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Director to Resian STAY IN JAIL KnoWland Elected to U.S. Chamber Board D5 Freedom Denied to 23 Sit-ins William F. Knowland, editor and publisher of the Oakland Tribune, has been elected to the board of -directors of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The former US.

senator is president of the 4,000 member Oakland Chamber of Commerce. He has, been a member of the Oakland Chamber since 1960 and has served as vice president and member of the executive committee. Knowland will represent District 10, which includes Califor- nia, Oregon, Washington, Alas ka, Hawaii and Guam. His selection fills a vacancy left hv thu rrmt rfpath nf board member Maurice G. Read of Berkeley.

i At Woodminster A fog cannot be dispelled with the amphitheater t't 1 RJhi.dl.s CONCORD I a fan, says an old Japanese proverb. And after 20 years of fanning, John M. Falls is about to agree. The veteran producing director of the light opera series at Woodminster Amphitheater yesh terday announced heis quitting at the end of the current season. "My decision is prompted by the great risk involved with bad weather conditions," he wrote to the Oakland Park Commission.

"Last Saturday, for exam- i i -pterthe-fog at times-was almosty-antf the A petition for a writ of habeas corpus to free 23 San Francisco sit-in demonstrators has been dismissed by U.S. Dist Judge Stanley Weigel. Most of the demonstrators are now. serving time for the sit-in two years ago at the Sheraton- raiace Hotel ana on auto row in The petition was filed by At torney Auorey Grossman, rep resenting Jerrie Meadows, who was unidentified but was not one of those It claimed there were eight Constitutional "violations of the riSllts ine-23 Judge Weigel dismissed the petition because he said it failed to specify which alleged violations applied to which individuals. "It is minimally incumbent on the actor (Miss Meadows), par ticularly when represented by counsel, he said, "to show plainly and precisely what claims to nght of relief apply to which individuals." He said, "There is no com pelling authority, one way-or4hei other to support this species of action in habeas corpus." He said the petition could be filed again, if the minimum requirements are met.

Miss Meadows said she filed the petition in behalf of the 23 because of the time and difficulty entailed in getting their signatures while they are in jail. season, superin- They authorized park tendent John E. Peetz to seek a successor to Falls. UNDER CONTRACT Falls operated under a contract with the Park Department "which provided a $20,000 annual uucuuus. ucKei saies auu upwards of $30,000 a year for the production budget.

Although not always acclaimed by the critics. Falls' shows proved popular with the publie over the "years. He was producing director from 1942 to present, Falls staged Gilbert and Sulli-vaif Tlassicsriight opera 'selections1 such as "The Merry Widow' and in recent years such Broadway hits as "West Side Story" and "My Fair Lady." The current season ends Sept. BOARD APPROVES Falls said his decision not to negotiate a new contract for the jmanimpnsjlx, endorsed by the Oakland Light Opera Association Board. He said he was taking the action "with regret" and commented that "my association with the Oakland Park Commis-s i and its superintendents over the past 22 years has been most cordial and the results of my efforts most gratifying." impenetrable by our t- lights." AFTER 20 YEARS The weather problem is not a but apparently after 20 years of exposure, the foggy, foggy dew finally dampened the spirit of the director.

"A problem such as this can only be beaten with a movable ceiling and that I am convinced is out of the he said. The nark commission briefly discussed the possibilities of some sort of protection against bad weather following Falls' announcement and agreed that anything worthwhile would be too costly and complex. The commissioners said they would just take their chances with the fog and continue the presentation of productions at CONCORD JOHN M. FALLS Riy Offers Tb Nurses Pay raises ranging from 10 to 23 per cent have been offered to nurses throughout the state, including a 15 per cent boost for the Santa Cruz County General Hospital nurses who were ready to resign en masse next month if iio action was taken. Spokesmen for the California Nurses Association said the increases will "undoubtedly" affect negotiations with 31 Bay Area hospitals, where nurses are waiting results of a salary fact-finding committee's study.

The largest raise announced yesterday was by the Hospital Council of Southern California, who.se 198 hospitals', 14,000 nurses are to consider a con-tra-ct giving an average increase of $130 a month. It would give nurses there IVi per cent higher salaries than those in the Bay Area. SANTA CRUZ The Santa Cruz County Board Supervisors yesterday approved a 5 per cent pay raise for. Jhe county's public health nurses, as well as the higher percentage for; the hospital All 11 public health nurses resigned last week when im-jmediate raises were not forthcoming. They will get the raise if they return.

Almost all of the hospital nurses at that time however, postponed their threatened resignations for 30 days. Dr. Gilbert Dunahoo, county health officer, said, "I can't un-derst an why the hospital nurses get a 15 per cent increase while my nurses get only "5 per cent" Personnel Commissioner Hubert Hilt replied: "The differ-en-c-e is that they (hospital nurses) are still on the job." SALARY SCALE Hospital nurses' starting pay will go from $433 a month to a range of $302 to $610, and public health nurses' starting salaries from $527 to a range. Also yesterday, the Fresno county supervisors approved a 10 pet cent raise for 412 county hospital nurses, bringing their pay up to the level of private hospital staffs. 1 More than 1,000 nurses in Santa Clara County approved a two-year contract including shift differentials, holidays, va-.

-cations and other benefits, as well-as pay raises. These set starting salaries of $525 for beginners the first year, $550 the second, and a range of for experienced nurses, going to the second year. In Reno, two hospitals granted 18 per cent raises to their nurses. Sentencing Of Slayer Postponed Criminal proceedings in the case of Michael J. Marcum, 19, who, has pleaded guilty to second decree murder, were sus pended for 90 days yesterday by Superior Court Judg? Redmond C.

Staats. Marcum was to have been sentenced for the shooting of his father, Willard J. Marcum, a theatrical agent, at their home at, 13630 Skyline Blvd. last March. Instead, Judge Staats ordered him-sent to the California Medi-ial Facility at Vacaville for extensive psychaitfic examination.

As a technicality, Judge Staats set Sept. 2 for. Marcum to appear to state whether he will accept the order to go to Vaoaville. During the hearing Marcum told the Judge he did not understand what was going on, and he asked that he be relieved of the services of his attorney, Vincent Mullins of San Francisco. Statewide If win guitar from Uvi'snclRhods A Key standaid snitar with cae.

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