The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, September 06, 1974, Image 3

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    THE BATTALION
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Governor to ask for tax cut State opposes milk
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indictment dismissal
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DALLAS. Tor (AF) — Gov
Dolph artsooe VVuifvia.
to-atk Hie 107S Legislature to
alnlish the four par cent state aafet
Un on every Texan * ga> and alectrir
light Ml
"This would provide a tas cut of
appmiimateh |H<»million a year for
the people of the state ’ Bnsroe said
in a ^mech at the opening of his
HnHai County campaign hcndquar-
tors f
•riaroy't RepuhiM an opponent.
Jhn (.rawborry, l^npoaed earlier 1a
the week that one eent of the regular
faur-cent state sak»s tax be dropped
far a tax decrease df about ItTB miU
ton.
The governor said he made the
tax cut recommendation on the
haaw of a recent estimate by the
LegMaiive Budget Board that, be
caaae of unexpected income in-
creaaad, the state will have "a record
breaking surplus the next two
years of about tl & hdhoa
Bather than launch amative new
spending pmgranio of marginal be
neftt to tbe people of Texas
I which would
bureaucracy I behove the wisest
is Ml
It is possible to do so without reduc-
Briaooesasd
“Ut
etingl
tirelv appropr iate to abolish the four
ItitoralM
[ in Taaga and it would ho on
to 15
Texan s utility bill '
Natural gas and electric utility
biHs would be tbe only ones affected
since the state levy does not apply to
telephone and water MBs
Bnscoe recalled his campaign
promise two years ago was to com
There were few who thought we
could da *. but the foot Is. ‘No New
Tates' has boon transformed from $
to the legislature for 10
19 per cent retirement increases
for school teachers. K> per cent re
tirement increases for state emp
loyes. a K) per cent cost of living
inrrrasr for aH stair employes and
aa emergency MO per student in-
creaaa to public schools
Later, in an interview, the gover
nor denied that he had ever told
anyone he would call special legists
tlve session to consider school
financing immediately after the
dose of die Constitutional Conven
tion
“I have never made any commit
aient on a special session and will
not until one to announced pub-
bdy." he said
DALLAS (AF)—State pro
secutors oppoaad dtomisaal of a fed
eral indictment against )ahe far<>b
sea. claiming prosecutioa «f the
former milk lobbyist on the Texas
charge has aa beariag an a
Watergate-related case in Washing
tan.
Texas A tty Can John Hfl and
San Angelo Dtot A tty Hovsl Hart
filed a friend of the court bnrf with
U S. District Court Judge Bobert
Hill asking the charges not badrop
ped Tbe state had turned onht U tv
gathered from a state
believing the case would he
cuted in federal court
However, if the
dismissed, thes asked that the j
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B:4B a m. Sundays
RUST •ARTIST CHURCH
Of MYM
Texas tors at Ttto *
Seven major oil companies said
trying to drive out independents
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NEW tORK (AF)—Sevan major
oil companies pleaded innocent
Thursdhy to charges at price-ftaing
to tkriee out independent dealers
during the recent gasoline shortage
Exxon. Mobil. Calf. Texaco
Amoco. Shell aad Sunoco were
named in an indietateet handed up
by a special Manhattan grand jurv
empanelled ^er an investigation
conducted by state Attv Con Louis
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Three of the 1
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pleaded innocent to agreeing to
thwart open bidding in the sales oi
jpsoline to government agencies
Innocent pleas were entered by a
team of lawyers for tbe seven oil
companies during a brief proceed
ing before acting Justice George
Roberts in Manhattan Supreme
Court. Roberts adjourned the case
until Sept. 9.
Lefkowttx said the amount of
money involved in the alleged
pnce-Axing and bid rig0ag “could
go as high as several milton.**
Spokesmen for three of the Inns.
Mobil, Shell and Texaco, im
mediately issued denials of the
charges after arraignment on the
charges, which constitute criminal
vniscWrtt<*aiM >r\
The indictment acruaed all aeyeu
of violating the state s business law
by having “engaged in an wrange-
menf whereby competition in the
sale of gasoline to the public was
restrained
At a news conference, l^eftinwitr
said the criminal misdemeanor
charges carry a penalty, upoa con
viction. of a tfiO.OOO fine on each
Subaru cuts
prices $400 ,
NEW YORE (AT) — Subaru of
America Inc announced 4 MOO
price cut on fra two-door. 92.907
sedan Thursday, saving the move
was being made ta the beat interest
of our companv *
The Japanese-owned company
said il was abo planning comparable
reductions in die prices of it% three
other models, effective im-
medtelety
Noting the recent price increases
announced by mtoor American car
manufacturers. Subaru said. We
are cnnftdent that our MOO ptice cut
will attract thousands ef new car
leave an avenue open for possible
State prose* utton
Judge Hill may rule Friday, court
sources said
Jaoobaen was indicted on a charge
of misapplication of tSS&OOO Rom
the First Savings fr Loan of San
Angelo
Ray Cowan, a former partner of
Jaoobaen who was also indicted
pleaded guilty last week He has not
been sentenced
Jacobsen to under mehetment in
Washington stemming from an a)
leged bribe to former Treasury Sec
retary John Connelly while Jacob
sen was a lobbyist for the American
Milk Producers, Inc. Carnally has
been indicted on charges ofhfihovy.
The special Watergate
prosecutor 's staff in Washington has
agreed to drop both the Texas and
Washington indictments against
Jacobsen if be will testify against
( t j y^|| |y
However. Judge Hill said last
week he questioned whether the
special prosecutors staff in
Washington can mahg a deal with a
defendant for cooperation in one
case that would be binding on a
judge in a completely unrelated
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wash and waar haircuts
for man and woman
call 846-5764
for appointment
A tty Gen Hill said
i are “totally unre
in his brief,
the two case
bted.~
Hill filed the notion on behalf of
Sale Lewis, commissioner of the
Texaa Savings and Loan Drpart-
HiU satd the investigation leading
tbe indictment was made by that
state agency and tbe Federal Home
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ou "The Quality of Lrtr
Dr Montagu presents his views
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