March 11, 1979

Conn Educ Dept compiles ranking of state's 169 towns according to wealth; rankings are based on each community's property-tax base and per-capita income; table shows towns' ranking; New Canaan, with per-capita property-tax base of $55,147 and per-capita income of $10,964, ranks 1st; Mansfield, with per-capita property tax base of $11,989 and per-capita income of $3,793, ranks last (M)

Caryl Stern article describes vacation in Jacmel, seaside village in Haiti; illus (M)

Westchester County Exec Alfred B DelBello opposes Gov Carey's proposal to change amt of funds available for revenue sharing to 7.25% of state's entire revenue take, instead of present 18% of state's revenues from income tax, action which would adversely affect county's state aid; reason for loss is that personal income tax responds to inflation even more than rest of state's tax base; Carey opposes tying revenue sharing to income tax (S)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — “I suppose some people might call me tight with a dollar,” Edward Ball was saying the other day as the late winter sun cut through the blinds on his office windows and fell in warm rails on a lush oriental rug beneath his feet.

Gov Byrne's Comm on Budget Priorities, made up of businessmen, recommends that unwed welfare mothers be required to practice birth control; endorses idea of requiring mothers of dependent children to work; comm discusses advisibility of state law that would require sterilization of unmarried welfare mothers and system of providing bonuses for those who voluntarily undergo reversible sterilization; state welfare officials have opposed both suggestions; NJ Human Services Deputy Comr Gerald Reilly and Comr Ann Klein comment (M)