The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 29

THE FRESNO BEE Thursday June 29 1967 7-B Taxpayers: Bill Fight From Page 1-B would permit special districts slip Into the City Council or the Board of Supervisors before anyone knows about it (the setting up of an assessment The association approved a Scholarships Will Be NAACP Picnic Feature Four scholarships win be awarded Sunday at a regional picnic of the National Associa- recommendation to seek the veto with the dissenting vote of Mrs Mary Pieper who said elective officials are mem- jl bers of the special district! boards But she added sheX believes the concept of special I districts is wrong I In other business the assod-P ation commended County As-rj sessor Gerald Card for his recent statement that when property assessments Increase from the present 22 per cent of market value to 25 per cent in 1971 there should be a tax-rate decrease by taxing agencies Tax Increase Joseph Mueller the manager told the group he estimates a 70 to 75 cent tax increase from the county city Fresno Unified School District and State Center Jun-lX ior College District budgets I expect this fall there will be some loud screaming and he said He also told the group he believes the county seriously think about getting out of the hospital business as soon as to avoid possible increased costs to the county for Medi-Cal i if wmwni' fc ET tion for the Advancement Colored People The public may join NAACP members from Fresno Hanford Tulare Madera and Merced at Garfield Corner in Kearney Park at noon Pamela Kelley Rosemary Woods Betty Phillips and Hilda Schexnayder are competing for the scholarships Balloons and games for the children and a band for teen agers are scheduled for the picnic according toClifford Kelley chairman Tickets at $2 for aditits and $1 for children under 12 are available at Triple Motors the Sterling and Cooley Funeral Homes or by calling 266-7011 Further information is available from Kelley at 255-9711 WARMING Sheriff Melvin A Willmirth right helps Clifford Kelley start the fires for the NAACP regional picnic at Kearney Park Sunday Plans Santa Fe Crews Fix Ripped-Up Rail Line PRICES IN EFFECT 29 THRU JULY 5 EXTERIOR LATEX Traffic service was restored over the Santa Fe main valley line at 4:45 pm yesterday after 400 feet of track were tom out in the early morning derailment of 11 cars at Monmouth about 12 miles south of Fresno A Santa Fe spokesman said both the eastbound and westbound Chiefs and four freight trains were rerouted over the Six of the box cars wrecked in the 11-car derailment were pushed from the right-of-way embankment and will be sold as scrap The remainder of die cars were lifted back onto the track and pulled to Calwa for repair The railroad spokesman said 60 a half-dozen bulldozers and several cranes made the repairs in almost record time New track was laid and Visalia branch between Calwa a new cap was installed on and Corcoran while repairs were a a irrigation canal being made bridge Kentucky Colonel Title i Is Conferred On Fresnan The Rev Glenn Evans acting as envoy for Gov Edward Breathitt of Kentucky last night conferred the commission of honorary Kentucky colonel on Andrew Yankey jot a party in the Yankey home at 11700 Chestnut Ave The Rev Evans of Kentucky! and Tennessee is a member of the board of evangelism of the Methodist Church He Park Concert Will Feature Trumpet Solo Linda Robert a trumpeter from Yosemite Junior High School will play Leroy as a feature of Fresno Municipal Band concert in Roeding Park The free program will begin at 7:30 pm at the Lisenby Memorial Bandstand with conductor Arthur FarSblad directing Soprano Kristine Proctor will Sing a medley arranged by Wayne McClung and the song Intermission entertain will be presented by members of the Fresno Teen-X-Change The complete program: and Stripes Forever march Sousa march Bagley Star Spangled American Tobani march Fillmore Anderson Meacham Medley of "Clarinet Bennett march Leonard Miles and Zimmerman "US Army Air march Crawford Field march Sousa arranged by Anderson and Bless Berlin Fire Calls The Frnno Fire Department answered ttie following cells between neon yesterday and naan today: 12:03 2132 Maude Ave car Are 7 North Fresno Street and Shields Avenue ear Are 3:41 2731 Clinton Ave grease North First Street and Bullard Avenue grass Are 5:04 4326 Gettysburg Ave heated cooler 6:56 pm 1605 Weldon Ave defective water heater 9:13 3233 West Ave car Are 10:33 12:36 1226 Fruit Ave false alarm 1:07 356 Eden Ave food on stove Council WIXCOTE EXTERIOR PRIMER $3 LOW LUSTRE HOUSE PAINT NON-CHALKING HOUSE PAINT WIXSAVE EXTERIOR INTERIOR LATEX A Yankey was honored for his support of the Henderson tlement school in mountain country Evans had been superintendent of the school A letter from Breathitt which accompanied the certificate of commission said in part: are ddply proud of this excellent school and of all who participated in making it what it is today and we feel that those people have offered happiness hope and success to thousands whose lives might iave been purposeless and ileak What you have contri-wted has indeed been an invaluable investment in human ife and will- never be Yankey a native of Ketucky 5 an engineering graduate of the University of Kentucky anc served with the Army Corps of Engineers in World War I He was a contracting engineer in the Philippine Islands prior to World War II leaving there just 10 days before the attack on Pearl Harbor He owns farm-and in Fresno and Los Angeles Counties From Page 1-B tricts and metropolitan Fresno high schools just as does the San Diego State College which established an educational TV channel last year Under management the station would offer on-campus or extension courses either) for public or closed-circuit broadcast programs in the performing arts either by FSC faculty and students or private organizations rented programs in drama science world affairs and subjects from National Educational Television (NET) specials on topics of local interest and other general service programs Interest Indicated Tueller said Fresno City College Reedley College and College of the Sequoias have indicated an interest in cooperating in the project He also hopes hospitals public schools and jovemment agencies will find Channel 18 fills a public information need cooperation from everyone has been Tuel-I er said Mardikian at-' torney and president of JVCTA helping us With the legal iroblems and Rep Sisk las said he will stay on top of the matter of federal funding and licensing in Washington Two commercial television sta- tions have even volunteered transmitter sites and tower But Tueller pointed out that) the of others will yet be needed before Channel 18 under the auspices of FSC becomes an accomplished fact Like Gov Ronald Reagan who finally must okay the state unds has publicly expressed ear of a proposed statewide ed- cational television network (its dangerous to commercial TV) a plan he might) read into the interest of the state college board of trustees another station If the FSC outlet is to obtain inancing from school districts neighboring counties its oosters feel they must discourage the hopes of some groups Tulare Kings and Merced Counties for instance in im- jorting programs by relay from ETV stations in San Francisco or Los Angeles Workshop From Page 1-B for sheltered workshops to help move the handicapped into pro- ductive roles in the community He said a community workshop can serve as a bridge between nonemployed persons and competitively employed persons direction in which going here in Fresno can be of tremendous meaning to handicapped he told his audience Meteer said that in 1965 Cali-j fomia had more than 200000 work-produced injuries more than 20000 of them in the San Joaquin Valley of which 4000 required rehabilitation services Not Provided fact that 4000 needed it dldlS-ft (rehabilitation) mean1 they got Meteer said rehabilitation is not a matter of life and death it often is not) Meteer said insurance com-) parties are becoming increasing- ly interested in rehabilitation one thing because good A model of the Fresno Com-) munity Hospital including the planned expansion was displayed publicly for the first time at the Community Council meet ing and 10 other health agencies had displays on view SALE JUNE WIXCOTE REG $574 4x4x6-ft 4x4x7-ft Ph OPEN FRL WIXCOTE Vinyl Dri-Woll Sealer $349 $039 GAL ROLLER TRAY KIT! REG $190 Mt SAVE 71c VFW: Viet Need Told INCH From Page 1-B would enable a property owner to pay off the sewer connection expense on a monthly installment basis over 30 years would be available only to residents of the city Nagel and Hahesy emphasized their concern is only that the program must work because of the hazard of pollution of the underground water supply by continued use of septic tanks in the metropolitan area The financing program is as essential to success in the unincorporated area as it is within the city limits they declared Seeks Equality Nagel although not opposing the financing program for city residents said he will continue to press sfor some kind of a plan which would be available both inside and out At this stage he does note appear to have much backing from his fellow council-men Fears also have been expressed in some quarters that the county might rescind its ordinance requiring property owners to connect to a public sewer within three years after notification that such a sewer is available if the financial burden on the unincorporated area owners proves to be too onerous The other ordinances adopted by the council all unanimously are: Set the house branch charge at a flat fee of $205 both inside and outside instead of the present rate of $5 a foot for the entire distance the branch sewer has to run Eliminated the existing application fee of $25 for processing a request to hook onto the city sanitary sewer system Declared that as long as the present county sewer ordinance remains in effect the outside-sewer charges will not be raised except In proportion to the inside charge Three members of the audience appeared before the council but confined their remarks largely to broadsides against the policy of forcing connection to public sewers in the metropolitan area rather than to the issues under consideration by the council SET REDWOOD FENCING Vietnam an increase In US troops relaxation of policy prohibiting aircraft from attacking certain Communist military targets and the use of battleships off the coast of Vietnam United States must cease pleading for the Communists to join us at the conference Hittle stressed He said the United States plead for peace with the Japanese or the Nazis in World War II There is no reason why we should do so with the Communists In other activities two Fresno women and one local post were awarded trophiess for outstanding work for the VFW Capt A Crow Post 884 anc its auxiliary were commended for community service Virginia Esparza of 2139 Griffit Way a member of the auxiliary to Mexican-American Post received an award for Americanism in a Flag promotion program Mrs Fusayo Fujimura of 1437 Stephens Ave a member of the Post 8499 auxiliary was commended for Americanism through her aid to local schools will end to-election and From Page 1-B tive agenda Fry said are a flag desecration bill enlargement of benefits under the GI Bill and a Senate committee to handle veterans affairs He said all are in good shape and predicted they will be acted upon favorably Fry also noted the VFW which now has about 135 million members is continuing to show increases in its membership rolls Part of the reason he said is a reaction to antiwar demonstrations by men feel the urge to join an organization that will take a strong stand A desire to escalate US miltary activities in Vietnam and to cease negotiations with Russia and North Vietnam characterized the address of retired Marine Brig Gen Hittle to the VFW assembly this morning Hittle a former Fresnan now of Sacramento is VFW director of national security and foreign affairs He stressed the VFW supports national policy in Viet- nam but said there are several things he thinks would speed up US victory there SHUR-CALK CAULKING COMPOUND 5 Tubes For SAVE 100 50e bankAmericard 2x4xl6-ff OCDSES) lumber building supply center ESTABLISHED 1634 Nirlhtait Sidg of Old Highway 99 1 Mila South af Fowlor Calif 9TOR1 HRS: Maw thru FrL I to 5 PM Sat 8 to 4 PM HOME REMODELING DEPT PH 834-3270 834-2583 EVENINGS JIL He urged a blockade of North installation of state officers l- 1 i rffc iadAAAAdfl4AaAAaAAMMliMUadAAd4AdX4AA4 6 A IAAAA A 4 a A A A i HJ i-i-il-J i i f-i-lfiJiddd.