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WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1963 1 5 Albany Cops Over Quit i xr ft If Bislillil liff Sr jO If mmmmiMmmLr -If? J- tr I Low Pay A Poetic Heart and Mandolins v. Certainly I don't mind, Sandra. If you feel you play the mandolin better sitting on the sofa with me curled up at your feet please go right ahead. I understand artistic temperament. Matter of fact I rather enjoy these evenings at your house.

I rattle on about the little things around town while you'' strum it's relaxing. Except last time all those cups of tea and gingersnaps made me a little woozy. Mother's Day coming Sunday, you know, and Mrs. Toni Bicknell in Hayward answered her door yesterday to find these two little boys on her porch. One shyly handed her a bunch of flowers and naturally she was touched since they weren't her kids.

And after she thanked them and closed the door she her mother, Mrs. Norwood Allen, Mrs. Barbara, Scale Below Average In Eastbay ALBANY Two more officers resigned from the Albany Police Department this week, bringing six the number who have left the force in little over a year. Why the large turnover on the 21-man force? "The big problem is pay," STATE COLLEGE GROWTH NEED BEFORE BOARD Trustees of the California State College System will study need for additional state colleges and establishment of 17 new master's degree programs during a two-day meeting Thursday and Friday at Humboldt State College in Areata. The board also will consider study abroad programs at the Universities of Aix-Marseille, Berlin, Heidelberg, Madrid, Stockholm and Taipei.

MOTHERS OF THE YEAR Previous Oakland Mothers of the Year gather in Morc'om Amphitheater Roses where Barbara Allen, 8, makes' symbolic presentation to herald Mother's Day Sunday. From left: Donald A. Pearce, 1956; Mrs. Florence E. Bryant, 1954; Mrs.

Joseph E. Graves, 1962 and Mrs. Miles K. Standish, 1958. New Mother will be honored Sunday.

happened to look out the window. Tne kids were in ner earden. nicking their next bou quet, and she watched while they delivered it to the lady next door. And Mrs. Bicknell's bouquet, she suddenly realized, rami) frnm hpr neighbor's vard Nebraska Mother of The Year vl ion the other side.

says Police Chief Ralph Jensen. "Albany patrolmen are the 1 1 lowest paid in the Eastbay." Teh top scale for Albany pa But as I say, Sandra, It's the spirit of the thing. You must tell your grandmother her jelly is marvelous. How come she wears that mask around the house? CTA Opens trolmen is $595.60 a month. NEW YORK (AP-Mrs.

Olga Starting salary is $497. By con Pearson Engdahl, 67. of Omaha, Mothers, Roses in Spotlight Floral beauty and lilting music will create an unforgettable backdrop Sunday for Oakland's 10th annual Mother of the Year program in the Morcom Amphitheater of Roses on Mother's Day. Traditional ceremonies comprising the city's 29th annual Festival of Roses, combined with the Mother's Day program, will be presented in the. midst New Drive was chosen Mother of the trast, neighboring Berkeley pays patrolmen $584 a month to start and that is going up to $613 on Year today.

She was selected by the Ameri can Mothers Committee from July 1. With a raise in prospect, the Berkeley top scale patrol i man will get $693 a month by BILL F1SET Just a few davs a2 Corine Martin lost a $700 diamond ring and naturally she was frantic and called Berkeley police. They suggested she retrace her steps and look around her house and garden. She got some friends to help and combed through the house and all through the back yard. Nothing.

a 11 1 a.1 A-Xttm llnn the end of the year. SIZABLE CHUNK 'The difference in salary be BURLINGAME The California Teachers Association has reopened its campaign for an appointed State Superintendent of Public Instruction. A ti. 1.1. i ttm a a i tween our department and oth ers in-the same-area, amounts Tneif iwo aays later sne caueu aim caiun uic fuvs report.

Her husband, Clarence, had found the diamond out In the back yard. Clarence is totally blind. to a house payment a month," of 8,000 bushes at the peak off Jensen notes. And he adds: n. iup-ranKing uia oincial said the association has supported such a change for many years and that the proposal is not mothers from the 50 states.

Mrs. Engdahl and her husband John S. Engdahl, both natives of Nebraska, were present when the announcement was made. Tiey have six sons, one daughter and 14 grandchildren. Engdahl is founder and president of the Engdahl Top and Body which he said is the oldest automobile body firm in Nebraska.

Three of their sons are officers in the company. Another is a doctor, one is a trust officer at the Omaha National Bank, and the sixth is associated with the Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. The daughter is married to a Scottsbluff, lumberman. Mrs. Engdahl is a charter mem "You can hardly blame the men for leaving for better paying jobs.

This is generally true of aimed at Dr. Maxwell P. Raf-ferty, who was elected superin- the younger fellows." lenaent last November over the opposition of the CTA. Hensen says the problem is not so severe among the work An official CTA statement, however, noted that statewide ers who have rank and interest having an appointed superintendent has been height "Actually, every time we lose ber of Trinity Lutheran Church a man, it's the same as losing a man and a half," he reported. the season's first bloom, in the spot which experts have termed "the world's most beautiful municipal rose garden" Sponsored by the Oakland Junior Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with the Oakland Park Department, the East Bay Rose Society, and the Grand Avenue Merchants Association, the Mother tf the Year ceremonies begin at 2 p.m.

on a platform erected' beside the lower pool. Oakland's Vice-Mayor Felix F. Chialvo will 'make the official award to the mother selected from many whose names have been submitted by civic groups. Musical selections will be sung by members of the Oakland where she has served as organ we nave to assign the new ist, Sunday School teacher and ened Dy tne "bitterness and partisan political nature of last November's election and because of recent confusion of authority between State Supt. Rafferty and the State Board of Education." Before we go further you should slip off that fur stole, Sandra.

You'irgeroverheated strumming those fast numbers and stamping your foot. I see. It isn't a fur piece; it's your cat. Mrs. Helen Anderson finally finished all her collections in the cancer drive and 'happily handed her envelope over to her captain, Mrs.

Stanton Sommers. The envelope, contained all the literature and inside was another envelope containing the money Helen had collected. But Mrs. Sommers called Helen back because the inner envelope wasn't there. Helen was certain she'd included it.

Then Mrs. Sommers got to wondering if she'd dropped it in a mail chute along with some letters and called the Oakland Post Office. They checked. She had. In less than three hours a postman returned the envelope and money intact.

president of the Women's Aux comer to one of the older hands and that means the veteran does not have as much time to devote MRS. OLGA PEARSON ENGDAHL OF OMAHA Nebraska native named Mother of the Year. (3 iliary. Mrs. Engdahl, who was present to his regular assignment." Jensen said the continuous ed a large bouquet of American beauty roses, said "I have been turnover on the force creates a patrol and bookkeeping problem.

OUT OF KILTER blessed by God with seven wonderful children and a loving husband. I will try to live up to the title of Mother of the Year." Teacher Pay Hike IN 29 STATES T'his statement was included in a survey which shows that 29 states now have state school chiefs who are appointed rather than elected. This is an increase over 1948, when only 17 states used the appointment method. In five of the survey states, the top school officer is ap Orpheus, directed by Harry Spencer and accompanied by Mildred Randolph Strand, Also Study featured will be Al Capelli and Tony Cervone, accordionists. pointed by the governor.

In 21 the appointment is made by the Other highlights will include SAN LEANDRO-A proposal the third annual presentation of Oakland's Award for Distinguished Service to the Rose "Working with new men on the beat, officers have difficulty in finding time to take their accumulated time off to which they are entitled," he declared. Vacation schedules also are thrown out of kilter by sudden resignations. All of these items do little to maintain department morale. "Our problems would be lessened if we could get a higher scale for the patrolmen," Jensen says. "Actually, the department can get along as long as we find replacements.

But it's the people of Albany who will suffer and won't get the proper police protection." biate Board of Education. -TRADITIONAL SUPPORT In 32 states, the survey re- to boost teacher salaries three per cent will be considered by the Board of Education in mid Garden. nnritnA tUn CtQ I -f r- j. It will be given by i July, before adoption of the fi I'm sorry about the mess on the rug and it's my fault I shouldn't have set my bowl of clam chowder down while you were keeping time with your foot. Mayor George Christopher came over to Sunol the other day for dedication of the James Turner Dam and I must say, for the most humorless politician of the decade, he finally got off a funny.

Turner was there, too, and Christopher praised him and then said he could remember the appelation of Turner Dam was reversed when Jim was trying to sell the bond issue for it back in 1961." Chamber President Kenneth G. cation is appointed by the governor. This is the case in Cali nal 1963-64 budget. A decision on the San Lean Hansen to Clarence Perkins, nationally known rose grower from Pleasanton, who has helped establish the amphitheater as fornia. In New York, the state board is appointed by the legislature dro Teachers Association proposal Tuesday night was defer rose headquarters for the West Coast.

The certificate cites red after School Superintendent and the state superintendent is appointed by the governor. The CTA has traditionally supported a plan by which the State Board of Education mem Perkins for his "unselfish devotion" to the garden and for "leading others to a deeper ap Clarence Burrell said there is no reliable way to estimate the district's revenue, due to pend It's strange you're not laugnmg, a nja ra, dui oi 'f onnreriatft all vour mandolin music either. Promising Playwright Dies at 26 Larry Chandler Paxton, a promising young playwright, died Tuesday in a local hospital. He was 26. Mr.

Paxton was co-author of a musical production which broke box office records at Sau-salito's Gate Playhouse a few years ago. Other scripts were being considered off-Broadway irfTJew York City, where he had resided for several years, studying at the University of Columbia and managing two art galleries. He attended the College of Pacific drama school as a scholarship student and was a member of Theta Alpha Phi, honorary drama society. He was born in Oakland and was graduated from Alameda High School in 1955. He is survived by his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Kenneth McDonnell, and a brother, Kenneth all of the home address, 618 Willow Alameda. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the Murphy Mortuary, 1421 High Alameda. preciation of the rose." Crossroads Block in Orinda Sold Purchase of almost an entire block at the Orinda Crossroads, including the Orinda Theater, by Robert L.

Philippi, Oakland automobile dealer, was announced today. Philippi acquired the property from the Rheem California Land Co. for $650,000 and more than two acres of undeveloped land on East 14th St. between 150th and 151st Avenues in San Lean-dro. The Orinda property bounded by Moraga Way and Brookwood Road, also includes the Wells Fargo bank building, a seven store complex and a parking lot.

Philippi, a Piedmont resident, said today there are no immediate plans for any changes. or further development of the property. He operates Bob Philippi, Lincoln-Mercury dealership, at 4200 East 14th St Rheem, 1 a large-scale East-bay real estate development firm, did not announce any immediate plans for development of the San Leandro propertyi The Orinda Theater is operated by Donald Rheem, chairman of the Rheem firm. Grubb and Ellis Co. of Oakland, which handled the transaction, said he would continue to ODerate the theater.

bers would be elected by the people. They then would appoint ing state legislation. Master of Ceremonies will be Teachers representatives and a superintendent, who wnuld Oakland's City Auditor-Con Burrell agreed the pay hike serve at their pleasure. should be conditional on district income. troller, Martin Huff.

Welcoming remarks will be made by Gene Davis, Public Relations Chairman for the Jaycees, and Gary Burgess, Rose Sunday Chairman In other matters, the board Two Killed on Oakland Flight EUREKA The bodies of George Roberts, 28, and Harold Chittenden, 31, businessmen who vanished on a flight to Oakland in bad weather Tuesday, have been recovered from their wrecked plane. Roberts, a Eureka contractor, was pilot of the twin-engine Cessna aircraft carrying Chittenden, an employe, as passenger. Undersheriff Gene Cox, who led a posse to reach the wreckage in the rugged Kings Peak area, said Roberts apparently turned north toward Eureka in bad weather and crashed into a cliff. of the Grand Avenue Merchants VVU10V UVU Irish Johnny Taylor, the ex-Oakland fighter who now does bit parts in movies when he isn't busy with his advertising business, was called for an audition for a filmed Bank of America commercial last week. The casting director wanted Taylor to play the part of one of the bank's assistant managers, but Taylor didn't get the job.

Taylor asked why. "Because you look too happy," the casting director said. "You don't look meek enough or as if you can be pushed around." Probably it's going to be a commercial showing that to get a loan you don't even need a gun. oooo received an interpretive report of test scores for eighth and eleventh grade students indicat Association, will speak briefly. William H.

Jamison, Park Tiny School Moves to Quit District Residents in tiny Sheffield Village in East Oakland are one step closer to seceding from the ing children of low intelligence are not performing up to ability. Commission chairman, will extend greetings, and Monsignor Michael D. O'Brien, director of St. Joseph's Center for the Deaf, will give the invocation. The board look no action on Burrell's suggestion for special The rose garden's regular ized teaching assistance for Oakland Unified School District.

staff George Shiraki, ad rosarian, and Easter Pezzatti, these students patterned after programs for gifted children. A petition, signed by 85 per When you smile and show that split in your front Ben Parodi, and Arnold Norte cent of the area's 634 registered voters, has been filed with Ala tooth mv Hear -it reminds me of the story Mrs. LeRoy will be on duty all day to answer meda County Supt of Schools questions on rose culture. Williams tells about this elderly woman friend of hers who wears dental plates. The upper plate broke right Kock La Fleche.

The Morcom Amphitheater of The petition seeks to annex A Bull's Night Out Sheffield Village to the San Leandro School Districts, Roses is located at the head of Jean Street, one block west of Grand Avenue, about a half-mile up from the Grand Lake The annexation move was' triggered by an Oakland Board shopping district. of Education decision to close the Sheffield Village School in September and transfer its 60 students to the new John Marshall School on 106th Ave. above Japan Asks U.S. Give Notice Before Making A-Sub Calls along the middle and the woman glued it back together. It broke several times again and each time the woman glued it back, and each time a little of the old glue stayed on until finally the two front teeth were markedly separated.

She lives in Fremont and a couple of weeks ago took her plate to a Hayward dentist and told; him she wanted a new one. The other day she picked up her new teeth and the dentist had made them just like the old the same separation. The poor little old lady paid for the plate and was too embarrassed to say anything. The dentist should give her back her money, or else she should smile broadly and tell everyone his name. to criticize the government, which has repeatedly said it does not oppose the visits by the nuclear submarines in principle and is MacArthur Blvd.

Nob Hill Fire Routs Tenants Two dozen residents of an apartment house on San Fran HALF MOON BAY-A light-hearted young bull broke out of his pasture here early today, played tag with two automobiles and racked up quite a score before he finally abandoned the game. About 3:30 a.m. police officer Walter Costa drove out to investigate a report of a bull loose at Francis Beach. When he arrived, the hulking animal turned, snorted, aimed and charged into the side of Half Moon Bay's only night patrol car. A passerby rushed to the rescue.

A few minutes later he drove away, his pride deflated and the door of his pickup truck caved in. i cisco's Nob Hill were forced out early today when a $10,000, two- only checking on their safety to soothe public misgivings. Chief Cabinet secretary Yasumi Kurogane told reporters the government is waiting for the results of the investigation of the cause of the Thresher sinking. Yoshimitsu Ando, director of the Foreign Ministry's American affairs bureau, testified the United TOKYO (AP)-Japan 5s asking the United States to notify it before routing any U.S. nuclear-powered submarine to a Japanese port, government officials told Parliament today.

Foreign Secretary Masayoshi Ohira said, however, the port calls as such are not subject to a requirement in the revised U.S.1 Japan security treaty for prior consultations on U.S. military moves in the Japanese sphere. The port call issue is still under negotiation between Tokyo and Washington. Communists and socialists have seized on the issue It's, been a fun evening, Sandra, but I must go. I don't want you to get up but you're sitting on the case of jelly your grandma gave me.

alarm fire erupted in a basement storeroom at 735 Mason St. The blaze was discovered And now that you're standing let me say you look very chic. Not many girls would wear a hostess gown As a last act of defiance (and because bulls are a little nearsighted) the brute knocked over a small tree that seemed to jump right into his path. ties came to his aid. The three of them coaxed the bull into a Beaches and Parks Division corporation yard and locked the gate.

when Mrs. Geraldine Ruvald and her son, Michael, 16, were awakened in their smoke-filled ground floor apartment. Fireman Ernie Tappa, 45, suj fered minor face burns States wants to arrange port calls by nuclear submarines once every Meanwhile, the shaken policeman called for help on his radio. Two San Mateo sheriffs depu- with a pattern identical to the living room draperies. Those are cats on top of the draperies, too? Remarkable, two months for a stay of a few days each time.

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