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Milliken's tax reform
package not weapon
against Tisch plan,
Senate backers say

LANSING (UPI) -Senate backers of
Gov. William Milliken's $800 million tax
reform package yesterday tried to con-
vincewary colleagues the proposal is
more than just a weapon to defeat the
Tisch tax slashing plan.
Senate action on the proposed con-
stitutional amendment and accom-
panying bills, which would give
homeowners an average of $350property
tax reduction while hiking the state
sales tax from four per cent to 5.5 per
cent, is expected by the end of the week.
A $140 STATE income tax credit for
renters also is included in the plan.
The proposed constitutional amen-
dment needs the approval of two-thirds
of both chambers in order to be placed
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on the November ballot. Shiawassee
County Drain Commissioner Robert
Tisch currently is gathering the
signatures he needs to place his plan on
the ballot.
It calls for rolling back property tax
assessments to 1978 levels and then
slashing them in half, but provides no
means of recouping lost revenue..
SENATE REPUBLICAN Leader
Robert VanderLaan, who with other
legislative leaders helped devise the
tax shift plan, fender off charges the
state's tax reform proposal is only a
means of battling Tisch.
"We're not trying to delay or derail
Tisch," the Kentwood lawmaker said.
"The current tax system is complicated
and burdensome and people are unhap-
py with it."
But a surprise opponent to the state
plan, Sen. Edward Pierce, warned
lawmakers to leave well enough alone.
PIERCE, (D-Ann Arbor) said
Michigan's current tax system is
already one of the fairest in the nation
and lawmakers should "step back and
take a deep breath" before they "tam-
per" with it.
Meanwhile, staunch Tisch supporter
Sen. John Welborn (R-Kalamazoo),
condemned provisions in the plan
allowing the state to circumvent por-
tions of the 1978 Headlee Tax Limitation
amendment and reduce payments to
local government if federal revenue
sharing funds are cut.
In other action, a proposal to allow
artista' survivors ten years to pay
probate taxes fell three votes short of
passage. The Senate voted 17-12 on the
bill. A reconsideration vote is pending.
Sen. Jack Faxon (D-Detroit), said
Michigan artists "are moving out of
state to die" because of current estate
tax law. Currently, probate tax charged
on an artist's remaining works is based
on the price he received for works sold
before his death, often leaving sur-
vivors with a massive tax bill.

Can't find a date for the prom?
Ah, spring! that renascent season of high school proms and dreams
of sexual adventures. Young bucks everywhere entertain titillating
fantasies of beautiful Penthouse-model-like dates as they try on tuxedoes
and calculate corsage costs. How many of those young bucks, however,
actually realize their fantasies? Glenn Ostermann of Huntingont, N.Y. said
he never dreamed for a moment that glamorous Corinne Alphen of
Penthouse magazine centerfold fame would actually be his date for his high
school senior prom. That's probably why he found sufficient courage to ask
her when he spotted her at a promotion in New York, and probably why he
nearly fainted when she said "I'd be happy to." The 18-year-old Deer Park
High School student picked up his date last Friday for what he termed "one
of the happiest nights of my life." But did they stay up to watch the sun
s Right To Bear Arms Department F
Checker Motors Corporation's 930 union employees have won November
15 as a paid holiday. The new holiday was approved when the employees of
the tiny Kalamazoo automaker approved a new contract over the weekend
calling for pay raises over the next several years. The higher wages will be
put to good use-fornammunition. November 15 is the openingday of
Michigan's deer season. F]
Damn Yankees, no; Good Yankees si
Billy Carter, the charming fellow that he is, said yesterday that being
the brother of the president has changed his opinion of people who live north
of the Mason-Dixon line. Before his brother took up residence in the White
House, Carter said, "I never did think there was such a thing as a good
Yankee." But all the travel he's been doing promoting himself as the
younger brother of Jimmy Carter, has changed his attitude. AppeAring on an
early morning talk show, Carter said he got a bad taste for Northerners
from the "Eastern establishment press. They have this stereotype of us as
southerners. They think we're all ignorant." F
On the outside
After the violent weather of recent days, today's forecast is a hearten-
ing improvement. It should be mostly sunny, with a high temperature in the
mid-70s. Q
Happenings
FILMS
AAFC-Winter Kills (Richert), 7, 9:15 p.m., Old Arch. Aud.
MISCELLANEOUS
College of Engineering-Rolf Buchheim, Volkswagenwerk AG, Wolfs-
burg, Germany, "Contribution of Aerodynamics to Fuel Economy
Improvements of Future Passenger Cars," 4 p.m., 107 Areospace.
Ann Arbor Veterans Administration-conference on the scope of dental
care in today's hospital setting, 2215 Fuller Road.
Ark-Hoot night, open mike, 9 p.m., 1421 Hill St. Q
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