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PART I Los Angeles Times EDITORIALS METROPOLITAN NEWS LXXXII CC WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 14, 1963 Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles 53, Calif. MAdison 5-2345 Watson Takes Full Blame for Error in Assessments 3 ON THE SET--Audrey Hepburn, as Eliza Doolittle, Bros. Studio. Miss Hepburn and Rex Harrison, as is at left of wagon carrying basket on the set of Prof. Higgins, later rehearsed the scene on elaborate "My Fair Lady" which began shooting at Warner Covent Garden set where pair meet for first time.

Times photo Actor Clem Bevans, 83, TWO SONIC, BOOMS JOLT Dies After Long Illness BIG The L.A. Los AREA area Angeles Portrayed Spry and Wry Old Characters Tuesday was rocked by in Hundreds of Films Funeral services for Bevans, the spry "old feller" of the movies and television, will be conducted at 4 p.m. today in Pierce Brothers Valhalla Chapel. Mr. Bevans died Sunday in Motion Picture Country Hospital after a prolonged illness.

He was 83. Burial will be in Valhalla Memorial Park. The wiry actor with the toothbrush mustache and the quizzical eyes peering over steel-rimmed spectacles appeared in hundreds of movies since he came to Hollywood shortly after the advent of talkies. In films he was the weather-battered prospector who never struck it rich; the kindly old grandfather whose gruffness hid a heart of gold; the well-meaning bungler whose attempts to cope with the routine of life were catastrophic; the pensioner was hit by love and arthritis at the same time. Always Old Man He was always an old man.

Even as a young man portrayed characters far older than he. Although he had been in films for years, Mr. Bevans didn't achieve "star" status until he was 67. That was in 1945 while he was under contract to 20th CenturyFox studios. "Yeah, I'm having the time of my life," he told an interviewer at the time.

"I'm starting all over again." Among his films were "The Yearling," "Wake Up and Dream," which was one of his favorites, "The Kentuckian," "Tell it to the Judge," "Harvey," "Gold Raiders." In later years he appeared and TV Programs Clem Bevans in numerous television productions, including "The Loretta Young Show," "Bonanza," "Twilight Zone" and "Thriller." Clem Guy Bevans was born Oct. 16, 1880 in Cozadale, a suburb of Columbus where he launched his theatrical career at the age of 16. Appeared on Stage Before coming to Hollywood he appeared in vaudeville, light opera and drama all over the country. The last surviving charter member of the Screen tors Guild, Mr. Bevans married twice.

He and his second wife, whom he married 33 years ago, adopted three children. His second wife, M. Lillian, and the children, Mrs. Clemene Stiltz, Mrs. Vickie Dunagan, and Clark Bevans, survive.

Also surviving is a daughter by the first marriage, Mrs. Edith Herrmann. Council to Fight Yorty's Veto of District Offices BY GENE City Council members began to buckle on their armor Tuesday in preparation for their next big skirmish with Mayor Samuel W. Yorty. This time the fight will be over the mayor's veto of $10,000 the council had appropriated to establish district offices and purchase new furniture.

Yorty's veto, criticizing the council for an unwar-4264 ranted expense to taxpayers, was read aloud drew harsh reaction from councilmen. Bill Henry is on vacation. His column will be resumed on his return. Billy Graham Cites Prayers for Crusade Evangelist Says L.A. Seriously Needs Campaign BY DAN L.

THRAPP Times Religion Editor leered. At Los Angeles is the most prayed-for city in the world today, evangelist Billy Graham said Tuesday as he completed preparations to launch a mighty crusade here Thursday. People around the world are praying for this crusade and for its impact, said the revivalist. "The fact that so many people are praying and working together is going to be reflected in results here," he promised. "It is possible that more prayers are being said for this crusade than for any other I ever conducted." The city seriously needs the campaign and its benefits, he added.

If there is city in the world that is in need, it is Los Angeles. 'Spiritual Awakening' "It has the most affluent society, and the highest standard of living on record, and yet its divorce courts are filled, its juvenile hall facilities taxed, and if Los Angeles had a real spiritual awakening it would inworld." Dr. Graham addressed packed press conference the Sheraton-West. Many his evangelists, music directors and other associates attended. The, evangelist through a thicket of television camera tripods, droopding wires and before battery of tape recorders land used other in gadgets commonly the modern-day evangelism he has pion- His crusade will be held at Memorial Coliseum at 7:30 p.m.

daily except Saturdays, and at 3 p.m. Sundays. There will be no meetings Saturdays. Dr. Graham has addressed an estimated 32 million durling his 14 years of evangelism which began with a tent meeting in 1949 at Washington Blvd.

and Hill St. He has conducted crusades around the world. "In those first meetings," he said, "we struggled to get out crowds of 2,000 or 3,000. We don't expect to fill the Coliseum this time, of course, but if we can get Please Turn to Pg. 3, Col.

I CRUSADER- -Evangelist Billy Graham tells newsmen that people everywhere are praying for the success of his crusade to open at the Coliseum Thursday. Times photo Rapid Transit Bisecting of Hollywood Opposed Merchants, Property Owners Insist Any System Should Have East- West Routing BY RAY HEBERT, Times Urban Plans Editor Merchants and property owners voiced their opposition Tuesday to any plan that calls for a rapid transit system bisecting Hollywood. Whatever system is developed, whether standard rail or monorail, they said, should traverse the community in an east-west direction to serve as much of Hollywood as possible. "A system that bisects Hollywood on a straight run south to Wilshire Blvd. is not what we need," said Frank Galloway, chairman of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce's transit and transportation committee.

"The system should serve Hollywood as far east as possible preferably from Highland Ave. to Western Ave. or beyond." He and other Hollywood leaders appeared at the third in a series of area conferences sponsored by the Metropolitan Transit Authority aimed at reaching an agreement on mutually acceptable rapid transit routes. C. M.

Gilliss, the MTA's COMMON TO ALL ROUTES HOLLYWOOD BLVD. BLVO SELMA AVE. SUNSET BLVD. SANTA MONICA BLVD. FREEWAY VINE MELROSE AVE.

PROPOSED FREEWAY BEVERLY BLVO. BREA HIGHLAND TH. ST. NUJIS3M WILSHIRE BLVD. TH.

ST. ALTERNATE FINAL ALIGNMENT WOULD DEPEND ALTERNATE ON LOCATION OF FREEWAY IN THIS ALTERNATE GENERAL AREA. ALTERNATE I- ALTERNATE POSSIBLE TRANSIT ROUTES Possible routes of rapid transit to serve the Hollywood district were presented to the businessmen and property owners. Offers His Regrets to Supervisors BY RAY ZEMAN Times County Bureau Chief Assessor Philip E. Watson accepted full responsibility Tuesday for a 252,170 duplication error in printing assessments.

Facing the Board of Supervisors, he said, "If the error has caused embarrassment for any other public official, I sincerely regret and apologize for it." L. S. Hollinger, county, chief administrative officer, estimated that the county' general fund tax rate will be $2.22 for each $100 valuation instead of the $2.196 estimated when the budget was adopted June 28. Hollinger emphasized that a definite tax rate will not be known until figures on surpluses and the State Board of Equalization's assessments of public utilities are compiled late this month. The, tax rate in the fiscal year 1962-63 was $2.0818.

Warner Studio Starts Filming 'My Fair Lady' two sonic booms, one of which set off scores of burglar alarms and frightened thousands of residents. Some broken windows were reported. The first, reported at 5:27 p.m., was relatively mild, but the second, at 9 p.m., was described as a "shocker." They are caused by supersonic planes. Police switchboards were swamped by telephone inquiries from San Fernando to San Pedro. At one time 85 persons were waiting for telephone lines to the Los Angeles Police Building complaint board.

Boy Burdened With Cares Needs Camp Ever since a serious incapacitated father and his mother forced. to work, 12-year-old Randy has been a father to five younger ers and sisters. His job is complicated because often there enough food and clothing care for a family of according to Tal director Welfare Ac-ning Council's Bureau. "Randy really needs from a responsibility accepted since May, won't get it without from The Times Camp Fund." Randy's father underwent four operations in one and it is uncertain when will return to work full The boy's mother is magazines door to door try to meet basic expenses. "She says there is money for luxuries," observes.

"In fact, the desperately needs assistance, but hasn't here long enough to "Randy deserves a in the forest and the for fun, wholesome food and exercise." Readers who want Please Turn to Pg. 8, BY BETTY MARTIN "My Fair Lady," one of the most expensive musicals ever filmed -with a purchase price of $5.5 million and an estimated $12 to $14 million production cost went before the cameras Tuesday at Warner Bros. Members of the large cast, the press and dignitaries. stood under any available protection as the artificial rain fell on the elaborate, Covent Garden set. They watched Audrey Hepburn, as Eliza Doolittle, and Rex Harrison, as Professor Higgins, rehearse the scene where they meet for the first time.

Miss Hepburn sat under the portico of St. Paul's Church down the square from the opera house, fingering her violets and reading lines with Rex Harrison. Other members of the cast including Stanley Holloway, Wilfred Hyde-White, Jeremy Brett and Isobel Elsom stood waiting as flower and vegetable vendors stands, horse a drawn Renault carriages, cabriolet carts cajoled, pushed and were driven into position. The picture is from the successful musical play by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe. Director George Cukor to shoot in continproposes uity, portraying Miss Hepburn from the cockney flowher girl of the London gutter to the Embassy Ball where she emerges as London's most enchanting lady.

Wilson transmission station tion KNXT for blacked out television, sta90 min. Tuesday night starting about 7:45 p.m. Engineers said the power failure caused a pump to halt which in turn caused water-cooled transmission tubes to burn out. The interruption also cut off service to station KLAS in Las Vegas. Power Fails; TV Station Blacks Out A power failure at the Mt.

TIMES SUMMER CAMP FUND I want to help send needy boys and girls to camp this summer. Here is my contribution to the Times Summer Camp Fund. Name Address City Please mail with contribution, to Times Summer Camp Fund, P.O. Box 29, Los Angeles 53, Cal. Checks should be made payable to the fund.

Contributions are deductible for income tax purposes. No Tax Loss While some supervisors pointed out that the assessor's error misled many cities and school districts relying on a larger tax base when drafting their budgets, Watson emphasized that there will not be a $135 million tax loss. That's because the tax rate had not actually been set, predicted. "We are talking a duplication of assessments the listing and counting of the same property twice," he said. "No money was lost.

No one has to pay a penny more in taxes as a result of this duplication or its correction." In an eight-page statement, Watson explained the 936 business personal property and trade fixture assessments duplicated and the steps being taken to pre-' vent a recurrence of the er- executive director, told the group that their community is an important link in th plan to provide transit facilities between San Fernando Valley and downtown Los Angeles. "One function is to bring persons to Hollywood to work, shop or the many entertainment centers. "The other is to take Hollywood residents to other important centers, particularly the Wilshire area downtown," he said. Changing Area Cited Describing Hollywood as an area that is both chang. ing and growing, he outlined five possible routes which be used by rapid transit systems.

These, he explained, could be incorporated in the MTA's own standard rail system or the monorail lines proposed by the Alweg and Goo dell firms. All five routes under study would extend north from Wilshire Blvd. and follow Highland Ave. and Cahuenga. Pass into San Fernando Valley.

Between Wilshire and Hollywood the routes would use either La Brea Highland Arden Vine La Brea Ave. or the routing of a proposed freeway near Western Ave. ror. Study Begins In addition, he said, the Hughes Dynamics Division of Hughes Tool Co. began an extensive study Monday of his office's systems and procedures.

This is being done without cost to the county. It will include a study of possible use of the county's data processing equipment for other work in addition to preparation of tax bills. Supervisors asked if the Hughes division might suggest use different electronic equipment than that for which the county paid $820,000. Watson said Hughes does not sell or manufacture such machinery. On recommendation of Watson and with approval of County, Counsel Harold W.

Kennedy and all city. attorneys involved the supervisors formally canceled the $135 million duplications. Meanwhile, Watson denied that his computing Please Turn to Pg. 3, Col. 4 help Summer month he time.

selling to no Morash family financial lived qualify. week oppor- HUNTER Councilman Gilbert W. Lindsay who frequently differs with Yorty demanded an immediate vote to override the veto, but was persuaded to adhere to the usual formality of sending such issues to committee. "This is just about as petty as can be," Lindsay stormed about the veto. Lindsay, who seeks to establish a district office at Central charged that it is a burden on many of his constituents to go to his City Hall office.

A district office is necessary to provide better service, he maintained. Councilman James B. Potter who won election on Please Turn to Pg. 8, Col. 6 to Col.

1 Trust Deed Aide Fined and Given Year in Jail Joseph H. Collins, 43, for-1 Collins' probation report mer vice president of a trust disclosed that while he was deed company which prom- in charge of Pacific Trust ised investors return on lost Deed Assn. investors their investment, Tuesday was fined $10,000 and sen- $413,957.36. tenced to a year in the Coun- At a previous trial, the ty Jail. jury acquitted Collins on two Found guilty July 23 by a other counts of grand theft jury on one count of conspi- but failed to agree on the racy to commit grand theft remaining charges.

Two othand six counts of theft, er men, James M. Barr, Collins was put on 15 years Rancho Santa Fe manageprobation on condition that ment consultant, and Robert he pay the fine, serve the A. Kersting, Phoenix lawjail term and make restitu- yer, were acquitted. tion to the defrauded inves- A fourth defendant, Cortors. nelius L.

Witt, president of Superior Court Judge the company, pleaded guilty Frederick W. Mahl Jr. de- to one count of conspiracy Inied a motion for bail pend- and one of grand theft. His ling appeal. sentencing is set for Monday,.