2 Thursday, May 25, 1967 aallnhaaSff Dftttflrrat I Declare! 337 Arrie ricans Total Viet Wee the first three da vs of the inva-' sion when allied casualties were severe. With the announcement that U.S. and South Vietnamese forces were again clear of the zone, the United States appeared to be trying to restore it to something of the buffer status it was supposed to have under the Geneva agreements of 1954 which divided Vietnam and set up the zone. Whether the North Vietnamese would refrain from great that property owners have set up a howl that reverberates all over Florida, because the Supreme Court said the Duval ruling was correct for the whole state. Therein is the pressure, (or "tax relief" in this legislative session take it off the local property and levy it from Tallahassee.
The. pressure used to come from the poorer, rural counties; now it is coming from the bigger ones. The little counties haven't had to levy as heavily against property because their out of the racing taxes has been enough to cover major expenses; and because their boomtime road debts were less, so they've had more gas tax surplus than the big ones to use on country roads and town streets. So, the big county tax relief movement is in three directions make the. State take a larger share of responsibility for public schools, get more State money for other county purposes, and take as much as they can from the little counties they claim were over-relieved back there in 31.
They now are in control. They are powerful enough, probably, Associated Press Wlrephoto Deaths U.N. Secretary at home, Securty Thant (L) Meets With Nasser In Cairo Council is in session over tense Mideast situation FAMU the State a source of taxation and letting it be used locally. Naturally, if they put more responsibility on the State, or take more revenue sources from the State, it tends to unbalance the General Fund budget. Senator Lane's comment came, for example, during discussion of a bill which would repeal all State occupational license taxes and increase the amounts which counties could take from the same sources.
A representative of the State Budget Commission spoke up, neither in favor nor opposition to the bill, but to explain that it would mean a loss of about $6.5 million dollars which has been anticipated to help balance the General Fund budget for the next two years. STAR DASH This competition between State and Local governments for tax sources has oeen going ot for years, rising periodically tc crises like these, with the local governments nsarly always winning because the Legislature is made up of men whose response is to local voters. It helps to know a little of the history. Start back in 1931. The boom had collapsed.
Depression had hit. Florida cities and counties were over-bonded; bankrupt property owners couldn't pay the taxes to meet debt requirements. The Legislature took two "tax relief" steps that still are controversial: It bought the counties' debt-laden roads, and the debts, and financed their repayment out of two cents added gas tax. It legalized gambling on horse racing, and divided proceeds of the betting tax equally among the 67 counties to help them finance the things which property at depressed values couldn't sup port. Then, in 1939, the State by constitutional amendment pro- niDited ltseu trom taxing property at all.
It left that source to the. counties and cities for their local uses, including public school support. But property taxes even relieved of a State over-burden and out from under the old road bond debts never seemed able to support local government. This was due primarily to two things: reluctance of elected tax assessors to put property on the tax rolls at its full value, and constitutional tax exemption on the first $5,000 value of a homestead. At one point, the Supreme uiurt tound valuations running as low as eight per cent of the real value of a piece of property.
This meant a home worth more than $50,000 could get by without paying taxes at all. Valua'ions gradually were raised, but few counties have come close to 100 per cent. During the past couple of years, Duval County where property tax values long had been depressed came under a court ordered directing them to be shoved up to where they belonged. The shock was so tinguishment of a lesser estate, right or liability in a greater one." That means "cutting off its appendages one at a time until it is rendered ineffective," said an Association official. "It will set my people back many years." They discussed the concepts surrounding integration educational facilities, pointing out that the Federal intent in integration is to remove discrimination from all institutions of higher learning as well as public schools.
'NOT PHASING OUT' "Integration means recripocity, not phasing out," spoke up James A. Hamlett, acting head of foreign languages. "People think it means let's do away with what is Negro and go to what is white." "Until you can buy a history book where the Negro is going to be treated correctly, or teach a literature course with other than the writing of Paul Lawrence Dunbar, who wrote in dialect," the Negro institution must remain, he declared. Gen. Raymon Watkins, of the Law faculty, was first to approach the primary fear of the gathered directly: "Everybody here is afraid they're going to lose their job they're afraid they can't compete with white professors.
"Get out of your mind going with a tin cup to these people," he said. Watkins reported that his experience in several of the nation's "big ten" schools showed the FAMU faculty is no different from other colleges. Professors are just as well prepared and dedicated, he said. Watkins suggested the school hire competent legal representatives and take the fight for the college's identity into Federal Courts. Although the bill presently will allow the university to remain, it is the first of a trend to phase out SAIGON (AP) The U.S.
Ccmmand announced today that a record number of 337 Americans were killed in action last eck, mainly in fighting around demilitarized zone which has now been emptied of allied troops following its invasion a week ago. The American Command said the last U.S. Marines and South Vietnamese units have now left the southern half of the zone, with them a captured booty plus wealth of thousands of civilian refugees. Among the captured items were 180 North Vietnamese gas masks seized Wednesday along with 1,000 mortar shells. The casualty report listed 337 Americans killed, 2,282 wounded and 31 missing during last week.
In addition, 241 South Vietnamese troops were reported killed and other allies, mainly the South Koreans, reported dead. Communist losses were 2.464 killed. All this made the week by far the bloodiest of the war. The week's casualties brought U.S. losses for the war to 10,253 dead and 61,425 wounded by un official tabulation.
The previous peak figure for killed in action in one week was 274, reached twice this year. The toll reflects the mounting intensity of the war and the continued growth of American and allied forces in volved. The joint Marine and South Vietnamese invasion of the southern half of the demilitarized zone, begun last Thursday, had been precipitated by increased casualties caused by Red guns and mortars firing from the buffer area. The week's casualty figure included of the finest school systems in America." Audience voices: "Ha ha." "Where?" "Sssss." Young: "Let me ask you where we are today in education." Audience voice: "Behind the eight-ball." By the time Young sat down, many teachers had become exasperated with the bad manners of their fellow FEA members. Shouts from individual teachers were usually followed by substantial choruses of pedagogical "Shhhhh." Alter the out-loud exuberance that greeted Young, FEA President George Dabbs came to the rostrum and cautioned the teachers to mind their manners for their invited guests.
Their manners then improved, but their ze5 didn't subside, and was even fanned by the well-planned oratory of Pope, the final speaker. Constans dismissed the meeting. He's the FEA official that starred in an FEA-pro-duced pro-sanctions film labeled an "emotional appeal" by lawmakers. "You heard a great deal of oratory today," he said. "I hope no member of the legislature will ever again accuse me of using an emotional approach," Constans said, tongue in cheek.
WANT AD 224-7181 Big Bend Spring weather will continue, according to the weatherman. It will be fair and a little warmer through Friday, with a high today tear 84, a low tonight near 55. and a high Friday near 90. The high Wednesday was 77. tnd the low this morning was 51, a record for the date.
Winds are variable, at 4 to 12 miles per hour. OUTLOOK Friday night and Saturday, fair to partly cloudy and a little wanner. una 'fT awraina Anger 1 Iaafc. 1 I Rev. Nathan Whitten I MONTICELLO -Funeral services for The Rev.
Nathan Whitten, 92 who died May 19, will be Sunday at 2:30 p. m. at the Pine Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Bolden, with the Rev. Raymond Gunious of ficiating. The body will be at the home from 6:00 p.
m. Saturday, until noon Sunday. The Rev. Whitten was a native of Monticello and lived in Monticello all of his life. He was a member of the New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church.
He was a Free and Accepted Mason member, of the Order of Josuha, and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Survivors include his wife, Rebecca Whitten, four daughters, Rebecca Johnson, Monticello; Pearl Randall, Monticello; Viola Carr, Winter Haven, and Louise. Watson, Jacksonville; two sons Nathan Whitten Winter Haven, and Jessie Whitten, Monticello; 36 grandchildren, 81 great grandchildren, 13 great great grandchildren. Tillman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. William C.
Pearce QUINCY Funeral servies for William Clower Pearce, 57, will be at 11 a. m. Friday from the Forest Hill Methodist Church in Quincy with the Rev. Curtis Bonner officiating. Pearce died Wednesday in the Gadsden Memorial Hospital.
Interment will be in the Hillcrest Cemetery with Butler-Morgan Funeral Home in charge. Pearce was born in Valdosta and was a member of the Forest Hill Methodist Church. He also was a member of the Washington lodge No. 2 of the in Quincy. He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
W. C. Pearce, Quincy; a son, Bill. Pearce, Quincy; a brother, Wiley Pearce, Jacksonville; a sister, Mrs. J.
E. Lundy, of Miami. Mrs. Clyde Dunlap NASHVILLE, Tenn. Mrs.
Clyde Dunlap, 40, the former Bettye Cloyd, died yesterday in a Nashville hospital. Mrs. Dunlap had lived in Tallahassee from 1947 to 1952, and again in 1958. Survivors include her husband and three children, Debbie, Jenny and Will, all of Nashville. While in Tallahassee Mrs.
Dunlap was active in the Garden Club, the Junior Woman Club, the First Presbyterian Church and the Faith Presbyterian Church. Funeral services were scheduled today in Nashville, from the Donaldson Presbyterian Church. The family requests that no flowers be sent, and those wishing to make contributions may donate to the Donaldson Presbyterian Church Memorial Fund. Weather SIN Rise Set Today 6:38 8:31 MOON RltC 10.59pm Friday 6:38 8:31 APALACHICOLA RIVER DATA AT BLOLNTSTOWN Today 6 4 rising Friday 6.5 rising Saturday 6.8 rising RAINFALL Total 24 hrs. ending midnight Total this month 1S2 Total since Jan.
1 So ns Below normal since Jan. 1 Above normal since May 1 2.34 otrm us. winmia auaiav Negro schools, he pointed out. An unidentified young woman concurred. She said Negro public schools are undergoing the merger across Florida now, and the teachers and pupils have been listening to "your white Regarding FAMU, she said, the community should fight.
The situation point "educators in the clutches of politicians in Florida," said A. W. Wright, assistant professor of education. Whatever can be done, must be, he said, to "wrest education from the bands of politicians." Why should the state consider building two new universities and destroying one, a participant asked. "The question is, who is going to be in the driver's seat," remarked Gen.
Watkins. He said the proposal is "an economy bill on the surface, but underneath, that bill is discriminatory if I've ever read one." Every statute in any state concerning a radical change in education has economy on top, as a selling measure, he said. If Negroes had been treated fairly years ago, there would have never been a reason for FAMU, another participant said. But they were not. The merger would make high standards at FSU difficult if not impossible for many Negro students under the present system of public education, they declared.
Comments: FAMU offers programs at a lower rate than any other school in the state. FAMU offers better developmental and remedial programs than the state's junior colleges. FAMU serves a compensatory function to people deprived by racism over the years. It could, with wider integration to which the administration is not opposed, give other than Negro students with a poor background but good potential some place to start. the state.
Turlington governor' statements "a talk." Pope, while the FEA to called the lesson in double agreeing, urged "consider very threat of sanc- seriously the tions They will not be helpful to the cause." Kirk was invited to the meeting too but refused to attend. At one point a highway patrolman entered the session with a letter from Kirk which asked to be shown the film used in statewide teachers meetings a few weeks ago when the membership voted for sanctions. Critics said the film was an exercise in emotion and temper-raising. Kirk's letter said "anything that is of interest to Florida teachers and has to do with Florida education is of interest to me." The crowd laughed. Darden Jury Can't Agree; Asks Recess again infiltrating the cleared- jout area appeared questionable.
More heavy air raids over North Vietnam and occasionally sharp ground fighting in South Vietnam were reported by the U.S. Command today. A Navy F4 Skyhawk jet was reported downed in Wednes day's strikes near Thanh Hoa the 559th combat loss of the air war against the North but the pilot was saved by a heliocpter rescue. Edward Whiddon PERRY -Edward Whiddon, 68, died Wednesday at the Veterans Ad ministration hospital in Lake City, after an extended illness. Whiddon was a lived in Perry most of his life, lived in Perry ost of his life.
He He served ia the Army during World War after which he worked with the Florida State Road Department. He was a member of the American Legion and the New Home Baptist Church. Funeral services will be Fri day at 4 p. m. from the New Home Baptist Church, with the Rev.
Ed Harvey and the Rev. David Pickern officiating. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ruby Whiddon, Perry; two daughters, Mrs. J.
A. Home. Jacksonville, and Mrs. Jo Ed Quina, Arlington, one step daughter, Mrs. Ralph Holton, Perry; two step-sons, Byron Tedder, Sunnyville, five Tedder, Sunnyville, ffive sisters, Mrs.
Mamie Strickland, Mrs. Delia Williams, Mrs. Mollie Sims, and Mrs. i Slaughter, all of Perry, and Mrs. Hattie May, Hernando; six grandchildren, and ten step- grandchildren.
Joe P. Burns Funeral Home of Perry is in charge of arrangements. Deaths Elsewhere R. I. SMITH RENO Raymond I.
Smith, 80, a Vermont farm boy who built Harolds Club into the larg est Nevada casino under a single roof, died Wednesday of cancer. PHILIP COOLIDGE HOLLYWOOD Philip Cool-idge, 58, a veteran character actor of Broadway, movies and television, died of lung cancer Tuesday. Young Bride Found Dead In Car Trunk WASHINGTON (AP) A young bride of six weeks, described as a quiet girl who got along well with everyone, was found dead in the trunk of her car parked at national airport, authorities disclosed Wednesday. What caused the death of Mrs. Wendy Sweet Jarboe, 24, of nearby Fairfax County, was not immediately determined.
The body bore no marks or wounds, a spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Investigation said. Pieces of tissue from the body were sent to the Virginia State Medical Laboratory at Richmond for analysis. Mrs. Jarboe had been reported missing by her husband, Harvey, 26, after she failed to return home Thursday night. Authorities said Mrs.
Jarboe apparently had been dead for several days. Dr. Jack Crowell, National Airport medical director, said Mrs. Jarboe appeared to be fully dressed when the body was discovered Tuesday night by a private detective called into the case by the family. Her clothing was disarranged, but there was no evidence of sexual attack, Crowell said.
The discovery of Mrs. Jarboe's body came on the heels of another murder that of Miss Judith K. Robeson, 24, a research assistant to Sen. Frank Carlson, who was strangled Monday. VIP WANT AD DIAL 224-7181 uallahafifif? Drmnrral 100 EAS'r CALL STREET TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, 32301 Telephone All Departments 2J4-71.
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Al Ahram, which often speaks for Nasser, said Egypt is prepared to facilitate Thant's mission "in all aspects that d3 not jeopardize the rights of gov ereignty and security of the Ar abs. It did not elaborate. Reliable sources said Thant proposed an armistice commission under U.N. supervision similar to the one dissolved in 1956 after Israel refused to participate. Egyptian sources said Egypt would be willing to endorse establishment of such a commission.
Thant held his first meeting with Nasser Wednesday night shortly before Cairo was blacked out in a test air raid alert. A U.N. spokesman said Thant probably would leave Cairo fa-New York tonight, a full day ahead of his previously announced schedule. The spokesman said he had no explanation for the change of plans but there was speculation that the reason was Thant's apparent success with Nasser. Start Eating, Rivero Tells Followers MIAMI (AP) As Cuban refugees staged sympathy marches in Tampa and Key West Wednesday to protest the detention of anti-Castro leader Felipe Rivero, a halt was called to Rivero's 10-day hunger strike.
The marches were preceded by a petition, filed in federal district court in Miami, demanding Rivero's release on grounds he was confined improperly. Rivero's attorney, i Negretti, contended that Rivero was denied bail, was not advised of the charges against him and was held under an unconstitutional statute. Rivero, confined in the prison ward of a hospital, faces deportation on grounds of political activities. He was arrested May 12. Carmen Luisa Rivero said her husband was concerned about the health of other exiles who joined him in hunger-strike protests around Florida.
Rivero's request for an end to the hunger strike, Mrs. Rivero said, came in a letter addressed to "companions of the brigade." Officer Learns That Little Bull Goes Long Way MIAMI (AP) An escaped bull loped across the back nine of the Miami Springs golf course Wednesday, hotly pursued by a Miami Springs motorcycle policeman who finally shot him dead. The wild chase started when the bull escaped from a Hialeah slaughterhouse. A Hialeah policeman gave, chase, but the bull plunged into the Okeechobee road canal and swam to Miami Springs. There the bull went into town and then cut across private, property to the golf course-followed by Werberbaugh.
"It wasn't really a very big bull," Werberbaugh said. "But then, a little bull often goes a long way." PIXieS ByWoM EDWARD UUA; DRoPOOf. Vi3 I Km tie to get "tax relief." How much. property tax relief they get depends on how much they are willing to increase the State sales tax because that's the only substantial tax source left to the State of Florida. Man Thumbs Lift; Is Shot; Two Jailed PANAMA CITY (UPI) -Two Texas men are in jail here today on a charge they shot a hitchhiker they picked up near the Alabama-Mississippi line.
Arrested Wednesday were William Glenn Hinkle, 38, of Beaumont, and Melvis Nelson Belt, 30, of Dallas. They were already sought in connection with an armed robbery of a Longview, Texas, discount store that netted more than $15,000. They had $4,500 when arrested. Sheriff's deputies said they stopped the men for a traffic offense. Forrest Miller, 42, of Paxton, 111., opened one of the car's back doors and fell out.
He had been shot once in the chest and is now in Bay County Memorial Hospital. Miller told police the men shot him while he was riding in the back seat. $37.95 Book Claud Charaea madf now will appear oa July aUt mnt. s- A 1 11 I Hi FEA Sanctions HASPEL WEAVES A ig NEW FASHION COURSE VIA THE HOPSAC 8 3 SPORT JACKET ft I'M is a good place not to teach in. In reserve, and ready to be called up June 3 if the legislature adjourns without improving its educational attitude, are threats to charge with "unethical conduct" teachers taking Florida positions, and to notify the nation's business and industrial groups that Florida is an educational abyss.
The legislature adjourns June 3 but there will be an extra 30-day session. Dabbs did not indicate if the extra session would affect the date of the sanctions. The initial set of sanctions takes effect im mediately. Earlier Wednesday Senate Republicans prevented the Democratic majority from passing $240.1 million education package that included substantial teacher pay raises. The Republicans voted as a 20-man bloc and prevented the majority from getting the two-thirds vote required to waive the rules and call the roll on final passage without the routine three readings on three separate days.
But even that was academic. The FEA was less than enthusiastic about the bill. It conceded only it was better than the house bill, which it regqrds as totally unacceptable. And at just about that time, in mid-afternoon, Dabbs was saying that the FEA would invoke sanctions in a matter of hours. True to his word, Dabbs later said "the sanctions in the short run will unfortunately hurt education in Florida but in the long run it will help." House Speaker Ralph Turlington and senate president Verle Pope, both Democrats, spoke at the meeting before the FEA voted on sanctions.
Both blamed the Republican governor for bringing tfie wrath of the FEA down upon 7 a- Summer's latest sensation, Haspe! Hopsac, is the fabric that eaves a new fashion courst for your sport coat wardrobe. It's a cool, crisp weave in a lightweight wonder blend of 65 Dacron polyester-35 Aviscot rayon. Hopsac sport jackets come in a collection of classic colors from oatmeal to navy, as well as fashion first colors such as wheat, gold, salmon, shore blue and brick. They're wash ROCKLEDGE (AP) Four grand larceny charges against suspended Brevard County School Supt. Woodrow Darden hung in the balance today.
A six-man jury requested an overnight recess Wednesday night after nearly seven hours of deliberations failed to produce a verdict. Darden, superintendent of the Brevard School System for 14 years, was accused of using school-purchased property in his home at Tituaville. He admitted in testimony Tuesday that a swimming pool boiler and a washer-dryer were bought by the school system and installed at his home but, Darden said: "I did not know it at the time." The trial went to the jury at 2:13 p.m. Wednesday. and wear for easy-care.
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