Warren Times-Mirror and Observer from Warren, Pennsylvania • Page 15

WARREN TIMES-MIRROR AND OBSERVER WARREN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1973 House Group Approves Stopgap Spending Bills Taj Mahal Bill Okayed, Goes To Gov. Shapp HARRISBURG (AP) Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee approved Tuesday $180 million in stopgap spending bills to fund state operations through July if the Legislature fails to approve a budget by the June 30 end. Meanwhile, House and Senate leaders completed procedural maneuvers to set up a joint conference cluding three lawmakers from each work out a spending plan. The committee will meet Wednesday for the first time. Majority Senate Democrats favor a $3.93 billion spending package for the year, while majority House Republicans want a $3.74 billion budget.

The GOP says it will use the difference for additional tax relief. The proposed million for general state operations and $80 million for public assistance expected to come to a House floor vote Monday. Heceives Award For Excellence Edward Ryberg, left, chairman of the Warren County Chapter of the American Red Cross receives the First Aid Award for Excellence from past chapter chairman, Bernard Wingert. The award was presented to the local chapter for the outstanding first aid program offered by the Warren County Chapter. The award is presented annually during the American Red Cross Northwestern Conference which was held at Northwest, Pa.

(Photo by Mansfield) Wooden Pens Declared Ryberg Reelected Chairman Of Red Cross County Unit The 56th annual meeting of the Warren County Chapter of the American Red Cross was held at the chapter headquarters on Market st. Tuesday. Edward A. Ryberg was reelected chairman of the Warren County Chapter. Other reelection ofhcers included James G.

Marshall, first vice- chairman; David W. Harrington, treasurer; Mrs. Francis Morris, assistant treasurer; and Mrs. E. G.

Hamilton, secretary. Re-elected to the Board of Directors were James G. Marshall, Edward A. Ryberg, Paul Steinkamp, William R. Walker, Brace S.

Knabenshue, Dr. J. Blair Logan; John M. Brown, Mrs. T.

L. Armstrong, Mrs. Richard Forbes, Bernard Wingert, and Michael J. Shanshala. Elected to three- year-terms were Mrs.

Nelson A. Johnson and Donald Robel. Mrs. Ralph VanOrd reported that 65 Gray Ladies served 4434 volunteer hours at Warren General Hospital. The 129 blood bank volunteers served 1368 hours.

Reporting on the first aid program, Walter Stephenson advised that first aid classes were held with 538 certificates issued. The water safety and life saving classes were held under the direction of Mrs. J. Dennis Engstrom. A total of 310 certificates were awarded for successful completion of the courses.

Mrs. Bell reported that 167 military, 106 civilian, and 29 veteran families were with service. Financial assistance totaled $567. Six families received disaster relief totaling $525. The blood program collected 1591 pints of blood according to Howard Lauffenberger.

A total of 806 pints of blood was distributed to Warren General Hospital and Warren State Hospital. The balance of the blood is available as needed from the Buffalo Blood Bank. Michael Shanshala, public information director stated that a projected analysis reveals that Red Cross activities in Warren County during 1973-74 will increase, particularly in the blood program, water safety and first aid areas. Senate Bill Would Hike Car Fees To Pay For Road Repairs HARRISBURG (AP) A bill to raise 12 motor vehicle license fees by about $32 million a year was reported to the Senate floor Tuesday. The money is intended to pay for highway repairs and would break a four-month deadlock between Democrats and Republicans over the best financing method.

Democrats wanted a term bond issue and the GOP a hike in the state gas tax, although this was later dropped. The license bill received bipartisan support in the Senate Transportation Committee. Republican leaders in the House are also in agreement on the compromise, although the extent of support from rank-and- file members is uncertain. A Senate vote is planned for next week. Democrats want to combine the additional $32 million with $35 million in revenue sharing for a $67 million road repair Hegislralio!) ('onlinuing Dr.

Robert E. Polley, director of Warren Continuing program, said Tuesday that registration for Methods in will continue through Friday, June 22. Persons interested in registering in the and can register as late as Monday, June 25. Each course will cost $15. program this year.

The original hgure was $104 million, but the Transportation Department would not have been able to repair the entire 1,700 miles as planned starting so late in the construction year. The license increases would hit fees for such items as temporary plates, duplicate operator licenses, transfer of titles and tags and car title. Fees for registering a motor vehicle and obtaining a first-time license would remain unchanged. The fees, which now produce about $11 million a year for the state, range from 50 cents to 10 Transportation Secretary Jacob Kassab said most of them cost more to process than the state receives, noting many of the fees date to 1923. Kassab called the compromise plan a but noted he would not be getting as much money for road repairs as he originally requested.

pick out the worst roads to fix he said. He did not know how many of the planned 1,700 miles of roads which need major repair could be fixed. About 10,000 miles in all need repair, Kassab said, but many need only pothole filling as compared with more extensive road resurfacing. The higher fee bill was inserted into a pending House- passed bill as an amendment. If approved by the Senate, the measure would not have to go through the committee process to be passed by the House.

Here are the proposed changes in the license fees: Temporary registration plates, from 50 cents to duplicate registration cards, from 50 cents to reissuance of registration plates, from $1 to certificate of title, individual, $2 to title certificate, dealer, 50 cents to duplicate certificate of title, $1 to Duplicate operators license, 50 cents to certified copy of records, $1 to mobile homes, $10 to $20; special hauling permits, $5 to $25; inspection certificate, 15 cents driver license history record, 50 cents to $2. PITTSBURGH (AP)-The clinical director at Polk State School and Hospital for the mentally retarded said Tuesday that the use of wooden pens was necessary to protect some patients from injuring themselves and others. Dr. Albert Roode, a staff member at the Venango County institution for 11 years, called the enclosures and said at no time was any effort made to hide their use. Roode testified before a state Civil Service Commission board hearing an appeal by Dr.

James D. McClelland, who was fired as superintendent at Polk following an inspection there by Welfare Secretary Helene Wohlgemuth last April. Roode said the use of the 5-by- 5-foot slat-sided enclosure was the most humane way of dealing with some patients, adding that only a very few were ever confined in the cubicles. The Welfare Department, however, has called the pens inhumane and accused McClelland of improperly training his staff members. attorney, David W.

Ketler, said his client would take the stand in his own defense before the scheduled conclusion Wednesday. Roode was the first witness called on behalf of McClelland after the state rested its case earlier Tuesday. Citing specifically the case of an adolescent girl observed in a pen by Mrs. Wohlgemuth during her visit to Polk, Roode said the child at times became overly aggressive. became hyperactive and beat up other children and took their Roode said.

put her in there, give her her own bag of toys and be quiet in 10 or 15 Roode said the girl was not forced to sleep in the pen, plaining that was let out for her meals and to go to the He said the pens were in plain view of anyone touring the institution. were out on sun- porches where it was bright and Roode said, where the patients were in contact with other residents. They hidden in a The clinical director also defended the use of other types of restraints at Polk. 1,300 of the 2,800 patients are said Roode. why so many were tied to benches or chairs and lying in carts.

We know it looks bad but when these people have seizures, something has to be done to keep them from getting Earlier Tuesday, the state called the superintendents of two other state institutions who testified that they do not think the use of cages was proper in the treatment of unruly patients. Robert J. Hiltner, superintendent of Western State School and Hospital here, who also served as interim director at Polk after ouster, said he would not use cage-like devices at Western and does not think their use was justified at Polk. The head of the Selinsgrove State Sch(K)l and Hospital, Joseph Scartelli, said only three or four of the patients at his institution were held in any type of restraint and added, are trying to counsel and treat those residents so it be necessary at A decision in the case by the civil service board was not expected for 30 to 60 days following its hearings. Either side can then appeal to Commonwealth Court.

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Democrats opposed the saying the temporary funding would remove the incentive for a conference committee to agree to a budget before the new fiscal year begins. political purposes, you would be saying, provided an alternative (with stopgaps) and now we can stick it out and be Rep. Eugene Gelfand, D-Philadelphia, told the Republicans. see no reason why we complete a budget by June answered Rep. H.

Jack Selt 2 er, R-Lebanon, Appropriations chairman and a member of the conference committee. But with only two weeks remaining, he continued, the legislature should pass stop-gaps provide an if the House and Senate fail to resolve their budget snags. Over the weekend, Seltzer accused the Shapp administration of intentionally stalling work toward a budget settlement, to put more pressure on the GOP to accept a higher spending level. Shapp, who refused to consider stop gap appropriations last year, called charge outright Besides Seltzer, the conference committee members are House Majority Leader Robert Butera, R-Montgomery; House Minority Leader Herbert Fineman, D-Philadelphia; Senate Majority Leader Thomas Lamb, D-Allegheny Senate Appropriations Chairman Henry Cianfrani, D-Philadelphia, and Senate Minority Leader Richard Frame, R-Venango. Before a conference committee report can reach a vote in either the House or Senate, two representatives from each chamber must agree to a compromise.

This would require approval from at least one House ilepublican and one Senate Democrat. HARRISBURG (AP)-The public will have to vote on school construction plans that exceed specified cost limits under a bill that received final legislative approval Tuesday. The so-called Taj Mahal Bill went on to Gov. Shapp, its six month course through the legislature finally complete. He was expected to sign it despite objections from the education department and some school boards.

The House voted 187-5 in favor of a conference committee report, worked out by six mem- of the House and Senate. The Senate had approved the measure unanimously on Monday. The final version would require a local referendum on school construction whose estimated costs exceed the following figures per student: for an elementary school. for a school covering grades seven through nine. for a high school.

for a vocational-technical school, not including costs of fixtures and equipment. Site acquisition and preparation costs would not be included in any of the figures. The bill does not apply to construction in Philadelphia or Pittsburgh, nor to any pending projects that win a final go- ahead from the Board of Education within 120 days of enactment. The Education Department has objected to the referendum provisions, saying that the state board should iiave final authority to grant exceptions to the cost ceilings. The school boards argue that the specified standards will give architects and builders a target to shoot for.

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