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Hoffman Estates Schaumburg 15th Year--48 Rotelle. Illinois 60172 Monday, July 10, 1972 2 sections.ZS pages Home Delivery 55c a week-- lOe a copy Action May Steal Lawsuit's Thunder Dunne Reassigns Tax Revenue To Sheriffs Dept by ROGER CAPETTINI A major factor in the law suit challenging the Cook County wheel tax may have been eliminated from future consideration Friday when County Pres. George Dunne announced the revenue from the tax would be earmarked for the sheriff's department. Dunne made the announcement during a rescheduled county board meeting Friday after the board heard the protests of a taxpayers group opposed to the controversial tax. About 75 county residents from Rich, Bloom.

Thornton and Bremen townships, represented by the South Cook County Taxpayers Protest Association, appeared at the meeting. The wheel tax, enacted by the county board in late December, is similar to what is commonly called the "vehicle sticker" tax in 125 of the 12B villages and cities in Cook County. THE TAX originally was to have taken effect early in the year, but the deadline was extended several times by the county board. For most automobiles, the tax would be $10 to S15. Rates for trucks are computed on a sliding scale.

As the vehicle tax effective within the incorporated municipalities applies to only residents of the respective communities, the Cook County tax applies only to residents of unincorporated areas, That aspect of the tax represents a major objection voiced by residents of the unincorporated areas, and is one of the major points raised in a class action suit challenging the tax ordinance. campaign In April a suit filed on behalf of the Prospect Heights Improvement Association (PHIA) and the Cook County School Bus of unincorporated Elk Grove Township. i challenges the constitutionality of the tax in that the tax applies only to residents of unincorporated area a discriminatory application, according to the suit. THOSE OPPOSED to the tax have also objected on the grounds that when the tax was adopted by the county board, it was specified that the revenues gained from the tax would be placed into the county's general corporate fund. Monies in that fund are used county-wide both i incorporated and unincorporated areas.

At the time of adoption, County Comr. Floyd T. Fulle of Des Plaines voted against the tax because he said he believed placing the revenue in the corporate fund was unconstitutional. At Friday's board meeting, Dunne heard objections to the tax from several spokesmen from the south suburban protest group, who repeated the objections mentioned in the suit and complained about the lack of services they receive. The complaints centered on the service from the county highway department and the sheriff's department.

Spokesmen for the group said they were not completely opposed to the tax, but said if it stands, it should be applied to everyone in the county and the revenue derived should be used only for the unincorporated areas. They also objected to the amount of the tax. In answer to their objections Dunne said he would instruct the county comptroller to establish a special fund for the money gained from the tax. Dunne said Bob Lahey's Convention Report the money will be earmarked exclusively for the sheriff's department. THE COUNTY board president said that while original estimates of the revenues from the tax approximated $1.4 million, latest calculations indicate the county will receive only about $600,000.

Dunne was quick to point out that because of the suit, all revenues currently being received as a result of the tax are being placed into an escrow account, pending the outcome of the pending litigation. Dunne explained that if the tax is upheld by the county circuit court, the money will be placed in the special account. If the tax ordinance is ruled illegal, he said, the money will be returned to those residents who have paid the tax. He could offer no explanation as to what, if any, effect an overturning of the ordinance might have on persons who have been fined for not paying the tax. Dunne's decision to earmark the funds for use only in unincorporated areas could have a significant effect on the court case.

The only major question that would remain to be answered'apparently would be that of determining if legally can apply a tax to certain geographic segments of its jurisdiction. EDWARD HERMAN, the attorney representing the PHIA in the suit, said Friday Dunne's decision "may change the case." Berman, when told of the announcement by the Herald, said, "Tarn pleasantly surprised by this new revelation." He added, however, "Whether Dunne can do this retroactively, I don't know." The suit challenging the tax is scheduled to resume July 21 in Judge Raymond S. Sarnow's courtroom at the Civic Center. A RUSTED APPLE peeler may not be a priceless antique, but Rev. John Sternberg believes it helps to pre- serve fhe culture and heritage of Schaumburg Township.

Golfers Are Say Homeoivners A Hoffman Estates couple, fearing for the safety of their children, told the park district commissioners that golfers' drives have been striking their home. The couple, Mr. and Mrs. George Lauer of 118 Grand Canyon do not live next to a golf course, but the Hoffman Park. Several times a week, they said, golf balls come crashing onto their property.

"Once my daughters were sitting outside just minutes before a golf ball hit a tree a few feet away," Mrs. Lauer told the Park officials admitted the problem constituted a hazard, but said it is a difficult area to control. The Lauers agreed, and admitted they had not been able to spot the golfers at the time of the incidents. THEY ALSO said efforts by police have not proved successful either. The park district reactivated their police committee to meet with authorities in an effort to improve surveillance of the parks.

Park Dir. Al Binder will meet with police to discuss the problem. Tom Barber, park board said the use of regulation golf balls in the parks constitute a hazard and asked area residents refrain from using golf balls in the parks. He did not, however, prohibit the use of light, practice balls. 3-Car Tollway Crash Kills Woman, Hurts 9 Pastor Values Farm Remnants Junk Takes Slight (10-Year) Detour Turn To Page 5 by MARY HUTCHINGS A lot of junk on its way to the garbage heap has taken a slight detour through the Rev.

John Sternberg's basement. Ten years ago, the pastor of St. Peter Lutheran Church, Schaumburg, began to see a value in the remnants of the township's former form life. Interest led to effort, and the result is a collection of nearly 400 artifacts scavenged from attics and basements of farmers and older area residents who sold their land for developments which make up the burgeoning villages of the township. In 1963, with the permission of his congregation, and the contributions of volunteer help, the pastor opened a small museum in what was the first Lutheran Church here, located on Easy (now more familiarly known as Schaumburg THOUGH THE white frame church served as school, meeting room and finally shed, before it became a museum, it is now being renovated.

A new foundation, roof, wall board and paint job plus electricity and gas heating, should have the museum ready in September to be the final resting place of the items Sternberg has so patiently collected over the years. He started the project because he wanted "to save something of the culture and heritage of parents and grandparents who lived here years before," he said. Until its closing last September for remodeling, the museum hosted 2,000 to 3,000 school children annually on field- trips through the past. "There are better and bigger museums, the pastor said, "but this is the only one that is in this community, not some other one." What is the monetary value of old wed- ding dresses made of the traditional Lutheran black? Or of the hand pre-push button appliances of yesteryear the rusted apple peeler, sausage makers, and skirt pleaters? WHAT IS Madam Lang's Perfected Nurser worth today? Even though he knows the antique market is more than healthy, Stenberg doesn't know, nor does he care. "I don't buy or sell, I just show," he said.

Some items of course are of sentimental value to descendants of the first settlers here. The original baptismal font from St. Peters. Flowers form the original altar preserved in a glass globe. The original ballot box used in Schaumburg Township.

The list of artifacts is endless, and offers a lot of gadgets it seems someone should manufacture today. Think of the market for a boot jack, that makes removal of tight shoes or boots easy. or for an exercise bicycle that incidentally also sharpens knives. Foot warmers and bed warmers may be out of date in today's more comfortable society, but they were certainly a necessity of life then. GLASS EGGS will also be on display at the new museum, but though now only knick-knacks, they once were functional.

Sternberg explains the large ones were used for darning, while the average-egg size ones were placed in nests so the chicken would know where to lay her eggs. Other items in the pastor's collection include an old tin bathtub, a pipe organ pipe, a pegged log showing how the first buildings here were built, a tub of lye, a 100 year old cradle and a host of farm implements long since outmoded. "Someone has to try and save some of these things," the pastor says, and judging by the collection in his basement, the new museum has a good start. A three-car head-on collision on the Northwest Tollway in Schaumburg took the life of a Streamwood woman and injured nine others, including eight members of one family, Friday morning. Illinois State Police said Mrs.

Ruth Stogenson, 36, of 135 Cedar Circle, was pronounced dead on arrival at Northwest i Hospital in Arlington Heights. The driver of the second car, Mark Peterschmidt, 37, of Cincinnati, Ohio, was reported in good condition yesterday at Northwest Community Hospital. His wife, Joan, 35, remains in serious condition in the intensive care unit of the hospital. Other members of the family hospitalized include Molly, 10; Nora, Matthew, 6, and Luke 2. All are reported in satisfactory condition.

Two other members of the family, Monica, 12, and Amy, 9, were treated and released. The driver of the third car, Peter Bury, 44, of 1537 Brandon, Glenview, also was also treated and released. Police said the car driven by Mrs. Sto- genson apparently went out of control in the eastbound express lanes of the toll- way just west of Rt. 53, crossed the median and struck the Peterschmidt car.

The vehicle also slammed into Bury's car before striking a light pole and stopping. This Morning In Brief The Nation Democratic national chairman Lawrence F. O'Brien ruled that 120 California delegates committed to Sen. George S. McGovern will be eligible to vote in a a could determine McGovern's chances for the nomination After the party's credentials committee stripped McGovern of 151 of the 271 California votes he won in the state's winner-take-all primary, there had been some question whether anyone from a challenged delegation would be able to vote on a challenge involving his state.

Armed with about 200 "swing" votes, Sen. Edmund S. Muskie of Maine came under growing pressure to throw his support to Sen. George McGovern in tonight's all-important convention showdown over California. Responding to a list of foreign policy questions, McGovern said he believes that President Nixon will continue the same policies that led to U.S.

involvement in Vietnam even if he succeeds in ending the Indochina War. The trial of Daniel Ellsberg and codefendant Anthony J. Russo opens today in the Pentagon Papers case after weeks of pretrial maneuvering. Jury selection is expected to last at least a week. Scientists and amateur astronomers will be watching today as a total eclipse darkens the sun from Siberia east along a narrow strip of northern Alaska and Canada to the Atlantic Ocean.

In the rest of the U.S. the eclipse will range from 90 per cent total in'Boston to 14 per cent total in San Francisco. The World Challenger Bobby Fischer's favorite chair arrived by air freight from New York to help assure the American's comfort in his match with Russian Boris Spassky for the world chess championship The first of 24 scheduled games is to be played tomorrow. Israeli troops put final security touches to a section of an army camp near Tel Aviv for today's opening of the trial of a Japanese terrorist charged in the Lod airport massacre May 30. Four execution-style killings in Belfast a clash between British troops and Roman Catholics in Portadown marked the start of Northern Ireland's annual week of Protestant Orange Order parades The British army said it was dispatching 500 more troops to the country.

Secretary of State William P. Rogers conferred with Yugoslav President Tito, ending a mission to East Europe to demonstrate U.S. support for independent policies in the Communist world. The War Vietnamese paratroopers launched their first attacks to clear Communist troops from the provincial capital of Quang Tri, and engaged its defenders in intense fighting. Field officers said that after half a day of battling neither side had given any ground.

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