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GTI budget asks 94 percent tax rate increase this year By JOHN KREROWICZ Staff Writer The Gateway Technical Institute administration is proposing a 94 percent increase in the tax rate or about $5 12 more on a $50000 home for 1903-84 The total GTI portion of the tax bill on that home next year would be $5961 if the GTI board adopts the proposed $22 5 million budget The board will review the budget Thursday May 19 and con sider it for final approval Oh June 16 A public hearing on the budget will be at 7 Tuesday May 31 on the Racine campus i The budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 must be received by the state VocationalTechnical Adult Education board in Madison by June 30 The proposed budget Includes a 13 8 percent tax levy increase from $10 26 million to $11 67 mil lion Total revenues are expected to increase 12 2 percent to the $22 5 million figure If the GTI board decides not to purchase a new computer this year the tax on a $50000 home would increase $3 35 or 616 percent to $57 84 on a $21 7 million budget A school Committee is reviewing a report on buying new data processing equipment Administrators prepared separate figures should the equipment not be purchased The figures are based on estimates that the three-county district's assessed valuation will increase 4 percent to $9 79 billion Charles Plummer director of administrative services said the budget is within the 9 5 percent cost controls and would probably give Gateway the second lowest mill rate of the 16 voctech districts Wisconsin the same position as this year Plummer told the Audit and Fiscal Committee which briefly reviewed the budget on Tuesday that a new cost control bill in the Legislature could mean the $22 5 million proposed budget would exceed cost controls by $900000 He said the bill would eliminate present controls and tie them to the Consumer Price Index now at 5 percent Plummer said if the hill is passed he believe it would be he would recommend long-term borrowing of the $900000 know where that amount could be cut" in the proposed budget he told the committee Committee Member James Scheibl looking for someof that $900000 in the budget suggested using activity funds or remedial and special services money mil nmimmimmammmmmtm IKeekbsma Hews Kenosha Wis Wednesday May 11 1983 25t a copy Home delivered $165 weekly Schroeder named after the council has recommended potential appointees to him said Garton She said the only significance in the fact that Earl's decision came as quickly as it did in this case is that he to move on the recommendation right away and because only one name was recommended there was no need to deliberate term will expire on July 31 1984 An election for a full six-year term will be held in April Salary is about $49200 a year Schroeder had been considered by insiders to be the top contender because of his involvement in the Democratic party and because of his judicial background He was appointed District Attorney 1972 and was the top vote-getter among county officials when he ran unopposed for election in 1974 He chose not to run for another term He has since been in private practice and been a court commissioner Circuit Court Judge Michael Fisher the chief judge said think Gov selection was a very good one I'm sure Bruce will do a good job He has done a super job as a commissioner He has the background and temperament that is Bruce Schroeder Fisher said a replacement will have to be named for Schroeder who has one of the heavier court commissioner caseloads Malloy 55 died April 5 of a cerebral hemorrhage he suffered the' day before He died the same day he was elected unopposed to a new six-year term Fisher said he is anxious for the Syrian shelling Shelling of Israeli positions and firing on Israeli planes by Syrian gunners fueled new fears of a Mideast war over Lebanon Israel said It may suspend die recent accord between Itself and Lebanon if Syrian and Palestinian forces do not withdraw at the same time Heart failure kills young liver patient Mideast war fears spread By BARBARA HENKEL Staff Writer Bruce Schroeder 37 a court commissioner and former District Attorney has been named to the Circuit Court seat held by the late Judge John Malloy Schroeder will take over the post as soon as he can wrap up his private law practice Schroeder 7700 Third Ave is vacationing with his wife in Florida In an earlier interview he had said the Circuit Court seat was something he was always interested in even though he has a successful law practice Gov Tony Earl Tuesday afternoon announced that he accepted the recommendation of the Advisory Council on Judicial Selection The seven-member group met in Kenosha Sunday to interview four applicants for the job Ad hoc chairman of the council County Clerk John Collins said executive orders prohibit members from commenting on the nature of their deliberations Deirdre Garton council staff member said Earl was willing to concur in the recommendation It has taken as long as one to two weeks for the governor to name an appointee to fill a judge vacancy Infant dies Fair tonight lows in the low to mid Ms Southeast winds 5 to II mph Partly sunny Thursday and continued warm Highs in the low to mid 71s cooler near Lake Michigan high 57 low 37 Noon temperatures today 51 at the lakefront II at AMC Sunrise Thursday 5:33 sunset liver in boy judge i vacancy to be filled because of tbe court's heavy caseload Fisher said assignment to civil court will be taken over by Circuit Court Judge William Zievers who was scheduled to take over civil cases on Aug 1 when all court assignments are automatically rotated among the judges Schroeder will be assigned Zievers' present duties of misdemeanor and traffic court Fisher said Schroeder is familiar with that work because he handles preliminary hearings as a court commissioner On Aug 1 Schroeder will be assigned to felony court the assignment Malloy would have had One of Schroeder's law partners is Mary Kay Wagner wife of the late judge She did not apply for consideration for appointment to the vacancy Schroeder a Kenosha native and a graduate of Marquette University and Marquette University Law School previously was an assistant district attorney and juvenile prosecutor The other lawyers who applied for the post were James Fitzgerald 35 7021 Seventh Ave Glenn Kelley 48 1020 62nd St and Myron Keyes 48 8934 First Ave er hospital spokesman liver was the least of his Kent said complications in the cardiovascular system were the end result Everything possible was being done that could be Kent said that when the boy's condition began to worsen Tuesday afternoon his mother Billie Hall stayed with him until the time of his death a remarkably strong woman but she took it as any mother would" he said Mrs Hall later thanked the news media for its support and the public for its prayers "The media has been good friends and Brandon probably would not have gotten bis liver transplants without their help" she said She said she had donated Brandon's corneas to a Memphis eye bank and asked that memorials in lieu of flowers be sent to the Children's Liver Research Fund at Le Bonheur Funeral arrangements were pending St before it makes its final move The five-year lease calls for installation of new carpeting and painting the exterior Nelson said the painting would be necessary regardless of the tenant Water Utility Manager Fred Nelson said the utility would construct a larger more energy-efficient structure on its six acres on 67th Street if forced to move before the lease with Hammett expires Nelson said the five-year lease had to be offered to attract tenants Hammett will pav $560 per month for the building a parking lot The utility must be given a one-year notice by the city prior to eviction If a building cannot be constructed in that period Nelson said space could be rented "It just be good for us to go back to the other Nelson said "We have adequate property to bu3d a better MEMPHIS Tenn (UPI) The youngest double liver transplant patient died of cardiac arrest early today a victim of massive failures of other bodily functions His mother was by his side Doctors said 13-month-old Brandon Hall died at 3 30 a Kenosha time in the intensive care unit at Le Bonheur Medical Center He had been hospitalized since his first transplant operation on April 13 He would have been 14 months old Thursday Complications that brought about the failure of other bodily functions had forced doctors to keep Brandon alive on a respirator "Doctors listed the unofficial cause of death as cardiac failure culminating from several problems experienced over the past four said John Domca a spokesman for the hospital Doctors had trouble maintaining blood pressure and he was having a difficult time breathing said John Kent anoth Brandon Hall 13-month-old doable transplant shown with his mother April died of cardiac arrest this morning at Le Bonheur Medical Center in Memphis Tenn The went through two liver transplants and a third operation within a two-week period By United Press International A Soviet airliner left Beirut today carrying the second group of Soviet Embassy dependents out of Lebanon adding to fears of a new war sparked by reports of fresh Syrian and Palestinian troops pouring into the country Soviet Embassy sources said 11 children and 12 adults mainly women and elderly men left on a scheduled flight to the Soviet Union They joined 87 embassy dependents who left Monday on an unscheduled flight ostensibly for a summer vacation at the Baltic Sea A Soviet Embassy source said the dependents left the embassy-run Soviet school is over for the year and it is time for their summer vacation" Other Soviet diplomats said the school term was cut short by two weeks because of recent fighting in the hills east of Beirut that spilled into the capital killing 32 and injuring 100 civilians The sudden departure of the Soviets was reminiscent of the evacuation of Soviet Embassy personnel in Arab countries on the eve of the 1973 Middle East war when Egypt attacked Israeli positions across the Suez Canal and Syria thrust into the occupied Golan Heights The Soviet move came as Beirut emerged tense but calm after two late-night explosions that left seven people injured One of the explosions apparently a car bomb rocked the Hamra sector of west Beirut damaging a clothing boutique and injuring three passersby witnesses and security officials said In the Roueiss sector of southern Beirut near the Bourj Brajneh Palestinian refugee camp a second bomb damaged a building and wounded four people one of them seriously police said No one claimed responsibility for the blasts In Washington an administration official asking for anonymity Tuesday said "a dozen or Soviet advisers were in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley ostensibly to train Syrian troops re-equipped with Soviet tanks artillery and anti-aircraft batteries following June 6 Invasion of Lebanon State Department spokesman Alan Romberg also said there has been some reintroduction of PLO forces into Syrian-controlled areas of Lebanon He said there was "no sign that Syria is preparing to attack Other officials said there had been signs of more Syrian troops entering Lebanon but it was not certain if they were beefing up existing forces or replacing those already in the country ABC reported eailier that 10000 fresh Syrian troops had crossed into Lebanon One US official estimated the number of Palestine Liberation Organization fighters in Lebanon at 12000 an increase of 2000 over previous estimates Syrian troop strength in the eastern Bekaa Valley was put at 40000 Lebanese officials held talks on the' draft troop withdrawal agreement between Lebanon and Israel but newspapers said the document was in trouble because of Lebanese objections to sought by Israel In Jerusalem Israel warned today it would suspend its withdrawal agreement with Lebanon and act in its own interest if the Syrians and PLO guerrillas do not agree to pull out Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir addressing parliament to defend the June 1982 invasion of Lebanon and the troop withdrawal agreement said Israeli forces would withdraw to the international border only if the PLO and Syrians also pull out return Israeli prisoners of war provide information on those missing in action and hand over bodies of Israeli dead "If all these conditions are not fulfilled the agreement will be regarded as Shamir said Israel will be free to act according to its own considerations and interests Speaking for the opposition Labor Party chairman Shimon Peres charged the agreement failed to achieve the main objective of the invasion because it did not ensure the security of northern border communities Refinancing sewer bonds to save utility $4 million Inside story Area News 7 14 Business News 21 22 Classified 23-27 Comics 18 Deaths I Editorials 4 Horizon 12 13 Local News I 8 9-11 Sports 15-17 II By DENNIS A SHOOK Staff Writer Refinancing $12 million in sewer construction bonds issued in 1981 will save the Water Utility $4 million or nearly $150000 annually until the bonds expire in the year 2012 The Water Board Tuesday approved the refinancing plan It also agreed to rent its building at 6500 67th St to the Hammett Chiropractic Clinic for the next five years The board moves Saturday to the Civic Center Building 812 56th St The utility borrowed $12 million for the sewerage treatment plant at 13 5 percent It will borrow $14 million at the current lower rate of approximately 9 percent to 9 5 percent to pay the indebtedness The market is in a favorable cycle that may not last much past Thanksgiving consultants said The utility will spend some money to improve the building at 6500 67th 8:13 Sheriffs deputy charged in sexual assault page 6 TV movies.