Evening Express from Portland, Maine • 1

PORTLAND MAINE THURSDAY JANUARY 8 1959 V0L NO 73 Clauson Opens Color Marks the in ex The Weather a (U Weather Bureau Official orecast) Dally Advertiser Established 1875 Evening Express Established 1882 budget editorial of state for a long' time to new irst Lady Mrs Ellen Clauson gave husband Clin tie a final twitch so look his best when sworn in as first four year governor 1957 sumably because of the time lag in Issuing the bonds and in starting' repayment The Governor explained the process by which he arrived at the scope of the program he recommended Capital improvement requests of all departments totaled about $45 million which about $35 million would be re quired in state funds But after the requests were in the Bureau of Public Im provements went to work as signing priorities to the various projects Two years ago the BPI used three levels of prjor zv i Uiticial Uath AUGtTSTA (AP) amilies public officials and hundreds of State House workers and Maine Residents crowded the State House today for the' in augural of 61st chief executive On hand to witness the transfer of authority from in terim Gov Robert Haskell (R) former senate president to Democrat Clinton A Clau son were four former governors They were Sumner Sewall Lewis Barrows Burton Cross and Percival Baxter Still living but absent were Govs Payne Muskie Brewster Hildreth and Milliken Members of fami ly included Mrs Clauson Dr and Mrs William Chasse of Waterville she is daughter and three of their five Children Also in the hall of the House were Mr and Mrs Cornelius Clauson he is the son arid family the Donald Kents of Cedar Rapids Iowa The Rev John I Daniel of the Universalist Unitarian Church Waterville gave the invocation and the Rev red eric' Daugherty assistant pastor pf St Roman Catholic Church of Augusta offered benediction The inaugural was preceded by the swearing in of the new Executive Council by Senate President John Reed (R ort airfield) Reed also took the oath of Clauson Therefore he urged enact ment of the sales tax cut on auto trade ins and of in creased liquor profits to re store this cut and make limited additions of new activities He proposed appropriation of 1 JOO 000 for a state adjustment to permit the state to meet re cruiting competition from pri vate Industry and other states in hiring needed workers He asked 8548000 for the first two service on the proposed 10 million dollar con struction bond issue And he sought $50000 for a professional study of state and' community tax structures an examination he said is long overdue 1 address touched on many areas Among them were: ity But this year it set four levels It divided the projects Into those that were considered mandatory those considered those deemed desira ble and those that could reas onably be deferred Mandatory projects totaled $742000 essential $11887000 desirable $12403000 and de ferrable $10100000 think it would be extreme ly shortsighted irt the capital improvement field to make fewer repairs and improve ments and provide fewer new Continued on Page 30 5th Col Theater This la Portland To Year Good Health Waterfront News Hear' 5 7 New i It Was A Great Day or All Of Them 4 and five year old Barbara Jean Chasse gave his inaugural speech and budget message a sober final ap praisal (Picture of ceremony on Page AP Wirephotos) Chairman AnnusTA(AP) ecutive councilor held their first meeting today even before they were officially sworn into office They elected Robert Travis of Westbrook chairman and IB Al XVUl'A AUOlfCij VA IV All VAA 1 Continued on Page 2 3rd Col I Recognises Impact He recognized in his Inaugural address that impact of the national recession upon Maine has been severe and that its effects will not permit us to progress 1 as far in the period immediately ahead as we had hoped he said say that Is not to imply that we should drop Instead he offered these major steps: Dowel Mill Buys 8000 Acres Of Vermont Timber WESTBROOK SaundersRrnthers dowel and hardwood products manufacturer has just completed one 01 the largest timberland purchases in recent if VCA1AAVXAV iuewij 4 jut luuai arvav from the Davis interests of St Johnsbury more than 8 000 acresor about XlYi scfuare miles of timberland nearCon BY LEONARD COHEN State House Reporter Governor Clauson proposed today to continue construction of new buildings land other capital improvements at almost the same pace in the past two years He recommended a construction program totaling $12600000 plus a contingent fund of $500000 to take care of unforeseen extras and bids that exceed estimates Thus his program was only slightly smaller than the $14 million one that was voted by the Legislature in BOND ISSUE PROPOSED But because the recession has wiped out the large gen eral fund surpluses to which the State had become accus tomed in more prosperous years the new Governor pro posed a $10 million bond issue to provide most of the money He estimated that only $2630000 would be available from surplus to put toward the program after setting aside the $500000 for contin gencies Issuance of general fund bonds would not set any prece dent The State has issued them in the past although the last of the old ones was paid off in the early Until $2 million of new bonds were sold last year for Penobscot Bay ferries the State had been without general fund debt for1 a few years I inancing of the $10 mil lion bond issue would cast roughly $750000 a year in payments of both principal and interest But the cost would be only $546000 during the two year period covered by his budget Clauson said pre or an evaluation of Gov message see page Sidelights of augural ceremony on page 30) 100000 Persons leeTalooflft JAKARTA (AP) loods over vast areas of central Java have driven more than 100000 persons from their homes in the past 10 dayiXtf No casualties have been report ed but preliminary estimates put the damage at nearly $200000 The Surakarta area 300miles southeast of Jakarta Was hardest mt capital' improvement program study requested by councilors and due for presentation to planners tomorrow The report planners will get from Plan ning Graham in ney outlines the problems and possibilities of budgets above the current $13 million level? BORROWING LIMIT The city is limited in bor rowing for capital improve ments to 754 per cent of its assessed valuation At the end of 1958 the" city had bonded debt to $6136000 and a (mar gin ot $2114951 In which to operate" 7 7 There are two ways which to finance the capital improve ment program beyond the $1 Ji million limit Orr said 't One would be to increase the valuation by revaluing prop erty and the other to increase the portion of the program nanced bv current funds The city now finances' three eighths of the $13 million program by current year taxes and the other five eighths' by 'sale of 20 yearhonds Orr pointed? io the junior senior high school building program as financing problem already confronting the Increased estimates of the construction program Indicate 1 the city will need to borrow $19 million this year he said ALL AT ONCE explained that the eity hrvrm'ttf all AfcihamAnrt at the time it appropriates company is employing about funds for construction despite 150 at its' Westbrook and Con Continuedon Page 2 3rd Col cord plants at thia time jjfw vrU AUWIS Rumford 8 3 Orleans Wah 1 Danvar nampa it ay 16 IL Anteles 64 57 13 Montreal 51 Wh' nt 33 3U Duluth 35 am Reno Concord 27 Boston 34 Nantucket 32 Buffalo 1 8 New York 33 pnnapnia Washton ALMANAC OR RIDAY JAN hun iisci i i i is viuu i flitn HAfft Xn'A'Wnm tilth tirin 1 a wi aw vim 4 Moon sets tide Day's lencth 9 hours 8 minutes increase 13 minutes height 108 feet and 93 feet MOON PHASES (Reaches phase on firat date Jan 9 1B NewfJan 24 30 ull Jan 18 23 irst tjljan 31 eb 8 LaatQ 1 Sr1 tr sfrtS 1 Kansas and Oklahoma City eastward1 to the Atlantic coast is giving off everything from rain and drizzle in the southern area to freezing rain drizzle and some snow in'the northern areas Just slightly north 'of the Mason Dixon Line The colder air settling in over the nation's mid section i's' bushing the stormy weather eastward ana indications are' that it will all move out to sea well south of New England' HI(hst temperatures yesterday and lowest temperatures dutlns the nisht: uarioou a ECstport J4 1 Greenville Sf2 Old Town 13 1 13 9 '7 0 19 31 30 A lliripm 1 sr ir 7 State Construction Program HIGHWAYS The highway fund Is In bal ance but proceeds of the 34 million dollar 1957 bend will be used up by the end of the 1960 61 biennium and the Highway Commission should be enabled to plant beyond that time Results of a nationwide study of highway me as a basis ot properly allocating the tax jurden had been expected by now but have been delayed Because these recommenda tions are not availableClauson said do not beUeve it is advisable to consider increasing the revenue from highway taxes at this time either through raising the present taxes or levying a new If a 13 million dollar bond issue Is approved It will finance construction two additional years and even continue in part the special state aid Improve ment of roads And because current bonds are steadily being retired tha outstanding bonds four yejMC hence would be $2700000 lew than now IMPROVEMENTS Clauson advocated construc tion in 14 areas financed from the proposed genera 1 fund bond issue The University of Maine would get four million the five state teachers colleges $2800 000 Pineland Hospital and Continued en Page 3rd Cot 75 Detroit 25 18 Chicago 28 24 St Louis' 38 39 67 53 46 24 Urges SolonsTo Work Hl li or rruaent rogress By ROBERT CROCKER AUGUSTA Clinton A Clauson 63 year old Waterrille bustaessnaan took oath asfaine governor today and urged on the 99th Legislature a pro 1 gram of prudent progress first governor elected to a four year term and the first Democrat in over 100 years to be elected to succeed another Democrat in the office broke another precedent today He" combined in one 100p0 word address his inaugural and budget mes i sages usually given aweek apart He did this he said because the of the have made the start of the 99th Legislature a week later than that of the 98th This change shorten the session he said saving the members time and the 'i money PORTLAND EVENING EXPRESS 7 a fc i 4 jtu a 7 The Weatherman Says: Tonight Tomorrow WGAN 560 kc CBS Radio and Television NetworksWG ATTV CK 13 Portland and Vicinity: air and little change in tempera ture tonight and tomorrow Low tonight 6 degrees high tomorrow 24 Winds diminish ing tonight becoming north west 10 to 25 miles an hour tomorrow Highest yesterday night: Intown Airport A storm 'over labrador has Intensified somewhat' and the circulation around Jhls storm naw 1 1 1 AIR It caused brisk rwlnds here at times These winds are shunting the stormy weather south of us and continued fair weather Is the outlook through CSatuwtaw nnf very warm but at the same time not extremely Cold 1 Cloudiness tending from Hundreds See I Clauson Plan To Continue iraVis iNaiSS Council Head Traditional Ceremonies AUGUSTA CAP) Inaugur al Aar omnnlpV fnr niv Clintnn A Clauson (D her etoday were I A general fund biennial operating budget marked by traditionrand color of neariy 109 million six million above the wSn MatoSSSfeta record budget of fiscal 1958 1959 In spite of the 1820 revenue limiting business downturn Corridors and legislative! StafaT nffiSTribSS rad A million dollar tax Increase in two gold braid Somber blacks fringe areas 3 million more from elimination of donnetfor the the sales tax exemption on motor yehicle trade iup solemnity of the occa he called this exemption a inconsis sion and P2 million from a liquor price increase already in effect pie crowded tne Hen oi vnei House to witness the actual! swearing: in by Senate Prsi A 10 million dollar general fund bond in field)'l0hn crease repayable in 20 years to provide for The crowd gathered eariy mum necessary construction then waited as the indoor tern Son7 to 1 5 A 13 million dollar highway bond issue to augural address was planned continue the current highway construction prd for stationr radio njt gram Mth minor adjustments from July 1 1961' work and the crowd had to wait ifor thd scheduled 11 30 1963 By then he su'd highway use broadcast time studies should be completed to form a base for re Reed as presimng oinc vis6d taxatloii gave the oaths to th8 incoming I Executive Council ana uiuu me ucw uvenivi umeu duced family for immediate consideration of Other' highlights included: extending unemployment bene Sen Jean Charles fits for those who have used all message to the Senate prest their teneflt entitlement and dent after he ceremonially in for other liberalization of un fnrmad Clauson of the vote employment compensation steps the 98th Legislature re cast' in September Continued on rage 3 am Lt The genial and unassuming an Iowa born chiro praetor and former intern! The insiae Story revenue collector first broke REP OLIVER Protests he was elected to succeed Ed putting off building of Pol mund Muskie arts (Page 30) Beds starting the first four year term as the result of a SOUTH PORTLAND HIGH 157 constitutional amendment freshmen classes to be rota Heads of general fund da ted at double session next Jpartments present requests year (Page 17) whlch just to continue current whistling JVoomo vte4mn sftcr I OOCk more he IOwsSOOsOOu sx wrt LIGHTSHIP MAKES con IxxnrTTTTn DOWN tact with old friend after WHITTLED DOWN Sree years (Page 28) By concentrated effort of his I an budget office YARMOUTH ATCIES clauson said these requests ready vote drive for referen wcre whittled to 107 million dum on manager issue I I To meet the request for wve1 ARCHERS Ehoie for' I new and desirable services JSnlsa'tiln would cost million against cancer (Page 27) dollars and require a major tax Increase which he did not WHALING Museum of New advocate Bedford is worth a visit (Pi I The law requires him to pre SAVINGS 'BANKS here jent a balanced budget to the may Increase Interest bn de in (Pare 28)' 1 only feasible way to do posies to 34 (rage 1 addlUonaj revenue SCARBOROUGH teachers he said would be to chop from seek pay adjustments the budget (Page 17) $2700000 from general pur wrcTnnnnff Uw vP educational subtidies whn to the cities and towns This is ticEJu an area Where no federal granti 1 i are mrmvea nuu wirctc iwnt iiiw i4iraac at i I appropriation eenua replace i set I state money dollar for dollar srmont nistory I aeiun xsui virubuu mh The local company bought should keep the It THE DIAMONDS have a fu wbS new clicker for th bepPers H1? suos1 I znuea 1 1O weans wuriuvn cord Vt The price TEEN AGERS talk jargon our young he said was not revealed feej superior (page 11) would be to eonslxn Maine Henry Baunders wood te lewly position on the roster lang AS U8UQI: MMWtifAvlnHap YAridV inirl the additional land will Supply I Ask £ndy white and'yellow birch for theb ciassified main operation PartL'comles i of the cut will be trucked here cross Word Puxtle front Vermont the balance wUl David La wrene go to Dalton 1 Death Notice plant' which ls 15 miles from! yjitoriai the new tract ri inancial Saunders said the company Merry Go Round also plans to sell other jypes of Market Basket wood from the lot to local cus Portland Teachers tftmpf 'Th ft rntirft tract Will DC I hjujfv managed under modern fores George Sokolsky try methods to yield a cropr every yew TTiiffh Ruunders said today that business is at the present time and much better than a' year ago The 28 23 Girin AridSharelt I I I 'L 7 LONDON (UPI) The jl Longmans Publishing Co 3 '1 printed thLs notation next 1 to the book 28 1 on it spring listing: 22 27 I special appeal to Si smugglers 18 ROMORD England 28 21 The Essex Golf 10 I Club bowed to the rainy weather and human na 14 tore today 28 It posted aim saying IT I "Sorry only one hole play 18 10 the Year Term Orr Sets $15 Million Top or Improvements Budget City Manager Julian orr warned today that the city can not increase its capital im provements program beyond a15 million a year level under its present financing system To attempt to do so he said would shave legal debt margin too close for comfort report on capital im provements and the debt structure was delivered today to members of the City Coun cil and tjtie Planning Board The current capital budget is $13 a year but the auestlon of increasing it is un der study 7 Orr reported tha the debt limit makes it Impossible to any additional school borrowing in 1959 or I960 re gardless of the size of i gram wt This would put a damper on borrowing money to meet de mands for immediate West' and Prcsumpscot school a replace ments The report is tail ored to shed more light on the r' I C' i mOr BsY 'V Hlw 7 7wlwMffrwWw tWir MBk wN'7 7'IHW a MMfci4ci dfiMMEjaMMEK' wlia raSHr 4 1HII MuJjsagSiagr c' 's ll I SaEsk i 'SVfjRSB JlD 4AoAaUs 37 7X temperature here and lowest last 23 79 23 7 st I.