Albany Democrat-Herald from Albany, Oregon • 1

'i-i A I II 17 Ml 112thytar 44 Pags Price 20 cents Saturday, October 29, 1977, Albony, Oregon YiremenY nome planners tion effort II 12 to try new onnexo ii 11 1 By 6 AN JON El Dntocrot-Hrold WrHt Efforts are again under way to establish a 200-unlt senior citizen apartment complex on 45 acres along 53rd Avenue south of Albany. Leaders of the proposed Valley Villa Retirement Community project have filed both a zoning appeal with Linn County and a new annexation request with the City of Albany. 1 Both filings came this week after Linn County commissioners took action that could change the county's zoning ordinance to allow high-density residential development near Albany. The annexation request involves three tracts of land, all with consenting owners, and no resident population. The three tracts total 246 acres, stretching across the Oak Creek floodplaln from Lakewood Drive to 53rd Avenue.

The planning appeal seeks a review by county commissioners of an Oct. 18 county planning commission decision withholding the right to apply for development permits In the county. Steve Bryant! assistant Albany planning director, said the annexation request could come to Its first hearing by the city planning commission at a 7 p.m. meeting Nov. 7.

First hearing on the county's proposal to change its zoning ordinance to allow higher densities Is set for 10:43 a.m. Nov. 9. Jeff Trots, Linn County zoning administrator, said the commissioners probably will decide on Wednesday how soon they can hear the appeal, out that Nov. 16 would be the earliest date possible.

The proposed annexation acres owned by Schrock Farms In which Linn County Commission Chairman Vernon Schrock is the principal owner. He haa said he won't be voting on the issues coming to the commissioners because of his conflict of interest. Valley Villa's option for 45 acres is from Schrock'tland. But once in the city, the re mainder of Schrock's property then becomes prime subdivision land worth several thousand dollars an acre Instead of the grass-seed farmland which It has been. The land presently Is on county tax rolls at S3O0 per acre taxable value under farm deferral provisions.

Neither Schrock nor Herbert Morris, Methodist pastor and executive director of Valley Villa, would specify the price Valley Villa Is willing to pay for the land, but it reportedly Is about $1,000 an acre. Morris did say that with inflation, permit and legal costs, the project which would have cost $6 million two years ago is now estimated at $7.5 million and increasing at $40,000 a month. Morris said he is optimistic that one among the options being pursued will work out in time for construction next summer. in addition to the Schrock property, the other parcels of land forming the bridge contiguous with the city are a 17-acre parcel at the confluence of Oak Creek and the Calapoola River owned by Jane Sim, formerly of 3583 SW Oakvllle Road and now of Salem; and a 17-acre parcel Jointly owned by Dr. William Endicott, veterinarian.

Francis Kaiser and real estate broker Rodney Tripp. Tripp said the three had opposed annexation earlier because they didn't want their homes on Lawmidge Drive in the city, to be burdened with city taxes on large parcels. But he said they think the Valley VUla proposal "will be a good thing for Albany so we wanted to help work It out, even though it will mean a little more taxes to us without benefit." Their homes still wlljnot be annexed, only the floodplaln property. The only property which would be surrounded and subject to annexation at the will of the city is the home of Dr. Robert Bartell, 13U0 Lakewood Drive.

But the annexation would bring the city limits to within a half-mile of the College Green subdivision which is under contract annexation to the city. finds FBI Hijackers kill 2, then surrender n' i iiti it I MB 1 I 1 71 SINGAPORE (AP) Four armed hijackers took control of a Vietnamese DCS on a domestic flight today, killed two Vietnamese officials aboard the airliner and forced It to land In Singapore, where they surrendered to authorities, government officials said. Theyaald the government was considering granting the hijackers' request for-' $2 million gem loot SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Five days after $2 million in precious gems were stolen from a dealer In Seattle, the FBI has announced the recovery of the gems and the arrests of five persons. The arrests were made Friday after an undercover agent described as "suave" by one of those arrested arranged to buy some of the Jewels during a meeting at San Francisco's hilltop landmark, Colt Tower. FBI special agent In charge Charles R.

McKlnnon said an undercover agent had heard that the jewels were available through Marvin Melvln Morrow, 41, of San Francisco. The agent got in touch with Morrow and met him Thursday night. After the agent UP! as frisked with a metal detector, be was shown a case with the Jewels, which the Waves crash against SuHpolnt Inn in Depoe Bay Coast police report only one lost in stormy seas political asylum. Officials said one other Vietnamese was injured when the hijackers, reportedly armed with one pistol and three knives, commandeered the twin-prop plane. Officials said the plane, which made a refueling stop In Thailand before coming here and landing at a military airport, carried between 36 and 40 persons.

The dead and injured were not further identified, nor was it known precisely where and when the aircraft was hijacked. After the hijackers' surrender, the passengers and two-member crew disembarked from the plane, officials said. The plane was allowed to land at Selatar military airport after the pilot radioed he was running out of fuel, a spokesman for the Singapore Civil Aviation Department said. "Information revealed that the aircraft had been seized by four hijackers, one armed with a revolver and three with knives," the spokesman said. "Two Vietnamese officials were killed In the hijacking and one (person) was injured." He said the injured person apparently had been seriously hurt.

Unofficial sources said the plane landed first at Utapao, Thailand, a former U.S. air force base, where it was refueled but the hijackers were denied permanent asylum. The spokesman said airport officials had been alerted only 20 minutes beforehand that the plane was about to land. It touched down at 5:35 p.m. local time (3:05 a.m.

PDT). Unof ficial sources said the DC3 had been directed to Seletar after being denied permission to land at Paya Lebar. Singapore's main international airport. i 1 I 1 season boiled up Thursday night and began smashing the coast Friday. Roe Sheppard, manager of the Rainbow Motel, was with his wife on the steps leading from the motel down to the beach before she was washed away.

"All of a sudden, the biggest wave1 1 ever saw started coming right at us," tie said. "I grabbed the railing and I could feel her grabbing my leg, but then, after the water had washed over us, she was gone. "The last I saw of her she was out in the waves about a hundred yards from shore on her back and waving her arms. Then she disappeared," Sheppard said. Swells of 15 to 20 feet began pounding the coast about 2 a.m.

and began subsiding about two hours later. During high tide, with winds of 20 to 45 miles per hour, waves broke through windows at the Surf-point Inn in Depoe Bay, destroying the bar and booths on the lower floor. LINCOLN CITY, Ore. AP) A search for two unidentified persons reported missing In a fierce coastal storm was called off after officers said the reports were false, police said today. A police spokeswoman said only one storm-related death had been confirmed in the Lincoln City area.

The body of Bertie Lou Sheppard. City, was recovered by helicopter from Slletz Bay several hours after a big wave swept her from a beach-side stairway at Lincoln City shortly after noon Friday. Reports of a boy missing a Lincoln City and a man missing near Depoe Bay south of here were unfounded, the spokeswoman added. Gale warnings remained up along the Oregon Coast today as forecasters warned of dangerous high tides and winds up to 45 miles per hour. The first major coastal storm of the 1 liFA agent agreed to buy for $60,000 At 10 a.m.

Friday, the agent met with two men identified as Joe Willie Perry, 33, and Andreas Glover, 29, both of Oakland. After inspecting the jewels for a second time, the agent went to his car, ostensibly to get the money from his trunk. The raising of the trunk was the signal for 15 other agents stationed nearby to move In. Perry and Glover were nabbed Immediately. Morrow, Cindy Tobin Case, 40, of San Francisco, and Raymond LeRoy Short, 41, of Oakland, were arrested a short time later.

"I wouldn't have gone through with this, 'but you were so suave," the FBI said Perry told them. All five were arraigned late Friday on charges of receiving and concealing stolen property In Interstate commerce. Ball was set at 150,000 for the men and $10,000 for Mrs. Case. The FBI said it was seeking' Gene Welser, operator of an Oakland garment firm, in connection with the case.

The jewels had been taken Monday In Seattle from Victor Nash of San Francisco. He was accosted at gunpoint outside a motel and forced to drive through town before he escaped. The car was found abandoned, minus four crates of precious stones which had been locked in its trunk. Nash, president of International Gem Stones was driving back to San Francisco from Seattle when the arrests were made. "I heard about it on the radio IS miles north of Red Bluff and let out a warhoop you wouldn't believe," Nash said.

"I'm so proud of the FBI. I'm amazed it took them only four days. "This Is the best night of my life," he added. "The last four days were the worst days of my life." The FBI said it recovered virtually all of the Jewels, which Included sapphires, opals, citrins, amethysts, turquoises and rare Ivory figurines, as well as hundreds of gold mountings. tUR photo by Ljrk On Larry Stevens turns back French's clock in Albany Be smart! Reset your clock before going to bed tonight Amtrak begins service to Albany Amtrak's "Coast Starlight" passenger train will begin stopping in Albany Sunday when train No.

14 will stop at 11:36 a.m. northbound to Salem, Portland and Washington points from California. No tickets may be purchased and no baggage checked locally during the initial experimental period which will determine ridershlp demand and potential, according to H. R. Kaveny, "All local employes are freight people.

No one at the Albany depot has Information on cost of tickets or scheduled connec sleeping cars, full lounge and full dining cars and is an all "reserved" train, according to Owen. When Amtrak stops in Albany Sunday, it will be the first time in six years that the city has had passenger service. In preparation for Che event, the old passenger depot was refurbished ind repainted by Amtrak. Sen. Mark O.

Hatfield, was instrumental In getting Albany included In Amtrak'sstops. tions." Kaveny said. All that information Is available by calling the toll-free number listed in the telephone book under Amtrak, he added. Southbound train No. 11 will stop at 5:05 p.m.

enroute to Eugene, Klamath Falls and California points. According to Neal D. Owen, vice president for the passenger railroad's western region, tickets may be purchased through travel agencies or from the conductor on the train. The "Coast Starlight" carries coaches. The saying "spring forward, fall back," Is one way of reminding yourself which way to turn the hands.

Another way is to call Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Co. time service on Sunday morning to find out Just what the hour Is. Whatever you do, the result will be the same. You be able to sleep an extra hour on Sunday morning. In an effort to iqueeze just a little more daylight out of the winter, most Americana can set their clocks back an hour tonight.

Daylight saving time ends officially at 2 a.m. Sunday. But because It is Inconvenient for most people to get up that early In the morning to fiddle with their clocks, the smart thing to do is to set your clock back Saturday night before you go to bed. 4 T-S" if' yJ I it Classifieds Comics .26 Dear Abby 26 Editorial .4 Homes-Gardens 12. 13 Horoscope 26 News of Record 14.

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