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Paflg I See. CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, July 1969 Demand's for Cuts Jtiiciis unswa By JOHN TERRY Capital Journal Reporter Members of the Salem school budget committee last night spent a lot of time criticizing Geo Hicks. But Hicks apparently was unswayed by the renewed criticism leveled at him. Near the end of the 3-hour meeting, he again demanded that the budget including additional staff and salary increases be cut back to the level his Ore gon Taxpayers Committee de wrong basis. Anyone who- read these ads had a very wrong impression of our school system." Jerry Whipple, member of the budget committee.

"I don't want to get into a cat and dog fight, but these ads were just plain lies, i Nobody here booed him (Hicks) or called him It makes me so mad I don't want to talk about it." School board member Mrs. Sherrilyn Maltby. "If they (the taxpayers' com mittee) are serious about their integrity and want to give us a chance to defend the budget, then they should -prepare the ads in enough time for replies to be made." Robert French, school board member. "If we feel that the public has been misled, if we have not had a valid test of how the people feel, then we ought to seriously question the meaning of the election." Myron Hall, school board member. "I don't know what you'd call it, but to me it's purposeful distortion." School Board Chairman Henry Hohwiesner Jr.

"I think you'd be doing yourself a disservice to convince yourselves that you actually didn't lose the election. We believe that the more people vote, the more people are going to vote against the budget. I'll say it again, a budget which can't be defended should be de feated." Cleo Hicks, member of the school board. Hicks last night presented to the committee a formula which he believes should be used to determine the percentage of increase in the school budget this year. His plan would allow an increase of about $1.4 million over this year's budget.

It would mean cutting about $1.8 million from the budget proposed in the unsuccessful June 30 election. No members of the committee appeared willing to go that far, however. In the end, they adjourned without taking action on any budget cuts for next year. There were, however, about $500,000 worth of programs which were discussed as possible cuts in the proposed budget. They included: Abandoning plans to reactivate and enlarge the district's closed circuit television system; $175,000.

Abandoning plans to expand the class day to seven periods in two of the district's six junior high schools; $114,000. Eliminating an extensive list of building alterations and capital improvements which Supt. Charles Schmidt said now are too late to get done before school starts; $117,000. Eliminating the proposed outdoor education i program; $31,000. A blanket (unspecified) reduction in additional staff and salaries for next year; $75,000.

manded before the last (unsuccessful) election on the budget. Throughout fiie meeting member after member of the budget committee took the floor to attack both the opposition advertising which preceded the last election, and the personal motives of those who sponsored ft. Examples: "There was not one thing wrong with the figures in these me uunniiiuet; win meei again "at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the school administration building to further consider the budget. No.

date has been set for a third election on the budget. Legal requirements involved in setting it up mean that the election couldn't be held until at least Aug. 1, however. ads, but' they were all on the undee Votes Board Okays Mini-Budget Plant lit 7-- 1 superceded by the district general operating budget for which a tax levy must be approved by voters before it can take r-v: i ytfM St I Salem Detective Dusts for Fingerprints the bank. The holdupMonday was the third at the West Salem bank in the last 10 months.

Polk County sheriff's deputies and the state police, background, are assisting in the investigation. (Capital Journal Photo) Det. Sgt. Charles 'f. Creasey of the Salem Police Department dusts for fingerprints Monday afternoon after a lone bank robber took from the West Salem branch of U.

S. National Bank. Detectives today said there were no new clijies to the robbery at Sheridan Sewer Project Speeded SHERIDAN The Sheridan City Council Monday night took steps to speed up plans: for enlargement of the sewage plant. City Recorder Bob Wells was asked to contact the engineering firm of Cornell, Howland, Hayes and Merryfield and to contract pay 30 per cent of the estimated $300,000 cost of the project. The results of the vote were reported at a Dundee City Council meeting last "night.

An agreement was signed with the firm of Touche, Ross and Bailey for the city's 1968-69 audit. Councilmen discussed fire de partment improvements with new Fire Chief John The discussion included need for a better alarm system and a small office for the department A development on the Allen Fruit Co. property was dis cussed in relation to the, city watershed just below the property. The matter will be discussed later before the Yamhill County Planning Commis sion. Stay ton Adopts Budget STAYTON A city budget totaling $446,749 was adopted Monday night by the Stayton City Council.

The budget represents $47,250 outside the 6 per cent limitation. However, because city voters approved serial levies in previous years, a public vote is not required on the amount outside the limitation. In another matter, the council heard former Salem park official Chuck Gale propose a 55-acre addition to Pioneer Park, the Stayton city park. The park is located on 7th and Marion streets, in the southeast portion of the city. The city "cannot afford the purchase this year," city sources said at the meeting.

DeArmond Resigns School Job Robert DeArmond has submitted his resignation as attorney for the Salem SchooLBoard. In a letter to the board, DeArmond said school district business has become too much to handle with his other law practice. He is a partner in the Salem law firm of DeArmond and Sherman. DeArmond has served as attorney for the district for 19 years. He asked that the board accept his resignation "effective as of now." Youth Charged SHERIDAN Steven Zipper Cody, 15, Rt.

1, Box 18, Sheridan, was charged with driving without a license after a two-car accident about 11:40 a.m. Monday. The youth and Ray Barkley Haines, 78, of 235 Scheley St, Sheridan, driver of the other car, received; minor injuries in the accident on the Sheridan-Ballston Road 2 miles south of here, state police said. the priority list for matching funds for the $54,000 project. Sheridan's latest ranking is 37th among 38 cities that have applied.

Wells read an ordinance authorizing the mayor and city recorder to enter into an agrees ment for fire protection for the Rural Fire Protection District from July 1 to June 30, 1970. Finance chairman Art Hebert Sewer DUNDEE Dundee voters overwhelmingly approved a $180,000 bond issue Monday for the city's first sewage, treat ment plant and collection sys tem. The vote was 105-7. A federal grant is expected to Lafayette Mayor Resigns LAFAYETTE Lafayette Mayor James Schmauder resigned Monday night at the city council meeting and left the city without a mayor. Schmauder said he will move to Lebanon, where he has accepted a new position as cost accountant for a trailer manufacturing firm.

The council president, Dalton Horton, precided as, mayor for the remainder of the meeting but indicated he does not want to be acting mayor. Officials said they must re search the legal requirements for filling the office. Schmaud er's term would not expire until 1971. The council approved an audit ing contract with Savage Carl son and McMinnville. Councilmen also signed an agreement with the Yamhill County Board of Commissioners for part-time service of the county building inspector.

Complaints Heard By Councilmen AMITY More than 20 persons attended the Amity City Council Monday night to voice complaints about stray dogs and park vandalism. On the advice of Yamhill County Sheriff W. L. (Bud) Mekkers, who attended the meeting, seven persons signed complaints against owners of certain dogs. Officials said that if the situa tion doesn't improve, other ac tion may have to be taken.

Mekkers said, that more patrolling will be possible to check vandalism in the park. The city contracts police service from the sheriff's office. The council also decided to put a chain barrier across the park area to prevent cars and horses from the park. School Asks For Bidders WILLAMINA Bids will be received for a metal grandstand for the Willamina Union High school and a playshed for Grand Ronde elementary school July 31. At a Monday night meeting of WiUamiHa School District budget members, it was decided to obtain the metal structure instead of another wooden grandstand.

The original wooden structure burned in February. Estimated cost of the metal grandstand is $36,340. At present, the city budget includes $33,500 for the new facility. The playshed, which would provide a covered play area for students, will cost approximately $4,900. The board also agreed to issue passes to all sporting events for persons over 65 years of age, Thi tickets can be used for "at heme gventa.

TBQly, the board I Sublimity Charter Vote Due Thursday The Salem School Board last night approved an interim budget which may be used to run the district until about Sept. 30. Under Oregon law, local governments must approve a budget before they can begin to operate in a new fiscal year. The school district's last budget period ended June 30. Included in the budget are all estimated revenues for which the school board does not have to seek approval from voters in the They total $8,143,300.

The breakdown of the temporary budget includes: Administration, instruction. operation, $124,600 maintenance and repairs, fixed charges, auxiliary service, $57-690; community services, $500; capital outlay, $36,415, and operating contingencies, $5,235,094. Reason for the large contingencies fund, said district Supt. Charles Schmidt, is because many expenses cannot be pro rated from a yearly to a temporary basis. School board approval will be needed before Woman Hurt In Accident McMINNVILLE A 41-year-old Washington State woman was seriously injured in a one-car accident about; 4:10 p.m.

Monday on Oregon 18 about 4 miles west of here, state police said today. Patricia Margaret dayman of Mercer Island was hospitalized here after the car she was driv ing went out of control and into a ditch. Officers said she was trying to pass a truck when the accident happened. Also injured was passenger, Karen Cynthia Meyerson, 12, Seattle, who was taken to Mc Minnville The girl re ceived outpatient treatment. Both Mrs.

Clayman and the Meyerson girl were thrown from the car. any money can be spent from it. The interim budget will be Burglars Scared MOLALLA Nothing could be found missing in Wayne Og-lesby Radio and TV Service on South Molalla Avenue after the firm was entered. A window in the rear of the building was broken. Resident living in the apartments over the building heard the breaking glass and raised their own windows, apparently scaring the would-be burglars away.

dications the federal government would withdraw from a plan to join private and public utilities in building it. The Federal Power- Commission hearing, scheduled for Tuesday, was postponed until Aug. 12 by FPC Examiner William C. Levy at the request of the Interior Department. The hearing, already delayed for two months by an earlier interior request, was--called to let parties to the agreement spell out their positions on the matter before full hearings were undertaken.

There were indications that former interior Secretary Stewart L. Udall's insistance on fed-deral construction of the dam on the Snake River between Ida High Vote School Seen In Mt. Angel An election on a propnsa' to make the Mt. Angel Elementary District cover grades one through 12 probably will be held even though no remonstrance petitions were filed at a meeting of the Marion County Boundary Board today. Some residents of Mt.

Angel petitioned to have the elementary district expanded so that there would be a high school in Mt. Angel. The present high school. John F. Kennedy, was a parochial school which has been closed by the Archdiocese of Portland for economy reasons.

The area currently is in the Silverton Union High School District, and students from the Mt. Angel area will attend there next fall. A hearing was held today on the petition. There was no general opposition to the separation of the land from the Silver-ton district this morning. However, petitions opposing the separation have been circulated in the area and will be presented to the boundary board as soon as signatures have been verified.

Spokesmen for those circulating the opposition petitions said today that persons signing them are not necessarily against the proposed public high school in Mt. Angel. However, they said, they believe it's a which "the whole community should have an opportunity to vote on." ii a ivii luiu ii uiiv.t it 1 1 iiul filed, it would be possible for the boundary board to exnand the elementary district without It is expected, however, that a vote on the proposal will be scheduled for Mt. Angel area residents and if it passes there it will be presented to the Sil verton district for approval. More Bids Asked STAYTON-New bids will be recieved for construction of the proposed Middle School for the Stayton School District.

The low bid offered last month, $1,008,600 was approximateoy $200,000 more than the voter-authorized bond issue. ho and Oregon was being abandoned. If so, the government's withdrawal would pave the way for the Pacific Northwest Power and the Washington Public Power Supply System to proceed with their own plans for construction of the long-delayed High Mountain Sheep dam. Plants Burglarized McMTNNVTLLE Police are In vestigating the burglaries of the Nomad and Homette mobile home plants in south McMinn-; ville sometime Monday night! Police said that approximately $30 was taken from reception desks at the two plants. mended that the city ordinance be amended to read that bids shall be called for anything over $1,000 rather than $500 for city purchases.

Silverton High School Bonds Sold SILVERTON Bonds to enlarge the high school and build an automotive shop were sold by the Silverton Union High School Board Monday night. A joint bid from U.S. National Bank of Oregon, Blythe and Co. and Atkinson Co. was accepted for the $650,000 in bonds authorized by district voters May 28.

The bid, "one of two received, provides an effective interest rate of 6.0883 per cent for a total interest of $438,360 over a 20-year period. The other bid received was from First National Bank with an interest of 6.28 for a total of $452,160. Bids for construction of the auto shop will be opened July 28. Joins Coast LINCOLN CITY-Harry Good, former district line superintendent for Pacific Power and Light Co. in Rawlins, will take over as line superintendent for the Lincoln City district.

He will replace Fred Gimbel, who has promoted to district line superintendent at Yreka, Calif. KVDO Names Engineer said there will be a budget hearing Monday night. The budget did not exceed the 6 per cent limitation and will not require an election. Hebert also said there were no bids on the city shop buildings put up for sale, so they will be advertised for sale again after Aug. 1.

Wells read a letter from the State Highway Department in which the department quoted $500 additional cost would be required to cover the cost of an automatic light on a new traffic signal that would go on in case of a fire. The city author ized the additional cost to the contract. Councilman Larry Hiatt said that Reinhold Delker has been hired in the public works de partment. Councilman John Funk recom 1 VjjW iyiii ROBERT N. RIDGWAY TV station's engineer The council approved the recommendation of Councilman Dick Zeis, chairman of the finance committee, to delegate responsibility of the recorder's office to, the finance committee.

Councilmen also accepted a finance committee proposal to give the city hall maintenance contract to Don Heubsch. The council also ratified the action of Councilman Don Dolan, Ft? I "5 7 for final plans and specifications, at a cost of $4,500. The contract is to be returned to the council for final action. The council has been informed by the State Sanitary Authority that it is not moving ahead fast enough to remain on earlier, but postponed because of a conflict with the statewide sales tax vote the first time and a legal advertising technicality the second Among proposed changes are eliminating the municipal warrant system of financing projects and changing the designation of the community from a "town" to a "city." The new charter also would repeal outdated ordinances and make city laws conform to state regulations. Heller Is Re-elected McMINNVILLiE Harold Heller was re-elected chairman of the board of trustees of Linfield Research Institute on the Linfield College Campus recently.

W. W. Dolan was re-elected vice-chairman; Eugene Marsh, secretary-treasurer, and Mary Lou Schroeder, assistant secre tary-treasurer. All members live in McMinnville. Elected as a new board member was Derrol Pennington, director of education at Tektronix, Beaverton.

fire district in Junethat the present contract with the city would be terminated. The current contract called for an annual increase of only $200. In other business, the council accepted the annexation of the Mt. Angel Abbey property which includes Calvary Cemetery north of the present city limits and east of Oregon 214. Abatement proceedings on U.S.

May Withdraw From Snake River Dam Project SUBLIMITY A new charter will be voted on by Sublimity residents Thursday. The vote was scheduled twice 5 Charged After Fight Three young men from Ger-vais and two from Woodburn have pleaded guilty to disorder ly conduct charges in connection with a street fight iat Ger- vais Sunday night. The five who pleaded guilty to the charges Monday in Marion County District Court were Pablo Alejandro Valdez, 33, Al fred Fred Garza, and Severo P. Garza 18," all of Gervais, and RitO Valdez, 25, and Leo- poldo Ibarra 18, both of Woodburn. According to Marion County sheriff's deputies, the five were charged after a disturbance in volving about 25 persons near two tavernsxin Gervais.

State police and Gervais and Mt. An gel police assisted the deputies in queuing tne disturbance which lasted nearly two hours. rural district will pay the city $4,100 for the first year, the same" rate as at present. The following two years the "district will pay $6,000 a year. As a result of the agreement, Mayor Andrew Schmidt, named a committee to begin negotiations for the purchase of a new fire truck to serve both the city and the rural district The council notified the rural Chief engineer of Salem's television station will be Robert N.

Ridgway, 43, West Fargo, N.E. Urlin Page, president of Channel 3, said Ridgway, now vice-president of engineering for the North Dakota Broadcasting will come to Salem in Aug ust. Page said Ridgway believes that the television station, KVDO, will be on the air before the end of this year. Ridgway has been in radio and television technical work since 1941. He supervised construction of North Dakota's first television station, in 1953, and since has put three others on the air.

He has bought a home in South Salem, Page said. several buildings will be delayed after owners appealed for extension of time. Properties involved were the John Schindler house and buildings, on Alder Streeta barn on East College Street how owned by a Russian family, theNI. F. Hafner house and garage on Taylor Street and a house damaged by fire on North Sheridan Street owned by the Rodriguez family.

Mt. Angel FireAgreement Advances WASHINGTON (UPI)-A hearing on a proposed $275 million dam in the Pacific Northwest was postponed Monday amid in- chairman of the public health and safety committee, to buy a new police car for $2,063 plus trade-in. Money will be transferred from other funds to make up the difference needed to pay for the patrol car. A special council meeting was set for 8 p.m. July 14 to discuss the Lincoln Street develop- ment project, By ROSE WACHTER Capital Journal Correspondent MT.

ANGEL A three-year agreement to provide fire pro tection to the Mt. Angel Rural Fire Protection District was accepted Monday night by the Mt Angel City Council. Tha agreement is still subject to voter approval. Undej the agreement, the.