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The San Bernardino County Sun from San Bernardino, California • Page 15

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anker Outlines Goals of State Chamber FONTANA A steady but not rapid growth for the Fon-tana area was predicted yesterday by a Bank of America official, as he told of California State Chamber of Commerce plans for economic growth of the whole state. Jack L. Gescheider, assistant vice president at Los Angeles in charge of industrial investment services, spoke at a Fon-tana Chamber of Commerce breakfast. Only about 50 persons attend I see continued growth for ant steps of the state chamber in many years." fornia of 33 million in 1920 "just 37 years away" compared with a state total now of 18 million. for California products, with a third stimulation of the national and world markets.

He noted that there had been increasing emphasis in recent years on the export market but "thousands (of California manufacturers) did not export at all." There are problems to overcome such as taxes, some labor attitudes, high land costs and smog, he noted. He said taxes could be defended because of the services available, but people must be constructive critics of welfare, unemployment and Inventory taxes and mounting public payrolls. and I do," Gescheider de clared. "The days of automatic growth have almost disappeared; the days of golden opportunity lie directly ahead." Jack F. Comstock served as chairman of the event.

Welcoming the group were City Coun ed the event at Harold's Charcoal Broiler. this area," Gescheider commented. "It's not going to be Growth of the state has been The new program also in cludes gathering of "exodus 'Continued growth depends rapid but I believe it's going to like Topsy, with some places hard pressed to keep up with the demand for services, the bank official commented. A first step in the new pro facts," on why plants left California, to find what should be on ability to provide employment," Gescheider emphasized. be steady.

gram is "a very careful study of the positive reasons why California is a good location for industrial location and development," Gescheider said. This "Eventually you will enjoy corrected and to make an effort for their return. It also in He outlined the new coopera more tnan your snare ot tne spillover from the (Los Angeles) metropolitan area," Gescheider said. tive program of the state chamber with local chambers of com He observed there will have cludes an inventory of ecery in cilman Ted J. Porter ana R.

C. Harris, chamber president. to be continuous growth to keep dustry in California to see why merce, and said it was import up with the population, a popu will be used in a program of it is in the state and what it Charles A. Koehler, chamber ant that Fontanans know the advantages of their own areas. The bank official, whose job lation which will have one mil "education," local, state, nation would like to see changed to membership chairman, spoke includes plant location and relocations, termed formation of the lion more persons in the 18-24 age span in 1970 than it did in al and overseas, with carefully released publicity.

Second campaign will be to stimulate the California market make the industry more profitable. briefly on membership and said "Expand your strength and the organization wants to wind up the year with a good increase. strengthen your weak points," new economic growth com 1960, and which is expected to reach a total in Southern Cali "The future depends more he urged. mittee "one of the most import and more on what we you dim Tighta Umm Prrgedl ro Sethi! iyo HEWS OF THE INLAND EMPIRE TOP STORIES FROM ttwjfesw tMEWT0NS LARGEST COUNTY Trustees Get Report From Citizen Group VICTORVILLE Aciti B-2 CCC Friday, Nov. 22, 1963 zens building needs study Lawyer Says Planners Deny 'Due Process' An attorney charged his client had been denied due process of the law as the county Planning Commission yesterday turned down a request to continue serving liquor at Monte Vista Lodge, north of Upland.

Alex S. Chernow, representing Martin Koss, said the "perfunctory dismissal" of the request "without giving the applicant a chance to speak on his behalf Sun Ad Gets Wong Back In a Hurry VICTORYTLLE A 1-inch display ad in today's Sun headed "Wong Gone" could be retitled "Wong Back." The missing Siamese cat of Mrs. Joy Robertson was home yesterday before most Sun readers had opened their newspapers at 7 a.m. Carrying Wong under one arm was Frank Popineau, of 16295 Cabrillo Drive, who had investigated a cat fight on his roof, then returned to his coffee and newspaper where he spotted the ad and remembered cross-eyed Wong. committee concluded weeks 1 as? w.

Mi- i i-'i W''-w: 4 1 1 i 1 1 111 uJy-Ah- i hrV I -r 4 '4 of work and considerable controversy Wednesday night with a report to the Victorville School District's Miss Barstow Contest Space to Theme Beauty Pageant board of trustees, given by chairman Don Ellis. It called for a general belt- tightening by the board and "a conservative approach to all .1 BARSTOW Space both interplanetary and violates due process." new building." desert will be spotlighted at the Barstow Chamber of Commerce annual Miss Barstow contest on Feb. 23. It was a report of only one Tlie basis of the charge was letter from Chernow to the "A Star in Space," is the of three subcommittees one on construction and sites, headed the committee at this time, General From Formosa Talks Macy said, is finding additional Planning Department asking the commission to set the public hearing after Dec. 3 because Koss, of 2426 N.

Euclid by William C. Melton. Another, on growth proiec- theme adopted by the Miss Barstow committee this week. William Pullen, Barstow College drama coach who is head sponsors for Miss Barstow en tries. At present, with 10 to 12 sponsors wanted, only six Barstow organizations have indicat would be out of the country un-til that time.

ing up the Miss Barstow con ections, headed by W. H. Bailey has completed its work, predicting 975 more students within the next three years and At Junior High ed an intention to sponsor a test this year, suggested the space theme, while Jack C. The hearing w.j scheduled Macy, who is doubling as pub a possible need for 30 candidate. These are the Kiwan-is Club, Optimist Club, Rotary Club, Elks, Lions Club and Auto yesterday instead and attracted a standing-room-only audience.

FONTANA One of the top licity chief and sponsor chair man, suggested the exact word Dealers. military leaders in the Republic of China helped teachers at Se The third, on finance, headed ing. Neil B. Pfulb, county planning In a departure from past quoia Junior High School get years, each sponsoring organi Pullen noted that this theme by Frank B. Titus, will continue its studies, along with the school board, hoping for a clearer picture of needs before finding zation will recruit its own can director, admitted the letter was on file but said there was no way to tell when it had been received since his staff had not would not only salute the Gold- their study of Asian culture off to an impressive and realistic didate.

stone Tracking Station the sprawling "antenna farm" ways of financing. start this week. (Get Studio photo) City Council, at request of Beautifi-cation and Civic Improvement Committee of Chamber of Commerce, has asked residents and property owners to wage war on this year's big crop. stamped the arrival date on it. TACKLING Fontana Mayor Nathan A.

Simon starts job of removing weeds from property he owns before new rains help them flourish even more. The a 1 i for announcing' north of here where interplane Melton's subcommittee has queen candidates is Dec. 10; (From the wording and date recommended: tary jaunts of rocket missiles are tracked but would also Lt. Gen. Lynn Chu, in the United States on a special scientific mission, spent an hour but, Macy warned, since the number of sponsors will be lim A bond election to build 13 new classrooms, to be added to highlight the economic opportun of the letter, it was apparently a cover letter included with the original application for a variance for serving liquor.) ited to 12, organizations want talking to Sequoias seventh ities offered by the vast desert Murder Theory Being Checked "existing schools." Considera ing to sponsor girls should let graders on education in For spaces.

ble had been held him know as soon as possible. Pfulb said the applicant was over expanding Park View and mosa. I An educated person is much The Barstow Junior Women's given due notice" of the hear; Girl's Body Found; or Desert Knolls Schools. Some ing. fevered in China, the seventh graders were told.

Students face Club has taken on the chore of setting up decorations in accord "The stage limits the number of girls," Macy explained, "and we'll have to cut off sponsorships when we have a stageful Chernow said Koss Is in the criticism had been raised over the latter, since Victor Village area needs classrooms more. with the theme. Missing for Eight Months severe competition for places in high schools and colleges. Some spend 10 to 12 hours in school, of girls." Most pressing business facing Thus, the subcommittee's Orient and the trip had been planned long before the problem; of getting a variance came up. "I assure you my man did not leave for the Orient because of Six days a week, in order to "open-end" recommendation.

That cost can be reduced NAPA (AP) The remains of "I don't think we are going Napa and neighboring areas by qualify for advanced education 5-year-old Doreen Heskett were 3,000 volunteers, said ground to find out a helluva lot," said Coroner Charles Burchell. found in a pasture yesterday, considerably without effecting quality of construction. Some New Bethany Baptist Church Will Be Dedicated Sunday parties and an Air Force heli eight months after she vanished The decision to remove the copter had searched the pasture. this hearing," Chernow said. After Commissioners Will CJ Collett and Frank L.

Allen made and seconded a motion to deny non-essentials can be eliminat while on her way home from skeleton undisturbed for micro ed. Some costs can be cur play. The youthful audience was fascinated as Gen. Chu, head of the Republic of China's air force and space development program, illustrated his talk with chalkboard symbols in his One of the searchers, however, said that particular area was under water at the time. tailed.

valuation is placed at $35,000. the variance, Chernow made a Her skull was crushed. The re scopic examination was reached by Munk, Burchell, Sheriff John Claussen and Dr. Charles Mor mains of the body lay face down No construction of multi The building1 houses an auditorium with seat Bloodhounds were used in the ton, University of California her panties around the knees. purpose units at present.

native language. hunt. More than $6,000 in re VICTORVILLE -Dedication services for the new Bethany Baptist Church at Rodeo Drive and Hughes Road, will begin at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, reports Rev. Gene C.

Plentl, pastor. Dist. Atty. James D. Boitano criminologist.

Total cost of construction ing capacity for 150. There is Following the hour-long talk said murder was most promi Morton is assistant to Dr. Paul shall not exceed $240,000. wood paneling across the front nent among several possible the All-steel construction should wards, raised largely by public subscription, had been offered for a clue to Doreen's fate. A Los Angeles woman claiming a final appeal to continue the hearing until his client returned, but the majority of the commission refused, and voted to deny the variance.

(It is common practice to continue hearings; four such hearings were continued from yesterday's meeting until later dates.) Kirk, chief criminologist of the university, whom Boitano called of the auditorium and on two ories, "but we don know any thing for sure, yet." be investigated for the savings it may offer. to the seventh graders, the visitor spent some time with Sequoia's student council learning of the democratic procedures followed in planning of student Guest speaker will be Dr. Wal walls of the pastor's study. In "perhaps the foremost criminol-j cluded are restroom facilities, ter A. Pegg, pastor of the Mag ogist in the world." Kirk agreed A final recommendation, that Positive identification awaited to enter the case but was unable nolia Baptist Church in River four classrooms and a nursery; a dental check.

But Police Chief trustees add no new school sites for the present, was de body activities. sixth sense was called in to see if she could find a clue through occult powers. The Heskett's moved to California 13 years ago from Oma side. to come yesterday. a kitchen and baptistry.

Sherwood Munk notified Do- The paved parking area ac leted as a compromise with the reen's parents, Mr. and Mrs Officers said none of the evi commodates 20 cars. Sunday school is at 9:45 and worship service at 11 a.m. with "The Virtue of Giving Thanks" balance of the committee. Last week the general visited briefly at Sequoia and Fontana High School and had lunch with Dr.

Denzil E. Widel, superinten Marvin Heskett, former resi dence was conclusive of murder. The building is the first unit ha, Neb. Mrs. Dorothy Heskett dents of Nebraska, that her body The skull might have been in long range building plans had lived in Omaha and Do as the sermon topic.

The train had been found. The finance committee, by Titus, also expressed its crushed by a cow. She might dent of schools, Fontana Unified ing union is at 6 with "The with ultimate seating for 900. reen's father in McCook, Neb. have somehow wandered into nave auuitmrn nauucitu iniu "We have been expecting Memorial Supper" as sermon vpr, HocWptt woe the field, become lost and died 1 reluctance to make recommendations until a study of a state something like this," he quoted topic at 7 p.m.

Mathison Construction Co. of Apple Valley contracted the building. School District. The general is a house guest of William G. Rohrer in Redlands.

Robert H. Rohrer, Sequoia Located on a five-acre site, when the family lived in Novato, of starvation, drowned in flood waters, or been bitten "by some aid program is made. them as saying. The spot was a burned over pasture south of Calif. At the time of Doreen's thing like a snake." No one had Napa, eight miles from the spot counselor, arranged for the gen disappearance, Heskett was vis a ready answer as to how she where the blonde girl was last iting his ailing mother, Mrs.

R. seen March 25. might have wandered eight miles on her way home from visiting a playmate. The remains were clad in a charred blue jumper and white D. Heskett in McCook.

Kennedy's Send Card HESPERIA Fifty-four per The body was discovered by blouse such as Doreen wore when she vanished, "like some eral two visits to Fontana. TreeRemoval Possibility Told Group Earl Stewart, 65-year-old dairy body taking off for the moon," sons attended an open house man, when he checked the field as Munk called it when a 3,000 to determine if it had dried out Sunday at Southern's Rest man search failed to reveal a sufficiently to be plowed, Home in Hesperia in observance of the 91st birthday of trace of her. He said a three foot stand of hay covered the field at the time Mrs. Minnie Gravely. City work crews were called FONTANA Eucalyptus tree Highlight of the birthday cel to the scene in late afternoon of the girl's disappearance.

He had since burned it over. removal was discussed by Fon ebration was a card of greetings from President and Mrs. John tana city officials during a re to remove the remains intact. They were little more than a clothed skeleton. Undersheriff Wesley Gardner, who directed a ground search of F.

Kennedy. cent meeting of the Beautifica lion and Civic Improvement Two of the commissioners sided with Chernow. F. G. Yoder and Leo H.

Sanford voted against the motion, saying it was "a violation of due process." Chernow, in response to a question, was told he did not have the right to cross examine two persons who spoke in opposition to the variance but could only present testimony. He asked whether he could call a witness, and Chairman John W. Littleton said he could not because the hearing was closed. The lodge has been In existence for about 40 years, the commissioners were told. Koss ran into obstacles in getting a liquor license approved so guests could be served in the lodge dining room.

General Is Star Pupil at George Refresher Course GEORGE AIR FORCE BASE pupil of Airman l.C. David Mann recently at the flight refresher course he teaches was Maj. Gen. James C. Jenkins, commander of the Alaskan Air Command.

He and his aide joined eight George AFB officers ranging from first lieutenant to lieutenant colonel at a one-day course covering such subjects as decompression sickness and hypoxia (too little oxygen). The general also entered the altitude chamber for a "flight" to 43,000 feet. New Man Takes Over Committee of the Chamber of Commerce. Robert G. Kelsay, planning'; Chief Engineer at Kaiser and development assistant, and Philip E.

Mead, Director of Public Works, said that pro FONTANA James O. Fost time shell plant in Denver. In 1952 he was named Kaiser er, who had a key part in the perty owners may remove eu Engineers' chief of design and calyptus trees, living or dead designing and construction of the Kaiser Steel Corp. plant at Fontana, has been appointed engineering for construction of the Fontana plant. In 1947 he from private property if they so chief engineer for the company was also placed in charge of desire.

construction activities at Fon His appointment was an Michigan. At the time of his appointment he was a counsult-ing engineer with Kaiser Engineers International. He first joined the Kaiser organization in 1938 as a design engineer during construction of the Grand Coulee Dam. In the years following, he has held a wide variety of major engineering capacities within the Kaiser organization and while on leave to special assignments. He was structural engineer tana, holding both positions un This also applies to trees on sidelines or property backs where there are no right-of-way nounced yesterday by C.

F. Borden, executive vice president. His office will be located in the Kaiser Center, Oakland. til 1957 during a period when the Fontana mill underwent an almost continuous period of ex restrictions. I Tree removal cannot be ap In the newly created position pansion.

Since 1957, he has been a con plied to city rights-of-way or sulting engineer for Kaiser Engineers International, acting as parkway. responsible for construction of The committee recently sub project manager of chief engi 'MISSING ENGINE' A freight train met a one-ton passenger car yesterday and knocked its 500-pound engine 150 feet. That was the statistical report on 84-car, 5-engine Union Pacific train moving about 45 miles an hour that rammed stalled of chief engineer, Foster will coordinate the company's engineering, facility planning and construction activities at all plant and mine locations. Foster Is native of Fremont, Ohio, and an engineering graduate of the University of neer on jobs ranging from ex auto of Charlene L. Williams, 21, of Oro Grande, breaking her collarbone.

She and passengers Maxine Young, 24, and Jeanetta Wright, 23, also of Oro Grande, who alighted momenta before crash, were otherwise unhurt. Car was completely demolished. mitted a resolution to the Fon pansion of the Tata Iron and tana City Council urging prop shipyards in the Bay Area in 1940-41, was In charge of ship raising activities after the Pearl Harbor attack, and later was operating manager of a war Steel plant in India to develop erty owners to remove weeds from their property. ment ot iron ore mines in Venezuela and Ghana..

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