Portsmouth Times (Newspaper) - October 7, 1970, Portsmouth, Ohio Cloudy Ohio cloudy ami warm wun a showers Thursday High in Iho mid 80s Low In low 60s Warm and ol showers Friday Official temperature re- Today II 65 today's mini- mum 51 yesterday's maximum 81 Year Maximum 75 minimum For 118 Years A ble Portsmouth Institution Home Edition Covering Southern Ohio And Northern Kentucky VOLUME 119 No 171 PORTSMOUTH OHIO WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 7 1970 Two Sections 28 PAGES By PAUL NELSON Times Staff Writer The Portsmouth city school system is expected to suffer a loss of in funds able for current operating ex- penses during calendar 1971 Tlie financial bombshell was delivered by school board dent Richard Eisnaugle to proximately 180 teachers and other interested persons who packed the Portsmouth High School cafeteria Tuesday night In view of the implications of the financial difficulties the board contends the school dis- will face in 1971 the Brine Brown of Carey's Run became Scioto County's traffic fatality of the year after he was struck by a car at p.m Tuesday on Route 52 of a mile cast of Route 239 Patrolmen of the Portsmouth post of the Ohio Highway trol said Brown walked from the north side of the highway to centerline hesitated and then walked soutli into the path of an car driven by 1970 Traffic Deaths Killed In Portsmouth 1 Killed In New Boston 11 Killed In County 16 Toli For Year Keep Stay Alive E Elliott 39 of 1032 21st St Patrolmen said Brown rolled into the left side of a pick-up parked on the south side of the highway in which George W Gray 21 of Portsmouth Rt 5 was sitting A Roger W Davis Funeral Home ambulance brought Brown to Scioto Memorial pital at p.m but he died 15 minutes later of multiple in- juries Four persons were charged In five other accidents by area police Tuesday George Williams 54 of ford Rt 2 complained of in- jury but was not treated after his auto struck and killed a cow owned by J V Van Meier of Piketon Rt 1 at p.m on Route 5.9 miles north oi the Scioto County line lowing decisions have been The board will retain the 000 received from the tion of additional state school foundation funds authorized by House 1023 to partially set the anticipated reduction in operating funds The board will use proceeds of the 5 mill additional levy if it is approved by the voters in November to make up the balance of the estimated tion in operating funds Afler the reduction in the county budget certificate for 1971 compared with 1970 has been offset the balance of the proceeds from the 5 mill levy are to be used to offset the inflationary in- creases in prices of fuel and many other supplies and ex- penses and also to assist school personnel in meeting the same inflationary increases in their living expenses In a prepared statement listed the following reasons for the anticipated re- duction in The decline in the tax duplicate from 430 in 1969 to in 1970 will result in less income lo the schools from property taxes in 1971 State support is expected to be less due to a decrease in enrollment 362 students this year which is based upon ally reimbursable units of 30 students for each classroom This loss is expected to be ly A third reason given by the board is that there was a er beginning balance of for operational purposes in 1971 The statement also noted that while less money is anticipated have increased in many areas such as supplies capital expenditure items and a standard of 6 per cent increase each year Coal bills are expected lo double this winter because of new mining regulations Eisnaugle said the total ture was evident at the time the renewal of 19.54 mills and the additional 5 mill levy were placed on the November ballot He added that it also was not evident at the time the committee was ing with the Portsmouth City Teachers Association relative to a bonus or supplementary ary This situation has only be- come evident in the last several weeks due to and financial procedures the schools in Ohio find themselves bound to in determining their financial position from year to board president said Officers of the PCTA were at the meeting and they ately took issue with the decision to retain the said William Newman Pay negotiations between the of board and the PCTA are at a with I standstill and revolve around failure lo yield the right of a supplemental pay bid the teachers are seeking for the By JAMES R POLK WASHINGTON AP The government says an aging mer on its first passenger flight after coming out mothballs may have been pounds when it crashed in he Rocky Mountains killing 30 sons on a Wichita State sity football trip A second rented plane used to fly the ill-starred football team was slapped with an emergency grounding Tuesday after the Federal Aviation tion said it found 16 nance defects The aircraft that smashed into a mountainside en HIGH PERCH Charles Clark of South Shore a steeplejack painter put a bright touch on a Scioto County Courthouse pole Tuesday as Times photographer Billy Graham got him in focus from street level Clark who has been living in the area several months came to South Shore from Rushville Ind By MIKE DRAKE Times Staff Writer A public hearing concerning the feasibility of one-way streets was the highlight of night's regular meeting of Boston City Council Jesse Newberry Councilman at Large told Council a recent survey of the residents of Pine Spruce Cedar Oak Maple and York Sis showed an over- whelming majority wanted their streets one-way Newberry ed of the people wanted traffic to run toward the west Bush 4th Ward cilman said Council suggested making Pine Si eastbound Spruce St westbound and nate the remaining streets through York St Richard McAlister 3751 ton Ave suggested Council in- clude Stanton Ave and Grace Sts as one-way streets because of the dense population of dren in the area B u s h suggested to Council that Harrisonville Ave be ex- cluded from consideration be- cause it is a state highway and Lakeview Ave because fire trucks would have trouble ting in and out of side streets if it were one-way Paul Warren owner of ren Funeral Ave said the streets in the area of his business should ce left as is Don't worry about the ple in the outlying he told Council Worry about the taxpayers who live on these streets If change is necessary ren suggested making Cedar St westbound instead of bound because retaining walls obscure vision onto Lakevieu Ave Ralph Darling 4258 Oak St told Council he spoke for the residents of his street in ing the move to one-way traffic I with the heavy traffic on the street it must be one he said I don't care which way In other action Council ac copied the resignation of Gordor Carpenter as 3rd Ward man effective Oct 15 because he is leaving the city The lators received an application for appointment to the position from Archie Swearingen 513 Harrisonville Ave Council also enacted six pieces of legislation including two re- solutions approving the Garden Plaza Urban Renewal Project route to a Utah State game last Friday was making its maiden trip with the football team after having been parked in storage in Las Vegas Nev for three years its owner said The same plane veered off a runway and bent a propeller when a landing gear collapsed as it tried to take off from homa City to pick up the ta State team for a flight to West Texas State the previous weekend the FAA said FAA spokesman James R Greenwood said preliminary ures showed the plane weighed an estimated pounds upon ils takeoff to climb the lowering Rockies after a refueling stop in Denver Friday The maximum takeoff weight listed in cations for the Martin 404 plane is pounds A spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board which is spearheading the probe said the plane may have flown into a blind canyon been unable to escape and crashed into a at the foot of the Continental Divide where a wall of mountains rises ly In a Denver hospital co-pilot Ronald Skipper said the plane was flying a scenic sight-seeing route through the mountains but declined to discuss the de- tails of the crash Secretary of Transportation John A Volpe said the Justice Department may be asked into the investigation The evidence we have to date suggests there may have been some Volpe said but he refused to rate The FAA confirmed that one of its officials had cautioned Wichita State nearly two months ago that the small air firm Golden Eagle Aviation had no license to fly a Turn to PLANE Page 16 UlU TCI and saying the project conforms At that time hc announced an- lo the general plan of the city 150 000 mcn hc The resolutions are to comply I from Vietnam by WASHINGTON AP dent Nixon will make what he terms a major statement on Southeast Asia tonight in a speech dovetailing with a new U.S proposal to be offered at the Vietnam peace talks Thurs lay Nixon set elaborate plans to brief key congressmen the inet and diplomats ahead of his scheduled address to be carried live on radio and television The broadcast will be at 9 p.m EDT But he White House re- mained mum on what new offer negotiator David K E Bruce will lay on the bargaining table at Thursday's weekly meeting in Paris North Vietnamese and Viet Cone e n There was of the Van Allen radiation bet background Dr Thomas Gold of Cornell was speculation Waller Mondale D-Minn UPI might propose a cease-fire or on Southeast Asia or cial talks on prisoners of war or a combination of various items aimed at breaking the ing deadlock at Paris There was talk too that on might unveil a speedup in U.S troop withdrawals beyond the timetable he set last April CURTAILMENT of human space voyages after the current Appollo was urged Tuesday by three senators and two prominent space scientists The men said anything man can do in space instruments can do better with less risk and far less cost Urging a new turn in the program were left to right Sen William Proxmire Sen Clifford Case Dr James Van WASHINGTON AP in their request by two at ions an senators are renewing a space Dr budget indicate the space lo curb James Van Allen discoverer should be curtailed with federal regulations Council enacted an authorizing the payment of proximately for moving expenses and relocation ments to about 15 families dis- Turn to Page 16 Column 4 May including Oct 15 space spending by reorienting the Van Allen radiation in comments for I 1 Tl J U J II I ci 11 way after his auto struck a car driven by Shirley Lewis 33 of at 5 p.m on Spring St in Wheelersburg patrolmen said Patrolmen said Mark hart 20 of Wheelersburg Rt 1 was charged with failure to drive in a single lane after his auto struck a rock and a car driven by Robert Edwards 36 of Newtonsville at the Rd miles easl of Route 23 Vern Fearis 67 of 1727 Sixth S was charged with drunken driving and failure to drive in a single lane after a accident at p.m in the 3600 block of Sixth St Police said an auto driven by Fearis struck a parked car owned by Carrie Lewis Sixth St forcing the Lewis into the rear of a car owned by berta Billian 1617 Sixth St which was forced into the rear of a truck owned by E L Cooper 2715 Scioto Trail Pearl Ramsey 72 of 3106 St was charged with failure to stop within an sured dear distance after her auto struck the rear of a car driven by Patricia Waller 18 of 1829 Robinson Ave police said Miss Ramsey ed of injury Inside The Times Around Portsmouth Comics Death Notices Editorial Page Horoscope Markets Sports Television and Radio Women's News Page 4 school year John Hendricks PCTA dent said he thought the board had failed to consider the ers adding We are distressed Turn to Page 16 Column 1 Mrs Bussa Quits City School Post Mrs Mildred Bussa elected io the Portsmouth city school board last November has re- signed Board president Richard naugle read her letter of nation during a special board meeting Tuesday night in mouth High School cafeteria In her letter Mrs Bussa said she regretted that she could not sorve her full term but said personal problems made the action necessary She did not at- tend the board meeting Mrs Bussa campaigned prior to the election to retain East High School after it was made public that the board intended to merge both city high schools She also has been a member of the school negotiating team that had been meeting for several months with the mouth City Teachers ing program toward Dr Thomas Gold head conference Mondale said manned flights j President own for o The administration has been They proposed eliminating the science panel a part of Q o is in to make a move on now requested by White House Science Advisory i a ccw which peace front before next the Nixon administration for Committee j n L elections Nixon of a space shuttle The senators Walter F Y Vietnam month's elections Nixon of a space shuttle The senators Walter F MOI told newsmen Tuesday by the National D-Minn Clifford Case R-i WASHINGTON AP In a Willam Muster manager of switch of signals a drive has Inc said the firm started in Congress for passage would have to consider giving of a subsidy to help build boat away selling it or a new to replace spending a huge amount to the riverboat Delta Queen make it an plea This step was disclosed sure cruiser for 49 people day in the House with the Muster said in any case the ing of exempting the vessel from company must go to the stock a 1968 law i holders to decide what is to be conferees done Normally the boat goes Her had stripped this provision in November for ever We do not consider this to be a i Space and William D- propaganda gimmick We The money is part said recent success of not saying it simply for the budget request for Soviet Union's Lima un- rocord Thc statement is one Thai has been prepared only after very thorough consideration ot all issues that are involved in our Nixon said Thc President arranged ir brief the Cabinet at 5 p.m and legislative leaders oi both tics an hour ialer M o n d a I e said the shuttle and station from a compromise g at a cost of about The House approved package intact and sent Muster said a proposal to it to the Senate ale with l r j nm nrs By JACK HALL Times Staff Writer manned moon mission and and billion tic said Soviet anri American space experts agree unmanned flights arc far cheaper Thc President apparently be- thai Slid million for a i space shuttle station is more important than providing in- creased for urban ai for a clean environment and i for improved veterans care j and fought Mondale charged thn investment which allows i Robin T Turner Republican treasurer to make the for treasurer f loans which were made relieves security of the their firm Turner car crs dollar is the top priority the treasurer He said when me investment rner says he will which allows the stale to a heifer investment policy to mak which without collateral was jets State vs I Ul It n inn SI nf IJ n nk i el T i ii w in awl i j f- ft -n ai m i ank investment commercial paper Im Furnace burned in floans collateral was JO id 1C V id a proposal to a fire at his residence the mon cl Mow 13 overnight died at 3 in if because of Hospital in Columbus j m November fions of he s Ve rir v s ales that customers He had earlier been reported The Marion native who is J ns o uc L the Arna 2 to be charged in satisfactory condition An serving in the slate senate T Council a grant for 0 tn r 1 111 ho Rep Robert Taft R Ohio was prohibitive said the decision to change lne tactics was made after nave man Edward A Garmatz Md of the House Merchant j Tor Sale Put Marine Committee agreed to back another measure with a j UH School construction differential sidy Supporters hope for action before Congress winds up its Lancaster s having its flames when firemen arrived m i Ohio AP to ho in today to discuss i October Davs observance s to nc tho treasury cn fi ret n nrr US ULII ai i L j J ii M 7 ci nil it en burns in the fire Gertrude W Donahey IhaM be The observance a at his frame Turner was elected to the must be of is on Junior Furnace Fid legislating in 1360 and is now wnich would al 7 with a party Much of the house was thc middle of a four-year frir I and preview of Jerome Wai tions term in the senate winus up us t money session after the November passing school levies Donald chief of the He is running a spirited sid i fnr inh i l IL- security for the i have rejected levies Green Township Volunteer Fire F the stale made Sen Marlow Cook times in a row and face a the mill package in exemption also supports But new plan i schools to get as selling which apparently started in the living room area given the Delta I Sam Mullens principal i hy a for the treasurer's job was i in spite of a request by GOP Slate Central Committee to ments is na ik exhibit a man Designers Gallery Sixth St Thc exhibit of batik paintings get off the ballot because of a over campaign funds Funds for Turner's campaign were donated by members of Crofters Inc an Congress had The board cannot appoint a j Queen a four-year at General Sherman Junior Spradlin said thc blaze is finding firm which handled scv 22 new member for 10 days but from 1966 law which requires School arrived at school investigation but loans by the state which h carrying 50 or more today he found a large to have resulted from shaky 30 days If a new member is overnight passengers to have sale sign planted in the school's cigarette on a couch in the I didn't know about con- superstructures The front yard i living room Most board of education Funeral arrangements are New Volkswagen 22 not appointed within dO days appointment may be made by Queen is mostly wood The i T oil Probate Court Judge Pa u 1 exemption is due to hers had no bint under direction of Harrison Fowler 2 tone asked Any Home plus tax and title Pons Volkswagen way to explain to the public Portsmouth native i mf now why some loans failed a resident of island of said he worked Hawaii is to be opened officially ly with financial and i Thursday and is to continue menl bills while in the senate j through Monday Oct 19 and has a good background in October Days activities this state finances week also are to include the 1 will work tor iax reform i Portsmouth Little Theater pro and new policies in the of Absence of a Col- or's office even if not the Arts and Crafts Turner said Thc stale with Punch and Judy lauire should be receptive to pot Show and beginning ot the Turn to TURNER Page 16 Turn o DAYS Pago 16
