Press-Courier from Oxnard, California • Page 1

Sun and Jtess-Fourier ernoon THE WKATHKR! Clnr tcallbt and iiortlKi.i wIdiI. jit below WaiiMi Tinfu, Teuptrntira 14 bain: buuI- at pjb. SERVING VENTURA COUNTY OXNARD, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY, MAFvQH 26, 1956 VOLUME 48 NUMBER PRICE FIVE CENTS This Is Oxnard Yon may be interested In tough time Joe Wall, just back from South America, had to nee' a bull ftghl. First In Bogata, in Columbia. he went with the wife to a bull fight.

Well, before the main feature of the program, it seemed there was some politicking to He uone, This 'was carried out by gnven-ment supporters beating members of the ouposlllpn party, the Liberals, who happened to bo In the stands to see the bull fight. The beating was thorough Joe counted ten bodies o( ills sidents, passed aver and tossed into the bullring, not to mention a score or more badly battered. It interfered, of course, with the reason he had bought his tickets, but eventually the bulla were fought and killed. Next stop and bull fight was Caracas, in Venezuela. It wasn't politics that Inter fered, it was greed.

1 The Walls found themselves in a press of people so dense that they were separated, suffered all kinds of pushing and shoving. Seems enterprising local man had printed up, at his own expense, some 4,001) extra tickets to the bull fight, and had told them. Everyone who bought a ticket, good or bad, was trying to cot in. Eventually Joe got a glimpse of the bull fight between shoulders and around heads of everybody else, but he had no opportunity to use his camera, brought along to take pictures of buns, aim matadors, not nnu-tempered spectators. Here's an 11-iioinl "Taxpayer Platform" adopted by tho Cali fornia Taxpayers Association, Cul-Tax is for: 1.

Good government administration. Tighter velteE laws. 3. Better school district organization. Hoover commission recom mendation for economy and efficiency.

5. liahmced federal budget. 0. Legislative responsibility for state 7. Taxes federal, state, locul lipid to actual needs.

S. Greater citizen action, fori guod Cat-Tax is airaiiist: I Wasle in any government "a tion and activity. 2. Unnecessarily high taxes by any government. 3.

Any governmental activity that uoi ncccs: ary. On iila principal of the Pleasant aiiiai illo, sKgRcsts sonic tines- lions for tho pupils ask thnni-selvcs, in lie- school news-, paper. They arc: Am I the best person that I can be most of the time? Am I doing my share in help ing prevent pro ok ins here at school' Am i being a real friend to the newcomers? Dn I use the words and "my" instead of "we" and "ours?" Am 1 doing all I am able lo do to keep In good physical and mental health? Do 1 share with my nclgh- hors? Am I kind to animals? Do I finish what begin? an.l Mis. Imlloy when the sergeant was assign ed to the Oxnard Air Isase, are In their "hew home! on South street over from Ventura are Air. audi Mrs.

Robert Hn clock, Steven and Susan Lon port, Indiana, was the former home of 2nd. Lt. mid Mrs. K. Ijnrlniorn (Air Force.) They an- among the recently wed iinil Mrs.

Donald with Hickie antl Hobble, are Oxnardors now Jjcdr. and Mrs. 11. Ilruiison antl daughter Betty Jo, whose former home was Oak Harbor, are here now. He ii Point Mugu Placervllle In the former home Of Mr.

and Mrs. Elmer tinnn, Sandra Kayl and Gary Lee From-Las Vegas, Nevada, came Air Iforce L. W. Malhlan, with Jo Ann and Suzanne The Irvin G. Stafford 8' came to Oxnard from Memphis, Tennessee, Grimes Camarillo Sewer Bond Election Tomorrow Camarillo taxpayers will bat-lot tomorrow on a S7K0.0QO sewer bond proposal to provide a treatment plant and dispersal lined within the township.

The polling place at Camarillo Community building will be open froth 7 ut. 7 2 Oxnarders Killed Avoiding Black Cat Two Oxnarders were killed L'ontreras, 22, 321 North and 2 others injured lOarfieki avenue, and Francisco near Eakorsfleld this morning Snnchez, 26, 327 Cooper road, when their car swerved, re- patrolmen said. Both suffered poitedly to' avolci a black cat, major Injuries, according to re-and crashed head-on Into aborts. tree. Patrolmen, said the car, ap- Louis Regalado Cortez, patently traveling at a high 322 Cooper roau, ana a com- rate of speea, went out of con panion tentatively Identified as'trol when if swerved, side Raymond Covarrubtas, 17, 30814 swiped one tree and then North Hayes avenue, were kill- crashed head-on into another, ed at 2:30 a.m.

when their car The driver of the cur has swerved off Highway 99, 20 not yet been determined. miles south of Jlakersfield. and According to local police, the struck a tree, the highway Ipurents of Covarrubias left this patrol reported. morning for bakersfiekl Injured in the crash wereiitlentify the uocly. Algerian Gas Depot Burns As French Map Strategy ALGIERS, Algeria (if) 1 huge accidental fire, at first lie Uoved started by Algerian ex.

treraista, destroyed part of i French Army gasoline depot in the city or tlemcen today. The fire started while French military commanders met to map auti-rebel strategy. It led to reports that Algerian rebels had staged liielr first major outrage against Frencl! authorities in several days. However, despite columns ol ioke which rose hundreds of feet into the air over the city of 50,000 near the Moroccan bord- by France. in IS.

2 but Has re. malned largely Moslem. Tho fire started in a town bulging with military reimport meats from French camps West Germany. Police, troops and firemen raced-. to- the scene wmie tjen Stevenson Plans California Visit In Primary Bid CHICAGO Adlal E.

Stc-Florida vaca prepared today for flying "Stop Kefauver" trip to to leave Wednesday and final Stevenson announced he will work harder than ever" to gain the Democratic presidential nomination after a whipped him in last week's Minnesota presidential primary. apparently callei. off his vacation plans on the basis of reports from his backers in Calirronia. The- two candidates are matched in California's June presidentia! primary and Kefauver hurried to the state immediately following his Minne sota victory. Sccoml Trip Stevenson has already made one campaign swing tluougl Coming California awl lhts wcek's tour is expEcttl to last only two days le will probably key backers and make some public appearances, Ills aides said.

No major speeches are slated for this wcek's California visit, but Stevenson has already scheduled two more Stumping lours through the state before! the primary. Political observers have said1 Stevenson must score heavily In both the California primary and the May 23 Florida primary to stay in the running for tbc nomination. In Washington Sen, Estes Kefauver's campaign manager. has accused Democratic Nation al Chairman Paul Butler of showing favoritism to Stevenson in the fight for the Democratic presidential nomination F. Joseph Donohue, head of! the Tennessean's campaign organ I said that though Butler had promised to remain neutral, "Im afraid he leaning over backward for Uovernor Stevenson." Donohuc said he waa con vlncod when Butler was select cd as national chairman thai he was the "persona! selection" of stavensoa Rene Lomot, superior maiider of the 10th Mililary Kegmn lAigermj anu com -i-cnicf of all land, ae; antl air forces In the area open ed a conference with his chle lieutenants: military conference li Tlemcen was of unusual im portance.

Prance rushed two armored divisions Algeria to' meet the rebel threat, and the conference was concerned with means of streamlining them conduct guerrilla operations against the rebel hands Anti-French rebels in Algeria er, only a part oi the reported showing signs of stocks were, damaged. Olliciais said the blaze was caused by sparks a welder's which, ignited fumes. Tho city of Tlemcen i miles southwest of the big port of Oran antl near the moitn tainous border region when rebels have bier, active in their campaign for full independence from France, it was occupied insecurity" today in the face of France a determination to store order to North Africa. Mai-jive rcitifwew.tcr.u poured into Algeria by plane and ship and there were Indications tho policy of stength and developments In Morocco and Tunisia were aiding the French Mamie, Grace, Margaret Listed As Best-Dressed NEW- YORK, IIP) The na tion's first lady and two pros pective brides shared honors today- on the Fashion's Academy's, 1956-list, of tho' na tion's hestTtlressed Nrom.cn/' Mrs. Mamie Elsenhower, Grace Kelly, and Margaret Tru man and 12 other women will receive gold medal awards for topping the academy's 27th annual list.

Mrs. Eisenhower was r.nr.'co best-dressed woman in public life. Miss Kelly represented the screen and Miss i concert stage, although she has forsaken singing for radio and on appeara rices Utners on tne r.st were Mrs Stevenson' made sudden Wood Johnson, wife of change In plana at an emergency quarters yesterday. He exppctsF, helping industrialist; EIoisE English, coteculivie of a firm sperlallzing CsfriU, Washington, lose weight television star Nanette Fabray; Hey school nr i --i singer Teresa Brewer; Mrs. will be hammered out at staff Iformer opera star; TV actress An cniii qfovpntinn ivill Jacqueline Susann; i probably stop at San Francisco and Lo, attempt KdSar Bergen, wi to head off any mounting pop- ventnloquist; comedi- tilaritv for Sen.

Estcs KcWcr Walkel" Mrs. (Jwen jhostesa, nnrl skating champion ITcnley Albright. yell C. Cash, assistant city. manager of Oxnard who has gncd lo accept tne pDit ol city lauager at Ukiah effective May reminisced today at City Hall: "I've received a pretty liberal education on the job here, and I appreciate the opportunity I've had.

"I think it's might important that the quality of Ihe city government in Oxnard is rccog-nfzed by other cities over a wide area," Cash said. Ukiah, primarily a redwood-l milling city about 125 miles north of San Francisco, 'lias grown tremendously" during the past 5 years, according to Cash. "The town is organized very much like Oxnard with a man council. I ll be admin istrative officer for the clly, Just as Paul Wolvtin Is here," a. raid.

Ukiah owns its own power and gas distribution systems, which we don't have here. In addition to the lumber Industry, it's great pear country, They also grow hops anu grapes, and1 there are several wineries the vicinity," Cash said. Cash has served as assistant city manager here since 1353, No successor" has been named. He is a charter member of the Exchange Club, a past master, of Oxnard Lodge No 3-11, AM, and a member ol the Elks Lodge No, 1443. Both Cash and his wife, Edith, have been active In PTA affairs, They have 3 children, Tommy, Mike, 10; antl LouIse (known to her frlcntU as "Gus) IB.

Oxnard, Ventura City HaMs Hit by Burglars I II I Red Counter-Proposal Seen At Disarmament Conference LONDON The United Nations 6-power disarmament conference entered a second and perhaps decisive phase today. Optimism was still high. The Soviet Union was expected to submit its own disarma ment proposals during the week as a ewmter-protwR. American and an Anglo-French plan. Informed sources said Russia would press for a firm com to ban production and New Post in Ukiah to Pose Familiar Problems for Cash mm mm Ijyeil Ctt.sh, "Oxnaril is recognized oilier chips" "We view our departure with mixed emotions," Cash said, "but of course It's definitely a step up for ma." use of atomic weapons now be fore considering Western plans.

uut at the start ol todays meeting Allied officials express ed hetief the presence here of Deputy l'oreigu Minister Andrei Gromyko for Russia meant the Russians were willing to (am business. Gromyko has criticized the Anglo-French 3-phase disarm ament plan In an initial apprais al but has not rejected it. He has1 made no comment on the American proposal. U.B, Offer The United Stairs, in 2 an nouncements which took the conference by surprise, offered to cut Russian antl U.S armed forces to 2Si million men each-and to set tip mutual dis armament practice area as pilot zones for ament control. The American proposal was an outgrowth of Frrsiiluii senhower'r, "open sky" 1 a winch, calls for joint aerial in spe'etion by tho.

United States ma Russia of the otner tern lory for arms buildups, Man from Labor Camp Tells Being Slugged, Robbed rtaphnel Munoz, 23, re; ident of a labor camp on Pat terson road west of Oxnard, was robbed of $10 Efi by 2 men who held him at gunpoint and slugged him, the Sheriff's office re ported today. robbery occurred at p.m. Sunday on Patterson road near the intersection of Wooley road. Munoz told deputies he was walking with 3 companions when 2 men passed In turned around, pullet! alongside and got out. One pulled a gun, pushed it into Munoz' stomach, and said, "Turn loose of the' wool." (The term is descrihed by police as a colloquialism meaning "Give me your The other man struck on tho head, MunoK was then! relieved of all the money he carried.

rompnnlnns wont lu the labor camp for help, den- lutles reported. KB mm mwm mm mm DUSTING for fingerprints on a desk safe in Oxnard municipal court, one of several offices in the city hall whicii were burglarized last night, is Sheriffs Deputy Ray DeSanno while Sheriff's Lt. Al Jalaty looks on." Deputies investigated the burglary, in municipal court because it is under county jurisdiction; I'rcss-courler Phaio Officials Refuse To Air Policies On Red Trade WASHINGTON The administration refused lo make! puhhc today the exact details of its policy on trade between U.S. allies and the Iron' Curtainl cnunmrs, The committee wanted to know what U.S. policy was at a 1054 conference which relaxed international strategic trade controls wllh Ihis country's consent.

Weeks antl Hoover refused to 1 L.rfjr.r.il-:.. 1' I'Cn IllPl'J rl 1 linns of tho Joint Operating Committee an inter- group which considers trade control policy. They said eccninir-ndrtiuns wi'in in ternal communications of the Executive Department to which Congress has no right. 4th Natural Death Probed by Coroner No apparent cause has been discovered for the death of Mar- tit. E.

Nambo, 28, Mexican Na tlonal at the Limonelra De! Mar Ranch who was found dead in his bunk at 10:0 a.m. yesterday, according to Coroner Virgil Payton. I'ayton said he Is puzzled be cause this Is the fourth suchi death this year among ranc workeifl which could not 1) 'attributed to a definite cause. Burglaries Termed Work of Amateurs Burglars, described by police as amateurs, broke into the Oxnard and Ventura city halls last night, smashed arid splintered safes and office doors but escaped with nothing more than small change. The burglars knocked trials and hinges off safes and pried open at least a dozen oflce doors, They didn't get into any of the safes, police said.

In Oxnard, they knocked Ihe combination dial off a safe in the water department but ap-; parently gave up when they couldn't get the safe open. They knocked the hinges oil a safe In Oxnard municipal court but still couldn't get the door open. i They also pried the doors to the offices ot the city attorney cllv clerk, water department, street cfepHrtineht, and purchas ing department, but didn't take anything, according to pclice. Their nnlv satisfaction Good Samaritan Socked on Jaw For Giving Aid A Cood Samaritan assist the driver of a crashed car early Sunday morning, gr a sock on jaw for hi tiianks, according to the'Higl! way Patrol. Valentino V.

Garcia, 25, -15S North Mcitinley avenue, wos booked on a drunk-driving charge, and officers the possibility, of filing ennrge mm, the' Highway Patrol said. Garcia was driving south on Highway 101 near Montalvo When his car skidded out of control and plunged halfway through a wire fence on the frontage road, officers said. Phillip M. Williams, a sailor at Point Mugu, stojiped his car and ran to investigate Die crush. The Highway Patrol said that Garcia struck Williams and cut his neck, Tim cut wtis possibly nflicted with a beer can opener found at the scene, officers said.

second man, an unidenti fied friend of Williams, subdued Garcia with a blow on the said. of his head, the report Other Crashes In another accident yesterday Alice M. Rich, -la, and Patricia I. filch, IB, of Sherman Oaks both- required treatment at General Hospital after their car went ofr a curve on nlack Canyon road when the brakes Top administration official? 1., Fntrn 5ni(l request that they testify in At veslcrdav. on tne policy.

But they of- fered to the lu losed congrcM s.r.r r.l Lesion would lie "closed Communist ears." The Senate investigating sub committee tried unsuccessfully! to get the Information lu public! from Weeks, Undersecretary of State Herbert Hoover and Foreign Aid Chief John 13. Hol- lialcr. Chairman John L. Mc-Clellan (D-Arlt.) had to accept the offer of the closed-door testimony. skidded rashed into a parked car, of-icers said.

He was rested and eleased at Ccneral At 11:20 p.m. Saturday a cur driven by William Blezemki, of JOfil Salem avenue col lided with another driven by Castro, 10, DlOii. Ocean drive on Ocean drive at Oxnard Poach, lliexcnski refused treat ment for minor injuries. 'COON INVADES HOME AT BEACH A masked intruder, work ing with wild and untamed ferocity, ripped a hole in the side of a beach house, entered, woke the occupant and chased her screaming Into the night. Once established in tho bedroom of Mrs.

Lucille Pugsley, 152 Santa avenue, the intruder defended its position with the normal threats and growls of any racoon. Mrs. Pugsley summoned neighbors who came armed with brooms and pitchforks, but the nocturnal marauder maintained his position under the bed. The battle lasted for several minutes while the racoon dodged pgkes and prods' and bated 'its fangs. Finally the Intruder was ushered out and trapped In a garbage can.

Sheriff's Lt. Al Jalaty was summoned at 4 a.m. With some reluctance, he fired his pistol. "I hope it wasn't anyone's pet," lie said. gelling small change from cig- candy vendms ma chines standing in the hail.

i tin- burgiarr. fared a litlle Letter, getting 535 worth of stamps from the office of the secretary to the city manager. But by doing so they have automatically brought the FBI into the investigation because stamp-stealing Is a federal offense. The Hi 1:1 the? Ventura cily hall break-in, knocked the dial off safe in the controller's office hut gnvc up when they couldn't get tho door open. They also Kiiocnett a liole in thu wall next to the city treasurer's walk-in safe but then gave up, police said.

Using a blunt crow-bar. they forced doors to the arlmlnistra'- tlve offices open and ransacked cabinets, drawers and files but apparently took nothing, A coke machine in the coffee room at the Ventura city hail was forced open and a small amount of change was taken, police said. Same at Both The burglars, believed to be the same 011 lwth jobs, apparently hit tho Ventura city hall first. The burglars, nccording to a Ventura detective, miased 100 in a filing cabinet in one of the offices and missed S3 in a desk drawer in the coffee room. In the Oxnard burglary, they missed a few offices.

In one of the offices was a cigar box containing a fairly large sum of money, city hall personnel reported. The Ventura County USO building, 211 West Third street, was also broken into but the burglars away with only a few dollars in change from a vending machine. Oxnard police, were dusting for' fingerprints this morning In an effort to get a line on the burglars. The burglary occured just a few yards from the now police station, Oxnard's police department moved into its new sta tion, located directly behind the Ity hail, less than a week ago. All ii burglaries were believed to have' taken place late last lgnt or early tuts morning.

Ventura Project Engineer Named WASHINGTON nn Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay announced today selection or construction engineers for the Ventura Trinity Hiver, and Kanta Maria reclamation projects in California. The assignments, which were made by Commissioner of Reclama tion W. A. llexheimer, arc: Raymond Rolin to be con struction engineer on the Ven tura project. He Is now construction engineer on the American river development.

Louis E. Ackermau, now construction engineer In charge of the Palisades Dam In Idaho, to become construction engineer for tho Trinity river. John R. Lawrence to be construction engineer on the Santa Maria project. He Is now field engineer in the distribution sys tem project ofnce ot the cen- alley Project atLmosay State Accepts, Names Wood Beach Donation SACRAMENTO The state park commission has olficiailj-accepletf and named Ihe 1-iUh slate park in the system the Emma Wood State Park in Ven tura County.

The property, with 7.G00 feet of ocenn frontage on the Rln- con, was the outrtgnt gilt ot Adrian Wood- Supervisors, Grand. Jury Committee Meat County supervisors met wis-lornlnc with the Grand Jury hospital committee, apparently to discuss organization of the county hospital..