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• The aJ June 19, 1978 Vol. 111, No. 11 c 1978 Stud~nt Publications, Inc. Iowa City's Morning Newspaper 10 cents Mon a)! Briefly 'Federal taxes next target,' Pinto explosion predicts tax reformer brings another suit NEW CASTLE, Pa. (UPI) - A woman WASHINGTON (UPI) - Howard ment should cut services, but said have to call on the federal government," who was severely burned when the gas Jarvis, the California tax-fighter, "ample money" was available if Jarvis plans meetings with leaders of tank on a 1972 Ford Pin to exploded forecast Sunday the next target of a governments "set priorities." Congress. "My goodness, if we have any following an accident, has sued Ford growing typayers' rebellion may be the "We gave them a budget instead of a suggestions th~t are good for Motor Co. and a western Pennsylvania feder al income tax. blank check," Jarvis said. Washington, we're not going to charge Ford dealer for negligence. A state-by~tate rebellion against taxes "If properly spent and the priorities them for them. We 're going to offer them Attorney Louis M. Tarasl, Jr., said his aiready under way in various forms in are right, I don't think we're goinR to if we're asked." client, Debra Ann Oberding, 20, of New more than two dozen states may CasUe, will seek "a very substantial mushroom into a challenge of the federal sum." A California jury recentiy ordered government's chief source of tax Ford to pay $129 mUlion to a youth who revenue, the 76-year-old retired Secret Servicemen focus was burned in a simUar accident. businessman told interviewers. Two weeks ago, Ford, in a move to Efforts to bridle federal taxes will "end public concern" over exploding focus "primarily on the income tax," on Ford, not golf, at VIP Pinto gas tanks, recalled 1.5 million Jarvis predicted, "to cut the income tax Pintos and Mercury Bobcats, including to the amount of money the government By HOWIE BEARDSLEY hotels, facilities and various other all 1971-1976 Pintos and 1975 and 1976 needs to spend, not what it wants to Assoc. Sports Editor things ." Bobcats. ,pend." The task of gathering information on In her suit, Oberding said she suffered But Jarvis, a folk hero since California A crowd of approximately 20,000 will the news media was a job in Itself for second and third degree burns over voters endorsed his amendment to the be on hand when the 12th Amana VJ .P. the public relations department at nearly her entire body and suffered state constitution to slash property taxes, Golf Tourney, the biggest and richest Amana Refrigeration. Cuddy and his impairments of the nervous system gave no specifics and declined to endorse one-day pro-am on the golf calendar, counterparts were asked to turn in a list because of the explosion, which occurred anyone measure to trim federal income tees off today on the Finkbine Golf of the reporters that will be present at after her car was rammed from behind taxes. Course. But not everyone wlll be today's tourney. A list, according to by another vehicle while it was stalled. Legislation already has been in watching the pros and celebrities chip Cuddy, that includes some 225 people "She will always suffer intense pain ," troduced In Congress and endorsed by and putt their way through 18 holes of representing more than 100 newspapers said Tarasi, noting that her medical bills Republican Chairman Bill Brock for an competition. and television and radio stations. across-the-board 30 per cent cut in The reason Amana officials expect to "The securi ty practices given us as a so far exceeded ~,OOO. federal income taxes. beat last year's attendance of 14,000 result. of a former president coming to Jarvis vowed to "do everything we can golf enthusiasts is the presence of lown have kept us very busy," Cuddy Israel ready to see that it (the taxpayers' revolt) is former President Gerald R. FQrd, said. "But it's really nothing new. Our carried across the country." making his first visit to the V.I.P. security is still going to be very similar for compromise He said he would "lend our support to tournament. And with the coming of a to what it's been in the past, which has any movement that really is a movement former president comes a smail been fit for a president." JERUSALEM (UPI) - Prime of people as against the establishment." minority known as the Secret Service. The reason for Cuddy's boasting of Minister Menachem Begin Sunday won Jarvis was Interviewed by UPI Audio "We 're expecting a very large crowd, the VJ.P. 's security being fit for a king his cabinet's endorsement for a com correspondent Roger Gittines and on the probably around 20,000 spectators. And - or in this case for a former U.S. promise under which Israel agreed to Anti·abortion demonslrators pickel at West lawn Satu NBC program "Meet the Press." a lot of them will be coming to see president - is the assistance of more negotiate the future of occupied Arab Jarvis co-authored Proposition 13, a Gerald Ford," said Steve Cuddy, than 200 Iowa City Jaycees who will lands five years after the estabUshment measure rolling back California property Amana public relations assistant. provide the tournament with marshals of peace in the Middle East. tax assessments to 1975 levels and "Which means there will be tight to help keep the competition flowing The compromise went a step beyond Anti-abortion protest limiting property taxes to 1 per cent of. security set up on the golf course and and keep the spectators at a Israel's previously stated willingness to assessed value . California voters by a 2- around the hotel." great enough distance from the golfers. review the situation, but it was bitterly to-l margin June 6 endorsed the amend Although Ford won't begin play until A small army of Iowa State Troopers opposed by Defense Minister Ezer lIlent that cut by $7 billion the amount of 9: 30 a.m., when he tees off from hole and Campus Security officers also will Weizman, who wanted a pledge to make annual revenue local communities have No. I, setting up security measures be on hand. a decision after the five-year period. includes UI this time to finance schOols, police and fire began early last week, when Secret All in all, it will be a day of soaking up The statement on Israel's policy departments. Servicemen began combing the Fink sun and getting away from the eight toward the occupied West Bank and By ROD BOSHART (at Emma Goldman) ," GiUoon said, "it's Cutbacks in services already have bine course. hour work load for the majority of the Jordan and Egypt's Gaza Strip was re Staff Writer just less boring. Some of the people who begun. Los Angeles canceled summer "We've been working with them for population in attendance. For the 40 pro quested by the United States as a basis came by seemed to think we were school for 350,000 students and a number almost a week or so already," Cuddy golfers, 20 celebrities from the world of for resuming the stalled peace talks with "Pro-life individuals" picketed both associated with the bombing. They called of communities threaten cutbacks in said. "They've asked for various in sports and entertainment, Amana Egypt. the UI Hospitals and the Emma Goldman us maniacs at first, but after they talked other services. Jarvis said local com formation on the people involved with retailers and a former president, it will Government sources said Begin won Clinic for Women, 715 N. Dodge St., with us awhile, they said we weren't munities need not trim essential ser the tournament (participants, press be a day of friendy competition. But (or the support of 14 of the 19 cabinet Saturday in opposition to the legal maniacs." vices. and V.I.P. people) and they have been the Secret Servicemen, it will be ministers before the meeting started, abortion services offered at the two In last week's fire-bombing, someone He declined to specify where govern- looking things e;wer, checking out the business as usual. resolving the biggest government crisis clinics. threw three Molotov cocktails on the in his one year in office. Jerry Green, a UI student who clinic's west roof and cause minor protested at the Early Termination of , damage to the structure. Pregnancy (ETP) unit located in Iowa City Fire Marshal Larry Kinney Going public - early days in gay history 'CIA in Angola' WesUawn, said, "Our primary purpose of said that as of Saturday, local authorities WASHINGTON (UPl) - Joshua marching here is to inform people that still did not have any suspects in the case By BRENDAN LEMON established group. steeping over all kinds of strange looks, Nkomo, a guerrilla leader fighting the the university does abortion at all stages bu.t he said the case would definitely stay Staff Writer "We really started to organize, to set when I saw some cat grab him from Rhodesian government, said Sunday the of pregnancies." open . He said a "special grou'p of in up social activities, to decide upon the behind by his belt and pull him into his CIA has continued to interfere in the The 12 demonstrators, who are not vestigators" from Cedar Rapids were Firs! in a series of three. tenor of our politics," Adamson said. lap. They looked at each other affairs of Marxist Angola.