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Page 16 Salina Journal Thursday, June 1, 1972 love 25... loving your stepchildren as yon do your own. Under CRP plan Cuff stuff Mrs. O. P.

Quinley, 412 State, is wondering who mailed her a letter this week. The letter's contents, in the form of a a a "The senior class of the Nazareth Convent and Academy requests the pleasure of your presence at commencement exercises Wednesday, June 10, 1908 at 8 o'clock, Nazareth auditorium, Concordia, Kansas." A name card also was enclosed with the words "Nelle Agatha Mrs. Quinley's name before marriage. Hoping to discover the sender, Mrs. Quinley sent the letter's contents to the Naza- reth-Marymounl a i office.

Nazareth Academy in Concordia preceded the Marymount academy and college in Salina. Nazareth-Marymount homecoming will be June 24-25 at Marymount, and Sister Jean Louise Johnson, director of alumni relations, hopes the occasion may help to uncover the mystery mailer. "Stamps and Stories, The Exciting Saga of U.S. History Told in Stamps." a book published by the U.S. Postal Service, is on sale at thepostoffice.

Postmaster W. Harold Young said it is the first U.S. Postal Service book to illustrate fully U.S. stamps in color and list values of each issue from 1847 through mid-1972. The book contains philatelic information and illustrated stories of many highlights in history portrayed on stamps, according to Young.

There are 114 stories and about 2000 stamp reproductions. It also has a chapter on how to be a happy stamp collector and a glossary of philatelic terms. Stamps issued by the Confederate States of America and the United Nations are included in the book along with a sampling of stamps from other countries. The 224-page paperback edition is available at the Post Office and detached mailing i for $2. Cloth-bound editions are available from the Philatelic Sales Unit, Washington, D.C.

20036, for $5.95 plus 50 cents handling. Salina area girls between the ages of 10 and 18 can compete for prizes in the 20th annual Singer World Stylemaker contest. The Singer Sewing Center at the Mid State Mall is local headquarters for the competition. More than 120,000 prizes will be given to winners in 3 age groups: Junior Miss, 10 through 12 years; Sub Deb, 13 through 15, and Deb, 16 through 18. The Bel-Air Singers, a group of 55 young people A i Baptist Church, leave Salina Saturday by chartered bus for a week at a church camp at Glorieta, N.M.

The chorus and its director, Mrs. Kenneth Burns, and adult sponsors expect to spend a week at the camp. The young people, in distinctive costume, have performed before many Salina groups. i i i a Stinebaugh, pastor at Bel-Air. A car-deer accident near 10 pm Wednesday was reported to Saline county sheriff's deputies on I-35W about 5 miles south of Salina.

A northbound car driven by Verona Perkins, 48, Smolan, struck the deer when it ran from the ditch. The dead deer was removed by Fish and Game officials. Ignored animals reported to Humane society Humane Society officials were contacted Wednesday after police were called to an address in the northern part of Salina where animals were reported neglected. They found 3 dead chickens and a dead rabbit in cages. Three dogs chained in the yard had not been fed or watered.

They were taken to the animal shelter. Neighbors told police the a i i i at the house left last Saturday and has not returned. Charges ir. the case are pending. Evans to graduate from Naval academy Ted Robert Evans, a former Salina resident, will graduate from the Naval academy, Annapolis, next week.

Evans, son of Robert Evans, Newark, and Mrs. Dana Evans, Alexandria, born in Salina and attended schools here. His paternal grandparents, Mr, and Mrs. Ellis Evans, live at 217 N. Other Salina relatives arc Mrs, T.

C. Oehlert. 204 Fairdale, an aunt, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Evans, uncle and a Would shelve uprooted neighborhoods in Salina The old idea of urban renewal wholesale demolition and uprooted neighborhoods would be shelved in Salina under a new planning concept unveiled for city commissioners this week.

i a a advised the city to preserve what it already has, enhancing residential areas by renovation, not removal. The CRP is a planning document projecting Salina's housing, public recreation, neighborhood facility and retail trade needs through 1990. It has been in preparation since the late 1960s, under a planning grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and a Development Bucher and Willis, Salina planning consultants, wrote the program. Internal shuffles in its regional offices delayed HUD approval of the CRP until May of this year.

"Under this program, rehabilitation is the only workable urban renewal activity proposed for Salina, outside of the downtown area," said Jim Bucher. The CRP did not focus on problems in the downtown area. Renewal programs for downtown are included in the "superblock" design for which the city is seeking federal funds. Salina is divided into 26 residential areas for CRP planning, and 7 of the 26 are classified as priority neighborhoods. About 51 percent of the city's population live in those 7 areas, generally north of Crawford and west of the Smoky Hill river.

Structural rehabilitation, selective clearance and improvements such as neighborhood parks would be concentrated in the priority areas. Bucher said housing rehabilitation was the realistic approach to maintaining a housing supply for moderate and low-income families. Every house in the priority areas was charted in an exterior survey to determine structural soundness and need for repair. The survey revealed 2332 structures in need of minor repair, costing and 924 needing major repair of The survey estimated scope of repair necessary to give each structure a 20-year life. Only 223 homes in the area were judged unsalvageable.

Help stability Based on a a i a i growth to 45,000 by 1990, Bucher said housing rehabilitation in the priority areas would be essential to maintain a stable housing supply. Without rehabilitation, he said the city would lose about 2500 houses by 1990, primarily those purchased or rented by low and middle-income families. Even with a rehabilitation program, he said the city would need to build another 2700 homes to house the projected 1990 population. Rehabilitation programs also would preserve a high level of neighborhood stability in the priority areas. A portion of the CRP research included 302 personal interviews with residents, who answered a detailed questionnaire on social, income and family characteristics.

Bucher said the survey revealed that about 80 percent of north Salina residents said they liked their neighborhood Martin's old posf to aid him as defender John 0. Martin, appointed as public defender for the Saline-Ottawa county 28th judicial district, will do an about face when he assumes the post in July- Martin. 26, has been assistant Shawnee county attorney since August, 1971. He said his experience as a prosecutor would be helpful in his new role as public defender. Martin is a former Salinan and the son of Dr.

and Mrs. 0. L. Martin, 715 E. Republic.

He was in Salina Wednesday to meet members of the Salina Bar association. District Judge Morris Hoobler formally introduced him at a bar association luncheon. Martin will serve as the first public defender for the 28th judicial district, representing indigent clients charged with felony offenses. He will represent clients in both magistrate and district courts. The public defender program will replace the present system, under which attorneys rotate as a i i i clients.

State-administered Aid-to-Indigent A I funds, now used to pay the court-appointed attorneys, will pay Martin's $12,600 annual salary and administrative expenses for an office and secretary. The first year public defender program budget is set at $24,500 -less than the $33,000 which had been estimated for attorney fees during the same fiscal year. Because AID funds for court-appointed attorneys will cease July 1, when Martin becomes public defender, he expects to assume all pending i i a cases for the indigent. John Martin The 28th judicial district public defender program will be the first in Kansas supported entirely by AID funds. Two other programs operating in the state have been partly financed with federal funds.

Martin graduated from Kansas university in 1968 and the Washburn university law school in 1971. His office will adjoin the Saline county attorney and Magistrate court offices in Government Center, in a former lounge that will be remodeled. Topeka fears skyscrapers wi overshadow the Capitol's dome By LEROY TOWNS Kansas Correspondent TOPEKA Paris, France, and Topeka, share a dilemma: how do you keep a soaring skyline from engulfing the landmarks? Parisians complain that streamlined i rise buildings have dwarfed the i Tower and the Arc de Triomphe. Now, Kansas officials are worried the majestic Capitol dome might pale under a growing Topeka skyline. At issue is whether Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.

will be allowed to build a 15- story i i that will rise 240 feet across the street east of the Capitol. That's 165 feet higher than permitted by zoning regulations around the Statehouse When Bell officials recently asked for a zoning variance to allow the building, members of the newly revamped Capitol Area Plaza A i were cool. Said James R. James, i i a a i i a for the a sas Supreme Court and a new member, "I'd hate to see the Capitol i i walled in by skyscrapers," State Architect Kenneth McClain also said he was opposed to the 15-story i i Without denying the request for a zoning variance, members of the a i invited Bell officials to come up with an alternative to the 15-story i i A a the 15 stories pop into the Topeka skyline i 1990. Bell plans a one-story i i at first, with a a i to support 14 more later.

Footings to support a i i that size would cost about $200,000, said Fred DeWecsc of the company's arcnitcctural a and Bell wants assurance the i i could a be expanded to 15 stories before it spends the extra money for footings. Several lawmakers grumbled last session that the battle to protect Kansas' capitol i i i a scrapers might already be lost. A new bank building just east of the Statehouse rises 221 feet, and the old Santa Fe Railway Co. office building goes up 10 stories. The Capitol, soaring 293 feet, still is the highest i i in the area, but its significance dwindles beside the wall of tall buildings in downtown Topeka.

Rep. Carl Ossmann, R-Topeka, a i a of the Capitol Area Plaza Authority, said he is not opposed to allowing ccnstruction of the telephone i i "because we have a high wall east of the Capitol anyway." He added the new a i i was allowed several years ago because other skyscrapers already had gone up downtown where state zoning regulations were not in force. "I really don't sec that one more building on the east of the Capitol will make that i I be a sort of backrop for the Capitol area, and we can continue to protect other areas around the building." i i a of the telephone company said the planned i i will house long distance equipment serving all of northeast Kansas. The site is ideal, they said, because long distance cables i a in an a i i i i The maximum height for buildings a the Capitol is 75 feet. Declines invitation WASHINGTON A i Vice President, Spiro Agnew has declined an i i a i to join a a delegation to the Rep i a a i a Convention.

and wanted to remain there "if it were face- lifted." Bucher told city commissioners there are federal rehabilitation loan programs which grant low-interest loans for housing repairs. To qualify for the funds, the city must prepare a rehabilitation plan. The loans are offered at rates from 1 to 5 percent, based on personal income and family size. The CRP also estimates that Salina will need to provide 600 partially subsidized and 540 fully subsidized housing units for low income families and the elderly by 1990. The CRP is a planning tool but Bucher said it also was a "baseline inventory" of comprehensive economic, social, population and housing data.

"Your responsibility is to explain this document to Salina residents, piece by piece," he told commissioners. "It can help you explain how rehabilitation will improve residential areas, and why the residents deserve it." He also said the city had to be willing to invest in public facilities, such as streets and sewers, so that housing rehabilitation programs in the priority areas work. Cost of the CRP plan, paid for with federal funds, was about $96,000, including $71,000 to Bucher and Willis, $9000 spent by the city for research, and city officials' staff time valued at about $16,000. The CRP plan, which was in draft form when it was submitted for HUD approval, will be printed and bound in a limited number of copies. Salina Police Cadets visit KBI facilities Seventeen members of the Salina Police Cadets and 4 advisors visited Kansas Bureau of Investigation facilities Wednesday in Topeka.

The group toured the Motor Vehicle department and KBI labs and records departments. Eddie Harlow, 2040 Highland, and Sam Chrisbens, 412 Charles, were 2 of the cadets on the trip. At the Motor Vehicle department, computer operators demonstrated the computer filing system. "The vehicle records appear on a small TV monitor screen," Sam said. "It took about half a minute to find a name and get all the data on file on the screen," Eddie said.

The KBI records system includes information on "everyone who's been in jail," Eddie said. At the crime lab, KBI staff members demonstrated the workings of the microscopic comparison system. KBI lab personnel also showed how they analyzed drugs in another lab. "They told us that lots of times they have problems classifying samples they get," Eddie said. "But they usually classify them." SHHS students win honors Eleven Sacred Heart high school students have been named to the Society of Outstanding American High School Students, a leading high school honorary organization.

They are Francis Brinker, Kathleen Martin, Sharon Pahls, Mary Pat Sheahon, Cindy Jones, Nadine Desjardin, Douglas Mergen, Norbert Schwartz, Sharon Talley, Karen Sue Swedenburg and Martha Ellison. Society members compete for scholarships offered by the organization. Members also are recognized in an annual volume entitled "The Society of Outstanding American High School SJAAS superintendent retires after 20 years Edwin Kliem has retired after 20 years of superintendent of buildings and grounds at St. John's military school. He was honored recently by a special retreat parade and dinner given by the 84th corps of cadets at SJMS.

He and his wife, Harriet, plan to move to their retirement home at Woodland Park Colo. The couple has 2 i A a 905 N. 10th, and PO-1 Lewis W. i Bethesda Naval hospital, Md. Jerry Mills wins Supersweet promotion The agricultural products division of International i has promoted Jerry Mills to assistant area sales manager for Su- pcrswcet in Salina.

Mills has been territory manager in the Grand Island, sales area. He joined the company as a sales trainee at Salina in 19(and became Salina territory manager in 1907. i attended Kansas State university, a a a He was born in Russell and graduated from high at Bunker i in 1950, Calendar cuties Pretending to hold calendar are The Journal's calendar girls for June, Debbie 16, and Hope, 15, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Martinez, 767 Choctaw.

(Journal Photo) Bands and floats in Lions parade will highlight state convention Three bands and 8 floats will be among units participating in the Lions state convention parade at 9:30 am Saturday in downtown Salina. Bands in the parade will be Salina's Silver Sabres Drum and Bugle corps, the Kansas Lions band and the First Infantry Division band from Fort Riley. Floats will represent the Lions clubs of Hays, Junction City, Colony, and the 3 in Salina, KTI and 2 from the Mid State Mall. Several members of Wichita's Leo club are riding their bikes to Salina for the convention and will ride in the parade as well. All district governors and officer candidates will ride in the parade.

The VFW will provide a color guard. Twirlers and a min- ibike club will represent the YMCA. Staging area for the parade will be 7th and Elm, said Larry Marshall, parade coordinator. The parade will begin at Elm and Santa Fe and disband at Santa Fe and Prescott. Salina's 3 Lions clubs Downtown, Heart of America and Sunflower are hosts for the convention.

Approximately 500 members and families are expected. The convention begins Friday morning with registration at the Hilton. Committee meetings are scheduled Friday. After the Saturday morning parade, Lions members will meet at South high school for a business meeting on the revised Lions constitution and election of an international director. Joseph M.

McLouglin, Stamford, an international director, will speak at the 6 pm Saturday banquet. The State Lions band will give a concert at 8:30 pm at the Marymount Fine Arts breakfast. Sunday, Lions will gather for a continental breakfast, a meeting of the new state cabinet and adjournment. State Lions band member comes from a long line of musicians When 240 high school musicians from across Kansas merge on a college campus, a bit of name-dropping is inevitable. But does the breeze-shooting include talk about relatives? If it hasn't for Randy Criswell, maybe it should.

Randy, 17, Coffeyville, is in Salina this week as a member of the Kansas State Lions clubs' band, now rehearsing at Marymount college for marching and concert performances Saturday part of the festivities at the 3-day Kansas state Lions club convention beginning Friday. Randy's grandmother, Mrs. Liia Bauman, S. 10th, says for openers her late husband, Howard, was a charter member of the Salina municipal band and played sousaphone witSi the organization more than 40 years. And Randy's mother, Mrs.

Jim Criswell, played snare alongside her father in the same And Randy's father is a music instructor Randy Criswell at Coffeyville junior college. As for Randy himself, this is the 2nd year he's been selected to be a member of the Lions International band, a select group of high school musicians who, each year, perform at the Lions International convention. The convention last year was at Las Vegas, and this year, young Criswell will pack his French horn for Mexico City. Randy will be a senior at Field-Kinley high school, Coffeyville, and plans to study, of all things, music at i i a State university. Girl charged in theft, shooting Classified ads get results Carol Sue Roberts, 18, 903 N.

was arraigned Wednesday in magistrate court on charges of aggravated robbery and aggravated battery. She is charged in connection with the May 11 robbery and shooting at the Tommy Oil 624 N. Santa, in which station attendant Clifford B. i 20, suffered 5 bullet wounds in the face and neck. Me is recovering and has been released from the hospital.

i i a hearings on the charges are scheduled June 6. Bond was set at on the robbery charge and $5000 on the battery charge. She is being held in Saline county a i She also faces parole i a i charges from a previous conviction of arson in con- i i a firs at i I i a school, Beloit. She formerly was from Clay Center. Warrants for 2 other persons have been issued, and police say federal warrants charging a i lo avoid prosecution may be issued if arrests are not made soon.

Hoobler appointed on district judges group Judge Morris Hoobler of Saline county district court has been appointed lo the executive committee of the Kansas District Judges association for a I-year term. Also named by Judge James .1. Noonc, i i a the association i were Judges Charles 11, Stewart, i a and Michael A. Barbara, Topeka..