additional revenue placed these Dies Of Injuries Following Collision SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) William W. Warren, 48, of North Syracuse, died, Monday at St.

Joseph's Hospital of injuries suffered Jan. 5 when pinned between two automobiles after a collision. Warren was inspecting damage caused by the collision when another car struck his auto. The accident occurred in North Syracuse. By Heloise Cruse GOT A HINT FOR HELOISE? Write Jleloisc Cruse.

King Features Syndicate, care of Wellsvillp Reporter, Wellsville, N. Y. ed each spool in the transparent cellophane age of. cigarettes. Now it is easy to tell the col- and kind of 'thread and there is no tangling.

Sometimes I use the rubber bands from our newspapers to keep -the little bags Page ing to. live within the funds he the allotted. low Income taxpayers would be hit with the heaviest increase- per wmch would fol n5 on "liquor wafSsed 25 ing a $500-million increase in state aid. Still, he observed, the record- breaking $856-million rise in spending would be far less than the aid increase -sought by communities across the state. "There is a definite limitation upon the ability of a governor to keep down increases in expenditures," he contended in his budget message.

Rockefeller sent his record- smashing budget into the teeth of a Legislature reluctant to consider tax increases in this election year. All seats in the Senate and Assembly will be at staka in next November's election. While Republican leaders of the Senate have been somewhat sympathetic to his advance tax signals, the Assembly's Democratic leadership has been hostile. One factor motivating Democrats is their awareness that Rockefeller's stock as a poten- tial presidential candidate is on the rise. They feel obliged to make as much trouble as possible.

Faced with a shortage of revenue and demands for enormously increased spending, Rockefeller worked his problem this way: recommending tax increases, he struck the budget Jan year. -Rockefeller aides explained that it would take time to adjust the payroll withholding tables, depending on when 'the Legislature gave its approval, if, fp example, this were done May 1, the taxpayer would have to make up the January-April obligation when he files his 1968 return, in April of 1969 income tax boost would yiel( $2 70 million during the cu rent fis cal year and 'when operative in 1969 would produce about- $380 million annually, Rockefeller's office said ne various business tax in- crea ses headed by a maior hike in the coporation franchise tax; would net about The motor rinclud from sS llvln Sal fmilll in effeH tT I ax ou be ts a flfth and qUQl luense fees also would effcti ve Se 1 and Om 5 llhon State tak rom pari mutual racing would be increas- 6d $6 million bv a grealer share of the dail -V be t- ting nand The "takeout" tf efi boosted 15 bond borrowings to finance cent to per cent, effective as per gallon. In a letter dated much of his construction pro- approved, with December 6 21 I suggested to Mr. gram For example all but $1 and the tracks splitting Levitt that this was mislead- million of his $391-million road- the tra ney right down the ing Mr TLevitt agreed in hisc building program would come This would mean a reply of Januarv 3 a of ou of th? 2 Sllion transZ slight reductio the payoff on which you will find enclosed. of seventy-five cents per gal- i on The confusion was compounded by the fact that the "fee" was to be collected by the State Liquor Authority and would not appear in regular tax reports.

The New York liquor tax, when the "brand usa fee" is excluded, is $1.50 per gallon. This leads to the misleading con- elusion that the New York tax is elow the national state av- ra ie. In reality, the New York tax is $2.25 per gallon which ls substantially above the na- tional avera Any increase would furth er widen the gap and encoura inter-state bootleg- ging- What is occurrin in cigarette smuggling should teach us an ex ens ive lesson. The impact of the 1963 liquor tax increase is impressive. For the fiscal ear I 963 the a beverage industry of New York contributed $82,362,000 or 3.54 'P er cent of the total tax collec tio For the fiscal year 1967, the indu stry's contribution rose to $192,619,000 or 5.64 per cent of all state taxes collected.

The per capita revenue from alcoholic beverages was $4.73 in 1963; in 1967 it was $10.55. Is it not dear that the consumers are avin more than their fair. share? On December 18 certain proposals by Comptroller Levitt were announced. These included distilled spirits and indicat- LIONS ROAM AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY, Australia (AP) Fifty lions will roam over 490 acres of bushlahd in the highlands at Camdeh about 50 miles south of Sydney, New South Wales, if jthe plans of.the Chip- perfields bf England are realized.

There are only two other similar reserves in the world- one in Miami, and the other in Wiltshire, England. Plans announced by Maj. Geoffrey Gibbo and Richard Chipperfield, who represent the oldest family circus in the world, call for importing the 50 from The lions will have the run of the reserve. The only cagelike wire will be atop two protective fences, the inner fenca six feet high and the outer fence 12 feet high. The public will be able to view the lions from the safety of their cars with the doors shut and the windows rolled up.

Dear no perfectionist when it comes to, keeping my fingernail? polished. I'm lucky if I get polish on once a month. For other busy mothers who have this same what I finally learned to do. 1 put my emery board, fingernail polish remover and polish next' to my telephone. Now when the plwne rings and I know I'm gonna talk a bit, I pick up the emery board! If I only get one hand filed, that's at least some improvement.

If the conversation goes on, I can file the other hand and perhaps get one coat of polish on. If it goes on and on and on, I can get that second coat on. When my neck gets tired from holding the phone to my ear on one shoulder, I transfer the phone to the other shoulder and keep working on those nails. And last but not least, jf I finally get. the top coat on and it's dried a bit, I say, "There's somebody at the door, I just have to go." So.

gals who never seem to have time to keep your nails looking nice, this is one way to get it done. Another way I found was to keep ail of paraphernalia, on my breakfast table along with the salt and pepper. When my neighbor comes over for coffee, I take advantage of that time, too. Dear Heloise: Instead of placing meat drippings in a can in the I freeze it in an''ice 'cube tray that I have lined with plastic" wrap, using a plastic divider. This way the frozen drippings come out easily and I don't get grease on the aluminum tray.

I put the frozen cubes in a jar and can then take what I require without having to defrost the whole jar. Trinka Dear Heloise: Since we there is always some clean commercial cat litter around the house. It is lightweight and absorbent. I pour a vase three-fourths full of the litter and it is wonderful for holding floral arrangements. I use it dry for artificial flowers, and for fresh ones I add water after arranging.

It's also great to sprinkle on garage floors to absorb grease and oil drips from the car. This stuff is so inexpensive and -so handy. Gerard Sharpener Taken After 25 Years MOUNT CARROLL, III (AP) The 'public pencil sharpener in Mount Carroll has been stoleji after grinding points for some 25 years. Mrs. Fay Christian, Wife of the operator of a furniture store and funeral home, said Monday the pencil sharpener, which was, mounted heavy wooden stool outside store, was missing.

save unnecessary trips to the store. J. L. Roulo Dear Heloise: When baking bread, I hang my rings on the kitchen light switch which has to be turned upwards to the "on" position. I never lose or forget rings this way.

Bassarear Dear Heloise: My thread bpx always had tangled thread ends until I plac-. Dear Heloise: Do you suddenly remember a birthday or some other special occasion and discover you do do not have a card at Next time you are shopping, buy an assortment of cards for all occasions and store them in an expansion folder of the walr let type the kind that closes with a string tie. Inside the folder label the sections as Birthday, Get Well, Sympathy, and other occasions such as, Thank You, Confirmation, and Anniversary. Then when you need a card, you can find it immediately and. Please Note m- I am accepting people on the New York State? Medicaid Program.

Dr. I. S. Pakozdi Chiropractor Wellsville, N. Y.

Phone 593-1844 HOMEOWNER'S 'Package' of Protection A Homeowner's Policy Insures your home for one premium against many perils. BROWN STOUT AGENCY, INC. Phone 593-4296 New York voters last November. En Deer Ing Color Scene Simple stitchery yet this needle.painting will bring you Seldom beldom seen beauty! Em- a dtwnt a mly Pattern 7239: transfer 15 20 inches- color chart Mail requests for 'patterns to Alice Brooks, Wellsville Dailv Reporter, Needlecraft Box 33, Old Chelsea Station! N.Y. City, New York, 10011.

Print name, address, zip code and pattern number and enclose 50 cents (coins) for each pattern plus 15 cents for first-class mailing and special handling. Andover News Notes Mrs. Frank Holmes Telephone 3283 Mrs. Harold Auckland of Webster spent the weekend as guest of, her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Raymond 0. Snyder of Ma i Street. Robert Sackett motored to Dansville Friday evening to meet his mother, Mrs. Goorge Sackett, who had spent several days guest of her daughters, Mrs. Patricia Duggan and son, David, and Mr.

and Mrs. Kenneth Wylie of Rochester. Miss Marilyn Hardy of Buffalo was a recent weekend guest of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cook of the Andover Greenwood Rd.

Mrs. John Lever and Mrs. Claire C. Backus left Thursday morning by motor en route to PinelJas Park, to spend some time in the South. William Shuttleworth, son-in- law of Mr.

and Mrs. Francis Brown of Andover, has been Delta the national honor society in education. Mr. Shuttleworth is a junior at Geneseo State University and is majoring in Special Education, yual- ificalions for membership in Kappa Delta Pi include a dean's cumulative list average and qualities of leadership, personality and character. Miss Jane Cook was a weekend guest of her uncle and aunt, Mr.

and Mrs. Leroy Guilford of Belfast. Mies Mary Ethel Caple and Everett Harrington left for Cooperstown, N.Y., Friday to spend the weekend with Mr. Harrington's family, after having spent the holiday vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Charles Caple. They botli returned to State University of New York, Morrisville on Sunday. the heavy Federal and state tax places an inequitable burden on the consumers. Of even greater importance is the inducement to the illicit operator afforded by unreasonabfe tax rates on legal beverages. Sincerely, Charles.

W. Bryant Dear My Bryant: I beg to reply to your letter of December 21 on the subject of the burden of taxes now borne by the Alcoholic Beverage Industry. You are entirely correct in your statement calling attention to the additional 75 cents imposed by way of "brand label gallonage fees" in 1963. Let me make my position clear. I do not recommend the imposition of additional taxes or fees.

My emphasis is upon a moderation of borrowing and spending. In the event, however, that the programs proposed by the Governor require additional taxes, all concerned will be made aware of the totality of in your and in- I want to thank you for bringing this matter to my attention. Sincerely yours, Arthur Levitt Comptroller i IQl VOte TO ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Voters in the 114th assembly district, Madison and Chenango Counties, went to the polls today in a special election to fill the vacancy created by the death Nov. 23 of Assemblyman Harold I.

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