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Memorable Occasion For A Famous Family rjlcara ADSu iwd" iwiMwiiyw i mi -ViSy The Detached Retinue At a dinner party the other night this couple was regaling the other guests telling about their experiences to date in the suburbs. They'd just bought a new house in a new tract with a name something like Cragmont Acres. That wasn't the actual name, but they didn't want me to reveal them because they're trying a grand experiment living alone in an area that almost dictates sociability. "John and I decided that this time, in this house, we'd stay absolutely away from our neighbors," said the wife. "We went all through the intimate friendship bit where we lived before." "And the moving van hadn't been gone an hour before the woman next door ran over to invite Marsha over for coffee," said the husband.

Their names, aren't really John and Marsha, although they do drink a lot of champagne, but I promised I KAISER CLAN READ PLAQUE AT DEDICATION OF SCHOOL WITH PRINCIPAL CAROLYN MURPHY From left are Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Kaiser, Mrs. Henry J. Kaiser Henry Kaiser, and Henry Kaiser III AUTOGRAPH TO ADMIRER student at Kaiser School wouldn't even use their real first names because they don't want to offend their new neighbors, about whom they couldn't care less.

Other Side of Funeral Row Due Another Open Plan Readied for Schools Bill FISET "I want to spend my days my home. The kids are at the women around me in Every time some woman in gested we get to know each other better I make up an excuse. John and I decided our friends are going to be people we like for themselves, not people who happen WEDNESDAY, FEB. 5, 1964 15 "For a change," said Marsha luxuriating in the privacy of school and I don't want al for coffee every morning. the neighborhood has sug all giggling.

Most of them "Cragmont Acres" the couple to live nearby." Board Debate Scheduled for Next Tuesday A new, open enrollment plan is in the offing for the Oakland Public Schools. Supt. of Schools Stuart S. "And," John added, "when I got the inevitable call asking me to join the Cragmont Acres improvement association I declined with thanks. I told them I just Hassle Ahead on Redisricting Plan wasn't a joiner." The dinner guests were lived in Piedmont arid the was in Contra Costa, and stones about sub iirhio tnlH in PioHmint alvi'avc hrincr ffitrtrlpc Still tho way "John" and "Marsha" common condition existing people simply don't want -i a MjMui dii auiiusi anu-sutiai cuuiuue lumuiuu, juu migm say.

aiiiisug fcuic will U11V.C uciuiigcu cu -xrx uul luuiiu after a year or so that even their membership didn' do much to improve education. It was a little like Betsey Wapshot, in John Cheever's superb novel, "The Wapshot Scandal," at home alone watching television when she happens to look out the BERKELEY A crusading minister and author Jessica Mit-ford have accused morticians, florists and cemeteries of exploiting death for undue profits. The criticism by Miss Mitford, author of the controversial bestseller, "The American Way of Death," and Dean Josiah Bart-lett of the Starr King School for the Ministry, oc urred yesterday at the opening of a seminar on "Dealing With Death." The other side of. the storv I is to be explored today with talks by two Eastbay morticians Lloyd Truman of 0 a 1 a and Robert McNary of Berkeley. ONLY INTEREST "While most funeral directors are fine people, there are far too many whose only interest is in the material gain to be derived from the misfortune of others," Dean Bartlett said in the opening session of the semi nar at the Pacific School of Re ligion's Pastoral Conference.

He said most morticians do not want to see a minister in the company of the bereaved family when they come to make funeral arrangements because a minister stands as a threat to profits one who usually suggests fewer frills and smaller costs. "The cemetery lobby in California is so strong that it has bottled up attempts modify legislation that would permit disposition of ashes in places not under its control," Miss Mitford charged. BLUE-CHIP INVESTMENT "And," added Miss Mitford, "if you're looking for a blue- chip investment, cemetery real estate is the most lucrative investment you can make." During her talk in a room jammed with 450 delegates, Miss Mitford offered a series of legislative proposals to correct what she called gross irregularities. She advocated: 1 A law requiring that the death certificate be signed by window at the man next screens. While Betsey is the ladder two storys to a concrete patio.

She notices that he lies on the concrete and doesn't move, and then she returns to the TV program. After a few minutes she hears the ambulance, and neighbor was killed in the the same impact as did the detached observer and unaware of any feelings about the incident. At dinner we got to talking about the common detach ment of a lot of people nowadays and one woman said she and her husband, just the nighf "before, had been driving on the MacArthur Freeway and an accident had occurred just ahead of them. The woman said they'd better stop and her husband said no, that someone would be along who could help more than he, and besides, it talked suggested an all too today, a detachment where to get involved with others. door on a ladder putting up watching the man falls from that evening she learns the fall.

It registers with about TV program. She was freeway because people scene often get hit them her husband flushed and said they'd driven by acci if to make this fellow feel was a matter of security. 0 0 on the security theme for a about just returning from a in Pittsburgh. "The confer philosophy; you're. made to in the womb.

and asked if this seemingly HENRY J. KAISER GIVES She's Sheryl Goodchild, a doctor before the body can be embalmed. She said America is the only modern nation where the embalmer "can get going" before a death certificate is signed. AUTHORIZATION Morticians be required to get authorization for embalming from next of kin as well as for an autopsy. 3 Itemization of funeral charges.

This is to make it possible for the bereaved to elimi- nate-the costs of services he doesn't want as well as to know what he is being charged for. 4 The law requiring that fu neral charges be paid before all other claims can be settled be changed to put all claimants on equal footing. 5 A law which would limit the amount of funeral expense that can be deducted from in heritance taxes. Miss Mitford said that funeral directors often sell expensive funerals because they are deductable. 6 A law making it necessary to appoint a duly qualified med ical examiner as the coroner, She said the California Bar As sociation is on record as favor ing this proposal.

7 A standard be set for what a county spends for indigent fu nerals. She said that because Alameda County handled all its own arrangements for its indigent dead, it provides for $70 what others pay up to $500 for at a mortuary. CHANGE IN LAW 8 A change in the present law so that ashes of a cremated person can be given to the next of kin for strewing over a memory garden, if so desired, rather than making a crematorium or cemetery the only places ashes can be 9 A law which would prohibit newspapers from censoring paid death notices containing the mes sage that the bereaved wish flowers omitted and money directed to a memorial fund instead. Congregational Church, Dana Street and Durant Avenue. The other Earl Lecturer is Dr.

Paul Scherer of Princeton Theological Seminary. He will conclude his series of three lectures at 11 a.m. tomorrow with a discussion of "The Word God Sent." Dr. Van Dusen began his initial lecture with the observation that the scandal of unhappy divisions experienced by 'he Church during its first 18 centuries has given way to a gathering tide of Christian union. "There have been more than 100 church unions or mergers in the past 150 years.

In the 18 previous centuries there was only one. Today there are thousands of vigorously functioning agencies manifesting interfaith cooperation," he said. In tracing the development of the quest for a new dimension in church unity, Dr. Van Dusen made these observations: 1 The movement for Christian unity has been the child of the modern missionary movement. It was experiences in mission fields that demonstrated how churches could work together.

efiort for Christian unity did not arise from within the regular structures of the existing churches. 3 Almost without, exception, those who pioneered the move a Kaiser Jr. School Dedicated It was a very special occasion for the famous Kaiser family and three generations of the flan wprp nrpspnt fnr the HpHi. cation of the Henry J. Kaiser Jr.

Elementary School. The eight classroom building at 25 South Hill Court wasif-ficially named last night in hon or of the late industrialist and civic leader. His father, Henry J. Kaiser and brother, Edgar Kaiser, acknowledged the naming of the school. Seated in the audience were hie tlrir4mir QnH enn Honru I 11.1 I.

II (4IIU JUIIf 11,1, I Kaiser III. They were given a warm ovation when introduced. The senior Henry Kaiser quot ed his late son's favorite poem and commented that Henrv Jr. "knew the people." Im thankful to the citizens of Oakland for giving my brother's name to this school," Edgar Kaiser said. He a plaque to the school in honor of his brother.

Dr. Stuart S. Phillips, Oakland superintendent of schools, headed a contingent of school officials at the dedication. Alan Lindsay, president of the uaKiana uoara oi raucauon, i i T-i i i made the official- presentation of the school to the community. Sheriff to Oust Two Deputies SAN RAFAEL Two Marin County Sheriff's deputies sus pended last month for "conduct unbecoming to an officer" were to be dismissed today.

Sheriff Louis Mountanos said he completed his investigation, last night of the charges against Deputies William McKillop, 38, and George Johnson, 33, and would dismiss them today. They reputedly asserted they will appeal the dismissals to the Personnel Board. The suspensions came at about the same time, but involved separate and unrelated incidents, the sheriff said. ment for Christian unity received their inspiration through non-ecclesiastical, non-denominational or interdenominational student Christian movements. These youth movements provided a laboratory for developing patterns of Christian unity.

4 The whole development can neither be explained nor understood without acknowledgment of the hand of God upon it. "No human agency has planned this. It has arisin because of a new concept of self-surrender in re sponse 10 tne uospei, Lr. van Dusen said. Dr.

Scherer, in his lecture this morning, said that what is needed now in the Christian Church is not so much reason as response. "The Christian Gospel is more than a It is a message with a messenger not one without the other. Together they bring about a dramatic encounter between God In Christ and the human soul," he explained. "God's good news is concerned with response but it is the response to the person of Christ. In short, God's good news is that we are invited to meet Him in the intimacy of that restored relationship in Christ which is faith," he sdd.

Dr. Scherer stated that in the Bible, on any page, the individual is met and challenged by infinite mind and the yearning of an eternal heart. was dangerous to stop on trying to help at an accident selves. 1 As the woman related this the looked embarrassed. "I didn't have any flares in the car," he said, as if to explain, "and besides, it didn't look as if anyone were hurt." Some of the other guests dents in the same way, as better, and they decided it 0 0 The conversation stayed while, and one guest told company sales conference Phillips told the Board of Educa tion yesterday the new plan would allow pupils to transfer from their neighborhood schools next September.

Fewer pupils will be involved than last year, he added, be cause there is less vacant space available in the schools. DISCUSSION TUESDAY The board will discuss the new open enrollment plan at its reg ular meeting next Tuesday at 4 p.m. Board members Dr: Robert L. Nolan and Barney Hilburn both indicated they wanted Phil lips to provide them with more evaluation of this year open enrollment plan before they would approve a new program. "It is rather difficult to judge the value of open enrollment for the individual child, Phillips said.

"What effect has it had in filling vacant spaces in the schools, and has it contributed to integration?" Hilburn asked, "Those questions have already been answered in reports to the board," board president Alan A. Lindsay said. Dr. Nolan asked if the board could expect to receive any interim report from its Equal Educational Opportunities Committee ono pen enrollment procedures. Lindsay said he would check with committee Charles P.

Howard anff-report his answer to the board next week. -i "I did not vote for the open enrollment plan last year because I felt we did not have enough information to be sure it complied with state regulations relating to racial imbalance," Dr. Nolan said. STILL UNEASY "I still have a feeling of uneasiness about whether the open enrollment plan has helped or hindered the process of school integration." "The record indicates," he added," that Negro children used open enrollment to move to integrated schools, while white children used it to move away from integrated schools to schools with a high per cent-age of white students." Dr. Nolan requested more detailed interpretation of the record to make sure open enrollment was not.

being used "to avoid integration." Lindsay said this phase of the problem could be discussed next week. Russ Print 3,000 Anti-Stalinist Films MOSCOW (AP) About 3,000 copies of two new anti-Stalinist feature films are being printed for the broadest possible distribution In the "Soviet Union," the Communist party newspaper Pravda reported today. The two films, "Silence" and Living and the Dead" have become box office smashes in Moscow and Leningrad. "Silence" is the "story of a young veteran's trials during tne postwar years oj Stalinist "The Living and the Dead" is a bloody account of the Soviet army's defeat by Nazi forces during the first year of World war ll. Theologian Calls for Daring "I do not think this is the time tor redisricting," declared S.

J. Maisel. "I will oppose redistricting at either the junior high or elementary level or both," stated H. Quayle Petersmeyer. The Rev.

Roy Nichols, board president, indicated he would be more favorable inclined toward redistricting than other members. "America must be honest enough to realize that what we have was engineered the hous ing pattern, the racial fears and the inferior result, he said. In a letter to the board from member Spurgeon Avakian, who is attending a conference at Princeton, he indicated redistricting may only hit the edges of the problem rather than the center. Dr. John Hadsell, chairman of the citizens' committee which made the report on de facto segregation, said he hoped the board of education would give serious consideration to the recommendations, which he said were educationally feasible.

He added that the report is open to improvements and suggestions. Tax Bill Amendment Defeated WASHINGTON W-The Senate rejected today an effort to repeal present federal excise taxes on jewelry, handbags, cosmetics and furs as part of the pending tax cut bill. The vote was announced as 48 to 45 with all Republicans voting for the proposed repeal. It would have added some $450 million or more in revenue losses to the $11.6 billion tax reduction. SINCE WW II The 10 per cent excise taxes-applied at the retail level began during World War II and have been continued since.

The proposal was offered by Sen. Thruston B. in behalf of Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen, of Illinois, who is in a hospital here. Sen.

Russel B. Long, floor manager for the tax re duction bill, opposed the excise repealer as irresponsible and li able to start a rush to junk all federal excise taxes which bring in some $10 billion or more revenue annually. EARLIER AMENDMENT Supporters of the repealer con tend it would benefit millions of consumers and hundreds of thousands of small retailers. Earlier," the Senate had re jected 71-23 an amendment pro posed by Sen. Paul H.

Douglas D-IIL, to provide an additional $960 million of tax relief to low income families by increasing the minimum standard deduc tion. I BERKELEY A recommendation for redisricting of school boundaries contained in a citizens' committee report on de facto segregation apparently faces rough going. The Board of Education last night formally accepted the report, but three of four members present expressed doubts about suggestions for drawing up new school zones to produce more racial integration. Superintendent of Schools C. H.

Wennerberg was instructed to have his staff analyze the study and its recommendations and make suggestions of -its own for implementation of the re port. A progress report on this will be made at the March 3 board meeting. Board members commended the citizens' committee for its Work and expressed their thanks to the group-before officially dissolving it. -1 Recommendations for" new boundary lines apparently worried board members as they made brief general statements relating to the report. I do not approve of re- districting at either the second ary or- primary levels, said Mrs.

Carol Sibley. Life Term In Fatal Stomping Elbert Earl Williams, 17, to day was sentenced to life im prisonment for his part in the stamping death of Patrick Byrne, 64, last Sept. 13 Alameda County Superior Judge Cecil Mosbaher refused the request of Williams' attor ney, Stanley Golde, to refer his client to the California Youth Authority. Williams, a light heavyweight boxer, was convited of first- degree murder Jan. 15 by a jury of eight men and four women.

A 15-year-old who helped rob and kick Byrne to death on the sidewalk in front of 646 16th already has been sent to Pres ton School of Industry. Donald Tyler, 25, who pleaded guilty as an acessory, awaits sentencing Jan. 30 State Gets New Pay Raise Bill SACRAMENTO Iff A Ml introduced Tuesday would pro vide pay raises for state em ployes who didn get one last month. The measure is designed to aid non-teaching University of California and state college employes and low-paid public workers. The bill was introduced by Sen.

Alan Short, and sponsored by the California Stat Employes Association. The proposed legislation would cost about 11.2 million, said a CSEA spokesman. To Strengthen Church Unity ence was held in one of the new, big hotels in the Golden Triangle," he said, "and for three, days I didn't get out of the hotel. They almost put you in a meet ings were all there and restaurants, bars and even a steam room were right' in the hotel. If you wanted to buy a pair of socks a shop was right there, I went to Pittsburgh and couldn't tell you a thing about the city." He said this is current hotel feel as secure as if you were Someone turned to me By BILL ROSE Tribune Religion Writer BERKELEY A leader of the World Council of Churches has challenged 1,200 churchmen to recapture the daring of the men who sparked the present day drive for interfaith coopera tion.

'With a measure of common sense combined with a divine recklessness, dare to launch out on new ventures in interfaith col laboration," urged Dr. Henry Pitney Van Dusen, president emeritus of Union Theological Seminary of New York City. "If we are to realize the one great hope for the coming days the forging of a stronger chain of interchurch ties our minds must be stirred by dreams of new vistas for a united Christendom," he said. He called for the kindling of the imagination of youth by exposing them to "vibrant and prophetic fellowships which have the zeal to transcend" all denominational and theological barriers. Dr.

Van Dusen is one of the Earl Lecturers of the pastoral conference sponsored by the Pacific Sphool of Religion. His observations were made last night in the first of three lectures on "Christian Unity in Crisis." He speaks at 8 p.m. today and tomorrow at the First national attitude didn make it difficult to write a column, if people weren't reluctant to get involved with society to the extent they didn't want to discuss the funny little things that happen to them. To a point I guess this is true, except that for every person trying to keep life at arm's length another person is trying to draw life closer. A week or so ago I mentioned two ladies who are getting married to husbands they met at meetings of an organization called Parents Without Partners.

The lonely people divorced, widowed or shy people who have never married reach out almost frantically trying to draw other people to them. After I carried the item dozens of people telephoned wanting to know how to contact Parents Without Partners. The girl in my office gave them the local address and telephone number, and usually added that the club was in the Oakland phone book. This surprised the callers. Somehow they had thought a pro-social club would not make its identity known, that it probably had an unlisted number.

oooo The guests giggled again as I mentioned this and Marsha, the one who'd just bought a house in Cragmont Acres, said: "I can understand those people calling your office. If I didn't have John and the security of my home and family, I'd probably be looking for some club where two other women had met their husbands." So social detachment is a matter of circumstance..