Valley Independent, The (Newspaper) - October 22, 1975, Monessen, Pennsylvania Weather Fair and mild tonight with lows in 50s Mostly sunny and warm Thursday with highs in in id 70s 96 The VALLEY The Daily Newspaper of the Valley Area WEDNESDAY OCTOBER PUC overhaul A Senate committee lias recommended a of Public Utility to restore con- sinner faith in the regulatory agency See Page 17 copy every week by currier 85.00 every month by motor route Land ior sale at There's a good chance part of the surplus land at the Twp Municipal Airport will be sold next month Meeting in special session last the township approved advertising for bids the sale of two tracts of commercial and industrial land totaling 74.3 acres at the i Bids will be accepted until p.m Nov 1 The action last night followed on the heels of a Twp Airport Authority meeting last at which time the Authority rejected a bid to purchase 71 acres of surplus land at the airport Acting on the advice of its Atty Frank L the Authority turned down a proposal from Washington a consulting engineering firm in township Bialon advised the Authority it legally couldn't accept any proposal unless it covered the entire indebtedness of the airport Paul former airport was the spokesman for Washington Industries at the Authority and he said his concern was not prepared to make a proposal to cover the airport's entire debt Bialon told the Authority that it received a proposal that covered the entire the only legal way for it to sell any of the same 180 acres of surplus land at the airport was by competitive bidding With this m the Authority authorized Bialon to prepare specifications for the sale of the 74 3 acres The commissioners action last night officially authorized the move The land being advertised for sale by the township commissioners and Airport Authority is designated as commercial or industrial on the Airport Authority's Master Plan The specifications include restrictions and reservations of including A right of way for truck hauling purposes through and across the acre at a by the bidder with approval of the Airport Authority to allow access to other property owned by the Authority The right of the Airport Authority to tap into and use any utilities con- upon the tracts without a capital expenditure fee or payment The designing of utilities with capacity to commodate reasonable development upon adjoining grounds owned by the Airport Authority Erection within one year of airport related facilities upon the airport which will produce ground rental or percentage of income fees to the Authority The subject property will be restricted to commercial and-or industrial use Compliance with all Federal Aviation Administration rules and regulations pertaining to height of structures The bids will be opened at a joint meeting of the Airport Authority and commissioners at 1 p m at the Municipal Building on Nov 1 The specifications further stipulate that on or before Nov 11 at 4 p.m the bidder shall pay to the Airport Authority a total of 50 per cent of the bid price Payment in full be required on or before Dec 1 at If payments are not made by the date and time all monies paid prior thereto shall be forfeited to the port Authority and the award shall be null and void There has been considerable speculation about a prospective tenant for the See 2 Homecoming queen candidates are flanked by the girls who will help make up the court at Charleroi Area High School on Friday night The group includes to Susan Ernestine Valerie Joyce DeMarco and Jean all seniors and the Homecoming queen and Karen Burns sophomore Charleroi Area scene this Park Manor renovation Homecoming morning Thoughtless North Charleroi teenager reaching out at passing cars as he awaits school bus More Halloween displays in area homes Girl smoking cigar in van on Interstate 70 Birthday greetings for er woman Deer crossing road at Fox Stop Weary baseball fans Two puppies romping through leaves in yard M o n e s s e n o m a n breaking long-standing tradition by wearing slacks to work bids out in two weeks Westmoreland County Housing Authority expects to let bids within two weeks for a renovation and modernization program at Park Manor housing project in Executive Director Leonard L Paletta said today Project J James of Monessen estimates construction could begin by next January A grant from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development will be used for a first phase of renovation of six or seven of the 14 structures in the according to Paletta Plans are to convert the present walk-up buildings to 106 more spacious individual each with its own private entrance and gas heating said HUD has guaranteed funds for only the first phase but the authority is hopeful of eventually securing monies to renovate all of Park Paletta said HUD has given the authority two years to complete phase one but the contract specifications will call for the work to be completed probably within one Fillingham said To about five of the buildings to be renovated in the first phase have been vacated and about 10 families relocated within the according to Paletta The authority expects to have enough vacancies through attrition that it won't have to relocate anyone outside of Park he said Undaunted by warning PEKING Secretary of Chairman warning American today to State Henry undaunted by Mao against worked set the stage for President Ford's coming visit to China Diplomats said Kissinger is trying to smooth out Sino- American relations by correcting the over U.S ties with the Soviet China's arch enemy He planned talks today with Foreign Minister Chiao China's top and Vice Teng the man running the government tor ailing Premier Chou leader of China's Communist called in Kissinger Tuesday night for a meeting at the aging home behind a Sce 2 U.S Secretary ot State Henry Kissinger snakes hands with Communist Party Chairman Mao Tse-tung prior to their surprise meeting in Peking yesterday The renovation is in that it is believed to be the first iof its kind to be un- in the cording to U.S Rep John H Dent Democrat who helped secure funding for the project The townhouse concept will eliminate maintenance of hallways and entrances which require extra lighting and heating facilities as well as Paletta said At the same there will be more privacy in the units since no tenants will be a second floor above other families and each will nave his own entrance and private yard Although the elimination of 44 units will result in a loss of in Paletta said this will be offset by a reduction of in m taxes and in various other costs Fillingham conceived the townhouse concept for Park Manor and the idea was subsequently approved by the authority last June 3 Franco won't surrender his absolute rule Spam Generalissimo Francisco the last of Europe's rightwing refused to surrender his absolute rule despite a severe heart authoritative sources reported A government communique said Tuesday Franco is recovering from an coronary and capable of holding meetings But the government called off his audiences for today Government sources said the attack was severe but the leader of the rightist forces in the See 2 set for Friday There won't be any shortage of extra festivities Friday Area High School's football team plays its final home game of the season While the Cougars take on Elizabeth Forward in a Big 10 Conference feature at p.m at Charleroi a Homecoming queen will be crowned and a Bicentennial salute will be offered Three senior girls will be seeking the Homecoming queen honors Joyce Valerie Jean Petrarca The queen will be crowned in ceremonies starting at Senior football players will escort the candidates and underclassmen who will serve as members of the also The other court members will be Juniors Terri Gogol and Ernestine Santavicca and Sophomores Karen Burns and Susan Sauritch The Homecoming activities are sponsored by the Pep which is by James faculty sor The queen will receive red the senior attendants a single red rose the junior court members a yellow rose each and the sophomores a white rose All will receive charms com- the event Dr Donald superintendent of will present the queen with her See 2 i Inside Today Classified 23 Editorials 4 Feature page -7 Hospital registers 22 Obituaries 22 Sports Television news 23 Theater page Women's 7 Mfg open Wed eves Cost of living roi slightly WASHINGTON The cost of living rose a moderate 0.5 per cent in more than twice the pace set in August but nowhere near the high levels reached earlier the Labor Department said today The consumer price rise in September compared to a slight jump of 0.2 per cent in August the smallest ad- vance in three ears But the September which works out to a 6 per cent annual was more con- with what economists believe is the current term trend of inflation It was considerably lower than the 1.2 per cent jump 14.4 per cent annually in July Proposal to save New York barely passes WASHINGTON A proposal to rescue New York City from insolvency barely survived its first test vote in reflecting suspicion of the figures and promises New York City officials have presented On the of taking up for consideration a to provide a federally teed loan to the the vote by the Senate Banking Committee was 7 to 6 The narrowness of the vote showed that any York legislation is in trouble One senator counted six votes for helping New five against and two in doubt This afternoon's deliberations on the proposal could decide its fate All sides agree the city is likely to default if denied federal help In the city would be unable to pay its debts as they become and debtors would sue for whatever revenue the city has See NEW 2 Transit fare hikes in New York City combined with increases in college physicians clothing and pork to consumer prices up last month Those increases were by declines in the prices of fresh vegetables and beef The Consumer Price Index stood at 163 6 in 7 8 per cent higher than a year ago That means the same goods and services that cost in nou cost The cost of services jumped a substantial 1 per cent in September Labor primarily as a result of an increase in New York City transit fares from 35 cents to 50 cents Food prices rose a slight 0 1 per cent and the costs of other goods wore up 0 3 per all seasonally These combined with a decline in the hours an average worker spent on his an 0.6 per cent decline in real spendable income Labor said Over the real spendable earnings were up as the result of income tax cuts Food prices went up less than economists had expected in September Beef which have risen at enormous rates this fell sharply in September a month when they normally hold stable Fruit and vegetable prices also f particularly the prices of onions and along with cereal and bakery prices But the price of pork con- to although at a slower pace than previous months chose and coffee prices jumped sharply and sugar also was up again Assistant Commerce James Pate had predicted earlier this week the cost of living increase would be larger than but smaller than July's and even last when prices rose 0 8 per have been described by economists as months that did not accurately reflect the long-term trend Food price increases expected to have an impact in unlike August when they held steady The Agriculture Department reported the pi ices of farm which quickly affect consumer rose 3 per cent m the month ending Sept 15 Although consumers were paying higher prices lor 1976 model cars in the impact of those annual price increases sometimes is tened by discount sellouts of the old year models State officials cross fingers on bond interest HARRISBURG Pennsylvania officials arc keeping their fingers crossed aboul a million state bond issue that goes on sale Nov 6 Gov Milton J Shapp Auditor General Robert P Casey and Treasurer Grace Sloan met Tuesday to sign the official papers needed to authorize the sale of the bonds The meeting was held amid speculation that the financial woes of New York City might destroy investor confidence and send interest rates on free state and municipal bonds soaring no way to tell whal the interest rate will be until the day before we get the Shapp said depends on the climate of the market on that day States and cities across the nation are jittery about the bond market because of the threat New York will default on some of its bonds cial experts have said New York's dilemma has helped See 2 Denver girl tells of family problems v JL DENVER labor business politicians and just plain folks came to tell Vice President Nelson Rockefeller their but none had quite the impact of Francie O'Donnell Francie's problem simple Her family is poor and on welfare She skipped school Tuesday to tell Rockefeller about it The Denver girl was one of 500 persons attending the first of six town meetings Rockefeller is conducting around the country to get public opinion on domestic policy poor people are so we're just completely said Francie in a halting voice as she stood on a chair in front microphone need money for for help and care We need money for clothes need money for a house are too said the little girl with brown hair and a bright red dress house is 90 bucks We have to pay it to the landlord and one sink is completely broken landlord is not nice to Rockefeller don't see how anybody could be See 2 Francie of Denver testifies before the opening session of the forum on Domestic Policy conducted by Vice President Nelson Rockefeller
