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THE ATLANTA CO NSTITUTI ON For 106 Years the South's Standard Newspaper TEN CENTS Price Higher Outside Retail Trading Zone P.O. Box 4689 VOL. 107, No. 178 ATLANTA, GA. 30302, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 197S 70 PAGES, 4 SECTIONS Ford to Ask 5 Billion More in Tax Cuts been sent to representatives of state legislatures and organizations of city and county officials.

Interior Secretary Rogers C.B. Morton disclosed Tuesday that Ford's State of the Union address would include proposals to speed power plant conversions to coal. Morton would not reveal the specific suggestion planned, but another administration source said the his broadcast State of the Union address to Congress on Wednesday. Although Ford himself and Nessen disclosed much of the program in advance, the press secretary promised there will be other surprises in the Capitol Hill speech. The President has also invited the governors of the 50 states to a White House briefing Thursday on his proposals.

In addition, invitations have quickly from oil-burning to coal-burning boilers. Press Secretary Ron Nessen said the proposed $2-a-barrel tax on crude oil and taxes on windfall profits of oil companies would add some $30 billion to federal revenues. This money, he said, would offset the income lost because of the tax reductions. Ford will spell out his entire economic and energy policy package in WASHINGTON (AP) President Ford, already seeking a one-shot $16 billion tax reduction to counter the recession, let it be known Tuesday he will ask Congress for $22.5 billion in additional permanent tax cuts. And, administration sources said the President also plans to seek, postponement of clean-air standards for power plants to help them convert proposal would be to amend the clean air act, postponing for several years the power plant standards scheduled to take effect in 1975.

Ford disclosed Monday night in a TV-radio address that he will ask Congress to authorize a one-time cut of 12 per cent in last year's taxes, to be accomplished through rebates to individual tax payers of up to $1,000. In addition he said he wants a one-year increase, to a flat 12 per cent, In the tax credits businesses claim for money spent to expand and modernize their production facilities. Nessen made additional key disclosures Tuesday that included: See FORD, Page 15-A The business community has a lukewarm reaction to President Ford's economic proposals. Page 7-C. III Inauguratec i l9 Issues nity Call V-sy ttef ft 4 ft v-f I i I 'n IK -4 X.

vKw-; fiiv-vHi-K i A ft Kfcs- By REX GRANUM George Dekle Busbee, the Albany lawmaker who emerged from a pack of 11 Democratic candidates to crush the reelection plans of former Gov, Lester Maddox, was sworn in Tuesday as Georgia's 77th governor. Members of the 1975 General Assembly, meeting in joint session, were among the estimated 4,500 persons who jammed the Atlanta Civic Center as Busbee was presented the Great Seal of Georgia by outgoing Gov. Jimmy Carter and administered the oath of office at 11:42 a.m. by Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice H. E.

Nichols. Minutes later, following Busbee's inaugural address, Democrat Zell Bryan Miller was sworn in as the state's eighth lieutenant governor by Georiga Court of Appeals Judge Charles Pannell. The 47-year-old Busbee, an attorney and 18-year veteran of the Georgia House who left that body as its majority leader, 4sued a call for unity in Ids address. Once again, he sounded his campaign themes of hard work and common-sense government without a tax increase. Immediately after being sworn in, Busbee stood stiffly and solemnly, his hand resting atop the Great Seal, as he was honored by the traditional ISHgun salute, its sounds drifting in from outside the huge center.

The Tuesday ceremonies marked the first time that the inauguration had been held inside a departure from the custom of a Capitol steps administration of the oath. In his address, Busbee drew heavy applause as he declared, "Responsible and healthy debate over issues is a hallmark of our system, but the people are tired of personal bickering, petty infighting and political clatter." The apparent objects of that reference, Carter and Lt. Gov. Lester Maddox, looked straight ahead. Carter smiled, while Mad-dox's expression did not change.

Maddox performed his last official act in office as lieutenant governor Tuesday, convening the joint session. Busbee drew the heaviest applause when he said, "Every child in Georgia must have the opportunity tor the fullest develop- See INAUGURAL, Page 15-A a st -i Staff Photo Charles Push I if Lt. Gov. Zell Miller: Teamwork Absolutely Necessary Wolcof Win Would Be Grime 'Plum Massell I. r- Staff Photo Georg A.

Cllrk Gets 19-Gun Salute Gov. George Hand Atop Great Seal, By PAUL WEST If ex-convict Burton Wolcoff wins his $640,000 damage suit against city officials, "that would be the biggest plum organized cirme could obtain anywhere in the country in former Atlanta Mayor Sam Massell testified in federal court here Tuesday, Massell said such a court victory "could be just a beginning and might scare elected officials and in other cities and prevent them from effectively combating organized crime syndicates. just can't, believe this is happening," Massell said, these two people in organized crime (Wolcoff and his brother Bobby) really would get this attention and one of the top lawyers in the United States (Boston attorney F. Lee come into court and try city officials, '1 can't believe they (the Wolcoffs) be-See WOLCOFF, Page 15-A IMS THIS MORNING Question: What were the throngs asking at the inaugural ball? Answer: "Where can 1 get a drink?" (Staff writer Helen Smith's account of the crowded festivities is on Page 12-A.) President Now Opposes House Ends the Hoopla Of Visitors 4 1 i i 4 Health Plan I 1 1.5! ft GOOD MORNING. Skies over Georgia will be sunny and warmer Wednesday.

Highs across the state will range from' near 40 to the upper 50s. Details on Page 2-A. ATLANTA COSTLY CALLS "Southern Bell's new 20-cent charge for calls to directory assistance is in ef-: feet and the company says it expects to save $8.7 million annually. Page MORE JOBS DeKalb County win accept applications next week for 55 jobs funded by the federal government as a recession-relief measure. Page 11-A.

GEORGIA DRY Firemen fighting an early morning blaze a cottr mill drain Whitesburg's five wells leaving town virtually without water. The fir -med the mill Page 14-A. COMPLL' LY AUTOMATED MARTA board of directors overrules iU staff and decides that ttw rapid transit system will be automated and capable of being operated completely by computers. PagefA. NATION MORTGAGE MONEY Federal Home Loan "Bank Board changes its rules to allow savings and loan institutions to issue mortgage-backed bonds to pension funds and insurance companies.

The board says the change should pump billions into home mortgages. Page 7-C. FRIGHTENING Testimony released Tuesday reveals the Defense Secretary James Schles-inger told a Senate subcommittee in September that the Soviet Unioa could wipe out U.S. strate-gic forces with a limited nuclear strike which 1 1 Anociated Pren Photo Hefner Arnstein Pressured HEFNER CHARGES PRESSURE TACTICS CAUSED DEATH Playboy Magazine publisher Hugh Hefner says i executive secretary, Bobbie Arnstein, was driven to suicide by narcotics agents and federal officers out to get him. Page 1-B.

INDEX By CELESTINE SIBLEY Goodby, Miss Georgia Butterfat! Farewell, Pea Patch Grammar school's fifth grade civics class! So long, pickle manufacturers, guitar pickers, soothsayers and minor movie stars! The Georgia House loves you all and might like to listen to you better than to read and pass bills. But Speaker Tom Murphy laid out some new rules for general decorum and attention to business Tuesday which will make it tough, if not impossible, for these distractions of other days to impinge on legislative time. Visitors will be welcome in the gallery, the speaker made it plain, and their representatives will be notified of their presence so they can go up to see them and even be photographed with them. But they will not be announced and applauded, as in other years. "I humbly beseech you to wear your passes yourself and not to bring unauthorized people into the chamber," the speaker said.

Even the lobbyists have been banned from the lobby. The speaker said they will be supplied with public address systems in the halls so they can monitor the procedure in the House. "And if you want to talk to them, that's By ANDREW J. GLASS Constitution Washington Bureau WASHINGTON In an abrupt about-face, President Ford has withdrawn his support of national health legislation and will actively oppose its passage in 1975, White House officials confirmed Tuesday. The sudden presidential decision seriously dims chances that a far-reaching health insurance package will be enacted this year.

Only a few weeks ago, national health insurance was supposed to be the frontispiece of the new Ford domestic program. But the President ordered the Department of Health, Education and Welfare to break off secret talks with Democratic congressional leaders and affected health groups about a week ago. The talks were aimed at reaching a bipartisan compromise on a $50 billion-a-year package that would have provided health insurance coverage for virtually all Americans, regardless of age or income level. The negotiations were going well and the prospects for an overall accord were excellent when HEW pulled out, sources said. Ford is expected to discuss his decision See INSURANCE, Page 15-A Astrology $-B Bob Harrell 5-B Business 7-C Celestine Sibley 3-B Comics, Jumble 6-B Crossword 6-B Dear Abby 4-B Deaths Editorials 4-A Features 1-B Good Health Goren on Bridge 6-B Movies 10-B People Reg 4-A Sports 1-C Television' 8-B Want Ads Weather 2-A your business," the speaker added.

The procedure for getting a visitor introduced and allowing him to address the House may be so complicated members will do what the speaker hopes and skip it. A special resolution must be introduced and passed by the House ahead of time. hardly would disrupt the economy. Page 2-A..

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