V' \ PEACE and NtO '# County News $&hvinq^ihsL CtinjfotC Cb&a. Since. 1856 116th Year No. 35 ST, JOHNS, MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1971 15 Cents ratals completed County agrees to ST./JOHNS—Allied Appraisal Company representative Roy W. Thomas announced last weekUhat the re-appraising project in the City of St. Johns has been completed and' residents will.be receiving "a letter back DeWitt project indicating the new market value of their property. j The Babson Repprt Thomas stressed that the appraisal figure ST. JOHNS—The Clinton County Board of i project had included the trailer courts, will have the power, to level a special is not the new assessed value, but a re­ Commissioners Wednesday voted 9-1 to lend putting^ Phase I financing in jeopardy. assessment on the township,, if DeWitt adjustment of the property's market value. Its support to completion of DeWitt Town­ The overall plan, as discussed a t a cannot meet the financial responsibilities. The firm began the appraising in April, ship's Phase 1 sewer project. previous Commission meeting, will cost The county's Department of Public Works Viewing all property inside the city limits. The plan calls for both sewer projects $2,030,000. " / will receive a certain percentage for its Thomas said there will be a special hearing in the township to be completed and com­ "I have bo doubt that there is enough share of the work. ! on Jan, U and Jan. 12 "where people can bined with additional funds, although the tax base in DeWitt Township," commented The only dissenting vote\came from Here's h O P i n g Commissioner's- indicated that no funds 'come, in if they find an error in the market Commissioner Roy F.(Jack) Andrews, who Commissioner Walter Nobis. would be used from the county. ' represents part of DeWitt Township. "I see value. These, however, are subject to change - The heed for action resulted when the t JT :^". if additions etc.'have,been made to the no trouble in paying off the bonds. I don't tpwnsMp,.received *,an^^^ - • -^H ^p?pperty/v^.;r\-':('j?'A>#»w-n;wi>^-. • *&<*. **"-..?- "state moriieswfor a*sewei> ptfogfarn. The ho doubt that t(ie township will be able to Thomas Hundley,, cfty manager >s said Me township board of trustees voted to use the financethis thing." ' new value will be. reflected in the July money for Phase 1 completion, lowering the Andrews noted that the $500,000 received tax rolls although he wiijh&ve to examine $2,000 tap in fee to $1,000. by the township had not ^been 'spent, plus .'*•/" v each property description and make the final Commissioners said the tap-in reduction there is a $9.50 per month usage fee for. assessment. " j depended on the addition of more direct each person tapped into the system. "This Times for the public hearings are 9 a.m. and indirect tap-ins, especially from the fee could vary if needed,' also," Andrews --year end repo to 5 p.m. on Jan 11-12 and from 7 p.m. trailer courts in the township. The township said. to 9 p.m. on those two days. I then discovered that Phase II of the sewer The county commissioners said' they BABSON'S BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL also the aggravation of the long and costly FORECAST FOR 1972, strikes during 1971; but in the final analysis, the, real havoc was wrought by the dollar's A year ago our Forecast for 1971 looked troubles. • hopefully toward a better business year than had prevailed in 1970. Unfortunately, the STABILIZATION OR TRAUMA? trouble spots we cited combined to frustrate In a counteroffensive to combat the dol­ the possibilities offered by the favorable DR. LLINAS lar's woes, to bridel the inflationary spiral, forces. For example, the vexing problems and to revitalize the nation's economy, the '* of high unemployment, underutllization of Nixon Administration took everyonebysur-1 industrial productive capacity, dangerous prise by dramttcally reversing its economic', •I Dr. Llinas' medicai inflationary pressures, the huge federal •.* approach; In the first phase of the newpro- ; 3 budget deficit, and labor problems did indeed gram, President Nixon imposed a 90-day «W raise barriers to economic progress in emergency freeze upon prices, wages, and - column in next issue 1971. ; rents.; In addition, he asked Congress to ' move to art earlier date, the planned re- . 1971 -- ANOTHER CRISIS YEAR ST, JOHNS—Beginning with thenextissue vision of the federal income tax structure of the Clinton Cpunjty News, Dr. Jose J. As we look back upon 1971, therefore, so as to increase consumer disposable in­ Llinas, director of the Trl-Couhty Mental' we can justly label it another "crisis year" come, and to grant a tax credit, for certain, Health Service, will present a weekly column just as 1969 and 1970 had been. However, business capital expenditures. He also im-; on mental health and understanding. the crises of the previous two years were posed a 10% surcharge on certain imports Z' Dr. Llinas, 41, a native of Havana, Cuba, _ largely of a domes'tic economic nature, of foreign goods. ? ••_. ••_ is an assistant clinical professor of albeit the burden of the Vietnam war was Initially,'public reaction was favorable,.* psychiatry, College of Human Medicine, a contributing influence to the dislocations. the- program" was' regarded as a positive Michigan State Universityi He has held that In 1969 the main villain'was the-grinding step in copiirtgito grips With the vital prob- '. ' post since 1965^ credit crunch; in 1970 It was .the harrowing lems affliptlng^he^eppnomy; HoweVjitythe Since 1966,' DrMilinas has written a- corporate liquidity squeeze, plustwomajor , piecemeal1 fashidnfin'\VhicH the second phase monthly medical column on mental health strikes and the surprise of the foray into of the prpgram. was unveiled left cpnsutn- Cambodia. ' r for the Bulletin of the Ingham County * ,T ers, businessmen,'and investors ihVan'un-. Medical Society and in 1969,( he became In 1971 the focal point was more, the ^certain frame, of mind. Doubts mounted as editor of AID, the publication of'the Michigan "flight from the American dollar >; in the/ \eariy lukewafm-iaboracceplancfibftheprb- State Medical Society, Mental Health Cqm- leading foreig_h exchange markets of^the -,^am turned toantagonismi andas indus- mittee.' free world. This crisis .had been: building He holds a medical degree from the for many yearsy and it also had Havana - University Medical School (1954) exorably linked with a- complex and completed his internship at the Good problems. ' These included' cost Samaritan Hospital, Dayton, Ohio (1955). - flation, a steady weakening of the U.S. for­ He was a resident at Westboro State Hos­ eign trade position, and the long succes- . °il: the surfac e $U$disappointihg-ec,onom--. Son o^fledeVaTlbudgeT'tef"^ -*<? results of 19,71would;seenV.fP'pOirit to a pital tin Massachusetts JLrom 1955 to 1958 , and the University Hospital in Ann Arbor ances in our international payments posl- ' - year/ofdnept failures.-A deeper; atialysis from 1958 to 1960. tion--which resulted from our foreign aid r/ey^als. grounds.jfor'a contrary,view. Eyen :thb.ugh'business aiid employment didnot're- . He and his wife, Maria, have six children and military programs plus sizable private J and reside in Okemos. * ' spending andinvestments.abroad. There was '^- ':*S*,,,,-t '' .continued'.bnpage^continued'oii Daee2AA '' * ' en son to h eq idJ $&i\\\tm •ST. d r ive agqi n st h i g h wa y widen ing \ Special Ed students at Central School are very proud of the gift thatthey ST. JOHNS-About 50 St. Johns citizens appeared before'the commission to explain The plan calls for taking ^threetfeet. from showed up for a confrpntatlon between, reasons behind a state decision to widen eacH side of thevhighway,dreating.two made their parents this Christmas. They Constructed useful bird feeders from pie the.City Commission.and the state high­ US-27 near .the Intersection of that high­ lanes for through.Waffle and ohe'left- tins and empty food containers. Displaying the finished product are "bottom row, Jan way department representatives Monday way artdM-2i. \\ Wrn laiie.' There would, alsb be -a traffic -; Wilkes and Paul Burnham, center, Mark Fbnger's, Shaun McCullough, Duane Rudy and nigjit and • appointed Dr. Wesley Stephen- Th6y; cited the'high rate of accidents •signal for.the left turn"whiclf Would halt ; son to head a petition drive to/keep (the at the corner as a need for adding a cen­ - al^ through traffic allowing motorists time'.. Timothy Sherman,' top row, David Maticfc, R.oger - Harr^ Jill JaquishjvRandy Ward state from widening US-27 inside the city ter left-turn land from each direction to for the turn;! : ' , '*.'".• ft and Marvin Boyle. i / -Clinton County News Photo by Annexe White1.' limits; . '•--..;.; .' insure the safety of travellers on both . Citizens voiced, their ^nger since the . '. Two representatives from the department US-27 and M-21. .; • V -: Continued on Page 9A ••V.w S:W:^S:%::^^ J 12 hodri to 6 pniy I'; \.y Blood Jose A J#-.'J" Page 2 A CLINTON COUNTY NEWS, St. Johns, Michigan Wednesday, December 29, |9%l less, the healthieV background climate pre­ Also, will labor groups revolt against the But it would be unrealistic to vailing should produce a greater willingnoss game plan and provoke widespread general expect an equilibrium between to spend on the part of consumers. Some strikes? For the record, we are hopeful inflationary and deflationary pickup In retail trade surfaced in the latter that union leaders will bend enough to give forces. Instead, what we look for part of 1971, albeit on a spotty basis.