Daily Iowan (Iowa City, Iowa), 1975-02-24
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*. "** 5 '* Students: '* Senate abortion action draws fire *'* By WILLIAM FLANNERY WiUiam Hargrave of Iowa City, and problem of non-agricultural cor hIP IlltDOVer rate 01 officers I. _y '* eIIertioM ia tile I..a UiJDeI&er " a wall to ..., be laid, ud tile backIot Edlt«ial PAle EdItor IftIJWlCY ....eta &be We II Rep. John Patchett of North Liberty .. poratlons and foreign interests pur· Dean yea! omaa'. of IppliclJltl tile state pellet "It is disastrous for \hOse who sup la cIu,er. A doetor t!OIIld flce a The two and one-half·/Iour panel chasing Iowa farm land. to academy. * RD discussions were moderated by Sen. "At present, we don't know who port abortion." said Sen. Minnette UD-year jall lellteaet If toIIvkted * Doderer, D-Iowa City, in reaction to derthJsIa ... Doderer. The tooics ran2ed from tlX owns what," Rep. Hargrave said. The DemocratJc majority in the the passage of the feticide section of This amendment will have a reform to band-gun training for law noting-that there are a number of Iowa Legislature, Sen. Palmer said. * will try to push through legislation on the Iowa Criminal Code revision chilling effect upon many doctors and <iflCers. ways in which corporations and * Fees nay! made by the Iowa Senate Friday af hospitals which currently perform Sea. o.derer said tile Seale will foreign concerns could boy rich Iowa tax reform of personal and corporate * ternoon . abortions. Sen. Doderersaid. probably flnll. debate .a the farm land and go unnoticed by both income taxes. Included In such refor· * I Sen. Doderer said the pro-abortion Sen. Doderer's remarks came Sun· Criminal Code ~ ddt week. state or federal governments. ms, Sen. Palmer noted. would be * forces in Iowa apparently have given day afternoon at a public·legislator·s 'J1Ie Seaate "II ~II tbe lIMIt c. Rep. Hargrave also said he has raise in the personal state income tlx deduction from $500 to $2,000 and * up lobbying the Iowa General Assem· panel at the Union entitled troverslal ~ dealIa& .u. tile drawn up I~islation requiring man· bly on the abortion issue. The "Legislature i5 - The Issues." Also deatb peully, retlclde, ud datory /wid-gun training or ,II Iowa establishing a 2 per cent excess profit By WILUAM FLANNERY ··Right·to-Life'· organizations in present to meet and talk with the marijuana," Sen. Declerer uld, .. law enforcement officials "before tax on insurance companies. * Rep. Patchett said the Democratic IIId Iowa are still very strong she said. public were Sen. William Palmer, d1a& thl. week lbey wiD deal llriUl the they could strap on a gun." House leadership plans bring such * adding they were very successful in DIOI'e Rep. Har&nve. DOtla, be bad O/ICe to nMFLEMfNG D-Des Moines, chairman of the tethnlcal upedI of the bin eon· * their lobbying to get the feticide sec Senate appropriations committee, oeml., arrest &lid trial procedam. beea I Ilw officer, aald tbert 15 a tax reform measures out of commit tion passed. and three local House Democratic Rep . Hargrave said the Iowa larIe .Imber of Ullder-tralaecllaw of tee and onto the House noor for The selection of Watergate figure John Dean for a March .. debate dometime around April 15. Field House speech appears to have elicited mixed reactions The feticide ametldmeat forbid members - Reps. Art Small and General Assembly is lookilU[ into the ficers ill tbe .taU. Thll II due to the from the 209 UI students making up the latest Dlllly lowaa )·Poll. Coatacted Sunday algbt ' lD a random-limple telepboae poll, the ZOIstudeats were asked to respoad to five queslloos about Dean's appearance, as IICheduled anti contracted by Monday, February 24, 1975 ~UnlverlltyLectureComml"ee IVLC). Dean, who undertook a $100.000 college-circuit lecture tour following his Jan. 8 release from prison, hu been accused by Iowa City, Iowa 52242 !OIlle of "making crime pay" by his appearances. Dean's speech here has been contracted'by the ULC at Vol. 107, No. 153 '3.500. with the money coming from the 28-cent·per-semester mandatory student fee money alloted to the ULC. The UI Student Senate last Tuesday voted 10· eight·ta-six to oppose the use of mandatory student fees for Dean's talk. While a clear majority (65.1 per cenl) of I-Poll respondents "approve of the selection" or Dean for a campus appearan ce, by nearly the same margin 1&4.1 per centl they "oppose ~ use of mandatory student fees" to pay Deaa. Tax cut bil~ oil depletion Some groups have suggested that another method of finan· cing Dean's speech be found, including cover charges or ticket sales for ,non·sludents. The ULe meets today to decide if they should reconsider methods for financing Dean's talk. Methods of financing aside. more than three~ul~f·(our m.Bper centll-Poll respondents indicated they felt Dean's await congressional action speaking fee was "too high ." The $3.500 figure for Ihe UI compares similarly with Dean's price at most other schools WASHINGTON (A P) - A $21.28 billion whether to shut down or continue provides for a quick economic boost by on his tour. lax cut bill 10 combat recession awaits operating in hopes of getting more federal distributing more than $8.1 billion in lump. The results of tile I·PolI follow : action in the House this week while money. The latest threatened closure is um refundsofa generallOper cent oC 1974 Democrats argue over whether to use it to prompted by $16 4 million in biU due Feb. tax llability up to a top rebate of $200. kill the depletion allowance worth $2.5 25. including some payroll checks. Anybody who paid under $100 in income "Are you aware that John Dean has been booked for a billion a year to oilmen. The sprawling railroad serves 16 taxes last year would get It all back. AJI March' speech at the VI?" Energy tax hearings open March 3 but Ea tern and Mid..... tern stales, two other taxpayers would get a minimum $100 Raw Number Percent some anti~i1 (orces are dema nding the 22 Canadian provinces and lhe District of to a maximum $200. per cent petroleum depletion allowance be Columbia . Its 40,000 miles of track, 4,200 At the same lime, the bill would give 196 93.9 Yes killed Immediately as part oC the urgent locomotives and 200,000 pieces of rolling taxpayers another roughly $8.1 billion in 13 lax cut bill congr~ional Democrats want slock are the backbone of the economic additional take-bome pay through lower N.o 6.1 10 rush to Presidenl Ford to help pull the well-being of a region which produc tax withholding thl year. This would nalion out of economic qUicksand , about half the nation's goods . renect the bill's boosts in minimum In the Senate, liberal plan a neweecort, The emergency tax measure carries standard deductions which benefit lower possibly Tuesday , to make it easier to cut cuts of $16.21 billion Cor chieOy low to income persons and in the maximum and off filibusters . Sloppy parliamentary work moderale income person and $5. 07 billion percentage oC the standard deduction used foiled them last Thursday when they ap for bu ine es . by 1110 e who do not itemize. peared 10 be nearing succe . The bill tilts indlvidualtax relief toward At present, lhe Senate is al an impa e While approving thi , the Hou Way lower·income group , with 55 .1 per cent and Means Commlltee refused to attach a with the fllibu ter fight blocking actiOn on goln 10 those with gro Income up to a Housepnssed bill to ke p the Penll petroleum depiction allowance repeal $10,000, 34.4 per cent to tho e with gr proposs:1. "Do you approve or disapprove of the selecllon of John Central and other Northeast railroads In income between $10,000 and S20.ooo. and Deln for a university lecturer?" operation. But the ca ucu oC all 289 House the other 10.5 per cent to those with gross Raw Number Per cent A new effort to pass the rail bill is ex· Dcmocrats meets Tuesday in special income above $20,000. Approve 137 65.5 pected Monday . session to consider instructing the 11 oC It also grants a special new 5 per cent tax If it fails, Senate leaders may try to put them who control the Rules Committee to credit with a maximum of $200 for the Disapprove 39 18.7 that measure aside and return to the eCfort send til tax cut bill to the full House working poor this year. The credit would to permit three-fifths of the Senale, rather Thursday under terms making repeal of be reduced starling with anyone earning .. No Opinion 33 15.8 than two·thirds, to limit debale. this controversial oil tax break eligible Cor $4 ,000 gross income and would vanish by The Penn Central railroad trustees, action as an amendment. the $6,000 gross Income level. meanwhile, meet Monday to decide For individual taxpayers, the tax cui bill For businesses, the Ways and Means "Dean Is to be paid $3,500 for bls speech. Do you feel thllt Committee bill brings economic stimulus the fee is a I too blgh, b I too low, c) about rlgbt, d I no mainly by hiking the investment tax credit ' opinion?" Raw number 10 a general to per cent as Incentive to buy " Per cent AFL-CIO: break up machinery and equipment. Too high 161 77.0 The depletion allowance, which some oil critics seek to repeal retroactive to the .