Motor fuel tax will prove costly to N.J. consumers By MARK MAGYAR Middlesex, introduced a bill to do so Thursday night. Persons buying gasoline in New Jersey now pay an eight StalehMie Correspoadeal cent per gallon state motor fuels tax, which is slightly lower IIENTON - The motor fuels tax bill approved by the But the Van Wagner bill was withdrawn Saturday in favor than the motor fuels tax in neighboring states, according to Assembly early yesterday morning will cost N«w Jersey of a bill sponsored by Assemblyman Alan Karcher, D-Mid- Rupert consumers much more than the refinery tax the Byrne dlesex, to replace the current eight cent state tax on motor Under the Karcher bill, consumers would pay a 10 percent administration originally proposed fuel with a 10 percent tax on the wholesale price of motor fuel. tax on the wholesale price of motor fuel, which is now about 71 The motor fuels tax bill and legislation to increase the The Byrne administration replaced the Van Wagner bill cents a gallon. corporate business Ux on net profits from 7 5 percent to 9 with Ihe Karcher bill because a coalition of Democratic "By March, the wholesale price should be up to about 90 percent are scheduled to be voted on by the Senate today assemblymen from Camden, Union and Middlesex Counties, cents a gallon, which would amount to a one cent increase in But the centerpiece of Byrne's |M0 million tax package, a where most of New Jersey's oil refineries are located, said the state motor fuels tax," Van Wagner said. "And each time plan to raise «*» million a year by extending the five percent they would oppose the entire tax package if the Van Wagner oil prices go up, the tax will go up." sales tax to lawyers' fees and other professional services, was bill was not withdrawn. Van Wagner estimated that the state would receive an withdrawn Saturday night after Byrne administration of- And the big loser in that Saturday afternoon deal was the additional MO million to $45 million this year if the Karcher ficials realued they didn't have enough votes to get it through New Jersey consumer, Van Wagner and Sen. Eugene J bill becomes law. Other estimates have ranged as high as 1100 the Assembly. Bedell. D-Monmouth and Middlesex, agreed. million Legislation to fund a permanent municipal aid program by "I'm very disappointed that my bill was taken down," While New Jersey consumers would bear the brunt of the tapping the annual increase in utility gross receipts tax Van Wagner said. Karcher tax bill, the refinery tax would have been passed on revenues was also killed by the Byrne administration Satur- Leonard Rupert, chief lobbyist for the New Jersey Petro- by the oil corporations to all purchasers of petroleum prod- day night in exchange for South Jersey votes needed to get the leum Council, was ecstatic over the Saturday switch. ucts refined in New Jersey. corporate business tax bill through the Assembly "We were strongly opposed to the refinery tax because it And New Jersey's oil refineries serve consumers through- The Byrne administration originally planned to raise J50 would have hit us (the oil corporations) directly," Rupert out the Northeast, the Midwest and Canada, who would have million a year by placing a one percent tax on petroleum said. "But the 10 percent motor fuels tax would be padid shared the cost of the refinery tax — If the oil corporations products refined in New Jersey, and Assembly Taxation directly by the person pulling up to the pump. All we would were able to pass it on to the consumer. Committee Chairman Richard Van Wagner, D -Monmouth and have to do is collect It." See Molar fuel, page J i Eageae i. VOL. 102 NO. 163 SHREWSBURY, N.J. MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1980 20 CENTS Soviets inflict heavy casualties Moslem rebels vow fight to finish By The Associated Press Kandahar, 270 miles southwest of Kabul, and Moslem rebels in Afghanistan admitted in Herat, the chief city in western Afghan- Carter asking Soviet troops inflicted heavy losses on them, istan 75 miles from the Iranian border. but diplomats in neighboring Pakistan re- Refugees from Herat who fled to Iran ported the rebels and anti-Soviet troops of the reported a general uprising in their city last Afghan army were continuing to battle the Friday. They said men and women fought Russians'in at least four areas of the country. Soviet tanks with sticks and stones in the punishment On the diplomatic front, five non-aligned streets, and many Afghans were killed. members of the U.N. Security Council "Hundreds of my own people were at- circulated a draft resolution calling for the tacking them even though there was much immediate withdrawal of all foreign troops shooting and the tanks were just rolling over for Iranians from Afghanistan, and the United States those who fell in front of them," said one of urged the council to denounce the Soviet the refugees, a farmer named Abdullah Jan. WASHINGTON (AP) - on outside support to over- military intervention. The council's debate With Iran officially in de- come the effects of any U.N. Meanwhile, Radio Kabul, the Afghan gov on the Soviet action was continuing today for ernment station, charged that President fiance of a United Nations move to apply sanctions. the third day. deadline for freeing the 50 On Dec. 31, the Security Hafizullah Amin had 2,600 political prisoners American hostages In Council gava Iran until today A rebel radio broadcast yesterday said executed en masse before he was overthrown Tehran, President Carter is to free the hostages. In the the guerrillas battling communist rule for in the coup 11 days ago. Amin was prime seeking immediate Security event of non-compliance, the nearly 20 months suffered heavy casualties in minister in the first communisl regime that Council action to punish Iran council decided it should fighting near the eastern town of Jalalabad, took over in April 1978 and then became through adoption of economic "adopt effective measures" which Soviet troops occupied last week. president in a coup last September. He was sanctions.: under articles in the U.N. Jalalabad is 75 miles east of Kabul, the executed after his replacement »y Babrak charter authorizing economic Afghan capital, and 50 miles northwest of the Karmal, an exile the Russians brought back Carter, brushing aside Pakistani border and the Khyber Pass. suggestions by U.N. Secre- sanctions against nations from Czechoslovakia. tary General Kurt Waldheim found to be a threat to peace. The rebel broadcast vowed a "fight to the At U.N. headquarters in New York, 18 that sanctions won't be effec- The resolution containing finish" to drive the Russians out of Afghan- more natiqns spoke Sunday on the second day tive, said through a spokes- today's deadline was ap- istan and bring down the communist govern- of the Security Council's debate on the crisis man last night that the coun- proved 11-0 with four coun- ment in Kabul. It claimed the insurgents had caused by the Soviet intervention in Afghan- cil must take action against tries abstaining, including been reinforced by "considerable" numbers istan. Only three — all communists — de- Iran "without delay. the Soviet Union. of Afghan army troops who deserted during fended the Russians. fighting elsewhere in the country following Speaking for the United States, Am- Waldheim was due to re- It was not clear, however, the coup in Kabul Dec. 27. port today to the Security whether the United States bassador Donald F. McHenry charged that Council on his three-day visit would be able to muster simi- Diplomatic sources in Islamabad, the Pa- the Soviet Union engineered the coup Dec. 27 to Tehran last week. How- lar support for the formal kistani capital, reported fighting was conti- and derided the Soviet government's claim ever, White House spokes- adoption of sanctions. A two- nuing in the northeastern province of that its troops are in Afghanistan because the man Jody Powell and thirds vote of the 14-member Badakshan; in Paktia and Jalalabad, be- Afghan government asked for them. Security Council Is required. tween Kabul and the Pakistani border, and in diplomatic sources In New Parwan, 50 miles northwest of the capital; in See Moslem rebels, page 2 York said the timing of a pub- China and Zambia, for ex- lic meeting on Iran was in ample, have said they were doubt because the United Na- reserving judgment on the tions has been occupied with sanctions issue even though the question of Soviet in- they supported the United Death of Joy Adamson tervention In Afghanistan. States in the New Year's Eve U.N. observers indicated vote. the council would do no more In addition, the Security than adopt an agenda today Council's rotation system has is now called murder concerning Iran, with work placed four new members on on the sanctions resolution the council and removed four NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Commissioner of Police beginning later in the week. others. The Kenyan police announced Ben. Gethi said in a statement But with the hostage crisis And U.S. officials have ac- today they believe Joy that the death of Mrs. now in Its ninth week, and knowledged privately that Adamson, the conserva- Adamsom is being treated as with the administration fac- the American campaign to CHILLY EATING — Huyse at Bernadotte Farms In Tinton Falls finds a little to tionist-author of "Born a murder case following new ing Increasingly heavy pres- denounce the Soviet Union for eat in the snow, which, thanks to cold weather, is staying around for awhile.