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VOL. LX1V—NO. 87 THIRTY-SIX PACES NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1957 THIRTY-SIX PACES PRICE FIVE CENTS

Real Estate Pays One Half City Tax BUI

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second article to a series of four on the proposed record 1958 city budget. A hearing on the budget will be held Monday night at City Hall. Today's article deals with the city's sources of income.

» * * By TOM HEWITT

Gazette Staff Writer There was a time not many years ago when practically

every cenFffie city governnJfc&~spent came from real estate, taxes. But times have changed.

In fact, only slightly more than 50 per cent of the money City Manager Charles B. Wright proposes be spent by the city in 1958 will represent real property tax revenues. The rest will be derived from state aid, such special levies as sales, mortgage, utility and franchise taxes, license fees, fines and rentals.

Lag In Approval Of Plans Delays Railroad Relocation

Property owners will have to produce $5,811,195.03 in 1958 to keep the city running, if Mr. Wright's budget is approved by the City Council. The total amount of apprbpriations asked by the re­tiring city manager is $10,332,-990.03—an all-time record city budget. Second Biggest Source

Aside from real estate taxes, the biggest source of city income in reecnt years has been the 2 per cent sales tax. The city manager estimates that the sales levy will produce $1,500,000 in 1958.

The next major source of funds —state aid—will be up $50,000 to $664,000 in 1958, thanks to a special census conducted in the city in April. The census revealed that the city's population had in­creased more than 10,000 to a total of 101,002 since the 1950 census.

The state pays aid to cities at the rate of $6.75 per capita^r-hence the increase for Niagara Falls. It would seem that the city is entitled to $681,763.50 in aid on the basis of its present population but the state won't start paying it at the new population rate until next May 15. Water Revenues

After state aid comes the in­come the city derives from the only real money»making business it runs—the water departments The water department, after paying its own bills and debt srevice costs, will .turn over to the city in 1958 the sum of $500,000.

Here are other major revenues the city manager estimates the city will receive in 1958:

$105,000 from the mortgage tax. $280,000 from the uitility tax. $80,000 in fines from Police

Court. $140,000 in rent for the Muni­

cipal Airport. $37,000 in lieu of taxes on the

Griffon Manor federal housing project from the federal govern­ment.

$31,000 from the Niagara Fron­tier Transit Authority—a 3 per cent tax on NFT's gross revenue.

$95,000 in parking meter rev­enues.

$172,000 in revenues from off-itreet parking lots.

$300,000 in paving assessments on individual property owners.

$42,000 in sidewalk assessments. $117,000 in state assistance for

health, laboratory and veterans' services.

$27,500 for collecting the school tax. (

$79,000 in fees for use of park facilities.

$53,295 for various licenses issued by the city clerk. Figures on Surplus

In addition, the city manager estimates that the city will finish the current fiscal year Dec. 31 with a $200,000 surplus which can be added to 1958 revenue.

The city has drawn criticism in the past for underestimating rev­enues and piling up sizeable'sur­pluses, sometimes in excess of a half million dollars.

This year, however, the City Council made sure the surplus wouldn't be so high. It dipped in and took $248,000 to buy an 11-acre tract in 64th street as the site of a Civic Center.

Mr. Wright is apparently more optimistic over 1958 revenues than is the veteran City Comptroller Eugene T. Creagh."

While Mr. Wright concluded that revenues would be $4,521,795, next year, Mr. Creagh arrived at a figure of $4,253,095—$268,700 less. Conservative in Estimates

The comptroller is known as a conservative when it comes to esti­mating future income. In 1958, for example, he foresees $45,000 in income from parking meters, com­pared to Mr. Wright's estimate of $95,000. Mr. Creagh similarly fore­casts that off-street parking lots will produce $100,000 in revenue, while Mr. Wright expects them to produce $172,000.

The result of pessimism and conservatism in estimating income is a big budget surplus. Overoptim-ism, on the other hand, helps to keep the tax rate down but can result in deficits.

Only time will tell whether Mr. Creagh or Mr. Wright is right.

NEXT: Where the money goes.

Power Bill Is Given To Senate

NMP Asks Stop-gap Rate Hike

ALBANY—Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. today asked the Public Service Commission to grant stop-gap rate increases to* tailing $8,600,000 a year until a final decision is made on the company's overall request.

Niagara Mohawk said the money is Ma * matter of urgent financial necessity."

Commisioner S p e n c e r B. Eddy said he could make no ruling on the request, but will refer it to the full commission, which meets next July 15.

(Earlier Story on Page 20)

BELLY LANDING-Capt. Carl" H. Amme Jr., com­manding officer of the Naval Air Station, and Cdr. H. A. Perry were able to get out and walk away

after this jet trainer plane with Capt. Amme at the controls made a perfect belly landing at Municipal Airport, today. — Gazette Photo.

Jet Lands Wheels Up After Gear Jams Capt. Carl H. Amme, commander of the Naval Air

Station here, made a successful wheels-up landing at the Municipal Airport today after the landing gear jammed on the Navy TV2 jet trainer he was flying.

Capt. Amme and his passenger, Capt. H. A. Perry, station training officer, both escaped injury and the plane was only slightly damaged as it ground onto the runway.

Three pieces of city fire apparatus, volunteer firemen from Town of Niagara, and fire and crash crews from the Navy, Air Force and Bell Aircraft plant stood by as Capt. Amme circled the field.

Capt. Amme remained airborne for 45 minutes to exhaust the highly-inflammable fuel supply after he noticed his landing gear would not function.

Simultaneously, at another part of the airport, injury to a helicopter crew was averted when the upper rotor-blade went out of control while the craft was on the ground.

The Army helicopter crew from Ft. Niagara had stopped at the airport for fuel before the blade went out of order, causing violent vibrations.

Spectators said an airport mechanic suffered a gash on his forearm while working on the helicopter but the report could not be confirmed by airport employes.

Nixon Warns Of Dang ers In Cut Budget

Hurricane Kills 10, Smashes With Full Fury at Gulf Coast

PORT ARTHUR, Tex. (tf—Hur­ricane Audrey, a killer which took at least 10 lives, smashed into the Texas-Louisiana border area today with winds at some places up to 100 miles an hour.

The Port Arthur Weather Bu­reau said the hurricane first hit Cameron, La., with winds of only 65 miles per hour.

The 100-mile winds Were clocked at Orange, Tex., and Lake Charles,

La., north and northwest of Cam­eron.

Nine of the 10 deaths occurred when the fishing vessel Kelturah sank. Another man drowned in a strong undertow. Damage Is Widespread

High tides, wind blasts and tor­rential rains caused widespread damage for hundreds of miles along the Texas and Louisiana coasts.

THE INSIDE STORY

Gannett Grant Aivarded Here

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IN THE CITY—Colorful par­ade featuring youth to bunch annual LftSalle Children*! Field Day Saturday. Page 19.

• * * AT ALBANY — Harrtman's

second veto of two Republican labor hills attacked by GOP as "aeHout." Page 8.

• • • Birth* 11 Boyle's Column 12 Bridge Column 13 Classified Ads 30-35

^Comics 28 Deaths 30 Editorials 16 Financial News 29 Health Column 9 Local and Suburban 20 Niagara Topics 19 Spoils 26-17 Sylvia Porter 29 Theaters 6

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., UPi — Vice President Nixon said today "anyone who would make substan­tial cuts" in the administration's defense budget "is taking a risk with America's security."

He spoke out as a Senate De­fense Appropriations Subcommit­tee ncared a vote in Washington on a proposal to restore most of the drastic $1,220,000,000 cash cut the House had voted in a money bill for the armed forces in the years which starts Monday.

Nixon linked his remarks with a warning that America should stay strong while seeking an enforce­able disarmament agreement.

'The road to war is paved with agreements based solely on mutual trust," he said in a speech prepared for the 42nd annual Kiwanis In­ternational convention here.

"There may be those who believe that we can make reductions in our defense establishment because of the prospects for disarmament," Nixon said. "But while negotia­tions for disarmament are taking place is the very time we should not reduce our defenses.

"Our primary objective and mo­tivation in such negotiations must not be' to reduce our burden of armaments but to reduce the danger of war."

Nixon said the free world's mili­tary strength is the major deter­rent to war today.

"If we reduce our strength and the Communists do not make a corresponding reduction in their*," he said, "the rUk of war will be correspondingly increased. A bad disarmament therefore would* be worse than none at all."

Nickerson Hits Emphasis Being Put on Air Power

The New Orleans Weather Bu­reau said winds of 75 miles an hour or greater could be expected the rest of the day along the Texas-Louisiana border.

Thousands evacuated their homes and resort cabins as tides up to 9 feet above normal battered the shore. Worst Is Over

The Port Arthur Weather Bureau said at rfiid-morning that "the worst is over for Port Arthur." Winds reached 70 m.p.h. •

The port Arthur weatherman said the eye of the storm was

Start of Niagara Falls railroad relocation cannot bt foreseen in the immediate future.

An opinion was expressed last January that actual con­struction of the first phase should begin by mid-June. However, officials of the State Department of Public Works and the Public Service Commission today stated they have not received the report of the three railroads on the change* the railroads want in the plans submitted by the consulting engineers. * ' '

The railroads have formed an Inter-Railroad Committee to work out the changes they feel necessary for the integration of their opera­tions. As yet this committee has not reported on alterations they wish in the relocation plans. Received Plans in 1955 j

Alton Marshall, secretary of the i Public Service Commission, said i tl\at on Aug. 5, 1955. the PSC re­ceived from the Public Works De-I partment 84 sheets of plans which j covered the first phase of the Ni- j agara Falls elimination. The plans* had been drawn up by the late j Burton Cohen, consulting engineer first employed by the City r>f Ni-' agara Falls, and his successor, j Charles H. Sells Inc., consulting! engineers, New York City.

The PSC on Aug. 17, 1955, re­ferred these plans to the railroads involved: the New York Central, Lehigh Valley and Erie.

In October 1955 the railroads notified the PSC that they would probably desire changes in the plans.

This notification made it not feasible to draw up specifications and estimates until the railroads had been heard from further, ac­cording to Mr. Marshall. Committee Set Up

In October Mr. Sells notified Carl Blanchard of the Depart­ment of Public Works that the railroads had named the commit­tee to study integration of opera­tions and Mr. Sells indicated that it might be some time before the committee would be able to come up with final agreement on plans.

Two of the railroads, the Erie in August 1956 and the Lehigh Valley in February 1957, accord­ing to Mr. Marshall, sent in lists of changes they would like in the plans and the New York Central

U.S. Tennis Star Wins At Wimbledon

WIMBLEDON, England iff) — Top-seeded Althea Gibbson of New York gained the women's fourth round of the Wimbledon tennis championships today by de­feating Mary Hellycr of Australia | nation, 6-4, 6-2.

As the tall Harlem girl was poundirtg out an impressive vic­tory, another American hope, lit­tle Mimi Arnold of Redwood City, Calif., was bowing on an adjacent court.

Miss Arnold, U. S. junior girh about 50 miles- wide just before (Champion and recent winner of the it struck |Queen's Club title, fell before Rosa

_, ^^.A .~ A~ Re>'cs of Mexico 6-3, 6-3. Miss The storm was expected ° •»"• A r n o W had been tabbed a district

s.pate rapidly as it moved inland. U ^ t h r e a f a f t c f o u t c l a s s i n g The hurricane took at least .101 world's top women stars in

today testified that in national defense policies there had been!i;VcS before it hit land, nine drown-JQueen's tournament-. Third round play today began

j under a hot sun with a crowd of Isome 25,000 in the famed Wimble-

wrote it had alterations it wanted. The PSC sent these notiifcations

of desired alterations to the De­partment of Public Works for transmittal to Mr. Sells.

The PSC was advised on March 5, 1957, that it would be some time before the railroads had re­solved their differences and decided on such operational details as how many tracks were to be built and who was' going to have what rights on tne tracks. "Plans Are in Limbo"

"As to the actual status of elim-Mr. Marshall said, "the

j plans are in limbo awaiting a de-j cision by the railroads involved. | These decisions affect the first phase."

Mr. Marshall said that the De­partment of Public Works on April 29, 1957 submitted to the PSC 59 tracings of land maps. t h e rcservation. done by Thorn Appraiser Service. I

Gannett News Service WASHINGTON —The Senate

has the Niagara power develop­ment bill, which authorizes re­development by the New York State Power Authority.

It was filed quietly at the close of business Wednesday night by Sen. Robert S. Kerr (D-Okla). Co-sponsors of the bipartisan legisla­tion were Sens. Dennis Chavez (D-NM), chairman of the Senate Public Works Committee; Francis Case (R-SD), Jacob K. Javits (R-NY) and Irving M. Ives (R-NY). Majority and minority reports were slated to be filed with the Senate sometime today. Sole Minority Signer

It was understood that Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore) will be the only signer of the minority report.

Nobody in authority seemed to know exactly when the Senate would act on the bill. There have been unconfirmed reports that the Senate would take the bill up and pass it next Wednesday. Contribution Asked

The majority report of the Sen­ate Public Works Committee was filed shortly after the Senate con­vened by Dennis Chavez (D-NM).

One of the highlights of the re­port was that "practically every­one is in agreement that restora­tion of low cost power to the in­dustries in the Niagara area is desirable."

The report said further: "The committee is convinced

that it is economically feasible and desirable that the full power po­tential of the Niagara River be developed.

"During the course of the hear­ing and discussion on legislative proposals for the development of Niagara power, .it was considered that legislative action is necessary because of the reservation which the Senate has attached to its rati­fication of the Niagara water treaty.

"Recently the U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Co­lumbia circuit handed down cer-

j tain decisions which would affect

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Of).—Col. John C. Nickerson Jr. the the

"a gross over-emphasis on air power.'* The lean and gray colonel took*

the witness stand in his own court- T^pj^OTtPT Gets martial today and agreed to x testify under oath;

And under oath, Nickerson's persistence remained unabated as he denounced the defense depart­ment policy directive of last No­vember that curtailed the Army's role in guided missile warfare.

"These are grave errors," be testified. 'They are errors not likely to be balanced by Russian counter-errors.'

It was in attempting to reverse this curtailment policy that Nick­erson ran afoul of Army security regulations and was ordered court-martialed.

In an opening statement, which he had written out, the 41-year-old colonel outlined the now classic feud between advocates of air power as the first line of defense and those who hold the Army needs a balanced striking force of soldiers, sailors and airmen.

Tart Advice On Parking

TAMPA, Fla., OP)—Tampa Times reporter Dana Cessna had to use a 12-minute parking meter Wednesday because the hour meters were all taken. He left a note saying: "At Chamber of Commerce meeting. This 12-minute parking place was atl 1 could find.**

When he returned, he found this reply:

"Don't park in 12-minute place unless you're attending a 12-minute meeting."

There was also a parking ticket.

ing when the fishing vessel Keturah j sank. Another drowned in a strong undertow.

Damage from winds, high tides jdon stands, and down pours of rain was wide-! Vic Seixas of Philadelphia, form-spread hours before the Hurricane jer Wimbledon champion, gained struck t | the fourth round in men's singles

Great tides, reaching 9 feet,}by h c a t i n 8 K o s c i K a m o - Japanese ! * Davis Cup ace, 6-2. 6-2. 5-7, 6-3.

.-. , , . , ; "However, the committee is of lhe land maps were examined by , . . * . . . . , .• ,h ozr -noiiw-rv ,„H ,^r . f„..„^ '"« opinion that legislative action the r:>C engineers and were tound, , \ , , ,. . . .. .. . not in the Form required for state! ,s d c s , r a b , c , "«»"««». ?« »h« *«»» work. On May 16 they were re- o u , c o m e o f c o u r t d c c , s l o n s -turned to the Department of Pub-' T h c reP°r l a d d c d , h a t t h c c o m -lie Works for corrections. * I mittce "recognizes nothing should

,.,-T , , •• , , , I be done which would adversely af-Thcy are of only limited value , . . . . " . - , ; , . , ^t tK- VL^A. .-, I, i • • i ,u i J feet thc marketability of the bonds until all decisions of the rai roads- \ . , , . 'c j , , said con-

Kills 38 Persons

New Chairman, Named PURCHASE UP> ~ Dr. Eugene

G. Bcwkes, president of St. Law­rence University, today was elect-*A k/\4t-/f /-tinirman 'nf »h* Pmnir*

3 Countries Record Strong Siberia Quake

WASHINGTON I* — Govern­ment scientists said today an earth­quake of a "definite destructive nature" occurred in the Lake Baikal area of South-central Si­beria.

A spokesman for the Geodetic Survey said the locale was pin­pointed on the basis of seismo-graphic reading in the Eastern United States, Japan and France.

He said the quake was of such intensity that there would have been loss of life if it occurred in • nnmilated area. The time of the

appeared as dangerous as the hur­ricane winds. By early morning they were breaking over a sea wall on Sabine Lake which splits Louisiana and Texas.

At Galveston, 70 miles south­west and out of the direct path, water splashed over the sea wall and almost all downtown streets were flooded. It was in Galveston in 1900 that a hurricane , o o k ; P a c i f i c S l O F l l l 5.000 lives—some say many more j —in one of the nation's great dis­asters. That was before the present sea wall was built.

At Orange. 20 miles northeast of Port Arthur, Sheriff Chester Holts reported the three-story Orange County courthouse was "packed to the rafters" with re­fugee*. Phone Sen Ice Disrupted

By early morning, 350 telephone circuits were out at Galveston. A large number of downtown plate glass windows were broken by flying debris or high wind. Water was up to the curb and completely across most business district streets, and into some

The same conditions oc-

Senate Approves Postal Money Bill

WASHINGTON, (OV-The na­tion was assured today of full postal service for the year begin­ning July 1.

The Senate pavsed and sent to the White House today a supple-1 * ,ore4' mental Po*t Office Department! c u r r c d •» Tc**« c , , v> M , h < m * , n

money bill providing an extra 133j , , i n d ,c,rOM from Galveston I aland million dollars for next fiscal year. I 0 0 * h J c h ,h« c 5 t v

Postmaster General Arthur E, Summerfield had warned of new cuts in postal services and the shutdown of possibly thousands of local post offices unless Congress provided him 'more funds to run his department.

Summerfield had asked an addi­tional $149,500,000. But the Sen­ate, in appfovina the bill Wednev

arc in," Mr. Marshall cerning this delay.

Mr, Marshall said that thc PSC would have to wait for the altera­tions proposed by the railroads.' When they have been received, I Mr. Selsl will send in thc revised j plans.

These revised plans will likely in­clude not only the general plans, j Mr. Marshall said, but also speci- j fixations and estimates. Need PSC Approval" I

lhe PSC will then study the specifications and estimates. When approved by the PSC they will be!

'.sent to the Department of Public i Works to be set down on its next 'convenient schedule for advertising for bids.

TOKYO I*—Heavy rains lashed j ^ r - Marshall had no knowledge much of Japan today as a dwind-,of when the railroad committee ling tropical hurricane skirted the might have its report ready southern island of Kyushu. 'did Mr. Blanchard have

Farly ""police reports listed five j tion on this, dead, seven injured and two mis-J \^r. Sells said his office wa< pro­sing. The storm started out a< cecding with plans for the rest of

6-2 The 33-year-old U. S. interna­

tionalist volleyed sharply and cov­ered the court with the speed of a teen-ager.

Sven Davidson of Sweden, rated the best player in Furope, elimin­ated Sidney Schwartz of Long Beach. N. Y., 6-1. 6-4, 7-5.

of Galveston sits.

More than 2,000 residents of homes considered unsafe at Port Arthur fled to sound structures. The Port Arthur Red Cross v pre­pared facilities to feed 3,000 per­sons, after the storm passed. Children Evacuated

Nearly 400 children at four church camps along Galveston

t)phoon Virginia. Nationalist C h i n a ' s official

Central Daily News reported that at least 33 persons were killed on Formosa in floods or landslides caused by the torrential rains which accompanied Virginia's pas­sage across the southern end of that island.

No Americans or other foreign­ers were among the casualties. The rainstorm was described as the worst in Southern Formosa in 60 years.

Ambassador Honored MEXICO CITY API — Foreign

Minister Luis Padilla Nervo hon­ored U.S. Ambassador Francis White at a farewell dinner Wed­nesday.

White is scheduled to leave bc-

which would be offered for sale in thc financing of the construc­tion of power facilities at Niag­ara."

Meanwhile a proposed amend­ment to Niagara power legisla­tion requiring the New York State Power Authority to make an an­nual contributions to local taxing units has been suggested by the New York State Chamber of Commerce.

The chamber has urged Sens. Ives and Javits and Rep. William Miller to amend the Niagara leg­islation authorizing the authority to construct power facilities here.

Under the amendment, the au­thority would contribute annually 10 local taxing units an amount equivalent,to what would be avail­able if thc facilities were under private ownership and operation.

The chamber brought out the argument that failure to make a contribution in lieu of taxes will place an added burden on the real-property taxpayers of Niagara County.

Kciimore Man Fails in Swim

BUFF AIO. 1M —George Buell, 39 year-old Kenmore resident, was

mated as costing some 25 million, unsuccessful Wednesday in his at-The double track will begin j tempt to swim from Evans-Angola

Nor informa-

the relocation project of which there may be three or four phase* Cost Is $25 Million

The first phase as previously an­nounced covers a two-track main line which will be some 7'^ miles in length and will cost in excess of four million dollars. The entire elimination project is now esti-

about 9,500 feet (W* miles) east of 1he city line at a point parallel to River road. It will run directly north for about 3Vi miles on a line parallel with and about 1.300 feel east of Walmore road. The line then will curve northeasterly for 2,200 feet (approximately four miles) to the junction of the Falls and Rochester branches of the New York Central.

Beach to Crystal Beach, Ont. Buell's trainer. Ted Snyder, said

the distance swimmer made about 9'/i miles of the 13*mile distance before being forced to quit by heavy swells and chills.

Buell, Snyder said, was reluctant to leave the water but was tired and cold.

Swells were not too heavy when Buell left Evans-Angola B«ach but

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