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THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 19, 1975
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Ford prepares
new statement
on NYC crisis
Mail rates increase
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — As President
Ford prepared a new statement of
his administration’s view of New
York City’s financial crisis, there
were more reports that Ford will
support federal aid to the city.
White House Press Secretary Ron
Nessen declined to rule out a new
administration position in today’s
statement, telling newsmen they
would have to wait for the an
nouncement.
Ford in the past has insisted he
will oppose any federal “bail-out” of
New York City and that the city
and state should take tough steps to
solve their local problem.
One person who is predicting a
new Ford policy. Sen. Jacob K.
Javits, R-N.Y., said after meeting
Tuesday night with Ford that the
President seems close to some kind
of aid for the city but that “there’s
been no change in position” on
Ford’s opposition to pending aid
legislation.
A conflicting view came from
Rep. Peter Peyser, R-N.Y., who
also met with Ford. He said Ford’s
statement today would not contain
any new proposals dealing with the
crisis and added that the President
seems to be waiting for the New
York legislature to act toward solv
ing the crisis.
Meanwhile, one nonadministra
tion source close to the issue said
TSfesday evening Ford was de-
s^iibed as leaning toward a
^J.38 billion loan guarantee for
t^Vee years if the New York legisla
ture accepts Gov. Hugh Carey’s
iJackage for fiscal reform and more
ttikes.
«JThe Los Angeles Times also re
ported today that Ford’s statement
^jjjll support loan guarantees. The
ijewspaper said Ford’s plan will call
fjjEr three-year loan guarantees total-
iijg $2.5 billion. Ford is expected to
ilgsist on New York City’s bringing
i|f| budget into balance within three
y«ars and will threaten cancellation
poster children
look forward to
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pew ‘grannies’
Associated Press
♦COSTA MESA, Calif. — Two
children at Fairview State Hospital
wall be getting new “grandparents”
soon, because grandma and grandpa
hjjve decided to get married and
move away.
* That’s the way it was explained to
Taunmy and Jean Marie, both 12,
when their “foster grandmother,”
Esther Gershen, 64, of Anaheim,
decided to marry a “foster grand
father,” Walter Fry, 72, of Hun
tington Reach.
"The couple met while participat-
iijg in the hospital’s federally funded
foster grandparents program. They
fell in love. The four children — in
cluding two cared for by Fry — are
h^ppy for them, but sad to see them
g£> ;< ,
T’ve been sitting on a bench with
T&mmy for the last two days,” said
^^jrs. Gershen. “When she under
stood, she walked away as if to say,
Pm going to go — go now.’ That’s
her way of telling me she can’t
handle something. She walks away.
' It’ll ’be a little more difficult for
J£an Marie. She’s not as outgoing as
Tammy. That’s one of the things I
was trying to work with her on.”
Fry, who left last July on a job
hunting trip to Spokane, said his
two boys “had seemed to sense
something was wrong. They’d come
in the morning and say, ‘Grandpa,
me, me, me!’
Mrs. Gershen, a widow, and Fry,
a^retired volunteer fire chief from
Mead, Wash., will be married Fri
day in the hospital chapel with all
thp grandchildren in attendance.
"■“We wanted to marry sooner, but
LAvas told that if you get married
tjiey take off $50 a month in your
Social Security benefits,” said Mrs.
Gprshen. “We just couldn’t make
i^” They considered ignoring their
Conventional upbringing — she’s
Jewish and he’s Methodist — and
ijibving in together “like some other
<S$uples do,” she said, but they
Gfmldn’t get over feeling it was
.‘ib’inehow wrong.
^In Spokane, Fry became a sec
urity guard and found a hospital for
die mentally retarded where Esther
Q5n work.
£V‘He finally wrote to me and said,
‘iJSsther, I think we can make it
Oow,’ ” she said.
i'The $171,303-a-year Fairview
program gives 65 low-income pen-
•ijoners two “grandchildren,” in
stitutionalized because of mental re-
tjardation or emotional problems.
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of the guarantees if city officials fail
to continue budget tightening and
fiscal reform.
There also were these develop
ments:
— The House of Representatives
today begins floor debate on a pac
kage that would grant federal loan
guarantees of $7 billion over a 24-
year period and would give a five-
member federal board certain pow
ers in running the city; and amend
ments in the bankruptcy law that
would allow the city to petition a
court for bankruptcy without the
consent of 51 per cent of its cre
ditors.
— Philadelphia officials said they
blame New York City’s financial
problems for Philadelphia’s inability
to sell a $25-million bond package
Tuesday. The city had two banking
syndicates bidding for the package
that carried a 9.5 percent rate of in
terest but both withdrew their bids
at the last minute.
— Although there were state
ments from members of Congress
and administration officials that
Ford’s views were conditioned on
the assumption that the New York
State legislature would take action
to raise revenues and cut expenses,
the state Assembly met for five mi
nutes in Albany Tuesday without
considering any of the legislation
designed to deal with the fiscal
crisis.
The brief meeting allowed the
legislators to collect their $40-a-day
expense allowance.
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Postal Ser
vice said Tuesday that previously
announced increases for interna
tional mail rates will go into effect
Jan. 3.
The higher rates will apply to all
international mail except that to
Canada and Mexico. Rates for mail
to those two nations are scheduled
to go up Dec. 28, the date of an in
crease for domestic mail. Rates for
Canada and Mexico, as well as the
United States, will rise from 10
cents to 13 cents for first-class let
ters.
The international mail rate in- ]
crease will not affect mail to and
from American military bases over
seas. Domestic mail rates apply to
such mail.
Under the new rates, a surface
letter to countries other than
Canada and Mexico will cost 18
cents for the first ounce and 31 cents
for a letter weighing up to 2 ounces.
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