Congress still wants tuition credits
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ignor
ing President Carter’s warning of
a veto, the House appeared ready
Thursday to approve a com
promise bill allowing a tax break of
up to $250 per year to help offset
college tuition costs.
And as Senate and House con
ferees began work on a com
promise one-year bill cutting taxes
for individuals, investors, and
businesses, House Republicans
sought to insure that the measure
will include new tax reductions in
1980 and beyond;
After a White House meeting
with the president, Sen. Russe!!
Long, D-La., told reporters Carter
seemed more flexible than earlier
on the issue of capital gains tax
cuts.
Long said the tuition tax credit
was the only specific item whose
inclusion Carter said would
prompt him to veto the tax cut bill.
The credit was passed as a
separate bill and then added by
the Senate to the tax cut bill in an
effort to avert a veto.
Carter opposes the tuition credit
concept partly on the ground the
tax relief would be available to all
students, rich or poor.
The provision would allow a re
duction in taxes for 35 percent of
college tuition costs, with a max
imum credit of $100 this year,
$150 in $979, and $250 in 1980.
The credit, which would be sub
tracted directly from taxes owed,
would be available to self support
ing students or their parents.
Sponsors hail the credit as the
simplest way to help middle
income Americans bear the in
creasing costs of college educa
tion. The costs do not bother the
wealthy, credit backers say, and
the poor already have ample fed
eral assistance.
The House planned to vote
Thursday night on Carter’s plan
for helping college students by
expanding federal grant and loan
programs to make them available
to middle-income college stu
dents.
While the maximum aid availa
ble under the tax credit would be
$250 per year, the plan recom
mended by Carter and revised by
congressional committees would
provide a basic grant of up to
$1,800, depending on family in
r
come and expenses.
As a general rule, the grants
would be available to families with
incomes up to $25,000.
The Carter bill also would ex
pand contributions to govern
ment-backed scholarships for
especially needy students and
allow government-guaranteed
loans for students regardless of
ifamily income.
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WASHINGTON — Egypt and Israel began negotiations
Thursday to draw up a peace treaty that Pres. Carter said must
ultimately be broadened to include all Arab parties to the Middle
East conflict.
“The United States is committed, without reservation, to
seeing this process through until each party is at peace with all the
others,” Carter said at an opening ceremony at the White House.
Delegates from the two- countries then walked across Penn
sylvania Avenue to Blair House where, in a second-floor library,
they started to explore terms for a treaty.
At the first session, lasting 15 minutes, procedures were
established for the talks, expected to last for up to two weeks.
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and other U.S. officials met
with the Israeli delegation. After lunch, a separate U.S.-Egyptian
meeting was set up, with the three sides getting together again in
late afternoon.
The hope is that a treaty can be completed within two
months.
LOS ANGELES — The 20-year-old son of bandleader Stan
Kenton was arrested Thursday for investigation of attempted
murder in a bizarre rattlesnake attack that left an attorney seri
ously wounded, police said.
Lance Kenton, 20, surrendered to Los Angeles detectives in
Tulare, Calif. He was accompanied by a lawyer for Synanon
Foundation, a drug rehabilitation enterprise.
“At the moment, he (Kenton) is the only identified person in
custody,” said police Commander William Booth. “But we cer
tainly hope to identify others.”
Attorney Paul Morantz, 33, was in serious condition at
County-USC Medical Center where he has been treated since
being bitten by a rattlesnake Tuesday afternoon. Morantz had
recently won a $300,000 judgement against Synanon.
When he returned home and reached into his mailbox Tues
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dropped into the box. The reptile s rattles had been removed,
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