Ruston Daily Leader (Newspaper) - September 25, 1980, Ruston, Louisiana Tech has a too see page 11 Energy display at Tech Saturday see page 3 The newest sound in Choudrant see page 6 I Ruston Daily Leader Hometown of North Since 1894 Hometown of North Volume 89Number 436 USPS 473760 Thursday 71270 2 September Regents hear committee suggestions today NANCY BERGERON Associate Editor The state Board of Regents is ex to approve today a committee report listing suggestions for the states reponse to a federal suit filed against the states colleges and universities suggestions that include busing Louisiana Tech and Grambling State GSU university students to enhance other race participation at the two Lincoln Parish The Regents Planning and Research Committee Wednesday adopted the busing and other recommendations in hopes that the state can reach an set of the Among the mandates of the which was reactivated late last is increasing other race enrollment in the states public colleges and Grambling and the Southern University system are predominately while Louisiana Tech and with campuses in the same cities at are predominately For Lincoln the document adopted Wednesday contained plans for faculty voluntary student some joint degree exclusive course offerings counting toward degrees at either feeder programs and some cross To accommodate the student both Tech and GSU will work toward modification of class starting times so they will have five common time periods per state Assistant Commissioner of Higher Education Sharon Beard said this Under the suggested joint degree GSU would grant graduate degrees in hotel and restaurant multifamily coun selling and masters degrees hi multi family public ad ministration and international business and Tech would offer bachelors degree in multinational business and masters degrees in adaptive physical education and agricultural Other GSU programs In the proposal lists nine exclusive programs that could receive Regents consideration for Beard Those programs are a masters degree in adult education teaching masters in humanities human ser vice administration bachelors and masters in library science Spanish teaching masters social studies social work and bachelors and masters in criminal before any of the new programs would be they must go through virtually the same scrutiny as any other new university Included in the standing procedure for determination of new curriculums are determination of that the programs are not unnecessary that the funds to carry the program a in light of the that the programs would serve to enhance other race Beard said the committee even if adopted today as is not a final plan of action for the Suggestions adopted by the Regents will become a part of reponse to the but even Mobile home destroyed A fire of undetermined origin Wednesday night destroyed this mobile home on Jonesboro just off Firemen arrived on the scene shortly after 6 to find the trailer involved with Occupant of the dwelling was listed is Helen and it was owned by Herbert Photo by Bob Woody Daily Leader Digest Tax base up The Lincoln Parish tax base has increased by for the current according to Lincoln Parish Tax Assessor Jewette Farley announced this week that the parish 1980 tax base is as compared to a 1979 figure of The figures include public service he Lightning strikes house Firefighters were called to the Al Brasuell residence at 607 about after lightning apparently struck causing a fire in the No estimate of damage had been made as of press however it was not believed to be Firemen were called to the home of 1604 at Wed after a heating unit pilot light apparently burned some creating an but no It came a flood Yesterday Ruston was granted a long awaited and lots of it for a According to officials at Louisiana Techs Department of Forestry the rainfall measured And since the last rainfall for the area came 20 with only inches this was a most welcomed Now if only the temperature would Strike ends HOLLYWOOD UPI Motion picture and television actors reached a tentative contract settlement with producers early but it was not immediately known when the actors would return to work to end their It also was not known how many actors will cross the picket lines of who also are striking the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers considering the solidarity showed by the actors and musicians on the picket lines the past few it seems likely that many of the actors will choose not to cross the picket We will be meeting with the musicians to discuss the said Kim spokeswoman for the Screen Actors Weather Ruston Mostly cloudy and not quite so warm with a chance of scattered showers or thunderstorms through Highs Friday in the are not final hi that federal attorneys can reject the The state is to file its response by If an settlement cannot be the case will come to trial next Tech Regents committee to discuss split of graduate continuing A proposed division of Techs graduate school and office of continuing education will be con this afternoon by the state Board of Regents Academic Affairs Also on tap for todays full Regents meeting is review of the current operating budgets for colleges and universities under the boards The Tech which would entail naming a new dean for the graduate won approval earlier this month of the Board of No final Regents action on the proposed split will be taken until according to Kerry associate commissioner of academic Tech President Jay in an earlier said he does not anticipate any problems in obtaining the necessary Regents If the request wins final John current dean of the graduate school and head to con would remain in the education Williams has been at Tech since The new dean of the graduate would be filled when the division would become The full Board of Regents will also be asked to approved budgets for state colleges and including Tech and Grambling State University Techs budget is listed as while stands at State input into those amounts are million and The spending plans have already been approved by the Board of before the budgets receive final marks of they will also have to be by the state Division of Once that approval is the plans are expected to be submitted to the Legislative Budget Committee later this month for its approval as University budgets are computed oh a formula which into account student credit Although budgetary are usually made to the legislature at 100 percent of formula funds given are usually in the high 80 to low 90 percent percent raises asked City budget review today By TOM MORRIS Managing Editor The City Council today is scheduled to meet at to discuss the 198041 general and utility which by law must be ap proved by the council by 1 when the new fiscal year During a special meeting Wed afternoon called to open bids on three new trucks for the Utility the Council received copies of the new budget as proposed by Mayor John Finance Committee member Hilda Taylor said Perritt prepared the proposed budget after conferring with department which is a different method than used in past The Mayor has done what the finance committee has done she said the finance committee will take the worksheets from the budget proposed by Perritt and discuss it line item at their meeting Miss Taylor said the council may need only one more meeting after today to pass the new budget before the 1 was not expected at todays due to his being out of town on personal Revenue in the new budget is ex to reach which is an increase of over this years The bulk of that increase in revenue has been proposed by Perritt as being used to give 10 percent to all city which leaves for the different Also included in the budget is a request from Perritt that he be given a car as opposed to receiving a new car from the The car if approved by the would allow Perritt to buy his own but reimbursed by the city for ex penses he incurs while using the car for city including out of town trips he must His car is 41months Also included in the proposed general fund budget is a cash con from the utility The new utility fund will take nearly a million jump in expenditures this mostly due to the citys contract to sell electricity to Cajun The expenditures in last years utility budget totaled with this years figured at Nontraditional projects on BATON ROUGE UPI Private entrepreneurs looking for state aid to build a new hamburger stand or discount store may have to rely more heavily on their own resources in the Edgar Sonny a member of the state Bond said Wednesday the commission had temporarily suspended the approval of bond status for private sector bond projects until a sub committee can establish guidelines on which projects may earn the enviable we have sold bonds for public purposes highway police jury city said the former senator who now serves as Dave executive But in recent we have been authorizing the issuance of bonds that have been called nontraditional because they dont go for public purposes an office nursing Private projects approved by the commission in recent months included a McDonalds hamburger KMart discount stores and other such The state gives the bonds tax exempt status but the state is not responsible for the They are not issued by the Mouton But the nonpublic projects do get a lower interest rate and dont pay in come tax on the The commission decided to freeze those projects so we can set up some We want the projects to be related to public projects or quasi public If it a project created jobs for the area it probably would But if youre building a McDonalds it may not be The legislative act that allowed the private bond approvals originally was intended to help projects that in turfa would help the communities where they were built by providing increased jobs or muchneeded But Mouton said that original purpose had been Some smart lawyers and businessmen discovered the loopholes and they have been using it for strictly the private said He said the bond commissions decision to freeze those type approvals until guidelines are established could result in a legal fight between the state and investors who might get angry that their private projects suddenly are denied the favors given prior Graham says hes not hurl Correction The swearingin ceremony for the new reserve deputies in the Lincoln Parish Sheriffs Department will be held today at in the clerk of courts It was reported in yesterdays Leader that the ceremony was Ruston Developer Hollis Graham this morning said action Wednesday by the Louisiana Bond Commission that temporarily suspends approval of bonds for sector projects will not hurt the proposed construction of a Ruston The KMart is to be located in the center north of Earlier this week Graham announced construction on the facility is expected to begin in 30 The store should be completed by early But the fate of a McDonalds restaurant also to be located in the Graham center hasnt been deter The McDonalds franchise has been purchased by Monroe businessman Alex George could not be reached this morning for Ben one of the developers of an office complex also expected to get state issued the following statement We do not understand what all the controversy is The law was passed to encourage in and commerical develop same as many other tax incentives in the We are developing a very nice office building in Ruston following the letter and spirit and of the The project would not be feasible with convention The Graham center and project have been given pre liminary approval by the Lincoln Parish Development
