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Alcoholocaust t Jerry Marcus CO "Look at ui got This is tho fastest car oa tho road!" Excessive speed was involved in accidents resulting in more than 800,000 casualties in 1968. UNC Chapel Hill Scientist Urges State-Federal Tax Sharing System A University of North Carolim faculty member who served oi President Nixon’s Inter-Govem mental Fiscal Relations Tasi Force last fall has advocated i system/Of tax sharing between state and Federal governments UNC-Chapel Hill Political Sci ence Professor Deil S. Wright a specialist in public finance said in an interview here Satur day “tax sharing is' needed t< provide better fiscal balance t< the whole Federal system.” M i Too much emphasis and im i portance is placed on straight grants-in-aid, he said. Tax or revenue sharing is, ac cording to Wright, the idea of setting aside Federal tax, money to be allocated to and' used by state and local governments. It should be given to the states under relatively unrestricted i terms, and the amount should > be based on a fixed proportion of the Federal income tax, he MINWAX VARNISHES ENAMELS PAINT REMOVERS CASTERS Refinish Furniture said. is politically ' and ec Wright $300 million tates under shared rev sharing ays of the would return to the states, about ten per catergori is rel enue tem based on i federal i about That is cent, of cal grant* of "Tax sharing would represent a measure of tithing by the Fed eral Government in respect to the states,” Wright said. According to Wright, state and local govermpents provide one half to two-third* of all " our domestic services. Yet, increas ed federal .taxes do not directly aid the states and many times put the squeeze on state funds. “The expansion of needs, de mands and problems in the pub lic sector are concentrated at the state-level,” ' Wright said, “Yet, the burdens of increased Federal taxes fall at the state local level and the benefits ac crue to the Federal govern ment.” “We should get aiway from the lock-step approach of cate gorical grants,” he said. “Under most categorical grant provis ions, it takes 6 to 18 months simply to process the grant ap plication.” In a system where the state and local governments would1 be assured of a certain amount of money each year, the process would be greatly simplified, he said. “It would also promote great er state and; local discretion as to how the .money will be used,” Wright said. “They deserve the right to exercise discretion as to the selection of priorities, the allocation of resources and the like” Wright sees two major obsta cles to increased tax-sharing leg islation: the House of Represen tatives and certain city and1 lo cal governments. “About 90 per cent of the rev enue sharing legislation has been been introduced by Re publicans,” Wright said. “How a Democrat-dominated Congress will respond to a Republican-ini tiated proposal .that will un doubtedly help several big-state Republican governors out of fis cal binds is only conjectural.” Cities and certain1 local gave emments represent another pro blem for tax sharing legislation,’ he said. “Local government of ficials have made clear their dissatisfaction with any plan that stopped the money alloca tion process exclusively at the state level.” Wright stressed that there should be minimal restrictions on revenue-sharing grants. “Re strictions should not go muci further than reporting proced ures,” he said. But he agreec that, to get tax sharing legisla tion passed, it may be necessary to indude a stipulation that i certain percentage of the money would be passed on to local gov ermments. ’ “Using the money to builc highways should foe prohibited however,” he continued, “sinxx there are already special fundi for such .projects.” The biggest hang-up over th< tax sharing programs, Wright said, is the notion, of separating revenue raising responsibility from .expenditure decisions. “Ir other words,” he added, “if th« states don’t have the raise the money^toeyigie not going to b« ISwg&t atoo said there -wai ot aouDt ovei Prudent exposure to tlw ultraviolet rays of aninmer sunlight has been found to help relieve psoriasis, a com mon skin problem. Also helpful is i daily tub bath in warm water to which a soothing bath ofl has been added. And, to soften skin as be Poultry, Livestock Need Plenty Of Water North Carolina farmers, who fail to provide enough water for their poultry and livestock ani mals may be losing money. Poultry and livestock can live longer without feed than they can without water, according to extension .poultry and livestock specialists at North Carolina State University. Extension Poultry Specialist Tom Morris says laying hens may live several days without feed but cannot survive very long without water, especially during high temperatures. “The loss of about one-tenth of the water from the hen’s body will cause death,” Morris remarked. “When hens fail to get ade quate water for two or three days, egg production may drop to zero. They may also show symptoms of blue comb disease.” Extension Dairy Specialist Guy Parsons points out that cows in milk may need 80 per cent more water on hot days than on cooler, more comforta ble days. Cows need between 4 and 5 .pounds of water for every pound of milk produced, he em phasized. “Cows with free access to water, produce about 4 per cent more milk than those water ed only once daily.” N. C. State University exten sion specialists give the follow ing water requirements for .poul try and livestock animals: laying hens, 2 to 4pounds of water per pound of _feed; dry dairy cows and beef settle, 8 to 12 gallons daily; dairy cows in milk, up to $5 to 40 gallons daily; sheep and swine, 1 to 2 gallons dally^and homes, 10 to 12 gal lons daily. The best practice is to bp’'“ * . by Capt. Fred Lawton, Director Marine Safety, Raytheon Company & America's Cup championship sailing master. SB SURE B/LSEPUfiP ZU&TtOA/ f/SAPS ARB f/rreo mrn STRAMBAS. mmm SENATOR SAM Continued from page 3 They tragically erred. Again today rationalization re frains from recognizing the un pleasant reality that Russia has already accelerated its produc tion of destructive weapons to such an extent that it has achiev ed virtual parity with us. It also ignores the unpleasant real ity that American negotiators have met with Russian negotia toSr-hundreds of times and that Russia has consistently refused to negotiate an enforceable arrns limitation agreement with us. American taxpayers have ev ery reason to expect that we shall get a dollar’s value from every dollar of revenues expend ed, but they should not be lulled into a false sense of Security on the theory that we no longer need a strong national defense. With the defense of our coun try at stake, it is better to err on the side of over-expenditure rather than on the side of under expenditure. The latter course could be the most costly one we could take. ■
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