The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 23

insight A Report from The Beats Board Adopts $376 Million School Budget By Curt Tuck The Fresno School Board has wrapped up action on its 1967-68 tentative budget and tonight will tackle a second pressing possible ways to alleviate the classroom shortage next fall The board will meet in public session at 7:30 o'clock In the Tioga Junior High School at 3232 Fairmont Ave Following almost three hours of discussion last night the I board adopted a tentative budg- Burns Proposes Direct Flights To East Points et of $37638909 for the fiscal year which will start Saturday The total is $2478002 more than this budget and would require a 30-cent tax hike if substantial changes are not made before a final budget is adopted in August A public hearing is set tor MAKING A Jason Hubbart superintendent for the Robert Fisher Construction Co checks the plans for the new Fresno State College student union building as he surveys the depression so far scooped out by earth-moving equipment for the foundation Most of the heavy equipment is working nights on the project to avoid conflicting with summer-session activities The union in the center of the campus is scheduled for completion by the fail 1968 semester Rep Sisk announced approval by the Department of Housing and Urban Development of a $500000 loan for the project The loan for which funds were reserved last year will be supplemented by $65000 of college funds Aug 3 and a final figure on the tax rate will not be available SACRAMENTO State SenLntij after assesse( vaua Hugh Burns of Fresno isLon 0f the district and state asking the newly appoint-a portlonment figures are ed Transportation Committee to known ater August look into the possibility of rec-l ommending direct air flights Jump to 43BZ from Fresno "to such eastern The current tax rate Is $4062 points as Chicago New York each $100 of assessed valua-and tion and tentative budget In a letter to Gordon Luce would require a $4362 tax rate administrator ot the state support it Twenty-seven Transportation Agency Burns hike would be for notes the appointment of increases in various areas and committee to study additional three cents transportation problems and w1 was figured in the urges Luce use the influence I PeUniinary budget earlier this of your office to interest the mondl would be in an in-committee in giving some con- creased override tax sideration to the needs of the I The board recently decided to San Joaquin increase from $6 to $9 a month Cites Justification I the contribution to em-He says he thinks if valley health and accident inresidents and air freight could surance which will be paid be brought to Fresno by through an override tax Ap-adequate system of high-speed I proximately $100000 is involved ground transportation it is increase possible that direct (air) flights Most of the increase over last from Fresno to the East could salaries is in teacher sal-be justified and the load on the aries up from $21-metropolitan airports could be792238 this year to $24085023 reduced Much of last session He concedes the saving in was devoted to the district staff time and money by having val- fxpktoing why various budget ley residents and freight bypass pie8 were increased or de-San Francisco and Los Angeles creased would not be much now The staff said the budget rein the future it could be sub-pects the type of program the US Action May Stall CC Plans New standards for qualifying urban renewal projects for federal assistance may be a perhaps fatal blow to a pro-osal to expand the Fresno City College campus by us of a redevelopment project Richard Mitchell of San Francisco the regional administrator of urban renewal outlined the new federal priorities yesterday Requirements Listed They require that new projects must either Create new jobs Add to the supply of low- and middle-income housing or some dramatic new approach to community prob-ems such as the federal model cities program The Gty College project does not seem to fit into any of these categories and Mitchell emphasized during a luncheon discussion with members of the Fresno Redevelopment Agency yesterday that the new criteria will be followed by his office Agency Chairman Edwin Hal-inan and Executive Director Raymond Fisher both think the new standards could elim-nate the project sought by the City College to add some 55 acres to its campus -Action Still Pending The college has received some assistance from the agency staff to outline a redevelopment project However it still has not been submitted to the Gty Council tor its approval nor has the agency itself acted upon the proposal Fisher said the new federa standards were handed down by Robert Weaver the secretary of housing and urban development as a of of the urban renewal program He said indications are they will be followed closely in at locating the $750 million which Congress has allocated for urban renewal during the 1967-68 fiscal year More light may be shed on the chances tor the City College project tomorrow when Norman Walters of the regional office is here Fisher said one of the items on Walters agenda will be a discussion of the project with college and agency officials Taxpayers Unit Opens War On Assessment Bill THE FRESNO BEE THE REPUBLICAN 1-B Fresno California Thursday Evening June 29 1967 Chancellors Office Okays FSC Educational TV Plans OVERTIME PAY More Crises To Come? By Jerry Bier Now that the nurses at Fresno General Hospital have won additional pay benefits through the use of a out" what will be the effect on other county employes? When the nurses received approval of time-and-one-half for overtime and a pledge for continuing salary equality they were the first county employes ever to receive this benefit from the Board of Supervisors The board's action brought immediate requests from County Health Officer Dr William A DeFries and Auditor-Controller Maurice Uhler for similar treatment for their employes There are many county departments whose staffs now work many hours of overtime a month and are paid either straight time or are given compensatory time off The office and the Planning and Public Works Departments staffs oftentimes also put in long hours of overtime for the county SOME OFFICIALS believe the handling of the nurses' problems will bring quick response from representatives of employes' groups DeFries claims it is to make the overtime applicable only to General Hospital nurses He told the board Tuesday he asked his nurses to it during the hospital situation He said he assumed whatever the hospital staff nurses received accrue to the nurses in the Health and added if his nurses do not receive like treatment is real potential for another crisis' But Board of Superviors Chairman Joseph A Reich believes he did the right thing when he and Dr Gins-burg engineered the settlement to the over the weekend discussions with Ginsburg whom die nurses turned to for help led to approval of the time-and-one-half overtime pay plus a promise that whenever other area hospitals raise salaries Fresno General Hospital will follow With the pledge of these additional benefits the nurses returned to work Monday initial discussions with Ginsburg were held without the knowledge of the county administrative staff or the county counsel's office which had until then been in on all discussions When asked if his decision to step into the problem was in effect the from under the administrative office Reich replied: "You can think anything you like my friend As far as I'm concerned the electorate holds us (the supervisors) responsible spent Friday Saturday and Sunday diligently working on this and going to stand by our decision because I think jt was fair and sound There are times when the board has to step REICH CALLED Supervisors John Ventura and James 0 Cassidy during his discussions and convinced them the additional benefits for the nurses were justified think we did the right tiling and I'm proud of the action of the said Reich give the nurses a single thing they entitled Under federal law licensed vocational nurses and nursing aides were granted time-and-one-half overtime pay in January The nurses are the first county employes to receive such overtime compensation Other Fresno hospitals currently pay nurses time-and-one-half overtime County Administrative Officer Phillip Sanchez said his recommendations to the board (which did not include the benefits added over the weekend) were based on board policy board reserves the right to accept or reject these said Sanchez who is serving two weeks with the National Guard at summer camp would not want to comment on what the board weekend discussions first became public during a discussion in office Monday morning Newsmen happened upon the meeting and no attempts were made to quiet the conversation The telephone conversations over the weekend and the meeting in office appeared to violate the Brown Act a state law which says the business must be conducted at open meetings Reich conceded that the meeting in office was In violation but explained that it began as a private talk and other board members wandered in Of the telephone conversations he said reserve the right to meet with any one supervisor at any one WHEN THE NURSES at General Hospital failed to report for duty last week it was the first time Fresno County employes had used this method as a salary protest It is dear the other 3300 workers have kept a close eye on the situation In the past employes have presented their views on salaries then accepted whatever action the Board of Supervisors adopted Since it was the first pay protest of its kind it is understandable there were problems which were to be mishandled by the county and the nurses A bomb was dropped in the laps when on June 5 Mrs Ola Sabin a supervising nurse in the pediatrics section said if demands for a 22 per cent pay in- See Insight Page 6-B establish the station on the Shaw Avenue campus The other half of the cost would be financed by the legislature To finance the broadcasts of the station about four hours daily for 11 months of the year would cost about $125000 Highlander figures FSC hopes to cover most of the operating cost with contracts from valley school dis- See Plans Page 7-B up the station would begin at once FSC in the name of the state college board of trustees wants to take over the applications of the SJVCTA for a license to operate the station (Channel 18) and a grant from the Department of Health Education and Welfare (HEW) to share the cost of equipping the station Highlander has estimated itj will cost $400000 to $500000 to stantial It is possible that millions upon millions of dollars in airport costs could be saved" Concerning ground transporta-1 tion Burns says: we do not now have I need for a mass transit system capable of moving daily commuters from say Merced or Visalia to Fresno I believe the day is coming when such a sys-j tern will be Clears Assembly The Fresno City Council with McCiatchy Newspapen Lrviee Pne exception today unanimous-SACRAMENTO-A resolution adoPt a of ordinances setting forth the city financial I Sheltered Workshop Fund Drive Is Slated The Fresno Community Workshop will open a public fond drive within the next 10 days to raise $250000 to build a sheltered workshop for handicapped persons The workshop will be built on a half-block of property committed to the use by the Santa Fe Railway The property along the Santa Fe tracks just north of Divisa-dero Street will be almost di- By David Hale Fresno State College has received a big boost in its campaign to establish a community educational television station tor the Central San Joaquin Valley Dr Frederic Ness president of FSC said Dr Glenn Dum-ke chancellor of the California State Colleges has authorized FSC to proceed with its plans Dumke directed FSC to prepare a detailed financial proposal involving the cost of operating tiie station as a preliminary to request tor funds in the 1968-69 budget He also urged continued negotiations with groups interested in contributing financial support and immediate steps to request federal or private funds to establish the station First Hurdle The approval was I he first big hurdle in the plan to take over tiie ef-ort of the San Joaquin Valley immunity Televison Associa-t on to organize a channel which would serve Fresno Kings Tu-are Merced and Madera Coun-es Dr Dallas A Tueller academic vice president and Dr John Highlander FSC coordinator of television began more than a year ago to prepare a detailed proposal for the stationfor study Tueller expressed obvious tleasure at the official green ight end said tiie and business of setting Zf augurate service between Fres-r SiSSUa Councilman Ted Willis and Ny SX sam Camaroda voted against The legislation ACR 112 was an 0 1 a establishing ntroduced by Assemblyman a monPty sewer service Ernest Moblev of Fresno Parge for those Parties in GBlyTM0lIto area- other two airlines which already eentended the charge is too tow serve Fresno United Air Linesl Jhef a and Pacific Air Lines Provdes out- shown no inclination to provide 1 f11 direct service to Sacramento or r2-60 or a 8inSlanjfly resi- dence as compared with $6 now San Diego The Assembly also passed two L65 The ordinance also reduces the rectly opposite the new main entrance to the Fresno Community planned Rehabilitation Center The announcement of the property commitment and the plans for a building fund drive was made at a Fresno Community Council delegate body meeting on rehabilitation yesterday afternoon in Cedar Lanes Edward Lester president of the workshop beard of directors said the group has hired a professional fund raiser and expects to raise the required monthly minimum service charge for other than residential property to $10 as compared with $20 now Urge Extension Councilman Curtis Nagel land County Supervisor Jefferson Hahesy both made fervent pleas for the city to extend its long term financing plan to the unincorporated areas and to properties inside the city on the I same basis As adopted by the council tiie long-term financing which See Council Page 7-B A last-minute attempt will be made by the Fresno County Taxpayers Association to scuttle a bill that would give the special districts a shortcut in setting up assessment districts within themselves Attorney Richard Andrews told the association yesterday afternoon the bill AB 468 is awaiting Gov Ronald signature -The bill he said was introduced by Assemblymen George Zenovich and Ernest Mobley at the request of the Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District He pointed out lowever that the bill would be an amendment to a general law and would not apply only to the FMFCD Cuts Controls In urging the group to oppose the bill Andrews argued it would remove the control of an appointive body by an elective body The bill permits a special district to Obtain approval of a proposed resolution of intention to set up an assessment district by the Board of Supervisors or the City Council or both depending upon the location of the land to be assessed Under the present law Andrews said tiie board or council may withhhold approval or disapproval up to the time of the recording of the assessment Andrews branded the bill as an example of and said he believes it See Taxpayers Page 7-B sum in six to eight weeks in the small contributions campaign will be a one-shot Lester said on the experience of other sheltered workshops the facility should be able to support itself through fees and industrial contracts We see no reason why we should be approaching the public for funds each Elaborate Facility Lester said the plans call for a "rather facility with room for expansion He declared the workshop will cooperate so closely with the Community Hospital center as to be almost an extension of the cen program He called the number of handicapped in the Fresno area and the need for a sheltered workshop one which has been recognized tor many years announcement was followed by talks by James Caddick associate of toe Rehabilitation Workshop Administration of the University of San Francisco and Meteer president of the Mount Diablo Therapy Center in Pleasant Hill and claims manager for Liberty Mutual Insurance Co operator of a rehabilitation center in Boston Caddick outlined some of the causes of physical social am mental handicaps and the need See Workshop Page 7-B VFW Chief Says US Needs More Troops For Vietnam By James Bort Jr Leslie Fry of Reno Nev national commander in chief of Veterans of Foreign Wars says he does not like the use of word in connection with the Vietnam war But he said in an interview yesterday personally think we need more troops in up to one mostly to hold what has been taken See Burns Page 6-B Backyard Chefs Will Get Tips At Barbecue Show Backyard chefs who want to bone up on their art may get some tips from experts at Katherine annual Barbecue Roundup tonight at 8 in the yard at the rear of The Bee Building and KMJ Radio On hand to help Miss Kitchen home economist for The Bee KMJ and KMJ-TV will be three well-known barbecue enthusiasts each with his own specialty Walter Rodman will prepare beef Mike Tuma-cliff fish and seafood and Frank Espinola Jr chicken and turkey In a two-hour or so demonstration that is free to the public the experts will show various ways to make that Fourth of July party or even the impromptu cookout in the Sierra a gustatory success TAPE RECORDER HEADQUARTERS Drunk Driving Cases ARRESTS Wondo Jeon Whiteside of 1335 Mlnne-wiwa Ava Clovis ot Olivo ond Cadar Avonuat early yesterday L- Caetona of Laton at Elm and Central Avenues tarty yesterday Charles Robinson of 12056 Elm Avo at Maple and Woodward Avenues early today Jomos Aydatott of 3215 Illinois Avs at Frasno and 0 Streets airly today Virgil Hubbard of 7110 Ingram Ava at 411 Harrison Avo early today IN COURT Elov Sanchez of 1545 Second St dismissed for lack of evidence by Municipal Court Judge George Hopper the request of the district attorney' office Pleaded guilty to reckless driving and fined $115 and placed on two years probation Margaret Glffen of 344 Lansing Way S2S9 fine three years probation Sentenced by Judge Hopper llluttratod above Crmdmnza from our Droxof Collection $38500 We Are Proud of the furniture we sell and happy to tell you about the construction of any piece in our store Information gladly given by our courteous well-informed staff OPEN TOMORROW NIGHT! am opposed to truces to etting up on the bombing of forth Vietnam and I advocate a blockade of the Haiphong Fry here to attend the state convention of tiie VFW recently returned from his second trip to Vietnam Stow Process winning the war There is no question about he said it will be a slow process because it remains largely a guerrilla-type war How can the process of winning be stepped up? like the word said Fry (tiie VFW) support the policy in being there and staying there until we can bring the war to a successful conclusion We have advocated doing whatever steps the military thinks is necessary to bring this How long the war will go on Fry thinks may depend on whether Red China and Russia to change the rules how much they are willing to do to back up North Vietnam' If Russia should decide to withdraw support to the North Vietnamese he said the war could be over shortly' Domestically Fry said the legislative program is better than it has in some He said he has been assured a national cemetery program will be approved by Congress during the current session he said will approach it 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