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8A The Jackson Sun, Jackson, Tuesday, June 24, 1986 Siege Rodeo Drive Hostage Situation Madison County budget proposal This chart compares the amounts each department ufae Ki irlnotorl tr rara'wia at Juvenile $737,223 Court Services $795,786 Debt I service I Highway $2,452,327 1 sail LOS ANGELES Bevefty HttsTvJfc 7rC Son Monica Frmf Monica MILES 1 Freeway this time last year with 2-656-587 budget committee 65.942 proposals for fiscal $3,073,350 From Page 1 A Police did not immediately identify the two hostages found dead, face down with their hands bound, inside the store. The third victim, apparently wounded outside the store, was identified by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center spokesman Ron Wise as Van Cleef manager Hugh Skinner, 64, of Los Angeles. He suffered a gunshot wound to the chest and was dead on arrival, Wise said. Skinner had worked for Van Cleef about 20 years, according to James Weaver, a former roommate. "He's not the type to be bold, aggressive or a hero," Weaver said.

"I just can't understand what went wrong why he's dead." Hostages Carol Lambert, 42, of Culver City and Robert Taylor, 50, of Los Angeles also were taken out of the jewelry shop with Skinner. Ms. Lambert suffered burns to her Rodeo Drive exudes panache General fund Schools tax increase. It would bring the county's property tax rate to $2.09 from $1.87. The owner of a $40,000 house would pay $22 more.

Commissioners plan to meet Monday to adopt a tentative budget. They'll adopt the permanent spending plan in July. The entire 22-cent increase is targeted for schools. In other developments with the budget, District Attorney General Jerry Woodall was surprised Monday to learn the budget committee had planned no funding for his office. He had requested more than $19,000 for an assistant.

This morning, Woodall asked the commission to restore funding for his office. He said a misunderstanding occurred about how funds come to his office from the state. Matthews agreed about the misunderstanding. Madden, a budget committee member for three years, talked to the commissioners about his concern for schools. He compared the county to industries that came to Jackson.

Those industries invested money and built plants that have improved the community, just as the county 1986-87. $7,152,339 2 $7,117,113 $12,761,523 $14,546,936 Graphics by The Jackson Sun should invest in its schools. Madden said the commission shouldn't get in a rut of refusing to spend money. After his talk, North Side parents in the room stood up and applauded. Some commissioners joined in the applause.

In requesting the portable classrooms, spokesman Joe Roland said this fall at North Side High School there would be 1,100 students in a building designed for 600. Former county commissioner Jimmy Wallace, who spoke in favor of the buildings, said the county wouldn't lose its investment with the purchase of the buildings. They can be moved to other schools or sold to other districts, he said. The buildings should cost about $30,000 each, Superintendent Buddy McMillin said. Commissioner Claudell Brown, however, asked how much of the overcrowding was caused by students who weren't supposed to go to North Side in the first place.

McMillin said fewer than 15 students last year were zoned for West High School but instead attended North Side for some reason. SHOP ALL SUPERCENTERS UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -Rodeo Drive, the scene of a hostage-taking that ended in three deaths, is a a street fabled as much for its famous patrons as for the extravagant wares sold in its elegant shops. In a three-block row of small businesses, merchants catering to movie stars and millionaires can make their fortunes with just a few major sales. Olive-sized emeralds and chinchilla bedspreads are among the items available for six-figure prices on Rodeo.

A price tag of $500 for a man's short-sleeved shirt or $800 for a woman's blouse is not unusual. One store won't admit customers without an appointment. Others have truly outstanding values for you. our Zenith Portable 157 Channel cable ready Very County From Page 1A Later in the meeting, the commission began discussing the federal lawsuit the city filed against the county. County Attorney Charles Farmer told the commission the court had overruled a county-filed request that the suit be dismissed.

In discussing the proposed school budget, Commissioner John Bonson said he isn't willing to go along with the budget committee's plan to give Jackson fewer school transportation dollars. He isn't ready to back off from his commitment to Jackson officials that the county would continue to split all money for schools on a per-pupil basis, he said. In preparing the budget, the committee chose to divide school transportation money with the city on a per-pupil-tran-sported basis. This means the city would receive about 10 percent of the transportation money instead of 45.4 percent. Bonson said he told the city the county would keep budgeting practices as they were in the 1985-86 fiscal year in hope of forestalling a federal lawsuit.

The suit was filed anyway. Changing the way the transportation money is budgeted leaves the county no 'negotiating room, Bonson said. His statements led to the discussions of the lawsuit, its status and what the city is asking. The city still wants to negotiate the federal suit and the chancery court suit to end the sales tax agreement as separate issues, Farmer said. Commissioner Bobby George remarked several times that it might pay the county to go ahead and pay the city the $2.1 million.

With the new budgeting procedure for school transportation money, the county would recoup the settlement amount in six or seven years. The proposed 1986-87 budget, if approved, would mean a 22-cent property Public gives From Page 1A improvement in the University's overall perception among the Tennessee public to former chancellor Charles Smith," Dunagan said. Smith initiated three scholarship programs after he became chancellor in 1979, administrative as- aisiaiik uiou uuucy aatu. 111c university scholars, honors seminar and leaders-in-residence programs recruit student council and class presidents and students with American College Test scores of 25 and higher. Also, the college's broadcasting program has added hands-on experience with the move of WLJT-TV to the campus, Hurley said.

And the "pre-health" program is becoming known for its ability to place graduates in medical, dental and nursing schools, he said. UT at Knoxville and Vanderbilt University were named as the highest quality colleges in the state by the 504 Tennesseans questioned. UT at Memphis, Memphis State University and UT at Martin also were rated "above average" by more than 20 percent of the respondents. Closeness to home and overall impression were the top reasons for college choice. Tennesseans are much more likely to want their children to attend college than they were in 1974 or 1979 surveys.

For the first time, they also are more inclined to hire college graduates rather than vocational-school grads. Eighty percent believe a four-year college education is important. Only 16.6 percent said they would want their children to attend vocational school after high-school graduation. Only 3.4 percent said they would want their children to work immediately after high school. The survey also found more support for spending increases for education and law enforcement than for other state programs, such as highways and welfare.

More than 60 percent would increase spending for elementary and high schools. Although less than a third support higher spending for higher education in general, most highly favored UT expansion. Support was greatest for expansion of UT at Memphis, 76.8 percent; continuing education, 75.6 percent; agriculture institute, 71.6 percent; UT at Martin, 61.5 percent; and UT at Knox-'ville, 61.3 percent. Other state spending increases supported by a majority included law enforcement, 64.5 percent; -agricultural assistance, 54.4 percent; and mental health services, 52.2 percent. A substantial majority, 80.9 per-' cent, said gifts and contributions to colleges and universities should remain tax-deductible.

If federal tax laws were changed to eliminate the deduction, 54.2 percent would be less likely to contribute to higher education, they said. NEWS MAKES Very Important selected and priced to represent face and chest and was transferred from Cedars-Sinai to the burn unit at Brotman Memorial Hospital, Wise said. "She's awake and alert and in, good spirits," Eva Rivera, a Brotman nursing supervisor, said todav. unlisted phone numbers, but merchants pamper their customers with valet parking and even house calls if necessary. As a fashion mecca, Rodeo Drive is ranked among the world's great; streets often mentioned in the-same breath as New York's Fifth Av-' enue, Rome's Via Condotti, Paris' Faubourg Saint Honore and London's New Bond Street.

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