San Antonio Register (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, April 8, 1977 Page: 3 of 10
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FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1977
SAN ANTONIO REGIS 1 Ek
FAGE 3
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slon, Williams pointed out that
he knows "how the system
works" and that he knows
"where the problem Is."
His experience can also help
him with the other councilman,
Williams explained, adding that
before anything effective could
be done in the city would depend
on how well the councllmen han-
dle each other.
Though he failed to receive
Coy's support, Williams em-
phasized that he was a candi-
date "for ALL the people in
District 2. I am a representa-
tive of the people, .(and ) no
one ethnic group. *
Citing the fact Webb didn't
bury him in the general elec-
tion, Williams predicted he
would win and added that he
would "concentrate in areas we
were weak in."
Those areas would undoubt-
edly Include Precincts 306,357,
403 and 410 which went heavily
for Coy. In those areas alone
Coy received a total vote of
771 whereas Williams and Webb
got 230 and 440 respectively,
Williams said he felt he had
a good chance in those areas
also because "we have the San
Antonio Fire Fighters associa-
tion supporting us and there
are quite a few browns in that
group."
OTHER RESULTS
Also facing a runoff next week
will be Incumbent Mayor Lila
Cockrell, 55, and John Mon-
frey, 64, president of the local
Falstaff Beer, Incorporated.
Mrs. Cockrell received 40,013
to Monfrey's 32,223.
District 2 went to Monfrey
with 3,488 against Mrs. Cock-
rell's 2,253.
Rev. Lowell C. Glasco, 58,
the only black In the mayor's
race, managed to pull In 699
votes--300-plus more than he
did two years ago.
In District 6 James Kelly,
the only other black besides
Glasco to run for a council
seat outside of District 2, gain-
ed 531 votes putting him in
sixth place In that area's elec-
tion.
Top-
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er, assistant secretary for pol-
icy, evaluation and research:
Eula Bingham, assistant sec-
retary for occupational safety
and health; Donald Ellsburg,
assistant secretary for em-
ployment standards; Francis
Burkhardt, assistant secre-
tary for labor-management re-
lations; Carln Clauss, solici-
tor of labor; JtoWHd Samuel,
deput} under secretary for in-
ternational affairs, and Peter
Henle, deputy under secretary
for economic policy.
Marshall pledged during the
ceremony that with the help of
those sworn in the Labor de-
partment will "do everything
possible to put jobless Amer-
icans back to work and to as-
sure equity in the nation'swork
places."
Deadline-
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should the request for exten-
sion be rejected. If this re-
quest is denied, the taxpayer
must file b> the automatic ex-
tension due date w ithin ten days
after the date the IRS denied
the request.
Telephone--
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daughter while the latter was
using It, and hung up the phone.
The younger woman rushed
Into her bedroom and shot her-
self, police were told.
Police said the victim also
admitted shooting herself.
Funding--
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gating the legality of releasing
private and confidential med-
ical information when the eval-
uators made their report to
Huebner.
Wallace added that the eva-
luators failed to inform Hueb-
ner that he (Wallace) was check-
ing Into the matter.
Discharges-
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administration benefits,
Bexar county residents may
obtain assistance In submitting
their formal application for up-
grading their discharges, at the
Bexar County Veterans Service
Office, 203 West Nueva, San
Antonio.
Public Hearing
On Funds Set
For April 13
Proposed uses for some $7.6
million in revenue sharing fundi
V€
CAPTAIN IS AWARDED--Colonel Helmer W. Thompson, chief,
Military Science division, Academy of Health Sciences, US Army,
presents the Meritorious Service medal to Captain Walter J
Mitchell Jr. for meritorious service as chief, Soldier's Manual
section, Literature branch, Concepts and Doctrine division. Com-
bat Developments and Health Care Studies, AHS, from No\. 7, 1975,
to Jan. 18, 1977. Captain Mitchell is attending the Army Medic;!1
Department Officer Advanced course at the academy.
will be discussed at a public
hearing of the City council at
7 p.m. Wednesday, April 13.
Site of the hearing will be the
Mission Room of the Henry B.
Gonzales Convention Center
complex, according to City
Manager Thomas E. Huebner.
Originally set for April 5, the
public hearing must precede
formal council action allocating
funds from the eighth entitle-
ment period, Huebner said.
The city manager and Fi-
nance D.rector Carl White con-
ducted an earlier pjbllc hear-
ing Feb. 28, at which both oral
and w ritten comments were re-
ceived from citizens and groups
on proposed uses for the
$7,683,792 in funds.
Office of Revenue Sharing,
U.S. Department of the Treas-
ury alloted that amount to San
Antonio for the period from Jan.
1-Sept. 30, 1977, end of the
federal fiscal year.
Following the earlier hear-
ing, Hupbner presented toCltj
council his provwsed uses for
the funds, together with a mod-
ification plan to the City budget,
as required by federal law.
Several programs and proj-
ects, recommended by Huebner
for continuation w ith funds from
the eighth entitlement period,
are operating on Interim budg-
ets, pending final council action
on those funds.
First check from the Office
of Revenue Sharing, represent-
ing abou one-fourth of the funds
expected during the entitlement
period, is due early In April,
Huebner said.
Carolina Black,
While Cabs
Gef EqualBreak
WASHINGTON, N C --Equal
competition has been assured
between white and black o[>era-
tors of taxlcabs at the Union
Bus Station in Washington,
Norlli Carolina, under an agree-
ment announced today by the
Communltv Relations Service
(CRSi.
Acting CRS Director Gilbert
G. Pompa said the agreement
averted a threatened boycott
by blacks and eased tension In
the wake of confrontations and
arrests at the station.
Under the agreement, any
taxicab may drive onto station
property to discharge bus pas-
sengers and wait for a fare at
the station taxi stand formerly
reserved for a white-owned cab
company.
However, a driver may wait
for a fare on station property
only when there is an empty
space at the taxi stand, and
must pull out Immediately upon
obtaining a fare, without wait-
ing for a full load. A taxicab
driver hailed from the street
may respond but cannot bring
the vehicle onto station prop-
erty unless a taxi stand spare
is empty.
Both the white-owned and the
black-owned cab companies are
obligated under the settlement
to provide service during all
bus arrivals, including off-peak
hours.
Black taxicab operators had
protested that they were ille-
gally denied an opportunity to
compete for fares at the bus
station.
Washington is about 80 miles
east of Raleigh and has a pop-
ulation of about 8,000. It is on
a major north-south transpor-
tation route.
The agreement was worked
out by Marjorle Curet and Rob-
ert Enaley, both assigned to
the Atlanta regional office of
CRS.
CRS was created by the Civil
Rights act of 1964 to help com-
munities beset by racial con-
flict. The agency acts as med-
iator when disputants believe
that negotiations may lead to a
settlement of their differences.
Completion of eight hospitals
recently authorised for the Vet-
erans administration will add
almost 7,000 bads to the na-
tion's largest health-care sys-
tem.
Red Cross
Needs
Volunteers
City
Job Bias
Eased
MIAMI, Fla.--The Depart-
ment of Justice has obtained a
consent decree requiring the
City of Pompano Beach, Flor-
ida to expand the hiring and
promotion of blacks and wom-
en In city jobs and to compen-
sate victims of dlscrimina -
tion.
Attorney General Griffin B.
Bell said the decree was filed
In U.S. District court In Miami,
resolving an employment dis-
crimination suit against Pom-
pano Bea':h and city officials.
The suit, filed on February
6, 1976, charged that city of-
ficials violated the Revenue
Sharing act of 1972 bydiscrlm-
inatlng against blacks and worn-
en in municipal Jobs.
At that time, the city employ-
ed 679 persons, of whom 130
were black. Few blacks and
women were police officers and
none was a fireman.
The consent decree requires
the city to adopt a long-term
goal of hiring blacks In each
Job classification in proportion
to their percentage In the civ-
ilian labor force of the Fort
Lauderdale-Hollywood metro-
politan area. This Includes
police officer and fire fighter
jobs.
The long-term goal for wom-
en Is 15 per cent of police of-
ficer and fire fighter positions
and 20 per cent of all other job
classifications.
To achieve the long-term
goals, the city Is required to
seek to fill 25 per cent of all
vacancies with qualified blacks
and 25 per cent with qualified
women during 12-month periods
until the goals are met.
The decree requires the city
to establish a committee of at
least five members to find the
blacks and women who have been
denied employment or promo-
tion. Blacks and women will be
members of the committee.
Blacks and women found to
have been denied jobs because
of race or sex will be given
the first opportunity to apply
for vacancies under the long-
term goals.
However, the city is not re-
quired to hire an unqualified
person to fill a vacancy under
the affirmative action program.
The decree prohibits the use
of tests and other selection
standards, such as height and
weight minim ims, unless they
have lieen validated in accord-
ance with the new Federal Ex-
ecutive Agency Guidelines.
Black and women employees
found to have (teen denied pro-
motion liecause of race or sex
will lie placed on a priority
promotion rosier and given two
opportunities to accept a pro-
motion.
The committee will also
award back pit} of up to $40P
to blacks and women denlei
jobs or promotion.
County Ass'n
but tin- amount decreases $•!
Jor «>f 111! OIIII* UVL'I
$4,000.
Taxji.iyeis uiio filed .i return
last year will find additional
information ;n,,j instructions for
claim in*.' tin- credit in their tax
packaj t s. Persons who did not
file last vimi can get necessary
forms an<I instructions from IKS
office
CRS Tries
To Ease
To Award Tension
The Bexar counn chapter of
the American Red Cross needs
volunteer drivers and rase -
workers for services to mili-
tary families.
Volunteer drivers are need-
ed to provide assistance to In-
dividuals who require trans-
portation to medical facilities
and other agencies. All Red
Cross drivers must have a cur-
rent Texas drivers license and
be capable of using a chaptei
owned vehicle equipped with
a two-way radio.
The Bexar county chapter
also has an urgent need for
caseworkers in services to
mllitarv families. These vol-
unteers will provide counsel-
ing and referral service foi
miliary, veterans and their de
pendents. Pros|iective case-
workers should like working
with people. Supervisors will
provide training and guidance.
Red Cross also offers other
exciting volunteer o|iportuni-
tles to serve the comm inity.
An orientation will he held for
interested members of the pub-
lic, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., April 13
at Bexar County Chapter head-
quarters, 90 Brees boulevard.
Interested persons should call
826-8611 for more Information.
Scholarship
The Bexar County Employees
association will award a schol-
arship to a local high school
senior ths spring. The schol -
arship is in the amount of $500.
Applicants must l>e the son
or daughter of a permanent
Bexar county employee as re-
flected on the pay records of
the county auditor and must not
be the holder of any other schol-
arship of more than $f>00. High
school seniors who are employ-
ed by the county as of March 1,
1977 may also apply. The
scholarship is based on aca-
demic ability and financial need.
The Bexar County Scholar-
ship Clearing House will han-
dle applications and final se-
lection of the winners.
Eligible students may apply
by w riting Roger J Bilow, coun-
selor of the Bexar County Schol-
arship Clearing House, 201
North St. Mary's street, San
Antonio, Texas 78205, tele-
phone 227-8110 or from Herb
Schaefer, Bexar County Court-
house, San Antonio, Texas
7820"., telephone 220-2591.
Information and application
may also be obtained from high
school counselors in area high
schools. Deadline for submit-
ting applications is April 29.
Low Income
May Bring
$40Q EIC
INGLE WOOD, Calif.--He p.
Yvonne Brathwjlte Burke (I)-
Los Angeles* last week stated
that low-income workers may
be eligible to receive as much
as $400 in a special payment,
but they have to file a 1976
Federal income tax return to
receive it.
Many of the people eligiblt
for the payment, called the
Earned Income Credit, m: \ not
ordinarily be required to file
a tax return because their earn-
ings are low .
To qualify for the credit, in-
dividuals must have less than
$8,000 in total income, includ-
ing form wages, salaries, tips
or other employee compensa-
tion and self-employment in-
come. Additionally, the work-
ers must have maintained a
home in the United States for
the entire year for themselves
and at least one dependent child
who was under 19 years of age
or a full-time student
People who qualify for the
credit and who have earnings
of $4,000 or less receive a cred-
it of 10 per cent of their earned
income only, up to a maximum
of $400. Individuals whose total
income was between $4,000 and
$8,000 also are entitled to the
credit based on earned income.
WEBSTER COUNTY, Iowa--
Webster County public officials
will liegm fining minority law
enfoic'inent officers, set up a
hun. tii relations program, and
establish a county-wide affirm-
ative action plan under an
agreement announced by the
Communis Relations Service
(CRS .
CRS Acting Director Gilbert
G. Pompa said the agreement
is tli*- result of growing concern
about racial tension, particu-
lar! between minority resi-
dents and the Sheriff's depart-
ment.
The measure was signed by
Leonard Hansch, chairman of
the COuntv Board of Supervi-
sors Webster County Sheriff
Ray McCoy; and Jim Lockman,
leader of Black People Support-
ing Black People, the commun-
ity association that represent-
ed minority residents in nego-
tiations.
Under the agreement, one of
two current vacancies in the
sheriff's department will be
filled with a minority group
memU'r, and similar consider-
ations will be given to future
openings. The county and Fort
Dodge, Webster county's larg-
est city and county seat, will
joint! develop a human rela-
tions program.
Pending completion of a coun-
ty-wide affirmative action plan,
count-, officials will provide
job vacancy information to Fort
Dodge s Urban Ministry, an-
other community organization,
so that minority applicants can
be referred.
CRS" assistance was request-
ed last August when blacks ac-
cured sheriff's deputies of bru-
tality during the arrest of
a black youth. The agreement
was worked out by Milton Lew-
..Ufcfcand Pasqual Caique/, both m
assigned to the agency's Kan-
City regional office.
Webster county is about 90
miles north of Des Moines.
Approximately two per cent of
the county's 46,000 residents--
most of whom live in Fort
Dodge--are minorities. The
sheriff's department has 11
deputies, none of whom are
presently members of minority
groups.
CRS was created by the Civil
Rights act of 19G4 to assist
communities beset by racial
conflict. Tfie agency mediates
when the parties in a dispute
believe that negotiation is more
likely to produce a lasting set-
tlement.
New Tax Credit
Available for
Oldsters
AUSTIN--Certain taxpayers
6S years of aee and older can
take advantage of a new, more
literal, tax credit to reduce
taxes on their 1976 tax returns,
the Internal Revenue Service
.ISIS (Djff
Banking
Trusting
1892
Ir
1977
San Antonio Bunk
&Trust
MKMItN
FDIC
said.
This new tax break, retro-
active to January 1, l'J7b, is a
credit based on all ty|*\s of
income. For many taxpayers,
the new credit can reduce taxes
by a larger amount than a pre-
vious retirement inc ome cred-
it, liecause the old one was
figured only on retirement in-
come such as (Mansions and an-
nuities. The new credit, how-
ever, also applies to earned in-
come such as salaries and oili-
er pay, the IRS said.
In addition to lieing at least
or> or older to l e eligibly* foi
the credit, individuals must U-
U.S. citizens or residents, and
have income. Also, there are
sfiecial rules for persons re-
ceiving public retirement in-
come even though they are un-
der 05.
Single persons and married
persons filing joint returns and
only one spouse is Gr or olden,
are entitled to a credit oi 1
per cent of up to $2,500, to a
maximum of $375, the IRS said.
The credit is 15 per cent of
up to $3,750--to a maximum of
$5b3--for a husband and wife
who each meet the age require-
ment and file a joint return.
The amount on which the
credit is figured is reduced by
Social Security and Railroad
Retirement benefits dollor for
dollar. Thus, a couple receiv-
ing $2,500 in Social Security
benefits can only figure their
credit on 15 per cent of $1,250
($3,750 minus $2,500;.
Another limitation on the
credit is the ceiling for total
income--$7,500 for single per-
sons, and $10,000 for a couple,
the IRS pointed out. When in-
come is above the ceiling, the
amount on which the credit is
figured is reduced by $1 for
every $2 above the limit.
For example, if a couple had
income totaling $11,000, their
maximum credit would be 15
per cent of $3,250. First, the
$10,000 income ceiling would be
subtracted from the $11,000in-
come received, giving $1,000.
Half of the $1,000, or $500 would
then be subtracted from $3,750,
to leave the $3,250 on which the
15 per cent credit is figured,
the IRS said.
Taxpayers can find informa-
tion on figuring the credit or
having the IRS figure it for
them in he instructions fur-
nished in the tax packages mail-
ed to them. Additional infor-
mation appears m Publication
524, "Tax Credit for the Elder-
ly," available free at IRS of-
fices.
Motherjnfant
Son Die
In Elevator
MILWAUKEE -- A 20-year-
old mother and her five-month-
old infant son died last week
from smoke inhalation in a
stalled elevator.
The couple and the mother s
19-year-old sister were at-
tempting to flee a burning build-
ing when the elevator stopped
between two floors.
Rescuers had to pry open
the doois, climb up the shaft
and break into the elevator to
free the trio.
Miss Ferlicia Smith, 19, the
sister, was reported in serious
condition at St. Luke's hospital
where she was receiving oxy-
gen in the hospital's hyperbaric
chamber.
Dead are Mrs. Debra Smith
and her son, Markess.
Damage to the 30-unit mod-
ern brick building was esti-
mated at $17,000.
Mrs. Smith and her son were
at the apartment complex vis-
iting Miss Smith when the fire
occurred.
Investigators said the con-
trol button inside the elevator
had f*en turned off.
Cause of the fire was still
under investigation early this
week.
CERTIFICATE--First Sergeant Betty J Young, Company B,
1st Battalion, Academy of Health Sciences, US Army, presents
certificate to Specialist Five Royce E Evans, an honor graduate in
the Army Medical Department Noncommissioned Officer Basic
course, Class No. 1-77, at the academy. Specialist Evans is as-
signed to the 714th Medical detachment, 44th Medical brigade, Ft.
Bragg, N.C First Sergeant Young was the graduation speaker.
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