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--T I -) Kn" 'V', i- Ki 1 rr i HJ w2b' 4 I rl I Xffy I J5 hi CHARRED MOVIE LOT Fire officials survey smoldering ruins ofter flames raged through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Lot 2 in Culver City. Arrow locates chapel where blaze started. Times photos by George R. Fry BWjiijji iiwiiwlllilllBiiiMIBIWWimW r.rSrr' Vtw Cr MON-MAIt 1967-Port 1 Unexpected SP Strike Halted by Injunction Violation of Seniority Charged by Switchmen; Effect on Public Slight BT WILLIAM McPIIILLIPS TimM Stiff Writer Southern Pacific trains rolled to a halt In six Western states Sunday when switchmen called a surprise strike, but 12 hours later the railroad won a federal court injunction banning the walkout The injunction was issued by U.S. Judge Albert C.

Wollenberg in San Francisco, who ordered the switchmen back to work immediately and set a hearing on the matter for Tuesday. Switchmen returned to work later Sunday and by 4 p.m. operations out of Los Angeles were normal, according to an SP spokesman. The short-lived walkout had only a negligible effect on the public. It came at 1 a.m., only an hour and a half after it was set off by a dispute over seniority rights in Tucson.

Company Charges Aired Passenger trains en route were allowed to go on to final destinations and freight trains were pulled into the nearest terminals, but the railroad canceled all departing trains on the 9,000 miles of track affected. "The union did not use any of the railroad grievance procedures," said a company spokesman. "The strike is not in accordance with the switchmen's contract and not in accordance with the National Railway Labor Act." Nevertheless, pickets were thrown uo at major Southern Pacific installations in California, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and the railroad's complex at El Paso. Reportedly, all other rail unions were respecting the picket lines. The 1,500 members of the Switchmen's Union of North America, AFL-CIO, walked out over what was termed a "major infringement" of seniority rights in Tucson.

Under their agreement with the railroad, a union spokesman said in Los Angeles, switchmen are to be promoted to yardmaster on a local seniority bases. But in Tucson, he said, the company ignored seniority rights by bumping the yardmaster down a notch and bringing in a man with less seniority to fill the job. 'Infringes on Seniority' The new man, shifted from a similar post at Tucumcari, N.M., went to work at 11:30 p.m. Saturday and the strike was called an hour and a half later. Neil P.

Spiers, president of the union, said from his office in Buffalo, N.Y., that the transfer "definitely infringes on the seniority rights" of union members in Tucson. "The railroad cannot arbitrarily do this before negotiating with the union," he said. The injunction will remain in effect until March 20. At the hearing Tuesday, Southern Pacific will press for $2,000,000 Traffic Accidents Kill 13, Including Five in One Auto Thirteen persons died Sunday in automobile accidents, including five in one car which skidded across the center line of rain-slick U.S. 99 near Castaic.

Three teen-age girls from Bakersfield were critically injured in the collision on the Ridge Route with the car bearing five Los Angeles residents. The California Highway Patrol Identified the dead as Bobby Lee Moore, 25, the driver, of 1203 E. 65th Marty Carol Broussard, 21, of 1042 W. 43rd Wlilie Washington, 40, 6125 S. Figueroa Sandra D.

Green, 20, 4310 Kansas and Lawrence Denton 19, 171 E. 58th St. The Bakersfield girls, who were taken to Golden State Hospital in Newhall, are Cathie Lee Cooper, 18, who was driving; Shelly Morris, 17, and Carol Tafie, 18. Car Hit Broadside The CHP said the northbound Los Angeles car skidded into the southbound lane and was struck broadside. Other traffic victims included Mrs.

Marguerite Cassidy, 67, of 813 Highland Duarte, who police said fell from her moving car onto the pavement of the on-ramp between Azusa Ave. and the San Bernardino Freeway. Her husband, James, who was driving, told police the right front door came open as the car skidded on the wet roadway. Jackie L. Hartwell, 34, of 481 W.

4oth was killed in Sun Valley when his westbound car jumped the curb at Osborne St. and Norris Ave. and crashed into a traffic sign and light standard. Mrs. Susan D.

Stone, 21, of 11 Paradise Valley North, Wilmington, died when she lost control of her southbound car on the Harbor Freeway and struck a bridge abut-Please Turn to Page 18, Col. 4 burning. The heat from MGM blaze was so intense that paint blistered on unit and several hoses burned. J. W.

McKnight prevent it from Spectacular Blaze Sweeps Through MGM Movie Sets Continued from First Page there has been no recent filming on the sets, and none was scheduled this week. Off-duty Culver City firemen were called to duty from their homes and 15 minutes after the first alarm was sounded the Los Angeles Fire Pepartment was asked to assist. Six engines and two trucks were sent to help the five Culver City units. A Los Angeles fireman, Harold Eide, 54, of 3636 Chesapeake was struck on the left shoulder by a piece of timber which tumbled from the catwalk. He was treated at Central Receiving Hospital and released.

The heat was so intense it blistered the paint on one of the fire engines. Several hoses were burned. The billowing smoke was visible for miles, and briefly jammed up traffic in the area. For a time police closed Overland between Venice and Culver Washington between Elenda St. "and Motor and Culver between Elenda and Overland, Firemen succeeded in keeping the flames from the Filmways Building, a two-story structure formerly used for the creation of cartoons and now employed for the production of television commercials.

Damage, was estimated at between $50,000 and $100,000. The loss was covered by insurance, a studio spokesman said. 2 Killed as Plane Crashes on Road A single-engine plane crashed on U.S. 99 about three miles south of lewhall Sunday night, killing the two occupants and narrowly missing southbound automobile traffic. The victims were identified as Daniel Nelson Cotie, 25, of 5138 Riv-erton North Hollywood, and Anthony Gjessing, 25, a flying instructor at Lockheed Air Terminal in Burbank.

It was not immediately determined who was; piloting the plane or where it was from. Witnesses said the Cessna 150's nose wheel hit 50-foot cliff overlooking the highway before the plane slammed into the center divider and flipped over into the northbound lanes. The pilot apparently was trying to fly beneath! low rain clouds when the accident occurred near the Gavin Canyon bridge, the California Highway Patrol said, i There was no fire, but traffic was backed up in both directions while the wreckage was cleared from the highway. to Oppose Johnson on War Gerald N. Hill VETERANS CHIEF A 'FITNESS BUG' First Negro to Head State Off ice Tells About His Goals COOLING OFF ENGINE Fireman hoses down side of fire engine to CDC Threatens Con tinued from First Page enlivening what up to then had been one of the council's duller conventions, erupted near the end of the two-day session.

A statement of admiration for President Johnson and approval of the administration's conduct of the Vietnam war was met with derisive laughter, jeers and boos. Said Donald C. Skone-Palmer of Studio City, one of the delegates, "I am speaking for the administration and I am against the whole thing. I deeply admire President Johnson." But the remainder of Skone-Palmer's statement was virtually drowned out by antagonistic yelling. September Peace Ultimatum The policy statement giving President Johnson a September ultimatum for finding a peaceful solution to the Vietnam war was adopted by a vote of 606-440.

1 It read: "If there has been no peaceful solution to the War in Vietnam, thi3 convention will formulate a strong grassroots Presidential primary slate of delegates to the Democratic National Convention in 1968 pledged to support a candidate and a platform in Southeast Asia and supporting the renewal of a progressive peacetime program at home, throughout California and the entire United States." If there is no peace in Vietnam by Jeremy, in the London office of the British Electricity Council. And that also sums up the current state of the electric automobile a brief testimony of a technological oversight in a world that soon may land man on the. moon. Jeremy's observations are internationally significant. He is the council's project engineer responsible for development of the battery electric passenger car in England, which operates more electric vehicles (100,000) than all other countries The battery situation is not quite that bleak, according, to those who see the electric automobile as a solution to (1) air pollution and (2) traffic congestion.

Francisco) refrained from calling it a "dump Johnson" proposal. He said, "This delegation could support any candidate who supports peace in Vietnam and social progress at home. Whether we like it or not, there will be a peace slate running in the Democratic primary." To those who would argue that such a slate would help Mayor Sam Yorty, who is talking about heading a Johnson-pledged delegation, Burton said his answer is: "I would rather see Sam Yorty head a delegation than be a U.S. senator." Section Backs Kennedy The policy statement contained a section backing Sen. Kennedy's proposal for peace.

It calls iot immediate cessation of bombing in North Vietnam, announcing this nation's intention to attend a peace conference within a week of the bombing pause and the inclusion of the National Liberation Front the Viet Cong in the ne gotiations. The statement charged that the United States since World War II has "been obsessed with an exaggerated and unrealistic fear of communism." It went on to call for co-existence with the Communist world, and disarmament, stating, "The first and essential step toward a reduction of international tension is settlement of the war in Vietnam." Original Foreign Policy The original foreign policy declaration was submitted to the convention by Fred Warner Neal, who had presided at earlier draft sessions a professor of international relations at Claremont Graduate School, read a preamble which stated, "We, should not directly condemn or attack the administration, as such." Almost immediately opposition to this draft statement, submitted to the convention for approval, was Burton submitted an amendment to Neal's statement which was adopted by 606 to 440. San Francisco Supervisor Terry Francois submitted a substitute declaration supporting the Kennedy plan. It was adopted by a split voice vote. Both were made a part of the Please Turn to Page 18, Col.

1 CURRENT SYSTEM FALLS FAR SHORT damages for each day the strike was in effect. James E. Johnson his race to join the U.S. Marine Corps. Johnson retired as a chief warrant officer following 20 years' servlca In Please Turn to Page 18, Col.

1 Battery Research Key to New BY JERRY GILLAM Tlmtt Staff Wrlttr SACRAMENTO The first Negro department head in California's history likes to run three miles for exercise every morning before he goes to work. He also likes to do 50 deep knee bends, some push-ups and a bit of shadow boxing at the end of his daily run in Capitol Park. "I'm a physical fitness' bug;" admitted Veterans Affairs Director James E. Johnson, in an interview with The Times. Handles Variety of Benefits The department handles Cal-Vet home and farm loans and educational benefits for eligible veterans and their dependents.

Its new director also has no doubts in his mind about what he wants to do or how he will go about doing it. "I want to be the best director that this department ever had Johnson said: "If that means working 24 hours a day, that's what I'm going to do-but I'll need the help of all department employes and veterans organizations." In addition to being the first Negro department head in the state, he also was one of the first members of UPI Telephoto September, the CDC will meet again to carry through its threat, the statement added, calling for a special convention to be held that month. The author of the statement, assemblyman John Burton (D-San Electric Car There have been improvements in the lead-acid battery. It will store roughly three times as much energy today as did its predecessor. But, even then, it falls short of being adequate for the acceptable electric car.

It is not even close, according to the Edison Electric Institute in New York, which recently increased its support of development work toward a zinc-air battery system by General Atomics in San Diego. "We feel the battery needs improvement of 4 or 5 to 1 over the lead-acid system to make- it competitive with the internal combusion engine," said Pat Daigle of the Institute. That establishes pretty severe Please Turn to Page 16, Col. 1 BY BOB THOMAS Timtt Auto Editor Half a century ago, when the electric car was the delight of society matrons and still a serious rival of the piston engine, propulsion was provided by a lead-acid battery, close kin to the one in your automobile today. When the next generation of lectric cars is born and we appear to be on the threshold of this era it, too, may depend on the ancient lead-acid battery for energy.

It wasn't good enough 50 years ago and it won't be good enough now. So why use it? "Because It is here." So says an expert, K. W. C..