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3 3 50 From City Ready to Take A-Plant Tour Fifty Spokane business leaders had signed today for a tour tomorrow of the Hanford Atomic Works and briefing sessions with the Tri Nuclear Council, Atomic Energy Commission and works contractors. The one day tour will begin at a.m. with the tour group assembling at east parking lot of the Coliseum, from where a chartered bus will depart for Richland, William Jones, tour chairman, said today, The tour is sponsored by the Industrial Development Bureau of the Spokane Chamber of Commerce. Planning to make the trip are: Cecil G. Alton, Fred O.

Anderson, Ralph H. Baldwin, Ford S. Barrett, William F. Bayne, William S. Boulton, Alan V.

Carlson, J. H. Chandler, Jesse D. Cochran, John C. Cook, Paul F.

Ewing, Lee A. Fisher, Harold Foecke, Robert C. Goodrich, Jack P. Griffiths, Brent Guyer, William L. Hart, Warren L.

Harter. Maage E. La Counte, Ralph E. Landerholm, Larry A. Larson, James S.

Latenser, Charles R. Lyon, Don S. MacNaughton, Don S. McKenzie, Gale L. Mueller, Thornton C.

Murphy, Hamilton Owen, Blair E. Plowman, Henry Praetorius, Stanley Schafer, Larry Sprague, Dennis J. Sullivan. Thrailkill. Greek Wells, Oscar H.

Williams, Stanley G. Witter Gene E. Wright, Robert W. Anderson, Richard 0. Batdorf, Floyd H.

Calhoun, Clemon E. Safranek, Ralph L. Nelson Donald P. Seaberg, John Marshall, Gordon A. A.

Smith, H. A. Smith and George A. White. Rural Library Budget Dips Well Below Level of 1959 This is the second and final article on the Spokane County Rural Library.

By BOB FORSYTH The last available budget recommended by the American Library Association for a library operation the size of the Spokane County Rural Library was made by the association in 1959. The present trustees of the Rural Library have proposed a budget because under the state "budget-free" law they are unable to levy the full two mills which otherwise would be available. budget was $349,654. The 1959 recommended Rural Library budget is 659. "I would say the library board has been working from year-to-year," Dr.

Russel V. Spokane Daily Chronicle, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 1965. chairman of trustees, said. "Maybe, because terms would be carried over, some trustees kept more the next year in mind.

But this year we were stymied by the 'budget freeze' act." Dr. Strandberg said that if the 1.5 mill proposed budget had been accepted, the added revenue would have been used to finance a new bookmobile and then, next year when the trustees asked for two mills, the extra revenue would finance a long-range plan. He said the library "this year, not particularly in the past," is in serious trouble. "We have three areas which might have to be cut back: The amount of service (hours of opening branches, bookmobile service); eliminating some of the employes (I'm very much Ranch Dormitory Completed Hands at the -J Boys' Ranch near Colbert begin landscaping outside their just-completed dormitory. The building, designed to house troubled boys, houseparents, a cook, and assistant houseparents, is worth $80,000.

But it was constructed for about half that, using donated labor and materials, and was financed almost entirely by a Comstock Foundation grant. The licensed foster home houses 10 boys, and expects approval from the state as a child-caring agency soon. The youths, ranging in age from 15 to 18, are placed in the home by the Juvenile Court. Utilities Department Funds to Raise Needed City Cash The city will increase the cupation tax on city water and sewage utilities by 7 per cent to raise the $256,000 needed to balance the city's 1966 budget. City Manager F.

Sylvin Fulwiler, who presented this means of raising the additional revenue, was instructed by the City Council yesterday afternoon to submit the ordinance providing necessary, increase at next Monday's meeting of the council. The increase in the occupation tax on the water and sewer utilities will not be passed on to the consumers. The occupation tax on the city refuse utility was not increased. All three -owned utilities now pay a 13 per cent occupation tax to the city. crease will mean that the water and sewage utilities will pay a 20 per cent occupation tax on their, gross is income.

a permanent an- swer," Fulwiler told the council. It did, however, rule out for at least the next year the possibility a business and occupation or city business licensing tax would be imposed on the business community. Fulwiler said today the increase in the occupation tax on water and sewage utilities will continue until the city has a sound revenue base which will meet city needs. Although the increase in the city utility taxes will balance the 1966 budget the city may have to go to the voters for a special levy for one year if additional revenue is needed by the city in 1967, Fulwiler said. The Association of Washington Cities will circulate petitions to place on the state ballot in November 1966 an initiative which, if approved by the voters, would give a cities a one-tenth share of the sales tax.

Fulwiler pointed out, however, that any action by the state leg- Drive- Theater Zone Plea Aired A hearing on the Theaters, attempt to build a drive-in theater at Francis and Cedar continued into the noon before the county commissioners today. The theater firm, which owns or operates several area theaters, was seeking to overturn a County Plan Commission ruling denying a zone change for the proposed drive-in to the east of ter. the Five Mile Shopping Cen-, Sought is a change from agricultural suburban to commercial zoning for about 10 acres north of Francis and east of Cedar, now occupied by a sand pit. Position Outlined The group's position was outlined this morning and opponents were to be heard this afternoon. Howard T.

Ball, county com- School Report Tonight Spokane's School Board members will not be subjected to personal criticism in the report to be released at 8 tonight in North Central High School, a source close to the four-man committee reported today. The committee and its secretary, Donald S. Johnson of Seattle, is scheduled to announce the results of a three-day tigation here Oct. 4-6 when committee took testimony behind closed doors from 60 persons, including all five members of the School Board. Suggestions Seen The report.

does go back into the but does contain some suggestions for future consideration by the board, it was said. Members of the committee are Llewellyn O. Griffith, Olympia, state public instruction department; Thomas Terjeson, Puyallup school superintendent representing the Washington State School Directors Association: Elmer Stanley, WSSDA executive, secretary, and Walter Porter, a Renton school teacher representing the Washington Education Association. The investigation was requested by the Spokane Education Association, a WEA affiliate. Educator Asserts Wages Inadequate Education is still on the "low end of the totem as far as public funds are concerned, an official of the National Education Association said here today.

Robert M. Isenberg of Washington, D.C., executive secretary of the association's department of rural education, said that deimprovement all school programs are under-financed because "we have worked so long 2nd in Spokane New Valu-Mart to Open Tuesday The new Valu-Mart Department Store at E525 Francis will open at 10 a.m. Tuesday. This was announced today by A. I.

Janofsky, vice president of the Seattlebased chain of Valu Mart stores. Among facilities at the $2 million, ter will a foot square foot grocery department. Purchases will be delivered diWalter Ludwis rectly to customers' cars by mechanical means. One of the largest drug and sundry departments in the Inland Empire will be a feature, Janofsky said. Other departments in the center, located on an 11-acre tract, will I feature domestic and home furnishings, giftwares, housewares, hardware and sporting goods.

And still others will have garden needs, toys, records, luggage, shoes and clothing for all ages. Additional Services There will be a complete automotive parts and service department, a camera "corner" and a jewelry section. The store will have a snack bar, beauty salon, optical department, insurance counter, dry. cleaning shop and a sweet shop. Work on the new store, 10th in the Valu-Mart chain, began in July.

About 250 persons will be employed in the store, Janofsky said. The store is the second in Spokane. The other is on East Sprague in the Valley. Valu-Mart is a division of Weis. field's, which has a downtown Weisfield's Jewelry and a second new jewelry store just opened in the new University City Shopping Center in the Valley.

Managing the new Valu-Mart NAACP Says Selma Sheriff to Be Picketed The Spokane appearance of Sheriff James W. Clark of Selma, will be picketed by the Spokane chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, president James E. Chase said todasre's speech here is scheduled by the Spokane American Speakers' Committee at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Masonic Temple. "We question the right of such a man to a public hearing in our community where people of all races worked hard to maintain a better than-average relationship," he said.

eyes of our sincere and patriotic citizens he represents the worst element in our democratic society. "He has been opposed to school integration, to the entire American principle of justice and freedom for all. We are opposed to his use of the policeman's club, the firehose, tear gas and vicious dogs to deny people the right of peaceful assembly. "Such a man should not be accorded those privileges he has consistently denied to others. "'The association calls for all people of good will to join us in our effort to convey the idea that Spokane does not agree with the actions of some radical elements in He said volunteer pickets will assemble at 6:30 p.m.

Thursday at the Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church, Fifth and Pine. Traffic Victim Said 'Critical' Jasmine Pickett, 59, 108 Marguerite, was in critical condition today at Sacred Heart Hospital following a accident last night in the Valley. Hospital officials said she has a fractured pelvis and right leg injuries and was in shock. State Trooper James Hingston said Miss Pickett was crossing the street at E8722 Sprague in the croswalk when a car driven by Susan A. Faulkner, 24, E12919 Blossey, struck her.

Command Defined for Select Force Command structure of the reorganized 41st Army National Guard Division was outlined today by Maj. Gen. Ralph S. Phelps, division commander. Both the new select brigade of the division and the other elements will have an interlocked mission with the division held responsible, Gen.

Phelps said. Separate encampments for the select brigade and the other elements of the division are scheduled next summer in June and August. The brigade will camp the last two weeks of June and the division will go to camp the last two weeks in August, Gen. Phelps reported. "A great many of the guardsmen will have to attend camps," he said.

division was called upon to furnish 5,000 men from Oregon and Washington to fill the select brigade. Washington units under the brigade are to be a brigade aviation company commanded by Capt. Raymond R. Alverson, Tacoma; the brigade support batmu-Italion commanded by Lt. Col.

Robert W. Westphal, Seattle, the opposed to losing employes-it is hard to find good personnel), and cutting back on the book budget (and that's what we are in business for to provide books)." Maryan E. Reynolds, state librarian, suggested specific courses of action which she said "can be taken and should offer the best service at the most reasonable cost." The first, she said, is: "To go to the voters and ask them to approve the library levying their maximum millage. This does not mean the board would have to levy two mills, it means it can if needed. On the basis of the current assessed valuations or even on 25 per cent of true value, the two mills would be needed for good library service.

"A special levy Is on the 40-60 basis and is good for only one year. With the years of inadequate support for the library, it is very possible a special levy would be needed in addition to the above, to make up for past deficits. We do not state this as a fact, but you could call it an 'educated The second course suggested by Miss Reynolds also was suggested by city librarian R. Bruce Carrick, former county librarian: "Join with the city library in one administrative unit thereby giving to the taxpayers of both city and district maximum return in service for the tax dollar. "We have made this recommendation before but until the district library board is willing to provide funds in some proportion to the cost of service, it is understandable the city library 1 would be less than enthusiastic about such a proposal.

The city service would suffer as the pressures upon the collection by the district would inevitably result in dilution of the city holdings." "If the merger were on an equitable fiscal basis, the result would be improved service to all," Miss Reynolds said. islature in 1967 on city participation in the sales tax would come too late for the city's 1967 preparation. is ief, made up in 1966. The city manager met three times with a committee representing Spokane business on ways to raise the s2 $256,000. He said in a report to the council the committee felt it would be worthwhile to work with the Association of Washing.

ton Cities on a share of the sales tax and consider a special tax levy if needed before adding any new business tax within the city. Fulwiler said the committee will support the move for a share of the sales tax and expressed concern over opening a new field of taxation. Councilman Jack H. Bell commented there was nothing in the 1966 budget dealing with city investments. He suggested a review of city investments to determine if some could be sold to provide cash in 1966.

Bell said he thought some of the investments should be used "if the city is carrying excess investments over and above its needs." Interest from city investments goes into the city general fund. Amount Questioned Bell also questioned the estimated amount of cash the city would have on hand at the end of this year. Cash on hand at the end of the year always has been used by the City Council in balancing the budget for the following year. Councilman Del E. Jones asked why the city didn't go this route in the first place instead of "creating a furor throughout the Jones, noting that he had voted against a business tax when it first was considered by the council, added: was led to believe you couldn't do it this way.

Now am told you can. I went around telling people you can't do it this way. It makes us look like a bunch of saps." Williams said: "I think it is a wonderful thing it worked out this way. I think there is too much of a willingness to put on a new tax." Fulwiler said the city water and sewage utilities will continue to operate in the black. He told the council the increase in the occupation tax will curtail some improvements which have been planned.

Bell Resigns as Councilman City Councilmen in the next few weeks will consider a successor to Jack H. Bell, who announced his resignation as a councilman at a meeting of the City Council yesterday afternoon. But there was no indication today that the council will make a hasty decision. In a statement read before the council Bell asked that his resignation be accepted effective Jan. 1.

"This will come up in due Mayor Neal R. Fosseen said today. "It would be unwise to jump into The mayor felt there would be a number of good candidates to succeed Bell. In his statement Bell said he had only one reason for wishing to resign from the council. "My three partners I have a flourishing and expanding publie accounting that henceforth require my full time and attention," Bell said.

Bell, whose term expires in January, 1968, said he will continue to support a municipal system of government which "separates the legislative body from the administrator and that such administrator should be a well qualified person trained in nicipal affiars." for cheap education." "Neither have we discovered how to reward superior performance by the classroom he said. "Since World War II, however, there has been a teachers' market. This has resulted in an independence movement on the part of the teacher." Speaking at the Northwest munity School Administration, in Conference on Comhe said the teacher shortage has convinced teachers they have been the victims of an economic injustice. "So there is a growing militancy and unrest," he said. "No longer are teachers meek and mousy.

It's getting so teachers just don't act like teachers any more. We might as well start to recognize that's the way things are." He said the AFL CIO is making a strong bid to function as the negotiator between labor and management. "The NEA recognizes this concerted effort on the part of unions. The NEA is urging school boards to establish professional negotiation agreements, so that when the labor organizers move in they can indicate that lagerement already is in effect." will be Walter Ludwig, who has been with the organization more than five years, Janofsky said. He was manager of the East Sprague store until named to the new operation.

A native of Spokane, Ludwig has been in the retail and wholesale business for 18 years. Spokane-Seattle Time Cut An anticipated saving of an hour's travel time between downtown Spokane and Seattle's central business district will result from West Coast Airlines new "jet bus" service between the two cities starting Monday. J. N. Bez Seattle, vice president of the airline, said today inauguration of the nonstop, prop jet service will include a self-ticketing procedure Dr.

Strandberg said he isn't sure whether the first suggestion by Miss Reynolds is possible, he has "no particular quarrel" with the second suggestion. Edward J. Parry, chief civil prosecuting attorney for Spokane County, said this about the library board financial problems: "They can always new funds under the 'special levy' procedures this form of adding revenue is not affected by the 'budget freeze' act. "Or they could possibly sell bonds to add more to the budget -but in either case, they will have to go to the people for approval." So while all quarters agree the Spokane County Rural Library is in serious financial trouble, not all agree on how Ito meet the problem. far men and DOWNTOWN- Riverside Post, NORTHTOWN.

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permitting "jet bus" passengers to bypass ticket counters at both Spokane International and Boeing Field. Flight time will be 70 minutes. Fairchild F27 aircraft will be used on the flights, which will leave Spokane at 8 a.m., noon, 4:15 and 6:15 p.m. daily. Service from Seattle will leave Boeing Field at 7:30 a.m., 1:45 and 6:15 p.m.

"we care that your suit fits you well" One Held Feasible mission chairman, said the board had received letters in opposition from nine of the 19 homes immediately adjacent to the proposed theater site. In addition, he said, opposition has been expressed by Linwood area residents, farther east and north. About 40 persons were in the Courthouse Assembly Room for the start of the hearing. "Misunderstanding" Cited Joseph J. Rosenfield, president of the said the objections were "principally a matter of He said the drive in theater concept has changed markedly since the last of the city's present five was built in 1952.

His testimony indicated that the proposed installation would cost about $500,000. A model indicated the theater would be in the form of an amphitheater, sloping down toward the northeast, to a point 50 feet below the level of the surrounding area. Rosenfield said that at least 80 per cent of the attendance at the firm's East Sprague Drivein last year was made up of married couples and their children. and he said a survey showed that more than a third of its attendance last year came from the North Side, although there are two other drive-ins on the North Side. Original plans called for a seating area for walk-in patrons, but this was changed because of objections voiced by residents, he said.

He said the residents immediately bordering, the proposed theater neither see nor hear it, largely because of its sloping construction. which would leave a bank of earth between the theater and the homes. Use of Land Urged A supporting witness, F. S. Barrett, a real estate man, told the commissioners that no other use than a theater would produce income sufficient to warrant its purchase residential development in the area is specifically prohibited under terms of an easement held by Washington Water Power which operates an adjacent substation, he said.

Barrett said he didn't think the theater either would add to or detract from the value of adjacent homes, but he, noted that its construction would eliminate an unsightly area and a hazard for children, and said its paved surface would help prevent blowing sand. First Battalion commanded by Lt. Col. John F. Campbell, Spokane, and the second battalion commanded by Lt.

Col. Ross Hoagland, Everett. To help supervise the Washington portion, a division brigade staff has been established, Gen. Phelps said. New Duties Added Col.

Merritt A. Johnson of Cheney has been reassigned to the Third Brigade of the 41st in Spokane and he will have the additional responsibility of supervising and administration of the first and second battalions of the 161st Infantry, Gen. Phelps said. "Col. Johnson and his staff will be a major part of the select force in training and administration," Gen.

Phelps said. Lt. Col. William H. Bateman, former First Battalion mander in Spokane, has been reassigned to the division's civil affairs post.

Gen. Phelps said Col. Bateman commanded the battalion for many years and brought it to its present state of preparedness. He will represent the general in supervision of training..