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2 Dec. 30, 1961 Vallety Times TODAY Parker Gives In To Yorfy Over Vice Enforcement Forlorn Leftover Christmas Tree Awaits Only Heave-Ho On New Year's rowed their choice to 14. IIThe owner said children us-alone. The owner said more was included in the top three ually made the final deci-lwomen than men came alone and eliminated when the 10- sion. to the lot She looked me year-old wanted a blue tree.

The second was a woman jover and decided she could -v 7-1 -331 Mayor Samuel W. Yorty with today apparently had the fmal word on enforcement of Los Angeles municipal ordinances governing vice. Police Chief William Parker personally delivered to Yorty Friday a copy of a memorandum directing vice officers to continue enforcing all 14 of the ordinances except the one specifically invalidated by the State Supreme Court. Receiving Parkers directive, which superseded his instructions of Thursday that none of the code sections were to be enforced, Yorty said: This is not an open town. It is not going to be an open town.

At the same time, former Vice President Richard Nix on, a candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, urged Gov. Edmund G. Brown to put the question of vice laws on special call when the State Legislature meets next year. Local law enforcement officials, particularly in our larger metropolitan areas, must be empowered to act wired made to state the that brought the lost tools more The of year section. the came that get the same thing cheaper at a lot in Granada Hills.

The owner said people often spend three or four hours hunting for the right tree-driving around to all the lots trying to save 50 cents and spending a dollar on gas. The third was a man who looked at me and said hed buy a plain tree for $2 and do his own flocking. It came Christmas Eve. Late. Finally the owner said "It was no fun sit ting around in the cold and all that Jazz waiting for people to buy trees," and he shut out the lights and went home.

Its dark on a lot after the lights go out. Dark and cold. Fifty-two of us were left. Two hundred had gone to the homes with the lights blink ing on the hills. We didnt see the owner for several days.

Then he came back, took down his sign, and stacked us atop the other. This was a good tree," he said to the man who helped him. He held me high. "You sort of feel a personal attachment to them, living with them so long, pointing out all their good points. The other man nodded.

"I would have given them away Christmas Eve just to let someone make them beautiful. No one came to ask me. Think of the people who didnt have a Christmas tree. Maybe they didnt have the money." The other man didnt say anything. He continued stacking us up.

Were going to the city dump for New Years. Something about the old heave-ho. By DOUGLAS FIR Al told to Valley Timet TODAY Staff Writer Ralph Clark Take it from me: The loneliest place to be on Christmas Eve is in a tree lot. No one wants you because you have a flat side, missing limbs, a thin top, a wide bottom. And you cost too much, There are 52 of us stacked up here in this Studio City lot waiting for the old i heave-ho, I heard the own- er say.

Something about spending New Years Eve in the city dump. Almost as bad as Christmas Eve in a tree lot. Im a Douglas Fir. I came tied up in a bunch of five and the owner bought us for $3.50. He flocked me with synthetic snow and tried to sell me for $5.

I knew a 14-footer who came in a bunch with two others. The owner bought that bunch for $6.50, but the 14-footer sold outright to a woman for $8 unflocked. Im not very tall. Im four feet. The owner said Id look good standing on a table and he put me out front so everyone would see me.

Someone knocked me over and the flock fell off. The owner flocked the unflocked, but it didnt look the same. One of the other trees in my bunch was painted pink and two were painted blue. The others remained plain. The owner said white flock was the favorite, but many people couldnt afford it and so the biggest seller was just the plain green tree because flocking cost $1 a foot.

The biggest buying day came five days before Christmas. I nearly got sold three times. The first was a family. They spent 40 minutes in the lot. They liked 26 trees, the owner said.

Then they nar certainty and confidence in this field, Nixon the governor. Parkers memorandum, public by the mayor, instructed all vice enforcement officers to continue utilize all applicable laws regardless of effect of the Carol Lane decision on the Los Angeles municipal code. Parker said the loss of the resorting law as an enforcement tool was damaging but the other laws would be into force to close gap. Yorty agreed that weve a valuable law enforcement tool in suppressing prostitution. Now, with the we have left we will be vigorous.

chief said 62 per cent the persons arrested this for prostitution were arrested under the resorting Yortys order to Parker Thursday to enforce all but resorting ordinance after City Atty. Roger Arnebergh had ruled the courts ruling invalidated all city vice regulations. For the second time in two days, a municipal judge yesterday dismissed charges against two women because of the court decision in the Carol Lane resorting case. Judge David D. Williams freed Marilyn Jean Fraser, 24, and Mary Turner, 24, who were arrested Dec.

3 at the Park Wilshire Hotel, 2424 Wilshire Blvd. The mis-demeanor charges were dropped on the recommendation of the City Attorneys office. Rites Set Today For Mrs. Dunbar Funeral services for Mrs. Esther Loucetta Dunbar of North Hollywood were scheduled to be held at 3 p.m.

today. Dr. William H. Homaday of the Church of Religious Sciences will officiate at Ut ter-McKinley Valley Chapel, 5530 Lankershim North Hollywood. Interment will follow at Valhalla Cemetery.

Mrs. Dunbar, 61, died Thursday at her home, 12755 Hortense St. She is survived by her husband, William Dunbar; two daughters, Esther E. Long of Venice and Dolores Wood of Whittier, and a sister, Mary Raber of-Palisades, Colo. Mrs.

Schoop Funeral Set For Today Services for Van Nuys resident Bonnie Schoop, 45, wife of composer Paul Schoop and sister-in-law of choreographer Trudi Schoop, were to be held today at 1 p.m. at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills Memorial Chapel. ,1 The Rev. Her-ybert J. Schneid-' Balaguer Due To Tell 7-Man Ruling Council SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) A new seven-man government waited in the wings today, ready to take over rule of this Caribbean nation -after 31 years of Trujillo dictatorship.

The National Assembly of Deputies and senators last night gave final approval to constitutional changes providing for a provisional state council to govern the country until elections can be held and a new government installed, in February, 1963. President Joaquin Balaguer is expected to designate formally the membership of the council today, and it will then take over its task. Balaguer, under a formula proposed by him and accepted without enthusiasm by the chief opposition groups, will remain head of the council until the Organization of American States removes the diplomatic and economic sanctions it Imposed against the Dominican Republic in 1960. Then he has promised to resign. The United States already has announced it favors lifting the sanctions.

Diplomatic sources here said they be lieved other American republics will take the same view. ALGERIA Continued from Page 1 Secret Army Organization jammed his broadcast in Oran. Plastic bombs favorite weapon of the right-wing die-hards, shook radio and TV relay towers at Bordeaux, Toulouse, Nimes and Toulon in France. Bombs also went off in the Algerian city of Constantine. The French presidents announcement that the French army would be withdrawn from Algeria in any case was a severe blow to the Europeans in Algeria who have looked to the army for political as well as military support throughout the eight-year nationalist rebellion.

In Algiers Europeans felt cut off. Their statements boiled down to a feeling that now they were on their own. But De Gaulles pledge was taken as a sign of good faith by the Algerian nationalist leaders in Tunis. Rebel representatives have been reported engaged in secret contacts with the French for tha past few weeks to lay the groundwork for a formal settlement. Services Set Monday For Actor Parnell Services will be held Monday for movie and television actor James Daniel Parnell.

Parnell, a member of the New York company of Oklahoma for five years, died Wednesday at the age of 38. He resided at 11905 Wood-bridge North Hollywood. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Good Shep-erd Mortuary, 11020 Camarillo North Hollywood. Burial will be private.

Parnell leaves his widow, Velma Lee; a daughter, Melanie; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emery Parnell, and a brother, Charles. Macapagal Sworn In As Philippines' Chief MANILA (AP) Peasant-born Diosdado Macapagal was sworn in as the fifth president of the Philippines today and pledged to fight against corruption and communism. Macapagal defeated Presi dent Carlos P.

Garcia in the election, Nov. 14. Volley Timet TODAY Phot by Alan Hyde A CHRISTMAS TREES LOT IS A LONELY ONE Ralph Clark learns sad plight of rejected trees. er of the Christ Mrs. Schoop California Weather L.A.

Prepares For Pension Suit Fight National Report Valley Timea TODAY City HaU Bureau Faced with an unfunded liability of half a billion dollars if key cases are lost, the Los Angeles City Board of Pension Commissioners Friday sought legal aid outside the office of the city attorney. By unanimous action the board passed a resolution recommending the City Council retain attorney John C. Sheppard, former president of the California Bar Association, to help fight back claims against the pension fund. More than 15 cases are pending in the courts, Memorial Church, North Hollywood, was to officiate. Mrs.

Schoop, formerly a professional dancer under the stage name of Bonnie Vallarino, worked in the theater and in motion pictures. She died Dec. 25. Mrs. Schoop, 5311 Ventura Canyon is survived by her husband, Paul; and two children, Eric, 4 and Paula Jean, 9, and her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Edward R. Mudock of Scotland. Last Rites For Ralph E. Nesbit, 84, Of Van Nuys Services for Ralph E.

Nesbit, 84, 14829 Sherman Way, Van Nuys, who died Tuesday, were to be at 10 a.m. today at First Baptist Church, Van Nuys, with burial in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale. Born in Pittsburgh, Mr. Nesbit was a retired orange grower. He had lived in Van Nuys 25 years.

Survivors include three sons, Ernest Sepulveda, Harry Azusa, and Roy Porterville; two daughters, Mrs. Ruth E. Sossa-man, Sepulveda, and Mrs. Edith J. Henson, Calabasas; 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

seeking increases In the pensions paid retired city employes and the widows of retired employes. Sheppard, whose law of fices are at 458 S. Spring will be used to intercede as a "friend of the court in a case now pending in Pasadena. If the claimant in that case is successful, the board said, it could set a precedent that would be disasterous in the cases pending against the city. Board president Vincent M.

Burke said retaining outside legal aid has the full support of the mayor and the city attorney. Board member Harold E. Levitt added: "We have not yet won a case as defendants in pension litigation. This is a dangerous position to be in. An adverse decision by the court now could virtually destroy the pension system for municipalities in the state.

This is why we seek legal aid from sources other than our city attorneys Over 3,000 Due At Minnesota Picnic More than 3,000 former Minnesota residents are expected to attend the annual Minnesota Picnic from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday in Brookside Park, Pasadena. Dr. Charles W.

Mayo of the Mayo Clinic, Minnesota Gov. Elmer L. Andersen, University Homecoming Queen Nancy Parkinson and the University band will be featured at the event. Court Makes NAACP Ban Permanent MONTGOMERY, A 1 a. (AP) A circuit (state) court judge has made permanent a five-year-old temporary injunction which barred the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from operating in Alabama.

The ruling late yesterday came just four days before the deadline for action set by the U. S. Supreme Court. Judge Walter B. Jones Issued the decision a few hours after the conclusion of a three-day hearing.

He took note of the su preme courts order to act by Jan. 2 and said it prevents this state court at this time from writing a full opinion in the case. He added: This court does now reserve the right at a future date to state in an opinion its full and complete findings of fact and its ruling on the law in this case. Attorneys for the NAACP said before the decision that a ruling against the organization would be appealed. Judge Jones three-page written decree said the NAACP has been and continues to do business in Alabama despite the temporary order issued in June, 1956.

TRAFFIC Continued from Page 1 in Santa Clarita Hospital, Saugus. Driver of the other car, Porter A. Ramsey, 48, 16827 Tribune escaped injury. California Highway Patrol officers said the collision occurred Thursday evening on Bouquet Canyon road, two miles north of Texas Canyon, and probably was caused by one of the vehicles swerving over the center line on a curve. Earlier, Henry Garcia Candelaria, 59, a retired laborer, 1125 Acala San Fernando, died in Los Angeles County General Hospital from injuries suffered Christmas Eve.

San Fernando police said Candelaria was attempting to cross through traffic in an unmarked crosswalk on Brand boulevard at Mott street when he was struck by a car driven by Bonnylin Goebel, 60, an employe at the Veterans Administration Sawtelle Hospital, 1745'2 Federal West Los An geles. BERLIN Continued from Page 1 cross the border without identification. Two days before the Watson incident, Howard Triv-ers, executive political officer of the U.S. mission in Berlin, was stopped by East Germans at the crossing point because he refused to identify himself. He, too, was on his way to Soviet headquarters.

Americans riding in official cars are under orders to refuse to show identity papers to the border guards of Communist East Germany which the West does not recognize. Beauty Sues Mate DENVER (AP) Miss America of 1958, Marilyn Van Derbur Nady, Is seeking a divorce from her football hero husband, Gary Nady, after less than seven months of marriage. Holdup Nets Trio $177 Three masked gunmen robbed a Sun Valley market of $177 Friday night. Armed with two .32 caliber revolvers and a sawed-off rifle, the men wore handkerchiefs over their faces during the holdup of the Quick Market, 7601 Vineland shortly after 9 p.m. The gunmen ordered clerk Wesley E.

Bergstrom, 7700 Craner to hand over the money in the cash register and then fled in a car. Dance Planned At Somis Club San Fernando Library To Make L.A. Patrons Pay Valley Timea TODAY North Valley Bureau After January 1, it will cost Los Angeles residents $5 to obtain a library card from the county librarys San Fernando branch. The agreement between the City of San Fernando and the county library system was made because San Fernando, not Los Angeles, assumes the costs of contracting with the library system for the services, San Fernando Mayor David Cameron said. The fee now is charged Los Angeles residents in county libraries in Burbank and Glendale.

STARTS WEDNESDAY How Goes The Austin-To-Boston Axis? Two Yanks To Stay In Russia, Tass Says MOSCOW (AP)-Two Russian-born Americans touring here have decided to remain in the Soviet Union, Tass reported today. The two were identified by Tass as Galina Vasko and her male companion, Danilo Danko. A report on the Kennedy-Johnson personal relationship during the past 11 months T. here $250,000 ESTATE Recluse Leaves All To U.S. The Valley Star Dancers, a square dance club, will hold a New Years Eve party at Somis Womans Club beginning at 8:30 Sunday.

Joel and Ray Orme will be calling. A buffet will be served during the evening. Reservations are not needed. The "Around the Squarer column on the Interests Page of Thursdays Valley Times TODAY incorrectly stated that the square dance will be held at Sylmar Womans Club. 'tiro i a was much talk and doubts as to how John F.

Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson would get along prior to the two taking office last January. But in the past 11 months the President and Vice President have seen eye-to-eye on many controversial subjects, much to the surprise of many politicians. Valley Times TODAY Washington bureau reporter Fletcher Knebel looks back over these past twelve months and reviews the political relationship of Kennedy and John- Hate people he met on the street, neighbors said he was not unfriendly and was always willing to exchange work. The little farmhouse where he died was heated only with a coal-burning stove.

It had neither electricity nor run ning water. Sproat owned a 1930 radio and a 1953 model car. Buildings on the tree less farmstead are in a state of disrepair and Sproat re cently sold off his cattle. GILLIANO CRESCENTINI Announces tha opening of his New Location OGALLALA, Neb. (AP) -A lonely bachelor who said he wanted everybody to have some of his money has left an estate estimated worth $250,000 to $300,000 to the federal government.

This bequest came to light 10 days after Esley H. Sproat, 64, died alone in the unpainted, unheated farmhouse where his parents had lived before him. Neighbors, knowing he had been ill, broke into the frigid house and found him dead under a layer-of 13 blankets. George Hasting of Grant, executor of Sproats estate, said Sproat passed up suggestions he- leave his money to hospitals, churches, colleges or his relatives. I am grateful to my country for the blessings of freedom it has given me and for the opportunity to acquire, hold and own property, the will said.

It left everything to the United States of America. Hastings said Sproat had $136,000 in government bonds and six quarter sections of good wheat land. A dispute with relatives following the death of his parents apparently was one of the principal. reasons Sproat left his estate to the government, Hastings said. Although Sproat was a recluse and rarely spoke to son.

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