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Newport Renewal Looks Good To Visiting Atlanta Officials It II funds to meet this requirement until word Is received whether the feasibility study Is approved. Wilbur J. Under urban renewal consultant with the Cincinnati firm, Community Development Associates, and an applicant for the Newport consultant Job, outlined some questions that a six-month feasibility study could answer. They included: Extent of clearance which buildings to be retained and which ones torn down; whether the city Is financially able to complete such an urban renewal project with Federal assistance, and whether there are sufficient standard units for relocating displaced families. Mr.

Under said Thomas Landis is managing director of the firm he represents. HERBERT MOORE, executive director of Northern Kentucky Area Planning Commission, which has been hired to complete Newport's comprehensive plan for the future development, said this work should be finished by the end of 1966. This plan Is tied in with urban renewal. Others taking part In the two-hour discussion with the Atlanta urban renewal representatives were: Mayor John Peluso, City Manager Oscar Hesch, Herman Sorensen, Newport director of low rent housing; William Raaker, chairman, and James Roosa, member of the municipal housing commission; Charles Sara-katsannis and Roland Vories, city commissioners; Robert Sidell, city co-ordinator; D. A.

Schmelzinger, relocation adviser for the Atlanta office; jMr. Moore and Marshall Slagle of the area planning commission. Mr. Slagle is handling details of Newport's comprehensive planning project boundary for one side of the project," Mr. Doresky added.

Mr. DeBruehl and Mr. Doresky denied that anyone at the Atlanta regional office had expressed dissatisfaction with progress of urban renewal in Newport. They emphasized the city had a good record of accomplishment in recent years with one project completed and another almost completed. "Few cities have done as well as Newport in urban renewal," Mr.

Doresky declared. JOSEPH BEGGS, director of Newport urban renewal the last seven years, told the Atlanta representatives that his decision Wednesday to leave city service and take a job with a Cincinnati firm of developers was based on "frustrations in my work." He added. "If I had known last month when I was told my office would be closed May 1 on completion of Project Two that a feasibility study for a revised Project Three was under consideration I might have decided differently about my future plans." The City of Newport indicated recently that it lacked working funds to keep Mr. Beggs on the payroll during the interim between Project Two and proposed Project Three if it should be approved. This could be several months since the Federal government will be alloted new funds for urban renewal work until July or August.

THE ATLANTA officials suggested that the city retain Mrs. Ann Reis, secretary in the Newport urban renewal office, for the interim period and also hire a consultant to assist with feasibility study plans. City officials said they would try to find BY CHARLES ETSINGER Of The Enquirer Staff Newport city officials, after a two-hour Thursday with representatives of Atlanta regional office, U. S. Department of Housing end Urban Development, announced plans to apply immediately for a six-month feasibility study on an expanded Urban Renewal Project Three.

Fred DeBruehl, assistant to the area coordinator for Kentucky; E. M. Doresky. urban planner, and D. A.

Schmelzinger, relocation adviser, all from Atlanta, after reviewing proposed boundaries of the West End project as already submitted, suggested that the area be enlarged. Mr. Doresky said, "We're up here to help you continue renewal and we suggest a feasibility study be made for a project that would extend all the way down to 12th Street and over to Central Avenue." THIS EXPANDED area would be several times larger than the 16 acres or 7V blocks set up for Project Three in previously an-. nounced plans, which area the Federal plan- ners contended is "too small to be feasible." The Federal spokesman explained that no local money would be required for the study, If it is approved. They declined to estimate I cost of such a study or as to how long it might take to gain approval for it.

Suggested boundaries for the enlarged 'project would be Sixth Street on the north, Central Avenue on the east, Lowell Street on the west and 12th Street on the south. "Central Avenue should be a good, solid They Study Newport Urban Renewal Proposal City Commissioner Sarakatsannis and Mr Doresky, Atlanta, urban planner. Enquirer (Heise) Photo Seated, from left, Mr. Hesch, Municipal Housing Commission Chairman Raaker and Mr. DeBruehl, Atlanta; back row, Covington Board OK's Typical, Tight' Budget Happy And Jiggs Are Early Entries In Kentucky's Gubernatorial Derby such matters, rejected his proposal unanimously.

Commenting on the budget Thursday night, Covington Mayor Bernard Eich-holz said: "This is a typical Covington budget. That Is, it is a tight budget. "Because the city lacks Industry," he on, "we lack the broad tax base we need to make our budget something more than a caretaking budget. "But we're making great strides to rectify this ation and to broaden our tax base to take so much of our yearly tax load off the back of the private citizen," the mayor said. In another development commissioners received bids for the construction of the proposed addition for Holmes High School.

The $1 million addition will include science, home economics, physical education and library facilities. Cincinnati Enquirer Page 2 Friday, April 8, 1966 KENTUCKY Page Kentucky Office Second and Scott Covington Telephone: 431-5138 Circulation: 721-2700 mainly, by City Manager Thomas L. Rice. Mr. Rice had advocated a 5c hike in property taxes to offset the city's chronic financial difficulties, but commissioners, who have the final say on By Enquirer Wire Services Some 13 months before the gubernatorial primary, State Sen.

J. D. Buckman, known as Jiggs, and former 'Gov. A. B.

Chandler, known as Happy, have announced they are Democratic candidates. Senator Buckman, the Senate majority leader, said be thinks former Gov. Bert Combs will not run in Stating he had been Gov. Edward T. Breathitt's loyal supporter, Senator Buck-man said, "I certainly hope he'll find his way clear to back me." The governor has been vacationing in Florida for two weeks.

The senator promised a through-state stump "to see the people." He said his announcement may be premature but he said he plans a long, vigorous campaign. 20 highly-placed state officials in a closed interdepartmental meeting in Frankfort that he would be "available" as a candidate. "I did tell them that if a situation developed where the people who really understand politics and government feel I would be the logical one available, I would not be reluctant this time," Mr. Ward said following the meeting. The highway commissioner said he had turned down chances to run in 1954 and in 1962.

Mr. Chandler, 67, said supporters have beseiged him with letters and tele- County Crash Speed Suspected Two Die A Covington man and a co-worker at the American Tool Works, Cincinnati, died early Thursday In the wreckage of a newly-bought used car off Ky 8 near Constance. Joseph W. VonBokern, 26, 502 W. Fifth a 1957 graduate of Covington Catholic High School, and 18-year-old James B.

Dearman, 2119 Hudson Norwood, were the victims. The wrecked 1961-model automobile, bought two weeks ago by young Dear-man, was found overturned beside a sheared-off utility pole at 2 a. m. by State Trooper Lewis Hankins. -the 1967 race.

He admits that Mr. Combs would be the "strongest" candidate. "This Is my last time to make a race," the Shep-herdsville lawmaker said, and he made It clear he would run. Mr. Chandler, the former baseball commissioner and head of a football league, said he would run for a third term but added a puzzling qualifier: "Unless circumstances dictate other-', wise." The former governor was not available in his Ver-; sailles home for an explana-1 tion.

Meanwhile, Highway Com- missioner Henry Ward told Car May Be To Banker's LEW1SBURG, Ky. I -Police here said two men -ho'were chased at high speeds by a Logan County ian the night of December 1965, may have been the Drillers of Lewisburg banker Edgard c. Harper and his "daughter Ella Givens. I The chase occurred on Peach Orchard Road the -ame night Mr. Harper, 81, "and i Mrs.

Givens, 49, vanished from the Harper "home. The bodies of Mr. Harper and his daughter were found March 25 a few hundred yards from where the chase began. A man, whose name was withheld by police, did not report the chase to authorities until after the bodies were discovered. He told State Police Detective G.

McMillen and Senator Buckman a long campaign phone calls urging him to run. He said the race would be more difficult if Mr. Combs would enter because he would have administration money and backing. He said, nonetheless, he would stay in the race. Al Schrichte's Condition Serious Al G.

Schrichte, 57, Covington detective, remained in serious condition Thursday night at St. Elizabeth Hospital after suffering an apparent heart attack Wednesday at his home, 208 E. 38th Street. He marked his 30th anniversary as a member of the Covington police department Tuesday. Woodlawn Names Harvey Attorney Woodlawn, a sixth class city in Campbell County, has named William E.

Harvey, 35, Ft. Thomas, as city attorney, succeeding James R. Poston, Ft. Thomas. Mr.

Harvey is newly elected chairman of the Campbell County Republican Executive Committee. Mr. Poston is a candidate for Democratic nomination for U. S. congressman, Fourth Related Murder Logan County Sheriff Gene Sweatt that he heard a noise near his home the night of December 11.

The man said he saw a car, with two or more men inside, parked at a fence near his home. He said the men saw him and sped off toward US 431. He chased and lost them, he said. The bodies were found buried under brush and planks near the bank of a creek, several hundred yards from where the auto chase began. Each had been shot.

Marty Kehoe Page 22 Kentucky Women, 15 Deaths-News, 26 Covington City Commissioners Thursday night approved the city's $3.4 million budget for fiscal year 1966. The budget maintains the $1.56 per $100 of assessed property value tax rate for city operating expenses, but incorporates an 11c per $100 hike in the school tax rate. The school rate will be $1.94 in the fiscal year ahead. The total tax rate is thus raised 11c from $3.39 per $100 to $3.50. The commission gave automatic approval to the school budget at a meeting last Thursday.

A public hearing on the budget Thursday night, before the commissioners approved the document, produced no major objections from citizens present. The budget was prepared, In Boone Electric and telephone services snapped off at 1:30 a. m. in the Hebron area when the crash brought down both utility lines. Services were restored at 4:30 a.

m. THE LACK of electricity in his River Road home led Trooper Hankins, who had returned from covering an earlier accident, to check along Ky 8. The two men were trapped in the automobile, he said. A witness told Trooper Hankins that he saw the Dearman automobile heading west on Ky 8 at a high rate of speed about a half-hour before the crash. The burned the woods nearby until put out by firefighters.

He said 40 fires burneri In Kentucky Thursday, most of them in the South Central area of the state. Officials otherwise are crossing their fingers on the forest fire situation during the current danger. Forestry Director Gene Butcher said there were only half as many forest fires last month as expected. "But April is the heavy occurrence period," he said. "What happens during the next three weeks will determine our success or lack of it." He said the outcome may depend on three factors: rainfall, precautions of forestry workers, and citizen cooperation.

Friday Movies Dixie Gardens Drive-In Theater "That Darn Cat," 11 lie" and "McHale's Navy Joins The Air Force." Florence Drive-in Theater "The Rare Breed," "Pinocchio In Outer Space" and "FBI Code 98." Liberty Theater "The Rare Breed" and "Pinocchio In Outer Space." Madison Theater "That Darn Cat." Marianne Theater "My Fair Lady." Village Cinema "Our Man Flint." Pike 27 Auto Theater "The Rare Breed" and "Pinocchio In Outer Space." Riverview Auto Theater "Hard Day's Night," "Tickle Me" and "Ferry Across The Mercy." Two sisters from Clover-port, Dorothy Bratcher New-by, 32, and Louisve Bratcher Knott, 30, were killed in a car-truck collision on US 60 in Hancock County; Jackie Lynn Hildreth, 19, Somerset, was killed in a crash on US 150 near Mt. Vernon, and Vinyard Gregory, 69, Bowling Green, died from injuries received in a two car crash there. Circus First In Newport In 30 Years When Mills Bros. Circus presents two performances in Newport June 25 it will be the first visit of a circus to that Northern Kentucky city of 30,000 in three decades. The Northern Kentucky Knights of Columbus councilssix in all are sponsoring the three ring circus in a joint project to help raise funds for a new building for educationally handicapped children in the area.

The circus will pitch its tent on the East Sixth Street fill. The sponsors haven't decided whether there will be a downtown parade In advance of the two shows, George Schroede, Newport, committee chairman, said. Hangers Apprehensive 2 automobile was going east when it left the road. The two men had worked until midnight, Trooper Hankins learned. He surmised they were trying out the automobile.

Young Dearman and his wife, Monetta, who is expecting their first child, came to the Greater Cincinnati area from Prichard, only a few months ago. He leaves his father, J. B. Dear-man, Newport; his mother, Mrs. Hazel Andrews and a sister, Miss Shela Dearman, both of Ann Arbor, Mich.

MR. VONBOKERN, unmarried, lived with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard VanBokern, who operate a frrocery in Covington; six brothers and seven sisters. Requiem High Mass will be sung for Mr.

VonBokern at 9 a. m. Monday in St. Patrick Church, Covington. Visitation will be held from 1 until 9 p.

m. Sunday at the Middendorf Funeral Home, 917 Main Covington. Visitation in the Dearman funeral wiU be held after 3 p. m. Friday at the Bullock Funeral Home, Ludlow.

Services will be held in Prichard THE STATE'S traffic death toll soared to 68 above last year's rate, as four other Kentucky road deaths were recorded Thursday. The 1966 count is 230 dead. Cleanup Time Elderly Man Dies In Woodland Fire Happy Chandler probably Buckman issued Senator a staetment at a news conference and guessed later that neither Lt. Gov. Harry Lee Waterfield nor Mr.

Ward would be candidates. "But I think any Democrat nominated will win in 1967," he said. Accidental Gunshot Kills Man A 45 year old Kenton County man accidentally shot and killed himself Thursday afternoon as he hunted alone near Walton, Kenton County Police said. Officers said Albert R. Terry, 630 Independence- Banklick Station Wal- ton, father of seven, was killed when a .12 gauge single barrel shot eun he was groundhog hunting with went off in his face as he tried to climb a wooden fence.

He was pronounced dead at the scene by Dr. Edward L. Smith, Kenton County Coroner. Dr. Smith ruled that Mr.

Terry's death was accidental. Man Suffers Critical Burns Arnold Rucker, 59, 1012 Scott Covington, was reported in critical condition late Thursday night at Veterans' Hospital, Cincinnati, with body, leg and arm burns suffered Wednesday night when he fell against a gas stove and his clothing ignited. The Covington life squad took Mr. Rucker to St. Elizabeth Hospital.

He was transferred to the Cincinnati hospital Thursday. Webber Firm Sues For Taxes LEXINGTON, Ky. A $164,235 Federal income tax suit was filed here Thursday by William A. Webber owner of Webber Sausage Cynthiana. The suit, filed in U.

S. District Court, attempts to recover taxes paid in 1959 when Mr. Webber did not declare exchange of in company stock on his father's income tax form. Mr. Webber said "no gain or loss was realized on the purchase and redemption." The stock was sold to the corporation prior to the elder Webber's death in 1959.

The government said the exchange was "ordinary dividend" distribution and therefore taxable. Boone Circuit Courtroom Ready For Heavy Docket FRANKFORT, Ky. UP) An elderly man was burned to death Thursday in a 15-acre forest fire in LaRue County, state forestry officials said. State Forest Fire Control Chief Maynard Marcum identified the man as Henry Rucker, 91, of White City. "We don't know why he was there," Mr.

Marcum said. "He was not part of our crew. He evidently got caught behind the flames." Mr. Marcum said the fire started in a plant bed and 2nd Distiller To Expand BARDSTOWN, Ky. UP) The James B.

Beam Distilling Co. said lt plans additional facilities costing about $650,000 at its plants in Nelson and Bullitt counties. It was the second distillery to announce expansion plans since the legislature voted repeal of the state's whisky production tax. T. Jeremiah Beam, senior vice president, said the expansion is due largely to the repeal of the production tax.

The new facilities will provide Jobs for about 75 people, Mr. Beam said. The distilleries now employ more than 600. The Brown-Forman Distillers Corp. announced plans for a $1 million expansion of its facility in Shively and another expansion of Its Louisville indicted for "wilfully dynamiting the property of another." Mr.

Oliver, 59, is charged with dynamiting the home of William J. O'Hara 3260 O'Hara near Greater Cincinnati Airport, last August 5. Commonwealth versus Eugene Elam, indicted for murder. Mr. Elam is accused of firing the shot which killed Mrs.

Beryl Aker, 34, his sister-in-law, last October 16. Police say the shot was fired in a struggle for a revolver. Mrs. Aker and her brother, Spec. 4, George Roden, were buried after double funeral services held at Sand Run Baptist Church.

Spec. Roden was a Vietnam casualty. Commonwealth versus Victor J. Hunt 18, indicted for involuntary manslaughter in the first degree and hit and run. Young Hunt, police say, was the driver of the automobile which caused the death of Denver Gilliam last November 6, on the approach to 1-75 from the US 42 interchange in Florence.

Commonwealth versus Emmett Kin-man, Involuntary manslaughter, first degree. Kentucky State Police charge that Mr. Kinman, Carrollton, was the driver of the car which caused the death of Eugene Robert Bachelier III on Duckheal Hill, US 42 in Boone County last October 17. Commonwealth versus Samuel Bradley Buck and Allman Huff. The two were indicted on a morals count.

Complaining witness is Lemon Adkins, 19, Middletown, Ohio. The incident is said to have occurred last October 27. BY BOB ELLIS Enquirer Correspondent Northern Kentucky lawyers, when they appear in Boone Circuit Court Monday for "Motions Day," will find an enlarged jury box, brand new furniture, a lot of rearranging and a completely new paint job. There even will be a brand new rug in the jury box and the trial area. Prospective jurors who might feel inclined to try to get off a jury because of what they term "faulty" hearing, may not be able to do so this time, for an accoustical ceiling also has been installed.

It's the belief of Robert F. Greene, president of the Boone County Bar Association, that the new decor adds dignity to the court. And Circuit Judge Ward Yager will find a brand new room for consultation with attorneys. Meanwhile Boone County Sheriff Reuben Kirtley has served summonses on 60 prospective jurors for the April term which starts next Tuesday, April 12. From this panel will be chosen members of the grand jury and two 12 -member 'petit juries.

Circuit Court Clerk Charles N.Benson says that the docket for the two-weeks' term is "crowded" with cases scheduled every day. Taking precedence will be five criminal cases. Mr. Benson has listed these cases as follows: Commonwealth versus Loren Oliver, Crescent Springs Goes Right To It Everybody's getting into the current Crescent Springs cleanup campaign. Crescent Springs lady mayor, Mrs.

Marcella Fieger has even gone so far as to invite Mrs. Connie Quinn, Frankfort, to wake an appearance during the four weeks-campaign. Mrs. Quinn Is Commissioner of Beautification, Kentucky Department of Natural Resources. Mrs.

Quinn's secretary told a reporter Thursday that Mrs. Quinn would twMlay tewlde beautification conference at Louisville April 18 and 19 Cocilan Jack Jansen, who is also vice-president rhw semce afc Covington-Kenton-Boone Commerce- said that a truck would collect trash for four consecutive Saturdays, in an effort to help the townspeople clean up. Crescent Springs firemen are going to burn the trash found on the various vacant lota? ad th? Boy keyUS)inUgmg "me tree and Shrub plantlnes at sh gathering will be Saturday morning. Leave it to a woman to clean house iiuik. wir.

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