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6 A SUNDAY. MAY 6, 1963 MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON Residents of Jackson County to Vote on Rural School District Levy A'J residents of Jackson county will vole on the ' amount of the rural school district budget outside the 6 - per cent limitation from 2 to - 8 p.m. Monday, May 6. '. The total budget of the ' rural school district is $3,000,- 381.25. Of this amount, the : county equalized levy Is : $2,743,827.93. The required ; levy is determined by formu " la within the law, and is not ; determined by the rural school board or the budget '. committee, the committee ! noted. ' The available receipts to i offset the total budget are : $100,245.18. This leaves the Trequlred levy of $2,900,- 136.07. Of this, the required i county equalized levy makes i up 94.8 per cent of the total, i and the levy for the opera . tional budget is 9 per cent, or an estimated IVi mills, the J rural school budget commit- - tee noted. I c The tax base of the rural school district Is $2,234, 736.89, or approximately 70 per cent of the total, This is the amount that can be levied without a vote. The umount in excess of the base is $689, 399.18, or approximately 3U per cent of the total, and is the amount that will be sub ject to vote, This excess applies to the equalized levy portion of the budget only, the committee noted. By law, the operation. al budget is within the tax base and Is the first charge against the total levy, and is therefore not subject to the vote. The Increase in the total budget from $2,781,337.40 for 1962- 63, to $3,000,381.25, for 1963- 64, is $219,043.85. Of the total increase 87 per cent in the equalized levy, or $190,242.00, an amount de termined by law. This leaves 13 per cent or $28,801.85, of 121 Major Criminal Offenses Reported To Police in April Medford police Investigated 121 major criminal offenses during April, according to the monthly report released re cently by Chief of Police Charles P. Champlin 96 Influenza Cases Reported in County There were 98 cases of in. fluenza reported in Jackson county last week, Dr. A. E. Merkel, director of the Jack son county public health de partment, reported. Medford reported the larg est number with 50 cases. There were 10 cases in Cen tral Point, 13 In Shady Cove and 13 In Phoenix. Rogue River had 6 and Jacksonville and Ashland each 2. Measles claimed the second largest group of victims with a total of 63 cases In the coun ty. Gold Hill reported the largest number with 41 cases. German measles were re ported by 42 persons, the largest number, 35, being In Rogue River. Other communicable dis eases reported by the county health depart ment were mumps 15; pneumonia 9; chicken pox 5; infectious mononucleosis 3; scarlet fever 1, and gonorrhea 1. j The figure represents an increase of 46 cases over the same month last year, and 33 cases over April, 1961. Thefts of Items valued at less than $50 totaled 74, while there were 21 cases of thefts of Items valued at more than $50. Fourteen burglaries were also reported, according to the report. U rider miscellaneous of fenses, the report showed 46 cases - of embezzlement and fraud, two of forgery and counterfeiting, and nine of minor assault. Fifty - three arrests for drunkenness were made, and 14 for disorderly conduct, the report showed. A total of 4,071 parking tickets were Issued by police during April, an increase of nearly 500 over the same month last year. Seventy-nine motor vehicle accidents occurred within the city last month, compared to 51 for April, 1962. There were no fatalities, but 27 persons reported injuries as a result of the mishaps. Officers cited 129' drivers for violation of basic ri'le last month, and 58 motorists were given tickets for failure to stop at traffic signals. Two drivers were arrested for drunken driving, according to the report. the total Increase which is subject to action by the Rural School Pistrict Budget com mittee. Budget for Office The total budget of the county school superintend ent's office and the rural school board which now is the county board of educa tion, district boundary board, and school district reorgani zation committee Is $238, 553.32. Estimated receipts total $82,245.18, leaving the re quired levy at $156,308.14. Receipts are reimbursements from the state for programs such as special education for the mentally retarded, speech handicapped program, pro gram for the able and gifted students, school district re organization, curriculum im provement plan, federal monies for the curriculum center from provisions of the National Defense Education Act, and reimbursements from the districts on special education programs and for other contracted services. Part of the increase in the total budget is in the increase of two additional classes for the education of the mentally retarded to meet the require ments of the compulsory edu cation of such students by 1964. This program is re imbursed through state funds and from local districts parti cipating in the program. Also Included in the budget are provisions for a speech program totaling $7,750.00, which also will be reim bursed through state funds and local district tuition. The operational budget of the county school office was given careful consideration by the budget committee, and no major changes in ex isting programs or additional staff personnel were made, the committee noted. One member of the rural school board will be elected for a three-year term to the seven-man board on Monday. Zone 1, which includes Cen tral Point. Gold Hill, Sams Valley, Rogue River and Evans Valley will vote Mon day for this position. The only nominating Detl- tion wmcn has been submit ted is for Don W. Bohnert, route 1, box 224, Central Point. William A. Starzinger oi Kogue River, who has served on the board for sev eral years, did not choose to seek reelection. Polling Placas Listed Polling places for Monday's elections are: District 4: Phoenix Elemen tary school gym, and Talent school gym. District 5: Lincoln elemen tary school. District 6: Central Point Junior High, Hanby school Gold Hill, and Sams Valley school. 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