The Morning News from Wilmington, Delaware • Page 12

i 1 Friday. Kavember 13. 1970 12- Warning News, Wilmiitjtiii, Del. i Wagstaff fin GVGQ heads maximum parkin Falling limb cuts area power Power was off In a wide area west of Wilmington ear- ly yesterday when a tree limb fell across a primary power line at the intersection of Delaware 141 and Barley Mill Road. A spokesman for Delmar-va Power Light Co.

said an area from Mt. Cuba to CAGW for housing PRIORITY Three All units in By JIM PANYARD PARKING on the street would ordinance they will be liable for taxes more effectively, Rusten; gram Only Phelan, Thomas and blighted areas, whether they are said. fines up to $103. In other action the council James H. Sills D-at large, or tenant occcpied, The ordinance drew only six Roy L.

Wagstaff, a member voted against the amendment Priority Four All tenant-oc of thA Wilmindon Board Ot votes in its favor. Councilmen Norman D. Hughes, D-lst District, Gerald J. Nagle D-7th Education and former president with Hampton voting present. Under the amendment, the new systematic inspection sys Wilmington City Council President William J.

McClafferty a Democrat, last night introduced an ordinance would set $5 as the maximum city parking fine. The ordinance would eliminate $20 tickets given to motor revert to normal as of Jan. 1, Maloney said. Maloney also introduced a revised edition of his anti-burglary ordinance which passed council last month, but was vetoed by Mayor Harry G. Haskell Jr.

The new ordinance states that businessmen who have been bur of the Wilmington branch of the defeated an ordinance that would have created an opening in the city finance division for an accounting supervisor at a salary of $13,336 per year. According to Allen C. Rusten, administrative assistant to Haskell, the position would have District, Jesse W. Samluk, D-at large, McClafferty and Thomas cupied units and those owner-occupied units showing exterior decay in areas rated fair. Priority Five The same as Priority Four in areas rated NAACP, has been elected chair tem will be as follows: man of the board of Communi ty Action of Greater Priority One Vacant units, pre-sale or pre-rental inspec voted against it.

Mrs. Hattie M. Phelan, D-3d District and Wade U. Hampton, D-5th District, voted present. tions.

been aimed at the collection of Wagstaff, 49, was elected at good. Priority Six Owner-occcpied units in urban renewal areas, some of which may fall into the first three priorities on the list. a Community Action board meet Priority Two Units on which complaints have been received. glarized will take security measures to prevent entry by the same means at a later date. If they fail to comply with the city water bills.

This would have enabled the finance department to collect delinquent city wage ing Wednesday night. He win THE council passed a amending the city's pro- succeed Mrs. Esther Crummell as chairman of the board. ists who park in towaway zones. IT seems doubtful, however, that the ordinance will be passed.

Nearly all the 13 council-men voiced doubts about the proposal and what it would do to city finances. Councilman Alexander A. DeS-tefano, R-6th District, asked Mrs. Crummell will remain on the board and serve as first vice chairman. The meeting also saw the elec Greenbank Road was affected.

The power went off at 3:23 a.m. and was restored at 4:29, he said. Among the areas affected were Sedgely Farms, Greenville Manor, Tybrook, Woodland Park, Faulkland Heights, Spring Valley, AI-bertson Park and Mt. Cuba. County eyes half-price parkland By TOM WARWICK Half-price parkland could be available to the New Castle County Council if it decides by no later than Nov.

25 to apply for state matching funds to purchase 43 acres on Kiamensi Road near Stanton. The land under consideration tion of new officers for tne coming year and the installation of seven new board members. 7 vOUV AVV-: I ISI I OTHER new officers include Mrs. Esther Synder, second vice McClafferty, "Why dna't you ask the City Solicitor (Victor F. Battaglia) for an opinion on the legality of your ordinance?" McClafferty cracked, "I'm going to ask (Vice President Spiro Agnew for his opinion." "Agnew and Battaglia are just chairman; Mrs.

Flora Benson, treasurer; Richard Andrews, first vice treasurer, and Thomas C. Maloney, second vice Four of the new board mem bers Jeffrey Carter, Jesus Manuel Prado, Arthur Rollins and Mrs. Ann V. Williams are from Wilmington. JZJ includes what used to be a 10-acre public housing site, a Mrs.

Marion Blakely, Mrs. Rosa Lee Cleveland and Robert Watson, the other newly, appointed board members, are Hi Is it 1 from suburban New Castle County. Staff Photo by Pat Crow Cowardly lion? Bunji, a 4-month-old shy lioness owned by Norman H. Taylor Jr. is not too eager (above) to get a couple of shots at the vet's office, but when veterinarian William F.

Butler Jr. of Centerville (center) is finished, she rolls happily on the floor. Bunji spends her days at Bowers Auto Parts at 601 S. Market which Taylor owns where a sign on the fence warns "Trespassers will be eaten." The new members were by circulation of petitions or alike and I speak from the heart," DeStefano retorted. McClafferty said he was inspired to prese.it the ordinance by'numerous complaints of city residents who received the $20 tickets.

WALTER A. Neidig, city traffic' supervisor who said the plan is ridiculous, said it costs the city $9 each time a car is toweo away. He said the passage of the ordinance would necessitate the city to reinstitute full scale towing because of people gambling against the low cost of the parking ticket. Towing by the city has been reduced to a minimum since April. Another ordinance was introduced by Councilman Harry S.

Thomas, D-4th District. It would open up parking on Market Street after 6 p.m. and on Saturdays and Sundays. The ordinance will be amended 'next week, according, to Councilman Thomas C. Moloney, D-2d District, with the addi by election.

project which was dropped by the council several months ago. County Parks and Recreation Director Ralph S. Cryder explained the proposed purchase last night at a quorum-less council workshop which was attended by only three councilmen and councilman-elect a 1 E. Hughes, R-Silverside Heights. THE total cost 61 the 43 acres, Cryder 1 a i is about $344,000, but the county has to scrape up only half of that, or $172,000, if it agrees at the next council meeting Nov.

24 to apply for the state's matching park The Rev. Thomas J. Reese, a member of the Community Ac tion board, presented the report of the membership committee at Wednesday night's meeting. ACCORDING to Howard H. Brown, executive director of City targets: Unpaid tax, community Action, Keese an Pro-public law firms tax exempt WASHINGTON UB-The Infernal Revenue Serivce granted a tax-exempt status yesterday to a wide array of law firms repre NATO hopes U.S.

won cut back too much nounced a new policy aimed at the attendance problem the board has been plagued with. The new rule, according to Brown, requires the notification of board members after they have missed two consecutive meetings and removal from the land funds. Nov. 25 is the state's deadline to apply for the matching funds. The $172,000 (for the whole 43 acres) is the same amount the council had budgeted in its capital projects program for the current fiscal year to purchase only 24 acres of the tract now owned by Powell Ford of New water bill senting the public in such fields tion of 15-minute parking on the west side of Market Street from 9:15 a.m.

to 4:30 p.m. during the as c'onsumer protection and the effort for their own defenses and board if the member misses a environment. thinks this effort will impressed consecutive meeting. Under guidelines spelled out Hall's 'tax enforcement pro by IRS Commissioner Randolpn In other business at the board gram, Rusten said. port-Stanton Pike.

holiday season. Towaway areas on- that street will remain in effect between 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m., Maloney said. The Thomas-sponsored ordinance came about after urging congressional advocates of troop i a a 1," a high allied By NORM LOCKMAN Wilmington officials launched a campaign yesterday to ferret out individuals who have not paid city wage taxes and water bills. source said.

I HOPE this will serve as an advance notice to people who are liable to the city for wage IF the council agrees to pass the purchase and application W. Thrower, such firms must be charitable in nature, have the broad public interest at heart, and refrain from political activity- In giving public-interest law By ARTHUR L. GAVSHON LONDON (AP) -Leaders of the North Atlantic alliance say they are confident President Nixon will beat congressional pressure for big cuts in the U.S. force in Europe. Their views emerged yesterday after European members of MEN such as U.S.

Gen. An taxes," he said. "If for any reason they have failed to pay meeting, Brown presented the executive director's report which contained his conclusions on a tiff between Peoples Settlement Association and United Neighbors for Progress. Peoples Settlement and United Neighbors are both community service organizations. Peoples resolution at the next meeting, Cryder says he is willing to hand-carry the application to by the majority of Market Street merchants who said the no-parking rule on the street was seriously hurting their businesses.

drew J. Goodpaster, supreme commander of the allied forces the tax, they should be advised The main targets of the wage Dover the next day to make that we are now launching this tax drive are self-employed persons who have not had the tax sure it arrives in time. in Europe, think any substantial American troop withdrawal enforcement program and firms an exempt status- the IRS sought to head off a growing controversy and take the steam out of a probe set start Monday by a Senate subcommit there are penalties and fines for would require NATO to abandon delinquencies." Top court Settlement is the delegate agency charged with the administra the North Atlantic Treaty Or or revise its doctrine of flexible "If we don't take advantage of the state assistance plan this will cost us the total amount for the 43 acres or we can only buy withheld from their pay. Efforts to collect an estimated $500,000 in delinquent water bills will begin as soon as an audit has beeen completed to make ganization had argued over ways response to any major Soviet tee. The IRS decision ruled out tax attack.

tion of United Neighbors vmch had reportedly been considering becoming autonomous. asked to eye 'exemptions for organizations en the 24 acres which we have budgeted for," said Cryder. of increasing their contribution to the defense burden. "The Nixon Adminsistration gaging in lobbying to any substantial degree. It remained un- n1nn Vim 4Vin viilmrT tiTAllM ACCORDING to Brown, "Unit- sure the persons to be dunned are not on the non-payment list by mistake.

According to Allan C. Rusten, administrative assistant to the mayor, the city has beeen hampered in enforcing the wage tax 'because of inability to get neces While the $172,000 had been laid aside for the initial 24 acres, the council had refrained from acting on the purchase until earlier questions about the adjoining 10 acres for public nude protest WASHINGTON WV-Eight persons who were fined $200 apiece for staging a naked demonstration againstcommercialized sex ted Neighbors for Progress has very little, if any, administrative autonomy," and has, "an unhealthy dependence on Peoples Settlement." seriousiy to mane a greater represent the public before Con School bond vot housing had been resolved. sary information from the State are seeking a Supreme Court gress such as those sponsored by consumer advocate Ralph Nader. "I will not comment on any particular organizatio Thrower said in announcing the Tax Department. RECENT state legislation has ruling that it is not unlawfully lewd to be publicly nude.

"Also, as a result of this ad-m i i a live dependence," Brown said, the Community Action finance department "does not get a clear picture of where removed a legal prohibition This doctrine allows the allies to hit back at an Eastern invader first with conventional weapons, then with tactical nuclear weapons if the war persists. Informants reported it is the considered view of Goodpaster and his aides that almost intolerable strains on NATO unity would result if the Allies have to renegotiate their strategic doctrine. "IN an era promising sustained East-West negotiation I doubt very much if NATO would be able to stand a return to a doctrine of automatic and massive nuclear retaliation," one authority commented. The British claim European members minus France, Portugal and Iceland agreed last decision at a news conference. against allowing the State Tax Freedom freedom to of speech means strip, they contend.

our monies are spent." Department to provide the city with information it compiles Roger Holmes, the management assistant in Rusten's office, has been assigned the task of collecting delinquent water bills. Rusten blamed the delinquencies on the "chaos" that occurred when water bills began being collected by the Division of Finance rather than the water department. The new collection system divided the city into six areas, which are billed monthly from January through June. Bills for excess water are sent on the same rotation from July to December. "IT has taken about two years for us to catch up with the new system," said Rusten.

"We are now only three months behind and we should be current by the new year." As the water billing system was untangled it became evident that some bills had not been paid for up to two years. "We believe some users both in the city and the county, are aware that they are in arrears and have taken advantage of the situation. In effect they are getting free water while those who are paying their water bills are subsidizing them." United Neighbors operates on from state income tax returns. Office of Economic Opportunity With that problem solved, Rusten said yesterday that he expects the state tax office to be able to systemtically give the The five women and three men, then students at Iowa's Grinnell College, disrobed be-fora about 80 people at a sex education lecture Feb. 5, 1969.

They protested the presence of Brice Draber, a representative' of Playboy Magazine there to discuss the "Playboy philosophy." They shucked their garments, slated tomorrow Residents of the New Castle-Gunning Bedford school district will vote tomorrow from 1 to 8 p.m. in a referendum to authorize the sale of bonds for added school facilities. The district's share of the project is $1,354,000, and the state will provide $2,031,000, or 60 per cent of the cost. The accompanying tax increase would not exceed 11 cents per $100 of assessed valuation above the current tax rate of $1.64, according to the school board President Kimber Shoop. Polling places will be in all the schools in the district.

HE said it is the first time the IRS had allowed tax exemptions in the charitable field for firms claiming to represent a majority of Americans. Thrower said law firms representing private interests, even though the dispute in controversy is public in nature, will still be subject to taxes. Most of the law firms that have applied for exemptions claim to deal with environmental questions, he said. The IRS touched off the city information on the 1970 income statistics of people who live or work in Wilmington. The city will then use that information to determine if individuals ALSO under discussion by Ihe councilmen was the eventual sale of the county Engineering Building on the Kirkwood Highway.

The council plans to sell the building when they move into' joint quarters with the city and build a larger buildrng for county services elsewhere, probably near the Greater Wilmington Airport. Council President C. Douglass Buck Jr. said last night that the state is interested in the building but that a final appraisal of the building, due within two weeks, will include alternative" possibilities' for other buyers if the state should decide to back out at the last minute. He said the appraisal is being done by the Arnold Goldsbor-ough Co.

at a cost of about $4,000. Earlier, a space requirements consulting firm criticized the building as being totally inadequate to meet the county's future needs. funds which are funneled to them through Community Action. Brown reported there was a "unanimous desire" among United Neighbors personnel to "become more administratively involved in the activities of their (three) centers." Brown recomended that United Neighbors be assured administrative participation by insuring specific operational procedures in the next contract signed with Peoples Settlement. month on a package designed to have paid their waee tax and if produce about $200-million worth of extra defense help yearly.

Britain agreed to assign more air, land and sea units. West Gemany intended to take over some American cash controversy Oct. 9 wnen it an nounced it was withholding tax- exemption rulings for such firms they have paid the proper amount. A new accountant is being hired by the city's Division of Finance to handle the extra work load. "We don't have any problem with wage roll employes," said Rusten, "most of them have their city wage tax deducted.

It's the self-employed people pending a 60-day study, according to their appeal, "in order to display the depth of their opposition and to demonstrate they were not opposed to nudity, per se, but to the commercial exploitation of the human body and sexual relationships They carried placards and sang a song with a religious theme. After about 10 minutes of the nude-in they put their clothes back on. The Grinnell 8 were convicted of violating an Iowa law against "open and gross lewdness," or indecent exposure. They were fined the maximum $200 each. Electra Arms money matters who are creating the problem." Buildings builders owe rent RUSTEN said that of 301 attorneys listed in Wilmington, 116 did not file city wage tax returns (net profits returns) for the last fiscal year.

97 have not Also under discussion were the proposed power lines to be strung across the Delaware River. Though nothing was decided, the general consensus of the three present was that the lines should go underground and tiled required quarterly or Their appeal to the Iowa Su monthly wage tax returns for this year. Of 306 physicians and dentists listed, Rusten said 52 have not filed city wage tax returns for last year and 86 have not filed the monthly or quarterly returns for this year. Rusten pointed out that some of these may not be but that now they have been Pact ratified STOCKHOLM (UPI) Swedish Foreign Minister Torsten. Nilsson and Soviet Ambassador which sets a limit of 25 per cent of net income as the charge for rent.

In most cases the' authority charges 21.8 per cent. The other, related, change drops a policy of considering only part of earned income of tenants who are welfare clients receiving aid to families with dependent children. The policy, known as "the welfare disregard percentage," was dropped in favor of the uniform limit of 25 per cent of net income. In another action yesterday the authority arranged for a management study to be done by Delaware Government Research Foundation. the authority rather than the owners.

The authority yesterday approved two changes in its leasing policy for low income public housing which will have the effect of gradually boosting rents of tenants whose income rises. IN the past, tenants whose income went beyond the limits for eligibility were charged the same rent for six more months to give them an opportunity to save up some money before leaving public housing. This was dropped in favor of uniform application of the so-called Brooke Amendment-a federal law- where the lease should be modified or terminated. Finch was also directed to start documenting notices he sends to the sponsors of the moderate-income housing the authority is managing for three non profit housing corporations. The authority is losing money on the management contracts, which it undertook as a public service because there was no one else to do the job.

In addition, the authority feels it is losing "image" because, it says, many of the tenants think the authority owns the buildings and their complaints are directed at The electrical union corporation that built the Electra Arms Apartments and still rents most of two floors there is behind in its rent about months' worth, Wilmington Housing Authority commissioners were told yesterday. However, the authority is protected by the fact that its attorney is holding in escrow about $84,000 belonging to the corporation. Dudley T. Finch, authority executive director, and Thomas Herlihy counsel, were instructed to make recommendations at the next meeting on preme Court was turned down 5 to 3 with one abstention. The eight contended that simply being naked in public is not necessarily lewd or obscene, and that their nude-in was an exercise of their freedom of expression.

The Iowa court agreed there was no evidence the eight had made any abscene or sexual gestures or remarks while nude. In fact the meeting was not even disrupted and nobody complained to the authorities. Nevertheless, the court upheld the con-, victions. identified, letters are being sent viiuui mcuisev yesieraay ratified an agreement for cooperation on the peaceful use of nuclear energy. A Swedish Foreign Ministry spokesman said the first meeting between officials from the two nations under the accord would be held in Moscow next February.

to them asking for explanations about their failure to file. "Each case will then be dealt with appropriately," said Rus ten. Businessmen are next on City i.