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VOL. LXXXII THURSDAY MORNING APRIL 1 8, 1 963 Times Mirror Square, Los Angeles 53, Calif. MAdison 5-2345 Keponuies Westwoods Street Needs 0 .01 ote Traffic Engineer to Give Findings to LA. Commission BX ANTON CALLEIA Position on Ballot Crux of Challenge BY LARRY LIEBMAN CULVER CITY Tues ZJ 4 4 BEAUTY HOPEFULS Bev. Wagner; Toni Cheri Durocher, SherL.

Reine Deege, from' left, are the six-finalists for title of Miss Spindrift at Santa Monica City College. Queen wij I be selected Friday, May. 17, and will reign oveiMhe college's annual Spring Splash event Times ptwto READING TIME Neil Golstein left, and. Andy Guilford look over some books being selected for Adorns Junior High's Book Fair which will be held Tuesday, April 23, at the school. Under supervision of Mrs.

Virginia Sutton, students will exhibit their own personal book collections in the library. Thnei ptwt Mayor i ivi warn iiii Kc m-ir wm mm 1 111. TT UIVIUI day's school board election will be challenged as a result of a switch in candi dates' names and occupa tions on some of the bak lots handed to voters. Michael Van Horn whose campaign for a seat on tha board was keyed to tha slo gan "Vote for the name on the bottom of the ballot for the tops in education" said he "definitely" will challenga the results, which show ha lost. On about two-thirds of tha ballots Van Horn's name was listed third, not fourth, or at the bottom.

The name of Joel K. Mithers, who also appears to have lost the election, appeared in the bottom slot on the erroneous ballots. Their occupations also were reversed. Winning contenders in tha election were tacumbenta James E. Gibson, 1,741 votes and Russell R.

Hiles, 1,261 votes. Mithers, an attorney, was listed as an insurance consultant while Van Horn, an insurance consultant, was listed as an attorney, Certain-: At time, Mithers said he was not certain whether he also will chal lenge the results, The ballots were printed for the County Superintendent, of Schools' which handles school elections in 98 districts. "Something happened ta the type during the run, explained Dr. Bruce Hawk, special services consultant to the County Superintendent of Schools' office. "And when the type was reassembled, tt was not chocked against tha original copy." The person cliallenging tfea election must go to Superior Court and' pay tha court costs.

Hawk said that if the court concludes that one of the candidates has been hurt by the ballot mix-up, 4t can rule the election invalid and order a new election. No Invalid Rulings There have been nume ous recounts on county school board run elections, but an election never has been ruled invalid, ha added. The turnout Tuesday waa only 2,362 or 18 of the electorate. Both winners said they: were disappointed by tiha small turnout Gibson said he would press for an improvement of tjia school system's counseling and guidance service. Hiles said ha would worit, for establishment of a 12-month school year and fo the opening of a vocational school in the western sea-' tion of the county.

Elinor Nathan Ruth Bard George Zucker 3 Win Board Posts in Beverly School Vote 1 few It i During the 'campaign all the candidates expressed satisfaction with the manner in which the school district has been administered. The voters' choice was apparently among individuals rather than platforms. In her campaign, Mrs Bard said, "We must con tinue the high quality of education in Beverly Hills with every, effort to strengthen and consequent ly improve our program." Mrsk Nathan also saw her election as "a vote of confi dence in the policies of our present board. The new board members will take office July 2, upon expiration of the terms of of fice of Phyllis Seaton and Champ Reese. Zucker will continue for another four years.

lews Bay City's Major Issues SANTA MONICA The location of route for Pacific Coast Freeway, rehabilitation' of the business district and the necessity of at tracting light industry to the city These "aretlhe most seri ous problems facing the City Council, according to Santa Monica's new, Rex. H. Minter. An. eight-year City Coun cil veteran, Minter was a unanimous chojee of Tits col leagues to succeed Thomas M.

McCarthy 'as mayor. Minter, an attorney, was: elected for a two-year term at a meeting Tuesday at City Hall Elected majror pro tem pore was Couiicihvoman Clo Hoover. Mrs. Hoover thus becomes the first woman in the history of the city to hold the office. The vote was unanimous.

In accepting the post, Minter inledered to "do as sood a job as possible" and that he wouia strive 10 me members of tlie council work with me as a team." He lauded McCarthy for an 1 excellent performance uui mg iua ici iiu Also sworn in were.Board of Education incumbents Engel, Schil ler A. Colberg and Dr. Er nest. M. Stanton, each of whom was re-elected, and William B.

Campbell newly elected member. Incumbent Charles B. Buckley was un able to attend the meeting. SHOPPING CART FLIES HIGH VENICE Police and the owners of the Broadway department store at 8739 Sepulveda Blvd. are investigating placement of a shopping cart atop a 30-ft flagpole.

The cart was hanging from the pole when the first employee arrived Tuesday morning. Some display lights near the front of the store were broken and a mail box was damaged. ISRAELI BOOKS TO GO TO UCLA WESTWOOD Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Cimimings of Beverly Hills today will donate a total of 33,520 Israeli books to the UCLA Library.

Chancellor Franklin D. Murphy said, "These are rare and important books that will serve as the foundation for a great Judaic and Hebraic collection on this campus. CHANGES ON WILSHIRE BLVD. OKfDt BEVERLY HILLS---The City Council has agreed to proceed with Phase I of the Wilshire Blvd. Traffic Improvement plan, submitted by Wilbur Smith Associates.

Approximately $13,000 has been appropriated for the job. The work calls for marking of Wilshire for three through lanes in each direction and left-turn storage lanes. Curb parking would be prohibited from 7 to 10 a.m. and from 4 to 7 p.m. Some curb parking spaces will be eliminated.

THREE ESCAPE DEATH IN AUTO CRASH MALIBU Driver Charles Ervin Arnstein, 31, of Westwood, and two passengers escaped serious injury Wednesday morning when their sports convertible plunged over a 50-ft cliff In Latigo Canyon. The ear landed on its top. Treated for minor injuries and released from Malibu Emergency Hospital were Arnstein, and ins passengers, Connie Ray, 21, of Los Angeles and Raynor Lee Reynolds, 25, of West Los Angeles. WESTWOOD Streets in this community surround-j ing UCLA are not properly designed to carry traffic occasioned; by nearby high density projects and they are not equipped to handle added traffic if that is gen erated In the future. That i3 the conclusion of a long-awaited study which Los Angeles City Traffic Engineer Sam S.

Taylor is expected to present today to the Los Angeles Traffic Com-i mission. i Any change in zoning reg ulations to allow higher densities of development in the area should hinge on fur ther upgrading of the planned street system, Taylor maintains. The study was initiated last summer at the request of Councilwoman Rosalind Wyman and the City Planning Department. It is a direct outgrowth of the West- wood high-rise controversy in which residents were ask ing for a height limit "roll back" to prevent construc tion of additional tall buildings. "The street system as laid out tends to funnel north- south traffic through the one intersection of Westwood Blvd.

and Wilshire Blvd. Not Satisfactory "The street dedication pro vided will not handle present! traffic demands satisfac torily. Additional major traf fic generators that would as sign traffic through this in tersection could not be toler ated," the study concludes. Taylor's study covered a four-mile-square area bound ed roughly by Sunset Blvd. on the north, the Beverly H1I13 city linut3 on the east, Santa Monica Blvd.

on the 90uth and Sepulveda Blvd. on the west Analysis of traffic condi tions on minor streets in the area, the need for changes in traffic control and consider ation of parking needs were not included In the study. Recommended street im provements were developed without benefit of cost! studies and without consider ation of "traffic desires out side the study area. East-West Pattern "On a typical day in 1962," the report "158,700 vehicles with origins outside tha area crossed the West- wood area cordon; 78 of these vehicles used east-west streets. Of tha 158,700 vehicles which entered tha Westwood area, it is estimated that 200 had destinations with in the Westwood area and 102,500 vehicles, or 65, were through traffic.

"The number of vehicles crossing the Westwood area cordon in 1980 is expected tol increase by 35 the number with destinations within the Westwood area is expected to increase iby 58; and the! number passing through the Plea Turn to.P. 3, CoL 4 NEW MAYOR Eugene Gunther wqs elected mayor of Beverly Hills Tuesday by a mem-bers' vote of ity council. I 1 I Tha commission is scheduled to discuss the Synanon application during a meeting Tuesday, April 23, in Los Angeles. A public hearing on the application was held April 10 by the commission. James E.

Gibson BEVERLY HILLSi George Zucker, an Incum bent," Ruth Bard and Elinor Nathan emerged winners Tuesday in the race 1 for three seats on the five-mem ber Beverly Hills Board of Official results gave Zuck er 2,789 votes; Mrs. Bard, Mrs." Nathan, William C. Reeder, and Robert Weil, 1,654. Vote of Confidence Zucker, who is the current president of the said, "This victory is not mine! but should be shared with other members of the board who have provid ed, the fine leadership and direction which have made this school district one of the finest in the nation." Owner Offers to Lease Land for Synanon Site Work Starts to From Ocean MALIBU A dramatic race to save two apartment hoiiseg from destruction by tides was under way Wednesday on the Malibu The structures, located at 22802-22804 Pacific Coast Highway, wert evacuated Tuesday after high waves undermined the pilings. Placement of rocks to pro tect the underpinnings of the structures was started Wednesday morning during low tides.

It was hoped place ment of 350 tons of heavy boulders will prevent waves from washing more sand from the base of the pilings. The however, was suspended Wednesday after noon with tne rise of the tide. Await Low Tide Construction of the bulk head will resume when low tide conditions prevailed, according to Don Miller, manager of "the apartments. saidadditional sup ports will'' be installed be neath buildings after completion of the bulkheads. Miller said undermining of the structures has thrown the walls out of kilter and made it impossible to close many of the doors.

The structures are owned by Vern E. Herrick, who is traveling In Europe. They contain nine apartments. Low tides today will be at 4:08 a.m. and 11:57 a.m.

Venice Civic Union to Honor LA. Official VENICE Ben' Morris, a member of the Los Angeles Beautiful Commission, will be honored by the Venice Civic Union dinner at its an nual dinner at 7 p.m., Tues day, April 30. at Brands Restaurant at 11970 Venice Blvd. Save Houses TOPANGA An offer to lease a site in the Enchanto Lake area of the Santa Mon ica Mountains to Synanon Foundation has been made by Charles Hinman, owner! of several hundred acres of land in the area and editor of a Topanga newspaper. The foundation operates a center for the rehabilitation! of narcotics users on the Santa Monica beachfront! where it has been involved in legal difficulties with the city of Santa Monica.

A move to Malibu is con templated by the foundation pending a favorable deci sion by the Los Angeles County Planning Commis sion on a request for a per mit which will enable the organization to build a sanitarium on a 23-acre site in the Santa Monica Mountains. If efforts to relocate at I the Malibu site fail to ma- terialize the foundation mays consider Hinman's offer, a Synanon spokesman Indicated, I NEW HSXMSMAeVH Minted office of mayor of Santa Monica nam retiring: mayor Elected mayor pro tempore by fellow councilmen was as he assumes Thomas McCarthy. Mrs. to Hoovercenter, TUnH.