Tax Bill May Bring Cut in Ticket Prices

Students can probably expect to pay 20 percent less on football tickets next fall, Frank O. Lunden, H.A.A. Ticket Manager said yesterday. The drop in prices resulted from a 999 million dollar cut in excise taxes passed yesterday by Congress. Congressional leaders consider the bill certain to obtain President Eisen hower's signature.

At the same time, the NCAA's television committee announced against Big Ten opposition that it is has recommended nationally controlled telecasts for 12 college football games during the coming season. The Western Conference committee recommended that league members vote against the NCAA's plan and instead for a program of nine regional and three nationwide telecasts.

The Ivy League is expected to take action on the NCAA proposal in its meetings this spring.

The drop in ticket prices will only affect the sale of extra tickets, since the University will continue to offer each student one free admission for every game.

Tax Cut Drastic

Congress, in passing the new excise tax cut, chose the more drastic of two proposals for dropping the levy on college athletic events. The bypassed cut, proposed by the House of Representatives last fall, provided for lowering the tax on colleges sports tickets to ten percent.

The new cut was introduced in the Senate and accepted by Senate and House conferences last Monday. The Senate passed the bill by a vote of 72 to 8; only one of the House's 392 members voted against the new tax bill.