THE DAILY PROGRESS, Charlottesville, Virginia, Monday, February 21, 1983 TAX- National Briefs Continued From Page A1 WASHINGTON (UPI) Secretary of State George Shultz rejects Soviet leader Yuri Andropov's offer to pull back medium-range missiles from the European front as merely shuffling a nuclear threat to other parts of the world. President Reagan's "zero option" Shultz said Sunday, "is a global Under the zero option, the number of Soviet and U.S. medium-range missiles along the NATO front would be cut to zero. Reagan has offered to halt deployment of Perhsing II and cruise missiles, now set for late this year, if the Soviets eliminate their missiles. Shultz, summarizing Andropov's proposal, said, "All he was going to do was move these missile over here and they could easily be moved back again." The offer, Shultz said, would only move the weapons "from the European theater to the Far Eastern theater." "That proposal was not a big hit in the Far East, by a long shot," said Shultz, recently returned from an Asian trip.
POW Hunter Says He Has Evidence LOS ANGELES (UPI) A retired Green Beret said from deep in the Laotiar, jungle he has evidence of American prisoners of war and will continue to search he finds more information, the Los Angeles Times reported today. The Times said its Bangkok bureau received a handwritten letter from retired Lt. Col. James "Bo" Gritz Saturday saying, "I have some POW ID. But until I can personally confirm it, it will not be reported." The letter was dated Feb.
12 and was hand-carried from Laos to Bangkok. Gritz said one Laotian guerrilla had been killed on the mission the second in as many missions. But Gritz, 44, a Vietnam veteran from Westchester, told the Times he will press his search for U.S. prisoners from the Vietnam War until he can tell the nation whether any Americans are being held i in Laos. "If Americans are here, by God, let's find out," he wrote.
Chicago Race Too Close to Call CHICAGO (UPI) The final twist of this year's bizarre Chicago Democratic mayoral primary is that, on election eve, it's still impossible to predict the outcome. The race is confusing even to veteran politicians, raised to regard these elections as formalities always won by the "machine." And the voters are playing their cards close to the vest as they consider incumbent Mayor Jane M. Byrne, State's Attorney Richard M. Daley and Congressman Harold Washington. Other quirks of the race include: Mrs.
Byrne, elected in 1979 as an anti-machine reformer, gunning up the machine with the help of those she once branded part of an "evil Daley, son of the late "Boss," running as the outsider; Washington, the reluctant candidate virtually forced to run by the city's black leadership, leading what he now calls a The polls show Mrs. Byrne ahead but slipping as she tries to hold onto the reins of the nation's "Second But none of the candidates puts much stock in the polls. Wallace Troubled by Stomach Ailment MONTGOMERY, Ala. (UPI) Doctors scheduled a series of tests today on Gov. George Wallace to determine the cause of a stomach ailment that sent him to the hospital in the middle of the night.
Wallace, 63, inaugurated Jan. 17 for a record fourth term as governor, was admitted to Jackson Hospital about 12:30 a.m. CST. Billy Joe Camp, Wallace's press secretary, said it was not an emergency situation, but doctors decided to have Wallace admitted immediately so tests could be taken. "He was not in pain," Camp said.
"'The governor has had a stomach virus for the past several days and this seems to be part of it. He seems to have some intestinal difficulty that has brought about discomfort." Camp said the major concern was whether there was any type of blockage in the lower digestive tract. Gorsuch Marries Interior Official Shultz Rejects Soviet Missile Offer WASHINGTON (UPI) Anne Gorsuch, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator engaged in a battle with Congress over enforcement of the toxic waste cleanup law, married Interior Department official Robert Burford. "I'm glad to be with you sharing the happiest day of my life," she told reporters at her wedding reception Sunday. "I'm marrying one of the finest persons I've ever known." She will take the name of her husband and be known as Anne McGill Burford, said EPA spokesman Clayton Jones.
The Burfords were married in U.S. District Court in Washington by Judge Thomas Hogan, Jones said. The ceremony was attended by 15 to 20 friends and family members, including the new Mrs. Burford's three children, Neil, 15, Stephanie, 13, and J.J., 10. Mrs.
Burford kept the location of her wedding a secret until it was over. World Briefs Urgent Meeting Planned on Oil Prices ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Oil ministers from Saudi Arabia and five other oil-rich Persian Gulf states will hold an urgent meeting within the next two days amid reports they are planning a huge cut in their oil prices, Omani Foreign Affairs Minister Yussef al Alawi said today. The ministers of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council will consider "a plan within the context of the council to achieve a stable policy on oil prices and production," al Alawi was quoted as saying by the state-run Qatari news agency. He made the remarks after returning to Oman from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he took part in a two-day meeting of the council's foreign ministers. The Gulf Cooperation Council, which includes Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, was formed in 1981 primarily to coordinate military security in the volatile Gulf region.
In a related development, Algeria today formally asked for an emergency conference of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the Iraqi news agency said in a dispatch from Algiers. Hijacked Libyan Jetliner on Malta VALLETTA, Malta (UPI) Unidentified hijackers who commandeered a Libyan jetliner to Malta demanded fuel today to fly to Morocco, but the government insisted all children among the more than 159 hostages be freed first. The Libyan Arab Airways plane was hijacked on a domestic flight over Libya Sunday night, landing in total darkness at Malta's Luga airport with 159 passengers and an unknown number of crewmembers. Malta's Prime Minister Dom Mintoff spoke from the airport control tower's radio with one of the hijackers who demanded fuel to fly the Boeing 727 to Morocco, a reporter who monitored the conversation said. told them to first release the children as a sign they are in their "Mintoff right senses," the reporter said.
Marines Help Out in Lebanon Blizzard BHAMDOUN, Lebanon (AP) U.S. Marines and Italian soldiers stranded joined Lebanese rescue squads trying to save scores of motorists today by a blizzard that has claimed at least 39 lives. Rescuers have recovered the frozen bodies of about 30 motorists from cars trapped by 3-foot-deep snow and said about 100 25 were miles feared stranded on a one-mile stretch of more people still east of Beirut. Police said the total storm-related highway near a ski resort death toll of 39 included four Lebanese soldiers and two Syrian soldiers who died in the 1 rescue operation on the mountain section of the Beirut-Damascus highway. Four people also drowned Sunday when high waves struck the ancient Mediterranean city of Byblos, 19 miles north of Beirut.
In the hills above Byblos, a search was under believed lost way for villagers in the snow. Today, 50 Marines in nine amphibious headed personnel and two jeeps left Beirut's airport in a convoy that carriers for the mountains to assist the search teams. eipts of utility companies has been available to counties for years, but many county administrators were not aware of it until recently. Spengler says many Virginia counties are switching from the merchants capital tax to the business and occupational license tax, which can bring counties more revenue. The General Assembly allows localities to levy one or the other, but not both.
Greene County is one of the counties that switched last year. "The board (Greene County Board of Supervisors) felt the merchants capital tax was unfair because it applied only to merchants." Morris said. "With the BPOL (business and professional occupations license) tax, it applies to the whole business Death Notices GERALDINE M. WOOD Geraldine (Jerry) M. Wood, 58, of 1805 Inglewood Drive, died Saturday in a local hospital.
Born Oct. 23, 1924, in Western, West daughter of the late George E. Powell and Lula Maggie Powell of Charlottesville. Former owner and operator of the Ideal Beauty Salon; veteran of World War II. Besides her mother, survived by two daughters, Ms.
Linda C. Wood of Charlottesville and Mrs. Shirley Barkley of Pennsicola one son, Marvin Gatewood of Kennosaw, two sisters, Mrs. Virginia P. Bukrim and Mrs.
Anne Wansley, both of Charlottesville; two brothers, Donald E. Powell of Charlottesville and James W. Powell of Norfolk, four grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son in 1978, William D. Fragale.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday from the Hawkins Funeral Chapel, Dr. Thomas D. Kennedy officiating, with interment in Monticello Memory Gardens. In lieu of flowers those wishing may make contributions to the American Cancer Society.
Family will receive friends 7-8 p.m. this evening at Hawkins Funeral Chapel. GUY A. SPENCER Guy A. Spencer of Rt.
1, Lovingston, died Saturday evening at the Martha Jefferson Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday 2 p.m. from the Calvary Baptist Church, Lovingston. Family will receive friends this evening from 7-8 p.m. at the Funeral Chapel in Lovingston.
CLIFF C. SUTPHIN Cliff Carl Sutphin, 57, of Route 9 Box 255, Charlottesville died Feb. 20, 1983, at his home. He was born Dec. 16, 1925, Fairfax County, son of the late Ira Sutphin and Dora Chinn Sutphin.
Surviving are his wife, Elsie Louise M. Sutphin; two sons, Michael Carl Sutphin of Troy, Charles T. Sutphin of Charlottesville; one daughter, Patricia A. Sutphin of Kents Store; one brother, Sam S. Sutphin of Troy, and one half brother, Paul I.
Sutphin of Oakton, Va. He was an xray technician at Blue Ridge Hospital retiring in 1976. Graveside funeral service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday in Monti- Localities also are using cable television as a new source of revenue, Spengler says. Among Central Virginia localities, Charlottesville and Orange County charge cable television companies a franchise fee.
Charlottesville also charges a cable television license tax. The new taxes are being levied partly because some of them are less politically risky than increases in the real estate taxes, Spengler said. The transient occupancy, or lodgings tax, for example, hits mainly people who do not vote non-residents staying in motels and hotels. However, the General Assembly has authorized the lodgings tax for only seven counties, including Albemarle. Legislative proposals to give the power to all counties have been killed, including one cello Memory Gardens, the Rev.
Bob Underwood will officiate. The family suggest contributions be made to the Heart Fund. Hill ad Wood Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. J. TERREL GAAR J.
Terrel Gaar, 93, of Pratts died Saturday at Martha Jefferson Hospital. He was born July 1, 1889, in Madison County, son of the late Jackson and Sallie May Gaar. His wife was the late Blanche Smith Gaar. He was retired from the Virginia Department of Highways and a member of Rapidan Baptist Church at Wolftown. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs.
Delmar Marks of Pratts; one sister, Mrs. Louanna Clatterbuck of Highland Springs, Va. Graveside funeral services 3 p.m. Tuesday, Rose Park Cemetery, Wolftown, the Rev. Mark Jordan officiating.
The family will receive friends tonight from 7:30 to 8:30 at the Clore Funral Home, Culpeper. ETTA P. SCHOONOVER Mrs. Etta Pearl Schoonover, age 84, of Orange died yesterday in the Orange Nursing Home. Born Jan.
12, 1899, in Petersville, she was the daughter of the late Smauel McKee and Mary Eliza Lykins Cassity. She was the widow of Robert Fletcher Schoonover. She was a member of the Vaughan Baptist Church in Vaughan, W. Va. Survivors include six daughters, Mrs.
Helen Wickline of Tampa, Mrs. Jean Hawkins of Orange, Mrs. Norma Carpenter of Culpeper, Mrs. Frances White of Locust Dale, Mrs. Bobbie Lohr of Waynesboro, Va.
and Mrs. Virginia Hall of Madison; one brother, Mr. Kermit Cassity of Charlottesville, and one sister, Mrs. Katherine Rosales of Los Angeles, 17 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Funeral service will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m.
from the Preddy Funeral Home Chapel with interment in the Graham Cemetery. The Rev. Mark Jordan officiating. The family will receive friends on Tuesday evening from 7 to 9 at the funeral home. Preddy's of Orange is in charge.
AUGUSTUS E. CRAUN Mr. Augustus Emmett Craun, age 82, of Washington, D.C., formerly of Orange, died yesterday in a Washington, D.C. hospital. Obituaries CRAUN Augustus Emmett phin, 57, of Charlottesville died Craun, 82, of Washington, D.C., Feb.
20, at his home. Hill and formerly of Orange, died yester- Wood Funeral Home is in charge day in a Washington, D.C. hospi- of arrangements. tal. Preddy's Funeral Home, is BOOco*ck Mrs.
Elizabeth Orange, in charge of arrange- L. ments. Booco*ck, 79, of Castalia SCHOONOVER Mrs. Etta died at her home Farm, Keswick Pearl Schoonover, 84, of Orange on Feb. 19.
Hill and Wood Funedied Sunday in the Nurs- ral Home is in charge of arrangeOrange ments. ing Home. Preddy Funeral MAHANES Home, Mrs. Annie R. Orange, is in charge of ar- Mahanes, of rangements.
71, 1215 Hazel St. died Feb. 20, at her home. Hill SPENCER Guy A. Spencer and Wood Funeral Home is in of Lovingston, died Saturday at charge of arrangements.
the Martha Jefferson Hospital. Funeral Chapel, ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE Lovingston, is in charge of ar- MISS AL ATTAR rangements. UMPIRE SHOGUN WOOD Geraldine (Jerry) M. SPUR THE MOMENT Wood, 58, of 1805 Inglewood EST STAT BRAVER Drive, died Saturday in a local NEE FRO ANOLE hospital. Hawkins Funeral SLIP PEKING ETAPE ISLE Home is in charge of arrange- YUCCA ments.
YES IRS SOP MOM SLEEP LAMAR GAAR J. Terrel Gaar, 93, of DAMP TILDE AYES Pratts died Saturday at Martha URIAH SUE COP Jefferson Hospital. Clore Fune- MENTAL NUDE ral Home, Culpeper, is in charge BOOTSAND ADDLES of arrangements. RETIRE RAREST SUTPHIN Cliff Carl Sut- RADAR TRYSTS this year. The license tax on utility companies is a low political risk because it is not paid, at least directly, by the voters.
Utility spokesmen argue the increased costs to the utility eventually will show up in customer charges. The utility consumer tax also has political advantages, Spengler says. Consumers tend to believe erroneously that "they're being hit the utility instead of the locality," he said. "Localities tend to like that." But the people weren't confused in Tazewell County, where 300 showed up at a public hearing to protest a new utility consumer tax. "They had such an uproar about it, they ended up repealing it," Spengler said.
He was born Sept. 4, 1900, in Carthage, son of the late James Edward and Emma Marie Rotschild Craun. He was the widower of Lucy Amos Craun. He was a retired security guard, and was a member of Walkers United Methodist Church. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs.
Mary B. Davis of Washington, D.C.; a son, Douglas Ray Craun Sr. of Orange; two brothers, Mr. A. Q.
Craun of Orange and Mr. Robert L. Craun of Virginia Beach; one sister, Mrs. Forest C. Harrell of Labelle, Fla.
and four grandchildren. Funeral service will be held on Tuesday at 2 p.m. from the Preddy Funeral Home Chapel with interment in Walkers United Methodist Church Cemetery, the Rev. Sherri Erts officiating. Preddy's of Orange is in charge.
ELIZABETH L. BOOco*ck Mrs. Elizabeth L. Booco*ck, of Castalia Farm, Keswick died at her home on Feb. 19, 1983.
Her death followed a brief illness. Mrs. Booco*ck was 79. She was the wife of the late John C. Booco*ck of Castalia Farm, Keswick and the daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. William Broadman Leonard of New York City. Mrs. Booco*ck was preceded in death by her daughter, Mrs. Edward H.
C. (Gwendolyn) Goss. She is survived by three grandchildren, E. A. C.
Goss of New York City, N.Y., J. Scott Goss and Diana G. Knight of Castalia Farm, Keswick, and one great grandchild. Mrs. Booco*ck is also survived by a brother, William B.
Leonard of Rumson, N.J. She was a member of Grace Episcopal Church, Cismont, Keswick Hunt Club and the Farmington Country Club. Funeral service will be held Tuesday, Feb. 22, 1983, Grace Episcopal Church at 11 a.m. Interment will be in the church cemetery.
Hill and Wood Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. ANNIE R. MAHANES Mrs. Annie R. Mahanes, 71, of Spangler says the new taxes are not making local taxation more progressive.
"The utility (consumers) tax probably hits the poor person as much as the rich person," he said. Spengler says the trend toward adding new taxes may accelerate if a study being prepared by the Joint Legislative Audit and Revenue Committee prompts the General Assembly to expand local taxing powers. The study will compare localities' taxing powers with spending needs dictated by state requirements. Not all the local taxing changes are resulting in higher taxes, Spengler says. More and more counties are providing tax relief for the elderly.
"All but two of the cities have it, and about two-thirds of the counties have it," Spengler said. 1215 Hazel St. died Feb. 20, 1983, at her home. She was born Jan.
27, 1912, in Albemarle County, daughter of the late Virgil Rea and Essie Lena Hawkins Rea. She was the wife of the late George M. Mahanes. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Joanne Tisdale of Simpsonville, S.C.; two sons, George E.
Mahanes of Ivy, Barry R. Mahanes of Charlottesville; three brothers, Virgil Rea Dennis Rea, both of Crozet, Massie Rea of Batesville; three sisters, Mrs. Bertha Harper of Paris, Mrs. Ruth Mowry of Waynesboro, Mrs. Marjorie Crowder of Lynchburg and six grandchildren.
Graveside funeral service will be 2 p.m. Tuesday in Holly Memorial Gardens, the Rev. Richard Myers will officiate. The family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 8:30 at the Hill and Wood Funeral Home. ROBERT C.
SHEPHERD Robert C. "Bobby" Shepherd, 53, of 1405A Holly Road, died Saturday morning in a local hospital. Born in Fluvanna County, Aug. 3, 1929, he was the son of the late Thomas C. and Ella Hopkins Shepherd.
He retired from Galeski Optical with more than 13 years of service, and Keller and George prior to that time. He was a member of Lyles Baptist Church in Fluvanna County, and was a member of the Charlottesville Moose Lodge. Survivors include his wife, Audrey Wood Shepherd; two daughters, Connie S. Wood and Robin S. Hamlin, all of Charlottesville; one sister, Anna Petke of West Point, a son-in-law, Mark Hamlin; and two granddaughters, Betsy and Dawn Wood.
Funeral service will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Joseph W. Teague Chapel. The Thomas J. LeVines and the Rev.
Charles King will officiate with burial in the Grace Episcopal Churchyard at Cismont. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. tonight at the fu- ARE YOU READY TO BE THE PARENT OF A TEENAGER? If your child is age 9-12, he or she will experience many changes in the next five years. How will you respond? Discussion group Downtown Library 7:00 p.m. February 28 Sponsored by Family Service, Inc.
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