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2 Hazleton Standard-Speaker, Wednesday, July 23, 1975 Donate books $9 tato rvn minrrantd wins House approval Will city pension funds become fiscal nightmare? farther, calling for time-and-a-half overtime payments for igrants worki ng more than 40 hours a week. The original bill would have covered temporary farm workers from local areas as well as the migrant crews hich travel to Pennsylvania from other regions. Shelhamer said farmers will support his bill but never would have agreed to Gallagher's. "Most of us see the need for some reasonable bill and this is something we can live with," Shelhamer said. The Farmers Association has agreed to use its political muscle to help get the bill through the Senate, he said.

WANT TO SWAP PAPER? TOKYO Newspaper exchange boxes have been set up at some Japanese National Railways (JNR) stations to allow commuters to throw in papers they have read and pick up ones they haven't JNR plans to set up such boxes at all major stations. HARRISBURG (AP)-A bill to improve conditions for migrant farm workers has won approval from the House after a series of concessions to organized farmers. The final version would guarantee migrants a minimum wage of at least $2 an hour, allow them to unionize and provide some safeguards against exploitation by migrant crew leaders. The package was passed Tuesday by a 174-18 vote and sent to the Senate. "It's not everything we anted, but it's a big achievement," said Rep.

James Gallagher, D-Bucks, who sponsored the original bill for the Shapp administration. Gallagher's proposal was eliminated last week, however, and replaced by a package favored by the Pennsylvania Farmers Association. Rep. Kent Shelhamer, D-Columbia, a Berwick fruitgrower, sponsored the farmers' package that ultimately cleared the House. It would: Bring migrant workers under the state's minimum wage.

Farmers would be permitted to pay by the bushel or use other piece rate but each worker would have to receive at least the minimum wage over a week's time. Allow workers to organize under the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Act, which sets the rules for collective bargaining by most industrial employes. Require farmers to post a wage description here workers could see it. Prohibit crew leaders from withholding pay from migrants for food, clothing or other items that a crew leader might buy. Social groups have charged that some leaders charged inflated prices for essentials and kept migrants in perpetual debt.

Grant migrants the right to have visitors at the farm camps where they're temporarily housed. The farmer would have to be notified of the visitor's presence. Gallagher's proposal went much better at the end of 10 years, but at least they would have stopped getting worse," Wilcox said. "Given the other financial problem of Pennsylvania's cities, this is probably the best we can hope for," he said. Otherwise, Wilcox mentioned a number of steps that would help solve the crisis.

They included: A state commission to study all local government retirement law and systems and any proposals for new retirement legislation. Removal of legislative restrictions on funding of local pension systems. Changes in the distribution of the state's contribution to local pension funds to correct major inequities. A plan where the federal government would assume some of the costs of plans that permit military veterans to increase their pension coverage to include their years of military' service. operating expenses by under-funding them, and not even paying interest on the loans," Wilcox said.

"This large hidden debt will become due and payable in future years, and some of the cities may have trouble meeting it." He said the debt in many areas is too large to be made up all at once. To work toward recovery of the systems, a 10-year plan was proposed where cities would gradually increase the amount of money flowing into the funds. In each of those years the cities would meet current obligations, and in the first year they would add 10 per cent of interest payments on unfunded liabilities. In the second year it would be 20 per cent and so on until they paid 100 per cent in the 10th year. Even if that plan is followed by every city with pension problems, it will not achieve full recovery- "Thing would really not be Ky to make thousands telling U.S.

how war lost in downtown Hazleton Introduces a Shop at Home for their new Home Improvement Department the FUEL SAVER Prime REPLACEMENT Ada ii i i biii ill ii I'll lit fill i I -r to library In order to expand the knowledge of Irish history and culture, the Friendly Sons of St Patrick has initiated a program to contribute books and periodicals to the Hazleton Public Library. To begin the collection, James V. Gallagher, president of the society, and Robert Gibson, past president, presented to Mrs. Elizabeth Mihalov, librarian of the Public Library, the following: The Saints of Ireland, by-Mary Ryan D'Arcy: contributed by Charles F. Gallagher and Catherine Gormley Gallagher in memory of Daniel F.

Gallagher and Edward J. Gormley. Ireland in Color, by Harold Clark: contributed by Mr. and Mrs. James V.

Gallagher in memory of Shamus Gallagher. History of Limerick, by Maurice Lenihan: contributed by The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick society in memory of their deceased members. In Ireland Long Ago, by Kevin Danaher: contributed by Charles McElwee in memory of Mr. and Mrs.

Patrick McElwee. Irish Cultural Influence in Europe: contributed by John Peters in the memory of Catherine (Hines) Peters. Ballads from the Pubs of Ireland, by James N. Healy: contributed by John and Grayce Rough. Irish Ghost Stories of Sheridan La Fanu: contributed by Mr.

and Mrs. Robert Gibson in memory' of Patrick O'Donnell. The Celts, by Joseph Raf-erty: contributed by The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Periodicals: Ireland of the Welcomes: contributed by Mr.

and Mrs. James A. Boyle in memory of Thomas F. Boyle Eire-Ireland: contributed by The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in memory of their deceased members.

Individuals interested in contributing to the collection should contact Charles Gallagher, chairman of the committee, at 454-5166. Frankford Arsenal to be closed PHILADELPHIA (AP) A U.S. District judge says the federal courts have no power to order an injunction against the Army's planned closing of the Frankford Arsenal here. Judge Clarence Newcomer ruled Tuesday the U.S. Constitution gives all authority over national military decisions to the President and Congress, but not to the judiciary.

The Army's decision to close the facility as "an economy move," announced last November, had been challenged in federal court this April by seven Philadelphia area congresmen, 11 arsenal employes and unions representing arsenal employes. Sen. Hugh Scott, one of the congressmen joining in the suit, decried Tuesday's ruling and said he had "deep regrets" about it. He said he would continue to appeal to President Ford, the Defense Department and the Army. The plaintiffs had argued the Army should be prevented from closing the arsenal because it had not given Congress a full report and justification for the closure as required by a 1967 federal act.

Brigitte Bardot denies rumors SAINT TROPEZ, France (AP) Brigitte Bardot has denied thatshe will marry orthat she is pregnant. In a statement, the French film star said she "formally denies all the rumors about her private life and matrimonial plans." Earlier friends said Miss Bardot would marry her boyfriend, Miroslav Brozek in August. The same friends said she denied a report published in London that she was pregnant. They quoted her as saying, "I am not pregnant and I regret it." TOWER MODEL VERY LIGHT PARIS If the 984-foot Eiffel Tower were scaled down to one foot, the 7,700 tons of lacy iron girders would weigh no more than a sheet of writing paper. HAZLETON Standard-Speaker Published Daily Except Sundays and Holidays by Hazleton Standard-Speaker, Inc.

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Only four cities were listed as having financially sound funds Philadelphia. Lock Haven, Shamokin and Union-town. Wilcox said if cities with problems don't correct them, they may eventually be unable to pay benefits to retired policemen, firemen and other employes. He noted that New York has had to lay off thousands of employes, largely because of past pension fund mismanagement. "I don't know just why Pittsburgh has been so careless with its pension system, but it has.

was the city officials' failure to stand up to pressure," he said. The pressure mostly comes from municipal employe unions who demand added benefits that cities can't really afford, Wilcox said. Other factors causing the crisis include cities using pension fund money for operating expenses and state regulations that restrict the cities' abilities to raise money for their pension plans, Wilcox said. He was asked how Philadelphia's system managed to remain so healthy. "There is a charter provision requiring that systems be actuarially sound," he said, adding that there was also a suit that forced Philadelphia to keep its funds fully financed.

Pension plans are supposed to work by using deductions from an employe's salary to replenish the fund and to keep money in the system to earn interest. Instead, some cities are feeding the contributions directly into pension payments for other employes who have already retired. "It's something like a water system without any reservoir. Money that's coming in is going out immediately," Wilcox said. With the richness of Pittsburgh's pension system, at least 42 per cent of the amount of the total city payroll should be going into the fund, Wilcox said.

But only about four per cent is actually going in. "It's like giving the police a 30 per cent raise, but not paying it to them just owing it to them," he said. Seventeen other cities were listed as having critical problems. They are: Beaver Falls, Chester, Con-nellsville, Duquesne, Easton, Erie, Harrisburg, Lancaster, McKeesport, New Castle, New Kensington, Oil City, Reading, Sharon, Titusville, Williams-port and York. Across the state, said Wilcox, municipal pension funds carry total liabilities of more than $1.2 billion.

Those funds have assets of about $277 million, leaving a total of about $24 million in unfunded liabilities. "Our cities havd in effect, been borrowing liberally from their pension funds for annual Energy (Continued from Page 1) The latest round in the standoff came Tuesday when the House voted 262 to 167 to kill Ford's gradual decontrol program that would have ended oil price controls over a 30-month period. After the vote, Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said Congress and the President "have a duty to get together" to break the deadlock. A few hours later, Ford, Federal Energy Administrator Frank G. Zarb and a group of congressional leaders went on an evening cruise aboard the presidential yacht.

Energy was among the issues discussed. The administration program turned down by the House would have raised gasoline prices by 7 cents a gallon by the end of 1977, according to White House estimates. Democrat critics said it would have raised prices 15 cents a gallon. The crux of that program was to end the ceiling on "old oil" which comes from wells at least three-years old. About 60 per cent of U.S.

production is old oil, and the remainder sells at the unregulated world market price, which now is around $13 a barrel. Ford on Monday had vetoed a bill that would have extended the old oil controls through Dec. 31 and imposed an ceiling on new oil. Congress apparently is unable. to produce a two-thirds majority required to override that veto.

And Ford has said he will veto a pending bill that would simply continue the existing price structure until March 1. HARRISBURG (AP) Unless some Pennsylvania cities do something about their pension funds they could wind up with a fiscal nightmare comparable to New York, a top state official has warned. Community AfTairs Secretary William H. Wilcox said Tuesday that the leading candidates for pension fund col- Astronaut (Continued from Page 1) lie complained about the housekeeping problem, with everything floating about in weightlessness. "We need a traffic cop up here to direct things." he said.

Asked if having women on board might help, Brand said, "I certainly think in the years to come we ill have women in space." He said the Apollo was not designed for omen because it is too cramped and does not have proper facilities for a mixed crew, adding, "The first opportunity for women in space will be on the shuttle." Stafford, asked if he thought the Apollo-Soyuz mission was worth the $250 million cost to the United States, said, "Yes. I think definitely so." He added, he thought the mission had actually been accomplished for about $20 million less, or about $230 million. "It put together a new docking mechanism for both countries and they both contributed to it equally," he said. "And the flight showed that in spite of great political differences between countries, that if people meet commitments, then a lot can be achieved." Stafford, making his fourth flight into space, said he would like to see future U.S.-Russian flights but, "I think we will have to review all the impacts ofthisoneand just look at that in the future." Slayton was asked about his physical health in view of his previous heart problems. "Physically, I don't think it was anything my 91-year-old aunt in Wisconsin couldn't have done," he said jokingly.

Asked about preflight criticism by Sen. William Prox-mire, that the astronauts were taking a risk in flying a joint mission with the Soviet Soyuz, Stafford said, "The Soyuz looked to me to be solid as a rock. It just looked like some senator was trying to grab some headlines." When they splash down in the Pacific at 5:18 p.m. EDT Thursday it will be at least four years, and probably until the early 1980s, before Americans again depart for space. That's when the reflyable rocket plane, the Space Shuttle, is expected to be ready.

The Shuttle will land like an airplane on a concrete strip, so this Apollo will be the last American ship to splash down on water just as the previous 30 U.S. spaceships did. The two Russian cosmonauts, Alexei Leonov and Valeri Kubasov, returned safely to earth in their Soyuz ship Monday and were reported in good health. They will hold a news conference Thursday in Moscow. Leonov, an officer in the Soviet air force, was promoted from colonel to major general, the equivalent of a one-star general in the U.S.

Air Force. Leonov and Kubasov, a civilian engineer, were both awarded a second Order of Lenin and a second gold star for the award of Hero of the Soviet Union. The American spacemen today continued an extensive program of earth photography, taking pictures of targets in oceans, mountains and deserts. Scientists hope their photos will lead to a better understanding of ocean currents, weather patterns, ice floes and natural resource locations. The wives of the three astronauts visited mission control on Tuesday, and the spacemen told them they are anxious to get home.

The space travelers also told their wives about the problems of eating in weightlessness. Stafford said, when opening a can of macaroni, "It's like a bunch of worms crawling out of there. "Anything floats away so you can't afford to leave anything unattended for more than five seconds. I swear at times you could lose an elephant up here." The astronauts said they were looking ahead to good food and showers on the recovery carrier USS New Orleans, which is waiting to pick them up west of Hawaii on Thursday. Late Friday, the spacemen will go to Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, for a flight to Houston, arriving at Ellington Air Force Base there at 10 a.m.

EDT, Saturday. Service Sash's INSTALLED Jlj Uj III kxv ill SPECIAUZE i Ii 'ml i IN ST0RM Jl xJliy WINDOWS ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP; For $2,500 an appearance, former South Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky is hitting the lecture trail to tell Americans how the war was lost. The dashing former jet fighter pilot spoke ithout pay Tuesday at the Chamber of Commerce. But he said he has hired professional booking agents and from now on, it's $2,500 a shot Asked if he planned to use the money to help his fellow-refugees, Ky smiled and said, "No, the money is my personal affair." His agent hopes to book him for two or more engagements a week.

Still as dapper as he was in Saigon, Ky sports a mod hairstyle and a double-breasted blazer with military-style epaulets. A silver model of a jet is pinned to his lapel. In addition to the nationwide tour, Ky said he is planning a book, "Twenty Years and Twenty Days," about South Vietnam from 1955 to 1975. On Monday, Ky spoke at California State University at Fullerton and said he was pleased with the lack of heckl- Exact change (Continued from Page 1) are almost nonexistent because all they get is the money the bus driver has on his person." The theory behind the exact-change program is simple: if would-be robbers know that drivers or salespeople have no cash, they won't attempt a hold-up. Fares and receipts are immediately deposited in locked strongboxes that cannot be moved or opened.

The Yellow Cab Co. of Los Angeles puts a small strongbox in each taxi. Drivers are supposed to carry no more than $5 in cash. "We had 369 holdups in 1969 and 45 people in the hospital," said company spokesman John Davidson. "Now we're running two robberies a week and we haven't had anyone in the hospital for some time." The 7-11 convenience stores in Dallas have a $35 limit on cash that can be kept in registers.

Each store has a safe with two compartments, but the employe has a key only to the change compartment plus whatever is in the change compartment. Legislature (Continued from Page 1) could produce a 'Boston' situation in Philadelphia, and this must be prevented to every extent possible." Violence erupted in Boston earlier this year after a federal court ordered a busing plan into effect. "I cannot accept this extreme result Shapp said. "I have never believed that forced busing is a desirable means to implement school desegregation." House Republican leader Robert Butera charged that Shapp was trying to use scare tactics in mentioning the Boston experience. The commission has not taken community sentiment into account in its decisions, Butera said.

Dougherty said it really didn't matter if the federal courts became involved. "The federal courts can't do any more than the Human Relations Commission is doing right now," he said "The end product (forced busing) can't be much different." ing and hostility from the students. "I was surprised." he said. "I expected the liberals and the antiwar elements to be there ith negative attitudes, opposition and anger." Ky said his proposed tour is possible because the American public has put the war behind it. Previously Ky had said he might try to earn a living as a taxi driver or perhaps as a farmer in Arkansas.

As for how the South was lost, Ky told his audience Tuesday, "Both the Americans and the South Vietnamese committed many errors. Most of the time the politicians lied to the There was widespread bad South Vietnamese leadership social injustice bad economy." He said he had warned American officials in 1965 not to begin massive bombing of North Vietnam. Kysaidhetold officials if they thought bombs would stop Hanoi, "then you know nothing of the North Vietnamese." At Fullerton, Ky spoke of an underground resistance in South Vietnam and said he would like to return and take command of the guerrilla force, hich he says numbers at least 12,000. "I really would prefer to die gloriously on the battlefield than to live here in exile," he said. "I am 46 years old, old enough to accept the last sacrifice." Pressed for details afterward, Ky said aside from reports of some fighting in the Mekong Delta he had no hard information.

Fuel adjustments may be limited HARRISBURG (AP) The Senate unanimously passed Tuesday a measure designed to regulate how utilities use fuel adjustment clauses. The bill, sent to Gov. Shapp, would require that the adjustment be limited to the actual cost of the fuel delivered to the utility at the generating site. Utilities could include the cost of smoke scrubbers, however. The fuel adjustment clause permits utilities to pass along increased fuel costs to consumers.

Some lawmakers and consumers have complained about the size of the increases. Canada closes ports to Soviet fishing OTTAWA, Ont. (AP) -Canada announced today it is closing its east coast ports to Soviet fishing vessels because of alleged overfishing of Canadian coastal waters. Fisheries Minister Romeo LeBlanc said similar action may have to be taken against Spanish and Portuguese fleets. LeBlanc said the ban on Soviet vessels, effective July 28, was taken only after "every diplomatic attempt" to keep Soviet fishing vessels within internationally agreed quota limits had failed.

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