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Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • 15

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IDTOFEFTCONTEST y.C. Ug llHim D5ue camp which enables approximately 200 underprivileged children to eniov -10 davs in the the World of Wacky Do Sierras. Things are seldom what they seem on the sun-dappled campus of the University of. California and- the annual Ugly contest is no exception. The contestants have to be neither, ugly nor man.

They don't even have to be animate objects. of nine semi-finalists proposed by fraternities, sororities and other groups. The finalists are Joanne Cor- by Phi Lambda Phi; Sterling Hillary, 19, an'English major sponsored by Kappa Alpha Theta; Sherri Raap, 18, sponsored by Deutsch Hall; Valerie 19, a history major sponsored by Alpha Epsilon Phi and Linda Schact, 19, a speech major sponsored by Alpha Delta Pi. The girls, chic, alluring and composed, paraded before- the panel and answered serious questions about California education and other The queen herself won't be selected until the Beauty and Beast ball Saturday in the Pauley Ballroom. i TJhe Ugly Man shenanigans include -girl-dunking, carnival eyents and cookie sales, The object is to raise money for two worthy causes.

One is Cal Camp, a summer Mozart, Bach and Strauss got very excited jester-day at what they thought was a new discovery and called a meeting of, their Committee to Find a Suitable Song for Oakland, As you know, that's Sam Mozart, Herbie Bach and Irving Strauss, who operate a car wash. They aren't The other is the World University Service, an international fund for establishing health and nvJiiintmnnt fistilitiAf onI WfrVi domestic and foreign i i'i iiiii ii ill Hi experts at music, out they're volunteers working without pay, and who's to say who has the best ear for lyrics and music? Anyway, they had come across this set of lyrics thought would be fabulous for Oakland, unlike the songs for any other cities, and all three saw great symbolic inferences in the words. The lyric, by Dick Trmi'rpr the Oakland advertis- One of the entries this year is a St. Bernard dog named Brutus Epsilon III, the mascot of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity'. The human entries include.

Dean of Men Arleigh, Williams, Al Datner, popularly known as the Crunchy Munchy man because he sells ice cream bars from a refrigerated truck outside the campus. There is also an entry called C-1392764 which is a "mythical misplaced IBM number. But whether the Ugly Man turns out to be man, beast or number, selection of his queen is quite a different matter. She has to be feminine, beautiful and preferably intelligent. A panel of judges selected five finalists yesterday from a group- Hi ir STERLING HILLARY A paf of powder JUDGE SEEKS BRAINS AS WELL AS BEAUTY BY ASKING SERIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT EDUCATION One will be selectedon Saturday Jo reign with the Ugly Man over Beauty and Beast campus ball BILL FISET i mg man, goes: "There was a little old lady who didn't have teef, "Her diet was scanty and she couldn't eat beef; "Her sad lack of crushers, incisors and rollers say nothing of bicuspids and wisdoms and molars,) "Was enough to drive ANYONE daffy.

"She COULDN'T EVEN EAT TAFFY! "And of course not nuts or the tenderest cuts "Of steak. "It when sherdied" of starvation "On her ration "Of hard-tack and sloe gin and cigarette butts." .0 oo 1 Sam Mozart read the lyric aloud and when he finished Herbie Bach broke into applause and Irving Strauss broke into tears. It was obvious the words affected each in different "We'll have Morton Downey do the vocals," cried Mozart, "if he's still 'singing." "And I have a great title," said Bach. "We'll call the song 'Miss Actually Mozart was the only one with anyw reservations, pointing out the words didn't once refer to Oak-, land, "and how do we know the people here will read into the song the enchantment of this great metropolis, the pulse of the city by night, the necklace of lights THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1964 15 Vacant Judgeship Stirs Speculation By DAVE HOPE around its lake, its civic enthusiasm and growth?" Bach shrugged. "I felt all that while you were read Speculation over the appointment of a successor to Judge Lionel J.

Wilson centered today on Allen E. Brous-sard and Wiley W. Manuel, and Henry J. Rodriguez, prominent in Mexican-American affairs. ingthe wordsArid "Strauss-addedrTve-always thought or a toothless little old lady as someone gentle and kind.

To me it's the perfect-song." Judge. The ceremony will be conducted by Presiding Judge Don-ald K. Quavle in his Depart-ment 1 courtroom, with judges of the court sitting en banc. Assemblyman W. Rumford will make the principal talk.

John T. Williams, president of the Alameda County Bar Association, and Samuel Wagener, district governor for the State Bar, will represent their organizations-' -q-qq Wilson will move up to the Superior Court tomorrow. Aides to Gov. Edmund G. Mozart didn't want to adopt a song in haste, how' ever, and brought out a splendid, satiric lyric by Kath- ryn Bloom of Oakland set to the tune of "Moonlight on Brown, who will make the appointment, would not comment, but legal and political sources here and in Sacramento are rating aspirants in a group of sev the Wabash." Mozart was apologetic that Mrs.

Bloom's lyric ran several verses too long to memorize, but rattled off a few, to the suggested tune, in his tenor revolta: "Oh the sun shines bright upon the daily refuse eral under consideration. llThat is cast upon the waters of the Bay "There is scenic beauty that can be detected, Dispute Over S.P. Loss on Shasta Train "Once you've learned to turn your nose the other way. "We are constantly conceiving civic projects, "And right now a Coliseum's in the mill. "Which the major teams, we hope, will come and play in, "Since this-wnlild make it.

easier to fill. PRECEDENT SET Either Broussard or Manuel would maintain the precedent set in 1960 when Brown appointed Wilson as the first Negro to serve on the Oakland-Piedmont bench. Broussard is accorded an edge on the extent of his activities with Negro, organizations. He is a member of the law firm of Metoyer, Sweeney, and Brous sss jj byi. PORTLAND, Ore.

(A A dis pute over how much money the Southern Pacific Co. is losing on its Shasta Dasseneer train serv University-of California coeds competing in contest standing, are Christine Mattson, Sherri Raap, Valerie are (from left, seated) Kathie Blackman, Joanne Cor- Reisman, Linda Schacht and Nancy Tyson, day, Sterling flillary and Jean Kalbach. From left," ice between Portland and Oak sard, and has been president of land marked an Interstate Com the East Bay Democratic Club, merce Commission hearing. Oglesby Young, an attorney Welfare director of the Berkeley branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Men of Tomor for SP, said yesterday the line lost $872,000 on this service last Mother Admits She Left Dead Child in an S.F. Attic row, and" a member of the Com year.

A spokesman for the California Public Utilities Commission has estimated the loss at munity Service Organization, But Manuel has had close $37,020. SP. has applied for permission "Oh, our cultural sphere is constantly expanding, "And our symphony, through Gerhard, has renown. "You can hear their concerts next to the arena, 'Cept, of course, when the bowling league's in town. "Our museum complex soon will house the Fine Arts, "And the people passed the bonds to pay the bill.

"If they'll pass one more we'll even get it furnished, "If, of course, we can stabilize the fill." Mozart was only hitting a few spots in the lyric, each verse of which was broken by a Greek chorus-type chant, such as: "So onward Oakland! Steel your pride! "Let not Sir Jekyll try to Hyde. "March forward on your Troyden path, "While munching on your grapes of wrath." And ending with: "Oh the moonlight beams upon Lake'Merritt's gran- deur, "Casting crown jewels on black velvet as of yore. "And in future you may still survey its beauty "From your high-income pad upon the shore." oooo All three committee members were ecstatic at Mrs. Bloom's work but felt it should be recorded by a folk-sinoer vet all three had agreed a Mksineer was def to discontinue daily runs of the personal association with Brown since 1953 when he was selected by Brown, then attorney general, to become a student legal assistant in his office. PRESENT POST Shasta train except for a sum mer schedule.

Fred Brenner manager of the told her husband she put the child in a home for retarded children. The woman had been working as a housekeeper for a Miami fireman and his wife. She was traced by Dade County authorities after a tip from San Francisco police. She has, another child, Billy, 5, and is separated from Yvonne's father, police said. A year later Brown anDointed Eugene Chamber of Commerce, said that the chamber's board of directors had approved a Resolution backing SP's plan for a Manuel as deputy attorney general, a post he still holds.

He was 1963 president of the Charles Houston Law Club. Mrs. Jacqueline Girnat, 40, who left her dead daughter in a San Francisco attic, told Miami police that the child was killed in an accidental fall four years ago. The woman is awaiting extradition action at Miami on a first degree murder warrant issued by San Francisco authorities after the skeleton of the child, Yvonne, was found in a suitcase. The.

remains were discovered Feb. 26 in the attic of a home at 3643 Folsom where Mrs. Girnat Some sources say Brown' is schedule reduction. The chamber of commerce of Klamath Falls and Sfilem, have urged retention of present service. A spokesman for the city of Deward Hext New Airport Manager Work Plan Under Way Twenty fathers of -to Needy Children families are going to work for Alameda County's Flood Control District, at $2.27 an hour.

The work" program is the result of a law which was effective Feb. 1, requiring unemployed fathers 'of children receiving welfare funds to work on public projects. TWO WORK TEAMS The fathers will work in two teams ten of them on two days early in each week, and ten on two subsequent days. The short week allows them time to search for permanent jobs. A contract for the work program between the County Welfare Department and the Flood Control District was signed yes seriously considering appointment of a judge with other minority group connections.

In this event, the post could study of the effects of the discontinuance" of Shasta runs. initely out. Oakland's image does NOT need a folk-singerrunless maybe Harry. Belaf onte. Tha AniiniffM mpoHntr or a a aftnitt nvor cf ill urith nfi go to Rodriguez, president of the Mexican-American Political Association in Alameda County and a member of the state executive lived in 1958 and 1959.

Miami Police Sgt. Art Leon board of that organization. LEGAL PRACTICE -decision, but Mozart had one more lyric he wanted to sing, something by Peter Finigan of Danville which Mozart thought fitting in advance of St Patrick's Day, "and since the three of us are Irish." Mozart read it: i i i i i.t ard said Mrs. Girnat admitted placing the dead child in the suitcase after the little girl slipped out of her arms and fell to the floor. He is a member of the law firm of Plotner and Rodriguez, and has been prominent in Democratic politics, serving on committees for Brown, Atty.

Gen. "I had five or six drinks that Burglars Bypass March of Dimes ALBANY Charitable burglars broke into Knapp's Club during the night, looted the cash register and all coin operated machines, but left the March of Dimes collection boxes intact. A of about $300 was. taken from the tavern at 1089 San Pablo Ave. The collection i j.

day," Sgt. Leonard quoted her as saying in a signed statement. "When I came home, I Stanley Mosk, and the late Pres smile "But Oakland has common bond with dear old Emerald Isle. "To cure your doubt just look, around, observe the. changed her diapers.

terday. The fathers -will clean I was trying to shake out veraant scene "For year around here will be. found the wearing o' the bed clothing and hold her Deward D. (George) Hext, 34, of Atlanta, has been ap-' pointed manager of the Metropolitan Oakland International Airport. His salary will be $15,000 a year.

The appointment, by the Board of Port Commissioners, was announced yesterday. Hext has been assistant manager of the Atlanta airport. Hext has a wide range of technical, sales and management experience in aviation, according to Ben E. Nutter, executive director of the Port. "He is enthusiastic and experienced in the work and I am confident that he can add stimulus to the development of our airport and air traffic," Nutter said.

Hext was selected from dozens of "candidates throughout the na-tionf The new airport manager was born in Stinnet, Texas, and raised in Bend, Ore. at the same time. She slipped out of my arms: I put her in the crib. She whimpered some more and I picked her up. Then hind the bar were turned face inward by the burglars, apparently so they wouldn't be tempted.

Entry was made by open the front door, police said. she went limp. I knew she was dead." "Here no serpent rears its head with venomed fangs to hurl. "At unsuspecting passersby or frightened boy or girl. 'Tis not beyond imagining that flights of fancy take "Did good Saint Patrick come one 'night and chase away the snake? "Lest this run on to epic length I bring to termination "Before I close just let me pose one further observa Mrs.

Girnat told police she feared the child was retarded ident Kennedy. third Negro leader, Clinton W. White, head of Oakland's Civil Rights Coordinating Committee, is also prominently mentioned. Others reportedly being considered for this or some other judicial appointment include George Brunn, designer of the Consumer Counsel project and chairman of its statewide advisory commission; William F. Levins, president of the Democratic Lawyers Club who has been active in a dozen political campaigns at state and local levels; and Richard P.

Schacht, former vice mayor of Alameda, active Democratic party worker, and now a declared candidate for election to a municipal judge post here. The vacancy will officially develop at 1:15 p.m. tomorrow, the because she hadn't crawled by the age of IVz. She said she out channels Crow, Cull and Palomares Canyons, and Arroyo Delaguna in the southern part of the county The Flood Control District will provide the transportation, the work, and the tools. Welfare officials will pay for workmens' compensation.

30-HOUR WEEK Laws place a 30-hour workweek limit on each man, and the pay rate is 20 per cent below scale because the fathers are classified as trainees. -They are given a weekly "grant" of money, which they then work off on flood control duties at the $2.27 hourly rate. Welfare Director Harold Ke-hoe said additional work contracts may be negotiated with the city of Berkeley. tion. Party Will Honor Holy Names Sister A reception honoring Sister Mary Luke, director of the Art Department at the College of Drycleaners Elect CHICAGO (AP)-R.

Bernard "She-has the she has the brawn and just a touch o' blarney "With pretty girls and lake so grand, Oakland copied oldKillarney." Holy Names, will be held at Spivey of Albuquerque, N.M., became president-elect of the DEWARD HEXT Gets Airport post business administration from Georgia State College, Atlanta, in 1957. He became assistant manager of the Atlanta airport in 1961. 7 Hext and his wife Carolyn have four children, Philip, 12; Stephen 10; Elain, and Mary, 3. He succeeds Don W. Martin, who became Denver director of aviation Jan.

1. He served in the Air Force 2:30 p.m. Suriday in the Oak National Institute of Dryclean-ks a control tower operator, ap ooo ing today. He will succeed Joseph R. May of Atlanta as bresi- Hent at the trade association's They liked it.

As they trouped out of the meeting Mozart, Bach and Strauss were talking about getting one of the great Irish singers to do it maybe Billy Eckstine, or Julius LaRosa, or even Frank Sinatra. proach controller and GCA radar controller from 1947 to 1952. He holds the Federal Aviation Agency controllers license. Hext received his degree in land Jewish Community Center, 3245 Sheffield Ave. An exhibition of Sister.

Luke's water-color paintings will be on display at the center during March. 9-' convention next year in Atlantic City. time scheduled for induction of.

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