., ,- _ _ Friday, December 6, 1974 Teheran airport roof collapses TEHERAN (Reuter) - At least 2S people are known to have died when the ceiling of the main lobby of the Mehrabad airport terminal collapsed yes- terday, according to govern- ment radio and television re- ports. The reports said 25 bodies had been recovered from the de- bris by late afternoon as res- cuers toiled in heavy snow to find survivors. MANY were also reported in- jured, but there was no offic- ial casualty figure. Earlier re- ports put the number of injured at 50. Normally, several hundred people gather in the terminal building. But a heavy snow- storm had caused the cancella- tion of many local flights, re-r ducing the usual number of people. The 20-year-old, single-story1 concrete building, which had no central supporting pillars, was the only terminal used for bothI international and domestic flights. YESTERDAY'S catastrophe1 halted all flights.I While welders tried to cut steel beams and remove the de-t bris, one official at the scene4 said it could take more than 24 hours to clear the area. 7 Army and fire units rushed to Mehrabad airport, six miles1 from the center of Teheran, but1 it took them about an hour toZ launch effective operations to save lives or extract bodies. Some 200 weeping relatives of the victims later gathered around the airport building, waiting in the snow for news. THE MICHIGAN DAILY Volume LXXXV, No. 76 Friday, December 6, 1974 is edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan. News phone 764-0562. Second class postage paid at Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106. Published d a i y Tuesday through Sunday morning during the Univer- sity year at 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104. Subscription rates: $10 by carrier (campus area); $11 local mail (Michigan and Ohio); $12 non-local mail (other states and foreign). Summer session published Tues- day through Saturday morning. Subscription rates: $5.50 by carrier (campus area); $6.00 local mail (Michigan and Ohio); $6.50 non- THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Three Ullman predicts tax reform bill SERIOUS TROUBLE SEEN: Unemploymen t costing AP Photo REPRESENTATIVE AL ULLMAN, acting chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, presides over a meeting of the panel yesterdaytin Washington.tUllman, a Democrat from Oregon, chaired the meeting in the absence of Wilbur Mills (D-Ark.) who is in the hospital. '... . .. . >.a : : :i:"}::"}}i..{:v:"}:k>i:"::.: i:J::":"' } DAILY OFFICIAL BULLETIN :: J."JJ" :':ti' "::":"::s aIy.:;:; ;"J.":""::::i::""st::::":"""::"::""::i:.{':"":: ?: ta i i"'.:".:. . ".::::::: WASHINGTON (IP) - Rep. Al Ullman, the probable next chief of the House Ways and Means Committee, predicted yesterday that "we're going to get a tax reform bill next year and it will be a good one." .The Oregon Democrat who is expected to succeed the hos- pitalized Rep. Wilbur Mills (D- Ark.) as chairman of the tax- writing committee, also told re- porters that news kinds of tax- es are possible. Furthermore, he said, "next year we have to produce a na- tional health plan." ULLMAN'S comments came as Mills remained in Bethesda Naval Hospital, reportedly un- der sedation for an undisclosed illness. He entered the hospi- tal Tuesday following a week- end journey to Boston where he visited stripper Fanne Foxe. Hospital authorities said Mills would be allowed no visitors ex- cept for his wife. Along with making his first extensive comments on his plans, Ullman predicted Con- gress in the final weeks of this year will pass the committee- approved, multibillion - dollar package of oil tax hikes and some tax cuts for millions of average Americans. "I want to get that behind us," Ullman said at an inform- al news conference. "It is a good bill, it solves a lot of prob- lems. I think a majority of the senators would want it en- acted" if it clears the House next week, Ullman added. ASKED IF the bill could sur- vive a Senate filibuster, Ullman replied: "My judgment is that it can be passed." This would eventually end pe- troleum producers major tax- saving depletion allowance, im- pose a temporary new levy on windfall profits of oilmen, give individual Americans who do not itemize tleir tax returns a boost in minimum and maxi- mum standard deductions, and hike the investment tax credit for public utilties from 4 per cent to 7 per cent. With passage of this, Ullman said, "then, we've got a tre- mendous lot of work to do" on taxes, health and welfare issues. He indicated a look must be made at the basic tax system itself and the ways the govern- ment raises its revenue. "THE INCOME tax system creates some real budgetary problems. If we're trying to es- tablish a more stable flow, then we're going to have to broaden the tax base," he said, maybe coming up with something in ad- dition such as perhaps a value added tax. This is a national sales tax applied at every stage of the process from raw material to consumer who ultimately would pay it. It has been adopted throughout Western Europe in one form or another. "Value-added has been look- ed at," said Ullman, and "we wouldn't do it the way Europe does it, but some Americanized version is possible." ON HEALTH insurance, he said, "I don't believe in payroll taxes ... but we'd have to find some other financial mecha- nism. I think it would be a dis- aster to dip into general reve- nues." millions in By The Associated Press Growing lines at unemploy- ment offices are costing states millions of extra dollars in bene- fits for the jobless and some of- ficials say there could be seri- ous trouble if the recession lasts much longer. An Associated Press survey showed most states have enough money in unemployment com- pensation funds to weather any- thing but a lengthy, full-scale depression. But there was con- cern in some areas where the money is going out faster than it is coming in. "AT THE current rate of spending, if unemployment worsens, we expect we could be in trouble by the spring," said Mary Hackett, director of Rhode Island's Department of Employment Security. She said the unemployment compensation fund stood at $22.4 million of as Sept. 30 and added, "We expect to have $14.7 mil- lion in the fund at the end of the year." Unemployment in Rhode Is- land during October, the most recent month for which figures are available, was 6.7 per cent, up 1 per cent from October 1973. THE LABOR Department re- ported yesterday that 2,436,000 persons received unemployment benefits for the week ended Nov. 16, an increase of almost 10 per cent over the previous week and a jump of 70 per cent over the same week last year. The department said the num- ber of claims increased in every state except Nevada and Ken- tucky. The nationwide unemployment rate during October was six per cent, meaning 5.5 million Amer- icans were without jobs. The No- vember figure will be released today and some economists have predicted unemployment may rise eight per cent in coming months. Many of those classified as unemployed are not eligible for benefits - they have not work- ed before, they obtain new po- sitions quickly or they left their jobs voluntarily. UNEM PLOYMEN T benefits generally are financed through a tax on employers which fluctuates in some areas according to economic condi- tions. An individual who qualifies for unemployment can draw bene- fits for up to 26 weeks from the state fund with additional money available for 13 weeks if the jobless rate goes above a certain per cent or the states meet certaindother conditions. The extra funds come half from the federal government and half from the states. A proposal pending in Congress would ex- tend federal benefits. Payments, which arefigured on the basis of previous earn- ings, generally average about $50 a week, with a maximum of $95. Many of the thousands of laid off auto workers, how- ever, are getting up to 95 per cent of their normal salary un- der a special contract provision that provides private benefits in addition to public funds. ONE OF the most serious problems appeared to be in Connecticut where 57,562 per- sons collected unemployment compensation in the two weeks ended Nov. 16, an increase of 60 per cent over the 36,142 per- sons receiving benefits in the same period last year. The average unemployment payment is $70 a week with a maximum of $156 weekly - the highest in the country -- and the state estimates it paid out $14 million for November, up 65 per cent from last Novem- ber's $8.5 million expenditure. Officials said the State Un- employment C o m p e n s a- tion Fund, which had $301 mil- lion in 1969, now contains be- tween $28 and $30 million. The state's unemployment di- vision already has borrowed $62 million in interest-free gov- ernment loans over the past two years and officials are con- sidering applying for more mon- ey. Authorities also are insti- tuting a new accounting process Jan. 1 to equalize contributions from the 66,000 employers who finance the fund. benefits Friday, December 6 Day Calendar Ctr. South, SE Asian Studies: S. Hoffman, "Buddhism in America- The Naropa Institute," 200 Lane Hall, noon. Educational Media Ctr.: "Ameri- can Time Capsule;" "Antonia," Schorling Aud., SEB, noon. Anatomy: J. G. Turcotte, "Trans- lantation," 4804 Med Sci. II, 3:30 pm. Philosophy: I. Levi, Columbia U., "Truth, Fallibility, & the GrowthI of Knowledge," Lec. Rm. 2, MLB, 4 pm. Music School: Collegium Musi- cum, Christian Reformed Church, 1717 Broadway, 8 pm. PTP: Dean's "The Sty of the Blind Pig," Arena Theatre, Frieze Bldg., 8 pm. Musket: original musical comedy, McLaughlin & Ford's "Jericho," Mendelssohn Theatre, 8 pm. FERNANDO ARRABAL greatest I i v i n q Surrealist playwright and film direc- tor, IN PERSON WITH HIS FILM Musical Society: Handel's "Mes- siah," Hill Aud., 8:30 pm. Dance: Master Dance Theses, choreography by S. Martens, J. Schwartz, Schorling Aud., SEB, 8:30 pm. General Notices December 1974 Teacher's Certifi- cate Candidates: all the require- ments for the teacher's certificate must be completed by Dec. 20. The teacher's oath should be taken in 1225 School of Education as soon as possible. The Placement material can be obtained from that office in the SAB. Career Planning and Placement 3200 SAB, 764-7460 Job Interviews for Seniors: Sever- al cities have job conferences to bring students and employers to- gether during the Christmas holi- days. Secific information about con- ferences in Chicago, Grand Rapids, Canton, Ohio is now available at CP&P. Other scheduled conferences may be held also. Check with CP&P for late announcements. Application deadlinesfor Migrant Service Worker 06 and 07 (State of Michigan) is Dec. 9. Check with CP&P for details and applications. Full tuition scholarships ad fel- lowships in the fields of biology, chemistry, math, physics, and eng- ineering are available at the Insti- tute of Paper Chemistry, Appleton, Wisconsin. Details at CP&P. Interviewing at Career Planning & Placement: Dec. 9, Golden Gate Law School; Dec. 10, Cornell Univ. Grad. Sch. (Minority Schedule). MICHAEL SHOEMAKER student of Swami Rudrananda will speak on Kundalini Yoga Saturday, December 7, at 8:00 P.m. AT Rudrananda Ashram 640 OXFORD 663-9287 f SUNDAY, DEC. 8, 7 & 9:30, ANGELL AUD. A Arrabal will answer guestions following each screening Wonen's Fashion Footwear and Handbags BIG Z BOOT SALE University Housing Council Fall Term Elections Dec. 11-20 DURING PRE-REGISTRATION At Waterman Gym Candidates may register in SGC Offices- 3909 Mich. Union until 5 p.m., Dec. 6. Questions? Call Greg Higby, 764-7668 DECEMBER 2-7 All Boots 20% OFF 522 ,:A EAST N WILIAM I I I ORIG. 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