The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 77

Pollack THE FRESNO BEE S-II Wednesday October 14 1970 House Approves Plan To Save Passenger Trains Illness Delays Selina Hearing MeCiatdiy Newwepera hrvlci SELMA The preliminary hearing for Manuel Cantu De Leon 39 of 1937 Young St on two counts of attempted murder has been postponed indefinitely while the accused is hospitalized due to illness De Leon was to appear in Selma Justice Court yesterday on charges stemming from the shooting of Joe Carrillo Jr 34 of Reedley following an argument outside a local bar Oct 3 From Page Ml has hurt other areas of Fresno more than downtown Hendricks also reported to the agency members on the dcmoll tlon progress at the north end of the Fulton Mail He said the project will not interfere with the Christmas shopping season He said all buildings north of Cooper's department store on the west side of the mall should be razed before the shopping rush Also scheduled for razing in the near future is the Drake Hotel building at Tulare Street and Broadway Railroads would be required to pay to the corporations amounts computed under different formulas and in return would receive common stock In an amount equivalent In par value to its payment unless this right is waived The railroads making payments under the contracts then would tie allowed to deduct the payments for tax purposes in the year It was made However the tax deduction would be available only if no slock in the corporation is Issued to the railroad If the railroad acquires stock in the corporation within three years after making its that the tax deduction would be denied retroactively The bill would authorize $40 million as a direct grant to the corporation to get It off the ground This Is the same spending ceiling in the Scnuie-pnsscd hill It also would authorize: guarantee of loans to the corporation up to $100 million to finance the upgrading of roadbeds and acquisition of rolling stock The Senate bill would set this ceiling at $60 million making of direct loans or guarantees of up to $200 million to be outstanding at any one time to railroads to perform those are proposed for discon' tinuance" Staggers said i Under the hill the Secretary of Transportation would be re qulred to come up with a basic national system specifying points between which Intercity passenger trains would be operated as well as routes schedules ond equipment The corporation created under the bill designed as a profitmaking venture would offer contracts to railroads after March 1 1971 to relieve them of the Intercity passenger service These contracts would be offered again on or after March 1 1973 but not after Jan 1 1975 WASHINGTON (AP) The House passed today a hill creating a government-backed corporation geared to reviving the faltering intercity passenger trains Chairman Harley Staggers D-W Va of the House Commerce Committee said the proposal has support from the administration railroad management and labor The bill would boost the spending ceiling and authority to guarantee loans from $175 million under a Senate-passed bill to $340 million 1929 we had over 20000 passenger trains and today we have less than 500 and many of corporation The Senate had provided this authority at $73 million The President subject to Senate confirmation would appoint eight of the 15-member board of directors Three of the remaining seven would be elected by common stockholders and four by the preferred stockholders Fire Calls Tte Frm Fir Demirlinent antwtrrd tte lollowtna call between noon titer-tfiy tnri non todiy: Ahby Strut tntf Harvty Avrmw grata flrt I ll Pm Gltnn and Laming Ava- num lalta alarm Pm Angui and Gettyiburg Ava- nun train Hr 1:40 pm Laman and Filter Ava nun broken hydrant The Bee Want Ads way a thrifty habit last payment the bill provides contracts entered into wtih the Big Brothers Seek Funds For Project Big Brother! of Fresno Is still seeking funds for Its share of an experimental Juvenile delinquency prevention program for which the organization has been granted $30973 in state-disbursed federal funds Two luncheon meetings have been set by the Big Brothers at the Iran Restaurant next week with members of the community in an attempt to raise part of the local share Robert Allen executive director of the organization said only a small share of the $13725 local contribution has been raised More than 500 Invitations have been Issued tor next week's meetings but the response has been overwhelming" Allen said The federal and local money is for the first year of the proposed three-year project Under the project 100 boys in trouble with the law will be assigned to Big Brothers and there will be a group of another 100 delinquent boys The object will be to see if the services provided by Big Brothers win be effective in keeping troubled youngsters out of juvenile court The program bepn Aug Biola Prepares Many-Faceted Raisin Festival Biola residents and visitors Saturday wiU hold a parade lunch on barbecued beef crown a queen and end the daylong Biola Raisin Day festival by dancing The coronation will take place at noon In the community pavilion The honored girl will be chosen from this list: Margie Monreal a Kerman High School senior Cheryl Marcelli a Central High School junior Sue Lee a 1969 graduate of Kerman High and Amber Diaz a Central senior The annual parade is scheduled for 1 pm and will be led by Theodore A Palmquist 82 who worked as a carpenter and farmed in the district 60 years before his recent retirement After the parade the barbecue will be served at 3 pm The dance is set for 9 pm in the American Legion Hall IndoorOutdoor CARPET A special purchase of long-wearing 100 Olfefin fiber carpet In many smart colors full 12' wide rolls all first quality! 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