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Black Community Crime Conference Proposed San Gabriel Wilfnnn Calk for Action to 'Drive Criminal alley Element From Our Midst in Pasadena Area BY LEE AUSTIN TlmM Stall Writer PASADENA Calling for action to "drive the criminal element from PART VII THURSDAY, AUGUST 29. 1974 he declared. "We nohcriminals won't tolerate crime. The black-community is ready for it but they don't know it." In proposing the conference, he said it would be good for the city as well as well as the black community. Wilfong expressed a "fervent hope," however, that the conference would be structured "so as to discourage further dissertations on placing the blame for past deprivations and oppressions on "the system." Instead, he said, the conference should be structured to place the criminal elementon notice Tocon-tinue to live among us you will have to shape up or ship out" He also warned that unless something is done about crime, the city will be preempted by the federal government and there is a possibility that blacks will lose many of the gains won in the civil rights Mansion Will Become Site of Hall of Science Former Home of Finnish Ex-Consul Donated for Use by Pasadena Group our idst," City Director Henry Wil-fong is proposing a city-sponsored "Conference on Crime" in the black community.

"I propose to offer a forum where blacks who are sick and tired of lawlessness can express their desires," said Wilfong, a black who represents the northwest black area. "We want to be protected by having criminals locked up, not by locking ourselves up and making fortresses of our homes," he told the Board of City Directors at its meeting Tuesday. His colleagues expressed strong support for the proposal. "This calls for action," said Donald Yokaitis. "Let's knock off the rip-off artists.

Let's deal with the problems of Pasadena." Wilfong tentatively proposed that the conference be held in the Jackie Robinson Center in November. He said it should include law enforcement officers, judicial system personnel, city directors and officials, people from various socio-economic groupings, school district officials and "dudes from the streets." He said he would bring a more formalized program to the board for its approval within the next couple of weeks. A newly appointed member of the California Council on Criminal Justice, Wilfong said he wanted something concrete to report to the Governor's Conference on Crime on Dec. 4. Although Wilfong said that crime is not as prevalent as in some of the other cities' black areas, he urged, "It is time that we in the hlack community bite the bullet We must deal with some harsh realities in this area." Graffiti Vandals Get Stiff Jail Penalties in Alhambra Court BY CBAIG TURNER Timn Stall Writer In a crackdown against graffiti spray-painters, deputy district attorneys in Alhambra have obtained jail sentences against at least six convicted adult vandals.

Dept. Dist. Atty. Ronald Bowers, in charge of the Alhambra office, said judges and commissioners in the Alhambra Municipal Court generally have been following the sentence recommendations, which have ranged from 90 days to six months, depending on the defendant's previous record. Most convictions are for malicious mischief and all involve persons over 18.

First offenders are often given, a one-year probation, on condition that they paint over all graffiti ort a given block. Bowers said the goal of the stiff sMitpnrinff is tn rietpr Bane members FREE RIDE Hundreds of underprivileged children get a free ride on the miniature train pulled' by 1902 steam engine during a special day at Whittier Narrows. Engineer Don McCoy, below. who owns the locomotive, has been giving children rides along Legg Lake on Saturdays and Sundays or a year, usually at a modest charge. The.

special day marks the end of summer programs for children. Timr pholo bv Joel I.tigafrre PASADENA A multi-millinn-dollar Hall of Science complex will be located on the wooded grounds of the Paloheimo mansion, former home of the ex-consul of Finland. The property at Orange Grove Blvd. and Walnut St. has been given by Mr.

and Mrs. Y. A. Paloheimo to the Hall of Science according to Boyd P. (Bud) Welin, board of trustees chairman for the educational institution, which was formed in 1970.

Plans to raise SI million by mid-1975 for the project also were announced by Dr. William H. Pickering, Hall of Science president and director of Jet Propulsion Laboratory The funds will be used to construct the first of three buildings on the grounds by early 1976, set up exhibits and workshops and to hire a full-time director and staff, Pickering said. The fund-raising drive will start in October. Welin said.

The Pasadena Historical Society will continue to occupy the 28-room, three-story mansion built in 1905. The society's exhibits and activities, complement the Hall of Science. The property contains the Finlan-dia Gardens of trees, ferns and small waterfalls and a Finnish sauna house with Finnish folk art, which were developed by the-Palokoimos. The former consul and his wife now live in Santa Fe, N.M. She is the granddaughter of the late Dr.

and Mrs. Adelbert Fenyes, who built the mansion. Welin said the Hall of Science will be an integral part of the projected Pasadena Cultural Center area which now has the Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena Historical Society, Gamble House, Ambassador College and Tournament of Roses headquarters in the former Wrigley mansion. "We are extremely pleased, with Please Turn to Pg. 4, Col.

2 Women's Jobs Drain Volunteer Pool Police Chief Robert McGowan said later that the. northwest and central areas of the city have more crime than other sections. He said crime was up 2 citywide so far over last year, but the northwest area did not have a greater increase than other sections. "We will be delighted to cooperate in the conference," McGowan said. "It is helpful for a community to take an active role." Warning that there is talk of vi- acuon in me oiacK communi ty, Wilfong said at the board -who spray-paint slogans on walls to ing, "If we don't do something about; mark their territorial boundaries, it (crime), there are elements who.i problem is especially prevalent may overract, take the law into their, i San Gabriel, he said, own hands and then we will be A check th other judicial dis-forced to react against them." lTicts jn tne Valley showed that Al- womeri.

youths and men. Others are adjusting to the volunteer's schedule by creating more night and weekend opportunities to do good works. Both possibilities were discussed, by Rick Everett, Valley regional manager of United "An agency- has to be flexible enough to have the task when the volunteers are available," he they didn't look at these factors but volunteers who get jobs are still interested in volunteering if they can do it during their available hours. Agencies have to adjust to the volunteers, not the other way around. "And although some volunteers are lost to the work force, there is still a large untapped segment of the com "We alsohave always tried to get the husbands involved.

It is new lor women to be working and volunteering and it is a new concept for their husbands, too. So it will take time for people to adjust." The PTA also is gating. more rheri involved, according to Omer Bailey, president of thefjFirst District which covers the Valley. "We are getting school administrators involved in operational jobs and husbands more involved in fund-raising projects such as spaghetti dinners and carnivals." she asserted. "But it has been a major problem for a long time.

Often when just one woman goes back to work it leaves several groups in need of her services, not just the PTA. And more of Please Turn to Page 4 1, Col. 3 BY SUE AVERY Tim Stall Wnttr Girl Scout troops are meeting at night now instead of after school. Junior women's clubs are appealing to the Jaycees for help with community projects. And the RedCrbss has-turned to students and senior its programs.

The troop leaders, club members ancj Red Cross workers as well as other volunteers traditionally have been housewives. Now many are dropping out' to join the labor force, leaving a gap in the volunteer And Valley organizations are becoming more flexible and innovative to cope with the problem. None has the perfect solution but many have found two satisfactory ways of adjusting. Some are drawing on untapped sources, such as retired Crime in the black community is' ham bra is the only one that follows a basically perpetrated by blacks against blacks. Wilfong said.

The noncriminal black community, which he said is the majority, needs tosband together and totally denounce the criminal clement, he said. "We have to draw the battle line," sentencing pattern on malicious mischief. Dept. Dist. Atty.

Steve Burtnett of the El Monte office said sentencing there is on a case-by-case basis and rarely involves jail. Chief deputies at the district attor-Plcase Turn to Pg. 8, Col. 7 1 munity to draw from. A lot of people might be interested but they don't know how to get involved.

"For a long time the implication was that volunteer meant housewife but that is no longer true. Other people would get involved if agencies would utilize their talents, work with them as they would work with paid staff, motivate them and give them proper recognition. We have not tapped the potential of volunteers." Ms. Feme Hayes, director of the OLIVE BRANCH OFFERED S. Pasadena Alters Plan for Freeway Alternative SOUTH PASADENA Opponents of a state-adopted Long Beach Free-wav route through this city have modified their proposed alternative westerly route in an attempt to woo the support of neighboring cities.

Rex Baer, chairman of the South Pasadena Committee for the Westerly Route, said he was "disappointed but not discouraged" by the failure-of the Legislature to act on a bill by Assemblyman John L. E. Collier (R-Monrovia) that would have forced realignment of the freeway. Baer conceded the Collier bill is dead this legislative session, but said tk W. Covina Wins the Big One for Baseball Crown South Pasadena residents and officials opposed to the adopted route will seek to have a similar bill introduced when the new Legislature convenes in January.

In the meatimc. they will mount pressure on councilmen in Pasadena, Alhambra and Los Angeles in an attempt to reverse those three cities' support for the state-adopted route. As a negotiating point with their opponents, Baer's committee has revised its proposed westerly route in an attempt to remove some of the features to which the other cities objected. "We're willing to bend over backward even further to eliminate any more objections our neighbors have," Baer said. South Pasadena has battled against the Long Beach Freeway route since it was adopted in 1964 by the state Highway Commission.

The adopted route north of Valley Blvd. parallels Meridian Ave. and its critics contend it will slice South Pasadena in half. Opponents of the adopted route advocate the so-called westerly route that skirts South Pasadena's western area and links with the Pasadena Freeway near York Blvd. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) estimates the westerly route would cost $455 million more than the more direct Meridian route.

Opponents of the westerly route also argue that it would sacrifice homes in the low income neighborhoods in El Sereno, destroy park land along the Arroyo Seco and take longer to build. The modifications proposed by Please Turn to Pg. 4, Col. 4 Pasadena Volunteer Bureau, finds more working people who want community involvement evenings and weekends. "Agencies are talking about making the things that need to be done available to people who can do them evenings and weekends," she said.

"The agencies are more flexible." The Girl Scouts have become flexible out of according to Mrs. Arthur Bruington, president of the Sierra Madres Council. "It has been affecting us for five to 10 years, especially in troop leaders," she said. "So now many troops meet nights or Saturdays because the working women who are willing to be leaders are only available then. "We are also trying to educate people that they are needed as volunteers even if they are working.

We use men as volunteers and try to get the college-age youth interested so the volunteer system will remain." The Junior Women's Clubs have found more women going back to work cither because of women's lib or for economic reasons, according to Mrs. Jerry Gallagher, president of the San Gabriel Valley district. "Most of our clubs are trying to arrange more projects that can be done at night," she said. "But the working woman can't give as much time. So we emphasize that the club can use whatever time she can give.

"And we turn to other groups in the community for help. The Juniors have always tried to get the community involved in projects so community needs will not go unmet in the near future. BY MIKE WARD Timfi Stall Writtr WEST COVINA Strong pitching and depth of talent were credited Wednesday with bringing West Covina its second Pony League World Series championship in three years. Holly Adair, president of the West Covina Mustang League, which sponsors Pony, Colt and Thoroughbred competition said, "A team this talented comes along about once every 10 years." The West Covina team defeated Charlotte, N.C., 11-2 Tuesday night to win the championship after having lost to Charlotte the day before in the double-elimination tournament. Please Turn to Pg.

6, Col. 3 ASsrt tm MURAL CONTEST-Working on murols for contest sponsored by Azuso Chamber of Commerce ore, from left, Sharon Robinson, Robert Dunley ond Mike Handley. These three murals were among the top 1 0 designs submitted to the chamber. Handley 'is executing his own design and the others are finishing murals designed by Jane Higley (at left) and Hugo Ambrize (center). Murals are or wall a store.

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