The Evening Standard from Uniontown, Pennsylvania • Page 20

PAGE 20--UNIONTOWN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1975 THE MORNING HERALD THE EVENING STANDARD Untn. Area Tax Up New Stanton Considered VW Still Seeking U.S. Plant (Con'l From PageOne) it would also allow the students from Ohiopyle who have been attending school together to remain in the same building. The Ohiopyle residents, at Monday night's meeting when most of the discussion on the subject took place, indicated they would take the mtter further. Later in the meeting last night, director Harry Hughes made the motion to officially close the school.

He said it would be possible for the board to wait until just before the start of school to take the action but, this way, it would allow the Ohiopyle parents time to take the matter to court if they so desire. Revenue without the additional three mills was estimated at $7,098,197. The additional taxes will bring in about $110,400 for a total of $7,208,597. A cash ending balance brings that total to $7,302 934. The capital reserve fund established earlier this year and put into a separate depository Monday night will be reduced from the present $238,167 to about $143,000.

The fund was established to get the school building program under way but the funds can be and part of it is expected to be used for maintenance improvements. Other cuts made in the budget were i 19 students a i Turkeyfoot Valley Schools on tuition back to Uniontown Schools at a savings of some $20,000 and elimination of the summer school program next year. The motion to adopt the budget was made by Paul Bortz and seconded by Mr. Hughes. Hughes commented he was not satisfied with the budget but would support it as a compromise measure, Voting in favor of the motion were Bortz, Hughes, Regis Maher, Leonard Hunter, Frederick J.

David and Board President Peter U. Hook. Dr. Fred McClay and Atty. Myron Warman were opposed.

A tax increase was necessary this year even though the expenditures were below some $7.4 million because much of the surplus from the 1973-74 budget was "eaten up" by such expenditures as reopening East End School after the budget was prepared and renovations at two of four city elementary schools cited by the Dept. of Labor and Industry i a i i a a i regulations. Only part of the safety renovations were provided for in the 1973-74 budget. Two buildings already bid were Gallatin at $53,537, and Craig at $34,850. Estimates for the other two to be completed in the upcoming fiscal year were Park.

$74,700 and Boyle, $22,150. The board also approved purchasing the Workmen's Compensation insurance for the coming year from the Pennsylvania Manufacturers Assn. Insurance a policy endorsed by the state School Board Assn. at an estimated premium of $7,500 or savings of some $500. 8 More Arrested In Riot Eight more persons have been arrested on charges stemming from a wild brawl near a club in Van Voorhis in Washington County.

As a result of that melee that occurred last Sunday, one person was killed and three others injured. All those arrested yesterday were charged with rioting, which is a felony under the state crimes code. Among those arrested was a a i 1 9 Perryopolis R.D.I. Others arrested were: Richard Hughes, 18, Thomas Kostelansky, 26, and Keith Everly, 20, all of Charleroi; David Rilli, 19, and Clarence 19, both of Charleroi; Charles Pelzer, 18, of Charleroi R.D.I; and an unidentified juvenile. All were arraigned before District Magistrate John Rebarik of Bentleyville.

Three other persons had previously been arrested on Kansas Terror McPHERSON, Kan. (AP) After terrorizing members of his family with a shotgun, a former mental patient kid- naped two young nieces and the probate judge who had ordered i i police said. The two girls, in their early teens, were released unharmed about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday. At 2:45 a.m.

Wednesday, Probate Judge H. Dean Cotton telephoned McPherson police and said he was returning without his abductor. Police said Cotton, 46, refused to say where he was calling from and ended the conversation abruptly. Two hours later, there had been no further word from the judge. Police identified the man being sought as Kenneth Huff, 37.

Relatives told authorities that Huff had been vowing to seek vengeance on several persons whom he held responsible for problems he had suffered the past three years. 2 Arrested (Con't From Page One) cigarettes taken from the store, they said. The a i was valued at between $1,600 and $1,700. At about 6 o'clock this morning Uniontown city police received a call from Layhue, indicating that his car had been stolen sometime during the night. A short time later officers went to his residence and took him into custody.

The pair was charged with criminal trespass, theft by un lawful taking and receiving stolen property. Police said they hid inside the store until it closed at 10 p.m. Firemen Called In Gasoline Spill North Union firemen were called to the John Newman Jr. residence at Morgan Station at 12:50 p.m. yesterday after two bottles of gasoline were reportedly knocked over by children.

Firemen said there was no fire. INmilers Stolen a a a i i a reported theft of two cement planters valued at $50 from her yard, Sunday or Monday. charges stemming from the incident. Leonard Harris, 18, of Charleroi R.D.I was charged with murder several hours after the incident. Amy Jo i a 17, of Charleroi was arrested later and charged with criminal homicide and riot.

Thomas McNeil, 19, of Charleroi was charged with aggravated assault. The incident took place about 1 a.m. last Sunday after a wedding at the Otter Club. There had been a previous altercation at the club and one of the suspects went back to get reinforcements. Several carloads of persons came back and in the ensuing melee, Joseph Bankovich, 36, of Van Voorhis was shot to death while David Sink, 30, of Van Voorhis was also shot and hospitalized.

Charles McKeta 35, of Van Voorhis was hospitalized after being run over by a car while Joseph Martin Zelinsky, 21, of Van Voorhis was taken to the hospital with head injuries suffered in the fighting. i i a Wolkswagenwerk AG may be looking harder at the incomplete Chrysler plant at New Stanton this week as engineers from VW in Germany begin to move more rapidly than expected toward development of a plan to assemble its cars in the U.S. Volkswagen has long been interested in building cars in America and at one point seriously considered constructing its own plant in this country from scratch. The Wall Street Journal said in its Tuesday editions that VW quietly sent a team of engineers to Detroit to study the possibility of assembling Volkswagens in an existing U.S. auto plant.

VW officials confirmed a short time ago a renewed desire to i cars in America but stressed that because of cash problems they had ruled out construction on their own of an entirely new plant. Camiel On Pike Panel HARRISBURG (AP)-Gov. Shapp is ready to nominate Peter Camiel, Philadelphia's An assembly line could be Democratic party leader, to a converted tojproduction of 10-year post on the Pennsylva- vw linB a hhitq nia Turnpike Commission. vear sourcef said Camiel would replace Phila- Wltmn a year sources sald delphia Republican leader i i a Edward Though VW is specifically interested in adapting one of Detroit's current plants to it's needs, the Journal said, the visiting VW engineers are exploring cheaper and quicker alternatives for beginning auto production. Under one proposal, VW would buy a plant and make it over to fit it's own needs.

In the case of the New Stanton plant, this process could take two or three years. Another Chrysler plant under consideration, the aging Jefferson Ave. assembly plant in Detroit, could be refurbished within a year. VW would also have labor pool available immediately. A second possibility for VW would be to buitd cars on one production line at an existing assembly plant while leaving the other for continued production by a U.S.

auto maker that would be a joint partner. This strategy could get U.S. built VW's rolling down the assembly line within a year from the program's start. Under such an agreement, a a presumably would own the building and hire the workers, provide the parts and trim, could be subcontracted to U.S. suppliers because lead time in producing' these parts is fairly short.

The swiftness with which VW dispatched an engineering team to the U.S. following a visit by VW's managing chair- a Toni seems to underscore the urgency VW has attached to a U.S. venture. One possibility mentioned is that Mr. Schmuecker is trying to get cost data on the various proposals to present to VW's board of managment which meets once every three months, the next time in July.

Even if a formal proposal i a a meeting, cost figures may a it easier for Mr. Schmuecker to sound out board members, who represent workers and German government as well as in- vestors on the politically sensitive issue to building VW's outside of Germany. The apparent interest in Chrysler plants among VW officials follows a private meeting last month in Detroit between Mr. Schmuecker and Chrysler a i a Townsend. At that time the New Stanton plant played a major role in the discussions.

Veto Housing Likely To Stand said A. Median, Mitchell, press secretary. Meehan's 10- year term expires June 30. Camiel's nomination must be confirmed by two-thirds of the Senate before he's given the $15,000 post. Shapp's office said it is preparing the nomination papers and expects to submit the nomination within the next several days.

Auto industry spokesmen say it is clear that VW is specifically interested in adapting one of Detroit's current plants to its needs. Under both proposals most manufacturing operations for major VW parts would continue to take place in Europe. Engines, drive-trains and major sheet-metal stampings would then be shipped to the U.S. Some parts, such as seats WASHINGTON (AP) Virtually conceding defeat before a Democratic leadership will try to override President Ford's veto of a housing subsidy program for middle- income families. Failure to muster the two- thirds vote needed to override would mark the fourth consecutive veto defeat for the House leadership despite the chamber's large Democratic majority.

The vote is scheduled for today. The housing bill, passed earlier this month, was vetoed by Ford Tuesday. It was his 33rd veto since taking office last August. Informal statistics show that President Richard M. Nixon averaged 7.7 vetoes a year, Lyndon B.

Johnson 5.8, John F. Kennedy 7.5 and Dwight D. Eisenhower 22.6. The House earlier this year sustained presidential vetoes on strip mining, an emergency jobs i and higher agriculture price supports. To replace the vetoed hous- ing bill, Ford said he would immediately release $2 billion in mortgage purchase authority.

Under that plan, the a i a a A i a i (GNMA), a federal agency, would purchase mortgages at a loss, thus pumping more money into the housing a and a i lower interest rates. Dry Tavern Melee Sends 2 To Prison The aftermath of a rock- 'months on the reckless en i i i dangering charges, to run con secutively melee between State Police and a gang of teen-agers at Dry Tavern more than a year ago ended Tuesday when two members of the band were given prison sentences of more than two years each. They were James Bartman, 20, of Fredericktown, and Michael Dikun, of Dry Tavern. Each was sentenced on charges of aggravated assault and recklessly endangering another person. Bartman was given from eight to 24 months in the state prison at Huntingdon on the assault charge, four to 12 Dikun was given nine to 24 months and six to 12 months on the recklessly endangering charge.

Judge Glenn Toothman recommended that each man serve his sentence at the Camp i School a Harrisburg. The pair are free under bond pending possible appeal to, a higher court. Other youths involved in the incident in which a state trooper in his car was surrounded, were absolved. The state trooper radioed for help and several other troopers sped to the scene. Route 40-Just 1 MILE WEST Of UNIONTOWN SHOP DAILY i' SUPER STORE, FRESH PRODUCE AT LOWEST PRICES 'MELONS n.39 SWEET RIPE! EACH Call BARBARA RICHEY BAKED GOODS 437-5070 For Special Cakes Semi Hard Rolls.

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