Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • 27

Ml OAKLAND'S lOCAIXY OWNID AND lOCM.tYCONTItOU.tD DAILY NtWSFAM TUtHt MtlUOO AJ10CUTI0 MISS IMTIIMATIOMAl CHIC A60 AIU Nlwj rOIH4M SIIVICI NO. 88 VOL CLXIX OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1958 27 Walk of the Town Jack La Lanne, Oakland's body muscular, each J-ear celebrates his birthday with some outlandish State Delays i rr-ran mHf stunt swimming handcuffed from Alcatraz, doing 1,033 pushups, swimming the Golden Gate. Today he hopes to paddle a surfboard from the Karralons to Westbay, a distance of 30 miles. Many of La Lanne's admirers are disappointed. TJiey'd hoped he'd water-ski the 30 miles on one foot while revolving a hula hoop.

By GEORCl ROSS The Bulldog In the China Shop It's a happy ending all around for that pug-ugly, jowly, drooly, lovable bulldog which Concord's soft-hearted poundman hauled three times to the gas ovens Shop 1 1 A heard the divorce case of 'h Wr ist tjj) 1 riM TV S-MX-A ii 1 'I' 1 i i mill in and three times hauled home. Frank Koopman, the poundman, got 17 phone calls offering the squash-nosed dog a home, gave him to first-callers Louise and Bert Veregge of Concord, who named him "Butch," got him an appointment at the K-9 Beauty Shop for a bath and shampoo, installed him in Louise's ceramics shop as a sort of greeter, as I net it. This all, of course, after signing a compact which guarantees that Butch will get a license and three squares a day, and Koopman will retain "lifetime visitation rights," as unusual an arrangement between poundman and stray mutt as any ever recorded anywhere, I'm sure. Mountain Brew FANTASY Sponsors watch wslder Gary Baker fashion play equipment far "Just Imaa-inel." new play area being created by Oakland's Park Department and the Grand Lake Klwanii Club, From left are. Dr.

John Bolenbauah. club committee chairman; Amedee Sour dry. city landscape architect and E. Paul GemlananL club president. 'Just Imagine New The farther he hiked up the hot Sierra canyons, dressed in his heavy shirt, packing his heavy rifle, wearing his heavy-soled hunting boots, the more Bay-cooled Ira Ligon of Richmond suffered from a cotton-mouthed, dehydrated thirst.

"Oh, if only I had a nice, cold beer," he moaned, knowing the nearest lodge was miles away. "Even a little sip from that cool mountain stream I crossed hours ago. and the thought doomed Ira, became Device an ODsession mar, turned mm aown-mouniain 10 me stream miles below in the bottom of the hot canyon. Where, as he finally kneeled to drink, bone-dry Ira picked up a cold, rusting can wedged in the rocks, shook it, opened it, guzzled the coooldest, quenching- 1 1 1 O'Vester), in which Edith complained there wasn't any cash so she went to work. Judge Murphy granted the divorce.

Now Cash must pungle up $400 monthly in cash for alimony and child support. "Very interesting," drawled a courthouse attache. "Cash cashiered by 0 0 0 0 Crazy Bridge Hands Dep't, Cont'd: Not everyone forgets to bid an unusual hand. Back in the drear dead 'days oj 1933 Oakland's Dick Lang (he's with Yellow Cab) was kibitzing a bridge hand at University of Missouri when one of the collegians jumped to his feet howling, "1 bid seven no-trump!" He was vulnerable he was doubled and he had 13 spades. Took nary a trick and went down 2,000 is of bridge players such as this that Russel Crouse once observed sagely: "He's the kind of a man who calls a spade-two oooo The oil on display at the Oakland Artists Gallery was titled The Tea Picker and showed a Hindu girl harvesting tea leaves.

Day after it was taken down in walked a matron who, returning, announced she wanted to purchase the painting. None of the volunteer staffers could recall the artist's name. "I'll check the files," suggested Ernest Stainton, Gallery president, "and let you know." This he did; the artist was Abel Lemes, the Safeway editor. But nobody at the Gallery had thought to take the potential purchaser's name. "Ooooo! And she was paying $150!" wailed staffers.

Frustrating? Frustrating. It is bad enough not to sell an oil, but it's worse to have it sold and yet not sell it. Madam, the pic will be at the Fisherman's Wharf art festival in Westbay, tomorrow and Sunday. Kindly unfrustrate Abel oooo That's a weird situation up in Colfax, where the local telephone company (not Pac Tel and Tel) is driving women m-a-d. What a crisis is shaping up! The Colfax telephone company operators time every telephone call.

When four or five minutes have elapsed they pull the plug, and the conversation goes down the drain. Apparent purpose is to stop the gossiping of women, which is like telling the earth to move backwards. The telephone company should know better. No woman ever lived who could conclude a phone conversation in five minutes. To the barricades, housewives, is the battle cry in Colfax these days.

oooo Sign Spotter (Westbay Chapter) Edward Kiefer, driving at 19th and Junipero, spotted the sign at the gas station: "Have Gun Will a curious coincidence, in the same mail, this postcard: "Is this fair, I'm asking you? 'Have Jail Sentence Will Travel' (To Santa Rita for a 60-day vacation, that is.) Anyone wishing to contact me just drop me a line co Santa Rita Jug. Signed: Just Another Drunken Auto Driver." It's fair, I g-u-e-s-s. Hit the jug and you hit the jug, is the way the court feels about it. oooo Consider now Marsha Hartman, who although only 7 feels deeply for those afflicted with leukemia and est, most satisiying can oi Deer ever leu Deruna Dy an unknown benefactor "Truly," says Ira in retrospect, "a nectar far su- a i. 1 4.

I DOPE DEALER SENTENCED TO U.S. PRISON Roosevelt Walker, 40, of 5816 Adeline St. was sentenced today to seven years in federal prison and fined $1,500 on charges oi conspiring to receive heroin imported from Japan. The sentence was imposed by Federal Judge Albert C. Wollenberg in San Francisco.

Waiker had pleaded guilty during a jury. Another man, Hanover Thompson of Los Angeles, described by federal agents as a member of the narcotics smuggling ring, was placed on pro bation for five years and fined $500 for making false state ments to customs agents re garding the whereabouts of a third member of the ring. A former steward aboard the MSTS Gen. E. D.

Patrick Thompson, was arrested last March when the ship was docked at the Oakland Naval Supply Center. She Knits, He's Needled "Add this dame to your collection of giddy drivers, requests Truck Driver Don Reilly. "I was rolling along New Space Agency i Printing of Textbooks 450,000 Volumes in Controversy to Wait On Legal Ruling SACRAMENTO, S-pt. 26 There will be no printing ot 450,000 controversial first and socond grade science textbooks until State Finance Director T. H.

Mugford is convinced all legal questions have been re solved. Mugford, who is in the cen ter of a battle between the Legislature and the Depart ment of Education over the textbooks, said today he's still waiting for a further discus sion with the state controller's office before he approves an expenditure for printing the books. me dooks, wmcn were termed "hogwash" by Assem blyman S. C. Masterson of Richmond, were banned specifically by the Legislature However, State Department of Education officials, say they have been studied for several years and will provide proper instruction for children.

After the Attorney General ruled that the Legislature could not hold up printing of certain books, the Department signed contract for the plates and moved ahead with printing plans. BAN HELD LEGAL At this point the Legislative Counsel stepped into the fight and ruled that the ban was legal. Mugford yesterday held up the $348,000 order until a final legal ruling is made. Today he said this order will remain. We don't want to in cur any expense and then find out it was illegal," he said.

He added that Assemblyman Glenn E. Coolidge of Felton, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, has asked legislative counsel fora fuller ruling and hoped this and an other conference with the state controller would end the snarl. SEES NO DAMAGE "I don't see that any real damage is being done by what I hope will be a short delay," he said, explaining that the books are not planned for distribution until next year. Even if the printing is delayed until the Legislature meets in January, Mugford said he thought they could still be printed in time. The texts, "Science for Here and Now" and "Science for Work and Play" were attacked by Masterson for having too many pictures and too little text He claimed they contained no scientific words and the vocabulary was so limited it was a waste of money to print them.

Dr. Dale Wren qf the State Department of Education countered that the books had been under study long before Sputnik and were considered good books that "would serve the needs of the students." Film Preview To Promote French Study BERKELEY, Sept. 26 A movie starring Yvonne Bar-det, McKinley Adult Day School French teacher and seven of her young pupils, will be given a "preview" showing at 3:30 p.m. Monday at Mc- Made in San Francisco and sponsored by-the French government, the film is designed to promote the teaching of French in elementary schools. Appearing in the movie are Bethand Winifred Fallers, Richard Lawler, Lee and Earl Schenk and Nancy and Ronald Dod.

They range from 5 to 8 years of age and are members of the school's conversational French classes. The movie, "The Christmas features a series of Christmas sketches and French songs performed by the youngsters. Eaqle Whist Party SAN LEANDRO, Sept. 26 A public whist party sponsored jointly by San Leandro Eagles Auxiliary and Aerie No. 2129, will be held today at 8 p.m.

in the UPEC Hall, 1168 7. 14th St. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Shepard are co-chairmen.

At Moffett Field eievaior. women anvers un un. a prominent Castro Valley Republican knowing in advance IH-have to offer equal space to his opposition claims to know what goes on at the "kaffee Match" series attended by Democratic partisans. "The definition of kaffee klatch' fits," says the GOPundit? "A kaffee Maybe neict year. Judce Joseph Murphy Cash vs Cash (Edith vs on documents submitted to the VA for GI loan application approvals.

They are also charged with buying veterans' eligibility for GI loans at $200 each, then selling the rights to non-eligible would-be buyers for an average $1,250 apiece. Furtado is charged with helping by contacting veterans who would sell loan eligibility He was charged only with conspiracy. The other two were also accused of making false statements. Letter Writinq Week International Letter Writing Week will be observed here during the week of Oct. 5-11, Oakland Postmaster Charles C.

Herrick said today. He stressed the importance of letters in building better international understanding. Givt TO klatch is defined as 'a gathering oi babblers prating cossin. vou know." ant Hill youth of 20 went to Tahoe for a summer job, soon auit writing home, and dropped from sight His j.1 I i 1 11LKJ 111 CI vuuuuildl a atuui, son as a missing person and time passed. Not a word.

Until thp nthpr riav whpn the cons in Las Vecas up with a clue which panned out The kid, too busy to ease his mother's anxiety, has been there all sum- mer. a lifeihiard at the Thunderbird's swimming heart disease. Other day Marsha raided the cupboard, found chocolate bars and a soft drink mix. Using the family's best crystalware, Marsha soon was in business at a soft-drink stand on the front lawn of the Oakland home of Es-telle and Leon Hartman, her parents. Marsha that day negotiated sales totaling 6 cents.

When her parents returned home she handed them the pi i i m. 1.2 one ougni 10 man mm a uic uuiuu, uuic aigu i a rx i ii t.i mai even iviupuas cans efforts of suburbanites to 1WC111V ailKiY IlUUacwiVCO, Child Play Amedee M. Sourdry, the Oakland Park Department's imaginative landscape architect, is creating another set of intricate playground devices which intrigue exploring youngsters. The designer of Lakeside Park's play sculpture, "The Thing," is shaping up "out-of-this-world" recreational equipment for a new Grand Lake play area. The new area, dubbed "Just Imagine1" is be ing developed for children through the joint efforts of the park department and the Grand Lake Kiwanis Club.

It will be situated on Lake-shore between Prince St and Mandana near the shopping district The equipment is described employed, most of them scien tists and engineers, is on the northwest edge of the Moffett Naval Air Station, it has no connection with the Navy and has its own postoffice bearing the name of the old field. HELD "MISNOMER Dropping the name "aero nautical" from the job description of the multi-million dollar laboratory has been expected, a spokesman said. Ames has been doing a great deal of work on space technol ogy for the past 10 years, he said, and the former term was a misnomer." Dissolution of the 43-year- old NACA and its swift replacement by the new administration, signed into existence by President Eisenhower on July 29, was announced today in Washington by Dr. T. Keith Glennan, NASA administrator.

Glennan is on leave as presi dent of the Case Institute of Technology. The transfer action comes nearly a month sooner than had been expected or was required under law. CHALLENGE NOTED In a message to employees of the old committee, Glennan said in part that "we have one of the most challenging assignments that has ever been given to modern man." Glennan said that no change of name is planned for the High Speed Flight Station at Edwards in the Mojave Desert, where transonic and ultrasonic planes are flown under test conditions. Dr. Smith J.

DeFrance, Ames director, said that no ceremony is planned on the changeover day, beyond the minor one of re-lettering the committee and laboratory names. Janitor Burned in Apartment Fire BERKELEY, Sept. 26 -Lee Walker, 40, janitor of an apart ment house at 1981 Blake was in Highland Hospital, Oakland, today with first and second degree burns of, the thighs and lower back after a fire broke out in his quarters in the apartment building. Firemen said they were called at 10:30 p.m. and found Walker sitting on the curb outside.

Hall, demanding that "something be done about this disgrace," got the authorities to halt the dumping or by officials as a new extension of the creative play equipment concepts pioneered by Sour dry. Three circular forms approxi mately 25 feet in diameter, joined by curving "flexie ramps," will constitute a color' ful representation of a moun tain cabin and two space era sets, all nestling among the three stands of redwoods in the park. Constructed in multi-level geometric planes, the play pieces will provide a wide va riety of action patterns for adventurous small fry. A float ing deck, a roof slide, climbing and jumping spaces, and crawl throughs will be among the features. SPACE AGE THEME The first of the three circles will include an interpretive swing slide, its shape inspired by contemporary rocket design.

Dangling from (he top of the flaring tubular slide will be a knotted rope which will serve both as a swing and as a novel "ladder" for the youngsters. Color scheme of the three areas will pick up the dark greens and red browns of the trees, with splashes of Vermillion and chartreuse for contrast and accent Comfortable benches in matching colors will be placed in both shady and sunny spots for onlookers' convenience. CAME AROUND HORN Rimming the play areas will be blocks of sandstone one or two feet square, taken from the old Oakland High building when it was razed. The blocks were originally brought around the Horn from Indiana. Laid out in an irregular vertical design, they will give the tots an unusual chance to combine their jumping 'and climbing activities.

Play sculpture for "Just Imagine!" is being fabricated by the Eandi Metal Works of Oakland. Construction is by the Park Department Dedication ceremonies are scheduled for later in the fall. SCHOOL SUIT Parents Ask $50,000 for Injury to Son A $50,000 damage suit has been filed against the Oakland Unified School District by the parents of a Laurel School pupil who claim their son suffered partial blindness after being hit in the eye by another pupiL The suit was filed in Su perior Court here on behalf of William Rezentes, 7, of 3822 Brookdale by his parents, Mi1. and Mrs. Joseph O.

Rezentes. ine action also named as defendants the Oakland Board of Education, Laurel School Principal George G. Bovyer and first grade teacher Mrs. Dorothy J. Mole.

All are charged with negligence in supervision. The suit says the boy "suffered an injury to his right eye at the hands of another pupil causing impairment of his sight and partial blindness." cannery waste products upon ranchlands upwind of Miloitas Manor subdivision, a time-honored though smelly method of enriching the bountiful land. I've the Eastshore Freeway with a 40-foot semi the other day, glanced over at the car in the next lane, and I swear it on a stack of Motor Vehicle Codes the gal at the wheel was knitting. She'd look up once in awhile to correct for drift and take a new bearing down the highway, then right back to her needles. Tnllr nhnnt srnrpH I Wfl 1 rrfu lu uaiiL Luc 1 itz 1 ik.ii ft A A.

Four months ago a Pleas 11 M4-A V. vauu wit. iL. C. mi.

lung wiuisianu me ucuicu plow under Farmer Brown: ucsicuuuig ujniu nisi vilj his kids have an unusual pet hut he drives the nrosnectora promised the kids he'd get Fallers, 7, uses her mother's J.l 1 I 1 got to agree Wltn urea uues oi uie oia oierra mmmg town of Alleghany, that "TPlnffv" ic rahhit loco, having somehow acquired a taste for leather. Not just any leather, but the leather shoelaces most men-folk prefer in them thar hills but which most now money, "Send this to the City ot Hope," she asked. That is all there is to this one, except that Marsha understands the feelings of afflicted little children. Because Marsha, herself, is a victim of polio. oooo University of California Press has published Frederick Wight's scholarly analysis of tKe work of Arthur Dove, America's first abstract painter, and leave us all forgive Mr.

Dove for starting that nonsense. Prof Wight (he's with UCLA) sums up Dove's abstractionisms mighty well with a stanza of doggerel: "But Mr. Dove was much too keen To let a single bird be seen; To show the Pigeons would not do And so he simply paints the THE KNAVE are iorcea xo replace wim wiie. ui pup nxuxxy the not and end all this. (Should have ended all this- The Federal Government's newlyborn Space Agency takes over on Tuesday all the personnel, facilities and functions of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and its Ames Aeronautical Laboratory at Moffett Field.

The committee name 'be comes the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Ames will be known as the Ames Research Laboratory. While the important labora tory where 1,400 persons are BLACKJACK USED Cop Shoots Up Car, Halts His Captor SAN JOSE, Sept. 26 A police officer while held captive in a speeding car stopped the vehicle by firing five shots into its transmission early today after a half dozen whacks on the head of the driver with the officer's blackjack failed ta faze him. According to Officer Richard Hill, 27, he was searching the car of Donald A. Crase, 33, of 404 North 10th early today when Crase gunned the vehicle forward, throwing Hill against the rear seat.

Hill had found Crase parked in his car on Almaden Road and had become suspicious. The officer said he demanded that Crase stop. When Crase refused to comply, he hit him on the head with his blackjack several times. Crase, however, the officer said, just stepped harder on the accelerator. Fearful that would crash if he knocked Crase un eonscious, Hill took his police pistol and fired five shots into the transmission.

The car ground to a halt with a clash ing of gears. Hill said Crase then jumped from the car and grappled with him until another squad car arrived and Officer Or- ville Butts assisted him subduing Crase. Crase, after emergency treat ment for a badly cut head, was jailed for investigation of kid naping and attempted murder. U.S. Grand Jury Indicts 3 In Veteran's Home Frauds 7-8 lines back, but Fred Fluffy a writeup.) PERFORMERS Winifred -1 1.

-1 ssi1 I 1 5 rr vVIlv If i sMwcfr -ii. 4: i The federal grand jury has Indicted two San Jose real estate men and a truck driver on charges they conspired to defraud the Veterans' Administration on home loan applications. The indictment, issued yesterday in San Franc fsco, charged that 43 houses in Cambrian Square, San Jose, and Darvon Park, Santa Clarar worth more than $645,000, were fraudently sold in 1956 and 1957 in a scheme by Charles W. Matheson, 48, San Jose; Carl N. Shaw, 44, Santa Clara, and Leroy P.

Furtado, 28, San Jose. Mathewson and Shaw were managers of the tracts for Assurance Realty and Investment Co. of San Leandro. They are accused of forging employers' names and putting false credit and employment information ii uiapvau 10 aeip I'liav. i vuuuv svuuei muut vvuxTUiHUi of "show me the hat" They and Winifred's sister, Beth.

6. appear in film made by the French government to promote teaching of French in grade schools..