The Idaho Statesman from Boise, Idaho • 4

THE IDAHO DAILY STATESMAN Page One BOISE IDAHO THURSDAY DECEMBER 12 1968 Section Boise West Connector Opened Auditor Says Negligence Responsible for Mixup In State Prison Land Board Plugs Gasoline Tax Boost If Idaho fails to keep its state tax on gasoline at the current level it will be forced to cut its 1970 construction program by $12 to $15 million State Highway Board Chairman Doyle Symms of Caldwell said today The board approved a bill for consideration by the 1969 Legislature which would remove the expiration date from the existing law Unless the legislature acts the tax now 7 cents a ga Ion will drop to 6 cents on Dec 31 1969 The board beginning a two-day session was told by Symms that if the tax returns to cents the Highway Departmen will lack money for a number projects he called urgent He listed them as Mesa White-bird and Lewiston Hills on US 95 the Fish Creek cutol east of Pocatello on US 30N and projects north of Idaho Falls on US 191 Robert Christensen deputy state highway engineer said that under existing schedules Idaho will receive $40 million in federal aid in the fiscal year ending June 30 1970 He said this is the largest allocation the state has ever been given for a single year But Symms said the state wil be unable to match that amount the gasoline tax is cut On the agenda for its current meeting was final consideration of the 1969 construction program Details are ex pec ted to be disclosed later in the month Clapp later resigned as prison warden and was appointed secretary of state As such he was a member of the land board and Williams said Clapp urged again that the trade be carried out But Williams said nothing was done Clapp failed in a bid for election to the secretary of job in 1966 Williams said there has been misunderstanding too as to how the state acquired the bulk of the land for the new prison site in a rural location about 10 miles south of Boise He said 1800 acres was acquired from the federal government under the public uses act with the state paying only $250 per acre good many people have the idea the state bought this land from private Williams said "The state did buy 1200 acres in that way but the 1800 acres was obtained from thfe federal government board was convinced then that the state needed the land I agreed then it was a good buy and I still feel the same Gov Don Samuelson chairman of the land board since he became governor in January 1967 told this session that the state owns dang land at the new prison site State Auditor Joe Williams asserted today that negligence on the part of the state administration was responsible for the State Board of Corrections failing to get title to land on which the new penitentiary is being constructed Williams said the question was raised at the time sur-rounding property was acquired but he said the matter was not pushed after Clapp former prison warden left state employment The question was raised this week at a State Land Board meeting Williams a member of the board was out of town at the time returning from New Orleans La where he attended the national convention of the Association of State Auditors Treasurers and Comptrollers House now Board of Correction chairman told the land board the title to a 320-acre tract on which most of the prison buildings are being constructed is held by the Public School Endowment Fund were advised of the situation in the spring of 1965 when land was being acquired for the new prison Williams said Clapp asked the land board to arrange a trade which would give the Board of Correction the title and that procedure was agreed upon But nobody followed It you hivt a quomtlon or problem to bo solved liridy Involvlnc any governmental agency or public manor write to Action Post co The Statesman PO Box 2M0 Boise Idaho 13701 To the extent possible queries will bo Investlcatod and a reply made In this column Questions must be submitted in wrltlna and contain vour full name and address (which will bo withheld frem publication on requsstl Talk Letter Spur Payment of Rent for Land We have a piece of ground rented to an outdoor advertising company for $25 per year We have been having trouble collecting the rent for several years Name withheld Action Post talked to an employe of the firm at the Boise office and wrote the Salt Lake City office The property owner has been paid the $25 annual rent Reader Feels Guarantee Went Flat With Tire I bought a tire from an Ontario service station It went flat on a trip to Boise The salesman said the tire was guaranteed when I bought it but he would not replace the damaged tire Ramon Rodrigues Ontario Action Post spoke to the dealer and a representative of the manufacturer Take the tire to the Boise store to see if they will allow an adjustment Returning Serviceman Faces Woes My-son has been in the service and has an Idaho car license Now he is coming back here to live and will arrive on or after Dec 27 His car now carries the safety sticker of the Army camp where he has been located In cases of this kind is there any extension of time beyond Jan 1 for his acquiring the Idaho safety sticker? Martha Melton Boise Harold Davis of the State Vehicle Safety Inspection Division by now has contacted you to explain how this situation can be handled It is too complex to explain briefly here Address Provided for Writing to Senators Could you tell me how to contact our Sen Frank Church? I also need to know the names of the senators from Tennessee and how to contact them? Name withheld Sen Church can be reached by addressing a letter to him at the Senate Office Building Washington DC The senators from Tennessee are Albert Gore and Howard Baker Jr They may be reached at the same address Sourrcs of Requested Shoe Brand Provided Can you And out if there is a shoe store in Boise that sells shoes? Mrs Bliss Keirnes Action Post could find no store in Boise carrying this brand but sent you a list of stores in Twin Falls Lewiston and Portland that handle these shoes It also is possible to order them by mail and a catalog has been sent to you A RIBBON CUTTING ceremony this morning officially opened the Boise West Connector and the section of Interstate Highway 80N from the Maple Grove interchange to Meridian Officiating at the ribbon-cutting were from left Charles Hall president Greater Boise Chamber of Commerce Doyle Symms chairman State Highway Board Mrs Symms and Lt Gov Jack Murphy Rites Mark Dedication Of Boise West Connector Conservationists Told New Challenges Created construction He said there is $80 million worth of highway construction needed in the state in the next two years Lt Gov Jack Murphy said the connector was a transportation service tied to the future frowth of our capital He said there is a in the road system and the state was meeting the challenge One million cubic yards of excavation was involved in the project Murphy said as he commended die contractors for their work Christmas Celebration Brings Hint of Increase for Dues Idaho Aide Reports Vehicle Checks Lag Harold Davis supervisor of motor vehicle inspection program estimated Wednesday that more than 200000 vehicles still lack inspection stickers A 1967 law requires the inspection at some time during the calendar year of 1968 and provides for no extension of the Dec 31 deadline Davis said After the original inspection a vehicle must be checked at 12-month intervals Sunflower leaves provide fodder for livestock the petals a brilliant yellow dye and the seeds high-grade cooking oil we also know that further progress is impossible un less willing to work and pay for it Can you as a businessman operate your business successfully on the same budget as you had in 1961? Problem Outlined you as head of your household support your family on your 1961 income? Funding the kind of program Boise businesses deserve on 1961 dollars the last time that your chamber received a increase is totally unreasonable The dues rate used by the Boise chamber is lower than most chambers of commerce in Idaho including cities like Caldwell Pocatello and Black-foot Leisman said The proposed in chamber dues will eliminate a present industrial fund assessment add more chamber staff members expand tourist and trade development streamline membership communication strengthen governmental relations efforts and attract-ing-new-industry programs BoiseanDies Under Train In California SAN BERNARDINO Calif (AP) A Boise sheepherder was crushed to death Tuesday by a freight train rolling slowly through heavy smog between here and Riverside the coroner said Wednesday Coroner Jean Dupertuis identified the victim as Wilson Lee Hughes about 60 He said a brakeman said he thought Hughes was a pile of rags or a large dog as the train approached When the train got to within 30 feet the brakeman could see part of the face Dupertuis said but it was too late He said Hughes was well dressed and carried $150 By JERRY GILLILAND Statesman Staff Writer Greater Boise Chamber of Commerce members received gifts and heard singing at their annual Christmas party Wednesday but they also received a hint that dues like post-holiday bills may increase The party held at the Downtowner featured entertainment by the Madrigal Singers and a visit by Santa Claus humorously played by Idaho Public Utilities Commissioner Harry Nock The women chiefly secretaries who call members twice a month to remind them of Early Bird Breakfasts were honored at the breakfast Boost Outlined Chamber President-elect Richard Leisman spoke at the breakfast outlining die Actionline program which will include a dues rate increase for members never had it so Leisman said your Greater Boise Chamber of Commerce has been in the thick of this growth helping to make it Cabinet Picks Draw Praise Of Governor Gov Don Samuelson Wednesday night described as with ability and the newly announced cabinet appointments by President-elect Richard Nixon Advised Wednesday morning by Vice President-elect Spiro Agnew of the appointments in advance of the nationwide Nixon telecast Wednesday night Samuelson said he was especially pleased that the president-elect had listened to Republican governors and heeded their strong urging to name a Westerner as secretary of the interior and a Mid-westerner as secretary of agriculture He referred to Gov Walter Hickel of Alaska for the interior position and to Clifford Hardin University of Nebraska executive for agriculture: and Agriculture are the most important to Idaho and the Samuelson noted am well satisfied with these two vital Samuelson wired his congratulations to the new cabinet appointees Wednesday afternoon at the same time urging Hickel and Hardin to plan visits to Idaho next year Milk Production Increase Noted During October Total milk production in Idaho was estimated at 114 million pounds during October the US Department of Agriculture said today This compared with 111 million pounds a year earlier and the 116 million pound 1962-66 average for October Production decreased 4 per cent this year from September to October compared with the five year average seasonal decrease of 5 per cent for the same period The output of creamery butter American cheese and ice cream are above a year earlier Cloud capped snowy Boise foothills were the backdrop today for the dedication and opening of the $95 million Boise West Connector and Interstate 80N Highway from downtown Boise to Meridian is probably the longes connector to a freeway in the portion of Interstate 80N from chairman of the State Highway Board told a group of about 15 officials and spectators who attended the ceremonies at the Franklin Road Interchange The four and a quarter-mile gentle curving connector with three interchanges and three grade separations was one two sections of roadway being dedicated during the mo mini event in mid-30 degree weather The other section was the $15 portion of Interstate 80N from the West Connector to Meridian which has been completed for some time Symms said Construction of 45 miles the interstate four-lane dividec highway from State Highway 69 at Meridian to Maple Grove Road west of Boise began in July' 1965 This section was the first modern concrete highway constructed in the Boise Valley officials said The opening of the two sections allows motorists to drive from downtown Boise to On tario practically without any stops Symms said The route was built with federal funds anc Idaho Highway users taxes pah by motorists when they buy gasoline he added The highway board chairman supported retention of the one-cent in crease per gallon of fuel in the users tax to be matched with federal funds for state highway Patients Pick Holiday Gifts For Families Patients at the Veterans Administration Hospital and residents of the Veterans Home chose Christmas presents for their families this week Allen director of the VA Center said the gifts were chosen from the American Legion 22nd annual gift shop Gifts were estimated to be worth $2500 and were provided without charge to die patients After they selected they were wrapped and mailed with all expenses paid by the auxiliary The project sponsored by 88 auxiliaries was directed by Mrs Gladys Camp-jell Boise department rehabilitation chairman More than 30 volunteers assisted from eight communities including Jerome Eden Nampa Meridian New 3lymouth Kimberly Boise and Weiser Tennessee Man Named President Of Cities Panel NEW ORLEANS (UPI) dayor Beverly Briley of Nashville Tenn Wednesday moved up from vice president succeed Philadelphia Mayor ames Tate as president of the National League of Cities Mayor Floyd Hyde of Fresno Calif was elected vice president The NLC concluded its 45th annual congress in New Or-eans Wednesday CARD OF THANKS I would like to thank all of my friends and family who ex-ended favors and courtesies at he time of my recent automo-tile accident Mrs Ruth Allen Cascade NO DIVORCE PLANS LONDON (UPI) Friends of actress Brigitte Bardot said Wednesday she has no plans for divorce from German indus-rialist Gunther Sachs although they have long been separated UF to Mark Drive End With Lunch The Boise United Fund will end its formal 1969 campaign next Wednesday with contributions apparently still below its $356676 goal but above any previous total The campaign end will be marked by an award luncheon at noon at the Hotel Boise according to chairman Calvin Kuhn Top Workers Awarded Hie outstanding workers of the past campaign will receive awards he said State county and city officials are expectec to be guests The luncheon is open to the public the 1969 campaign was a successful drive in which we exceeded the 1968 campaign by over $22600 or about seven per cent more than last year we are still $25246 from reaching the goal Kuhn said Fund raisers have collected $331430 so far he said Budgets Examined Budget Committee the Boise United Fund examined the budget requests from the 18 agencies who participate in the United Fund critically and the over-all budget represents the minimum figure to meet the genuine needs and requirements of these agencies if they are to do the jobs require of them in the Boise area this reason it is essential that those individuals am firms who have not yet submitted their contributions to the 1969 United Fund campaign do so at once I am sure that if this is done the drive will meet its over-all Executive Director Everett Johnson said a number of in-completed employe group accounts will be reported after the first of the year SUMMIT MEETING SET PRAGUE A summit meeting of Warsaw Pact leaders will be held in Budapest before the end of the year official sources revealed PERU HITS MAP CLAIM LIMA Peru (UPI) The Peruvian Foreign Ministry has prohibited entry of a map published in Ecuador The map shows some territory in Ecua dor that Peru claims as its own shold be limited to the urban renewal plan and the relocation report both of which have been submitted to (he council and Boise Redevelopment Agency These two documents are available at the agency office Imperial Plaza 200 North Third The mayor said statements and comments should be directed to the areas of concern to the council as required by the Idaho Code: feasible method exists for the location of families who will be displaced from the area known as Project One in decent safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations urban renewal plan conforms to the general plan of Boise City urban renewal plan gives due consideration to park and recreational areas urban renwal plan will afford maximum opportunity for 'the! redevelopment of the area bv orivate The "strange and restless in which people are living today is creating new problems and challenges for conservation members of the National Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts were told today in Boise pand chamber membership and increase Boise business After the breakfast members went on a bus tour of Boise with a special emphasis on construction and economic development since 1961 Roger McGinnis chamber executive -vice president conducted the tour McGinnis said the employmen force in Ada County has increased by 32000 to 43000 in the past seven years A total of 80( new manufacturing jobs have been created in the past four years he added Population Estimated The Boise metropolitan area increased by 34 per cent between 1950 and 1960 he noted The census population in 1960 for the metropolitan area was 81000 McGinnis said Estimates now place the total at 96000 The tour spent a good deal time in the chamber-sponsorec Boise Industrial Park where 10 firms have located since its beginning 10 years ago The residents alone have provided jobs for 300 Boise residents McGinnis said THE CHRISTMAS PRESENT for Miss Karen Hoalst at the Greater Boise Chamber of Commerce's annual holiday party was a hula hoop presented to her by Santa Clans Idaho Public Utilities Commissioner Harry Nock Miss Hoalst demonstrated her ridD during the party held Wednesday morning at the Gordon Zimmerman Washington executive secretary of the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) delivered the keynote address at the opening session of the Pacific Area meeting being held at the Downtowner in Boise Zimmerman said the time can be described as because long-established qualities and moral standards are being challenged and new values being introduced "On all sides there Is a search for new he said "The search is incomplete and there is impatience It is a restless time because new forces are loose in our society with unmeasured dimensions and untested He said a century of phenomenal change has suddenly resulted in an almost unprecedented concentration of change "Next month a new administration will take over the reins of our he said are deeply involved in an undeclared war which has not been won and which we are trying to resolve with honor Inflation plagues our economic system Cities have a political strength and there is a growing disposition to concentrate attention and money on the people and problems of metropolitan He said conservationists must take steps to protect their interests noting that agriculture has come into disrepute to many people 'New concerns are producing new arrangements of priority purpose and he said we must be alert enough keen enough and imaginative enough to make sure that care -for natural resources is not lost but is included as an important part of new Also taking part in this program were Mrs Del Krenik Madison Lake Minn president of the NACD Ladies Auxiliary and Peter Jack-son Harrison Mont immediate past president of the Montana association A panel discussion on state issues was moderated by Earl McClellan Plummer The general session Friday will get underway at 8:45 am Dr Theophilus past president of the University of Idaho will be speaker at the closing luncheon Emmett Woman Named to Office In Farm Bureau Mrs Albert Wilson Emmett received top honors at the 50th annual meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation it was announced today Mrs Wilson former Idaho Farm Bureau chairman was elected Western -Region chairman for the largest farm organization She will preside over activities for the 11 western stations Mrs Wilson farms with her tusband rot a fruit and cattle operation near Emmett She and her husband have been ac-ive in Farm Bureau operations Tor many years ACCOUNTS STOPPED ZURICH Switzerland (UPI) The Swiss Banking Association announced Wednesday it has ordered its members to stop accepting secret American accounts which it said are a method of evading US faw JS officials had urged such action 30057 US Soldiers Killed in Yiet SAIGON (AP) The US Command announced today that 192 Americans were killed in combat in Vietnam last week pushing the toll of US combat dead past 30000 By midnight Saturday the US Command said a total of 30057 Americans had been killed in combat in Vietnam since Jan 1 1961 In the same period of nearly seven years the US Command said at least 422979 of the enemy have been killed Last total was 36 less than the 228 Americans reported killed the week before The command said 1110 Americans were wounded with 424 of them hospitalized compared with 1-094 the week before The report raised to 189269 the number of Americans wounded in the Vietnam War minutes At the end of three minutes a signal will be given and the speaker 'will then have 30 seconds to conclude this presentation This rule will also apply to those wishing to read their written statements previously turned in to the city Amyx said Speakers will address a microphone which will be used for the public address and tape recorder first two speakers will be called and shall come forward When the second speaker is recognized the third speaker will be called and so on This will enable -the next speaker to be available when it is his turn to speak It is requested that each speaker state his name and address at the' beginning of his the mayor said After the hearing the council will review the taped testimony and written statements before a decision is heard he added -Statements and comments Amyx Lists Comment Rules Deadline For Urban Renewal Hearing Speakers Written statements and intentions to speak at the Boise City public hearing on urban renewal must be received by the city clerk in City Hall by 5 pm Tuesday The hearing will be held at 7:30 pm Wednesday in the Boise High School auditorium on the first phase of the six-part downtown renewal program Any person may present a statement either orally or in writing Mayor Jay Amyx said in a prepared statement The deadline is 5 pm Tuesday for notifying the city clerk in writing of intentions to speak at the hearing This is also the deadline for submitting written statements the writer wishes to read his statement at the hearing he may so indicate on the face of the statement submitted to the city Amyx said speaker other than those appearing in any official capacity will be limited to three i1.