Kenosha News from Kenosha, Wisconsin • 7

KENOSHA NEWS Monday October 26 1 970 Assembly political profile Molinaro meets bid by McCartin in First District William McCartin George Molinaro be re-evaluated in order to reach the goal Molinaro with a directly opposing view sees a higher Income tax higher excise taxes and an expanded sales tax to finance all the progrms being planned for next year The property tax relief program will be expanded Molinaro said through use of the sales and income taxes Aids for those over 65 will be upped Molinaro said he and others feel local government should pay only 10 per cent instead of 20 per cent of welfare costs The state should pay 40 per cent and the federal government 50 per cent He said he will propose in addition that the state pick up a share of county relief costs These should not be entirely borne by the local property tax he said McCartin said he is opposed to position on revising tax distribution Molinaro voted against the study committee report on unequal taxation McCartin said while the Tarr Task Force recommends all valuation be on the same basis McCartin said Kenosha is suffering compared with other areas of the state should be concerned about his McCartin said Molinaro said there is a tax revolt and the state will have abolish tax islands set up a formula based on equalized true values and set a limit on sharing based on the local tax levy One of his recommendations Molinaro said is to share with local units 5 or 10 per cent of the income tax paid by a worker who resides outside the tax district of his place of employment On pollution Molinaro said present laws will have more teeth put in during the next session GOP will be pushed into a he said money will be put into Adding that the state budget will go upno matter who Is elected Molinaro said a long range anti-pollution program will be established possibly with 70 per cent federal aid 30 per cent local payment Lakeshore cities and surrounding municipalities will be major beneficiaries McCartin said the bulk of pollution comes from city sewers with industry in second place He called for leadership to set down standards and develop legal ways to stop polluters but did not call for additional funds to finance specific programs aimed at polluters saying that Molinaro was one of the few legislators in either party who voted against all four of the campus proposals and who also voted against the contempt charge brought against civil rights leader Father James Groppi Molinaro acknowledged that there is a strong wave of repressive feeling among legislators toward the state-supported universities as echoed by McCartin He predicted that the universities not fare before the 1971 Legislature Molinaro said enrollments will probably be frozen in the next session which will result in even the students for the two new campuses UW-Parkside and UW-Green Bay The Legislative majority he said feels that education should not remain centralized in Madison and Milwaukee but should be where the people are He also predicted a cutback in dormitory construction due to new student attitudes They want the freedom of living off-campus Many existing dorms are already partly empty he said Though Molinaro has demonstrated his leadership many times over McCartin said that Molinaro slowly but surely retiring from his Assembly lacks the aggressive leadership that Kenosha deserves This is one of the largest and fastest-growing areas of the state We need more aggressive work on the part of our McCartin said Molinaro in turn said one of his problems is that his Party is traditionally in the minority and that he is one of only two Democrats on the nine-member Joint Finance committee The answer of course is to elect more Democrats Molinarp said 'Reapportionment looms as a large issue in the next Legislature Both candidates are well aware that the Kenosha County area stands to get a third Assembly seat How the county will be cut up is the big question Both candidates want to see cutting so that their respective Party has the best chance of winning the new seat The outcome will depend in large measure on who is sent to Madison this time both from here and statewide McCartin on the tax issue said he believes it is to get by without an increase in taxes in the coming biennium but it be guaranteed Like Lt Gov Olson McCartin said all old programs will have to An intensive fight for partisan control of the state' Legislature this fall is reflected in First Assembly District A young Republican who is well versed on the issues is making a bid to unseat the long-time Democratic incumbent Assemblyman George Molinaro 68 424 44th St the dean of the Assembly with 24 years of continuous service has not faced an Important challenge in many years He was unopposed in 1968 Political newcomer William McCartin 23 4926 36th Ave whose only experience was an unsuccessful try in the 14th three-way aldermanic primary last March is trying this time McCartin acknowledges that he had no chance against popular vote-getter Aid Ruth Radatz last spring but says he wanted to get involved quickly in the local political scene Many others have taken on Molinaro over the past almost quarter-century but have been swamped by the feisty battler of many Campaigns McCartin feels he has the issues in hand and can put up a good fight Most observers at this Mint in the campaign would be inclined to put their money on Molinaro once again based on his track record The First Assembly District (consisting of roughly the northern two-thirds of the city) like the Second (covering the rest of the city and the remainder of the country) is an important battleground for legislative control this year Republicans hope to retain the slim majority they held in the 1969 Assembly while Democrats see a chance this November 3 to take control Both parties statewide have complete legislative slates this fall an unusual occurrence No officeholder is being regarded as invulnerable McCartin says his campaign rests on three major issues student unrest the property tax and unequal distribution of shared tax revenues and the environment Molinaro is in basic agreement on the issues but from that point the two candidates are at wide variance on some items and at the same time close together on others McCartin resided in Indianapolis before enlisting in the navy He served for almost six years after high school graduation the last year at Great Lakes He took college level courses while in service and attended electronic schools McCartin left the navy last June and is employed as assistant manager of Drive-in restaurant He was chairman of the Young Republicans here and a member of the Kenosha County Republican Party executive board He and his wife and one child Ipve resided in Kenosha the past 16 months Molinaro is a native Kenoshan who retired five years ago from American Motors Corp after 45 years He is fond of saying he had little formal education but admits to attending the old Kenosha Business College and the Vocational school Molinaro is president of the American State Bank He started in politics as a constable of the old 6th Ward graduated to the County Board serving eight consecutive years then was elected to the state legislature in 1946 where he has served the past 24 years Molinaro has beep a member of the influential finance committee for 18 years and is the ranking minority member of the Assembly He has been speaker of the Assembly and speaker pro-tern He has been on the Legislative Council which functions during the off-year for 20 years One of the major areas of disagreement between the candidates involves the unrest Molinaro voted agamsWhe Knowles program aimed at getting student agitators ofHhe campus a program that McCartin said he would have backed strongly McCartin attacked apparent permissive attitude Assembly political profile Olson and Dorff face off again in Second District Russell 'A Olson Eugee Dorff In the Second Assembly District of Kenosha County the longtime incumbent is facing a challenge similar to that in the First District The situation is much different however Assemblyman Russell Olson 46 of Bassett has had four terms in the Legislature in contrast with First District Assemblyman George 12 terms The political roles are also reversed Olson is a Republican and the challenger is Democrat Eugene Dorff 40 6045 19th Ave not a political newcomer but a veteran of six years on City Council from the 10th Ward and unsuccessful challenger last time around Running from a Republican stronghold as Molinaro is running from a traditionally Democratic area Olson would appear to have the edge of the contest Dorff however is once again running hard and gaining more exposure The key to this struggle is in the towns tod villages of the county where votes must be wooed The Second District takes in roughly the southern third of the city and the rest of the county Most of rural Kenosha especially west of 1-94 can usually be expected to turn in a GOP ballot in any election The city portion Pleasant Prairie and some other spots are more likely to be predominately Democratic A Democrat (Earl Elfers) was elected in 1964 and he had won technically in 1962 but lost the seat when the Assembly voted to seat Olson in a vote tally that went through the courts However Elfers was formerly a Republican and no doubt gained a number of GOP votes in his two wins over Olson In the election two years ago Olson defeated Dorff by some 3200 votes An Independent siphoned off 264 votes that probably would have gone mainly to Dorff but the Republican margin was still respectable Olson has gained a reputation as a strong fiscal conservative during his eight years in the Legislature As a member of the Joint Finance committee Olson has been part of a coalition that in 1968 had earned the name of eight iron men of because of its resistance to many spending programs Olson is a Randall Township beef farmer and former truck' and Implement dealer who attended the University of Illinois for two years He has resided in the county for the past 15 years has been active in the County Fair as a director and horseman is married and has four children Dorff is a native Kenoshan high school graduate and attended service-connected schools as well as a sheet metal trade school He was a sheet metal worker before becoming a supervisor in the facilities and equipment department of American Motors Corp Dorff served on Council from 1964 until this spring when he did not seek a fourth term He has also held Democratic Party posts He is married and has three children Both cite campus unrest state taxes and pollution as some of the major issues in the current election The Legislature Olson pointed out passed a number of measures in the last session aimed at campus unrest but some are not enforceable One has already been overturned in the courts will have to ask the Justice Department for laws we can enforce and bring order back to the Olson said At the same time the Regents and administrators drifting into yielding to pressure from the students and Olson said One of his platform planks is to obtain the maximum penalty for bombing or arson of public property where a death is involved Olson said his Party had difficulty getting legislation passed last session due to Democratic opposition Dorff takes the position that most of the legislation proposed was already in the rules governing the Board of Regents He also says the Governor should have reconvened the Legislature to deal with the campus problem but failed to do so should be allocated to train police for this type of campus Dorff said learn the problems the causes and provide more professional law Dorff also finds fault with Regents and administrators for leniency He favors the Hayakawa approach used in California and says students need tight control the students find out the baloney will not be put up with it will stop It is only a minority of students who are causing the On the tax issue Olson say he Is sure the tax program originally advanced by Lt Gov Jack Olson can be accomplished some programs will have to be cut back drastically or cut Olson said taxes would have to go up if the state next session decides to pick up the cost of vocational schools He is opposed to increasing the income tax even areas are criticized for their low real estate tax but that means they are paying a heavy income tax and thus are carrying) their share" Olson said There is room for some reform he said but Tarr is the answer that will be acceptable to Olson said he is committed to a better tax climate for industry Dorff agreed there are many faults with Tarr it is a good particularly the utility tax reform portion Dorff said property tax relief is the first priority for the state but added that a lot more study needs to be done While Tarr might point the general direction for future movement areas of Kenosha County would be hurt while the city would i The answer to pollution Olson feels is to provide money where it is needed but no one knows at this point where more funds would do the most good Olson said the Legislature has provided the laws and given the Department of Natural Resources AmFIlij Justice Department more staff but from here on just have to play it by Dorff agrees that the anti-pollution laws are good but enforcement Is extremely poor He cited the closing of the Wisconsin River by the DNR then the re-opening by the Governor and said it may have been due to pressure by resort owners Dorff said that Lt Gov Olson has a resort at' the Dells just below the polluted area it (the re-opening) because they were more worried about business than Dorff asks Dorff favors aids to local municipalities to clean up not only sewage plants but lakes as well on a timetable with a certain amount alloted each year The two candidates are sharply divided over annual legislative session The Legislature currently meets formally only one year of each two with the second year devoted to part-time hearing and committee work Dorff is strongly in favor of annual sessions admitting they would cost more in Legislative salaries but adding the funds would be more than offset by savings due to an annual budget that can be more accurate and more controlled than a biennial-budget Olson said better budgets would not result Legislators would just come up with more ways to spend money He plso feels that more people without the proper expertise would run for the Legislature if it it became a full-time job though it is the most progressive tax would put Wisconsin in a very poor position competitively with surrounding he said He noted Illinois now has an income taxj but if we raise ours Wisconsin will be back where it started Olson feels the state has given ample opportunities to local units to cut their property taxes but with little response Dorff said the state avoid a tax increase next year won lie to the public They know it and we know it The question is how will the budget be funded and what are the Dorff said the most pressing problems should be handled first and the rest set aside to await funding can only hope to handle problems on a priority basis The GM strike is cutting tax revenues greatly in Janesville alone and could hurt the entire state if it On tax reform Olson said he is not convinced the Tarr proposals are as good as Mayor Burkee or Mayor Maier think they are but he would like to see the utility tax picture straightened out Olson said the Tan proposals favor heavy-spending municipalities and think the state should get involved in Control of Assembly next year anyone's guess 13 road fatalities in state over weekend MADISON (UPI) The state Senate will remain in Republican hands after the Nov 3 from the 11 Progressives who were elected to that session No Chance assembly has been held by the Democrats only three times In 1933 it was 59-36 for Another key Senate district the late Sen Frank Panzer R-is that of Sen Walter John Chil- Brownsville All three two trees Pizzini an attorney was killed Friday night when his car left US 12 about eight miles north of Black River Falls in Jackson County Ruff was killed Friday night on Wisconsin 53 near the Trem-pealeau-La Crosse County line Authorities said he was changing a tire when the wrench slipped and he toppled backwards into the path of a passing vehicle urday morning when the car die was in cradled in Rice Lake Killed in 1-94 Crash Bowman was killed and his wife and daughter injured in a crash on Interstate 94 three miles east of Tomah in Monroe County Sunday Fowler' was killed Sunday when his car burst into flames after a three-car crash at a Madison intersection Makela was killed Sunday when his car crashed off Douglas County trunk I about 10 miles southeast of Superior Mrs Wood was dead on arrival Friday at a Milwaukee a sen R-Wausau assem- In the assembly races Repub-bly seats in district licans apparently are hoping to are held by Democrats and Chil- take over the Clark County seat sen lost a bid for congress last of Rep Frank Nikolay D- on its roads duringtheweek year to Rep David Obey a Abbotsford who decided to run end sending the 1970 highway Wasuau Democrat for lieutenant governor and lost count to 930 The toll is 18 less Other senate districts being that bid Former GOP Rep mentioned as possible upset William Kavanaugh who spots for the Democrats are beat Nikolay in 1966 by a slim those of Sen Alex Meunier margin to serve a single term R-Sturgeon Bay facing a man is trying to make a comeback he barely beat four years ago against Democrat Eugene and the 27th district where Oberle of Stanley Everett Bidwell of Portage The GOP also thinks its ousted Sen Walter Terry R- chances are good against Rep Baraboo in the primary Demo- Herbert Grover D-Shawano crats are hoping disgruntled a three-termer who broke the Terry supporters will not hack long GOP hold at the Menomi-Bidwell in the highly polarized nee-Shawano district in 1964 district to give the seat to Dem Democrats are hopeful they ocrat Robert Checkering of over Republican Reps Bernard Lewison Viroqua Robert UehUng Madison Erwin Tamms Milwaukee Ervin Schneeberg Brown Deer and take the Iowa-Richland seat left than on the same day a year ago and 32 behind the record pace of 1968 The victims: Lawrence Bethke 48 Augusta (Eau Claire County) Cheryl Stimers 18 Rice Lake Arthur Farner 71 Bowman ND Joseph A Fowler 27 NJadi-son Terrance Makela Maple (Douglas County) Larry Sandberg 29 nrW 6 Portage a mink randier A Democrat who could have trouble in his reelection bid is Sen Dale McKenna of lander Joani Schluter 16 Plain (Sauk Schmit 16 Plain (Sauk County) Thomas Snyder 17 Spring Green (Sauk County) Michael Hoffman 17 Cool weather across Plains Senate Minority Leader Fred A Risser D-Madison admitted his party stands virtually no chance of winning control for the 1971 session that begins in January Instead Risser is hoping Democrats will make enough gains to reduce GOP dominance of that house i have no fears about getting over a third (of the Risser said feel going to do better than The Assembly which has been more and more a two party house in recent years is a toss-up It could go either way Republicans held a slim 52-48 edge during the past session One of their members Jerry Wing of Greenfield bolted the GOP near the end of the session to become an independent and cut that balance to 51 Republicans 48 Democrats and an independent Assembly Speaker Harold Froehlich R-Appleton said he felt the GOP would pick up a few additional seats got three dangerous seats (that could go to Democrats) and five we expect to Froehlich said He refused to identify the districts Rep Robert Huber D-West Allis the minority leader said side can win Our chances are just as good as theirs Our incumbents seem to be in pretty good In the current century Wis the Democrats in 1959 55-45 and in 1965 5347 Main issues Main issues in the legislative races have followed those being talked about by the candidates for statewide offices Property tax hikes at the local level pollution and youthful unrest are at the top of the list Huber said Democrats have driven home their points both on property tax increases and the sales tax on Froehlich acknowledged the property tax issue has given the GOP some problems of our candidates are facing tiie property tax Froehlich said the Democrats' seem to be able to continually pin on our Froehlich said GOP candidates have been trying to point out that property taxes are set at the local level not directly by the legislature and that the legislature has continually provided aids to local units to help offset those taxes Possible Upsets In the senate races Democrats feel they have a good chance at picking up the 23rd district where three-tehn Rep Bruce PiloquinJ D-Chippewa Falls faces Rice Lake Republican John Marcon Marcon ousted the incumbent Sen Hoi-ger Rasmussen R-Spooner in the primary election but guess what will happen in the Assembly A total of 17 state Senate and 100 Assembly contests will be decided by voters in the election Another 16 senators In the middle of their current four-year terms will sit it out until 1972 Republicans who have dominated the Legislature ever since Wisconsin gained statehood In 1648 held a 22-11 stranglehold on the Senate during the past sions Enough Democratic upsets in the election to reverse control are a virtual impossibility About the only thing that Democrats can realistically hope for In the Senate elections is to pick up a few seats It will take only one more Democratic senator to break the com- manding two thirds majority which permitted Republicans to suspend rules last session to cut off debate and ram through legislation over objections Both houses of Legislature have been controlled by Democrats only twice in the history in the 1891 and 1893 sessions and the Democratic Party has never really controlled the Senate in this century Although there were 14 Democrats and only eight Republicans in the 1935 session the GOP could usually count on help Rhine- hospital after her car struck a "parked auto on a Milwaukee street Authorities Saturday rul- Hart- Jefferson who took over the tra By United Press International Cooler weather prevailed across the Great Plains today and in the Southwest while fair and pleasant weather continued to grace the nation Temperatures early today ranged in the 30s and 40s over the interior of the West and readings in the 50s and 60s were common in many other ed the death as due to traffic Oneida County authorities said Sandberg was killed Saturday when the car he was driving slid off Wisconsin 17 about five miles north Rhinelander Four Injured Miss Schluter Miss Schultz up for grabs when Rep Gregor land Jerome Gill 18 Hartland Dan Pizzini 30 Black River Falls ditionally Republican 13th dis- Bock R-Highland was defeated trict held from 1935 to 1969 by in the primary and Snyder were killed Satur'- parts of the country day and four others injured in a The mercury ranged from 13 Stokes urged to run for vice president two car" accident about two Richard Ruff 18 Arcadia (Trempealeau County) Mrs Clara Wood Milwaukee Bethke was killed Sunday night in a two car collision at Kalispell Mont early today miles north of Spring Green on Wisconsin 23 in Sauk County north of Cadott on Chippewa 1 The cars collided at a curve County trunk Two other per Hoffman and Gill were killed sons were injured Saturday when the car they Miss Stimers died Saturday in were in left Wisconsin 83 near across the central part of the Duluth of injuries received Sat- the Town of Delafield and struck country to 79 at Brownsville and Kingsville both Texas Rainfall was light and occurred as scattered showers along a cold front moving CLEVELAND Carl the suggestion out of hand He Stokes first Negro to be also said he has no interest in elected mayor of a major running for Congress American city says Democrat The mayor made the corn-tic leaders have urged him to merits in an interview with a run for vice president in 1972 Syracuse NY television per-The mayor said he rejected eonality Saturday i 5 ii TH.