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POTTSVILLE (PA.) REPUBLICAN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18. 1977 Tax Package Pre OW The tax reductions first enacted in 1975 would be continued through 1978, including the present tax credit, a special bonus of up to $400' for working poor families, and corporate tax rate reductions aimed mainly ait helping smaller businesses. In addition, a new jobs tax credit for businesses would provide up to $40,000 an-nually fdr each company hiring new workers this year and in 1978. The government, in effect, would pay up to $1,680 of the wages for each hew employe, with even greater incentives, for. hiring" the handicapped.

The tax rebate would mean a $50 check for single persons, $100 for couples and $200 for a family of four: But people earning between $25,000 and $30,000 would, get less than the full $50 and those over $30,000 would get no rebate. About 36 million persons who receive Social Security, railroad retirement or aid to the aged, blind and disabled would be eligible for a special $50 payment in lieu of a tax rebate. The committee also put other groups on the list for checks, including coal miners suffering from black-lung disease, recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children and veterans or their widows. (Continued from Page 1) passes in its present form. The permanent tax cut would be reflected in reduced withholding from paychecks received after May 1.

This would be worth an average of $90 annually to some 44.6 million taxpayers and their families earning $20,000 or less a year. The committee voted to replace the current system of minimum and maximum standard deductions for taxpayers, who do not itemize with a new flat deduction of $2,400 for single persons and $3,000 for couples. Carter had suggested a $2,200 deduction for singles, but the committee rejected this because it would have raised taxes for 2.1 million single taxpayers. The action would raise the so-called "marriage penalty," now at $1,300, to $1,800. Carter has acknowledged that two single persons living together have a tax advantage over married couples.

The new system would allow the singles to get two deductions totaling $4,800, while the couple would be limited to $3,000. Most of the benefits from the new standard deduction would go to taxpayers making less than $17,500 a year. It would mean a tax cut of $154 a year for a single person making $10,000, $175 for a couple earning $12,500, and $171 for a family of four with $10,000 of income. (Continued from Page 1) the borough as a result of low water pressure. Although the pressure has increased since several major water main breaks have been repaired, it is still below the normal 70 to 80 pounds per square inch.

The pressure had been as low as 10 to 12 pounds earlier this week. Because of low water pressure, firemen had difficulty getting water during the first half hour after the blaze erupted. Officials asked residents to curtail the use of water during the fire in an attempt to boost the pressure. Firemen relied mainly on 10 tanker trucks from various local municipalities, i The tankers were filled from a temporary mile-long pipeline from a reservoir above Sandy Beach that was completed this week to boost the borough's water pressure. Pumpers then drew water from the tankers to fight the fire.

A "portable dam" made of canvas was im nnxo 1 3 '11 3 Police Blcotttteir With two pumpers equipped with aerial ladders parked in front of the burning building, firemen barely had room to move around the trucks. The entire street was a mass of overlapping hoses attached to pumpers and fire hydrants. Water Freezes On Contact Water running off the burning buildings onto fire equipment arid firemen froze on contact. A glaze of ice covered the street, firemen and fire trucks. Footing was treacherous.

Icicles hung from power lines and firemen's hats. Ice matted the hair and beards of firefighters. 1 Although the firemen fought bravely to save the homes, fire raced through partitions before firemen could chop through them. In the end, the wooden-frame homes were completely gutted. On two of the homes, parts of the roofs caved in.

Sawka's Bakery supplied doughnuts and the local Red Cross provided coffee for the firemen in a nearby garage. The six fire victims lost everything they owned. A clothing drive for them was to be organized today. The homeless moved in with friends and relatives. One fireman, Joseph Chernetsky, Shenandoah, was treated for minor injuries at the Locust Mountain State Hospital and released.

At least two other firemen were treated for smoke inhalation at the scene. Firemen were still rolling up hoses this morning. Many hoses froze with the freezing temperatures. Firemen are still investigating the cause of the fire. Assisting at the blaze were fire companies from Shenandoah, Gordon, West Mahanoy Township, Frackville, Brandon-ville, Pattersonville, Mahanoy City, Schuylkill Haven, Ringtown, Union -Township, Barnesville, Sheppton, Ryan Township, Ashland, Cressona and Hazleton.

iM ms ft FRIDAY-SATURDAY-MONDAY Special Groups aci up iicoi uic uui uuig Humes diiu mieu with water from tankers so that two pumpers equipped with aerial ladders could use it to pump water into the upper floors of the burning buildings. Fire equipment was distributed on streets in a one-block radius of the burning homes to best utilize the available water from tankers and the few fire plugs with sufficient pressure to be of use. Hoses were run through the first floor and basements of homes in the 300 block of-West Oak Street, thejiext street running parallel to New York Street, to enable firemen to fight the blaze from the rear of the burning homes. New York Street posed its own problems to firemen. The street is narrow and covered with approximately four inches of ice which is deeply rutted.

The street is barely wide enough for two cars to pass. Bond I MEN'S m0r SUITS t. WTO qh BHIftHMftftHftBftftHftlftlftftHV MEN'S COATS on MEN'S LONG SLEEVE DRESS KrtW SHIRTS t. 50 to MEN'S PATTERN Mm SLACKS ftftftHftftHftftftftHftHtKHftaiftftW MEN'S LEISURE Mm SUITS WjQ off MEN'S WINTER mGt OUTERWEAR Missing Man Sought VALLEY VIEW Hegins Township Police are seeking information relating to the disappearance of a 22-year-old Valley View man, missing since Jan. 21.

Randy Brosius, 1833 W. Main was last seen with two companions driving east on Route 209, according to Hegins Township Police Chief Melvin Stutzman. One of the men with Brosius was picked "up today for questioning by police in Cocoa, Stutzman said. Richard Green, 31, of Cocoa, was being asked about the whereabouts of Brosius, who has been missing for almost a month, Stutzman said. Brosius, Green, and Kenneth H.

Lenker, 25, formerly of Tower City, and currently residing in Florida, were last seen on 209 after leaving the parking area of Mace's Fountain Blue Motel, near Williamstown, Stutzman said, Death Still Being Probed State police are still investigating the mysterious death of Frank Robert (Fritz) Rose, 28, of Jonestown, whose body was found in a wooded area near Llewellyn Wednesday afternoon. An autopsy, schuduled for Thursday afternoon was postponed until this morning because the body was still in a frozen state. The autopsy was still underway at noon. Rose had been missing since Jan. 17 when he was last seen on Sunbury Street in Minersville.

Rose told his friends he would return to the Bonanza Bar after he got his car started but he never returned and was never seen since. His truck had been left, on Sunbury Street. Rose's body was found about 50 yards off a dirt road leading to the Llewellyn Amvets by two men who were looking for watercress in the woods. State Police request that any person who may have information concerning the disappearance of Rose to call the Pottsville Barracks. Home, Office Burglarized MAHANOY CITY A burglary occurred at the home and office of Dr.

Kenneth Donnelly, 323 E. Center Street, here sometime Thursday night. According to local police, unknown persons gained entrance by forcing open a window in the rear of the building. A safe was opened and valuable papers and an undetermined amount of coins were taken. It was not known if any drugs were stolen.

A complete inventory was to be taken Friday. The burglary was discovered about 11:25 p.m. Trucks Collide Near Lavelle LAVELLE Two trucks were involved in a mishap along Route 901, two-miles south of here, Thursday afternoon. State police at Pottsville said the two trucks, one driven by William F. Dolzani of Minersville, and the other by John W.

Shilling of Girardville, were both traveling south on 901. Dolzani attempted to pass Shilling when Shilling was making a left hand turn, police said, when the collision occurred. The truck driven by Dolzani is owned by the George T. Seiler Welding Supply Comapny of Minersville and suffered $2,000 worth of damage. About $800 was caused to the Shilling truck.

CB Antenna Stolen WEST MAHANOY TOWNSHIP Township police said a CB antenna was stolen from the car of Leonard Cissik, 223 Ohio Shenandoah Heights, sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday morning while the car was parked on Indiana Avenue. The antenna was valued at $2L Water Street Crash Site Two cars collided on Water Street near Temple Street. Thursday afterno6n, city police said, Joseph Batutis, 66, of Pottsville, told police he traveling north on Water Street when he saw a vehicle, driven by Michael Andrew Watcher, 21, also of Pottsville, stopped in the street. Batutis said, he attempted to pass the car, but as he was driving around it, the car began to turn and struck his vehicle. Watcher told police he was attempting to make a turn when the Batutis car struck his vehicle.

2 Collide In City City police said an unidentified vehicle was the cause of a two-car collision on Nichols Street near Mill Creek, Avenue Sunday night. -1 Richard Stephen Kovach, 20, of Pottsville; told police he was traveling east on Nichols Street when an unidentified vehicle came into his lane from Mill Creek Avenue, and forced him to apply his vehicle's brakes. Police said a car driven by Edward Francis Kunstek, 22, also of Pottsville, was traveling behind the Kovach car and drilled into" it when Kovach applied the brakes. Both drivers told police they saw the unidentified Vehicle swerve in front of the Kovach car. Carpet Taken From Porch A carpet on the porch of the Howard Eckrothhome in the 600 block of Greenwood Avenue was removed Monday morning by an unidentified person, city police said.

Car Wash Ransacked Police said unidentified persons entered the Pottsville Automatic Car Wash, 24th Street and West Market Street, Wednesday night or Thursday morning, andransacked an office and various vending machines. Police said the door to the office was forced open, and many drawers and cabinets had been i opened. Vending machines had been forced open, but no money was removed from the machines or the office, police said. Democrats To Endorse County Slate Feb. 24 The Schuylkill County Democratic Committee will meet Thursday, Feb.

24, at 8 p.m. in the Pottsville Catholic War Veterans Post for the purpose of endorsing a slate of county 5 candidates for the May 17 Primary Election, according to Representative James Goodman (D-Mahanoy City). Goodman said the party's executive committee held a meeting Thursday evening at county Democratic head- quarters but that no endorsements were made at that time. agreed to pay a proportionate share of the expense. Some 70 merchants agreed to the project.

However, there are some who have been not paying and notices of termination of participation have been received from several merchants. At Thursday's meeting, a letter was read from Reiley's Store, noting it was discontinuing participation as of Jan. 1. Mortimer Jeweler's is also not participating, according to a communication to the authority. 'They Cannot Terminate' Benedict said there was a one-year contract signed by the participants.

Authority member Russell Bevan, vice chairman, emphasized that these Were signed agreements, not verbal. Solicitor C. Palmer Dolbin was instructed to send letters to the persons who signed the agreement and who have not paid, notifying them that they are bound by contract. Benedict emphasized "They cannot terminate." In other authority business, permission was granted to the Bicentennial Fair Committee and fire officials to use the lower half of the Norwegian Street parking lot for a May 15 firemen's demonstration and contests, and to United Cerebral Palsy, for use of the Norwegian Street parking lot for the March 27 Walk-a-thon. (Continued from Page 1) borla and interest payments." The financial report for 1976 showed a gain rom operations-for that year, increasing more than $25,000 over 1975.

Excluding transfers from the trust fund, the 1976. receipts of $191,031.92 are up $9,153.47 over Cash in the bank as of Dec. 31 rose 39.16 per cent to $55,848 as compared with $40,130.48 as of Dec. 31, 1975. i In spite of a capital expenditure and two major repair jobs amounting to $4,300, the -total disbursements of $227,314.76 for 1976 were down by $16,097.24 from 1975, Fitzpa-trick said.

Among examples of savings effected by the present authority in comparing the two years, as presented by Fitzpa trick, was over $11,000 decrease in salaries from 1976 compared to 1975; rental decrease was $950; electrical bill down by $600; operating supplies and expenses cut by more than $5,000, plus other cuts involving dues and subscriptions, group insurance, etc. Moving into the Current year, the January gross receipts of $16,577 were up $2,159 over January of 1976. The January, 1977 disbursements of $7,300 were down $1,821 compared with January, 1976. Excess receipts over disbursements for January, 1977 were up $3,981 over the corresponding period of Cash In the bank as of Jan. 31, 1977 was $65,124 as compared to $45,425 on the same date last year.

In January, there was $530 spent on snow removal at the three lots, as compared with $70 in January of 1976. Last year, the authority, with the cboperation of the downtown Pottsville merchants, launched a free parking pro-, gram at the municipal lots, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays and all day Saturday. Merchants signed agreements for participation in "this program in which they CRAW men's snop FAIRLANE VILUGE UUI Awards Presented TAMAQUA The Tamaqua American Legion's annual Americanism Awards have been presented to two 8th grade students. Patti Agosti of St.

Jeromes school and Emily Link of Tamaqua Junior-High School won the awards on recommendation of their teachers. Patti is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ermano Agosti, Arlington Street. Emily is the daughter of Mr.

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