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a special messenger will deliver a Sentinel-News to you if you lire within the city limits. 99th Year-No. 273 SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1954 5c Sunday and Daily Kxceouas Sshirdav SIXTEEN PAGES UCoJUU C3 -NIX I rt Stop Caipiteb Cifeem) Stanrlhv Gpnorator For Hocnital Sdi Want MIoire Time Four StfeoBy (Of IPiroflBosalls IFop Watfeir HPIsitFflcit The city council last night took unanimous action calling for time to study the proposed Santa Cruz county water district act, and possible alternatives for creation of a water district. Lined up solidly with the councilmen at the special session, in maintaining the proposal should undergo study for changes, were members of the city water commission and Assemblyman Glenn L. Coolidge.

"I see several changes that should be made before I would be willing to sponsor or support this legislation," Coolidge asserted, after hearing a review of the measure's provisions by City Attorney Lester Burns and discussion of its county in solving its problems. Poster Girl fin 4 Mary Kosloski, five-year-old ary Kosloski, five-year old polio victim chosen as the 1955 March of Dimes poster girl, plays ball with her three-year-old brother, Paul, and sister, Catherine, eight, hidden behind Paul, in yard of their home in Collierville, County supervisors yesterday gave orders to call for bids for the installation of a 50 kw standby emergency generator at the county hospital, after hearing a report on the medical plant from a representative of Ets-Hokin and Galvin, distributors of Onan generating plants. Michael J. Rauer, San Francisco agent of the firm, told the board yesterday it had been very lucky to operate the hospital this long without a standby generator to switch to during a power failure. "I think we ought to call for bids," Supervisor C.

B. Harts said. "We've been too lucky too long." Later the supervisors transferred S2200 from the building construction fund to add to the existing money in the budget for a generator, as set up for 1954-55. At the time the budget was approved, supervisors had planned on purchasing a 25 kw. generator, which they later learned would not be ample for the hospital.

It had been the plan to move the smaller unit to the courthouse for CD purposes, and purchase the larger unit at a later date. Rauer said that the complete unit installed, would cost around $5000. Since his firm would be among those bidding, the complete estimate could not be used. Rauer said that after studying the plant, it was his suggestion that two disconnector switches should be installed, one to cut the entire operation of the laundry and one for the sterilizer. He said the proposed generator (Okay Mew MfigHiway 1 San Francisco W).

The state is going to take some of the sharp curves and loops out of the Coast highway in San Mateo county. The California highway commission today adopted a new align ment for a 10-mile stretch of the road between Cypress creek and Lake Lucerne. There is $300,000 available for initial construction during 1955-56. Total cost is es timated at 1V2 million. The commission said the rout ing covers the only portion of the Coast highway in San Mateo county which has not been improved or is not under construction.

Chances For Compromise Torpedoed Washington Wi. Sen. Monroney, said today that chances for a compromise of the McCarthy censure resolution were "torpedoed" by the new move to charge Senator McCarthy with continuing contempt of the senate in current debate. Monroney said the speech yesterday by Senator Watkins, Utah Republican who headed the special six-man censure committee, had a "terrific impact" on the senate. Watkins told the senate McCarthy had been contemptuous "under our very noses" in describing the committee as the "unwitting handmaiden" of the Communists.

He called for a new censure count. Senators who have been angling for a compromise recognized the day's developments as a setback but were not giving up hope. FREIGHTER THREATENED Seattle UP). Rising winds and a rough sea apparently brought an increasing threat today to a freighter with a crack in its hull and 48 men aboard in the North Pacific. The ship is the Pope Talbot-owned Trader out of San Francisco.

Four Monterey Bay Area Radio Stations In-Conelrad Test dWU At Play Tenn. Mary, stricken by polio when she was five months old, has been receiving treatment since and now can get about with braces and crutches. (AP Wirephoto.) he hears a normal program he knows that it is a test or an error. If he hears a single tone, the signal preceeding a Conelrad announcement, he goes off the air and into his own procedure. This includes playing a recording explaining that the radio station is leaving the air and advising the public to tune their sets to 640 or 1240 kilocycles.

Then the station leaves the air to change its frequency. KSCO is the coordinating point for Monterey Bay area stations. A special piece of equipment called a "switcher" takes over the stations and switches from one to another at intervals and sequences which are constantly changing. "This way, enemy pilots or guided missiles cannot obtain a fix," Berlin said. The three stations include KHUB in Watsonville; KDON in Salinas, and KMBY in Monterey.

Last night Art McDole, communications chief, regional fire, civil defense headquarters in Salinas, presented the test warning instructions. Between recordings McDole asked the public to remember that as there is a chance that electrical power might fail instructions could be received over a portable or a car radio. He advised persons to mark 640 or 1240 on their dials now. Berlin said that all the civil defense equipment in California stations is volunteered and donated by the stations. In the Monterey Bay group at least one station is on the air 24 hours a day for the specific purpose of being instantly available for a Conelrad warning, he said.

"Any equipment failure in the station will set off the Western air defense buzzer and light. We are kept constantly alerted," he said. Juan Gonzales Sentenced To San Quentin A sentence of not more than 10 years in San Quentin prison, to be followed by deportation to Mexico, was meted out to Juan Gonzales, 21, when he appeared before Superior Judge James L. Atteridge for the fatal stabbing of Sam Es-pinosa in Watsonville. Gonzales, 21 years old, was a half brother of the victim.

'Unable to speak English, he was deported from Seattle, some time ago for violation of the immigration laws. Sen. McCarthy In Naval Hospital Washington UP). Sen. McCarthy, today was admitted to the Bethesda naval hospital for treatment an injured right elbow.

The executive officer of the hospital said McCarthy may be there for "several days." The executive officer told a reporter that McCarthy banged his elbow against a glass table top last Saturday. He said the elbow has become swollen and "increasingly painful." He said it would heal very I would produce 62,500 watts, and would stm give zo per cent leeway on the maximum load, providing a cut out system was installed on the laundry. Harts wanted to Know if the 5U Iru7 pmilri hanHlo iho normal InnH of hospital business if another wing was aaaea 10 me lnsuiuuon. Rauer replied in the affirmative, adding that it could also operate another elevator. "It's the heavv draw from in ertia to motion," he explained, re ferring to tne launary again, "une mangle draws 25 amps but takes 80 to start." Rauer said the generator could hp inctnllpd hv runninff metallic tubing into the existing flue stack in order to cut out the noise.

In case of a power failure, the stand by generator would be in operation in. three seconds, Rauer stated. The installation would include a 500-gallon gas tank buried about six feet in the ground at tne am hnlare entrance. Purchase and installation of the fpnprator would knock off be tween on liability in surance, Kauer esnmaxea. Yesterday supervisors approved nvprtime for five countv offices.

at a mst rf for the road de partment, $22.63 for the East Cliff sanitation district, sv.bu ior me county clerk, $118.20 for the November election and $666.69 for the sheriff's office, in the first 11 days of this month. They accepted Capelli drive in the EI Solyo Heights subdivision as a part of the county road system and corrected the personal property assessment of the Union Ice company, by adding $1850 to $30, which was incorrect due to a transposition. The county assessor was authorized to hire Elliot J. Jefferson for Saturday work from October 26 to January 1, 1954. A dance permit was denied Ce-cel and Arthur Timreck of Tim's cafe at 4850 Los Gatos highway on the grounds the permit was not necessary.

Harts Opposed To Delay On Water Issue "I don't feel that one specific section of the county should block an attempt to preserve water, to the detriment of all, County Supervisor C. B. Harts of the Soquel area said today in referring to the action taken last night by the city council. He said that with the expansion of highways and the coming of new industries to the county, which will lower taxes, the water supply must be increased; in order to meet the coming needs. The water committee recommended the present course of action, after making a study of the situation, Harts pointed out "No one, including the supervisors, think that the plan is perfect, but it was the best that could be produced at this time," Harts said.

"We're seeking open meetings on the proposal so we can compile something that will meet the needs of the entire county." He said that there was just as much area south of Santa Cruz as north of the city that was in need of water. "Those people are entitled to it," he said. "And," he continued, "there is no reason to believe that Santa Cruz would pay for Watson-ville's water. The very idea is ridiculous. But, if a district is formed, it might be possible to obtain a loan of federal funds and then form some sort of pool from which water could be obtained by those areas needing it." He said then the water could be paid for by the users and the money used to offset the cost of the loan.

jyi 1 isS Inspectors James L. English. The girl is a witness against Mabel Malotte, charged with operating a call house. Capt English said "I am assured by the district attorney's office that it will not affect his status as a good police officer." (AP Wirephoto.) Iff -s 20 Chaplains In Conference At Mission Springs Twenty armed forces chaplains from all parts of the western United States, representing the Disciples of Christ, last night began their annual retreat at the Mission Springs Conference grounds- Lt. Col.

Carl M. Boyd of Indianapolis, director of chaplain services for the denomation, is in charge of the program which will continue until Friday morning. He is a member of the army reserve and saw service in the Mediterranean theater during World War II. The retreat is one of five held each year for the 140 Disciples of Christ chaplains scattered throughout the world. This is the second year the western chaplains have chosen the Mission Springs site.

Inspirational leaders for this year's retreat include Rev. Theodore Leen, of Oakland, northern California church secretary, and Rev. H. Cecil Fellers, minister of the First Christian church, Sacramento. Lt.

Col. Boyd, who spent two months in Korea last summer, where he conducted the Far East regional retreat, will present a picture story of the work of the chap lains in the Far East for tomor row's program. He also is conduct ing a series of talks on "The Greatness of the Ministry." Topics for panel discussions in clude "The Chaplain's Moral Re sponsibility in Overseas Installa tions, "Preaching In Military In stallations," "The Chaplain and the Moral Development of the Command" and "A True Hospital Ministry." Special addresses to be heard from the active chaplains will be on "The New Navy Character Guid ance Program," "An Evaluation of the Korean Christian Community" and "Military People Are Spiritually Hungry." Stateside, retreats already held this year were at Athens, and Ocala, the latter in conjunction with the church's international conference. Another retreat is scheduled to be held in Europe. Target Dummy Made Rounds At City Hail Painstakingly designed and placed to shatter Police Sgt.

Ernest Marenghi's nerves, a realistic, well-dressed dummy startled a big segment of the populace this morning. The natty monster in a brown, pinstripe suit, was observed by early-rising citizens hanging from the city hail flag pole this morning, before it was relegated for a second time to the city hall refuse can. First appearance of the tall dummy was yesterday morning, when Sgt. Marenghi, who by coincidence has been top man so far in a week-long FBI shooting match for police officers, found the creature slumped over his desk in the police traffic bureau. The creature was in a dismal attitude, clutching a cup of coffee in one hand.

Undaunted, the sergeant approached the thing, studied its oilcloth face, and hauled it out to the trash barrel behind the police station. That is the last anyone in the police department will admit to knowing about. The fact remains, though, that the dummy was hanging over city hall this morning. Hauled down just after 8 a. it was on its second trip to the trash when City Streets Superintendent Don Bruce sighted it.

The dummy made a final public appearance, those in city hall appear to believe, sprawled back in City Engineer Alec Russell's chair with one well-shod foot, unlike Mr. Russell's feet, ever, on the desk. No one professes to know where the dummy is now. Russell saw it leave his door, and promptly lost interest. Bohlen Coming Home For Talks Washington W.

Charles E. Bohlen, U.S. ambassador to Russia, is coming home for talks with top officials next week, presumably to discuss Russia's "coexistence" campaign. The state department announced today Bohlen will leave from Stockholm where he is now on a hunting trip November 22 and will come to Washington by way of New York. "He is returning solely for consultation," said Press Officer Henry Suydam.

"He will go back to his post at Moscow, after being here possibly a week or ten days or two weeks." Board May Start Action Tomorrow Some 50 residents of the Soquel-Capitola school district gathered at the Capitola school last night to hear all about a proposed bond issue to finance construction to meet the district's acute, growing school housing problems. All those present at the special session, called by the school board to feel the public pulse, appeared in favor of all three items under consideration as a minimum program to take care of needs for the next few years. Okayed unanimously, in separate shows of hands called by School Trustee Keith were construction of a five-classroom wing on the Capitola school, erection of a multi-purpose room for the Soquel school, and purchase of a ten-acre school site at Opal Cliffs. Dr. Alfred Christensen gave a rundown on estimates for the full program, placing the total outside cost at $241,290.

Of the district's total bonding capacity of $433,000, he figured, the district now has $154,000 bonds outstanding, leaving a total of which could be issued. Bonds yet to be paid off are from a 1946 issue of $70,000, which financed additions and improvements to the Soquel school, and a 1951 issue of $149,000. which was used to supplement a $200,000 state loan in financing construction of the Capitola school. He gave this estimate of the effect of a new issue of $240,000, to be paid off over a period of 20 years, on the district taxpayers' pocketbook: A raise of 16 cents next year, bringing the total for all bonds to 30 cents per $100 assessed valuation next fiscal year. The total would remain at 30 cents for four years; then start a steady decrease as the other bond issues are paid off.

In fiscal 1973 and 1974. the tax rate to finance the outstanding bond issue will be down to 23 cents. Dr. Christensen. of the school planning firm of Falk and Booth, charted he steady rise in school population in the Soquel district, which so fu- has resulted in overcrowding thfe district's two schools by 167 pupils over their recommended capacity's.

By birth figureA inside the district, without taking into account an anticipated growth of the community, the steady scool population rise of recent year will continue, the planner sho He expressed belief construction should start at i proposed Opal Cliffs site in next three or four years, to keep pace with the district's school enrollment. The site under board consideration is the same one that the district dickered for four years ago, before construction started on the Capitola site. School Superintendent Paul Walters said after last night's hour-long public session that, in view of public reaction to the complete contemplated program, the board probably will in struct him tomorrow to enter into formal negotiations for the prop erty. Board members said they will set wheels in motion at their regular meeting tomorrow night for the proposed bond election. They expressed hopehe election can be held in January.

During last night's session, peo ple in the audience volunteered to do all they can for passage of the bond issue. Asked by Shaffer to express any objections they might have to any part of the program, no members of the audience indi cated they did not believe the full pogram was feasible and necessary. Salvation Army Offers 'Weekend With. God' Event "Come ye, yourselves apart, and rest awhile" is the theme for the "Weekend With God" to be held at ihe First Congregational church Friday, Saturday and Sunday under the auspices of the Salvation Army. Lt.

Col. R. B. Fitton, principal of the Salvation Army Officers Training college, San Francisco, will conduct the services with a team of 20 men officer cadets. They will bring their band, chorus, quartet and other special instrumentalists.

Services are scheduled Friday and Saturday nights at 7:45 o'clock and on Sunday at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Index Amusements 10 Classified Section 12-13 Comics 11 Editorial Features 15 Junior Editor 16 Markets 14 Radio and TV Programs 14 Society, Club News 3-4 Sports 9 Vital Statistics 14 Waterfront 5 contents bv the citv fathers. Coolidge reminded the council that each assemblyman is privi leged to introduce two new bills wnen tne legislature reconvenes in March, adding that he would be happy to reserve one of his two new bills for the water district proposal, once it is hashed out. City Manager Robert N. Klein pointed out that legislation is not the only way to form a water district.

"It probably is the easiest way," he conceded. The city attorney opined that, by wording of the present proposal, the city could be placed inside a zone for water improvements wnereDy people inside the city could be taxed for benefits derived by areas outside the city. The board of directors which would control the county-wide district, Burns said, "would be an extremely powerful board, really responsible to no one." There would be little the city could do, if it didn't like the way the district board was behaving, except remove its one appointee to the board, Burns continued. There would be eight other directors, making such a replacement rather futile, he added. Klein observed, "The way this proposition is written, the power is here for the board to institute assessment districts which can be stopped only by petition of property owners inside the districts." He pointed to another power of the board of directors contained in the proposal, to determine which projects are to be constructed for the benefit of one zone set up within the district, two zones or all the zones.

Wallace M. Richey, water commission chairman, advised the council to decide whether or not it is interested in a water district at all. Some form of water district could operate successfully here, he asserted, because some do in other parts of California. "We are not against anybody trying to acquire water," Councilman Sam McNeely said, "but we would be negligent in our duty if we permitted people of our city to be taxed for benefits to be derived by people outside. It appears to me that by this setup the major benefits would be derived by other areas, at our expense." McNeely expressed agreement with Richey that the city should decide "if we want to be in any district at this time." Captain Edwin Pagenhart, a water commission member, expressed belief legislation can be worked out so that Santa Cruzans would not be taxed for the benefit of those outside the city.

"I think eventually this area will have to have a water district," Pagenhart asserted. He threw in the idea of considering a general utility district, for coordination of other necessary services including fire and sewer, under one general board. Councilman Tom Polk Williams Sr. said he saw no objection to a water district. "Our concern here is the way this is drawn," he said, referring to the proposal which will come up for first hearing by the board of supervisors next Tuesday.

City Water Superintendent Weston Webber reviewed the framing of the proposal, which finally was written by Watsonville Attorneys Phil Boyle and C. F. Franich and passed on to the supervisors with a recommendation for prompt action by the county water committee. The general thought at the start was for some sort of overall planning agency, instead of an operative district, Webber said. The intent, when powers and duties were given the board under the proposed legislation, was to assess for water improvements in zones, so that those benefitting would pay the bill, he added.

Webber concluded, though, that the power is there for centralizing water supply for the whole county. "There are general district acts already on the books so that people could, by vote, form water districts," he reminded the council. Webber, who was Watsonville's representative on the county committee abstained fipm voting when the proposition before the supervisors was adopted, reported that in going over the draft he had voiced personal objection to appointment of the district's controlling board, instead of election, and had pointed to the possibility of forming the district by election instead of by legislative action. John Pletschet, editor of the San Lorenzo Valley Sun, expressed belief that it is in the valley's interest to make changes in the proposal "so that we can vote ourselves out of the district" and let the Pajaro valley go ahead with a district to work with Monterey Water Commissioner Fred Mor ris advised the council against has ty action. "A water district may be the answer to our problems," he asserted, "but the proposal needs a lot of study." Richey pointed to some large projects which appeared feasible when the water commission made its study of last December's report on possible measures for meeting Santa Cruz county water problems.

He recalled one project on So quel creek which would cost be tween $9 and $10 million, and supply the entire northern end of the county. "If we tried that," Richey maintained, "It should be handled by a district." An engineering study is underway now of three possible project to meet Santa Cruz increasing water supply needs. "We sometime may go Into a district," Richey said, advising a complete study of various districts in operation now, "to pattern our operation after those that have been successful." He cited as successful water districts those covering Marin county and the East Bay area. To Capt Pagenhart's repeated contention that what the county needs is a general utility district, Harley Higdon, who for six years was a director of a water district covering Calaveras county before moving here, spoke up from the audience to advise that directors of a water district "will have all they can handle" on water alone. "You should form a water district," Higdon opined, "because your water is getting scarce.

Get your water rights now or some day somebody will come in and file ahead of you." Questioned by councilmen, he said the Calaveras county district was formed, principally, because the East Bay district and the City of Stockton "were going to take all of our water away from us and we had to fight for it By the setup in the Calaveras county district, he said, county-wide district directors are elected. Areas inside the district form their own districts, to set their own taxes and pay their own way, drawing on the central district only for preliminary engineering and legal advice on proposed projects, he said. He described the county district as "a watchdog." The operation of the Calaveras water district, Higdon asserted, "is nothing like the proposal you have here." "I don't approve of this at all," was his flat statement "I don't it is practical." City Councilman Robert Burton said he was concerned about the question as to whether members of the proposed district board of directors should be appointed or elected, and he saw other items in the proposal that should be studied. "I think in the general sense this is a step in the right direction," Burton said. "1 don't think it should be discarded, because the basic idea is right We need coordination for our water development here." He called for careful consideration, expressing doubt that "we can rush through it to have it ready by January." The county water committee has expressed hope the legislation could be ready for introduction at the January opening legislative session.

"I agree that apparently we must have a water district sooner or later," Councilman George Penni. man said. "I think we should ex-tend ourselves and go into a study of this proposal to present modifi-cations as soon as possible." Penni-man pointed out that there should be no objection to the proposed 2-cents county-wide administrative tax "if we are going to have a water district" in that the administrative tax would appear unavoidable. McNeely summed up the council's stand, that it is not opposed to a district, but objects to this one. "We need further study to try to come up with amendments to this for possibly a whole new action for recommendation to form an exitable district," he said.

Richey expressed belief it will take the water commission between 60 and 90 days for a detailed study of the proposal and of the workings of water districts already in operation. The session wound up with unanimous council action favoring a resolution offered by McNeely, requesting the supervisors to defer action on the proposal until the city has had time to study the proposal and possible alternatives. The resolution asserts that the city is not opposed to formation of a county-wide water district, but that there appear to be objectionable features to the proposed act confronting the, supervisors now. In a fearsome display of buz zers, lights, and stern voiced an nouncements, Monterey Bay radio stations joined the airways across the nation in a "dry run" warning of an approaching enemy air attack last night Using special equipment, much of which is tested every 24 hours, KSCO went off the air and into its Conelrad status at 1:30 and continued the test until 4:30. "During the last war," explained Vernon Berlin, station manager, "the radio went off the air during an attack alert, because aircraft can use commercial radio waves as directional finders and 'home in' on a city." "Conelrad is a system of gar-bling the situation for pilots.

It is a system of switching from one station to the other but still remain on the air to give civil defense instructions to the public," he said. In the radio control room, there is a panel of three lights (red, amber, and green) which are more or less staring the announcer in the eye during his working day. The lights and a buzzer' are connected to a Western Air Defense receiver which in a second from the San Francisco headquarters can send all radio stations off the air and into its Conelrad procee-dure. "When the announcer hears the buzzer," said Berlin, "he immediately monitors a key station. If KSBW-TV Will Buy KMBY-TV The owners of KSBW-TV, the Salinas Valley Broadcasting corporation, have, signed a contract to purchase KMBY-TV of Monterey, it was announced today.

The sale will mean an end to the first share-time grant made by the federal communications commission for the operation of a television station. The purchase of the Monterey-Radio Television company, operators of KMBY-TV, involves $230,000 cash plus assumption of liabilities of $117,000. The sale is yet to be confirmed by the FCC. Partner in the Salinas Valley Broadcasting corporation are John Cohan, president, 25 per cent; W. M.

Oates, secretary-treasurer, 25 per cent; and new stockholders: Bruce Church, E. E. Harden, T. T. Merrill, Jerome Kantro, L.

V. An-tle, E. J. Russell, K. R.

Nutting, T. E. Nelson Jack Hart and other coast counties citizens, who own 50 per cent of the corporation. Stockholders in KMBY-TV included Bing Crosby, Kenyon Brown, George L. Coleman William Morrow and S.

M. Aston. Radio station KMBY will be sold under terms of the contract KSBW-TV is affiliated with CBS, ABC, NBC, and DuMont networks. It first went on the air September 11, 1953 with 11,500 watts power, operating from Mt. Toro, 3777 feet above sea level.

The firm, which also operates ra dio station KSBW, a Mutual affili ate, plans on building a new radio television center at 238 John street in Salinas. Inspector Elopes With Witness i-mmmmmwmmmmm tfr tu. "on miilf I Inspector John O'Haire, left, 36, a member of the San Francisco police department's snper vice squad, and Mary Frances Madsen, also known as Donna Ross, 23, right, whom he took into custody as a call girl eight months ago, were married in Reno, Nev according to Chief of.