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I I Oakland Tribune, Saturday, Sept. 28, 1 957 Bl I Going simr i SjaMaeMsOC I a. SJB1 Crew cut Frank Wells la drawing spectacular crowds at Kona. We think a lot of these people art Don Sherwood fans who saw Frank perform as a guest artist on The Sherwood TV show last Saturday night Those TV censors are pretty rough and Frank, whose reputation for hilariously funny risque material it his stock in trade, was on Ms very bestest behavior. Did a great job, so, nyaaah to all of you who think Frank can't be funny and not risque.

He did, can, ia doing, and is a should-see at Kona. ooo Like Don Cardinal's (he's the Little Bear on the Daily Calif ornian) name for Jack Ravazza's latest Calls it a "Wow-Wow" Pizza. Now, get banjoist Harry "Woo Woo" Stevens to order it and we'll a barbecued rib which we tore off while 1 conducted through the spotless and stainless steeled kitchen and found it so spicy we're going back for a complete dinner next week. ooo Chef Bill Williams at Dimond Horseshoe has a "pocket" knife with the accessories: spoon, fork, blade, leather cutter, leather punch, cork screw, bottle opener, nail file, scissors. There are more but those are all we can remember, ooo Slim Jenkins floor shows are always fast paced and loaded with talented acts.

And, the man behind the fast pace is band leader Jimmy Rainey. He's the drummer and keeps the zingingest tempo humanly possible to maintain. Held over Don Ellis, the singing MC and dancer Hiawatha. New names singers Vance Walters and Billy Lee. Three floor shows nightly.

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Open daily steaks, chops and Jenkins special fried chicken. "iTTy-Knox opens Tuesday," October 1st at Coit Ramsey. Playing new hi-f it organ "only one on the coast" says Billy With one Onstad inthe kitchen and two out front it's no wonder Onstad's smorgasbord dinners rate a zil (that's higher than a mil) in superbness. Trlbaae paste OAKLAND-TOKYO Listening in rt this end of tlx Oakland-to-Toyko telephone system, art (standing, from left) W.

KnolL traffic manacjer. 4r T. and Kameso Hisume and Motoichl Matsuda, Japan! communications experts. AUTHORITY Japanese Study Local WAY OUT FRO'ITI ra Im Child's pimw Kr htm Sil Isnsst I pjm. asBsiwg yds.

sua. Hm AviiUMal IRV MOOirt ORINDA VILLCVS 4-4JSS Is ds YOU'LL SAY: "TERniFICO!" Stce If 32 Vebtce baa btea feftiMg "Olst" far Im Mf MiflcMt Mesicaa Try fear Maaka Cm- 1 tS biiuHea plat tetriabt. STEEPLECHASE 10-OZ, I1EVJ U.S. CHOICE mV 4e it mm mv 1 9 AWMwmmr I hilarious itw rtvvt tnOASWAY CJUETIES" TMIATII-IISTAUIANT Dimwrt at W.lty Res Orcd. 1 Show 1.

l2S-OoMdSwm 141 Br4wer SU. Mitt HOW" "MSW" CATHAY noon H. 1 SS.TS CHICKEN ALMOND CHOW MEIN With PfM Prams It TM FM Rtss SMfv Tst 1S27 MscAKTHUX BLVD. YOnii STEAK EASTECil DEEF to Honolulu Mogul Mike Puts on Hat of Arts Patron By JAMES BACON LOS ANGELES, Sept. 28 OB It's now Michael Todd, pa tron of the arts and authority on the French impressionist schooL The famed showman and his beautiful wife, Elizabeth Tay lor, yesterday lent some eOfCliefahahiseleiaTOTr I 1J Bsv CLANCY HAYES Featured Vocalist markably.

So there you have four big crowds all under the concrete thatched Village hut And, if you can't identify, yourself with one of these categories, youH have fun trying. 1 0. It was Harrah's Club's turn to cry all the way to the bank. Liberace who closes tomorrow at the South Shore Room racked up an all time attend ance record for Harrah's, plus running the longest engagement of any previous Lake Tahoe show. Next: Bob Crosby and his Bobcats.

Matt Dennis at Harrah's downtown Reno. Jerry Lester is with Bob Cros by. RCA's Teddi King, too. OOO Mary Kaye Trio closes Fack's II tonight King's IV open next Wednesday. So it's a Bonnie Guitar-type "Dark Moon" over Fack's 'till then We feel the same way about Blackhawk's Jean Hoff man as critic Ralph J.

Gleason who went in for one set and could hardly tear myself away? 0 0 Glamourful lend ere 11 a exec, Miss Austin, addressed the East Bay Elective Club at Villa de la Paix last Monday, All male group and the sub ject Girth control. The Steeplechase located at Broadway and Piedmont is fast becoming one of the biggest name Mexican restaurants in town. According to owners Sal Mu-noz and Bill Hammond their location is a natural for the Auto Rowers and Pill Hill people who enjoy authentic Span ish food. Steeplechase chef Dominga Velasco has built one of the finest reputations locally over the past twenty-five years. Really knows her sauces.

In fact Sal remembered her tasty tacos (when she had the "Enchilada when he was playing first string forward for McClymonds before thewar. Even then he said that if he ever had a Mexican restaurant he would try and get Dominga to head the kitchen staff. Jaycee crowd meets here regularly. Been doing same for a year now. Use the special banquet room.

Like the informal and relaxing atmosphere. The main dining room (Mon terey Room) is located just off the cocktail lounge. ooo One of the newest Chinese restaurants is the Cathay Room of The Brogue located next door to the Brogue on MacArthur. Timothy Geo is the bossman and he supervises4 head chef and manager. We chewed into 6-02, TOP SIIILOIN STEAK A LA CARTE.

1 state diiiaw VICTOR MSI UN PAStO OAKUM Saa fable NataO mi 2 great ects tht jons ond tht TWM TIMES' CIKXERS U5 FREE SMORGASBORD to Kiddies under 5 not open Monajy UU4 I I tration and will travel to Los Angeles, Kansas City, Mo Chicago, 111, New York, and Washington, D. C. to see for themselves the facilities that move words by the millions over the Nation's wires. Their concern is not only with major policy measures adopted by Bell Telephone Co. affiliates but also with trade union relations, and regulatory controls by the Federal Gov- ernment REPRESENT LABOR Twp of the men in the group are members of telecommuni cations labor unions in Ja pan.

Others represent the Ministry of Postal Services under the Japanese govern ment. Of marked interest to them, as well as the others, was the type of safety spectacles worn by Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. installers and other men, involved in handling equipment installation or repair. The group was greeted by Mayor Clifford E. Rishell, for the city, and for P.T.

and T. by R. E. Flynn, commercial manager; W. C.

Knoll, traffic man ager; and Elwood, plant manager. D. L. Dellwig, in charge of special affairs for P. T.

and acted as the group's escort through California. Master Plan For Park Will Be Discussed ALAMEDA, Sept. 28 The Alameda Recreation Commission will meet with landscape architect Ralph Jones Oct "24 to discuss a preliminary master plan for the new Washington Park. Chairman Terry LaCroix said the commission will request a meeting with the city council following presentation of the plan by Jones. LaCroix said, the purpose of the joint meeting will be to discuss the council's policy toward development of the park area.

-He said representatives of the Alameda Rotary Club met with the commission Thursday to discuss presentation of an obsolete steam locomotive for use in the children's play area of the park. The RotaryXlub wilrobtain the loeomotiveffom the Southern Pacific Railroadand-ha ve voted $1,000 toward the Proi' ect Bad Check Passer Gets Prison Term Steel McRitchie, 40, a marine draftsman of 1815 Santa Clara Ave Alameda, who passed a Alameda, wno passed F'OW! TNURS. THRU SUNDAY CAL TJADER art JEAN HOFFMAN Jam Sundays tram p.ra. fill EXCITEMENT Fin feai Lav Meat at arJEIIKIIIS OAieua JIMMY (S4a4t RAINEY Friday through Sun. Bright parking lot at mem doer." 116 FLOOR-SHOWf Canpltta TOF SIRLOIN STEAK DINNER OPENING WED.

LAST TIMES MAIY KAYI TWO TONITi 1 Tiki Bob SPECIAL DINNER MO tgg Flown Soup SirbKurd ChtcWnAlmond Chuww Ptu nd Vlittr ChntnuK rtrd Prtwnt frwd RiCf Bsnsos fritter tl fortun Cookift OfteCesiplrte 250 3.5a- ONSTAD'S All Major Dining Credit Cri II en ere Phone Link Any hopes of linking the telephones of Japan with the United States through an un- der-ocean cable rather than radio waves are separated not only by the Pacific and the time it would take to lay the wire (five or 'six years), but also by a fantastic cost esti mate, perhaps $300,000,000. Even delving Into the idea of a long cable was a tantalizing chore for Kamczo Hizume, general manager of Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co. of Tokyo, the firm which: handles overseas calls from the island empire. In any event, if the expen sive wire connection were to be made, it would not pay for itself, Hizume confessed. But there was ample indication that Japan's telephone industry was eyeing the recently-completed cable from Pt Arena to Honolulu with a measure of wistfulness.

STUDY OPERATIONS Hizume and a group of nine men closely associated with Japan's communications system visited the Oakland main telephone office yesterday as part of an intensive six-week study of telephone facilities throughout the United States. The study team members are sponsored by the International Cooperation Adminis Hubcap Thief Fined and Put On Probation RICHMOND, Sept. 28 James Henry Armstrong, 21, of 2432 Buena Vista, Alameda, was placed on probation for one year and fined 1150 yester day for hubcap thefts from two Richmond motorists. The sentenced was imposed by Municipal Judge Charles H. Baldwin, before whom Arm strong previously entered a plea of guilty to two counts of petty theft A companion of Armstrong, Robert D.

Prestebak, 24, of 130 Moss Ave, Oakland, pleaded guilty Aug. 29 and drew a 30-day jail term." Police said the pair was nabbed because owners of the stolen hubcaps had their license numbers stenciled on the accessories. inmate Sentenced On Riot Charge HAYWARD, Sept. 25 Jesse Ruiz, 21, yesterday was sen-tenced to an additional six months in jail after a Municipal Court jury found him guilty of failing to disperse after last summer's riot at the Santa Rita. Rehabilitation Center.

CaitroStrfiayv wOOTdrguIIQroT participating in the riot The ease was heard by Judge T. L. Foley. -At the time of the riot Ruiz was serving eight months on L-narcotics charge. SMALLTALK really have an item.

ooo Panda Room is getting the circus fans. Expect a record breaking Sunday. Special ma tinee at 1 p.m. For the laugh of the year ask Jim Rooney about the boxes in which his pretzels are shipped from Pennsylvania. Mar keting expert Jerry Jacobs is selling his 19 cent beefburgers for a dime.

Any comers? Over 10,000 so far so get 'em while they lust. ooo Gourmet Tip: Chicken A La King at Luigi's No, you Oscar bar-attenders aren't seeing double before you should. That's a double -pony tail sported by Luanna, the blond cocktail cutie. Gent Chef enjoyed XI Nido Rancho chef, Bill Graham's, many splendored array ol hors d'ouevres and ehicken a lav Bargmann at the Second Annual Gent Chef Swim Party Thursday. Besides chef mg expertly, pound tlodroflcelnto handsome "statue of profes sional merit Around its blue- white base radiated the tasty hors d'ouevres.

The Fat Man's race (swimming) was postponed because of threatening skies and the absence of Ed "Bozo" Miller. Bozo's wife, Janet, ia seriously ill and he been at her side all week. Next Gent Chef lunch at Sea Wolf. Food Chairman Bob Campbell and Sea Wolfs Al Puccini are in the menu con ference stage. More later, Bob Scobey and his Frisco Jazz Band featuring Clancey Hayes and Toni Lee Scott to night at Pioneer (Lafayette) Village.

Bob's latest album with Bing Crosby "Bing with a Beat" is one of the grandest listening things youll ever hear. You can still get dinners from a dollar up. So, I know of no other theater-restaurant offering as big a name for as low a total tarriff. This is the big piok of the evening for entertainment Fun starts at, nine. Dinners from 11 a.m.

to 11 p.m. And, if you're going to be banqueting, the choice Holiday dates are going going fast Get 'em while the getun's good. Janet Jordan is hip, hip, hip on the old college songs. It's the seasan and she the rea son for the crowd's in Clare- mdht's Terrace Lounge piano bar. ooo The Village, located at 10th and Niven in downtown Rich mond has four distinct crowds every day.

Crowd number one is the lunch timers. Crowd number two is tre happy, happy hour gang. They're doubly happy because it lasts two hours 4:30 to 6:30. King sized mar tini's (60 cents) is the raison d'etre, (whaaa?) Crowd number three Jshe dinner clientele. Starts at 5 p.m.

and continues to 1 a.m. Now- scmallyrraew ofthe sneaky happy hour guys 'and gals infiltrate among and enjoy the festivities of the dinner- hour crowd. And vice- versa, in tact, a lew of me lunchtime execs stay right on through and take up fresh allegiance with the happy hours and the dinner crew, UsaUyjn taat order, too. and large a transient group. They axe thes.

Freddie Vinson fans who follow this dynamic group from spot to spot The Tr; tT lage for the past few weeks the nightly attendance re Astronomy Class For Laymen Opens Astronomy for laymen, a class offered by the evening division of the Oakland Public Schools, will be held at 7:30 pjn. today at the Chabot Observatoryf 4917 Mountain Blvd. E. OttoBarrett-lecturer-at instructor at West Contra Costa Junior College, directs the class. Class sessions include an observing hour, during which the observatory's 8 and 20-inch telescopes are used to demon strate points in lectures.

000 worth of paintings to the Los Angeles County art mu seum. It was one of the biggest crowds yet for the gallery. The donors turned up and the art directors found out that Liz and Mike can outdraw Picasso, Someone among the art lov ers asked Todd how he started collecting art work. "My govern ex got me started," he said. "Of course, only collected hot postage stamps at first" ITS FOB EVERYBODY He outlined a plan to lend his art collections to museums around the world, "I buy this stuff so that everybody can see it And then," he added, "you never know where you might turn up broke and have to hock a painting.

Included in the Todd collection are a Monet Renoir, a Franz Hals, Utrillo, and a Mat- tisse. r- Someone once said that Mike Todd actually is an Oxford scholar who poses as a mug. He lent credence to the statement as he stood in the center of the gallery and named artists and paintings without so much as a glance at the brass nameplates. In a whirlwind talk to the assembled group, Mike also touched on such subjects as the Todds' new baby girl and that famous Madison Square Garden party. BUT SHE'S HEALTHY Of the baby, he said: "PVor kid she looks like Liz.

But so long as she's healthy, who cares?" He disclosed he has mailed out 18,000 invitations for the Oct 17 party at the Garden to celebrate the first anniversary of "Around the World in 80 but added he has re ceived 1 18,000 squawks from people he hasn't invited. "I may have to switch it to Ufankee After Jtalked without stop for a good 15 minutes, he turned to his wife "Maybe my old lady would like to say -something." Answered 25-year-old Liz: "Mike, you talk so much you make me hoarse listening." Ina Coolbrith Circle Ina Coolbrith Circle will City Club, 465 Post St Dr. H. Blote will speak on "Some thing About Words.1 LBOAL NOTICK Notice hereby Riven that accepted in the Office of the Purchaxinn Agent, County of Alameda Court House. UJi Fallon Street.

Oakland 7, California, for the purchase of he following: Heme: Bid N-11S due October 4. 1IS7 at 1:0 a m. DODQE AUTOMOBILES. Specifications and bid blanka covering; the above items may be obtained from tbe Purchasing Agent's Office, County of Alameda. September IS.

UST Notic Is hercbr riven that scaled competitive bids will sreepted th cttttrm, the 1 Alwnerts, frurt Jtouee UJi fsU PnrchmxlDi; Aent. wmir 01 ion Btreei. jl. isinornia. loohuig ronsoncica DHTE-E3T? Lift itart off Sunday Brunca wits tano.

juicy frtta pineappla, them few veiicms tidbits sTsujar I hickorj cured kam and bacon, blus torn temptinf Jones Fan swMfts sort qf tottered sround our Kocky MotaitaM sautetd broot trout Add spoonful or two of Dehnonico hash browns, tweet rotlssadaot loidea biscuits and whanmo, yos Im yoa'ra at the Hotel Clartnonts famoot Sunday Brunch; 9 am, to 1 for adults at S12S and ctuldraa half area. GUIIDAY Bnuiicii A isrteoet nmi nets ef UtlHsttsc tree Traits sad fvtcet, stbus delicsciea, sad 10 sntnet tent yauraen bsfttt style. yea wat a(M MM I Hotel Qlaremont A 1 A IBKIIIT ajmeei-v meet p.m. tomorrow at i a a MONT ASMIT FWif RESTAURAtlT I Af I cerFtiM stsetsa TNtrieill ll 7 JIT :M.4i'i A pjlzTTIS jctsjissj KiUf wort chasing a used car, which he later abandoned, was sentenced to a term of .1 to 14 years, in state's prison yester dav by Superior Judge Vic tor Wagler. McRitchie pleaded guilty to the offense ..4 By Syms NKK ft ICITHA WE BACK UP OUR WORD panos say WE SERVE THE BEST! III Irk OetM SUNOAY1: OtHMHtS NOOM TO 11 tM.

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S. 1J7. Roof Coatlnf. Bid N-1141 due at Ml on Oct: Tim. PrtnUna ot a Directory, i Specifications and bid blanks covering the above items may be obtained' from the Purhaliif Acent's Office, Count of Ala- ydnl your husband threw ft wW vu muicWI In "Certain! iof He was vou xWeeHnfi a rww outfit i Jeep at the time j.meda.

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