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Show EH, aueation Commissioner Selected ent Ford chose a former teacher to be the U S f rf.a'?u sximtor and they stop the heavy hand of Washington dictating policies at the local school SnaIih1f1Nlr0N(UPI) S SSTvf jwtaducracy Edward Aguirre, 47, the a JL,rd sleited of the U S. Office of Education regional in San rwlfifii0 ilr,ne 1373 The Pst has been vacant smce resigned in and Amurre will be one of the governments July highest ranking Spanish- Amencans u the Senate confirms his nomination. After making the announcement with and HEW Secretary David Mathews at his s Aguirre ie, Ford met with net presidential candidate Bob Dole and the Kansas senator left saying Ford is absolutely right, staying tn the White House, instead of challenging Jimmy Carter on the campaign trail. Ford chose not to appear with Dole, evidently in keeping with his effort to project a presidential image during the first part of the campaign. But he took the opportunity to push one of his Law Repeal Aids Pueblo political themes in announcing tne Aguirre nomination in the Oval Office pointing up his plan to shift much of the federal aid to education into a bloc grant program of $3 3 billion and have the money going directly to local school systems Dr. Aguirre has not only the experience and background but firmly believes as 1 do that our approach to elementary and secondary eeducatioi) is the way to relieve bureaucratic red tape and get the teacher, principal and administrator working without the heavy hand of Washington bureaucracy dictat ig the policies at the local school level, he said. Aguirre, who earned a doctorate degree in 1962 from Arizona State University, taught high school from 1959-6ui Phoenix and spent six years on the faculty of San Diego State University until joining the Labor Department in Washington. Press secretary Ron Nessen said Ford spent much of the day on paperwork and was devoting no time this weekend to prepare for his first debate with Carter next Thursday m Philadelphia. WASHINGTON (UPI) President Ford Saturday signed let lslation relaw pealing a 50-- jar-olthat made tr aal lands of the Putblo Indians of New Mexi o subject to special co idemnation actions in right-of-way ... d y caes The 1926 law provided for condemnation of Pueblo lands for any purpose for which other New Mexico lands may be condemned 3 . The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, September It was enacted two years after the Interior Department approved an application for a railroad right-oway through tribal lands of the Zia, Santa Ana and Jemez Pueblos f WASIILNGTON (P)-- A Q What do you mean when you say shift the burden A That means people who have a higher income would pay more taxes at a certain level In dollar figures, Q w hat are you tlunking of as higher? A I don't know I would take the mean or median level of income and anything above that would be comment about income taxes by Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter in an interview with the Associated Press caused controversy Saturday in the presidential election campaign. In the interview, Carter said he would seek to shift a substantial increase in the tax burden toward those who hav e the higher incomes and reduce the income i tax) on the e and middle-incom- e and anything that would be higher below iower-uicom- lower Q The median family income today is somewhere around $12,000 This exchange 'Mimebody earning a year is not what $15,000 people commonly think of as rich Cant List Specifics A I understand I can't answer that question because I havent gone into it I don't know how to write the tax code now in specific terms It is just not possible to do that on a campaign trail But I am committed to do it and I hav e already talked to congressional leaders in the House and the Senate about the need and have found an agreement among them As far as telluig you specifically fj Carter was interviewed Friday by a panel of AP editors and repor- ters A story about the interview and excerpts from the interview were sent on AP wires Friday night for use by Sunday newspapers Carters press secretary, Jody Powell, and two other Carter aides were pres- ent at the interview and made no additional statements The controversy began when Republican vice presidential candidate Bob Dole emerged from a noon meeting Saturday with President Ford and told reporters that Carter wants to raise taxes for half the American Dole held up a copy of the interview, available oil AP teletypes at the White House, and said 1 m astounded to read here tint hes going to raise taxes for half the American families anyone above the median income Im talking about families making between U3 'tr what the tax code would be, there is no way I can do that families l 61 J 1976 Carter Tax Comment Causes Stir 1S 1 1, SHOP MONDAY til 9 for the LOWEST PRICES OF THE YEAR! 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