News Record from North Hills, Pennsylvania • Page 2

2-- WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER'! 1, 1974--NEWS RECORD is now on di Ross Township's preliminary budget for 1975, now on display in; the Municipal shows a hike of almost 25 per cent in expenditures. The total budget is $4.1 million compared with this year's million. Excluding the WW.QOQjax loan, which appears on both sides of the ledger in both the '74 and '75 budgets, the total is $3.3 million for next year compared to $2.5 million this year, an increase of $800,000. Where's the extra money going? pf it is allocated for McKnight Road and other road projects, sewers, police salaries, recreation and library contributions. Of the increase, $474,069 represents a five-year term loan for i flL flf Minus those projects, next year's total increase is $325,931, The highway allocation, excluding the $225,000 for the five-year loan projects, is still up $125,525 to $987,725 next year: This year's, highway budget $864,200, -General government is up about $18,000, from $199,857 to in 1975.

The figure includes $12iOOO for thetexpense of collecting the mercantile and business privilege taxes. Protection to persons; agd properties $25 rem- communities which support the library agreed to increase their contributions next Donald E. Williams, Ross manager- secretary, said-other are inflation, higher wages, increased utility bills and higher gasoline and parts costs. According to Charles H. tessmer, township treasurer, the outright debt of Ross as of Jan.

1,1975, will be $1,050,000 plus the $600,0001 ive-year term loan. The first figure is the debt for bonds iremeri host Santa visits Perry sville Volunteer Fire Co. will be host to Sanjta Claus again this year. Santa will.be in the Perrysville fire district Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 'He will be traveling in his sleigh up.about $53,000, from to whiuli will mature at $826,602: It includes a tentative police most in the late 1980s.

They were issued estimate of $720,628 compared with this in the 1950s and in 1965, '66 and '68." year's $683,568: In 1975, he said, Ross will pay off Another major increase is in $100,000 on the bonds which have $39,348 in bond interest. escorted by the Perrysville fire truck. Santa will have his usual treat for children. He will also accept contributions Children's Hospital if they are brought out to him. Friday, Santa will leave the fire hall about 6 p.m.

and cover the area south of Rebel's Corner on the east and west side of Route 19. Saturday he will leave the fire hall at the same time for thrareas north of Rphol'g Tornpr nn both sides of the he $474,069 is classified in the '75 budget as: Highways: $165,000 for McKnight Road reconstruction and $60,000 for reconstruction. Health and sanitation: McKnight Road sanitary sewer, $230,069, and Run sewer, $19,000. includes; the salary for a program director at the purchase of a combination backhoe-loader and pickup truck at ah extra $7,000. for an raxt year-salary increases allU paik landscaping.

Northland Library contributions are slated at $90.453, an increase of about next year from the proposed business taxes. An advertisement spelling out the business levies appears fn the legal columns of today's edition. taxes. Thje same night the board is slated to adopt the 1975 budget. highway including Swan Acres, Highland Pines and a stop at Perrytown Place.

Sunday, starting at 6 p.m. he will visit Rochester Road, Brookmeade and LowrleslRun hoadT RECORD TRUCKS Truck and bus production in 1973 was a record three million units, more than "500,000 unils greater thair the previous record year of 1972. Formerly Total Look Beauty Salon NOW STT LING 'AT A NEW Also STYLING MEN'S AND WOMEN'S HAIR USING TOP NAME REDKEN JHIRMACK WELkA CLAIROL Peebles Rood McCandless Twp. 364-313 REVLON "also taking Holiday Appointments" Judge Silvestri calls halt to enforeing County Judge Silvestri Silvestri issued an order Friday prohibiting law agencies In municipalities" from enforcing the Sunday Blue Law. The injunction was issued after Paul A.

Manion, attorney for AP and Kroger, requested the stay of enforcement until the case pending before the court is completed. The injunction reads are substantial questions concerning the constitutionality and enforcement of the Blue Laws. Institution and prosecution of further summary offenses of the laws is hereby stayed and enjoined until further order of the court." A'P and Kroger complaint charged Ross, McCandless and O'HarEuenforced the blue laws in a discriminatory way by either citing or threatening cite their stores while to recodify not doing the same to more than 45 other stores in the municipalities. Common-Pleas Court-Judge Silvestri- held a hearing on the caSe'Nov. 26.

i was presented to substantiate the two chains' claim at their stores were singled out by police. AP and Kroger allefecTttleTother stores were also in violation of the Blue Law. To shorten voluminous testimony the solicitors-agreed to make a statement of fact, essentially granting the point that some stores had been-cited-or-warned The statement has been agreed upon- by the solicitors, James W. Dunn (McCandless), WillianviW i Wfrgt Viour BnrmigVi'c: 1 ordinances, adopted, amended or rescinded since 1905, are about get slick new updated look. Council received four bids on codifying and--siropHfymg--all tfae- ordinances at its meeting Wednesday night.

Lowest bidder was General Code Publishers Corp. of Spencerport, N.Y' at $7,600: The other bidders were: Local Government Research Corp. of State College: $7650; Pennsylvania Association of Boreughs in.Harrisburg: $9,250, and Pennsylvania Valley Publishers of State College; $16,300. The board moyed to award the contract the lowest--fesponsible- Only one bid was received. ani.

"addressing machine for" the- wage taxOffice: AddressQ.graph-Multigraph. Corp: The price includes: $5,559.54 for the $3,842.41 embossing machine; cabinet; $365.50 for blank plastic plates, and $154.98 for foil rolls. Council President. M. Daugherty Jr.

said the machine may be "too much for our operation," An Addressograph the meeting told council was second lowest of many models Daugherty accepted his members, to visit "I understand i Kroger and AP are going tn amend' their complaint to i i i allege the unconstitutionality the Blue When, they that, the solicitors from McCandless, O'Hara and myself will write the Attorney him trdefend thiTcase -since the statewide application of the law is at issue. "The municipalities are not in a position to spend the money to defend the law and I'm not sure it's our duty to do that. It is the duty of the Attorney General." At the Nov. 26 At the Nov. ,26.

Judge Silvestri criticized State Atty. Gen. Israel Packel for not challenging the food Silvestri said: "important question municipalities. But since the law has -statewide the.burden to sustain that law should on the attorney i- HOLIDAY Save 10 to 25 on Lamps Very Fine Traditional 49 Harry H. Grueher.

--Grueher brought to council in October. He said the work would entail codifying: all the recommending-repeal-ef some, simplification of others, and setting them down in an volume. Fifteen' copies of the final volume would be provided for the borough. Many of the early laws concern dogs arid i a specifications for the. wood to be-used ift- constructing the old wooden sidewalks.

Council also opened three bids for two police cruisers each: Baierl Chevrolet, McCrackin-- Stur.man Ford, $10,251.20, and Jim McKain Ford, contract will be awarded Jf. and the purchase is made adificatroir 'the 'NoirtlrHilte'School District approve it since it will pay.50 per cent -oiiheprice. a specification, review. It was I for patrol cars. All the bids at the last meeting were scrapped because they didn't meet borough specs.

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