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for on used or Rd. 14094 14103 us today . FDIC The EPA's 'Hit Lists' Among: their many sins, former high officials of the 204 Environmental Protection * Agency are accused of having drawn up so-called \hit lists\ of EPA eniployees targeted - for dismissal or transfer. Arms control negotiator . Edward E. Rowny also. ran info criticism last month tor preparing a memo ideno resignation, |_. - So we take it that hit llsts are something to get outraged about. But we also find genuine outrage a liffle{dif- ficult to scare up in this case. Maybe our problem is that one ' person's \hit list\ is . another's - \housecleaning.\ Liberals might cheer the same kind of thing at the Pentagon. Much depends on the politics of the hit-listers and the hit-listees. Forget .politics, even the EPA's politics, for a moment. Look instead at the problem- any new regime faces when it © tries to carry out a drastic change in overenment policy. That was the EPA's problem, and its idea of a solution was at least logical. It wanted to find which executives were most eager fo carry out its Ln mid! were not, ' \assign the roles -LOS ANGELES RAILY NEWS 74,000 Jobs . Supposedly | Available WASHIN?TON (UPI) - government reports state em- mood fake avatebinen , f 'A 'on 1 despite a nationwide unem- - ployment ra of more than 10 percent. The Labor Department said Monday more than half of the 161,000 positions listed with the state job banks in February were either filled or canceled. It said this left 74,000 jobs, or gverall 161,000 figure was unchanged from January for a 'comparable sample of job banks for which data were available. In the Labor Department report, six local areas ex- perienced month-to-month gains of 20 percent or more in job openings during February, among them, the Utica-Rome, N.Y., area, with a 25 percent gain. Eight cities had increases in Job openings of 25 percent or more in February, compared to a year earlier, incinding Buffalo, at 42 percent. Jobs still available March 1 included those for secretaries, typists, cashiers and tellers, accounting clerks, real estate and insurance salesmen, mis 20,800 professional, techat- woodman-131m Nurses Vote To Call Strike GROWING PROJECT--With less than 18 months remaining before it goes into commercial operation, the New York State Electric and Gas (NYSEG) Somerset station is a beehive of activity. The massive $1 billion project currently employs 1,900 workers, a Somerset Power Plant Nears Halfway Point By JIM HUDNUT J-R Staff Writer SOMERSET - Aided by a relativeb' mild winter, con- struction at the $1 billion coal- fired power plant being con- structed by New York State Electric and Gas Corp. (NYSEG) here is 932 schedule for its October 1 qu‘ka spokesman . erf Doolittle said. rede As of March 30, the 62%5- megawatt electrical generating station was around 46 per cent complete. NYSEG officials said if construction continues at its present pace, the plant will reach.the 50 per cent completion rate around 1, leaving construction crews 15 months to finish the remajning 50 cent in time for a series of tests slated for August 1084. \Although the plant will not go into commercial operation until October, it is crucial that we be ready to start the long series of gystems checks by the beginning of August 1984,\ Doolittle said. \It:will take us those two months to make sure everything is operating properly so we can complete the process of getting the plant certified in time to go into commercial operation on schedule.\ a In order to accomplish those deadlines, activity on the 1,200 acre site is proceeding at a rapid pace and is expected to pick up during the summer months. Doolittle said there are currently 24 major con- tractors active\ on the site firms doting fk. All told, theré are currently 1,900 workers employed on the construction project. \We had estimated that our employment would have pa ped 'to 1,400 during the r months, but we stayed right around 1,900,\ Doolittle said. \Now that’we are en- tering the final year of con- tion, we can realistically expect the employment picture to peak at around 2,200 later this summer.\ With the large number of workmen who remained active during the winter, work has heen progressing in all areas of the plant including the main bofler building, water intake and outflow systems, coal and limestone delivery systems, pollution control and. the on- site railroad which will con- nect the plant with the 15-mile rail spur being built from Conrail's Falls Road branch line northward to the plant from Lockport. Doolittle estimated that the on-site railroad would consist of more than seven miles of Lobbyists Spent $9.3 Million in '82 ALBANY, N.Y. (UPI) - Lobbyistsarespending increas- ingly Jarger sams in Albany to getlfiwmakemtoseething their way, but the chairman of the Temporary State Commis- siod on ing says that, so far, his agericy has been able to groups\ being formed to lobby their causes in Albany. The top three law-firm lobbyists for 1982, listed along with their total expenditures, were: Condello, Ryan & Pis citelH, $555,253; Ruder, Finn & Rotman, $550,505; and Shea & Gould, $544,832. first firm lobbied for Mobi] Oil Corp., the New York - State Association of Off-track BetfingCa-pfiandComdidata-l Rail Corp., among tens of Ruder, Finn & Rotman was heavily active last year in loGbying for the beverage industry against New York's botBedeposi law fianéGooldabow edafifidmflzlfim figure which is expected to swell to 2,200 this summer. Shown here is a view of the main boiler building and portions \of the coal delivery system at right. The 625-megawatt plant stands at 46 per cent complete, track including side spurs to various delivery areas for coal and limestone along with other sidings where up to three of the 80-100 car unit coal train§ can be kept at any one time. Meanwhile, an electrical switchyard is completed and in the process of being tested so that it can be put into operation this. week.end. The swi would replace a feeder line which provides power to the plant and eventually direct power out of- the completed acility, One of the more massive tasks remaining in the con- struction is the installation of electrical wiring in the main boiler building. Doolittle said that when finished, contractors would have \installed more than four million feet of wiring, or 757 miles of wire, enough to reach from Somerset to Charleston, S.C. Because of ' agreements reached with labor unions involved in the project and the purchase of materials by NYSEG long before needed, NYSEG officials estimate that -(J-R Photo). the construction will come in at or near the $1.072 billion cost projections. \'There may be some minor changes in the cost, but we planned enough ahead that the materials have. been bought and are either on the site or in transit;\ Doolittle sald. \And the companies involved have been. super,\ the project enters what Doolittle called \A crucial year,\ impacts. are already being felt in the Somerset area. Doolittle said that for the 1982- 83 budget year, the assessment of the plant at $84 million dropped school taxes in the Barker Central School District by 42 per cent Eventually, when the plant is assessed at around $600 million, NYSEG will be paying up to 90 per cent of school and town taxes and around 13 per cent of Niagara County property taxes. In addition Doolittle said that the payroll of plant con- struction stands at $175 million while staff pa; when the plaht is in operation is projected at nearly $5 million a year. : EPA Orders Recall! Of 861,000 GM Cars By ROBERT SANGEORGE WASHINGTON (UPT) - The Environmental Protection Agency is ordering General Motors Corp. to recall \just about every kind of GM car\ made in 1978-79 with certain six-cylinder engines because they are causing too mnch smog. An EPA spokesman said cylinder, 231-cabic- inchengines. About 851,000 automobiles are affected. The 20-cabic-inch cars have engine family numbers of 810AZF and §10A2ZF. The B1- EPA ssid in a statement # is the compery's to Ex all the affected vehicles at no cost to owners. \GM has indicated it Intends to voluntarily recall these vehicles but will limit free repair to those under six years old and have mileage under 60,000 miles when brought to thedealership,\ it said. \EPA believes the act requires GM to. recall and repair all of the cars at no cost to the owner. This order assures all of the vehicles will beapm‘opfiatebrqaotredpend- ing the outcome litigation,\ fluogenqadfled. In Detroit, Gamma mum-locum compeny volunteered ved. The cars will be repaired ty GM desilers at no cast to the ceners,\ EPA streased. Monday's recall is the second in leas than free weeks for the largest car mancise txer. Os March M, EPA crdered GM to recs S (D) mmmmwm ~* said Seovvcrafl Stability Lies In Smaller Weapons - ByNORMAND. SANDLER WASHINGTON (UPI) - The MX missile is an indispensible step that will help restore a sense of national will, be able to respond to a Soviet threat and have alifespan of more than the few years its critics give it, Gen. Brent Scowcroft The chairman of the Commis- sion on Strategic Forces made his comments on ABC's\Good Morning America\ program today, a day after the panel presented its plan for strength ening the backbone. of Ameri- ca's nuclear deterrent to President Reagan. \What we hope is that this proposal ... will attract suffi- cient consensus to put the divisiveness behind us,\ Scow- croft said, \and let us look forward rather than back- ward.\ The commission's blueprint assigns the MX missile a \limited but very important\ purpose, while placing longer- term emphasis on smaller, less destructive weapons such as the yet-to-be developed mobile ''Midgetman\ missile that would have a single warhead. After three months of study that included discussions with more than 200 technical ex- perts, the commission recom- mended what Scowcroft called \a major new departure\ in strategic thinking. It concluded the path to stability in the nuclear age lies in moving toward smaller weapons of war, a marked change-in- course from more than two. omelet of building biggerintergontinental bailistic missiles with multiple war- heads. Scowcroft said today, \We think it ought to be sinall in ordertoopenupaswldelyas possibledifferentbasingoptions hopefully including mobile op- tions. That would provide the survivability of the future. Second, it needs to be a single warhead in order to lower the value of the target.\ Asked to comment on critics' concerns that the MX is a costly proposal that will be outdated in a few years, Scowcroft said, \We don't think it's only for a few years. We think it's an lugspanaible step kE-‘Wealfi er Mainly clear tonight, low about 32, 20s in inland valleys. Winds light, easterly R - Increasing clouds Wednesday, b reezy and: warmer, 40percentchanceofa - shower by evening High neat 60. 4 nice-25° ~ in orderto get where it is we think 'we ought to go in the interestsofgreaterstability.\ And he denied the missile is a it talks. \\No; P don't like the term ‘bargainms chip,\. Scowcroft , said. \It's essential in order to do several things immediately: To restore the sense of national will and cohegion, to be able to respond to the. kinds of threats y that the Soviets can now pose to the MX missile,\ On Monday, Scowcroft called the commission's report \a closely reasoned report\ that put the MX in perspective. He alsoacknowledged the commis- sion was in a no-win position in atteropting to resolve the furor surrounding the MX. Economist Says Oil Taxes Could Help SYRACUSE, N.Y. (UPI) -A Cornell University economist says partial nationalization of ' the nation's oil companiles and new taxes on oil companies would help alleviate some of the nation's economic ills. Resource economist Duane Chapman told the New York State Economics Association at Syracuse University that the development of oil and gas reso by privately owned companies has led 'to lost' revenuesfor the government. Chapman said in a weekend speech thatpartially nationaliz- ing the oil companies, com- bined with the replacement of the corporate income and windfall profit taxes with value and severance taxes could help ease some of the fiscal troubles. additional income for the government, \National rmourceéha are na- tional property,\ said. \We're the only country where most of the profit from the nation's use of energy resources foes corporate spheres and to govern- ments.\ The economic significance, Chapman said, is \enormous\ since the 4§ oil companies in the Fortune 500 had more revenue --- $638 billion - than the entire national- government in 1981, Of the 39 largest individual corporations, 20 are major oll companies with $566 «billion in revenue in 1981, + He saldthat for all co tlons, the'corporate {maxim makes up only 7 percent of the The Cornell scientist midmgwmmem’ Ancome, com- those measures could result in more than $100 billion in pared with 35 percent 30 years ago. . Cuomo Steps Up Attacks on Oil Companies, Real Estate Industry LAURIE ASSEO ALBANY N.Y. (UPI) -Gov. Mario momolsstepplnguphla attack on ofl companies and real estate interests, vowing that if they refuse-to pay their taxes, he will work to impose other state levies on them. The governor Monday said he was considering a number of alternative taxes to be imposed if the two interest groups refuse to pay about $300 million in taxes. \We have to get our hands on that money,\ he added. Cuomo, on the 101st day of his new administration, also said he was \not embarrassed\ by nearly $1 billon in taxes enacted under the 198344 budget. He noted that many - like the cil and real estate taxes - affected the wealthy, while others were on optional expenses, like cigarettes. He also predicted a major legislative dispute this spring over his proposal to raise the $125 weekly unemployment benefit to $170. Senate Repubit- cans are expected to provide stiff opposition. Cuomo identified the dispute aver the ofl and real estate taxes as his major disappoint- ment thas far, and he blamed it for the credit rating agencies' refusal last week to upgrade New York's rating. MobQ OU and other compa- nies have vowed to go to court to fight a revised 2 percent tax en their gross receipts, while the real estate industry indicat- ed it would oppose a 10 percent capital gains tas on transac- tions over §1 million. “Yoomnotmveintnflm particular scrprines mamezm i prison uprising in January, \We set our sights, I think, very high ... and I'm pleased with the results,\ he said. Cuomo defended his staff appointments, disputing claims he merely gave jobs to political friends. “Karean'steinwaspex-tmps our fiercest enemy,\ he said, noting the reappointed head of the Consumer Protection Board had made television commer- clals supporting New York Mayor Edward Koch in the Democratic primary. He added he had considered several well-known le from other states to some agencies, but added, \I reject- ed them because there's no magic in a national name.\ The governor also acknowl- edged he was having trouble finding commissioners for the mental - health - agencies. \They're reluctant to do it,\ he said, noting many experts did not want to take on a jot Where biflgetaxtswerebeingmde. The Ossining incident, if which prisoners held 17 guards hostage for three days, was a result of more factors than overcrowding, Cuomo conter ded. He repeated his opposition to use of early release [programs to lessen overcrow- ding, saying it merely showed \a lack of strength\ on the state's part. Cuomo predicted New York would have \the mast impor- tant delegation in the country\ next year as Democrats nomi- nate a presidential candidate. He and other major Democrats have declined to back any candidate thus far, and the governor has rejected any talk of national ambitions for himself. The governor also revealed that two days before he delivered his muchpraised inaugural speech that Hkened New York state to a family, be was so unhappy with it that he threw it away. \It's so trite ... I can't deliver it again,\ the governor said he told his aides, Police Probing Theft of Cars Village of Medina Police and the State Police sare in- vestigating an overnight spree in which four cars were stolen from Medina Ford, 146 South Main St, Medina and later abandoned - after - being smashed together, police said. Police received a call from a neighbor of the auto dealership around 4 m. and upoo arrival discovered a 1983 Ford Bronco track and a 1963 Ford Mustang smashed and abandoned at the intersection of Ri. 63 and South Main Street Police said the suspects are beleved to have retwrned to the deslerskip before they arrived and stole » &om a a aoa m Ale Abn A A & ao momoinch Aide ticefo in ind fh tt Ie ch mm mon a 0 A D A R bd bea hA a bbb an b ron tom an
