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Raise asked for people on relief i Copley News Service LOS ANGELES An increase in the monthly allowance given those on general relief was requested Friday from the county board of supervisors Board members heard the plea from members of the general relief advocacy coalition as suvervisors opened hearings on the proposed $2996 billion budget for the 1975-76 Fiscal Year Representatives of the group asked for an increase in the monthly allowance for single persons from $154 to $201 The group also requested a hike in the monthly rental allowance from $70 to $117 and creation of an emergency loan fund Betsy Newburn one of the speakers for the group claimed many persons on general relief are forced to sleep in doorways because they cannot afford any housing The request from the group was taken under advisement Fourteen different groups testified at the hearings on the county budget proposed by Chief Administrative Officer Harry Hufford The budget already calls for a nearly 40-cent increase in the property tax rate which would raise it to a record $475 per $100assessed valuation In addition supervisors are faced with the threat of being forced to add $347 million to the budget in order to make the county retirement system actuarially sound Only two speakers at the hearing urged board member to cut spending They were Roy Holland of the California Association and Wilbur Pereira of a group known as Land Equality and Freedom Holland urged supervisors to cut the number of building projects planned for the coming year as well as evaluate eliminating some programs Pereira called on board members to reduce contributions to cultural organiza tions Other speakers at the hearing requested funds to continue various programs they have been operating The most well-known of the speakers included actor James Whitmore and actress Leslie Parrish They asked supervisors to approve a $100000 request to continue funding of television station KVST (Channel 68) The station has a total budget of $700000 Ms Parrish said Any money given by the county would go for the purchase of a mobile unit she added to allow the station to present more programs from a remote area 4 ifvl I Ford veto of job bill alarms city Copley News Service THE ONLY New Series: Vol No 74 San DAILY Ford leaves Brussels heads for Spain talks Photo by Danny Pierce The fire season has arrived in the county and city area More than half an area was blackened at 4 pm today at Western and Dodson avenues in San Pedro NEWSPAPER SERVING THE HARBOR Pedro Calif Sat May 31 1975 Champagne to toast the Western alliance and the Belgian King and Queen ended the three and a half hour dinner likes to said owner-chef Jacques Henry I feel received a charming man overflowing with warmth Mrs Ford is a very soft and very friendly Ford said at a news conference Friday he was with the tone and substance of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization sessions and strongly supports a suggestion by Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau that such summit meetings be held regularly Current negotiations on renewal of US base rights in Spain and the leftist military coup in Portugal impelled Ford to urge NATO nations to accept closer links with Spain in the interest of Western defense But he struck out in trying to persuade the allies that Spain should no longer be treated as a political pariah as a result of the Spanish civil war in 1936 bilateral relations that the United States has with Spain as we see it contribute significantly to the defense of the Ford said Ford will be meeting privately with Franco Prince Juan Carlos and Spanish Prime Minister Carlos Arias during his stopover in Madrid Kissinger will also join the talks Council scuttles pay rejection i AREA EXCLUSIVELY 16 Pages 10c Per Copy 832-0221 Ford met personally with Portuguese Prime Minister Vasco dos santos Gon-calves in search of a perspective on the leftist takeover in Portugal a NATO ally The President told reporters he spoke frankly to the Portuguese leader of contradiction that would arise if Communist elements came to dominate the political life of Portugal he added is my judgment that others among the allies had a similar Ford said that after his talks with allied leaders on Portugal there was general agreement the situation be watched with care and concern but also with deep sympathy and friendship for the people of The strains between Greece and Turkey two other Mediterranean allies over Cyprus increased the need for the United States to bolster its relationship with Spain the President said Although he stated on several occasions in advance of the NATO summit the need to reaffirm the US commitment to NATO after the Indochina debacle Ford said that in his private talks and collective meetings the allies stressed did not feel the need of any special American reassurance to the relocate displaced tenants Angry tenants represented by the Park Community Association are also upset about rent increases ranging up to $25 due to take effect Sunday is the first rent increase had in Jett said He said the Park Western Association represents only about 10 out of our 400 tenants vast majority of tenants have nothing to do with them not even a legal entity Anytime something happens here they like they yell and scream about He said rents at Park Western wee still below that of comparable apartments elsewhere Jett was upset about a story appearing in New'S-Pilot which quoted a representative of the Park Western Association and said Jett was unavailable for comment He said he was available but happened to spend most of Thursday at the office learning the correct procedures for evicting tenants who fail to pay their rent tf? if 15 i 4 11 1 1 LOS ANGELES City councilmen Friday reacted with alarm to the news that President Gerald Ford vetoed a $53 billion emergency jobs bill Councilmen were told the Presidential veto jeopardizes three federally funded city administered programs blocking all allocations of: $35 million to carry on some 7000 public service employment jobs after current funding for them lapses on June 30 $79 million to create 14000 summer youth employment jobs with various city and private agencies This program has become important to the city because it provides teenagers from low-income families with part -time summer jobs to fund transportation for the youth workers to and from their jobs Also in this category is another $133000 for recreation trips and transportation costs for such journeys all for poverty-level youths Mr Ford vetoed the legislation passed by Congress complaining it would overstimulate the economy and overinflate the federal budget deficit Although members of Congress are already beginning to mount a veto effort the final vote is expected to be close Acting on an 8-3 vote Friday city councilmen urged Congress to overrun the disapproval and keep intact the important federally supported programs Councilman Dave Cunningham who called for the veto override painted a grim picture of teenage restlessness this summer if the federal money is not forthcoming Actually the city has set aside about $54 million for summer youth employment work but needs extra money to conduct it at the same level as last year as well as finance the transportation element of the program Students may take test quit school at 16 SACRAMENTO (AP) Students who pass an examination will be permitted to quit school or enter college at age 16 without a high school diploma under a program starting next fall state officials said Friday Starting Oct 1 high school juniors and seniors may choose to take a special pioficiency test A passing grade will be the equivalent of a diploma The students then would be free to seek a job attend regional vocational programs or seek early admission into community colleges reported state Department of Education officials The plan is intended to reduce high absentee rates in the last two years of high school and to cut school expenditures by shrinking the enrollment George Neill department communications director said the proficiency test now is being field tested He said regulations and criteria for conducting the examinations will be formulated during the summer By Helen Thomas BRUSSELS (UPI) Pleased with his debut into European summitry President Ford headed for Spain today to strengthen US relations with the Franco government as fears mounted that Portugal neighbor may swing communist Ford was to leave Zaventem airport at 3 am EDT for Madrid where a welcome with full military honors was prepared by 82-year-old Generalissimo Francisco Franco A colorful parade from the airport to the main plaza similar to the fiesta welcome accorded former President Nixon in 1970 awaits Ford and his wife Betty on their arrival for the one-day visit Ford capped his two-day Brussels visit with a six-course meal he had two desserts at de Mouton a restaurant built in 1660 on a narrow cobblestoned street of the famed Grand Place The 23 guests included Ford his wife Secretary of State Henry A Kissinger Prime Minister Leo Tindemans and his wife They dined on smoked ham sole cooked with hop shoots turbot in vegetable sauce and dry vermouth and leg of lamb After a dessert of flaming crepes with fresh strawberries Ford resist the offer of zabaglione with black current cream Park Western some time in By Emanuel Parker Staff writer Stories that the Park Western Apartments in San Pedro are due to be razed and replaced with new apartments sometime in the future have been confirmed by one of the owners Larry Jett a partner in the Read Development Corp of Hawaii which bought the Park Western Apartments in August of 1973 said of the apartments are due for Jett said the present uncertain state of the economy made it impossible to say when or how many of the apartments would be replaced initially He said in the long run the entire Park Western complex would be removed and replaced with newer units present complex provides adequate housing but lets face it visually no compliment to the Jett said reason all this is so indefinite is the money he continued a definite date is fixed for the work apartments to be replaced future firm official says Eugene Kidder Jr head of the wage and salary section Kidder said the total increase would be about to $28625 for next year and $57250 over both fiscal years If any elected official chooses to forgo his increase he could notify the controller in advance and avoid facing a tax liability a move Kidder suggested not be made without consulting an accountant He said 5 per cent per year council increases are reasonable and probably will amount to less than rises in the consumer price index and be lower than salary boosts granted in the private sector Councilwoman Pat Russell defended the pay boosts saying their cancellation would not save taxpayers much money and not lower the tax burden in Los Angeles By a gesture of refusing the increases could make ourselves feel good and look good to our Mrs Russell added but such a move would be back the pay base for future salary increases By restraining themselves to a mere 5 per cent per year increase council members are taking major step to curb the spiral of she declared But Councilman Ernani Bernardi delivered a waspish dissent When he first sought council office in 1961 the pay was $6000 a year he said In the intervening years it has climbed to the current $30000 But even if it were still at $6000 council jobs lack for he said noting over-professionalized political And the quality of representation has not increased with the size of the political salaries paid Bernardi said in this country was not intended to be as professional as it is he added proposal to junk the pay hike was shot down on a 2-10 council vote Only Bernardi and arrell supported it By Robert Ballenger Copley News Service LOS ANGELES Most city coun-cilmen Friday made it clear they want and feel they more than deserve pay raises extending over the next two years They decisively beat back an attempt to scuttle projected back-to-back 5 per cent salary increases for themselves over the coming two fiscal years Council members Thursday voted to order the drafting of a salary ordinance which would boost the pay of all 18 elected city officials Under this plan mayoral pay would rise from $50000 a year to $52500 on July 1 and finally to $55000 on July 1 1976 The current city attorney salary of $42500 would rise to $44625 and then to $46750 City council and city controller pay would increase from the present $30000 first to $31500 and then to $33000 Right after commissioning this salary measure the council abruptly adjourned leaving a motion by Councilman Robert Farrell relating to the pay matter on the desk When the council reconvened Friday Farrell asked for reconsideration of the vote to draft the salary ordinance But Councilman Arthur Snyder told his colleagues there was sense rehashing this since during roll call were honestly request failed on a 5-0 vote The council then took up Thursday motion which asked all elected officials to forgo their salary increases In also requested city department heads to voluntarily pass up their salary increases for the next fiscal year Mayor Tom Bradley and City Atty Burt Pines have declared they will not accept pay increases in view of the tight financial situation Councilmen were given a report on the effect of their projected pay increases by to begin the present tenants will be given substantial The availability of money would determine when dismantling of the present apartments would begin and it could be a year or more bemore it starts Jett said reason we notified the tenants about any of this is because still very uncertain We want to get them upset about nothing" he said Jett said the new apartments when built would not be low-cost housing and pointed out the present apartments were not federally subsidized sometimes lose $20000 a month on these he said Responding to charges made by angry tenants some of whome plan to picket Park rental office today Jett said: Councilman John Gibson and the Department of Housing and Urban Development monitor us and are aware of what doing and plan to Jett said a plan was being formulated in conjunction with the Relocation Department of the City of Los Angeles to help Heated debate may emerge at museum hearing William Samaras a San Pedro resident and a marine biology instructor at Carson High School has recommended the lower part of Stephen White Drive be closed and the road be routed behind the parking lot site Samaras will make the recommendation Tuesday evening in order to segregate pedestrian and vehicular traffic from the museum area and to open more park and beach area Councilman John Gibson who has pushed for a museum for almost five years has not sided with any of the latest proposed sites Steve Star field deputy said Friday were committed to the original site which after $450000 was spent was turned down" are leaving the site to the Recreation and Parks Commission and the citizens for their Star said By Mike Daugherty Staff writer A heated debate over the location of the new Cabrillo Marine Museum appears imminent at a public hearing Tuesday evening The hearing conducted by the Los Angeles Recreation and Parks Commission will begin a 7 pm at the Peck Park Community Center 560 Western AveSan Pedro It is being conducted to receive comments on the museum draft environmental impact report (EIR) CommissiGiici received the EIR report in early April from the department staff which recommended the museum be constructed at the intersection of Stephen White Drive and the access road to Cabrillo Beach The report also included altneratives to the eliminating extensive park green area think the department can afford more money for A legal advisor for the Save Cabrillo Beach Committee supports position Dick Chenoweth a San Pedro attorney said the added costs involved in the anhor site would jeopardize the entire museum project Lusby said the additional redesign needed would probably run about $250000 Those opposing proposal suggest the museum be built in the northwest corner of the beach parking lot They say the museum as originally designed could be constructed on the lot with minor changes Lusby said the entrance to the museum would need to be changed so it will face the ocean or middle of the road at the Cabrillo Beach parking lot and the current museum location But commissioners have indicated they made no final decision on a site and are expected to chose one after the public hearing is conducted Ik- Richard Josslin administrator of the museum proposed the of the site in August and has pushed for that site since then Josslin was on vacation last week and could not be reached for comment on Friday But during an interview in August the administrator said the anchor was the most feasible site made so far for the museum object was to find a site appropriate for the architectural design of the Josslin said On a Site where two anchors rest on top of the bluff the proposal suggests land be excavated to A scale the museum according to the landscape The site proposal would mean the road loop would be eliminated thus segregating all vehicular and pedrestrian traffic in the beach area Access to the beach area would be made by a road from Stephen White Drive to the northern section of the parking lot But Josslin proposal appears to be failing in gamering support from various individuals and groups who have been involved in the museum controversy WTlliam Lusby a San Pedro architect who designed the original museum proposal has opposed Josslin proposal since its inception extensive grading the museum he said it is questionable what it will do to the la Lusby said the museum would need to be redesigned to fit in the anchor site without i I.