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Angela PART II METROPOLITAN NEWS EDITORIALS VOL LXXXIII CC MONDAY MORNING, JUNE 29, 1964 Timet Mirror Square, Los Angeles, Calif. 90053 MAdison 5-2345 Ctl electric Water Bears New Boom (or Oroville Feather River Project Benefits Old Gold Town i a lit to i School Bill Organized Labor Faces First Major Leadership Battle in 20 Years BY RAY HEBERT TlmM Urtfri Alrt tdltor Oroville, on the edge of the Sacramento Valley, has learned to ride the boom years. More than half a century ago rowdy miners, washing gold from the Feather River, BY HARRY BERNSTEIN Tlmn Labor Iditor first major battle in 20 years for leadership of the California AFL-CIO was officially launched Sunday by the challenger to Thomas Pitts, incumbent chief executive of the 1.3 million member organization. I iWlift MS tt- l-f IC 't A LifTaitif-- riiiif i -t---- DINNER IN SHADE Foster mother Mrs. Clayton Trout of Sylmar, uses program to shade face of Jane Burns, as the baby has bottle at Hollywood Bowl.

In' rear, left to right, are her other foster children, Jan and Jeffrey Chance. Charles Walker, president! of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 11, said in an interview that "the re-election of Pitts as, secretary-treasurer of the state federation will jeopardize the future of organized labor in California." Walker formally an nounced his candidacy for the post now held by Pitts after several days of unofficial reports that he was in the first race for the job since the early 1940s. Headed By Bassett Several top officials of the Los Angeles County Labor Federation, headed by W. J. Bassett, are backing Walker and it is known they would not be doing so without Bassett's knowledge and consent.

The federation convention meets Aug. 17 in San Fran cisco, but intensive cam paigns will be conducted before then to line up votes. "I know of several affi liates of the federation which insist they will disaffiliate if Pitts is re-elected," Walker said. "I hope I can bring about the unity which has been lost in large part because of the conduct of Pitts." Pitts has said the decision will be up -to the delegates to the 'convention, but it is known he, too, is campaigning hard for re-election. His supporters deny there will be any major disaffiliation.

The internal labor battle stems from disputes on two fronts: state government and personality differences. Friends of Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh and even Pitts himself have denied the speaker is involved in the election battle, and there are indications this is true. However, it is no secret that Unruh and Pitts do not get along. Pitts has denounced Unruh for allegedly failing to help labor get its legislative proposals through the State Assembly, and for "attempting to divide and conquer the labor movement." Privately Blames Pitts Unruh has not publicly taken on Pitts, but he has privately blamed Pitts for labor's legislative failures, and for setting unrealistic goals. And it is on this point that Walker attacks Pitts, too.

Walker says if Pitts is unable to get along with some of the top legislators in California, unions cannot win their legislative goals, And while Wafker doesn't mention Unruh by name, it is clear that he has been able to get along well with the Assembly speaker. In addition, personalities are involved. Some of the union leaders have long been feuding with one an- Please Turn to Pg. 8, Col 3 If'- AV -Xv 1 -W' 4 il fnlliM nnl ifci HiMi.ri4 "If irtli TT -ili-HI mini I Vw-ilFr--niir innTWuillmwiiinirit -r A I In turned it into a wild, topsy turvy town. But it was a profitable upheaval, pro- i ftoA i aucing iu muimn a ooom period bridging the late 1800s.

Now Oroville, tucked in a crook of the Feather River where it turns out of the Sierra Nevada foothills and heads down the is feeling the impact of a new boom. This time the lift is coming from water not gold. And because there is plenty of, it water needed desperately in Southern California and elsewhere in the state Oroville will fare much better than it ever did in its gold dredging heyday. 'Earthfill Dam Six miles above Oroville the highest earthfill dam in the world is rising to catch the flow of the petulant Feather River as it courses out of the picture-postcard Feather River Canyon. The $439 million construction job staggers visitors with its size and the spectacular way engineers have scalped the canyon's floor and sides to build a footing for the massive 735 ft.

high embankment. On quiet nights the continuous rumble of what has become the largest earth-moving project ever undertaken drifts down the canyon to Oroville and the homes and ranches scattered around it. Working under floodlights, crews are pouring gravel onto the dam's upstream base, in an around-the-clock operation. Rumbles Louder Oroville's residents swear that as the embankment gets higher the rumble, freed by the canyon's sloping walls grows louder and-clearer. Cautiously planned and engineered, the dam has often been called the cornerstone of the $2.2 billion State Water Project.

It is that and more. Water released from the dam, upon its completion in 1968, will flow down the Feather and Sacramento Rivers to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta 125 miles south of Oroville. From there it will be pumped into a. system of aqueducts some now in the planning stage and others Under construction to counties north and south of San Francisco Bay, the San Joaquin Valley and most of Southern California. Will Reach 65 This new 'water supply will reach 63 of the state's population, i i a cushion against the state's growing demands until 1990.

By then, when California's population is nearly double the present 18 million, water flowing to the delta will be replenished by new units of the" California Water Plan. These facilities are being designed to tap streams in the state's wet North Coastal area. Aside from Oroville Dam's water conservation features, the mammoth facility will provide flood control for the rich "valley below Oroville, Please Turn to Pg. 8, Col. Actors Guild Will Set to Restore Lost Bonus Incentive Clause Accidentally Cut Out of Unruh Act BY TURPIN Tlmti Education Editor An urgency bill will be introduced at the January session of the Legislature to restore funds accidentally cut from 23 school districts in the last-minute passage of the Unruh school aid bill last month.

The office of Assembly Speaker Jesse M. Unruh said such legislation will correct the oversight which alarmed school boards and superintendents from Azusa to Yolo County. Bonus allocations for dis tricts which became unified during 1959-61 school years are those cut off by the Unruh bill. Present law allows dis tricts to receive a "unification incentive" bonus of of their state aid appor tionment for the initial year of the unified district. Amount to $575,000 The annual bonus is re duced by 1 each year over a live-year span, inadver tently, under the much re drafted Unruh bill, the sec tion which would have con-' tinued bonus payments to districts in their third, fourth and fifth years pf unification was dropped.

The "losses" amount to more than $575,000 in the 13 Los Angeles County districts alone, according to estimates by officials in the county schools office. If retroactive legislation is not passed, the bonus losses would necessitate cutbacks in existing school programs. However, undistributed re serves in district budgets will cover costs of programs already approved for the next school year. Agreement Abrogation Dr. B.

Hawk, special services consultant for the county schools, ventured that unless legislation cor rects the situation early next year, a court test of the Un ruh bill could fmd it uncon stitutional. He said the state, in effect, abrogated its agreement with school districts con cerning bonus payments for unification when the bonus section was dropped from the new bill. The 23 districts affected are in 10 counties and 13 of the systems are in Los An- geles County. The latter districts are Azusa, Bassett Baldwin Park, Charter Oak, i a Valley, Downey, Duarte, El Rancho, Glendo-ra, La Canada, Monrovia, Palos Verdes and West Co- vina. Fire Ravages 50 Acres East of Newhall A fire burned more than 50 acres of brush four miles east of Newhall, forcing closure of Highway 6 for an hour Sunday before it was brought under control oy a crew of 150 men.

Countv Fire Department and U.S. Forestry bervice firefiehters. with 10 pieces of cround eouic-ment. three helicopters and an aerial tanker, were in the area by 1 p.m., 30 minutes after the blaze began. Officials said the fire started alongside Highway 6, south of Soledad Canyon Rd.

WINNER GREETED Entertainers joining tribute to 50th anniversary of county's foster family program, from left, Hans Boepple, 14-year-old pianist; singer Dick Wheaton and composer-conductor John Green, at the piano, greet Mrs. Lupe Negrete, 64, who won the program's Merit Award at Hollywood Bowl. TV Strike Date Tonight Directors to Act Against Film Producers; Walkout Could Start at Midnight Tuesday 6,000 Help King Colder King Calder, Veteran Stage, IV Actor, Dies King 65. a veteran character actor who ap peared in hundreds of Broadway plays, movies and television dramas, died here Sunday. Mr.

Calder. of 8811 Look out Mountain Hollywood, starred in su c'h Broadway productions as "My Sister Eileen," "No 1 lme for Sergeants" and Dough Girls and appeared in many Kaufman and Hart musical comedies. He also nlaved Lt. Grav on the TV series. Martin Kane.

and acted in most of televi sion's early live dramatic series. Services will be conducted Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. at Pierce Brothers Mortuary, Hollywood. He is survived by his wife, Ethel. Geodetic Map Office to Close U.S.

Coast and Geodptir Survey's map and chart of- nee nere win cease opera- lions uesday despite protests by hundreds of boat owners, private pilots, geologists, oil companies, aero space nrms and other in dustries. For years the office In Room 535 of the Subwav Terminal Building has pro vided a vital service to thou sands throughout Southern California seeking official maps and charts, many not available anywhere else in this area. "Shutting the office is a tremendous disservice a slap in the face to the Los Angeles area." insists Mau rice L. Norman, who has operated the federal map section the past 30 years. Two Workers Hired "At the same time this of fice is being discontinued, the San Francisco office has hired two new employees, and the Seattle office four new people.

"Yet, the Los Angeles area has the greatest concentra tion of private planes in the" world and there is more boating activity here on a year-round basis than anywhere in the country." Each month nearly 3,000 map3 and charts are issued to the public from the local office. Many firms continuously obtain air navigation charts available for any place in the world. Nautical are eagerly sought daily bv many of the nearly 200,000 local small craft owners. A walking gazetteer Norman is "Mr. Geography" to libraries, schools, research Please Turn to Pg.

2, Col. 2 Comic Dictionary HOBO A character to whom we owe a debt of gratitude for pioneering the eookout. 1N4, VM titf Foster Family Birthday County Program's 50th Anniversary Hailed; Mrs. Lupe Negrete Presented Merit Award BY MARY ANN CALLAN The Screen Actors Guild board of directors will meet tonight to set a strike date against producers of television films. The walkout is expected this week or early next week, although it could start at any time after midnight, Tuesday.

The 'union and producers broke off negotiations Friday, and a union spokesman said "a complete impasse exists." Mail Ballot Underway A strike vote was taken last Monday at a membership meeting which almost unanimously authorized a walkout. But a mail ballot is also under way, and is expected "to be finished by Tuesday. v. The union is seeking to hike pay for TV film Te-runs from the present 140 of the basic union scale for five reruns, to 280. Management has offered to raise the rate Hard-Working Skeeter Needs Help for Camp As his nickname implies, Skeeter, 10, busily flits on errands, keeps six younger brothers and sisters in tow and works to earn his way to summer camp.

"No one can convince Skeeter that his little shoe shine business won't finance the whole camp fee," says Al Ehrke, Plaza Community Center. "His heart is set on going to camp. But he'll be disappointed unless help comes from The Times Summer Camp Fund." Recently named "Boy of the Year" by a local social agency, Skeeter eagerly does chores for. others as well as helping his widowed mother. Though he tries, the young ster just can't move fast enough also to raise a camp fee.

Readers can give hundreds of needy boys and girls like Skeeter a hand in Please Turn to Tg. 2, Col. 1 pnotot Celebrate Wrlttr year as a limes Woman of the Year. Also honored by the 14 placement agencies were foster parents Mr. and Mrs Ruby Woods, a of Adoptions; Mrs.

Christina Yorba, Bureau of Public. As- sistance; Mr. and Mrs Joseph Del Franco, California Youth Authority; Mrs, Frances Berry, Probation Department; Mrs. Virginia Perry, Adoption Institute. Others Honored Others included Mr.

and Robert Corless, Catholic Welfare Bureau; Mrs. Ma mie Macey, Children's Bureau; Mrs. Charles Dyer, Children's Home Society; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hutchinson, Evangelical Welfare Society; Mr.

and Mrs. Austin Merryweather, family Service of Santa Monica; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Regets, Holy Family Adop tion Service; Mr. and Mrs Arthdr B.

Westerdoll. Pa sadena Welfare Bureau, and Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Pavelsky, Vista Del Mar Child Care Service. Mrs.

Enid Rice, 321 S. Hidalgo Alhambra retiring from the program after 3o years of service af ter providing home care for 82 youngsters, was honored by county Child Welfare Services. Among entertainers who gave their talents to the program were conductor to 145 in some cases, but lower the rate in others, a union source said. Management contends the union proposals could wreck the present structure of the TV film industry since profits are rarely made on the first showing, and come only oh the re-runs. 1955 Formula If the cost of re-runs is too high, management says, the shows will be too expensive to put on TV.

The union, in a letter to its members along with the strike ballot, said the present re-run formula has been in effect since 1955, and "during this period, the growth and profit of the TV industry has been nothing short of phenomenal." A strike would involve production of TV r-tainment films, and not affect "live" shows, or the showing of films already made. dozen taped by the National Aeronautics Authority to the helicopter's skids to detect any unauthorized landing, This "egg dropping showed NAA officials mrn nitoring the flight that they had not touched ground and that the record was authentic. The two pilots alternate at the controls every four hours, and their craft is re- process every two hours. Their 101-hour record ij scheduled to be reached at Tim Stiff A crowd of 6,000 most of them children turned out in sun baked Hollywood Bowl Sunday afternoon to hear almost three hours of glowing praise on the 50th anniversary of the county foster family program1. The audience of foster parents and their foster children heard civic officials, entertainment stars 'and musical groups, including the U.S.

Navy Band from San Diego, pay tribute, to the program, which began in 1914 when the first home was licensed by the county. ml i i inen me mrong nad a chance to honor some of its own 23 foster parents out of 7,500 in the county who received special notice for their outstanding contribu tion through the years. Express Gratitude With entertainers Johnnv Grant, Ronald Reagan and Jack Bailey sharing emcee duties, the program featured tributes by Supervisor Er nest Debs and Mayor Samuel W. Yorty, who both expressed their gratitude for "your great service to your fellow men." Then, on behalf of As semblyman Vincent Thomas of the 68th district, Bailey presented the anniversary celebration's Merit Award to Mrs. Lupe Negrete.

64, of 495 Nassau Court, for serving 430 children as foster parent in 27 years. Mrs. Negreta was selected last 2 Copter. Pilots Break Record, Remain in Air Enckiilvt tt The Timt from Stift Wriltr BAKERSFIELD Two helicopter pilots, trying for a 101 -hour record flight, Sunday at 7:02 a.m. broke the national endurance re cord of 77 hours and 2 mi- nutes previously held by the U.

S. Navy. i The two -man crew of Gene Goodman, 37, of Bakersfield and Chuck Wolfj 35, of Santa Barbara, flying 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, 90053. Checks should be made payable to the Fund. Contributions are tax" deductible. The Fund complies with regulations of the Department of Social City of Los Angeles. a Hughes 39-A model, began'fueled a few feet off the their feat at Meadows Field'ground through a siphoning Thursday at 7 a.m After going beyond the u- hour mark Sunday, they droTTd an one of fnur'noon todav.

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