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Galland Tribune June 30, 1966 boolb! A Where do you go to take a ride on a $68 million roller coaster? Well, it isn't really a roller coaster. What it happens to be is the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. This curious series of humps and turns was captured on film by Tribune cameraman Russ Reed, standing on a vantage point at the San Rafael side. a Detractors call the 10-year-old span an eyesore, but it carried 4.6 million cars and trucks last year. Coast Dock Agreement Anticipated Pacific Coast longshoremen are expected to continue working on the docks even though their five-year contract with the Pacific Maritime Association expires at midnight today: Negotiators for both the association and Harry Bridges' International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union indicated that tentative agreement on terms of a new agreement is not far A union spokesman denied reports from Tacoma, that a settlement already had been reached and emphasized that bargaining in San Francisco is continuing.

TACOMA REPORT Meanwhile, the United Press- International reported that ILWU Local 23 in Tacoma voted unexpectedly last night against a purported PMA offer. included wage increases totaling 90 cents an hour the 1 five years 50 cents this 20 more on July 1968, year, and another 20 on July 1, 1970 as well as larger pensions, a retirement bonus and $15,000 other improvements. Employers would be' encour- laaged to continue installing bor-saving automated equipment on the cocks and in return, pay additional $32.5 million into an the mechanization and modernization fund to assist displaced dock workers. VOTE INFLUENCE This provision purportedly influenced the vote in the Tacoma local which 1 has four members on the coast-wide longshoremen's caucus. Any agreement reached by the negotiators must go to the caucus, scheduled to resume about July 11 in San Francisco.

If the caucus accepts the pact, it would then go to locals for a secret vote of the membership. TITLE TO STATE Morro Rock Bill Passed By Senate A bill giving the state of California full control of scenic Morro Rock in the San Luis Obispo County bay has been pushed through the Senate by U.S. Sen. Thomas H. Kuchel, over objections by Sen.

Wayne Morse, D-Oregon. The Senate voted 67 to 16 to convey the 500-foot high rock without restriction to the state, so plans for a permanent park can be realized. The rock has been used in recent, years by the Army Engineers as a quarry. Kuchel assailed as "unwarranted and unreasonable" Senator Morse's demand an amendment which would have required California to pay half the appraised value of the property. Voting for the bill was coalition including 44 Democratic senators.

17 Pct. of Imports, Of Spain From. U.S MADRID Spain's imports last year were valued at slightly over $3 billion, of which $527.4 million, or 17.4 per cent, came from the United States. Exports reached $944.5 million, of which $114.5 million, or 12.1 per cent, went to the United States. Oakland, Berkeley Art Works Score PLEASANTON, Oakland and Berkeley artists dominated the 1966 Alameda County Fair art show by garnering a combined total of five first place, four second and four third place awards.

More than 150 paintings and sculpture will go on display during the fair which opens a 15- day run here Sunday. The 150 canvasses were selected from an entry list of 500, according to Marilyn Poore, department chairman. Artists from Southern Alameda County garnered a total of four second and three third place awards in the judging held this past week in advance of the fair opening. Jurors were Eleanor Elsocht of Oakland, Richard Reynolds of Stockton, and Laurence Hosmer of Lodi. Winners and those receiving honorable mentions (HM) are listed in the order of their prizes: OIL PAINTING Landscape or Marine Staiger, Berkeley; Robert Rishell, Justin Oakland; Paul Faivre, HM Lydia Vercinsky, Hayward; HM Elizabeth Pachaud, and HM William Ralph, Hayward.

Still Life or Potrrait Louise Noack Gray, Berkeley; Richard P. Murphy, Castro Valley; Gerald Celia Gooch, Michelena, Oakland; Oak- HM Allen Morrison, Alameda, and 'HM John De Pietro, Pleasanton. WATERCOLOR Landscape or. Marine Frances Wood- Prejudice Denied In Teacher Case A former principal of Fremont High School has testified that when he asked that Miss Irene Sawyer, a teacher, be transferred 1 from his school, "her being a Negro had nothing to do with it." Robert Abbott told Alameda County Superior Court Judge Lyle E. Cook that "she simply.

wouldn't work with me." Miss Sawyer, an art instructor, is on trial under the Education Code on charges of unprofessional conduct, unfitness for service, and insubordination. She has her tenure and the Oakland School District is asking the court to affirm her dismissal as a classroom teacher. Judge Cook said he was taking over the questioning of Abbott because Miss Sawyer has raised the issue in the trial that she was discriminated against by her superiors. "Miss Sawyer has said from the stand that she was a victim of racial the judge said. "And the Court wishes to determine to what extent this existed." to 17 NEGROES' Abbott was asked how many Negro teachers were on the faculty during his administration.

He estimated that there were "12 to 17 Negro teachers on a faculty of 100." "Did you have occasion to recommend the transfer of any other Negro teacher?" Judge Cook asked. Sawyer was the only Negro teacher transferred on my recommendation from Fremont High School," Abbott replied. "Was her transfer because she was a Negro?" the judge inquired. "Her being a Negro had nothing to do with it," Abbott said. "Were there any claims by her that she was discriminated against?" "Yes, when she knew I asked her transfer.

She said the department is discriminating against me." 'WOULDN'T WORK' Abbott said under questioning of Deputy Dist. Atty. James Jefferis that he asked for the transfer at the end of her second year at Fremont. He cited infractions and incidents leading up to the release, explaining "she simply wouldn't work with me." Judge Cook quizzed Abbott on the ratio of Negroes to whites in the school. The ex-principal said the number of Negroes ranged from 10 to 17 per cent and that other minorities, such as Spanish-American and Portuguese, were "half as Asked about the "racial situations" among students, Abbott explained that at assemblies the Negroes stayed together in a group "because they were friends" just as members of school clubs tended to sit together.

OFFICERS DISTURBED Abbott said this disturbed student body officers "who felt why don't they mix with He did not recall any claims of discrimination on any occasion. He did remember, however, a street incident caused by a fraternity's "attitude toward But Abbott said that there was general participation in drama, newspaper, sports and class work "without Miss Sawyer has made reference to the types of schools to which she was assigned. She has referred to "segregated schools" within the system. Would-Be Soldier Leaving Viet Nam for Home Front David Stucki, 21, the 4-F civilian who took a soldier's place to get to within earshot of the fighting in Viet Nam, will leave Saigon tonight for the United States. Stucki, son of Oakland dentist Dr.

Virgil Stucki, has received a $601 travel loan from the U.S. consulate in Saigon. The G.I. he traded places with, Pvt. John Albert Jones, 19, of Knoxville, has arrived back at the war zone under escort.

He faces MAPA Rift Develops On Politics A rift among leaders of the Mexican-American Political Association (MAPA) over the endorsement of Gov. Edmund G. Brown was widened today by new charges. Robert Gonzales, MAPA northern legal counsel and San Francisco chapter president, and Louis Flores, MAPA chapter president, accused other officials of issuing statements through the publicity department of Brown's Northern California campaign headquarters. They said they resented statements by state president Eduardo Quevedo and vice chairman Bert Ccrona that the MAPA constitution barred any attempt to withdraw the organization's endorsement of Brown for a third term.

The MAPA convention voted the endorsement 147-19 in Fresno Sunday. However, some militant members have threatened to try to kill the endorsement at MAPA's state meeting in San Francisco Aug. 19 unless Brown promises to appoint more Spanish-speakCalifornians to state jobs and makes other commitments. Gonzales said he was upset because Quevedo and Corona insisted in a statement that "there was no doubt about the finality of the support," and we are especially concerned 1 because it was released through the governor's headquarters, particularly because Mr. Corona i is a member of the governor's Northern California campaign committee.

"We are Democrats, but we are not in Brown's pocket." Army Base to Coast Guard NEW YORK (UPI) The U.S. Army ended 172 years of residence on Governor's Island in New York harbor yesterday: The garrison was turned over the U.S. Coast Guard with traditional military pomp. The transfer marked the commissioning of the largest Coast Guard base in the world and the end of Army rule over the island base, which began in 1794. Last-Minute Plumber Talks Last-minute negotiations tinued today to head off a threatened strike by Contra Costa County plumbers at midnight.

Members of Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 159 have threatened to walk off their jobs when their old contract with the Associated Plumbing and Heating Contractors of Contra Costa County expires. They are seeking wage raises of an hour this year and 50 cents more in each of the next two-years as well as a 36- hour work week in a new agreement. The contractors have offered 50-cent hourly pay hikes this year and next. Present pay scale for journeyman plumbers is $6.15 an hour in the county. Bargaining teams are headed by E.

S. Johnson, executive director of the Association, and E. C. Bliss, union business manager. Johnson said some shops will remain open for emergency work if there is a walkout.

Hovercraft Faces Uncertain Future It may be that Oakland's struggling Hovercraft program can be made to gon on another three years, but it will have to be with larger models of themmachines, and under a plan for lower fares and additional routes, and without financial assistance fro the Port of Oakland. Proposals to extend the nation's first experimental commercial use of the air-cushion vehicles for more than the original one year are being discussed here and in Washington, D.C. The one program, conducted at Oakland, expires inAugust. It began with a $180,000 grant from the federal Housing and Home Finance Agency. (HHFA) and $90,000 from the Port of Oakland, but by January of this year the two Britishdesigned vehicles were carrying only an average of 37 per cent loads in transbay service, and the HHFA had to grant an additional $79,610 to keep the machines going until August.

A report on a possible threeyear extension and expansion of the Hovercraft program was made to port commissioners yesterday by Jack Lambert, the port's Hovercraft project engineer. Lambert said there has been no final agreement between fed- For Free, The Only Way to Fly cock, Oakland; Horace S. Page, Oakland; Tette, Oakland Pleasanton; HM H. W. Doane, I Ralph Baker, Oakland; HM Richard land.

and HM Harold Gretzner, Still Life or Portrait Frances nels, Piedmont; Margorie Cassina, land; Jacques Gautreaux, Hayward; Garnetta Finnegan, Oakland; HM. Harold F. Markle, Hayward, and HM Leah Paulman, Dublin. PASTEL PAINTINGS 1st-Freda Hansen, Oakland; 2nd-Don ald White, Oakland; 3rd Clarice erts, Hayward, and 1st HM Louise Noack Gray, Berkeley. GRAPHIC 1st-Geraald Gooch, Oakland; 2nd-Richard Spohn, Tette, Pleasanton; 3rd Marvin Berkeley; 1st HM-Harold Booth, Fremont; and 2nd HM- Yvonne W.

Seidel, Hayward. ABSTRACT OR OBJECTIVE PAINTINGS OIL OR WATERCOLOR 1st-Erika Silva, San Leandro; 2ndFrank H. Spink, Fremont; 3rd Jeanne M. Palmer, San Leandro; 1st -Evelyn Berkeley; -Alleen Morrison, Alameda, and HM-Judy Howard, Fremont. SCULPTURE -Abel -1st-James Lemes, W.

San Parry, Lorenzo; Emeryville; Marianne Groth, Fremont; 1st HM-Mrs. Matson, Mungeer, Castro Valley; 2nd HM- John San Leandro, and 3rd HMRobert W. Hicks, Hayward. SPECIAL OUT-OF-COUNTY RESIDENTS WITHIN STATE OF NIA OIL 1st-M. Etcheverry, Los Gatos; 2ndAvis De Monte, El Cerrito? 3rd Runice, San Jose; 1st HM--Todd Lake, Grace San Francisco; 2nd HM-John C.

Haynes, San Jose; and 3rd HM-Catherine Nurse, Orinda. DENTS SPECIAL WITHIN OUT-OF-COUNTY RESI STATE OF NIA WATERCOLOR 1st -Jade Fon, Pacheco; 2nd E. San Jensen, Orinda: 3rd John C. Haynes, topol; 2nd 1st HM HM- -Natalie Vargo, Palmer, San Sebas and 3rd HM-Dorner T. Schueler, Bonynge Dies at 67, Rites Set William J.

Bonynge, an outstanding retailer of fine furniture and home furnishings who helped pioneer the Grand Lake business district, died yesterday. He was 67. Mr. Bonynge, born in New York City, established his business in Oakland in 1928. His store at 600 Grand Ave.

is a landmark in the area. He worked closely with manufacturers of the finer types of furniture to satisfy his customers. His intimates knew him as a philanthropist. An avid trout fisherman, Mr. Bonynge was a director of the San Francisco Fly Casting Club for many years.

He was also a member of the Athenian-Nile Club, the Retail Furniture Assn. of California, the Assn. of Interior Decorators, the Orinda Country Club, the Oakland Museum Assn. and the Lincoln Child Center Assn. He lived at 271 Crocker Ave.

in Piedmont and is survived by his widow, Mary; a daughter, Marilyn, and two sisters. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Piedmont Community Church with Dr. Clarence Reidenbach officiating. The Telegraph Ave.

chapel of Grant Miller Mortuaries is in charge of arrangements. Brown Asks Aid On Anti-Riot Bill SACRAMENTO (UPI) Gov. Edmund G. Brown has personally appealed to all Democrats on the Assembly Criminal Procedure Committee to approve a tough new bill against inciting to riot. The governor called the six Democrats on the 10-member committee into his office to urge them to approve the measure which is supported by Los Angeles Mayor Samuel Yorty.

The committee conducted a four hour hearing Monday on the legislation but took no action on it at that time. Chairman Pearce Young, D- Napa, said the fate of the bill is still in doubt. eral officials, port representatives, San Helicopter Airlines (which operates the machines here) and Bell Aerosystems Co. (which builds the machines in the U.S. under license).

While the existing program has been "successful in some areas," Lambert said, and has achieved most of the original project objectives, passenger volume and routes have not been developed "to the extent that it is financially attractive to a private operator." He said continued service will mean additional financial support. Port commissioners yesterday made it clear they will not contribute funds, but would "sponsor" continuation of the project if the port can be assured of reimbursement for any services it performs. Lambert said SFO Airlines and the Bell company want to go ahead under these conditions. But larger Hovercraft must be obtained. The existing SR.

N5 vehicles can carry only 14 passengers, and are not large enough to handle smoothly nor travel fast on rough water. A new program ought to have the use of new SR.N6 vehicles which are nine feet longer and carry 30 passengers. TOKYO (UPI) The father of an 11-year-old American boy who bluffed his way from Tokyo to Phoenix, described his son today as a kid "who loves to ride an airplane." Army S-Sgt. Leon T. Robinson, who is stationed in Tokyo, said his son, Leon R.

Robinson, will be sent to California to be with his aunt. The boy slipped aboard a commercial jetliner and flew across the Pacific from Tokyo to Phoenix Wednesday. "This is the second time he did it," Robinson told UPI. "Last month he flew to Honolulu aboard a Military Air Transport Service (MATS) charter flight from Yokota Air Base. He was sent back here later.

"Then, he was missing last Tuesday and I reported it to (military) authorities. I didn't know where he was until I was notified of his arrival in Phoenix. "My son loves to ride an airplane and always talks about airplanes." "I don't know how he got to Haneda Airport since he knows only a few Japanese words," the elder Robinson said. Haneda is about 15 miles east of where. the Robinsons live.

He said he has sent a cable to his sister, Mrs. Donald Haskins, of Seaside, to look after his son until his transfer to the United States in "60 to 90 days." "I am having him sent my sister until I get back to the United States, he said. "I'll talk to him after he gets to California." France, New Zealand Sign Air Agreement PARIS (UPI) France and New Zealand yesterday signed an agreement giving French Airlines the right to use Auckland on a und-the-world flights. New Zealand planes in turn will he allowed to stop at Tahiti flying to and from the U.S. West Coast.

Suspect in Holdup Nabbed A well-dressed man walked man Douglas into the Bank of America's lieved the man Dimond Branch at 2154 Mac- shopping bag Arthur Blvd. half an hour be- took him into fore closing time yesterday and The man the line of customers at filled sack joined was Window 9. lice as Harold Ten minutes later, with three a construction customers left between him and of Reno, Nev. teller Candy Adams, he stepped by Ayres after from the line, moved to a ordered cor- president, ner, waved a pistol and ran to the bank personnel and the dozen and MacArthur customers present to the floor. "That's him!" lie on the floor or Said Ayres, I'll blast you," the man shout- halt and he ed.

He then ordered the tellers said Dugdale to stand up and empty their caliber cash drawers on the window one cartridge counters. The bandit brushed and six in the the spilled money--more than bag Dugdale into a paper sack and lice later counted walked briskly out the front "CLOSE BY" door. He turned to his left, walked Oakland Dugdale city up to the corner of Fruitvale en route to Avenue, turned the left side again of and the for investigation walked past bery. After bank. agents of the POLICE OFFICER Investigation Two minutes later an Oakland moved to police officer stopped a 35-year- Arraignment old man in the middle of the commissioner 3500 block of Fruitvale.

Patrol- pending today. Ayres said he "I figured we were overdue shout. After the robber left the of a gun and a for a robbery here," said bank, employes watched full of money and Ayres, "so I stuck close by." through a side window as he The officer was in a patrol car walked quickly around the corcustody. when the robbery call was ner and up Fruitvale. with the broadcast over the police radio.

identified by po- Ayres stopped Dugdale in William C. F. Burrows, the branch front of a Safeway market in manager, said several Dugdale, sales manager, of the the middle of the block. DugHe bank's employes touched rob- dale, police reported later, had was stopped the branch tery-alarm buttons within sec- a rented car parked in the rear Charles bank Conroy, onds after the bandit began to the Safeway parking lot. corner of Fruitvale shouting, "I told him to did." The officer was carrying a 22- automatic pistol with in the chamber clip.

In the large was carrying a court martial for giving his uniform and orders to Stucki, a computer operator for the University of California Medical Center in San Francisco. Jones gave himself up to Army authorities in San Francisco after the ruse began. Stucki, who said he wanted to go to Viet Nam because "it was something In lacked," was discovered when 'he couldn't explain how he arrived at the front in another soldier's place. was taken to the jail and booked, the U.S. marshal, of armed robinterrogation by Federal Bureau of Dugdale was later Alameda County Jail.

before the U.S. in Oakland was HAROLD W. DUGDALE DOUGLAS AYRES.