Ottawa Herald (Newspaper) - August 12, 1975, Ottawa, Kansas Tf 66067 if ti a J rf f i rf 290 Board Okays Budget By DON LAMBERT The 197576 290 school system budget of nearly million was adopted by the board of education Monday Dan explained that although the budget was increased from last the increase in the mill levy which finances the district was increased only He attributed the low mill levy increase to two One is increased state aid and the other is the rising valuation of the school explained that the actual proposed mill levy is lower than the one in the information he passed out at the That is because after the information was the county clerk corrected evaluation in changed the mill levy Bettye director of the career education program to be implemented in all the local schools this told the board members that funds are available to set up a similar program in the special education She and Chuck special education recommended that the district seek and accept the The board voted to accept their Sypher explained that the funds would give the district a chance to implement new programs at less cost to the He said the program probably would be set up like a work study Learning disabled students and mentally retarded students would Sypher also predicted that during this school he and staff members will be looking at programs for the emotionally disturbed students and the gifted students which have been mandated by the state for Ken assistant reported on the alternative school program Stories In Hoffa Case Conflict LAKE AP James Hoffas son said a new witness claims he saw the but the Federal Bureau of Investigation today rejected the mans account as a complete The Hoffa family said the witness underwent an in tensive interview by the FBI and offered substantial But Jay FBI agent in charge of the Hoffa We went into this one in depth and it has absolutely no basis in Hoffa dropped from sight 13 Grain Traders Asked To Cool It WASHINGTON AP The Ford administration is asking American grain traders to re frain from further negotia tions with the Soviet Union for at least a month because of de clining expectations for the harvest this Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz said Monday that it would take five months to unload at Russian ports the million metric tons of grain already so there is no real hurry about additional sales to the Butz said it is more impor tant now to make sure Ameri can livestock production is not shortchanged for lack of feed grains just to boost exports or supply the Russians with their But said he expected dis cussions and good relations to continue between traders and Moscow until negotiations Further sales definite ly will be he Bute has received heavy criticism for his support of the sales already which critics say will lead to price in creases at American grocery He said he feels con sumer food prices will not be appreciably affected by the grain sales or the crop re which lowered the Agri culture Departments forecast of the corn harvest by 3 per cent The department has pre a 6 to 8 per cent increase in food prices this year over last Food price increases have been about per cent in each of the last two with the 1972 Russian purchase of 19 million metric tons of grain one The secretary said he hoped for further but Russian He told a news conference that ob the actions we take are with the full knowledge and concurrence of the Butz spoke shortly after the departments Crop Reporting Board announced based on 1 growing the corn crop should be a record billion That would be 26 per cent greater than last seasons July dry spells in Iowa and other areas of the eastern Belt led to the reduction in the crop Iowa and Nebraska officials said the Agriculture Department estimates for their states were overly optimistic because the coin crop has deteriorated since the 1 Don the depart ments top said that since the l field rain has been sparse in Iowa and other eastern Corn Belt areas and continued or in creased stress on the crops is The soybean crop was esti mated at billion days The mystery intensified late Monday when his Detroit attorney James said a man who claimed he wit the abduction of Hoffa on July 30 gave very substan tial leads which are being fol lowed up very His words conflict with state ments by FBI They say hundreds of tips and leads are pouring in and being checked but that they have nothing promising to go Speaking to reporters at his fathers lakeside home 41 miles north of the younger Hoffa One lead we thought was very interesting and which is being checked out has to do with an individual who claims he was an eye witness to the abduction at the Machus Red The Red Fox is a fashionable restaurant where Hoffa was last The FBI said it did not know to whom Hoffa Hoffa also said We feel that there is evidence to be made available in Southern Califor Jimmy Hoffas Charles said in Los We have received information that there are per sons in Southern California who witnessed meetings prior to the disappearance of Hoffa in which that disappearance was In Los Angeles meanwhile former gangster Mickey Cohen said in a brief telephone inter I feel Jim is gone I know what I know from my own Cohen did not He said his telephone is not At the Hoffa James Hoffa This is a nationwide search for evidence and its not going to And we that we are go ing to have a successful solu tion to this He did not elaborate on his brief and cryptic The FBI immediately disputed Hoffas We do not have any wit a spokesman He said several persons who called in said they witnessed an but that they could not support their Weve had so many calls from people who think they saw but when theyre interviewed they just dont have the the spokesman he organized at the high school in The program was designed to help seniors who were a credit short of A special Elizabeth was hired to work with the seniors to help them meet their graduation Of the seven seniors who began in the four completed the requirements and graduated with their Woods asked the board members whether they thought the program should be continued or He said it could be expanded to include former students at the high school who may lack a credit to several of the board members said they believe that the former students should seek their GED diploma at the Adult Education The board voted to continue the program for another It is to provide additional help in the areas of history and subjects required for The board routinely adopted the 197576 food service agreement with the federal government setting regulations for the food service program which will be operated like it was last The board went into executive session to discuss applications for board treasurer following the resignation last month of John After about 10 minutes of the board Jim board said that from the 12 persons who Bruce former Franklin County will be offered the Bud board said he believes that at a future the board should check into starting a parent organization similar to the one here several years SEASON wasnt too hot for a neighborhood game of tackle football at Hawthorne Elementary School playground Paris 634 above with Jeff 217 leading the ran up the middle for a David 207 got his shirt ripped when he was The game ended quickly when Chuck 527 brought a canteen full of ice tea to cool everyone Dont Start Spending Yet WASHINGTON AP The collecting oil import fees illegally for the past three could owe ev ery American about plus a price reduction of about cents per gallon on gasoline and other petroleum But dont run out and spend that money just yet you may never see a penny of For one President Ford is considering appealing Mondays Court of Ap peals ruling that he does not have the authority to place fees on imported White House Press Secretary Ron Nessen said Ford would discuss the possible appeal with advisers today in The import fees began in April when then President Richard Nixon ended direct quota limits on oil imports and replaced them with import Ford raised the fees this But the court said the fees are beyond the scope of their the presidents authority and cannot The decision could block fur ther government collection of import fees now totaling up to per barrel on crude oil and on other re fined products and unfinished It also could provide the legal basis for further court or con gressional action to refund to the public the fees already col since April Robert head of the Federal Energy Adminis trations oil import estimated in an interview that fees still being collected for im ports in July and early August would bring the total fees to around That amounts to about for every woman and child in the United and there was already talk of forcing the government to make A Federal Energy Adminis tration official said it was con that consumers may receive some type of rebate should the decision Chairman Al D of the House Ways and Means and Sea Henry said they would propose such Jackson said the court deci sion should result in substan tial reductions in the price of heating oil and elec Cancellation of the full ef of the oil import fees might reduce petroleum product prices by something like cents per but there is great uncertainty whether effects can be fully felt and even whether consumers will really see any benefits at all Barber Conable pointed out that the Organization of Petroleum Ex porting the foreign oil already was sched uled to discuss new price in creases in If the court decision wipes out the import this will make it easier for them to raise prices on foreign be cause they could raise it a barrel and put us right back to where the tariff Conable US Votes Against UN Admitting Vietnams UNITED AP The United States has vetoed United Nations membership applications by North and South Vietnam in retaliation for the exclusion of South Ambassador Daniel Moynihan cast separate vetoes in succession Monday as the 15nation Security Council voted 13 to 1 favoring admission of the Hanoi and Saigon Costa Rica Moynihan recalled that 26 years ago the United States foreswore use of the veto on membership but said it had changed its position because of the councils refusal last Wednesday even to take up South Koreas membership ap The action brought charges from Communist and nonaligned countries that the United States was reviving Cold War practices and exercising a tyranny of the Several council members charged that the United frustrated by defeat of its allies in was using the Ko rean question as a pretext to keep Hanoi and the new Saigon regime out of the United Na This accusation was also made in a joint press statement by the observers of the two Vietnamese They arrived in New York last month and watched Mondays Area Weather COUNTY low tonight upper to wind northerly 1020 mph probability pv
