The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 33

Fresno Manpower Program Faces 1 9 Million Cut By John Crowe The Fresno City-County Manpower -Commission faces a $19 million cut-back in funding for job programs ac-' to 1974-75 fiscal guidelines i- released today by the US Department of Labor Secretary of Labor Peter Bren-nan released the figures' to help prospective sponsors plan local government manpower programs The' House and Senate are arguing over the appropriations measure When it arrives the cash will flow inio two categories: Title funds earmarked for specific job agencies for specific purposes and Title II funds for public and private nonprofit agencies to provide jobs ranging from ditchdigging to teaching Arsen Marsoobian manpower administrator for the City-County Manpower Commission said the guide- lines state $35 million will be received locally for Title I programs or about a 10 per cent reduction from' the current budget The $105 million to be received for Title II programs is a drop of nearly $16 million from the current budget do anything about it" Marsoobian said He explained the funds are allocated according to a formula contained in the act being con- sidcred in Congress That formula Marsoobian said is based on unemployment the number' 'of poor families in -the area and the prior allocation of federal cash Unless the formula is changed or the amount of appropriations increased Fresno County job programs will lose" $19 million compared to the current fiscal year Title I grants to state and local government sponsors will allow them to provide job services including class room skill training on-the-job training basic education counseling job development placement and create public service work spots according to the Department of Labor The services are intended to help-the jobless particularly those most economically disadvantaged get and keep good jobs Implementation date is July 1 Title II grants will enable sponsors to provide public service employment or manpower service-authorized under Title I to eligible residents of areas where there is substantial unemployment Total funding will be about $15 billion for all states and an estimated 350 local governments Marsoobian said that this year will be the first time a local agency will be making the decisions where the manpower funds will be spent Monthly Bus Is Set Fresno bus riders will be able to purchase a $750 'monthly pass and ride as many times as they wish beginning July 1 The City Council Thurs-' day approved the monthly' pass idea and set no limit on the number of rides The regular price is 20 cents Asst City Manager LR-White said if a patron rides the bus twice a day the pass will free rides approximately 10 days a Other reduced fares previously approved by the' council are 10 cents with a -'Medicare card and $2 a i month for the blind and -persons on Social Security 'On weekends all rides '-are 10 cents and free transfers are offered In addition Fresno Trans-j it offers colorful schedules pointing out 24 points of interest in the Fresno area which can be reached by the bus rider White said the special grates and the monthly pass 'i are part of Fresno 'continuing effort to persons to leave their kars at home and ride the bus (State Nabs if S'' 000 In Heroin keep in curious canines or stand as a memento to times gone past A fence can be a 'noble thing indeed Fans of Robert Frost will remember his words of wisdom on fences fences make good intoned his New England neighbor in also serve other functions as cap-tured here by Bee Photographer Joseph Fences may hold in fields of springtime flowers hold up creaky sidewalks With Purpose Council Avoids Prop 9 Tim Fresno Gty Council following more than two hours of discussion decided not to collectively support or oppose Prop 9 the -campaign reform initiative on the June primaty ballot The council voted 3-3 on a motion by Councilwoman Linda Mack to endorse the proposal Councilmen Al Villa and Dale Doig also voted yes Voting no were Mayor-Ted Wills and Council-menElvin Bell and Paul -GWasemillcr Councilman Marc A Stefano an attorney was in 'court and did not vote Tim tie vote constitutes-no action The principal spokesman for the proposal was Howard Watkins an attorney who said the measure will good government and honest government back to A parade of opposition speakers included several from organized labor at the state and local levels They stressed the threat to freedom of speech the possibil-lily of adding a new layer of government" and the of 1 Mrs Mack said the Issue is whether legislators will the public interest or special interests declaring: "The tight to know supercedes any right to keep my business private" Villa echoed the -to know" theme and said: that because of few the credibility of everybody in government is at issue The people should know who is making the Wascmiller said adopting a proposal will not bring honest officials and declared he is not to panic because we have some people in politics who 'are Bell said he thinks current state law covers most of the areas involved in the proposition and objected to no provision for the state to reimburse local jurisdictions for the expense of administering the measure Wills said that during his in organized labor he spent many -years as an unofficial unregistered lobbyist arguing 'the case of the working people and that since he has been mayor be has been a lobbyist for the city in Sacramento and Washington think lobbying is a job that needs to be done and just because somebody imade a mistake does not mean everybody is going to do the same thing" Involvement Brown Villa Argue Over 'Clubbiriess' OF Politics Willmirth Enters For Tests Condition -Good" stances there taken on the farm labor problem headon been out front in support of election Actually there is little to separate the two Democrats on the issues Both says they want to reshape government make it more rasponsive to the people Villa during the campaign has concentrated on educational probr (Campaign') Beverly he tells his audiences we have to begin closing the tax loopholes the state is serious about helping Loopholes is also a popular Word in campaigning the cause of oar social he says the big guys paid their fair share of taxes be aide to pay for the programs that the people need" And that is not just so much idealism Brown insists only the oil companies were taxed as they should be have the money to pay for a statewide health care Where the two campaigners differ is in style Even before he announced his candidacy Villa has been visible-throughout the new Assembly district which takes in western Fresno County Madera and Mariposa Counties and a slice of southern Merced County Except for rare appearances Brown has kept out of the public eye been appearing in every possible place I can big and says -Villa had registration drives in every community of the district a grassroots campaign in every sense" By Eli Setencich Politics Writw Now that Alex Brown has turned 30 he had had to tone down that old youth movement admonition a little trust anybody over he now says with a grin Naturally A1 Villa who is 38 and is opponent for the Democratic nomination in the new 30th Assembly District has a different opinion several different opinions biggest difference between us is that been says Villa a first term Fresno City councilman participated all my life from legal service work to the Democratic party to the council Alex has been But to Brown who his making his second run for the Assembly involvement can be synonymous with membership in the If elected he says Villa would be little different from the incumbent Republican Kenneth Maddy another attorney another part of the clubby structure in Sacramento Not so says Villa pointing to his record certainly join any chib in City HalL taken my What is believed to be a major heroin source in the t-'Sap Joaquin Valley was Chut off with the arrest of four Fresno men-and the -Confiscation of an estimated $700000 worth of hero- in according to state nar-'cotics investigators Jailed are Rogelio Ruiz -Garcia 36 of 556 Britton i-Avfe a trucking business Vend tavern operator Ignacio Hitdero Ruiz of 404 Federa St Nicl Nicolas Rodriquez 27 and John Al-vexander Aguilar 29 of £'3500 Valentine Ave A total of 60 ounces of 'heroin much of which is 'believed to be uncut was ''confiscated by state narcotics agents during -the arrests Thursday climaxing a 2 -month investigation Bail for Garcia and Rodriquez has beat set at $180000 each confident a major See Heroin Page D4- and is feeling very -good But Lowe said a complete series of tests are being run anyway A1 Geller whose public jrelations firm is handling' re-clection campaign said the hospital jstay will not affect the sheriffs campaign Asked why no announcement was made of-the sheriff entering the hospital Geller said it did not seem to lie necessary understand he is only in for a checkup and some said adding he only learned Thursday that Willmirth was in the hospital Undersheriff Harold McKinney said the sheriff's office did not make an announcement because it is -not ordinarily done About eight years ago when Willmirth entered a because of a back problem McKinney recalled no announcement was made The Bee learned about hospitalization from a caller inquiring about the sheriffs By Mike Lassiter Sheriff Melvin A Win-mirth has been in Community Hospital since Wednesday morning undergoing tests after complaining of fatigue and dizziness it was learned today physican Dr Eugene Lowe who specializes in internal medicine said this morning the condition is Willmirth plans to be back on the job Saturday However Lowe said'' Willmirth is taking no telephone calls and only his family is allowed to visit him while he is in the hospital Lowe said a stroke has been ruled out and electrocardiogram 'tests so far show no indica--tion of a heart attack Lowe said Willmirth who will be 60 in June was attending a campaign breakfast in Sanger Wednesday when he began and tired He went from the breakfast to the hospital Lowe said Lowe said the sheriff is no longer complaining of calling for the implementation of the landmark Serrano vs Priest de-' cision that would drastically revise the system for financing public schools While there has been no great rush by lawmakers to meet the state Supreme ruling Villa says the legislature can no longer sit on its hands we have to make certain that in implementing we bring the level of education down to that of 'Baldwin Park but up to the level of City Council Splits 4-2 On Pornography Issue HEW Accepts Valley ETV Bid the materials complained about are not as damaging as some of the violence on that the material be shielded from the eyes and minds of the children but that is the responsibility of the and that the council should adults a vote of confidence that they can make up their own mind on what they read or what they want to see need to be fair more concerned about this as a foot in the door to censorship" Mrs Mack said the mix of the petition was the second paragraph asking officials to take action this is a motherhood and apple pie she continued the council goes on record with these words it is an instruction to the police and to the city manag-er priorities are to protect people in their homes and protect lives and prop-' erty Very secondary is checking the morals of the adults in this Mrs Mack said that this week she had a telephone call from a young woman who is raising three children fiat her house lad been vandalized throb times last month while she was at work and she is Over the objections of two of its members The Fresno Gty Council Thursday went cm record against pornography Countihroman Linda Made indicated she feels protection of lives and' property is of more significance and Councilman Dale Doig saw the action as foot in the door to censorship The 4-2 vote of the council was in response to a request for a resolution to that effect by a Clovis group known' as (sic) a Good However the council did not adopt a formal resolution but simply voted on Councilman Paul Wasem lit afraid to go home after work think people having to under those conditions is she declared She observed that tis is the time I have ever been presented with material like this I buy it I go see the movies and I have it in my home I am very 'very sorry to hear it advertised where you can get She noted an bookstore is being forced out of downtown for lack of 'business that excellent movies attract only a handful of people and asked were the people of comment that he was the council would not mind taking a against acts of sexual perversion listed in a petition presented by Thomas Beggs of 125 Cortland Ave Mayor Ted Wills and Councilmen Elvin Bell and A1 Villa voted in favor Councilman Marc Stefano was not present Beggs distributed copies of books and movie adverti-semmts along with the petition which asked the council to take against the obscene and pornographic material in stores shops and Doig commented some of Rep Sisk D-Fresno today announced another step has been taken by the Department of Health Education and Welfare (HEW) to consider activation of Channel 18 in Fresno as an educational television station Sisk said HEW officials told him today the department has accepted the application by file Fresno County Department of Education for the establishment of a regional ETV system -But Sisk said the HEW decision does not guarantee federal funds will be approved for the station The county schools office has applied' for a $430583 grant to establish and operate the system Sisk said HEW officials read the county proposal last week but no immediate announcement was made of whether it would be rejected or accepted for final consideration But Sisk said he learned today the application will be among the finalists HEW has asked for public comment both for and the application See ETV Page GIVE MOTHER A LA-Z-B0Y SWIVEL ROCKER Lee Doubleknit Joans the ultimata in 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