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Sallna Journal Monday, May 1982 6 An observant neighbor helped alert a Salina mother and her two young children in time to flee a fire in their home Monday morning. The mid-morning fire caused heavy damage to the John Kency residence at 613 N. 10th. The fire was reported by Margaret Crawford, 1012 Park after her mother, Mrs. Carl Toothman, 615 N.

10th, spotted it. The Toothman home is directly north of the Kency home. Mrs. Crawford said she was sitting with her mother in the living room when Mrs. Toothman saw a reflection of the fire in the glass of her front door.

Mrs. Crawford then ran next door to alert Mrs. Kency and her children, who were unaware of the fire. There were no injuries. "It (the fire) was Just shooting out of the (bedroom) window," Mrs.

Crawford said. The fire, which was confined to the bedroom, is believed to have been started by children playing with matches. KFB won't harp on taxes during Carlin farm tour MARYSVILLE, Kan. (UPI) The president of the Kansas Farm Bureau said Monday that the group's pitch to Gov. John Carlin to sign a bill exempting farm machinery from property taxes would be kept low-key throughout the governor's four-county tour of farm operations.

"We'll make it positive, but polite," said John Junior Armstrong, KFB president, adding that Carlin would face enough pressure on the issue from fanners across the state. Armstrong said he had a "deep feeling" that the governor would sign the measure. Armstrong and a crowd of farmers were with Carlin Monday on the annual Governor's Farm and Ranch Field Day, sponsored by the Farm Bureau. Other stops include farms in Washington, Trego and Graham counties. The day-long tour began with a visit to Landoll a welding and fabrication business in Marysville that manufactures farm equipment.

Marysville is in Marshall County in northeast Kansas. Carlin and his entourage then toured the farm of Menno Lienemann near Marysville, and Lienemann explained the functions and costs of a line-up of farm machinery. "All I know is I'm trying make a liv- ing," Lienemann said later. "I use this stuff for a week out of a year and then it just sits there." A chart that Lienemann had prepared showed that it cost $159.22 to grow an acre of milo, including costs for seed, insecticides, machinery, labor, interest payments and taxes. His collection of farm equipment originally cost $145,000, and he expects to pay $2,138 in taxes on the machinery this year.

The timing of this year's tour is especially critical because of a bill facing action this week by Carlin. The Legislature passed a measure exempting farm machinery and business aircraft from property taxes, and Carlin has until Thursday to sign or veto the measure, which was spawned by the movement to repeal the state intangibles tax and make it a local-option levy. Some farmers complained that if the money invested in intangible property such as savings and notes was not to be taxed, then investments in farm equipment should not be taxed. If Carlin signs the bill, he would offer some relief to farmers facing tough economic times, but also would shift the tax burden onto other property taxpayers, especially land and home owners. He wasn't the right suspect, but arrest still cleared crime It was a case of the wrong man and the wrong crime, but Salina police still made an arrest.

When officers took a 37-year-old Hays man into custody Sunday evening, they thought he was one of two men police had surprised while attempting to break into Cleve's Marine, 136 S. Broadway. One suspect, a 19-year-old Salinan, was arrested near Cleve's shortly after police arrived. The Hays man, arrested near the dike west of Cleve's by Officer Robert Garten, denied involvement in the burglary attempt. However, he reportedly admitted stealing a truck from Russell.

The truck had broken down and was abandoned on old US- 61 just north of 1-70. Both men were in custody Monday at the Saline County Jail. A glass window at Cleve's was broken, and the would-be burglars had begun prying on some of the window's iron bars when police were alerted by a burglar alarm about 9:49 p.m. Police are continuing their search for the second person involved In the burglary attempt. Aquifer still shrinking, but Western Kansas dryout slows By United Press Kansans are still depleting their water resources, state and federal agencies reported Monday, but the good news is that the water table is falling at a slower rate.

The state's water table declined an average of one foot in western and south central Kansas during 1M1, about half a foot less than in the previous year, authorities said. Water level measurements were taken in 1,475 wells during January and February by the Kansas Geological Survey, the Division of Water Resources of the State Board of Agriculture, and the U.S. Geological Survey. "It's always good news when the decline slows down," said Gerald Hilmes of the state water resources division. "Of course, it all depends on the rainfall.

"Last year we had above-average rainfall and they (water users) had to pump less. If they're below normal rainfall, they'll pump a lot heavier." South-central Kansas lowered its water table by 0.1 foot last year, compared to 0.8 foot in 1980 and an average of 0.3 foot per year since 1974. Hilmes said he remembers one year rainfall was so heavy that the water table rose in the south central part of the state. "It's sandy there and the potential for recharge is greater," he said. The Ogallala Aquifer, a huge undergound lake which provides water for western Kansas and parts of several other states, is tougher to recharge, Hilmes said, because it's older, and deeper deposits lie under layers of clay that rainwater has a harder time percolating through.

For the northwestern area, north of the Smoky Hill River, the water level in 1961 dropped 0.3 foot foot less than the previous year and 0.3 foot leas than the average decline measured for the past 16 yean. In the west-central area between the Smoky Hill River and the Scott-Finney County line, the water table's 1.3-foot drop was still 0.1 foot less than in 1960 and 0.3 foot less than the average annual decline for the past 16 years. The greatest comparable decline was where the greatest consumption takes place the western area, which starts at the Scott-Finney County line. The 1.3-foot decline there was 1.4 feet less than in 1981 and 0.4 foot less than the 16-year average. Journal Photo UNDER CONTROL Salina aged bedroom of a home at 613 Fireman Jack Holcom hoses N.

10th. down embers in the fire-dam- Neighbor sounds alert to fire in Salina home Revenue Sharing to highlight county commission agenda Saline County commissioners will take requests Tuesday for its share of General Revenue Sharing. The county is expected to receive $321,226 in GRS money in 1983, and any organization or citizen may give written and oral comment on proposed uses for the funds. The meeting, which is open to the public, begins at 10 a.m. in Room 209 of Government Center, 300 W.

Ash. In the past, the county has always received requests totaling more than the expected GRS receipts. At last year's hearing, for instance, there, were $371,527 in requests for $288,692 in GRS funds. No decision will be made Tuesday. Commissioners will take all the requests under advisement and announce the allocations during public budget hearings later this summer.

Tina Panzer Tina Panzer is crowned Salina Gl Forum queen Tina Panzer was crowned Salina GI Forum queen Saturday night at the group's annual coronation ball at the Salina American Legion Hall. Tina, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Panzer, Assaria, is a 17-year- old junior at Southeast of Saline High School She won the award on the basis of popularity ticket sales, selling around $600 in tickets, according to Pat Fernandez, chairwoman of the GI Forum Ladies Auxiliary. Named queen-at-large was Melissa Robison, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Gene Diaz, 905 W. Ash. Melissa is a 17- year-old senior at Salina Central High. She received her title by selling around $500 in tickets, Mrs.

Fernandez said. Both young women will compete at the Kansas GI Forum convention in Topeka June 16-20. According to Mrs. Fernandez, all participants who collect $500 or more in local ticket sales are eligible to attend the state contest. Winners at the state contest will compete for scholarships, Mrs.

Fernandez said. Apart from an expense-paid trip to the convention, Tina and Melissa will receive local scholarships $325 for Tina and $200 for Melissa Mrs. Fernandez said. The total amount collected by the participants was $1,415. The funds will be used for local scholarships.

Beverly man held after Sunday chase LINCOLN A 20-year-old Beverly man was in the Lincoln County Jail Monday after leading officers on a high-speed chase Sunday afternoon on county roads through Lincoln and Ellsworth counties. The man finally was caught in Ellsworth County when the car he was driving, reported stolen in Salina, ran out of gasoline. He was being held for Salina authorities. According to the Lincoln County Sheriffs Department, when Deputy Kent Cunningham attempted to stop him about 2:45 p.m. Sunday in Lincoln, the man fled.

At one point during the chase, an officer rammed the cw from the rear in an attempt to stop it. The car ran out of gasoline about 12 miles east and 24 miles south of Lincoln. The Highway Patrol also assisted in the chase. Defiant Cryts awaits vindication LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (DPI) The Missouri farmer who has been in jail two weeks for raiding a grain elevator where his soybeans were tied up in a bankruptcy case says he would rather be behind a tractor than bars but contends he's more determined than ever to stand his ground.

Wayne Cryts, 35, of Puxico, said Sunday he still held hopes he would be vindicated because "I feel if you're right, you're going to win." "I think we've already won because I think we have brought the attention (to bankruptcy laws) and I just pray the laws will be changed and surely they Cryts said. "I'm more determined right now than I have been at any other time," he said. "There has never been any question in my mind that I wasn't willing to stay on until this thing is settled. I'm either 100 percent right or 100 percent wrong and that's the way I Intend to go from here oh out. I'm either going to lose it 100 percent or I'm going to win it 100 percent because I don't believe you can negotiate on justice.

I think it's time that we get back to either right or wrong. I just don't belive there can be any in-between." Cryts has become a martyr among the nation's farmers since federal Bankruptcy Court Judge Charles W. Baker sent him to a detention center in Russellville, April 28 for civil contempt after Cryts refused to say who helped him remove 31,000 bushels of soybeans from a grain elevator in Bemie, July 22. That grain was tied up in bankruptcy proceedings. The James family of Corning, operators of the grain elevators where the grain originally was stored, filed bankruptcy petitions in August 1980.

Grain in the elevators was impounded to help pay the company's debts. "When It became evident they were going to sell my grain and take it out to pay somebody else's debts, well, I felt I had no other choice and that's when I decided to go into the elevator and remove my private property," Cryts said. "It's like taking your car to an auto repair shop or a body shop and it goes bankrupt and then you can't get your car back," said David Senter, executive director of the American Agriculture Movement. The AAM has been organizing farmer opposition to Cryts' jailing, and the fanners' indignation has not been lost on lawmakers. Senter estimated about 17 senators and congressmen called the AAM's Washington office to express sympathy for Cryts within the first few days of his jailing.

Sen. Thomas Eagleton, calling Cryts "an honest man with an honest grievance," has introduced a bill to protect farmers against financial loss in grain warehouse bankruptcies. Cryts' own congressman, Rep. Bill Emerson, visited Cryts in jail May 4, saying he was applying political pressure to resolve the situation. He also asked President Reagan to pardon Cryts.

The AAM has persuaded noted lawyer F. Lee Bailey to take Cryts' case. Baker has been asked to stay his incarceration of Cryts until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of the 1978 federal bankruptcy act. He is expected to rule on that request this week.

"This is one thing about our country," Cryts said. "If we do see something that is wrong, we do have the ability if we will get involved to bring to attention that there is a problem and there is an'injustice and ask our elected officials to make the needed changes. This Is what I'm hoping that we can get accomplished here. It's definitely an injustice. I think everybody realizes that and I think it's got to change." AAC lists Commencement speakers from 1957 to 1970, and was Diocesan director for Catholic Relief Services there until 1973.

He is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Quigley Preparatory Seminar in Chicago. He received a B.A. degree in philosophy from St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul, and the S.T.L.

degree from Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. He was ordained in 1953. Fr. Ninemire is a native of New Almelo, Kan. He is an active member of the Salina Diocesan Priests' Senate, and has served on the Diocesan Pastoral Council and the Diocesan Liturgical Committee.

He recently was appointed pastor of St. Mary Parish, Herndon, and Sacred Heart Parish, Oberlin, and will be a member of the Team Ministry of Rawlins, Decatur and Sheridan counties. Commencement week speakers at Rev. McNamara Rev. Ninemire Marymount College have been announced by Dr.

William Medland, academic dean. The speaker for commencement exercises at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, May 16, will be the Most Rev. Lawrence J. McNamara, bishop of the Grand Island, Catholic Diocese.

The program will be in the Fine Arts Theatre. The baccalaureate Mass will be Saturday, May 15, at 7 p.m. in Sacred ese Heart Cathedral. The Most Rev. Daniel W.

Kucera, bishop of the Salina Catholic Diocese, will be the principal celebrant, and the Rev. Kerry Ninemire, associate rector at Sacred Heart Cathedral, will deliver the homily. Fr. Ninemire and the Rev. Leroy Metro, 'Marymount chaplain, will concelebrate the Mass with Bishop Kucera.

Following baccalaureate, the President's Reception will be held beginning at 8:30 in the Marymount Fine Arts ballroom. The 134 candidates for degrees, their families and guests are invited. Bishop McNamara served as national director of the Campaign for Human Development of the U.S. Catholic Conference from 1973 to 1978. He was director of the Catholic Welfare Bureau, Catholic Charities and Catholic Family and Community Services for the Dioc- of Kansas City-St.

Joseph, CAPSIZED This 39-foot boat was a casualty of Sunday's Ugh winds at Holiday Mansion, 2328 Hein, which builds the boats. It was on a large "dolly" which was ripped loose from the pavement. Boat and dolly were blown about 200 feet before a dolly wheel caught in a storm drain, causing the boat to overturn. There was no dam-' age estimate- SE of Saline students win honors at meet MANHATTAN Several students from Southeast of Saline High School took "1" ratings at the State Forensjc Festival at Kansas State University in Manhattan Saturday. They are: Jill Holt, humorous solo acting; Jon Brax, oration; Steven Johnson, oration; Lisa Stouffer, oration; Deena Burger and Honda Dye, duet acting; Paul Jones and Jim Sweet, duet acting; Ingrid Blomqirist, informative; Deena Burger, serious solo acting, and Tammy Claussen, prose.

25th anniversary revival services set 29th anniversary and homecoming revival services are planned May at Grace Baptist Temple, 400 E. Crawford, to honor the Rev. Harold Jayne, the pastor for 25 years. Among the 16 ministers scheduled to. speak (luring the services are four mer assistant pastors.

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