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Views airecf at women voters' meeting... t— ; - . -f a- r-* ■'T"ir ~ •trat ■ Borrow or pay-as-go issue seert in stands of county candidates -s Further borrowing as opposed to a pay-as-you-go po liey for school byilding financing developed as an issue at Tuesday night's League of Women Voters candidates meeting in Chapel Hill. Alxnit 250 persons attended the meeting to hear and question the four Democratic aspirants for county com missioner and Republican candidate Louis Sparrow. Most of the discussion centered on school financing, as the candidates acknowledge the need for long-range planning. Incum bent Commissioner Donald Stanford and candidate Hugh Wilson boosted pay-as-you-go construction. Harvey Bennett and Philip Schinhan, while they did not speak.against this policy, both stated they felt toad issues would be necessary for this purpose. Here are portions of the candidates’ four-minute prepared statements as well as their answers to audience questions. Harvey Bennett viewss bonding as necessary Mr. Bennett, as a first-time office-seeker, commended the past record of the commissioners and cited “support of our public schools” as the county’s most important service. . . It is going to require maximum effort for us to keep up with the need for classrooms and pay the salaries we should and must to teachers, he said.' "1 feel capital Improvements for eor schools will have to be financed largely through borrowed money — from bond:”’ issues approved by vote ei the people." He felt that ABC store profits should go to the public schools pledged “serious consideration" t©» any move for a higher Chape' Hill school tax, and cited the University as a possible new revenue source for the County: "The parents of e large number of our school children are shunts W. fip *he University »— and We’re glad" to have «* The Chapel Hill businessman said he would support school needs “but be very careful about increasing taxes.” Asked if he’d favor setting up a single school system for both races he said, “1 can’t see where we’d gain anything by that.’' Schinhmr secssneed for p (arming ahead'1 V^v- Candidate Philip C. Schinhan pledged his support to a school budget for Chapel Hill and the Count? system “that will provide the facilities . . . specified by the school boards so long as the specifications are reasonably documented as to need. It is my hope Jthatjdl such specifications can be made a part of a long-range plan : , We can no longer afford the temporary expedients. We must plan ahead.” v The 44-year-old printing and advertising executive acknowledg ed that “Some tax increase may be required to do the complete . P*.'" Classrooms now needed can’t be built with available funds, he, explained, so that a bond issue appears “the only logical means for providing these funds. "Had this problem baan farad squarely savaral years ago a bond istuo might'not now be nrrartary. Prompt action now may avoid tho nacassity of even largor bond issuos at soma future data." -Mr. Sehinhan also urged that the County try to get needed funds from revenue-produeine state m-noerties in Chapel Hill. He added that "A concerted effort should be made to encourage logi cal industrial development.” Ha would suooort a referendum for a higher Chapel Hill school tax, Mr. Schinhan said, whonevar tho citixans indicated that it might be required to provide tho tovot of school services they demanded. , ABC store profits are needed to meet current school construc tion needs, in Mr. Schinhan’s opinion. If allocated to current operat ing expenses of the schools they'd bring "proportionately greater tax increases ... to provide for current construction needs.” • j 10-year commitment • ; ■ ' H '[ : proposed for schools Commissioner Donald- Stanford presented at! interesting pro-, •posal for meeting the estimated six-million dollar minimum build ing needs of all schools in the County during the next decade with-1 out borrowing: ABC at ore profits at $180,000 a year -30 pet population incerase (Highway Comn. esti mate). assuming continuation of annual tax rev , eoue inorease of $33>QOO . , Debt service retirement During the next 10 $1.8 million .33 million DEMOCRATIC -COMMISSIONER CANDIDAT ES— Seen btfer* Hie League Of Women Votert spanooraO eemH dates maaHwg In ChppelMill On Tuesday night are Democratic'County Commie sioner candidates (left to right) Donald Stan ford, Philip Schinhan, Hugh Wilson and Marvay Bennett. years the debt service levy will decrease from $.27 per $100 to $ 17 — '.vhich would in effect increase available funds by .50 million Current tax levy for capital outlay ($297,000) continued 10 years 2.9 million ‘Five-rent tax rate increase (from $.95 to $1.10) for W years ' / .45 million Total 5 98 million Mr. Saeuforfd caHedthi* plan '’eoHkhrtylpreltminary," and neMdit didn't-tohe Into sunsMo ration Increased expenses for ; ether county Cgemfos or far current opaedtinq expenses ef sc heels. But he endorsed This idea because ^ prefer pay-as-go j ' mUeeetiee nnitlltlft 4#. TlfnWWWW wHWevOi pa ulJlIrlll* He said also that he’d support a higher Chapel Hill school; >sx referendum “if requested by the school board with substantial! 'ommnnitv support” “I will support the school budget submitted by the Chapel j Hill and Orange County School Boards as I will support the re ! quests coming from the other agencies of the County,” he declared. ‘Support and request for finances are one thing. The problem lies : ;n how these can be met. As to other passible sources of income fir the County, Mr. Stanford cited the** 0) Ask the state to pay the full cost of its statutory obligations — particularly the access cost of some school curront operating expenses which the County must fill out; “(2) Continue to press for delinquent tax collections . . . but j also enforce the principle of equitable taxation." (3) Payment in lieu of taxes for the University’s revenue j producing properties; also platfe valuations op this property at : '-evaluation time in 1965, so its worth can be determined. He en dorsed the County Commissioners Association’s recommendation j to study tax exemptions all over the state. “Certainly this would , aid in pointing out the crisis created here by this non-taxable wealth,” declared Mr. Stanford. As to sotting up a single school organization for both racos, Mr. Stanford said he didn't think the system would pe forwarded by this. "The problem we're facing in education is not one of segregation but finance," he said. Wilson boosts trend j to current financing Mr. Wilson, a Bingham Township dairy farmer, urged a pay as-you-go approach to the County’s 10-year school building needs. ] noting “The commissioners have come nearer to doing this as the years have gone along.” ' He also urged that a medical -examiner plan be set up as assistance to the county coroner; and called for pay “that will compete with private business for ssounty employees.” "The first need t see is to pay the sheriff and deputies better," said Wilson. "They have aideugerous job that requires a great number ef hours. They 'should be rewarded with pay higher than that of laborers." v Answering a question oa getting, up-».-one-system school for both races, he declared v*My stain), interest in running for com missioner is to forwawt tfcc* «aqp «C edgo*tio«v and i do not be (See CANDIDATES, Page S) Police form corporation for clubhouse Police CapL Coy-E.Ourham has been elected President-of die . newly-formed Chapel Hill Police Association, Inc. Hie group plans to -build * clubhouse and pistol iwot on its newly-acquired 30-acre-tract near Blackwood Station fire miles north of Chapel Hill. Capt Dur ham said .the private -corporation included all 24 member* of the police department as wisQ as the traffic clerks. It’s to be support ed by monthly dues-which will go into a building fund. Con struction is to stmt this .summer, he added. v Other corporation officers are Sgt. Charles Edmonds, Vice-Pres ident; Lt. Herman Stone, Secre tary; Patrolman Amos Horne, Treasurer; and Lt. C. B. King, Patrolmen Lindy Pendergrass, Eugene Cozart, Paul Minor, and John Nesbitt, directors, directors. STUDENT SINGERS TO PERFORM Ttfo students of the UNC Music Department will perform in se parate recitals Sunday afternoon in Hill Hall. At 3 pm., Martha TeSchey, Winston-Salem soprano, accompanied by Stewart Powell of Wallace, will present selections by Shubert. Bizef] Birch, Barber and Menotti. At 8 p.m.. James Gibbs, toior of Asheville, will give a sen ior recital which will include num bers by Handel. Bach, Shubert, Vaughn Williams and other com posers. His accompanist will be Marjorie Crane of Chapel Hill. - RACES POSTPOJ<E» Race Directors here at the nine-tenths mile Orange Speed way, Bill France and Enoch Staley have annonecedthe ached tiled 19S-mile Grand National circuit stock oaf race wished for Sunday, May, IS has tern ymt Rhdd® *"ft"* t '■ i
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