The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 25

Board Votes To Plan For Three School Additions i By Ki' hlrJ II ill nisium tv 1 JTi 'I ho I ii With more moiry now li-iUmp con i-r lib fur the district building program tho Fresno City Silioul 1 Board voted 4 1 tn take nr- (District ndniimstrators huvi 1 1 lilisun us pa-siM'1 int'-i will he ju-ld sum UV-l -r jn1 Mr- raven Hu it Ii' pu mu'iii iiw il iii complete I it air IVi- -it I he priced cm) i- I-1 muled at $12 million ie ml tin- prni-i will move loi aril when the money available hopefully within lew months A total of $21 million more See Schools Page 9-C liun on praiwsod additions to site for ut'w n-gionil vua nmmli-lmg ami tmiMruc miter At least one Dlherhini --pi- u-d to la' if nit i district would be In-4 line years The main htiilduu' in the regionil renter jfss ro rctnfm ciucm in the first taint net-ting to dis-lfrieks) THE FRESNO BEE THE ncrCDUCAN 1-ndiy September 2a 197U 1 jK wl 1 cm sea 4 4 fc' tv i Bullard and lUwver High Schools and the new Martin IuiIiit KingN(-hol mixk'l elementary school In' West Fresno Tills means bids will be advertised soon for the two high school projects with completion anticipated by next September or Octulx-r The administration said a and acquisition problem luis dovetailed at the King School site at Fig and Florence Avenues but the project Is expected to be ready for bids in about four months Scope Change Mrs Ann Leavenworth who voted no charged that the district is changing the scope of some projects from what the community was told before voters two years ago authorized a i 275 million bond issue-slate aid package for the building program Mrs Leavenworth questioned where the money was coming from to finance projects which she said will cost more than anticipated Her remarks visibly ired Supt Erwin A Dann and elicited comment from board member Dr Young and from Dr Robert A Webber assistant superintendent for business Dann noted the large amount of residential building going on in the Hoover and Bullard areas and said the additional school facilities are needed Id about year avert an overwhelming Concurrent Plan He said that adding the King School to the priority list would make it possible to construct this school concurrently with the development of the (nearby) Catholic Charities' housing Mrs Leavenworth argued the board should consider moving the Roosevelt High rehabilitation addition project to the priority list and she questioned why only' $16 million was planned for projects at Edison High in contrast to $5 million planned for Fresno High work The building plans for Edison call for remodeling the main building and replacing the gym- tiunul volved The CAPITAL CEREMONY-a formal dedication in Washington presided over by Eliot Richardson secretary of the Department of Health Education and Welfare second from right celebrates the completion of the official portrait of former HEW Secretary Wilbur Cohen left At right is Leverett Boruszak of Fresno the artist commissioned fo do the oil painting it is her second portrait of a cabinet official the other being HEW Secretary Anthony Celcbrezze Mrs Cohen is at left The ritual took place at a meeting attended by several hundred followed by an invitational luncheon There was also a party at the home of the Cohens in Ann Arbor Mich where he now is dean of the school of education attended by several congressmen and Mrs Boruszak and her husband Franklin Mrs Boruszak presented Cohen with a second smaller version of the portrait at that affair Boruszak is not in the photo because he a professional photographer was behind the camera to rvw 1 Mrs Priest Hits Claim Of Threat To State Banks j-s a :51 Police Seize Film In Venus Theater Raid iUUCSAU JI feftfti a tr i Police vice squad officers last By George Baker Mrs Ivy Baker Priest Repub- night raided the new Venus Gordon has charged Mrsjnames of many of them Any campaign chairman! bank she added may have sent letters to several California state funds dePosited in them bankers asking for campaign meeting uniform regulations Theatcr at 56 Van Ness Ave lican state treasurer today disand seized an allegedly obscene puted charges by her opponent Democrat Milton Gordon unethical fund raising charges show how little he knows about the operations of my Mrs Priest told a press conference today at the Fresno Air Terminal donations veiled threats that the state will withdraw its funds the banks if contributions were not forthcoming Mrs Priest said the letters were sent to past contributors and that she does not know the njiiniMMH1 'otijr miin motion picture Officers obtained a search warrant to seize the film at about 5:25 pm The place was in business again about four hours later with a new film During the raid police arrested James E' Drake 26 of 3919 Clark St the projectionist and booked him in jail on suspicion of possessing marijuana The officers said they found a tobacco pouch with some marijuana in Drake's briefcase in the theater The untitled silent film was turned over to the district attor- mm City Seeks Writ To Inspect Apartments $5000 Fire Hits Fresno Paper Plant Planning and Inspection nes office where a determ ina-' Director John Behrens today Sat Plralo 70 MARK At this stage in the construction of the $15 million wing of the Community Hospital Administrator Clifton Linville estimates it is nearing the 70 per cent completion mark In this view looking generally north from Fresno Street shaping up is what will become the administrative section on the first floor a new rehabilitation department on the second floor mental health adjuncts on the third and fourth and beds for patients undergoing rehabilitation or post-surgical and medical cases on the fifth sixth and seventh The three top stories are being for later use The rest of the structure should be ready for a moving-ln day in about a year from now tion will be made about its ob-lsaid he will seek a search war- The charge is she declared want to know who was sent the letters and I At her side during the press conference was Phillip Sanchez Republican candidate for the 16th Congressional District Later Mrs Priest addressed a Republican group at the Tropicana Lodge and put in another plug for Sanchez in his race against Incumbent Democrat Sisk Mrs Priest said the money market has eased in recent weeks with the sale of $50 million worth of school and parks and recreation bonds set for the next month She pointed to her record as state treasurer saying California has earned more interest on time deposits than any other state in the nation 'This has helped materially because it enabled us to loan money to some of the programs which were so dependent on bond when the state was unable to float bonds she said Sanchez a member of the State Colleges Board of Trustees said he still believes there will be a La Raza studies program at Fresno State College this year The program has been at the center of recent campus disturbances He said the ultimate solution to the La Raza studies controversy is to place the ad- See Race Page 9-C rant to enter two apartment buildings which one of his inspectors says should be demolished as unsafe Yesterday two Inspectors were refused admission to 828- scenity and whether charges will be filed According to police part of the seized film was in the projector and the other part was hidden under the projector stand any Fresno Crime Rises 4 AFL-CIO Panel Report City Worker Strike Gets Tentative OK A fire destroyed $5000 worth of cardboard and paper in the storage yard of the Consolidated Fibers Co plant at 935 Topeka Ave last night Investigators said the fire broke out shortly after 6:30 pm and blazed furiously for a short time Fresno firemen tore apart numerous bundles of paper to get at the fire and one fire company remained at the scene through the night to prevent new flare ups The fire started at the north end in the outside storage yard Winds whipped sparks to the southern end and started a second fire Investigators believe a cigarette accidentally discarded western states showed a rise ofcreased 10 per cent with rob-12 per cent bery up 16 per cent rape four The Fresno figures with 1970 Per asspu f've listed first follow: murder nine per cent Murder 10 and five forcible He also noted the following in 832 0 St by Ewell Peden one of the owners Peden is a Demo-1 cratic write-in candidate for the 32nd Assembly District Peden read a statement to them signed by tenants that they were not complaining Harris Richards conservation specialist said he was in the premises Sept 16 and enough to issue a demolition Richards said there are two structures both of which have been converted from singlefamily residences to four apartment units each He said the electric wiring no longer would be adequate for single-family use He said both still have the old open-face service which can electrocute persons under certain conditions He said in one of the structures all tenants share the single bathroom facility and a couple with four young children is living in extremely small quarters The statement signed by Mr and Mrs Ira Spaulding the managers and the tenants states they are with that they have not While the crime rate climbed by 11 per cent during the first six months of this year compared to last year rate rose 435 per cent for the same period rape seven and 14 robbery 129 crease For crimes against property: larceny 15 per cent auto theft eight per cent and bur The rate is based on seven and 163 assault 86 and 72 bur-crime categories The figures were released today by the FBI Cities of Fresnos size with glary 1637 and 1589 larceny over $50 1535 and 1572 and car theft 962 and 769 A committee of the Central (Patrick Mahler city personnel Labor Council of Fresno and director) and request that it be Madera Counties AFL-CIO has corrected recommended a strike sanction! if it is not corrected for a Fresno City employes then it should be brought to the union but only after several attention of the mayor then to steps of pay negotiation havelthe City Council and if it is not beat attempted then corrected the commit- The committee action came in'tee recommends strike sanction the wake of a request from the be granted" glary 11 per cent I cti Crime Agues for other Califor- FBI D'rector Edgar Hver citi ith ig70 listed first reported on the national level population between 100000 and of paper250000 had a crime rate in among the bundles caused the blaze jerease of 18 per cent while the violent crimes as a group in- Fresno High Landscaping Gets OK American Federation of State County and Municipal Employes Local 458 for sanction of a strike against the City Fresno Before the recommendation for a strike sanction is granted the committee report said the following steps should be taken: The union threatened a work stoppage in June over a pay dispute but the walkout never terialized Members of the Labor Council committee which made the recommendations are Bob Perkins editor of the Valley Labor Citizen Howard Jones president of voted 3-2 to accept green summer color and San Jose Murder one three rape 100 87 robbery 237 154 assault 389 229 burglary 3382 2985 larceny 1187 1033 and auto theft 1682 1308 San Francisco Murder 60 72 rape 278 241 robbery 2-658 3184 assault 1495 1471 burglary 9409 9339 larceny 6237 2842 and auto theft 7-046 8856 Sacramento Murder 10 10 rape 38 21 robbery 305 257 assault 192 160 burglary 2-094 5918 assault 7265 7373 and auto theft 982 1125 Los Angeles Murder ISO lts brilliant yellow fall color and the Chinese Pistache for its more casual habit and iridescent orange fall Garaman added in a letter plan It also was announced the City is interested in a possible mall being developed in front of the school on North Echo be The planned Fresno High for an andjjjQQj parking lot at East Mc-they consider an inspection' and orth Echo Avenues invasion of Behrens said the contain 25 new trees instead were in the area recently in re-of crape myrtle and four large sponse to a complaint and eucalyptus trees that had been! 10 complaint and eucalyptus trees that had a survey should be the Central Labor Council Three carob trees now in the parking strips along East Peralta Way also will be kept their isolated locations the ca-robs will stand out as specimen trees and no tree is more beautiful on a year round Carman stated He added he was recommending removal of other existing trees in the proposed parking made using the same criteria as Manuel Lopez executive sec re- that in the City Charter to prove'tary of the Building Trades beentween East McKinley and Eastjthat the of that the prevailing wage forjcouncil- Fred Hardy the exterior of the two scheduled to be cut down will be-Weldon Avenues However the four eucalyptus trees would those classifications that 'of Workers enoueh kePf- I nothing will be done at leastprovide dominant and grace- and Gilbert de la-P11 were 1ke city uses is incorrect The plan is that of Burr Gar-Until the three-year high school ful element in the man a landscape architect who rebuilding project is completed! His plan also calls for red side1 Laing business representative this survey be done Richards who was accompa- was hired at the school plan calls forlcrape myrtle combined three species of young trees: jeanary Island pine to be a par- nied yesterday by electrical direction after a controversy de- area becausethey wouldbe out 99s 6- of context with the planned new 5 assault 7t265 7373 of Radio and Television Technicians Local 202 The committee met with persons involved in the dispute be- inspector Wayne Kennedy saidjvefoped in conjunction with the the SL Mary Magnolia for its tial screen on the perimeter of (by) local 458 due to its expertise in this area once it has been determined that the wages are incorrect that this be brought to i the strength of the oppear-jextensive building project' dark evergreen color and huge'the parking area and to con- trees Dr Robert A Webber assis- burglary 32676 32047 larceny 22200 21775 and auto theft 16J231 16001 fore reaching its conclusion ajance thin6s outs'de he sent planned for Fresno High white blossoms the Ginkgo along East McKinley and See Trees Page 9-C The school board last night tumn for its contrasting1 North Palm Avenues See Writ Page 9-C the attention of Mr Mahler statement to the press said SALE SPECIAL mini JllJ KERR'S SPECIAL PURCHASE 9 Pc Multi-Purpose Corner Set Lai lirje Selection of Colors 1 Fabrics ft GORGEOUS SHAG Thick Bouncy Luxurious Carpet! 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