The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 25

County Tax -k 1 Antibusing Law Could Cost Clovis $105000 Hike Is 2nd Low In Valley caught in a situation that really has nothing to do with racial balance it has to do with educa-tion balance but the law is just as effective and binding on Kustner said districts receive state appropriations based on average daily attendance and that state laws have imposed restrictions limiting the size of classrooms Under state regulations no kindergarten class can exceed 33 pupils and the district average classroom size cannot exceed 31 students In grades one through three the state deducts $700 for each student over the 30 students in each class The law also applies to other students in outlying areas are bused to school In addition students are bused from one school to another within the district in order to reduce class sizes to meet state guidelines Asst Supt George Kastncr told the board conflicting state laws could result in a loss of state aid to the district if some parents do not allow their children to be bused Buchanan said the district could lose as much as $105000 next year Buchanan opposed the antibusing measure but the trustees took no official position reason the law was passed In the first place was really to do with busing to achieve racial balance" Buchanan said so we are Supl Floyd Buchanan said Hie Clovis Unified School District could lose thousands of dollars in slate aid next year because of the new controversial antihusing law Buchanan told school board members last night larger districts like Los Angeles and San Bernardino could go broke under the law but not because of any racial issue The law which becomes effective in November prohibits busing of school children for any reason without parental consent Proponents of the bill said it would prevent districts from achieving racial parity through busing In the Clovis district many Acting County Administrative Officer Wingett says the increase in Fresno tax rate of 134 cents per $100 of assessed valuation Is the lowest in the San Joaquin Valley except for Mariposa County which had a reduction Wingett in a letter to the Board of Supervisors says: can sometimes be misleading to compare tax rates between counties There are some variations in the services financed from the countywide tax levies differences in the tax bases local economic factors and the incident of the problems with which the county must Public Aid See Clovis Page 7-C THE FRESNO BEE THE REPUBUCAN 1-C Friday September 18 1970 Dm Photo In Fresno County Wingett said an example is the extremely high percentage of the budget required for public assistance In addition he said the county assessment roll is based on 22 per cent of market value while nearly all other counties are currently at 25 per cent which will become mandatory in 1971 This adjustment he noted will increase the major portion of Fresno County's tax base by 136 per cent which should result in a reduction in the tax rate Fresno adopted tax rate for 1970-71 is $301 per $100 of asssessed valuation Compared with eight other INSTANT PARKING Give a resourceful Poplar Avenues where some houses have been removed college student an inch and he will take it This scene others have not But the driveways and the front yards of along San Pablo Avenue looking north toward Fresno City the vacant houses make fine parking stalls pending estab- Collcge has been duplicated on Del Mar College and lishment of regular parking kits House Moving Lag Delays Hit CC Parking Expansion work right now is with the Peed refused to make any predictions on when the parking lot would be constructed Peed explained there are very few house movers in the area and much demand for their ser- originally thought lt would be ready this he said did not count on this problem getting the houses Dozens more are waiting to be moved There are others which will be demolished Officials of the State Center Junior College District and at CC originally hoped the expanded parking facilities would be ready now But there have been unforeseen problems Garland Peed SCJCD assistant superintendent for business said the contract for the parking facility will be awarded as soon as the land is cleared fact is that the movers are holding us he said it really is not their fault They just have too many buildings to move and not all of their Work has yet to start on the paving of additional ground for the Fresno City College parking lot expansion program But for 100 or more students the parking problem has been eased Before CC began buying houses on College Del Mar Poplar and San Pablo Avenues just north of McKinley Avenue students usually parked on the streets Now they are parking in driveways front yards and if they have access in back yards of vacated homes All of the houses except for a couple on College Avenue are vacant Many already have been removed by house movers San Joaquin Valley counties Fresno County ranks seventh even with Madera County which will also have a $301 tax rate Other valley counties and their tax rate for next year are: Stanislaus $460 Kinp $406 San Joaquin $383 Merced $356 Kern $350 Tulare $306 and Mariposa $164 down 26 cents from last rate The average countywide tax rate increase is 44 cents unparalleled increase in a single said Wingett combination of the impact of inflation skyrocketing welfare costs emerging health and environmental problems and new costs in the administration of justice resulted in heretofore unheard of rate increases of over $1 in sew eral counties this year This seems to underscore the urgent need for property tax reform vices He said the city and the state also are engaged in large-scale house moving projects in the area (the movers) are working as fast as they can for he said they can only move one house at a time You can see that most of the houses are on blocks ready to be moved Once they are moved and once the utilities have been removed then site clearance can Ten or 11 houses will be demolished said Peed because they are not structurally sound Peed said the district have the funds to build the parking facility and it will just be a matter of moving funds from other budget categories There is no state funding available he said The moving lag is also causing the delay of one immediate construction project the CC library expansion which is scheduled to be built east and south along Poplar Avenue may let the contract for the library expansion at next board said Peed are ready to Peed said if there are any' problems awarding a contract for paving the parking lot once the site is cleared he said the district probably would have the land oiled on an interim basis least the students would have somewhere to park until we could get it he said -By ED AFA Fete Will Honor Copter Pilot Oct 10 $10300 Fire Breaks Out In Rock Shop Army 1st Lt William Asselin son of Mr and Mrs Stewart Asselin of 204 ESimpson Ave will be honored at the annual Air Force Honors Night Banquet Oct 10 for distinguished service as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam Asselin 32 has been awarded two Distinguished Flying Crosses 29 Air Medals the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry and the Medal The latter is the highest given by the Army for "heroism that involved risk of life in conditions other than those of conflict with an opposing force1 He earned it last October when he was attached to the 1st Air Cavalry Division in Vietnam Asselin observing an aircraft crash on takeoff at Long Phan rescued one airman from the burning wreckage and revived another crewman who had been thrown clear and was presumed dead by applying artificial respiration and cardiac massage Two Viet Tours Asselin has spent two tours of duty in Vietnam and is scheduled to return in March after attending the University of Southern California He is a graduate of San Joaquin Memorial High School and attended Fresno City College and Fresno State College Several other individuals and Fire early this morning caused an estimated $10300 damage to Red Rock Shop at 4346 Belmont Ave Fire officials said the blaze apparently started in an electric rock polishing machine in a storage room at the rear of the building The damage was listed as $3-800 to the building and $6500 to the contents Bm Photo LEAFY EVIDENCE Police Detectives Ed Manuszak left and Howard Story use a plastic container to bag some of the marijuana plants reported found growing in a backyard Officers said the marijuana when processed would be worth about $4000 Story on Page 1-A Gun At Head Cinches It: No Stop Is Routine time I could have been Gatrell said he once believed would pull a gun on lookers who Anally helped restrain the two suspects probably prevented tragedy made up my mind long ago that I would never surrender my own he said thought about shooting I really did but I am glad I I am very glad things turned out as they did that I was able to return to my home that night I went home that night and said my prayers to He said he was sure he could subdue the pair without using his gun Gatrell said he had two thoughts while struggling with the suspect: the small pistol pointed at him and his life happened so fast when I grabbed his hand and realized he had a gun I was really petri- By Gerald Merrell It once was written that all laws are but necessary means to preserve social order Today those whose duty it is to enforce laws are often asked to pay too high a price as their contribution to the social order Warren Gatrell knows this only too welL At 27 he has twice in four years been forced to pull his revolver to save his life Gatrell is an officer with the California Highway Patrol His latest brush with death happened last weekend when he stopped a young man as a drunken driving suspect A small weapon a derringer hidden in the boot turned the stop into a nightmare when the suspect pressed the derringer against organizations will be honored during Air Force Week Oct 11 The awards will be presented at the banquet sponsored the Air Force Chapter 110 in Del TowneHouse Gen Daniel Jr deputy assistant secretary of defense (public affairs) and the highest ranking officer in the Air Force be the principal speaker 23rd Year banquet will mark the Air 23rd anniversary and include the naming of the of the year from the California Air National Air Defense Wing the Bomb Wing of Castle Air Base the 1st Fighter of Fresno and Hamilton Air Force Recruiting Service 9372nd Air Force Reserve Air Force Reserve Training Corps Civil Patrol the Fresno and the Fresno County City Chamber of Commerce affairs committee James Estep AFA president said the See Fete Page 7-C stop anymore Although you be too apprehensive on every individual you stop there is a potential individual who is going to make a threat against your life You just be too careful Gatrell who joined the patrol at slightly more than $600 a month says the liberties of society cannot withstand the push by some against traditional mores He believes a communication program is needed for elementary school children to give them a real understanding 144th of law enforcement agencies got to start at that level got to start all over Gatrell says he quit that he enjoys people" But he adds that there is morei pressure and challenge on policeman and not sure how many more men are going' to be prepared to pay such a high price for their chosen field by Fresno Brig James Negro will The will man 93rd Force Wing AFB Squadron Officers Air chapter and military Maj chapter But the incident and a similar one in Monterey two years ago forced Gatrell to reevaluate many things including the role of the- modern policeman amidst social revolution believe the policeman is a well oiled precision machine without feelings and emotions not true We have the same emotions and feelings as everyone else only not supposed to show them are getting more hectic all the time I just think an officer should take a chance at alL modern policeman can never let his guard down The officers of today are very alienated from Gatrell says the life of the officer has changed drastically since he joined the force four years ago He blames youthful dissidents and easy access to weapons as the foundation for this change think there is any such thing as a routine traffic Bee Photo the left temple while fied I was really shaken I OTI AG Missy a cat owned by Becky Reid 11 of 3306 Orchard Ave claims the distinction of being one of the oldest felines in Fresno The 21-year-old described by her mistress as being a tortoise shell alley cat was born Aug 21 1949 in Oakland The SPCA Animal Shelter and veterinarians say Missy's age is equivalent to 150 years in a human Gatrell was radioing the CHP office A fight followed and a passenger in the car reportedly attempteed to seize revolver Restraint on the officer's part and the assistance of three on- just prayed for my life not knowing what actually was happening "My first reaction was to grab for the gun to take the gun away Then I prayed for my life knowing that at 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