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I E - oy earns ® w mp ariable clouds Servmg The Lake Plums Country— ereans, ngara, Genesee \ Thursday, scattered flurries, high 40- vor. 41 NO. 55 - 207 , _- MEDINA, uswvonk WEDNESDAYfiAPRlL 20, 1983 _ \- | PRICE . 25° Extravagance co & . A A In The Skies mpromlse The Department of Transportation now says it's going to clamp down on the use of private government jets by officials who could take commercial flights at. much lower cost. In one Instance, FAA Ad- ministrator J. Lynn Helms took an inspection trip to Alaska - along with his wife and daughter - at a cost of $71,800. Had he used com- mercial - flights - where possible, the cost would have been $6,700. And in August 1981, an FAA plane was sent at a cost of $1,636 to fetch a batch of papers that could have been express mailed for $62. Transportation - Secretary Elizabeth Dole says that from now on, \Every trip proposed by anyone in the department, myself included, will be examined: critically with respect to costs and other factors.\\ She says com- mercial transportation will be used | unless | fravel by government jet \can clearly be justified.\ However, ' the FAA is unrepentant. A spokesman says, \'We haven't misused any of the aircraft.\ ' Heaven help the treasury if they decide to sfart. -FORT WAYNE (Ind.) SENTINEL ByUnitedPress International The second spring storm in four days dumped up to 17 inches of snow in some parts of eastern New York causing hazardous driving conditions, school closings and flood problems. TheNational WeatherService saidthe storm was the heaviest ever so late in the year in the Albany area where almost 9 inches fell before changing to rain. Berne, in the Helderberg Mountains, southwest of Albany, had 17 inches on the ground Tuesday night The weather service said the Mohawk Valley received 10 to 20 inches and up to a foot and a half was measured in the Catskills. The bulk of the snow hit the eastern half of New York, with only minor amounts in western areas. The snow slowly began changing to rain on an east-to- west basis as the day progress ed. «imm ALBANY, N.Y. (UPI) - Children under age 10 should be required to wear seat belts at all times, says the nominee to head the Department of Motor Vehicles, but he doesn't think the public is ready for a similar law for adults. In addition to child restraint seats already required for toddlers, John Passidomo Tues day told the Senate Transporta- tion Committee he favored a law requiring children up to age 10 to buckle up. \I think we should move up the ladder and attack this problem on a gradual basis,\ he said, noting the public likely would oppose a mandatory belt law for adults ''We're dealing bere with a restriction of rights.\ The Transportation Commit- tee approved Passidomo's nomination. He now must go before the Senate Finance Committee before a full Senate vote is taken. FIRST GIFTS TO JOURKAL-REGISTER CAMP FUKD in memory of Dorothy Cox trom Zella L. Moora in memory of Gorsthy Céz trom Rossland Ava ma friencs42.00 £18.00 Reached ToDelay . Withholding WASHINGTON (UPI) - Bowing to the pressure of the banking lobby, key senators agreed on a compromise that would delay for four years - and possibly forever - the controversial withholding tax on interest and dividends. The Senate today planned to consider the deal Finance Committee Chairman Robert Dole, an ardent supporter of withholding, and Sen. Bob Kasten, its leading opponent, worked out in all-day negotia- tions Tuesday. Dole, R-Kan., said he still thinks \withholding is the best way,\ to collect taxes already owed. \But it didn't have the votes,\ he said, largely because of the impressive lobbying campaign launched by the powerful banking lobby. Therefore, he agreed to a compromise that would retain most of the revenue of the original rule that requires 10 percent of all interest and dividends be withheld for tax purposes beginning July 1. Kasten, R-Wis., author of an amendment to repeal withhol- ding, said the compromise would delay imposition of the tax for four years - until July 1987 - and then only if the Goverment Accounting Office documents less than 95 percent of interest and dividend income was reported in 1985. In addition, the House and Senate would have to endorse the government's finding in . separate votes before it could take effect in 1987. It also calls for stiffer penalties for taxpayers who do not report their interest and dividend income, and requires «taxpayers ' to enclose their interest and dividend year-end statements when they file their tax returns. \I'm very pleased with the compromise,\ Kastensaid. The . combination \means we were able to make the possibility of withholdingveryremote.'\ In 1981, the last year for which Treasury Department figuresareavailable, taxpayers reported only 89 percent of their interest income and 85 percent of their dividend income, resulting in an estimat- ed tax revenue loss of $8 billion. The administration has not officially endorsed the Dole- Kasten compromise, although Treasury officials participated in the negotiations and the White House kept in close touch throughout the process. Dole said he \couldn't speak for the president,\ who has vowed to veto a repeal of withholding. \This is not a repeal, it is a delay,\ he said. He added, \I don't know what will happen (to the com- promise) when it leaves the Senate.\ Dole said his counterpart, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dan Rostenkowski, DML, to hold hearings on the plan if it is dpproved by the Senate. Rep. Normam D'Amours, leading opponent of withholding in the House, hailed the compromise as \exactly what we have been calling for \ AH, THE SWEET ESSENCE OF SPRING--Western New Yorkers awoke to a blanket of snow this morning, even though the calendar says it is one month into spring. Shown here cleaning his windshield and forcing a smile about it all, isJack Walsh of 444 East Oak Orchard Street, Medina. Eastern portions of New York State were really peppered with snow as up to 17-inches secumulated in certain areas. (J R Photo) Deplete HEAP Funds By JIM HUDNUT J-R Staff Writer ALBION - Sharp increases in the number of public assistance cases handled by the Orleans County Depart- ment of Social Strvices for funds under the state's home energy assistance pr dgr (HEAP) has deplete original allocation and forced Commissioner Patricia Hardenbrook to request ad- ditional funds from the state. Under the original contract between the county and the state Department of Social Services, Orleans County received $423,660 to aid local families with home energy costs. Of that allocation, $115,000 was set aside specifically for public assistance recipients. » However, miscalculations by the state led to a shortfall of funds prior to the official end of the 1982-83 heating season. Hardenbrook said that in March 1982, Social Services processed 790 public assistance recipients also receiving HEAP benefits, a figure which the state ap- parently used in allocating funds for the current heating season. Local layoffs and other economic factors have led to a marked increase in the number of public assistance recipients who also receive HEAP funds. Hardenbrook said that last month, her department had processed 890 cases, or 100 more than for the same period a year ago. Of those 890, only 650 cases had been authorized to receive HEAP funds leaving an exhausted HEAP account with an additional 240 cases yet to be reviewed. \Not everyone who receives public assistance also receives Sixth Graders Will Do A Crystal-Ball Routine for Medina When a ~ time capsule ° is buried near Medina City Hail next manth. ending the Medina Sesqmcenzena Celebration there will be a prize-winning essay msice torecastmg what Medina wil be fike in 50 years in the year 2032 Sach graders of Towne and Oak Orchard Schools here unger the drecton of Pringpals Joyce Derry and Darry! Santord and their teaching staffs. are in a competifion to produce the best essay on Medina in 2032 _ The winner will get a prize and have his or her work included ia the capsule contents The seaimg of the capsule box wil be marked by a specs) ceremony at City Mall on May 25 The container w2 put awey memertses of the Sesqm Year chotss newspapers souvenurs a capy of Mstoren Cel Wakes mstory of Megra and othe fers gas a iw fon vilage sficais The wil be permenen®y sealed and orgtected and marked itor in 50 years Aryone with a memento of Media's Seequ Year whion mey fest should be included may cortart Margera Shnace o *e Charter of Commerce ct funds under HEAP,\ Har- denbrook said. \But with the cases we had approved, the original $115,000 had been expended. Already, we have' spent $11,000 of the additional funds we received from the state, and we'll surely use all of the funds that are left.\ season.. Contingency ap- plications are being gccepted by social services as the county has made application to the state for an additional $75,000 to finance the program through the remainder of the season. \We'll process ap- plications as the money is HEAP funds are targeted . available, but I'm not sure toward families who either own a home or rent in the county and are responsible for home effergy costs gither directly or through their rent payments. Renters have to pay rent without fuel included in their payments while home owners are also responsible for their own energy costs. In- dividuals, or families, who pay only room and board are not eligible for program funds. Of the total program, in addition to the public assistance cases, the funds have benefited an additional 830 cases Of that group, Hardenbrook said 456 are for individuals under the age of 60 while the remaining 374 have been doled out to individuals over the age of 60. All told, funding from the program reaches about 10 per cent of the county's _ nearly - 12,000 households with $456,865 from the state. Hardenbrook said that if the cold weather continues, ad- ditional applications can be expected before the close of the en and if the state will be e to send us the additional funds we've requested.\ In the area which includes Orleans County, maximum payments dre $235 for homes heated with fuel oil, electricity or LP gas, $195 for natural gas, wood or coal and $165 for homes rented where the heat is included in the rent Tenants receive the checks and are then responsible for making payments to their landlords. However, that is the only part of the program where the funds are directly received by the individuals or families. In other cases, the recipients designate a utility, or vendor, to receive the funds with Social Services forwarding a check to those vendors. '\Anyone _ who - meets eligibility | requirements will get some assistance,\ Har- denbrook said. \It's really an open-ended program, we just hope that the state will be able to provide additional funds. We could sure use it.\ Embassy Bombing Called A'Kamikaze' Attack BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPI) - The death toll in the US. Embassy bombing rose to 35 today, including nine Ameri cans, in what an Israeli news report said was a \kamikaze\ attack by Syrian-trained Irani an commandos. The body of the ninth American was recovered today from piles of cancrete and steel littering the front of the seaside immediately identified. Eight other Americans were missing and presumed dead. U S. Ambassador Robert Dillon, speaking to reporters as rescue workers searched the rubble for mare victims, refused to spectiste on who was behind the afteck, but he said US. Middle East envoy Philip Habib had not been - Expected at the embazy at the time the Monday bombing. A Lebanese news agency Police were investigating reports that a terrorist drove a pickup truck loaded with explosives into the embassy on a suicide mission. Officialsat American Univer- sity Hospital said 35 bodies had been recovered US officials said 25 others were missing and presumed deed. Social Secui'ify Reform Signed Workers, Employers And Pensioners to Sacrifice By D'VERA COHN WASHINGTON (UPI) - Higher payroll taxes, a six- month benefits freeze and later retirement are in store for Americans with Président Reagan's signature on a sweep ing $165 billion bill today to save Social Security from financialcollapse. Reagan arranged a gigantic outdoor White Houseceremony to signthe measure, which calls a truce to two years of political warfare triggered by his administration's wide-rang- ing proposals to reduce future benefits. Up to 800 guests were expected, political friends and foes alike. They include con- gressional leaders like House Speaker Thomas O'Neill, lobby group representatives and GNP Shows Nation's Economy Recovering 'By DENIS G. GULINO WASHINGTON (UPI) - In thebest sign yet that economic recovery is underway, the government said today the nation's gross national product grew at a 3.1 percentannual rate from. January. through .- March. Theeconomicexpansionafter inflation, the best sincethe first alum-tar of 1981, was just within e accepted '3 percent to 5 percentgrowthrangenecessary toreduceunemployment.© But it was weaker than most private analysts and the White House expected. ; The Commerce. Department said the increase in the value of the nation's goods and services after the inflation adjustment was $11.3 billion in the first quarter. Before subtracting the effects of inflation, the GNP grew to $3.1767 trillion, when figured annually, thedepartment said. The report's measure of inflation throughout the econo- my, dubbed the \implicit price deflator,\ grew at a 5.8 percent rate, the highest since the fourth quarter of 1981 and well above other government infla- tion measures. In the previous quarter, Octoberthrough December, the GNP got smaller at a 1.1 percent annual rate and dropped 1.7 percent for all of 1982, the worst performance sinceindustrydemobilizedafter World War II. The improvement from the fourth quarter of last year was primarily because businesses slowed their rate of inventory clearance - selling goods without replacing the stock. Another positive influence was an increase in new housing and consumer spending which, unlike inventory changes, are key factors in sustaining an economic recovery. Export sales and government purchases declined. In an accom; report, the department revised its report on corporate profits in the fourth quarter to show a 1.3 percent rate of decline after taxes. When last measured, corporate profits showed no change in the fourth quarter Earlier this year. on the basis of only January and February figures, the Commerce Depart- ment projected a GNP growth rate of 4 percent for the first quarter And most leading private analysts forecast much the same performance. The gross national product in the first quarter showed the strongest growth since the 7.9 percent annual rate in the first quarter of 1981. -An alternative measure of inflation contained in the report, the fixed-weighted price index, increased just 3.2 per- cent\ in the first quarter compared with 4.9 percent in the fourth quarter. It was the least growth since the second quarter of 1972, mostly reflect- ing the drop in oil prices, the department said. The GNP figure released today will be revised next month based on more compre- hensive data. All inflation adjusted figures were ex- pressed in 1972 dollars. The GNP figure itself can do more than: just measure the prospects for jobs and profits. It can influence the size of the federal deficit and, in the political sphere, help shape the sizeof the field of presidential challengers if it falls far short of predictions. Recent polls have suggested President Reagan's economic policies are no longer as much of a political liability as in the past The stubborn deficit, however, refuses to yield to better economic news. Infant members of the presidential National Commission on Social Security Reform, whose report was thebill's blueprint. Called landmark legislation . by O'Neill and Senate Republi- can Leader Howard Baker, the bill demands sacrifice from workers, employers and pen- sioners alike. Backers say it will erase Social Security's red ink for at least 75 years. The Senate approved the bill at 2 a.m., March 25, several hours after House passage, and Reagan said a \dark cloud has been lifted.\ Congress took another vote April 7 cleaning up clerical errors. The National Commission on Social Security Reform issued its report in January, and Congress acted with unusual speed - driven by forecasts the system'sold-agefund otherwise would run short of cash to pay checks on time in July. Thebillacceleratesscheduled payroll tax hikes this decade for 116 million workers, but only employers will pay the increase in 1984 because em- ployees get an automatic tax hike. ~ -> tot The measure'also delays the July cost-of-living rise for 36 million pensioners until Janua- ry, and pays it in January thereafter. The 1983 increase, announced Friday, is likely to be around a tiny 3.5 percent. Better-off pensioners sin- gles with adjusted gross in- comes above $25,000 and couples above $32,000 - will be taxed for the first time on half their Social Security benefits About 4 million will be affected e Newly hired federal workers . will be required fo pay into Social Security in January, as will high government officials including Congress, the Cabinet and the president Workers now in their 40s or younger will be required to retire later The 66-year retire ment age will be raised to h6 from 2003-2008 by two months a year, affecting those born in 1938 or later. The age will rise again by two months a year t 67 from 2021-2027, affecting those born in 1995 or later Saved By Car Seat RIDGEWAY - A 4+month old child was spared serious injury late last night by being confined in an infant car seat when the family automobile overturned on Ridge Road, just east of Bates Road State Police said Brett Moak, age 4 months, son of Mr and Mrs. Robert Moak of Waterport, was merely shaken up but emerged from the unusaal accident in safe condition The child's father, Robert Moak, 21, of 13475 Kendrick Road, Waterport, the driver of the car, was bruised and suffered a hand infury, and his wife, Kendra, 22, suffered a severe hand laceration which required surgery She was taken to Medina Memoria: Hospital and transferred t Strong Memorial Hospital .:. Rochester Troopers said the car was traveling eastward an Route 104 when the accident occurred at 11024 last night The machine reportedly went out f control when the high«a; became very slippery during a snow storm The car left the pavement, crossed a dit} overturned several times. ar i came to rest on its top after stmlung a utility pole The operator was charge with - speed nat reasonah and prudent Don't Handle These Flare Casings! BRE CAREFUL - -Orlesrs County people repmfiudinganmbadpbospmm casings floating up elong the skorelime of Lake Ontario and mtary authorities edvise ertreme caution in banrdiling them They sare spent fisres from Air Force mapreqcvrers in Caneds. but may still contain some phosphorous and may re-ignite suddenly without wmmg ''These are dangerous -- do set touch them.\ warns Orleans Sheriff David Green '\'Let them Ge where they sre and costermt my department of the State Police MSFtary suthorities =2) thes be «cnterted fo: proper removal °
