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The Herald and The Lantern

Wednesday. January 2.1980

A Generous Spirit Thr lonK-ftfunriintycwiplivily of American hrmfuKcsal the Iranian «*miwi*KV is sorely' trying Ihc pafiemc of Americans and all jusl fx>oplr>s of !!><• world As I be cm Iwssy fakeov'er approach*^ ns second month frustration and concern for the hostages deepens The channels this fruytration follows and the forms its , manifests itself in elicits some cause for concern right heke m tape May (minty as much as anywhere in the world To dale. Americans have shown great restraint in their expressions of protest against the captivity of the hostages Several incidents of Iranian flag horning have fprmed the sharpest protests in (.'ape May County Indeed, the media has mil hesitated to seize on the reawakening sense of patriotism such protest engenders .In itsell. smh protest is relatively harmless and unobjectionable It hurls none directly and releases pent up frustrations m the prot<>slers themselves However the element ot patriotism now surfacing is not hew. merely well submerged in the |>ast decade by a generation in calculuhly wearied by the ravage of the Vietnam war Hut' the Iranian situation and the protests it ignites center around something much larger than the unlawful taking of fmstages It centers around supposed treachery and haired and a sense of national indignation so intense that if shocks the sensibilities We i. (jipe Mas County, as well as the rest of America, must jMinstakingly guard ourselves from meeting such misguided sentiments with like reactions The wave of anti Iranian sentiment brooding in this country is most unAmerican and mhumamlarian no matter bow justified it may seem Incidents of Irians some ot who have sjient their entire life in this country as Americans. Iieing harrassed and physically abused is nothing less than deplorable It recalls something malicious and outgrown in our culture The fiytst effective recourse to the error of thought and action embodied by the Ayatollah Kuhollah Khomeini s regime js an increased awareness of the ultimate power of good and truth no matter how darkly obscured for the moment and a more generous altitude towards the innate giHKlol,maii regardless of his nationality KCS

Bradley Applauds Oil Tax Bill

WASHINGTON The Senate lias passed a $I7H billion wiildlall profits fax on oil prodneliiiii altei approving t\\o amend ilienls tillered by Sen Kill Kradlev l» N .1 In InhisI •obd Ie\ eime IlN moH* Ilian billion over the next decade • bo’st* ol us who ad « 'ocaletl a strong la> wiIImhii im|N*diiig doinestie priMliiclion .Inti evploralinn ••I nil witii ,i niajor \ it tnry •md I .mi proud to have

phiyed a part m it." Ilradley d<*clared after the final vole Ihv 17 "We must have a sizeable tax tu rtryplure the revenue we need Inr mveslment in* ennserval inn prngrams. development ol alternate sources ol energy, and assistance to the poor, middle class anti elderly rilizen wbo face'll mnun ling burden til higher energy costs as it result ol a phasing out ol federal price coiHrols on crude oil "

Letters To The Editor Says Yuck To Muck

on them, they're going to lie in for a real surprise when I hoy see and smell

this.

Hey. as long as we're going lo spread that filth all over our beaches, why not hire blind- lifeguards and then we'll lie surc\no one ever visits Avalon? Come on people. wake upandstgpthis insanity Charles Ballinger Avalon

To the Editor:

The wizards who thought up the parking meter fiasco must have been' working overtime on this one I’m talking about the recent decision to spread the dredging "spoils" or muck over our beaches from Bth

to 16th street*

If anyone thinks the Sea Isle beaches were had after the inlet sand was pumped

Phone Tax Drops 1%

NEWARK The federal excise tax on telephone service dropped from three percent to two percent on .Ian I. I'JHO saving New Jersey Bell customers about $14 H million on their telephone fiills during the

year

New Jersey Bell esl imales that the reduction equates to an average annual savings uf almul it r»n per residential customer

The excise tax is being phased out-by reducing the percentage each Jan I and is scheduled to end Jan I.

1902

The federal excise tax is paid on most local service and equipment charges and on charges for in lerstal.eand intrastate long distance calls

The rate has been reduced by one percentage point each year since 1973

Capitol Comments ■y Atsambly Minority Loodor James R. Hurlay

This report will ho the final one. for 1979. the second year of the two-year Legislature. The next legislature will liegin on Jim H with lh** swearing-in ceremony fur the mem liership and the State of the Stale address by the <inventor T^ese annual messages are rather Closely watched by all concerned, since they spell out » although not always in great detail the direction the Administration intends to take during the year While there has boon no indication of what the Governor intends In propose in this 19B» message, it is a virtual certainly that fiscal con stdcralinns 'will he paramount, a situation which assures there will not lie a great many new and expensive programs recommended The stale's fiscal of Geers have already revealed the poKKihilily 'of a $2(10 million deficit by the end of the current (ludgel year and the Governor has announced a hiring and spending freeze in an at tempt lo save some $30 million There Have been other proposals discussed lo either produce greater revenues for the stale or Hi reduce spending in other areas For instance, several weeks ago it was revealed that the Governor was considering withholding some $33 million in stale aid to public education, the second consecutive year for such action Additionally, legislation has already been in traduced to impose a tax|in gasoline at (he rale of to per cent ol the retail cost, rather than the existing rate of eight cents-a-gallon Currently. the retail gasoline cost is 78 cents per gallon, meaning that a 10 per cent tax rate would produce 7 8 cents, virtually the same as (he current

level However, there is absolutely no question that the retail cost will increase during the coming year and the proposed rate will produce everdnereasing revenues It would not, be at all surprising if the proposal for a 1.5 per cent increase in the state's corporate tax rate is renewed as part of the effort to close the financual shortfall Such an increase would produce approximately $115 million. While it would appear that efforts are being made to meet the fiscal problems, the credibility of this Administration suffered over the past week in this regard +’irst. the legislature enacted a $26 million supplemental appropriations bill at the Administration's request to finance a rather wide range of programs Then, the Assembly approved legislation called for a slate assumption of local welfare costs, a move which will cost some $30 million per year Then, on ihe heels of that action, the Administration announced it would seek 6.5 per cent salary increases for the state's judges and members of the Cabinet, individuals whose salaries now range Is 1 tween $45,000 and $52,000 per year With respect to fiscal matters and particularly when government is calling for personal sacrifices to avoid a crisis - it is essential that government lead by example Only when the taxpayers are. convinced that all efforts are being made to pul the state s fiscal house in order, will they respond in a supportive fashion The actions of the Administration' and the Legislature in the past few weeks have done precious little lo instill that feeling jh the taxpayers

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MUA Seeks Hugh es Help Against EPA Rule

SWAINTON -^Congressman William J Hughes has been asked by the Cape May County Municipal Utilities Authority to take a more positive position in favor of the Authority and its member municipalities regarding the federal Environmental Protection Agency's sewer connection ban in the Cape May Region. In a letter to Hughes. Chairman John Vinci called for a meeting with the Congressman at an early date, "to provide us with guidance and suggestions as to the best approach and to otherwise oppose the stringent EPA conditions which will disastrously affect the economy of Cape May County." The federal EPA earlier this year imposed a condition on the Step II design grant for the Cape May Region Wastewater Treatment Plant prohibiting new sewer connections in any area under the flood elevation of to feet. The MUA and the affected municipalities of Cape May. Cape May Point and West Cape May have united in their oppositfbn.

claiming the federal edict is arbitrary and without sound environmental or land use reasoning. Hughes arranged a meeting in August with EPA officials, who directed the MUA to map the affected area, giving a lot by lot description of the effect of the 10 foot elevation standard. Vinci said the Authority's present approach to the problem is to convince EPA that the development restrictions imposed by the Coastal Zone Management Plan should be accepted. "Neither the Authority nor the municipalities object to protecting recognized environmentally sensitive areas. However, what we are most concerned about is the blind application of a flood elevation for denying or approving future sewer connections." Vinci wrote. The Chairman said. "The MUA disappointed it has heard little from Hughes regarding this issue and we urge him to support our position It is becoming increasingly difficult to deal with the everchanging federal bureaucracy and to justify the expenditure of tax dollars to perform unnecessary work

the SOVEREIGN STATE of AFFAIRS BOYD & WOOD