Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • 13

13 Oakland Tribune, Friday, Sept. 1, 1961 CITY COUNCIL ACTION 7T Houlihan, City Officials Elated Over U.S. Green Light for Project Acorn JFK AIDE UPHELD IN ROW OVER CUBA TALK City officials and civic lead the city will receive credit for man of the Oakland Citizens Committee for Urban Renew- ers today expressed elation at about 11,500,000 for facilities which will be installed in the the Federal Government's ap- al, also was' "overjoyed" by Acorn the word from Washington. proval of Project Acorn, Oak WASHINGTON, Sept. 1-WV-Sen.

Wayne Morse Ore.) says Richard N. Goodw in i has convinced. members of the Senate For day after Goodwin, President Kennedy's special assistant for Latin American Affairs, had a 90-minute closed-door session with These include $760,000 for But Turner urged redevel land's first full-scale slum The Oakland City "Council yesterday acted on Vie pUovring natters: TAX-Set city tax rate at $2.86. jiuSEUM-ToId special committee to add three local architect to-finalists being considered for design of new wires ftiade several blocks of civic center area an underground district for uulties. vi' 4 i gEWERS-Awarded contract for sewer installation in area.

rf Grand View Drive. BIDS Got six bids ior-4mprovement of 98th near -Doolittle Drive. SIGN Overruled planning commission and approved new sigflf near Lake Merrift. APPEAL-Set date for hearing appeal from rejection of new apartment building at 632 Mariposa Ave. CONFERENCE Agreed to appropriate $500 for ladies' convention here.

clearance operation. 4 stymie the entire redevelopment program." During the five-year Acorn project, something under $15 million will be invested by governmental' agencies and another $20 million will be plowed into the area by private developers, Fred Squires executive secretary of the redevelopment agency, explained that streets $163,000 for sewers $237,000 for schools and for street lights. opment officials to exercise caution to make sure that a first-class job is done in the Mayor- John Cr Houlihan eign- committee members: Be improvements will be- said that the $35 million program for the revitalization of accomplished over a three- area because "if this is done right it can lead to the revitalization of West Oakland. But if its done wrong, it could 50-block section of West year period. Assistant 'City Manager Oakland will provide "jobs for our people and stimulation for the economy -of the entire John A.

Morin said that the there was nothing improper in his conversation with Cuba's Ernesto Guevara. "We have absolute confidence the Goodwin-Guevara meeting was exactly as Mr. Goodwin described it in the press" Morse said, yester- Adolfo Mugica, former foreign minister of Argentina, has claimed Guevara, Cuba's economic chief, and Goodwin talked for three hours at. Montevideo1, Uruguay, Aug. 16 about improving U.S.-Cuban IMugica later resigned.

city has been-spending very little money in the area for the Eastbay." Houlihan Tosses Oak Center past few years, knowing that The mayor added, "I am the Acorn project would eventually be approved. FINANCING PLAN Issue Back to Renewal Agency happy to hear this news because it signals the first action on some five years of planning and general public discussion. Acorn will make $2.86 Oakland Tax About half the city's share Mayor John C. Houlihan to Center and asked for a con will be raised through so- some 30 to 40 acres of prime called tax increment bonds, ference with the city council, which will be retired from commercial and industrial land available for our devel Rate Is Official day tossed the Oak Center project back to the Oakland Redevelopment Agency with This Houlihan rejected in $110,000.00 FIRE STOCK funds obtained through taxes a letter to Joseph F. Pruss, opment program." on the new structures in the chairman of.

the agency, to a blunt reminder that it has The Housing and Home Acorn area. member of the mayor's com day, "it is not, for the Mayor responsibility." The redevelopment agency nor for the City Council to do will set a date for a public It was his second critical the planning for your agen Finance Agency yesterday authorized a grant of to the Oakland Redevelopment Agency for clearance of the area bounded by hearing on the Acorn plan at etter to the agency in a week. mittee, told Osborne at least 10 local firms were considered during the preliminary screening of 38- firms. He said the original list was graded on cy," he said. He charged that its regular 'meeting Wednes bariy last month.

Houli day. han informed the agency that the agency was apparently attempting to shift responsibility to the council. Market. 11th. Brush and its proposal to conduct a re The board has tentatively agreed on 7:30 p.m.

Wednes merit with no attention paid Eighth Streets. habilitation program in Oak- to a firm's locale. Houunan said the agency NEW FACILITIES day, Oct 11, for a hearing at Tradeway Salvage Warahout hat baan aalactcd to diipes of a $110,000 amok damagad stock from on of Salt Laka City's finaat fumituro stores. Just arrived from Salt Lak City: APPLIANCES REFRIGERATORS FREEZERS CARPETS TV BEDROOM FURNITURE and thousands of items too numerous to Slight (make, damage meat oiecea perfect condition. "No Reasonable Offer Refused" Several Hundred Thousand Dollar Stock IncMing fameee brandt heme femithlnga, carpet, eppllancea, bedding, television, office furniture, building equipment end theo-aands of ether Hema- not listed.

SAVE to and MORE OPEN SAT, 9 to DAILY 9 to SUNDAY 12 to and second slum clearance Mayor John C. Houlihan, will get cooperation when it Loweu Junior High School. The city will be required to area is not satisfactory to of the lone vote against increas has "intelligently discussed Residents of the area will put up about $2,700,000 in cash ficials of the Federal Housing and seriously determined begin receiving notices of the ing: the list of finalists, announced: "It's not so simple or public facilities, sucn as and Home Finance Agency. He upon the change and discus schools, streets, sewers and tnat you merely tell an archi sion the Federal Government sidewalks. proceedings next Friday, cording to Squires.

He emphasized that the government has approved an al suggested that the project be reexamined, possibly as a full redevelopment job. tect what you want and he desires." Financing for the project designs it. And our local archi Pruss said today that the Oakland's new 4ax rate-of $2.86 per $100 of assessed valuation five cents less than last year is The City Council yesterday gave final passage to an ordinance leaving the tax on real and personal property and ap-portioning it a the various funds? It will help support a record high $39,064,808 budget adopted for 1961-62. In other action the council: Museum At the urging of Councilman Robert L. directed the Mayor's Museum Committee to add three Oakland architects to the list of 10 firms selected for final consideration as designers of the new cultural center Osborne didn't name any particular firms to be added, "just so they are local architects." He said a local firm can follow the council's direction in designing the museum as well as an outside firm.

Councilman Felix Chialvo, a will be handled in such a way tects would have been out of Last week he scored the as to assure that the expendi location of $400,000 to pay thej I At Hurt rrete 4 1-t si 1 TATl wTrl agency will meet at 1 p.m Wednesday, one hour ahead business long ago if other ocal agency for not taking ac 10860 San Pablo Avo, EL CERRITO Jutt North of Berkeley ture Will have little or no ef cities subjected them to the tion on his report. The agency of schedule, to consider the ilies and 200 businesses in the fect on the city's tax rate. same restrictions you are then halted studies on Oak situation. target area. Many of the faculties which will be constructed in the area Underground After a public would have to be built even if no redevelopment project hearing produced no protests, were contemplated.

gave final passage to an ordinance requiring underground- Nat Frankel, a member of ing of all utilities in portions the Redevelopment Agency, of Fallon, Oak, Madison, Jack. son, Alice, 10th and 11th indicated that Acorn "can chart a new horizon for the entire slum area whether we go into high rise apartments Streets within the civic center area Sewers Awarded a $75,970 or suiueuuug uiuie muws. FORMER STATUS contract to Prodanovich, for construction of sewers in Joseph Pruss, chairman portions of Grand View and West View Drives, Dorothy, of the agency; added that West Oakland once was Oakland's most elite residential Doris and Vincente Places and Vicente Road. neighborhood and a series of Bids Opened six bids for redevelopment projects improvement of 98th Ave. starting with Acorn can neip from Doolittle Drive to about return the district to its form 16S feet northeast of Empire er status.

Road. Independent Construc He predicted that the agency tion Co. was apparently low will have no trouoie seuing industrial land in the area bidder of $188,611. About two-thirds of the Acorn Sign Overruled the City RAKE KENTUCKY BOURBON BUY! I X' v.ri, area is earmarked for light Planning Commission and ap industry, while the remaining proved i installation of a six by four foot projecting sign one-third will be reserved for residential purposes. Mrs.

Marv Huddleson, a on a liquor store at 136 14th St. within the Lakeshore Combining District which regulates appearance of build veteran member of the agency i expressed "delight" with the HHFA ereen light. "But I ings. want to correct a false im Appeal-Set Sept. 14 for hearing an appeal from the commission board of adjust pression some Oaklanders have that this project has been in the planning stage for five vears.

The General ments denial of a variance for construction of a 12-unit apartment building at 632 Mariposa Neighborhood Renewal "Plan, MRS. GWENDOLYN LIGHTNER Freedom conceit artist Freedom Fund Concert Set For Sunday which started several years Avenue. Conference Approved ap ago, is not FIRST PLANS DRAWN propriation of $500 to help She recalled that the firsi finance the western area con Acorn plans were drawn only clave of the Ladies Oriental Shrine of North America here 18 months ago. Rnhert W. Turner, chair- Sept.

14 through 17. Mrs. Gwendolyn Cooper Lightner of Los Angeles and Forrest Pritchard of San Francsco will be the featured artists at the Freedom Fund Concert at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium at 8:30 p.m. San Leandro Plan Oakland, Sunday. Get Acquainted' City Dinner More than 8,000 people are expected for the concert which will present the 110-voice problems are sure to be dis Voices of Hope Choir of Los cussed.

Oakland Councilman Angeles singing several selec RnhM-t V. McKeen has al tions. ready announced he intends The concert is sponsored by the Western Christian Leader ship Conference. The group to broach the subject of San Leandro cooperation in Oakland's hopes for a new 18-hole eolf course adjacent to the has been organized to assist The Oakland and San Leandro City Councils will holer a joint meeting billed as a "get acquainted" i nn next Thursday. All Oakland councilmen and City manager Wayne E.

Thompson have accepted the invitation for the 7:30 p.m. affair at San Leandro's new Community Library Center, 300 Estudillo Ave. -Despite the "get acquaint inteerationist leader Dr. Metropolitan Oakland Inter national Airport. Martin Luther King with his efforts "to gain equal rights for all Americans," says the Rev.

G. L. Bedford of the A portion of the proposed site is being used by the Oakland Scavenger Co. for dumping garbage collected in San Macedonia Baptist Church, ikli -h ban Francisco, chairman the event. Leandro.

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