The Journal Times from Racine, Wisconsin • 3

fht JowrweM Times, Wudwontoy, Ptov. XV 1371 Parents' boycott threatens busing effort raal'fli vvhhw -ww vT mittments of teachers to moke desegregation work. Much of the time at Tuesday's meeting in the Spanish Center was spent in debate over whether to deal with the Wadewitz problem exclusively or to embrace the whole issue of under two-mile busing. REV. EUGENE BOUTHJER Racine Urban Ministry, urged the group not to look only for a short-term solution to the Wadewitz problem.

"This will only weaken the pressure on the School Board. That's not in our best interest," he Some frcrsrS pickups to be delayed Thursday solid waste collections will be skipped on Thanksgiving day and not made until next week. City sobd waste crews, which will have the holiday off, will collect on Friday in the regular Friday areas, said Public Works Commissioner Fred Larson. Next collection in the Thursday area will be Dec. 4.

year with the desegregation of elementary schools where children were reassigned to schools a longer walking distance from their former school but still under the two-mile limit. Three weeks ago, school officials announced they had made an error in busing about 100 minority children to Wadewitz School from the Jefferson School area. Those children in fact live 1.96 miles from Wadewitz and can no longer be bused at cost to the district. Parents of these children then joined in the protest of parents from other schools and formed a group called Parents on the Move, which has picketed Unified headquarters and some schools. "I think I can speak for Jefferson parents when I say if our kids don't get the buses we were promised, they will not be going to school," Mrs.

Joyce Collier, a mother of three children reassigned to Wadewitz, told the newly formed Action Committee to Protect Desegregation Tuesday. RACINE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION Director James Ennis said he had heard it was possible for the parent coalition to get a boycott "of the schools started on a few minutes' notice. "Desegregation is going to work an it's going to be fair to everyone or there's going to be a confrontation. The school district has a responsibility to continue what they have promised." He told the committee it had the support of the 1400-member teacher union "not from the By Julianne Corty Journal Timet Staff Parents of students who face long walks to school are organizing, angry and threatening a boycott which Unified officials say could undo the successful desegregation of elementary schools. Warned Saturday by Supt.

of Schools C. Richard Nelson of the potential upset, the Citizens Advisory Committee on Desegregation set up an ad hoc committee Tuesday made up of church leaders, teacher union officials, PTA members, parents and other community organization representatives. The group of about 25, calling itself the Action Committee to Protect Desegregation, will go to the School Board's Committee of the Whole Monday and demand busing for children walking in hazardous conditions under two miles to school and children reassigned to a school farther from their homes than the school they attended last year. SINCE A CHANGE in board policy in 1972, the School district has refused to bus children living under two miles. State statute makes busing of children living over the limit mandatory.

The board's reasoning at that time was that busing under two miles for safety reasons is a municipal government's responsibility. While Caledonia and Mount Pleasant eventually gave in to citizen demands and agreed to fund busing of children walking in hazardous routes, the City of Racine has refused. THE PROBLEM was antagonized further this volved in the whole issue of nnrJer two-mite busing and advised looking specifically at Wadewitz. "If we try to embrace all of that, oar ad lesoJt will be nothing. He also said desegregation shoM lot become "the whipping boy" a problem which existed before desegregation ocnired The committee agreed, however, the basing issue posed an immediate and seriota threat to desegregation.

REA President Marie Thayer satd, '1 sec At School Board taking a lot of era lor the successful bnrjIerjMntabon of desegregation plan they haven't paid a thing for Everyont else has done what they could to make this thing work except the School Board and they end op taking all the glory for it" JUST BOW BOARD MEMBERS woald align themselves on the busing issue is uncertakt. the board entertains the group's demands, a spot vote would be probable. Nelson said today, the groups demands for busing children having long wales became" of desegregation would involve about 270 students and would cost about (20,000 for the rest of the school year. Most of the walking complaints Involve abont 100 children reassigned from Janes to Roosevelt, about 35 from Winslow to Knapp, about 39 from Bull to Mitchell and the 100 from Jefferson to Wadewitz. Nelson said he would be "greatly distressed" if this issue caused the disruption of desegregation.

said, pointing to the busing problem at other He said going along with an adrnmistratlon plan to bus the Wadewitz children with privately donated funds would only "take the board off the book." He referred to an administrative assurance to Wadewitz parents that busing would be continued for at least 30 days with money from undisclosed sources. The money reportedly will not be coming from the school district but channeled to the Racine Bus Co. through a special account as yet undetermined. Boutilier, admitting he wasn't sure, said he thought this secret money was coming from school district employes being pressured to donate. Asked about this today, Nelson said, "I will not comment on that." NAACP RACINE CHAPTER PRESIDENT Julian Thomas said he was hesitant to get in robbery of James Krewal, 19, of 515 6th in the 800 block of State Street.

INJURED Robert Pitts, 22, 139 Ohio listed in satisfactory condition in St. Luke's Hospital with injuries suffered when he fell down stairs at his home late Tuesday-Valerie Zemke, 4, Route 1, Box 220, Sturtevant, listed in satisfactory condition in St. Luke's with injuries suffered in a crash on Highway about half a mile west of Ives Grove Tuesday. Sheriff's deputies said the car was driven by Gladys Zemke, 37, of the same address. standpoint of teacher welfare or political he said, but because of the com (Police beat) "These serious crimes, fires, accidents and court sentences have been reported in the Racine area.

Serious crimes include burglaries of more than $580, purse snatchings and malicious or criminal attacks on persons. Fires are listed where damage is estimated at more than $500; court cases where the fine is $100 or more or prison, jail or probation is ordered; accidents where victims are admitted to hospitals. Wisconsin law generally prohibits identifying juveniles charged with crimes. DIED Curtiss G. Kastenson, 20, 6225 Highway late Tuesday in St.

Mary's Hospital of injuries suffered Nov. 15 when his car left -Highway and rolled just west of Interstate 94 in Raymond. ARRESTED DarreU P. McMorris, 18, 1403 West Tuesday on two robbery charges. McMorris was released on $5,000 signature bonds on each charge, stemrning from the Nov.

18 robbery of Jeffrey Funk, 20, of 1522 State St. in the 500 block of N. Memorial Drive, and the Nov. 14 Deaths County Board fails to override veto KASTENSON, Curtiss, 20 6225 County Trunk Nov. 25, St.

Mary's Hospital. Services pending, Polnasek Funeral Home. HEHJGENTHAL, Albert, 84 Route 1, Rosewood Drive, Kansasville, Nov. 26, Burlington Memorial Hospital. County Board Chairman John Margis speaking after the meeting, said his primary objection to the veto was that Berthelsen didn't indicate, by message or line veto, which positions he favored.

"At the state level, if you object to something, they di-mand that you come up with an alternative. With this veto, we have to go back and start from the beginning without any idea what he (Berthelsen) thinks is necessary," Margis said. The question of executive preference may be academic, however, since any jobs created now must have a two-thirds majority of the board, the same amount needed to override a veto. recognition of a concern I expressed earlier in relationship to new positions. "I said in my veto message that my concern was that new positions be created by a two thirds majority of the board, and now some of these positions can be brought back in and adopted by that two thirds1 majority," he added.

i "I said right along the transition to the county executive format would take about a year, and I can understand the first veto was a hard thing for some to take," he said. "There will probably be vetos in the future, and, as one supervisor said, some of those voting to override now may be the ones encouraging a veto later," Berthelsen said. There may have been nothing personal in the override attempt, but some supervisors were clearly miffed by the veto, viewing it as a declaration by Berthelsen that he felt they hadn't done their jobs property. "It's just a publicity stunt as far as I'm concerned," Sup. Wilfred Patrick, Racine, Patrick said that five of the positions are mandated by the state in order for High Ridge Hospitals to maintain state reimbursements.

Sup. Ralph Mcintosh, Racine, chairman of the Personnel Committee, called for override of the veto, even though he had objected to the addition of four deputy positions to the original new positions resolution brought in by the committee. SsiS if. ifoiimnnnininil By Sean Devlin Journal Timet Staff Amid disclaimers of personal animosity, a majority of the Racine County Board voted Tuesday hight to override Coun-ty Executive Gilbert Berthelsen's veto of a resolution creating 18 new jobs ujounty government. But the majority wasn't large enough, falling three votes short of the two-thirds majority needed to override the veto.

The vote was 19 to 11, with two members. Sups. James Rooney and, Constance Barrington, both of Racine, absent. After the vote, Berthelsen said he didn't consider it a victory particularly, "but simply a Moratorium pact no longer exists Deputy hopeful charges bias CURTISS KASTENSON Man dies of injuries A 20-year-old Town of Raymond man died in St. Mary's Hospital late Tuesday of injuries suffered 10 days earlier in a one-car crash about two miles from his home.

Curtiss G. Kastenson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Kastenson of 6225 Highway was alone in his west bound car Nov. 15 when it left Highway on a curve about half a mile west of Interstate 94 and rolled several times in a field, according to sheriff's deputies.

Kastenson was a 1973 graduate of Union Grove High School. He worked at American Motors Corp. in Kenosha. In addition to his parents, survivors include three brothers and one sister. County Board members Tuesday night formally wrote "finish" to the Moratorium Agreement begun seven years ago as an outgrowth to boundary and utility disputes between the City of Racine and its surrounding municipalities.

The action was the transfer of funds to the county's fund for construction of a new law enforcement or administrative building. In all, $157,299 was transferred, $49,000 of it from the Moratorium Agreement account, created years ago to fund a second phase of the long range planning study called for the moratorium agreement. "Since the second phase would be aimed at establishing and firmly setting municipal boundaries against annexation, and since no agreement on that could be reached, the funds are not needed," County Board Chairman John Margis Caledonia, said. In addition $108,299 from the High Ridge Hospitals remodeling account, left over from projects already completed but costing less than planned, was transferred to the building account. Board members also approved the purchase of just over two acres of land on the Root River in the Town of Caledonia for addition to the Root River Parkway lands which the county has been purchasing over the past several years.

Cost of the land, being purchased from Stanley Haney, is $500 per acre. The land is near the 6 Mile Road on the Root River. djusted Attorney-scores a 6y Afice Anne Conner Journal Timet Staff On April 24, of 1973, a Racine man, Robert Turner, took a written psychological exarnination in hopes of becoming a Racine County deputy sheriff. He was told a few weeks later he had failed the written examination and was not eligible for further oral testing by the Racine County Civil Service Commission, which might eventually lead to his name being placed on a roster. The sheriff picks his new deputies from that roster.

Turner, who is black, felt the test was Discriminatory toward him and filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunities (Commission Equal Right Division. The finding of the commission, that there was probable cause for Turner's complaint, led to a lawsuit against Racine County, The Racine County Civil Service Commission and the Racine County Sheriff's Department. At Tuesday night's County Board Meeting, supervisor Ralph Mcintosh attempted to settle Turner's claim Mcintosh was prompted by an opinion given him by Racine County Corporation Counsel Dennis Flynn Nov. 3. In that opinion, Fryrm warned members of the County Civil Service Commission Turner had a viable case and they should look at their hiring practices before they were forced to.

Flynn. suggests the Civil Service Cornmission, before being prodded by the courts or the federal government, take several steps: Develop a policy which would include the establishment of an eligibility roster for minorities who would wish to be come deputies that would be in existance until compliance (11.2 per cent) is achieved. i -Make a report to the County Board on the matter so citizens know what is and is not happening. Recommend for calendar year 1976 that the hiring ratio would be one person from the "minority" roster for every one person from the "regular" roster. Mcintosh said all supervisors and all members of the CMl Service Commission received a copy of FTynn's opinion, "but nobody paid any attention or took any steps to deal with it.

"I felt it was the only way we could settle the matter, (because) it could involve punitive damages if it goes through a hearing and we lose." Mcintosh, in a resolution to the County Board, strongly recommends Turner be hired on or as soon after Jan. 1, 1976, as possible, and that he receive retroactive pay "for that period when he would have been hired minus any income he earned during that period until Jan. 1, 1976." Mcintosh was the only supervisor to sponsor the bul, based on Frynn'i written recommendations. Flynn's opinion goes into detail in the area of affirmative action hiring, and court cases stemming from such hiring, in a number of communities. "The cases (I have) reviewed are ovenrhehning in their indication that the federal court will fashion a hiring remedy if finds prior disCTimination, unless there is a validated test," Flynn wrote.

By "validated test" Flynn refers to tests that have been determined to be "job-related." Flynn also notes of the 106 deuptJes on the Sheriffs department, only one is black. "In the case law which I have reviewed," Flynn said, "I would note to members of your Cornmission that I have not observed the federal court spending a significant amount of time with finding fault for the problems they have found to exist. "The courts have not hesitated to declare a problem to exist when they feel the facts support such a conclusion, but the courts are, as far as I can tell, far more interested in arriving at a remedy than with pinpointing fault." Flynn also warned the commission they could be sued by people on either roster, if "minority" and "regular" rosters were set up. Mcintosh's resolution will come up for formal action Dec. 9.

"1 feel the Personnel Committee has not gone hog wild in hiring people, and though I didn't like the addition of the four jobs, I am willing to go along with them," "he said. Mcintosh noted that a report he had worked up on county hiring indicated that charges that Racine County employment was expanding at a rate far above the national rate weren't true. "The suggestion (made by Richard Reich of the Racine Taxpayer's Association) that the number of county employes has expanded by 85 per cent over the past five years is misleading if not absolutely false," Mcintosh said. His report showed there are currently 1,136 employes on the county payroll right now, compared to 1,196 in September, the change coming from the dismissal of summer part-time help such as parks workers. "The payroll count includes everyone who receives a pay check from the county, including the County Board, bailiffs, matrons, detention home akks, temporary help at fLgh Ridge Hospitals and any other part time or temporary employes," he explained.

An analysis of full time employment figures shows an expansion over the past six years from 715 to 924, an increase of 29 per cent Part-time have ranged from 11 in 1970 to 143 this year, falling as kv as 92 in 1973. "If you remove the 48 full time employes who are funded entirely through Manpower program, the Increase in full time employes over that period drop to 22 per cent, well under the national average," Mcintosh said He added that the City of Racine has U10 employes, including full time, regular part-time and seasonal part-time, while Rock County has 1,200 full time employes and Walworth County has 824 full time and another 267 part-time. Waukesha County has 1,234 full time employes. However, those speaking in support of sustaining the veto pointed out that none of the positions vetoed was to go into effect until Jan. 1, 1976, allowing time for introduction of resolutions creating needed positions.

In addition, Sup. Clyde Samsel, Mount Pleasant, said he would like to see some of the positions re-examined for possible alternatives. "Janitorial servces can be contracted, has any study been given to that? Abo landscape architect's services can be contracted," he said, adding he would like to see such alternatives studied. Margis, of Caledonia, said he favored overriding the veto because there is evidence of a need for additional help. In the courts, In juvenile investigation work and other "I have had people suggest to me that the County Board and County Executive are playing i Mickey Mouse game' trying to shove the responsibility off on each -other," Margis said.

Those voting to sustain the veto were Sups. Frank Miller, Curtis Braun, David Retringer, Norman Bauemfeind, Raymond DeHahn, Robert Johnson, all from the City of Racine; Sups. Hubert Braun, Clyde Samsel, Glen Hodel and E. James Ladwig, Mount Pleasant, and Sup. Raymond Moyer, Rochester.

schools for such duty." Harris said after the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission's civil rights division found there was probable cause for Turner's complaint, the county was asked to join in an effort to solve the situation. "The county rejected that proposal," Harris said. Turner said this morning he was optimistic, and was keeping his fingers crossed. "I know if I'm hired I might expect some problems, but you have to expect problems of all kinds all your life. I will adjust to them." Turner, now a senior at UW-Parkside majoring in personnel management, said he still wants to be a sheriff's deputy.

ROBERT TURNER of "That's been an ambition me for a long time." Turner is married and the father of two sons. Varsos explains tests Neecf prescription? Hair cut? Relax it can be done Friday By Chris Boullinghouse Journal Timet Staff Civil service tests administered here are scored in Madison by Milton Varsos, chief psychologist for the Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services' division of family services. On April 24, 1973, the Racine County Civil Service Commission administered tests to about 65 candidates for employment as deputy sheriffs. In a telephone interview this morning, Varsos said he. has been subpoenaed to appear at a hearing in Madison next month and ordered to for selection of employes," Varsos continued.

"These tests are of the greatest value if used to facilitate a more penetrating background check and personal interview. I don't believe anybody should be hired or fired or promoted strictly on the basis of psychological tests. "But in this case, the Racine Civil Service Commission said because of the time involved and other things, that they wanted a cutoff point of 70 for those they would Interview." Varsos says the cornmission later asked him to deviate from normal practice by breaking down tksujA tmnrAa 11 ret litmrwl of ftfl Racine Attorney Ted Harris said this morning "I make no accusation but make a flat statement that Robert Turner's test scores were adjusted at the recommendation of and convenience of the Racine County Civil Service Commission." Robert Turner, a black Racine man, has filed suit against Racine County alleging he was discriminated against when he was not hired as a Racine County Sheriff's Deputy because he the psychological written test. Harris became involved with Turner's case when Turner brought his complaints to the NAACP. He has subpoenaed to a hearing the man who makes up the psychological tests, Dr.

Milton Varsos of Madison. Harris insists Sheriff Robert Bertermann's son, James Bertermann, had his scores adjusted by Varsos, "and I think if you check you will find the sheriff's son was hired." Harris said he was unaware the Robert Turner matter would come up before the County Board Tuesday night, but said Sup. Ralph Mcintosh had communicated with him on Nov. 18 saying he would consider settling the matter out of court. "On Nov.

19 we were to cbm-- monce actual trial of the suit," Harris said. "Now the trial is set for Dec. 19." Harris said the "key to this whole thing is the test" applicants have to take. "It is designed so they can weed anybody out they want to." Harris says Turner, 28, of 36 returned from Vietnam in 1973 and wanted to stay in the field of law enforcement. "Turner's background is extensive," Harris said.

"He spent four years in the military police, both in Korea and Vietnam, and stateside. He graduated from two military bring along documents related to selection, it xcatk toy tod practices in Racine County me to refine those scores (under 70) for their purposes. This kind of refining is highly difficult to do and you have to be somewhat arbitrary. It was just an accomodation for them so they could taking off. But there should be several physicians around on Thanksgiving day and after for upset tummies or other emergencies.

"But please don't say that," a nurse pleaded. "Our doctors will then have to spend alll their time in emergency and heavens to Betsy, they'll have no time to eat their turkey dinners." 1 All banks and savings and loans associations will be open Friday and barbers who belong to Barbers' Local 137 will be snipping away right after Thanksgiving Day. "Anybody that closed after Thanksgiving will be very foolish." one barber said. "Because you have this influx of college students who come home and usually have haircuts as they are prompted into it." But guess who's going to be open the longest? Racine's liquor stores. Many will remain open until 2 p.m.

Thanksgiving Day, and start right back into business the following day. "Liquor stores are always open, all days of the year," lamented one.liquor store clerk. If you're wondering whether you should get your hair cut, or get that prescription filled, or stock up on bakery before the long Thanksgiving weekend, relax. Most bakeries, gas stations, physicians, barbers, pharmacies and drug stores among other stores will remain open Friday for a normal business day. But all government offices except the post office and the Racine Police Dept.

will shut down for a four-day Thanksgiving vacation. So, City Hall and County Courthouse employes will get Friday off since, as one city official said, "The day after Thanksgiving is always a holiday for us." But remember, the city and county jails will still be staffed. Joining the city and county employes for the long holiday will be students from Unified schools and some day care centers. There'll be others on a four-day holiday. J.

Case Co. is one of the few industries that'll be closed Friday as well as Thursday. And some doctors and dentists will also be "Pending that, I probably don't want to comment too much until I know what the Issues are," Varsos said. But he did explain how those 1973 tests were scored: "The cutoff score for that group was 70. Since that was the cutoff, anyone with a lower score was lumped into one group and given a score of 69.

It didn't make any difference what the actual score was, 50 or 10 or whatever, since they were all below the cutoff anyway. "The actual tests were administered by the Racine Civil Service Commission. Part were scored by myself, part by my computer service, mechanicallfjscored. "I then senljhe data to the Racine Civil Service Commission." At that point, Varsos said, 40 of the scores were lumped at 69. "I think it's Important that you know my basic philosophy in administering psychological tests see exactly where those people (with 60 s) were at." As a result, many of the 69's were revised downward, Varsos says.

He says be doesn't recall revising any 69's upward, thus puting the score above the cutoff. Varsos was told It has been alleged that some of those test scores he sent down were revised both upward and downward. "I would not subscribe to that kind of a practice," Varsos said. "None were raised or lowered by myself. (After the refining of 69's).

"I understand that a black candidate for the sheriff's department there has filed suit At the time I did the scoring, I had no idea which tests might have belonged to minority persons. Of course, the Racine Civil Service Commission would have known.".