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2 Ths Signal Aug. 22, 1969 Missing Son Returns Home Hart' High Majorevies A desperate search by a Saugus mother for her son who- dropped of sight-in Vietnam last year ended successfully this summer when Bob Collado came home. Mrs. Maria Lease told The Signal that her son had been "released from a military hospital in Denver and had returned home permanently. was still there after talking7 to riends of his who had seen him in hospitals there.

Finally, in February, after jmonths of waiting, the worried mother learned that her ison had been located and was being returned to' the United States. He was Hospital in Collado was discharged early this summer by the hospital and returned home for the long-awaited family reunion. Lease reports that her son re- ceived a rlumber of military decorations including the combat infantry badge, the oak leaf, a purple heart and four silver stars. i The which involved months of intrigue and mystery, came to public attention in the middle of July of last year. Mrs.

Lease had been informed by army" sources that her son was listed as a deserter, and "could not be located in Vietnam. But the mother knew here son 1 Z'X'd' 4 -j- Another Oil Well Is Closed Continued from Page I gures. Wells that flow naturally due to sub-surface natural gas and pressure, rather than being pumped to the surface, are the most profitable according to, J2ay, He said the two Valencia Valley wells are still flowing naturally. Macpet has also started to drill a new well. The Blinn well will be approximately 1400 feet west of the other producing wells.

It will be out of sight from the freeway. Day said construction on the new. well site began last week. An acess road will be built and then a loca-tion, which includes the drilling rig, will be constructed. "It's quite a job getting in there," Day said are" alot of steep hills and brush," he said.

Day said Macpet was disappointed with the failure of their most recent attempt the second in this area to fail. The first was located east "of the freeway, off Wiley Canyon Road. Day said each attempt costs his company about -a- third --of-a-tirflllon dol- lars. He said the new well, entitled "Blinn will probably take more than two months to drill after the roads and location are finished next week. The Blinn well could fall just as easily as the most recent failure; Day said, because of the tricky geological area of the wells.

Harmer's Grape Episode Students Sign Up Continued from Page I Harmer said no. "I'd stake my job on the fact that they didn't know," he said. Most migrant grape pickers are Mexican-Americans and are out in the sun several months of the year. Harmer was asked whether his rela able to make $100 a day picking grapes, Harmer said. On his best day, Harmer made $25, Harmer said the migrant farmer worker can stay employed six to eight months of the year by starting in Texas, and then moving up to ali rni a th rou gh Ar i Majorettes shown left to right are Jolene Moore, Karen Plamondon and Diane Hitchcock.

Sierra Vista Junior High will open its doors to students beginning Sept. 8. Counselors will be available next week Aug. 25-29 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

tively1 white face might have- They are encouraging par tipped off the workers to a' Zona and New Mexico: He did not say anything ents of new students to bring spy in their ranks. claim it is bad not only fori the grapes, but also for the! workers as well. Their; main 'Criticism' is against' ddt. Harmer said he talkyd toj a pesticide distributor about; the problem In Delano. "He' told me hehasn't sold any -DDT to -any grower in and to the Pandol farim In eight years," he said.t The Pandol and Sons farm; is where the Senator spent! his four "It was hard he said.

"If I had a. year to. grow into it I think I could do a pretty fair job," he'. added. i Harmer from his Sacra-j mento office, jokingly said he is going on vacation "to i save my marriage," but he" is probably going on vacation to recuperate from four daysf of grape picking.

Rehearsals for band mem'" bers begin Aug. 25 at 7 p.m. in the school band room. Uniforms and lockers will be issued Friday, Aug. 22, and Monday, Aug.1 25, from 8:30 a.m.

to 3 p.m. in the band room. The Hart'Higlf School Indians: Marching Band Majorettes, Jo- lene Moore, Karen Plamondon and Diane Hitchcock, model, their new uniforms which they will wear at the first football game of the year when Hart battles Canyon High. cards and other former school records at the time of -There will be an orientation day and tour on Sept. 5 for a 1 11 1 7th graders.

Bus transportation will be made available tc and from the school. about schools for the children of the workers, but he said the owner-furnished living quarters at the farms were relatively nice. He said the bunk house whe re he was lodged had-two men to a room, and that mostof the farms he has seen' were-similarand comfortable. One of the union's major complaints is that the growers are using unsafe pesticides in the fields. They Rep ping didn't know who I he said.

"I'm sure -of it." The Senator was also questioned as to whether the owner of the farm, the only one, according to the Senator, who knew he was coming, could have arranged a nicer reception and conditions than are normally available to the average grape picker. "I had the word of honor from the grower that no changes would be made before I. came," he said. Harmer said he discovered during his four day adventure that the workers he talked to would not join the union if they, had a choice. He said they like the deal they are now getting from the grower.

One family of four was Is This Gorman? I Kick Out The Doors RENT A NEW FORD BY DAY-WEEK OR MONTH SPECIAL RATES NEW HALL CALL 259-8880 The group will be remembered best for Morrison's southern exposure in Miami, which got news space in papers-all over the country, and an. Indecent' exposure bust for Morrison. With John Henry Invention, you may be ready for Captain Beef hart. "Trout Mask (STS-1053) on Straight group's latest release will either be encompassed with the greatest of compliments or epitaphs "-with no middle Continued from Page I by friends amnhought she Jim Morrison and, the Doors will iivo forever in the hearts of teeny-h-oppers everywhere' but musically will be quickly forgotten, nee th-y broi em at the Whiskey-- (thanks to Mor-: j. vUes) have played to taadinjr Uom oi ly crowJsbut the to watch what i rrison wilf do next rather than la hear the Doors.

The group's new albumn, "The Soft Parade" (EKS-75005-on Elek- tra, is as exciting musically as TRIALS 6:30 RACES 8:00 SAT. NIGHT The Doors will continue to play toMarge crowds, but the audiences who come to hear the music will be conspicuously absent until the-Doors live up to the potential they showed when album was' was In Los Angeles. She Insisted she was 18. oDue to the' girl's age, her home being in Fresno, her thinking she was in Los Angeles and the fact that she didn't have any identification, she was arrested and booked on a runaway' charge. She was taken to the New-hall Sheriff's Station, and later transported to Sylmar Juvenile Hall.

yyX Thrilling Action MSSjTSSIS' Dr'n9 Drivers secf." 1 Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) was one of the early innovaters of rock satire and electronic music, along, with Frank The two-worked together until Zappa started the Mothers and Captain Beefheart found his Magic Band. The Captain sounds like a cross-between the" Devil and an angry wolf baying at the moon, but at the same time his voice is the on instrument which could supplement the poetic lyrics (especially Duchu Blues) the album features; a JJa SAUGUS SPEEDWAY 3 Mi les West of Hwy. I 4 on Soledad Rd. Adults $2.50. (8-12) SI .00 United States automotive exports reached a record high in 1968.

1 t- I. A -Q -J If you are 'ready for the music i'. scene ot- the vear -2000, -vou -will i J' want to hear the Captain, and maybe pickup his first two releases: "Safe As Milk (BDS-5001) on Buddah, and "Strictly Personal (Blue Thumb No. 1). One reason it II M'- children are so i aware of shoe styles is that they'n i closer to their feet than you are.

On behalf of all Americans 5 feet tall or under, Stridemte introduces I HEARD THE NEWS TODAY, OH BOY One of the, newest lables, Blue Thumb, has' started to build an impressive list of blues artists amongyits roster of entertainers. Earl Hooker, Ike and Tina Turner, Tyrannosaurus Rex, The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation, and the newly formed Chicago Blue Stars are just a few on the label. 7: yy Chicago Blues Stars includes on its roster Charlie Musselwhite. Wipperkickers (for boys) and Dollystompers (for girls). The shoes that are made well enough and fit well enough to impress mothers.

And look good enough to impress the people who have to wear them. 0 n- -t i i i 1 CAPTAIN BEEFHEART displays an unusual blues Also is Lovef who Myg be.eiL on Elektra. The group, led by Arthur Lee, 4s one of the best blues-rock groups today. Lee is one of the most versatile vocalist around, with a ranger'from the softest ballad to the hardest rock well within his power. Their, first album on Blue Thumb, "Out Here," is scheduled for release early next month.

The movie version of "Alice's Restaurant," taken from Arlo Guthrie's song, will open Tuesday at the Academy Awards Theater on Melrose. 1 SsSw UnkAmiiiicmo fafffimi OLD ORCHARD JilHBa(BHll CENTER JOC 23401 Lyons Ave. Valencia 259-4222 going 40wn to the barbershop" to. watch haircuts on a Saturday night. Robby Krieger and Morrison have split the songwriting.

chores, but neither threatens to displace Lerinon. -McCartney, Jagger Richards or Dylan in that department. If you are a Tommy James and fanatic like Captain Beefhart and his Magic Band in fact you probably will be nauseated. But, if you are ready for a group in the groove of the Mothers of.