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IACINE JOURNAL-TIMES April 2, 1965 4A 1 Happenings in the City Barrett Renews Bid to Unseat Mussie as 1st Ward Alderman COPE, the AFL-CIO's Coun ages show that the cost of and smaller have reaped the harvest of an increased tax SEVEN STUDENTS fromj the University of Wisconsin in Racine will attend the Inter-Center Music Workshop at Sheboygan today and Saturday. The workshop is designed to give the top instrumental and choral students at each center the opportunity to work and practice with a larger group. Delegates from the Racine center include: Karen Jensen, soprano; Gloria Kemp and Sandra Wesley, altos; Glenn Knudsen, bass; David Lauer, tenor; and Robert Repka, trumpet. Accompanying the students are mu La, Barrett Mussie By Emmert II. Dose Journal-Times Staff Editor's note: This is the fourth and last installment In a series giving views and backgrounds of candidates in the four contests for alderman.

The 1st, 5th, 11th and 13th Wards have contests this year. Incumbents in the 3d, 7th, 9th and 15th Wards are unopposed. Aid. Harry Mussie and Irv ing E. (Red) Barrett are hav ing another go at it this year In the 1st Ward, Two years ago Mussie topped Barrett by 45 votes to win the right to represent the ward which in eludes Downtown and extends west to Root River and Cen ter St, north to the river and south to 10th St Mussie, 39, Is an accountant at Western Printing and Lithographing Co.

and secretary-treasurer of Watkins-Strath- more a subsidiary of Western Publishing Co. He was elected in July, 1962, by the City Council to fill an unexpired term and was elected to a full term by the voters in 1963. Tax Base in Jeopardy Barrett, 49, owns and operates the R. W. Supply Indigent Entitled to Counsel atHearing, High CourtRules sic instructors John Fosse and Mrs.

Lillian James. INNOCENT pleas were en tered in County Court Branch 2 today by Santiago Bernal, 19, of 1607 Winslow to a charge of entering the Ras-mussen Jewelry Store at 910 State St. with the intent to commit burglary and by James Nesbitt, 33, of 923 Wilson St to a charge of causing great bodily harm to his brother, Ozark, by cutting him on the left hip and forehead with a pocket knife. Both matters will be set for trial. GUILTY PLEA was entered in County Court Branch 2 today by Herman Hiler 17, of 1326 Frederick- to a charge of entering an apart ment at 1341 Kewaunee St with the intent to commit burglary.

Juvenile jurisdiction was waived and the defendant waived his right 'to be repre sented4yan attorneyA-pre sentence investigation was or dered and the case continued to April 19. PEACE CORPS placement tests will be given Racine area residents at 9 a.m. Satur day, April 10, in Room 200 at the Post Office. The apptitude tests are not passed or failed, but simply indicate potential, according to a Peace Corps spokesman. Settle Claim Against Holleb An out of court settlement has resulted in the dismissal of a 1963 recovery suit filed in Racine Circuit Court by a Denver, architect.

The architect, Leon Brin, had sought $5,992.77 he said was owed him from the ex- owner of the former Holleb House, 5005 Washington Ave. Manny S. Brown, who rep resented the defendant, Charles Holleb of Glencoe, 111., said a $2,000 settlement was agreed on by the parties. The motel was sold in June, 1963, and name changed to the Clayton House. Stars Stripes Airman 3c Robert W.

Wiseman, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Wiseman of 3117 17th has been graduated from the technical training course for Air Force fuel specialists at Amanllo Air Force Base, Texas.

The airman is a gradu ate of Washington Park High School. maintaining core areas with in a city increases as cor responding assessed valua tion decreases. "Since our spending program is not geared to the possibility that our total as sessed valuation may lose its rate of interest, then the city should not allow itself an occasional 'ice cream cone and a movie" he says. The problem will become much more critical if the city boundaries are. limited, he fears.

Barrett says the city must move forward to keep in step with the world. Urges Progress "I believe in the progres sive attitude of the old time LaFollettes in Wisconsin who moved all of the state's citizens forward and not single, politically favored groups, he says. Barrett believes Racine should exert "immediate and effective efforts" to curb lake pollution. "I believe in supporting area industry and wherever possible would vote for the purchase of local and area products, especially when these products could have been bought for less he says. Mussie, who is often seen at City Council meetings re ferring to the city's budget 'book while fellow aldermen debate a money bill, says the rate of spending is getting out of line with the ability to raise money.

Rising Interest Cost "We must curtail spending for something that is not now an absolute necessity," he says. "The increased burden that the cost of interest payments have imposed upon our tax rate will mount as we continue to increase our bonded indebtedness to pay for expansion that should have started years ago." He-views UWR and Safety Building construction and Sewage Disposal Plant ex pansion as a "sizable undertaking a three year span, but very necessary." "The (Sewage Disposal) plant is now operating" at a rate in excess of 130 per cent of its capacity," he explains. "I don't see that we have a choice but to expand the facilities." Mussie also believes the City Planning Department is too small to cope with the city's, problems. Stresses Planning "Cities of comparable size Sleepless Nights May Be Over West Racine residents, kept awake the Ias two nights by a ni Hr.m" pressor on a srtfi-f 'construction project which shook their houses, might get some sleep tonight. So too might Mayor William H.

Beyer and Aid. Os-. car Jensen, whom the sleepless residents got out of bed, and the commissioner of public works and city engineer, whom the mayor got out of bed. Construction is going on 24 hours a day and the contractor brought in a substitute compressor while the original was being repaired. It shook up the neighborhood, literally and figuratively.

t- Beyer-said the contractor has assured him the original compressor has been repaired and the substitute removed from active duty. DIVORCES were granted in County Court Branch 2 today to Evelyn M. Rivest of 1621 State St from Gerald J. Ri vest, address unknown; to Sally J. McGillivray of 1741 West Blvd.

from Clifton L. McGillivray, address unknown; to Carol F. Stinewal of Kenosha from Eugene L. Stinewal of 1211 Racine St; to Juanita Bland of 614 Randolph St. from Lyman Bland, address unknown; to Kenneth E.

Yuergens of 2610 Mt. Pleasant St. from Grace I. Yuergens of Kenosha; and to Donna F. Osgood of 231 V2 Harrison St from LeRoy D.

Osgood, stationed with the armed forces in Hawaii. An absolute divorce Was granted Thursday in court to Agatha Wuhrman of 1440 Main St from John Wuhrman of 245 Main St DEATH of Mrs. Duane Boese, 54, of 451 Carlton Drive in a burning auto Tues day was accidental and caused by carbon monoxide poisoning, according to a rul ing today by Racine County Coroner Bernard Evenson. Mrs. Boese's body was found in the driver's seat of her car inside a closed garage at her home.

Fire Chief Russell An derson said Tuesday that cause of the car fire was "probable careless smoking." BOND of $5,000 each was set for two Milwaukee men arraigned before Court Com missioner Oscar M. Edwards after they were identified by a 19-year-old pregnant house wife from West Allis as the men who raped her near Highway 45 and County Trunk G. They are John P. Plichta, 22, and Dalwyn W. Waters, 20 The matter is adjourned to April 6.

BAIL of $1,000 cash was set today in County Court Branch 2 for Pervis Merritt 21, of 1121 Metron Court, who was brought in after he failed to appear in court March 29. Merritt is charged with caus ing great bodily harm to Ma con Manning by cutting him in the back with a knife. The case was continued to April 5 to give the defendant time to retain an attorney ASSEMBLY Committee on State Affairs Thursday favored adoption of a bill which would give the City of Racine authority to apply for permis sion to extend the present breakwater south one block; to 1th St. The city is negotiating with lakefront property owners for riparian rights. EARLIER pleas of innocent were withdrawn and guilty pleas entered in County Court Branch 3 today by John A.

Miller, 18, of 7514 Lake Shore Drive to charges of fornica tion and contributing to the delinquency of a 16-year-old girl. He was fined $200 on the charges. CHARGES against Betty! Lou Franklin, 26, of 1639 Ra cine for discharging a shotgun in, a room with persons present were dropped Thursday in a hearing before Court Commissioner Oscar M. Edwards. The alleged offense occurred Dec.

11, 1964. FINED $150 in County Court Branch 3 Thursday afternoon was Willard J.I Stich. 33. of 3911 S. Lawn who was found guilty in a court trial of drunk driving charges.

His driving privileges were revoked for one year. DOIl'T CLOU. AflOUUD with your base by staffing their plan ning department with enough experience to create bold plans that were realistic in scope and within the financial limitations necessary to in vite the investment of private capital." "However," he adds, "I think it is the city's respon sibility to originate the plans and to see that they come to fruition." Barrett's comments on purchase of the North Shore right-of-way include: 'Too much hush-hush from the City Hall regarding price," he contends. "Unless the price of this piece of land drops radically I would vote against paying $500,000 for this narrow strip of right-of-way." Should Enforce Codes Barrett also urges a beau- tification project on the Root River to give Racine additional landfill sites and prevent erosion. He says low cost repairs to Horlick Dam would eliminate future flood trou ble and urges repair now to prevent legal complications with people living upstream or buying property along the river.

He says he is against any type of ghetto and all forms of segregation. He also be- be codified and enforced with inspections made on com plaints by tenants or home buyers. Mussie, who lives at 736 Main is chairman of the City Council's Special Com mittee on Procedures which fought for modern office machinery in City Hall and backed creation of a Finance Department under a finance director. He is a graduate of the University of Indiana. Barrett is a former employe of the J.

I. Case Co. and onetime part owner of a trucking and machinery moving firm. He graduated from William Horlick High School. Lakes to Rise Up to 1 Foot DETROIT UP) The Lakes are expected to rise three inches to a foot in their levels over the next month.

With the exception of Su perior, where control gates have been lowered to feed the lower lakes, all rose during March. l' Superior-lost two inches. Michigan, Huron and Erie each gained two and Ontario six. Between now and May 2, the United States Lakes Survey estimates that Superior will go up three inches, Mich- gan and Huron five, Erie six and Ontario 12 inches. Compared with- April 2 a year ago, Superior is three inches higher, Michigan and Huron up five and Erie one.

But only Erie, which is plus seven inches, is above the so- called low water datum line. There is a gain or loss in channel depths for every inch that levels exceed or fail to reach. this line of reference. Currently Michigan is 13 inches below. STATE ROADS GOOD MADISON iff) The State Traffic Patrol said today that all main highways in Wisconsin were in good winter driving condition with the excep tion of a few widely scattered slippery jpots across the state.

cil's Committee on Political Education, has endorsed Rus-seir Markisen and Arthur Nathan, candidates for the Uni fied School Board, according to Ray Marhefke, secreatry. COPE also opposes the shoplifting bill passed Thursday by the State Senate and sent to the Assembly. It would allow merchants to detain for up to 30 minutes without fear of suit for false arrest, persons suspected of shoplifting. A similar bill was vetoed in 1963 by Gov. John Reynolds.

THREE-YEAR OLD Racine bov. Marcus Andrews of 2040 Orchard was treated and released at St Luke's Hospital after he fell out of a car driven by his mother, Mrs. Jamie Andrews, shortly after 8 p.m. Thursday at 13th St. and Lafayette Ave.

Mrs. Andrews told police she stopped for the stop sign at. 13th St and as she was mak- ing a left turn onto Lafayette, the boy opened a rear door and fell out. He suffered a cut to his lower lip. ORDERED to State Depart ment of Public Welfare facilities at Waupun for treat ment of mental aberrations was Gordon W.

Musfeldt, 53, who appeared today in Coun ty Court Branch 2. Musfeldt, whose address was listed as 3614 Kinzie in records, pleaded guilty Jan. 15 to a charge of taking indecent lib erties with a 15-year-old youth. VISITING the University of Wisconsin Racine Center on Thursday April 8 will be Dr. Frances Z.

Cumbee of the University of i i. School of Education who will discuss the Madison campus and the various programs available to education majors. The interviews also are open to freshmen who desire to in vestigate a teaching career. NEW TWO-YEAR wage. agreement covering Racine Bricklayers Local 6 provides 65 cents in hourly increases in three steps, said Local 6 Pres.

Earl Hearn Jr. A 35-cent in crease went into effect Thursday, another 15 cents will be added Oct. 1. and 15 cents on April 1, 1966. Thursday's hike brought wages to $4.70 an hour.

MADISON police Thursday took into custody David Wiedholtz. 18, of 1225 Larsen who is wanted in Racine on a charge of passing worthless checks. Wiedholtz was arraigned before Court Com missioner Frank Feil. Feil bound Wiedholtz over to trial and set bond at $500. LISTED in good condition at St Mary's Hospital today is William Helbling, 18, of 2130 Golf Ave.

who was struck in the groin with baseball at 5:42 p.m. Thursday in the William Horlick High School gymnasium. DOMINICAN College an nounced that the lecture on liturgy by the Rev. James Coke scheduled for tonight has been canceled. Those who have tickets for the lec ture may send them to the college for a refund.

Anthony S. DeMark Reuben Gorsky Don Miner 230 Main a wholesale and retail sporting goods store. This is his second attempt to gain public office. Mussie, member of the City Council Finance Committee, says the major problem facing the city is the same problems that plagues the average household: "Given number of dollars, how should it be spent in order that the best possible value be received in exchange?" "Our present tax base is in jeopardy," Mussie warns. "If we continue to ignore the areas in the city that have caused the heavy burden of taxation to be borne in increasing amounts by the outlying areas of the city, we are closing our eyes to a situation that will come back to plague us." Mussie says national aver- Chicago for the April 19, 1959, burglary of the Photo Craft Shop, 524 College Ave.

Then Municipal Judge How ard J. Durocher of Racine sen tenced Sparkman to 10 years in prison after a jury found the defendant guilty in Oc tober, 1959. bpancman appealed on grounds he was refused court appointed counsel at his hearing and that there was not sufficient "credible evidence" to sustain a guilty verdict The ruling was the strong est statement the Supreme Court has made on the ap pointment of counsel for" in digents at preliminary hear ings. Previously, the court held indigents had no constitution al right to counsel but that the practice of granting court appointed defenders should be Year Terms for Shop Theft iwo Kenosha men were sentenced in County Court Branch 2 today to the Wis consin State Reformatory at Green Bay for terms not to exceed 2 years in the theft of more than $5,000 worth of radios, tools and cash from the J. I.

Case Co. Clausen Works since last July. Sells Walkie-Talkie James Lindstrom, 23, pleaded guilty March 19 to a charge of stealing five walkie-talkie radios valued at more than. $2,500, and John C. Mallo, 23, pleaded guilty on the same date to a charge of receiving and concealing the radios.

Sentencing was set for to day pending results of pre sentence investigations which were ordered March 19. Frederick L. Urban, 24, of 1143 Villa St, was placed on probation for three years today. He pleaded guilty March 19 to a charge of receiving and concealing eight tractor batteries valued at more than 00 and stolen from the J. I.

Case Co. PAID ADVERTISEMENT Authorized and paid tor by the Wisconsin Lawyers Comm. for HeSemsn, James E. Doyle and Stewart G. Honeck.

co-chairmen, Madison, Wisconsin. Journal-Times Photo PROMOTED Michael Smolka, 46, of 1723 Jerome has been named a lieutenant in the Racine Fire Department, effective May 1. He will replace Lt Rudolph Tepley, who retires on that date. Smolka joined the Fire Department in 1948 and served with Engine Co. No.

6, 16th St. and Austin until he was named to the Rescue Squad in 1959. Four years later he was transferred to Engine Co. No, 5 at the Central Station, 4th St and Wisconsin Ave. Electric Co.

Reduces Rates A new rate schedule that will cut charges to more than 55Q.000 customers in south eastern Wisconsin, including Racine County, was put into effect today by Wisconsin lectnc Power Co. The State Public Service Commission said the reduc tion matched the firm's cut in federal corporate income taxes. The company said residen tial rates will be cut about $590,000, rural rates about; $44,700, and commercial and industrial charges more than $800,000. In Racine County, the change involves the realigning of rate areas whereby heavy-usage areas in the eastern part of the county are com bined with the Milwaukee metropolitan area to form a new rate area 1. A.

C. Reischl, division man ager for Wisconsin Electric Power, said he could not immediately pinpoint percentage savings to customers, but said all will experience reductions. The Racine County area east of 1-94, plus the towns of Yorkville and Raymond, will te changed from a rate 2 to a rate 1 area. Under this classification the cost to resi dential customers for the first 100 kilowatt hours of power is lowered from $2.90 to $2.75. The remainder of the coun ty, previously a rate 3 area, becames a rate 2 area and the cost to residential customers drops from $3.10 to $2.90.

The company's last rate re duction came a year ago and amounted to $4.1 million. House Unit OK's Cash for. Saigon Embassy WASHINGTON iff) Acting 'with extraordinary speed, the House Foreign Affairs Committee today author ized $1 million for new U. S. Embassy office building in Saigon.

The bill is scheduled for quick House action Monday. President Johnson requested the money for a new embassy chancery just yesterday, to replace the five-story concrete building that was heavily damaged Tuesday in a bloody bombing by Viet Cong ter rorists. April 15 it closing inl Why worry and fw whtn BLOCK will do your tax at such a small costl Gtt your tax In NOWJ your neartst BLOCK office TODAYI MADISON An in digent defendant is entitled to counsel at a preliminary hear ing, the State Supreme Court ruled today in an appeal of a Racine burglary conviction. But the high court said fail ure to appoint counsel does not provide grounds for reversing a decision unless it is shown that the defendant's case was prejudiced. The Supreme Court rule was expressed in a decision which upheld the conviction of Milton Sparkman, 29, of Ronald L.

Lucht Heads Jaycees Ronald Lucht 32, of 2312 Bate Thursday night was elected president of the Racine Junior Chamber of Commerce. Lucht, in the i eering department of the a I Water Department, succeeds John H. Vel-tus, 5809 Sandy Lane. A member of the Racine Lucht chapter for seven years Lucht had served as vice president and is currently serving as state director, Elected vice president Thursday night was Norman E. Collins, 3657 Astoria Drive.

Secretary and treasurer will be appointed at the first board meeting. uected to rill two year terms on the Board of Directors are Suresh Amberkar, 410 11th John G. Finne man, 2145 Golf Ave. and Norman C. Heinitz, 1844 Linden Returning board member is Edward J.

Ames, 3214 Os borne Blvd. New Jaycee officers and officers of the Jaycette Aux iliary will be installed April 10 at ceremonies to be held at Meadowbrook Country Club. Refer Annexation of Industrial Site The Chamber of Commerce will not attempt directly to annex an industrial park west of Ohio St and south of 2 1st St. But it is planning to call owners of property in the park to a meeting to discuss Mayor William H. Beyer's vitation to petition for an nexation.

An earlier annexation of the property was found illegal in Circuit Court because certain routine steps had not been followed. Beyer asked the chamber to reconsider annexation after a court decision voided a petir tion by the Village of Elm-wood Park for a referendum on annexing the Town of Mt. Pleasant, including the' indus trial park. John Batenburg, chairman of the Chamber's Industrial Development Committee, 6aid the acreage has" been or is being sold to six industrial firm I PAID ADVERTISEMKNT Authorised end pld for by Bever for Mayor Committee, Gilbert Eerthelsen, Chairman. 1254 Arthur Racine, Wis.

Who are the men behind Mayor Beyer? They number in the thousands. And among them are Racine's outstanding leaders of industry, business, labor, civic affairs, and the professions. They include those who supported Bill Beyer when he first ran for mayor two years ago plus many who supported his opponent then but have since changed It would be impossible in this limited space to list them all. But here ore just a few Ueyer backers among Racine professional men: Jerry Foley Dr. Joseph Postorino Harley Brown FEDERAL AND STATE v.

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