Independent Record (Newspaper) - March 7, 1965, Helena, Montana Legislature Disagrees on Funds All Big Money Bills Are Sent To Committees By J D Holmes Associated Press Capitol Writer Montana lawmakers unable to agree on the big money bills tossed them into conference committees Saturday The appropriation bills of the Democratic majority which originated them in the House and amended them in the Senate would tap the general fund for million That was as of 6 p.m on the unofficial legislative day Major revenue measures Vol 89 Helena Montana Sunday March 7 1965 26 Pages Two Price 15 under contention would pick up nearly million in the next biennium from ual and corporation license tax increases million of this goes into the general fund as the other million is earmarked for public school aid Duo lo constant amendments totals changed often but un- official figures indicated that the entire money package apparently could result in a deficit of million on June 30 1987 Democrats expect to cut his by million through a 1 per cent tax on fees paid by dent contractors Among the bills sent to con ference committees each com- prised of three senators and three representatives and ing million from the eral fund for certain agencies appropriating lion from the general fund for elective officials raising stale individual income axes to produce an additional million appropriating lion for public institutions appropriating lion for the university system appropriating for a new State Board of Voca lional Education Realizing the spending bills Senate killed bills appropriating exceed estimated income the for a menial health clinic in Glasgow for s study of land policy by Montana State State Building Fund Shaved To Million The Montana Legislature Sat night shaved the state's proposed long-range building pro gram lo million from million The reduction was made by a conference c and adopted by boll houses of the legislature Bonds sold to bonding com panics would be repaid from 5 per cent of personal and cor income taxes The legislature also a conference committee repor on a measure which prohibit continuance of a tax on cigarettes after all veterans bonus bonds are retired unles the public in the 1966 genera election authorizes the use of th to help finance the stat building program and another to cover of an interim ee to study the Montana ay Department The House gave tentative after two hours of de- bate to four bills authorizing million in ion and Final vote on these measures vas delayed because of the they would be taken back nto the Appropriations ee for revision Most of the debate was on an cabling clause for construction if a multi-purpose facility for treatment and re- earch in the fields of mental retardation and juvenile rehabilitation The House temporarily raised he committee recommendation or the project to by approving acceptance of 000 in federal funds Mental Health Next the House beat down ef forts to cut the over-all for the mental facility to Still later representatives re moved the they added on the ground a broac clause appropriating any avail able federal funds would accom the same purpose However at the night session representatives changed tion again and reinserted the figure The project would be in thi charge of the Board of Publi Institutions which also would b authorized for a fores camp for young adults and XX for a youth forest camp fo boys Some wanted to know decide on the location o these facilities others said tha vas secondary to getting th projects underway Backers of the smaller argued it would for a pilot program that could b expanded later Others the reduced amount would cu out the rehabilitation part of th program At one point Rep P J Gi feather s p a r k e laughter by declaring Th thing of putting people in inst without any idea of ge ting them out is nuts In reply to a Republican que lion Democrats said the cost operating the two forest camp would be about a yea and the cost of the center operation would be abou million a year The pr vides only for purchase of a si and the construction Senate Passes School Money Measure Includes Equalization Aid The Inside Story Lead meters are not the monsters that som people say Page 4 Issue of Hie is old enough for an adult system of pas ing legislation Page 4 National Business Women's BPW Club plan Thursday open house Page 1C Girl Scout units plan week of Page 20 Dave Manning lost committee ship battle but won the war Page 2 Criminal of antiquated laws Page 25 State House election campaign cited as majc achievement of Legislature Page 22 MISGIVINGS It's a uig ment but Billy Dan Mayer is filled with givings about this his first haircut Oh well may as well get it over with Guess all men have to lose their hair time INJUSTICE It's just inhumane that's what it is All my hair is being eaten by that buzzing monster It's more than a fella can stand Besides I'm just a little scared of all this IT'S GONE The ordeal is over but the indignity lingers on All those beautiful long locks arc gone forever Maybe I'll wait till Mommy sees it Billy's parents are Skip Marlene Slayer Third Staff photos by Dan Brown Body of Local Man Sought In River After Car Mishap By The Associated Tress Dragging and diving tions Saturday night failed to turn up the body of a Helena man counted as Montana's fic victim The slate had ed 45 traffic deaths on this date last year Duane Ripplinger about 30 apparently was thrown or washed from his convertible when it plunged into the deep Missouri River at p.m day River Was Swift Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Dave Middlemas said the river was moving at miles an hour and the victim could have been carried a considerable dis- tance downstream The said car traveling at high speed was northbound when it went out of control on a curve 15 miles north of Wolf Creek Skidded Sideways It skidded sideways for 180 feet before colliding with a hicle driven by Leslie Carter 58 Wolf Creek Carter escaped serious injury although sive damage was done to his car car careened an- other 200 feet flying nearly 30 feet into the river The head were still visible when rescuers arrived Vas En Route to North Dakota Middlemas said Ripplinger left Helena between and 10 m apparently en route to where bis wife and child had gone a few days to visit relatives The sheriff said one motorist car had assed him going more than 70 Congressional Senate Okays Park County Move to West District By Jack Associated Press Staff Writer A congressional redistricting plan lo help insure that Montana will have representation in the U.S House in 1967 cleared the Senate on a vole Saturday evening The measure now goes to the House where an identical won committee approval Disparity 14.9 Per Cenl Both transfer Park County into the Western Congressional Dis- to narrow the population ference between the eastern and western districts lo just under or a population disparity of 14.9 per cent Congress has a resolution re- quiring the population disparity between congressional districts not exceed 15 per cent men from a stale exceeding this percentage might not be seated in the 1967 Congress under the resolution which has passed the U.S House Sought by Olsen Batlin The redistricting plan was by Congressman old H Olsen a Democrat and James F Batlin a Republican The Senate took extra tions to keep the alive by changing its rules It adopted a resolution requiring that mous consent need not be had lo handle such last-minute non- money legislation This was to forestall the chance that one or a few senators might attempt to block the redistricting proposal from being passed Population Change Montana's two districts now have a population variance of Moving Park County h a population of would cut the eastern population to and boos the western district population to a difference of 99 886 based on 1960 census Sen W E Harris said lie and members of Park legislative delegation find th perfectly okay He added Park County is about divided between Republicans am Democrats We welcome going into the western district He read Park County vote lo tals from the last general dec tion which showed most race were decided by several him dred votes The lone opposition to the bi was the paired vote of Sen C R miles an hour The car had struck the canyon wall before plunging off U.S Highway 91 The right side of the car was lorn away and the convertible top was loose when the car was pulled from the river at about Two Killed Two Butte men were killed by a accident 14 miles east of on U.S 10 Harding Way Marvin Hunter Dickman 33 Four District No School Trustees Automatically Elected Without Election Four posts on the board of for School District No 1 lave been filled automatically vithout election William Schmidt Malcolm Streeter William Rossiter and Dr J Kent Boughn acceded lo he positions when they were nominated without opposition All were picked to run for the office at a nominating caucus 15 Deadline for nominating was Feb 22 Virgil fanes clerk of the district said his week that no other ations were filed with his office Under the laws governing the election no balloting is ary if only one person is for each vacancy The men will assume the of- in April Streeter and siter are incumbents on the board Like Schmidt they will Janes said the automatic ion of the trustees has no effect on bond issue and levy elections or the district These elections will be conducted April 3 as scheduled Janes said servo three Boughn was year lerm year Dr elected to a one State National Weather Forecast Helena and Increasing cloudiness today and tonight Mostly cloudy Monday Not much change in temperature High today 50 Low tonight 25 The official Helena lire at midnight JU H Billings 44 L 26 Bismarck Belgrade 43 22 26 Butto 22 Denver -----43 Cut Bunk 50 21 Las Vegas Gl 32 Dillon 45 IB Los 66 48 Drummond 50 22 35 37 Glasgow 28 6 New Orleans 61 42 53 26 N York City 43 31 Havre 18 Phoenix 72 36 Helena ltd Ore 10 31 45 22 St Louis 32 48 18 Salt lAke SB 23 Livingston 47 17 Fran 50 City 36 24 40 Missoula 44 29 Spokane 60 36 W 41 -5 Washington 41 Vone National Chicago New York St 02 Son cisco 20 U.S Will Move Marines Into South Viet Nam Washington IP The De- fense Department announced night two battalions of U.S Marines approximately men will be sent to South Viet Nam on request of the Soul government The two battalions of Marines be assigned to the Da area to strengthen genera security of the Da Nang air base complex the department said The Marines will be drawn from units normally deployed in the Pacific The limited mission of the Marines will be lo relieve gov of South Viet Nam forces now engaged in security duty for action in the pacification pro gram and in offensive role against Communist guerrilla a department statemen said The department explained tha I the Marines were being sent in 38 25 i following between the governments of South Vic Nam and the United Slates 26 Queen of Sweden Sale In Serious Condition Stockholm Sweden The condition of Sweden's Louise Sa In a medical bulletin Sa night her doctors new difficulties in her breathing circulation and heartbeat ed on impact Tom Stafford died in a Missoula hospita hours after he crash Ralph Wortham 32 of Butti the driver of the car a broken collar bom nd cuts and bruises Officers said Ihc ar entered a slight curve nca ic Continental Divide H wen ut of and up a struck a boulde I the lop and flipped over on it op All three occupants wcr from the vehicle The ca aught fire but a passing river extinguished the blaze hild Fatally Injured Cindy Ann Wilhelm 6 of Sec ey Lake was fatally injure hen the bicycle she was ridin as struck by a car on Montan 209 about 20 miles nort f Seeley Lake She was th of Mr and Mrs Mrs Hazel Frazier of Paradise school teacher at Dixon die her car plunged into th Clark Fork Uiver off U.S Paradise and Dixon Authorities were still invest ating to determine if the aec lent should be added to the oil The woman was believed I suffered a heart attack tl lay before and there was no a attempt to control the cr lefore it plunged into the rive The Montana Senate Saturday passed a million ublic school money and sent it to the House for con- with Senate amendments The includes 00 for state equalization aid nd for The Senate struck in aid from the to for the chools will get automatically increases in state in- ome and corporation license Vid Totals 540.6 Million All state equalization aid to ublic schools in the next will total million The million includes tax loney which automatically goes the schools No appropriation needed Sen Robert S Cotton ey chairman of the Senate cation Committee said under the foundation program signed into law by the governor and the school appropriation all qual tied counties will receive an in slate equalization aid Says Taxes to Drop There'll be an equal reduc ion in local property taxes for of the he said i statement which many dispute Cotton said increases in slat equalization aid above that posed by Republican Gov Tim range from a low o for Rosebud County t for Cascade County Gallatin County would more Missoula County and Silver Bow Count more Cotton said More Than Proposed This is because nearly million mon proposed by the million more than state equalization aid appropriated b the legislature in Cotton The Senate tacked on an ad to one money bil o cover added costs of this ses ion of the legislature the total appropriated foi the session to Thi needs House approv il Six senators were named fo membership on the Council They Sens David F James William F Gordon McGowan Choteau Carl Rostad Jean A Turnage an Earl is now a member o the council James was of a previous council Volcano Erupts Hawaii Islands A Tempestuous Kilauea vole an erupted again Saturday a fountain of molten lava 50 fee high inside crater Signs School Plan Budgeting Rise Legislation increasing by 6 per cut the budgeting schedules in school foundation iram was signed into law ay by Gov Tim Babcock who aid it drastically departs from he principle of equalization Babcock signed the despite Us objections saying it is the available from the legislature Spending Authority The schedules in which the Senate and the Touse establish the public spending authority in which the state will participate Additional spending authorities is allowed school boards through increases which must financed solely by district levies Will Allow Tax Raises Babcock said the became effective with his ture as lawmakers completed second day of payless over- permissive erty tax levies without vote of the taxpayers It destroys the principle of luilding budgets from computed median school costs Deficiency Levies The governor said that if funds are not provided to meet this schedule it will re- quire deficiency levies on erty or the districts will have registered warrants or reduced reserves This will eventually require added property taxes to pick up the registered warrants or to in- crease the reserve funds I am sure the loss of the principle of equalization in this act will be sincerely regretted if future legislative consideration is not given to restoring this principle Education First Concern In explaining why he signed despite these objections Babcock Since our first concern must be the education of our youth and since there has been no other vehicle presented by this session I am approving this measure with its able features as the best that can be obtained at this time Stricken in Bozeman Lloyd Casagranda Fish Game Official Dies Bozeman Lloyd G chief of the Montana and Game Department's In- and Education sion died early Saturday in man of a heart attack Casagranda appointed lo the post Oct 1 1363 to succeed the present department director frank H Dunkle would have been 35 Sunday He was born March 7 1930 in Unite Formerly of Casagranda had been Hie dis- information and education officer in Bozeman for about one year prior to his promotion He had also held a similar district post in Billings in Before going to Billings granda was project biologist for Lloyd G the department on the Sun River n and made his home in Falls MSC Graduate He received a bachelor's degree from Montana State College in 1953 and got his master's degree in 1955 While attending MSC Casagranda a student ant for the department at Malta and Dillon Casagranda married the former Shirley Cissel in Livingston in September Casagranda suffered the attack while attending a banquet ending a three-day meeting of game agement officers from several western states the federal and Canada ile died about three hours later without regaining consciousness
