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5 OakUniiiiiiirribune July 16,1972 5C 9 Demos Poised to Kill State Tax Reform Wife of Airplane Crash Victim Finally Notified is the camels nose under the tent and that much more money can be added in later years. He also points out that Riles, a Democrat, is supporting the package and that there is always the Watson Amendment, strongly opposed by most lurking in the shadows. Morettis authorship of the legislation, which passed the Assembly in drastically different form, puts Brown and other lower house Democrats on the spot. It is assumed that the combination of Reagan and Moretti can get the two-thirds vote in the Assembly. But before the measure can even return to the Assembly it must face three stern tests in the Senate in the Revenue and Taxation Committee, the Finance Committee and on the Senate floor.

lion if the Federal Government adopts a revenue sharing program with the states before 1975. Urban legislators, led by Assemblyman Willie L. Brown D-San Francisco, have sought about $250 million for core-city districts. 1 Brown succeeded in getting $65 million in this years state budget, but the total amount was vetoed by Regan. This proposal would have netted Oakland about $3.3 million.

The $30 million in the Reagan-Moretti program would give Oakland about $1.5 million. Thirty million is a joke, declared Petris. We peed two million in Oakland just to avoid cutting back. Assemblyman William T. Bagley, R-San Rafael, is attempting to convince big-city Democrats that the $30 million the so-called low-wealth districts in the suburban and rural communities.

3 $30 million for special aid to districts mostly urban, with substantial numbers of poor people, migratory families or Spanish speaking residents. 4 $25 million to initiate the early- childhood training program advocated by state schools chief Wilson Riles. Under this proposal, the public schools wiR take some children younger and the state will pay the bill. Kenneth Hall, Reagan administration spokesman 0 the tax package, said that in Alameda county the districts that will benefit most from the program are Fremont, Hayward, Newark and San Lorenzo. Hail reported that the $30 i 1 1 i 0 for urban districts could be increased to $65 mil $181 in the states current surplus would be used to balance the program.

Expenditures $410 million in property tax relief through a $1,000 increase in the home-owner exemption (now $750), $125 million in benefits to renters, $45 million in reductions of business inventory taxes, $108 million to local government from the boost in the auto levy, and $530 million in additional state aid to schools. The school appropriation is divided into four parts: 1 $310 million to replace income school districts now receive from property taxes. This will provide property tax relief in Oakland and almost every other large district in the state but no additional money to run the schools. 2 $165 million in additional aid to schools. money will go almost exclusively to delayed burial until, he could contact his mother, Lil Kirk Morrison, and 13-year-old Bobby Morrison.

Junius 0 i 0 Sr. left Moses Lake, July 30 in -the open-cockpit Curtiss-Wright pusher-prop plane much like the one he had learned to fly in 40 years ago. He planned to fly across the nation to Miami. The wrecked plane was found July 4 in northwest Missouri. His body was found about 1,000 feet from the wreck, and his son said it was believed the elder Morrison had fallen from the open MIAMI (AP) Mrs.

Junius T. Morrison learned in Tehran, Iran, Saturday that her husband had died 11 days ago when his antique airplane crashed in a Missouri field during a cross-country flight. We finally managed to contact my mother in Iran, Junius T. Morrison 29, said at the familys home in suburban Miami Shores. She was on a world trip with my young brother and we were unable to contact her at all.

The body of Junius Morrison a 59-yCar-old jetliner pilot for Eastern Air Lines, still lies in a Miami funeral home. Young Morrison had By ED SALZMAN Tribune Capital Bureau SACRAMENTO-The Demo-cratlc majority in the state' Senate is poised to kill or drastically revise the massive Reagan-Moretti tax re 0 program, partly because the plan, favors suburban communities over central cities like Oakland. The $1.2 billion package, jointly developed by Republican JGov. Ronald Reagan and Democratic Assembly Speaker, Bob, Moretti, is scheduled to face a crucial test before the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee on Wednesday Sen. Nicholas C.

Petris, a key member of that; committee, reported that hd as violently opposed to the bill because it does nothing for Oakland. i and other Senate Democrats are being urged to support the package because the is the feared WaSon initiative on the ballot hi 'November. Reagan has already won pledges of support from 17 of thje 39 upper house Republicans IRtft he and Moretti must pick up 10 of the 21 Democratic votes to gain the necessary two-thirds margin for victory. Petris reported that there is overwhelming opposition 1 0 the proposal within the Democratic caucus. Several senators, like himself, are primarily concerned with the lack of additional school funds for hard-pressed urban communities like Oakland.

Others are opposed to a rise in the sales tax from five to six per cent plus the half cent override in Alameda, Contra Costa and San Francisco counties for rapid tran-. sit construction. Petris conceded that another major element of opposition stems from the fact that the Senate did not participate in the deliberations that produced the bill. There are, some ruffled feathers, he reported. As the hill now stands, here are its' basic elements: Revenue sources one cent increase in the sales tax, a rise of .35 per cent in every income tax bracket, and a boost in the automobile in lieu -tax from two to 2.85 per cent of value.

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trying to find a way out. One official connected with the International Chess Federation FIDE said he thought it was impossible to take the point away from Spassky. Fischer boycotted game No. 2 because, he said, the noise from hidden movie cameras created outrageous playing conditions. An engineer tested the noise level of the cameras and found no difference in the sound in the empty hall with or without -the cameras run Contemporary Trim-Line Sofa REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) Spassky fished for and Bobby Fischer kepft his Sabbath Saturday as chess officials scrambled to ktve the world championship, er talks with officials of International and Icelandic chess federations, Fisch-jers lawyer, Paul Marshal, announced the American chal-lenger had withdrawn his Ejection to the presence of movie cameras in the playing hall so long as they dont blow his mind.

Marshal also asked the officials to reconsider their decision to uphold the referee in declaring a forfeit because Fischer missed the second game of the 24-game series Thursday. Fischer boycotted the session, saying the cameras distracted him. Marshal Said new evidence was being prepared that might stave off Cancellation of the match. He Wouldnt say what the evidence was. Fischers failure to turn up for his second encounter with flie world champion gave Spassky a 2-0 lead.

Spassky heeds 12 points to retain the title, Fischer 122. Each game Won counts a point. A draw is half a point. Fischer is refusing to play game No. 3 today unless the point the Russian gained by default is scratched from the Score sheet.

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ning. The Icelandic organizers earlier agreed to remove the television and movie cameras, although revenue from the rights helped to raise the total prize money to $300,000, the richest chess championship in history. Asked if Fischer planned to pack up and go home. Marshal replied: No. Otherwise I wouldnt be here.

Marshal arrived Saturday morning, joining another New York lawyer for Fischer, Andrew Davis. Spassky went salmon fishing to get away from it all. Fischer, as usual, was inaccessible. He was closeted his hotel, presumably in quiet observance of the Sabbath his religion recognizes from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday. The feeling was that Fischer would not play the scheduled third game today.

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Deep channel back and arms. By The Associated Press President Nixon reaffirmed Nixon said in brief remarks Cie United States commitment to the state of Israel Saturday as the Zionist Organization of America celebrated its diamond jubilee in jferusalem. I salute you today as people who truly share the heritage of two great nations. Israel and the United States, Zionist Raps Radical Right Jews Among Wood-Accented The Wet-Look 82-Incli Sofa that were to be conveyed by New York Gov. Nelson A.

Rockefeller. Rockefeller, who has long worked closely with the United Jewish Appeal, canceled a scheduled trip to Jerusalem because of the death of his mother-in-law, Mrs. George Bartol, in Bar Harbor, Maine Friday. In the brief text of his message, Nixon said: In my recent discussions with Soviet leaders on the Middle East, I made clear the commitment of the American people to the survival of the state of Israel and to a peaceful settlement that would be Just for all countries In the area. Be assured that our dedication to these goals Is abiding and that our efforts to achieve them will remain un-di minished." Nixon's message also said: The United States in this administration will never abandon its friends.

I have consistently demonstrated my commitment to maintain the -military balance and ensure stability in the Middle East-as a foundation for negotiation of a reliable peace settlement among the parties involved. The survival of Israel can never be compromised In this process. A Rockefeller aide said the text of the message would be transmitted to the meeting. Spanish Styling regular low price 19988 Mediterranean-style sofa with boldly carved accents. Wet-look vinyl cover is easy to keep clean.

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Max Nussbaum, former President of the Zionist Organization of America, told the Organizations 75th jubilee Convention here: I American aliya (Immlgra- tion) will grow from year to gear and the identification of Our children with Israel will Intensify more and more but out of love for Israel, not Oaf for America. If America should, God forbid, ever become a country In which Jews could not live any more in freedom in other words, a collapse of the whole democratic society what world will it be in which Israel will have to survive? Nussbaum said he meant members of the radical Jewish right here and in the United States when he talked ibout doom preachers. 1 FREE PARKING SHOP SUNDAY 12 NOON to 5 1M. SEARS BAY AREA STORES Audienc by Fop VATICAN CITY (AP), Archbishop Timothy Manning of Los Angeles was received in audience Saturday by Pope Paul VI. 4' i.

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