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MAIL TRIBUNE, Mctfford, Or.
WtdnesJay, July 1, 1939
Public -Hearing ffor fifledfortf
CS4y -Budget Tomorrow Night
A public hearing and final
consideration of the proposed
1959-60 municipal budget for
Medford will be held tomor
row night in the city hall.
The total for cash budget
expenditures in the coming
fiscal year has been set at
$2,522,747, against the 1958
59 figure of $2,451,851. Offi
cials attribute this difference
of $70,896 primarily to in
creases in balances and re
serves in" the arterial street
bond construction fund, the
sanitary sewer construction
fund, the storm sewer con
struction fund and other
funds.
As usual, nearly , one-half
the proposed cash budget out
lays are in the area of street
and sanitation, services. An
other one-fifth u fall in ;. the
province of protection to per
sons and property. Nearly 10
per cent this year are to be
allotted for cultural ; and re
creation services. .' , '
General Service
General government serv
operation and. maintenance
ices account for 6.6 per cent
of the proposed 1959-60 out
lays, while another 11.3 per
cent are set aside for bond
redemption ana interest pay
ments.
- To provide the funds for
these outlays, property taxes
are to furnish 36.8 per cent of
the revenue. An estimated
16.6 per cent is expected from
the carry-over cash balance
Assessments, bonds and mis
cellaneous revenue should ac
count for 15.6 per cent, reve
nue from other agencies for
13.4 per cent, current services
for 6.7 per cent and licenses
and permits for 5.6 per cent.
From fines, forfeitures and
penalties some 2.4 per cent of
the revenue is expected.
Turning to the1 city's depart
mental budgets, an increase
in salaries across-the-board for
its approximately 185 em
ployees represents the lion's
share of the higher totals. Oth
ers reflect , generally higher
costs and a smattering of cap
ital improvements.
General Fund Outlay
Proposed general fund out
lays for city departments and
services in 1959-60 total $934,-
361, an increase of $50,136
over the 1958-59 total.
Broils; At Least
Eight Persons Die
'By United Press International
The AtlanticvSeabpardH
broiled todays in a persistent,'
early-summer heat wavejand
violent thunderstorms, ' nit
wide sections of the Midwest
'and Southeast.
i The durable heat wave and
damaging . storms .took, ..a
mounting toll of lives." At least
eight deaths bad been attribut
ed to the weather since the
hot spell gripped the . eastern
-half of the nation last week
end. - - '-'-
; A construction worker died
, of "sunstroke" Tuesday on a
job at Irwin, Pa., and a 10
. year-old Little League base
ball player was killed by a
lightning bolt in an Indian
apolis, Ind., sandlot.
Six other deaths were
blamed on the weather - two
. in New York City, and one
each in North Carolina, New
Jersey, South Carolina and
Tennessee.
j Cooling Expected
v The Weather Bureau in Chi
cago said a dawdling cold air
mass would drift slightly
' southeastward today and
bring .some cooling in a band
stretching from eastern Okla-
homa to central Illinois.
' Forecasters said hot, humid
s weather could continue in the
South and most of the Eastern
Seaboard. Temperatures in
the heat belt Tuesday soared
to 104 at Louisburg, N. C,
aijd
Ra-
103 at Columbia. S. C
Richmond, '-Va 102 at
ileigh, N.C 101 at Danville,
Vaand .Montgomery,- Ala
100 at'Washington, D. C, and
94 as far north as Boston.
North of the cool air front
the mercury dropped into the
30s in Wisconsin.
The Birmingham, Ala.,.; su
burb of Center . Point had its
sixth consecutive day of water
power failure. A water main
burst at Charlotte, N. C, and
cut off water-to a . parched
residential section. A state of
emergency was in effect at
Corning, N. Y., where a three-million-gallon
reservoir ran
dry. .. , '
Hail Damages Crops
High winds ripped a roof
from a supermarket near
Fuquay-Varina. N. C." Tues
day night ' and the Raleigh
Weather Bureau said it had
reports of hail damage to
crops in Franklin county.
Lightning knocked two
radio stations off the air tem
porarily and caused several
fires in the Sanford, N. C
area. Parts of seven counties
went without electricity for
three hours after the storm
knocked out a power line be
tween Sunbury and Winfall,
N. C.
Thunderstorms and heavy
rains swept a wide belt from
New v Mexico to the Great
Lakes,
The largest single depart
mental increase is in the parks
and recreation budget, where
the general fund outlay has
been enlarged by $25,310.
Over four-fifths of this in
crease is in tne area of per
sonnel.
The parks and recreation
department staff has been ex
panded primarily by the addi
tion of a parks and recreation
director, a part-time recrea
tion supervisor and part-time
recreation leaders.
Among other city personnel
changes are the addition of a
part-time senior clerk in the
finance department; tne re
ctification of the city at
torney to a part-time basis,
effecting a saving; and the
shifting of a clerk-stenogra
pher from part to fullstime to
handle switchboard duties as
well as to serve as reception
ist.
No, Personnel Increase
No additional personnel are
proposed in .either the police
or fire departments. The city
budget committee considered
adding a brace of meter maids
to the police force to release
EMBRACING HER bed-ridden husband, Louis "Satch
mo" Armstrong is Mrs. Lucille Armstrong in Spole'to,
Italy. The v Jazz musician has been gravely ill with
pneumonia and an aggravated heart condition. '
patrolmen for other duties,
but settled for simply recom
mending such a move to next
year's committee. .
A particular important cap
ital improvement item is the
proposed, West Jackson st.
swimming pool, to be financed
primarily by an estimated
$70,000 - $75,000 from ; t h e
Jackson County Housing au
thority; ' W
This figure is supplemented
.in the budget.by a $2,300 gen
eral fund1, appropriation for
developing the park area
around The pool site.
A total of $80,301 for var
ious capital improvements is
proposed irf the street division
budget J These funds are pro
vided by-..tate tax revenue
rather , than by city levies
ine major improvement spe
cified is the Melrose ave.-Bar-
nett rd., extension, with costs
estimated at $44,700. .
Bookkeeping Machine
Another capital . improve
ment in the budget is the. pur
chase qf a $5,500 bookkeeping
machine for the finance de
partment, which must keep
tabs 'on. a' wide array of spe
cial assessment projects.
Other outlays jnclude such
diverse items as $8,640 for
new library books, . $65 for
three waste baskets and two
electric fans for the police de-
rpartment, $150 for a change
able letter board for the may
or s office to show the mem
bership of city boards and
commissions, and $300 for im
provements to civil defense
quarters jn the old fire sta
tion building at the airport.
One casualty of committee
action on the ; budget this
spring was the $7,000 allotted
in 1958-59 for development of
municipal off-street parking
facilities. The committee de
cided against setting aside any
sinking fund for this purpose,
and the $7,000 as a result was
dissolved into other outlays.
Also subject to final ap
proval tomorrow night is the
city water department budget
for 1959-60, which proposes
total outlays of $488,849.49.
This figure represents a con
siderable drop from the 1958
59 total of $555,633.06.
Operating Expenses
Proposed water department
operating expenses show an
increase from the 1958-59 to
tal of $154,640.77 to the pro
posed 1959-60 total of $175,
820. This increase reflects sal
ary boosts in line with those
proposed . for other city em
ployees. Capital expenditure
outlays, on the other hand,
show a decrease from $313,-
883.98 in 1958-59 to $232,340
proposed for the coming fiscal
year.
Individual budget requests
from city departments "were
trimmed considerably in the
city manager's office before
submission to the budget com
mittee, it is understood. This
trimming was necessary to
keep the general fund tax
levy within the 6 per cent
limit.
Oregon law requires that
the general fund levy in any
given year not exceed, the
levy for the preceding year
by more than 6 per cent un
less the voters approve the ex
cess.
Also see story on page 1.
Retired Merchant
Starts College
Boston-CPD-Morris Spring
er, a retired fruit and vegeta
ble merchant, will enroll in
Boston university in Septem
ber as a freshman at the age
of 86. '.
"Some people say I'm fool
ish to start college so late in
life," said Springer. "But
these same people thought I
was foolish to start high
school at the age of 81.'" "
Springer recently won his
thigh school diploma. In Sep
tember he will be -one class
behind his grandson, a sopho
more at Bfandeis university.
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Troutdale Farmers
Sue Reynolds Firm
Portland-fUPD-Two farmers
from Troutdale Tuesday filed
damage suits in circuit court
here against Reynolds Metals
company charging that their
land was damaged by fluorine
gas deposits and other matter
from the firm's Troutdale alu
minum plant.
Damages sought total $1,
068,941. The plaintiffs were
Mr! arid Mrs. I. B. Wand and
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Lampert.
Each suit asks $500,000 puni
tive damages and special dam
ages. The suits also seek to com
pel the company to install
controls to collect fluoride
gasses.
ART MAN DIES
Paris - (UPD - Paul Rosen
berg, 78, who founded the art
gallery in New York which
bears his name, died here
Monday. ;
LIFE ON A SPACE STATION...
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BANK BITES ON ID
Savanah, Ga. (OPD - A bank
customer whipped out his
false teeth Tuesday to estab
lish his identity. It worked. A
bank spokesman said the for
mer GI's dentures carried the
same serial number as the
veteran's pension check he
wanted to cash. '
PLANE SETS RECORD
Honolulu -(UPD- A Boeing
707 jet airliner of Qantas Air
ways set a new commercial
speed mark Tuesday by flying
here from San Francisco in
four hours and 49 minutes.
The plane's average speed for
the 2,200 mile flight was 518
m.p.h.
Motel Tenant Demands Free Oats:
Seattle-fDPD-Jeff Perry was
a bit taken aback when Fred
K. Polinder, a Lyriden, Wash.,
dairyman, reined up. his
Clydesdale in front of Perry's
motel and demanded free
oats for his horse.
GRENADE KILLS FOUR
Taranto, Italy (UPD - Four
children were killed and four
were wounded near here
Tuesday when a hand gre
nade exploded in their midst.
Officials said the children had
come across the grenade - ap
parently of World War II vin
tage while playing in a
field. It went off as the young
sters attempted to take it
apart.
In the table of measures, a
troy (a word seldom used in
modern times) is one pound
of 12 ounces.
Before Perry could protest,
Polinder, who had previously
registered at the moteL pro
duced the yellowed copy of
a city ordinance which said
an "innkeeper" was required
to supply oats to horses in
3iis keeping.
,-. Perry's mouth was still
open when Deputy Sheriff
"Walter R. Powell appeared
im the scene, astride a palo
mino quarterhorse. The butt
ofA - pistol protruded mena
cingly from Powell's holster.
"I'm here in behalf of neg
lected horseflesh," said the
dvputy.
"Barney," the Clydesdale,
go" t a pailful of oats from Per
ry a few minutes later when
triu- motel keeper discovered
tf.je whole thing was a gag to
advertise a milk, fund ball.
B arney was hitched to an old
fa ehioned milk wagon.
During the past 20 years
the number of pupils trans
ported to and from school at
the public's expense has in
creased 350 per cent.
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