The Sacramento Bee from Sacramento, California • 58

The Bee by Carrier $173 Per Month Dial GI 2-5011 Local and and Superior California News THE SACRAMENTO BEE Page E-l Tuesday April 1 1958 Sacramento California Goal Is Met In Educational TV Campaign The fund raising campaign to activate channel 6 as an educational television station last night succeeded in raising an estimated $205000 in cash and pledges The goal of the drive was $100000 in cash and $100000 in pledges to qualify for a $100000 cap- it'al outlay grant from the Fund For Adult Education The locally raised funds will be used to operate the station for the first two years everything goes well" said Attorney Ralph Drayton Sacramento area campaign director for Central California Educational Television station will go on the air in September Some Hurdles Remain been able to set a starting time because we face some hurdles We are confident of the grant from the Fund For Adult Education but we have it in the bank We are Sure the federal communications commission will grant the license but we have it in hand yet we have the most important requirement the money thanks to the volun- right in front are Jacqueline Dewell of Hayward Jacqueline Martin of Yuba City Sutter County and Marla Obert of Hanford They are among 300 Beth Blankenship left of Sacramento stands at the registration desk of the First Methodist Church as delegates to the Council of youth seminar sign the roster Left to North City Hall Court Issue Will Be Reexamined Three hundred teenagers from Northern California- and Nevada invaded state capitol offices today and mingled with budget weary legislators to see how Christian principles can be applied to strengthen government They are delegates to the Northern California Nevada Council of three day seminar on Christian Youth in Government Work Near At Hand Last night they heard an address in the First Methodist Church by the Rev Robert Moon minister of the First Methodist Church in San Leandro who said: youth is concerned about improving government they need to go to Washington there is ipuch to be done at home on the local and state level government is Chris-tion conscience in action legislators do the right thing by man who real ize their first loyalty is to People not property is the first trust of government Moon said and the government is a servant of the people not the people of the government Kirkwood Speaks sessions opened with a talk by State Controller Robert Kirkwood who told the delegates in the Westminster Pres i a Church: influence of basic moral values on government has long been one of and greatest assets Under stresses as government tends to impinge upon ever widening areas of our individual lives the force of such principles as the Golden Rule should be more not less potent we are indifferent to government if we do not urge others to make government their direct personal business we will end up with officials who fail to govern by moral Seminar Sessions Following his talk the delegates went into 11 seminar sessions in Capitol hearing rooms covering such topics as narcotics mental health alcohol control and rehabili tation of delinquent youth ASTOUNDING Lyle Grabowski of 5306 62nd Street seems to be perfectly at ease balancing himself on a muscular index finger He is eyeing a glass at the same time perhaps to lower himself and have a drink Only a few persons in the world are known to be able to perform a feat such as this and only on 'April Day An explanation is provided in the picture at the lower right on this page Boy Burglar Suspect Is Shot Fleeing Police A 14 year old boy was shot last night by Police Officer Hollingshead when he tried to make a getaway in a driving rainstorm after the officer trapped him and two companions in the Shasta Laundry at 1931 Street where they went to pick out some Easter suits The youth is in a fair condition in the Sacramento Hospital with shotgun wounds in his shoulder and thigh Found hiding in a puddle of water on the roof of the two story laundry building was Wendell Dias 18 of 4701 14th Avenue Police officers said he climbed through a window leading to the roof when they rushed into the place A 17 year old youth was found hiding under a box on the mezzanine floor Both were booked in the Juvenile Hall Sighted By Watchman The police said the youths were surprised by Alfred Grant the night watchman who lives in an apartment in the laundry building They had entered the place through an open skylight Hollingshead said when he arrived in his squad car he saw two of the youths on the roof One of them dropped to the hood of a pickup truck parked alongside the building then to the sidewalk and started running south to 20th Street Policeman Fires Hollingshead said he shouted commands to stop twice and fired a blast over the head In pursuit he said he paused then and fired at the fleeing figure staggered and then ran on out of my said Hollingshead While other officers went into the laundry building Hollingshead was joined by Officer William Hart in a search for the wounded hoy Suddenly they said they heard a shout been hit the guy looking for" They found the boy standing on the sidewalk on 20th between and waiting for them Fruitridge Oaks Loses Fight To Keep Burnett School Annex Open A group of Fruitridge Oaks residents last night lost a fight to keep Peter Burnett School Annex open and their children in Peter Lassen Junior High School instead of Stanford Junior High It happened when the city board of education approved at teer workers and the interest of the Drayton estimated that CCET has at least 3000 $10 members As soon as possible" he added will make a full report on donations and the donors" School District Helps The Sacramento City Unified School District board last night voted to contribute $7500 for educational television joining many other school districts in the service area from Modesto to Chico and the bay to the Sierra To help reduce the operating expenses television station KBET has promised studio and transmitter facilities to channel 6 Tentative plans call for a four hour daily broadcast schedule are said Dr Nolan Pulliam of Stockton president of CCET the thousands of individual sub scribers who have supported this drive so generously will derive untold benefits from channel 6" a dream come said Mrs Julie Rifkin president of the northern section of CCET people in Sacramento and the other 14 counties to be covered by channel 6 have demonstrated their desire for educational television through their response to our fund drive certainly wish to thank everyone who helped in this program and hope we will be able to fulfill the great confidence placed in Peter Davis a fifth grader of Roseville Placer County hands his $1 contribution for educational television to Betty Meyers teller in the American Trust Company office at 1011 10th Street Peter son of Mr and Mrs James Ross wrote that he was interested in educational television because would be much better than cowboys and quiz shows and would provide science programs and I like Bee Photo board at a Street-9th to the declared This attend The tendance boundary changes recommended by the administrative staff The defeat came despite a letter from the city council urging the school board to give city residents preference over non residents Seven Plead Seven Fruitridge Oaks residents pleaded their case A half hour after the action Willard Nielsen property manager for Lawrence Construction Company which developed Fruitridge Oaks urged the board to reconsider especially the junior high school attendance plan Nielsen did not speak during the regular discussion period Board member John Kennedy said he felt Nielsen was out of order Nielsen said Qq Qf uCl6 he thought the action1 hasty Nielsen is a city plan- one concession The agreed to let 35 Fruitridge Oaks seventh eight and ninth graders finish at Peter Lassen New Fruitridge Oaks seventh graders must start Stanford next September The board also received petition iof protest from residents in the 65th Avenue area They asked their area not be assigned the Muddox School of Junction District but be neutral territory would permit students to either Muddox or Tahoe Scfmol within the city protest was overuled Investigation In Boy Continues The North Sacramento City Council as a committee or the whole will reexamine the problem of obtaining a city hall and suitable municipal court facilities In suggesting last action Mayor Walter Powers noted several members of the original city hall committee no longer are councilmen The move will allow the new council whose composition will be known after next municipal election to take whatever steps it deems desirable regarding a city hall without further appointments The community has been without a permanent municipal headquarters since 1947 when the city hall was sold Most major city offices now are in temporary quarters at 2022 Del Paso Boulevard with the remainder located at 400 Arden Way including the municipal court City Manager Homer Jack also was instructed to contact the board of super visors and the Sacramento County Bar Association and work with them on securing suitable court facilities A bar association committee studying the adequacy of the existing court quarters Civil Defense Merger Plan Is Discussed City Manager Jack reported that although North Sacramento is not participating in the pending merger of civil defense operations by the City and County of Sacramento it does not mean North Sacramento will not coordinate its civil defense plans with the new joint group The board of supervisors yesterday approved the merger Several minor changes made in the ordinance by the board requires the Sacramento city coupcil which had adopted it several weeks ago to give another official okeh Council Favors Fishing Access Area Project The council went on record in favor of development by the state wildlife conservation board of fishing access areas on the American River adjacent to the city Plans Are Ordered On New Fire Station Councilmen authorized Jack to obtain preliminary sketches and cost estimates on a proposed second fire station for mng commissioner When the board made its Nervous Gunman $105 From Grocery Owner A nervous unkempt hold up man brandishing a 38 cali ber revolver escaped with $105 from Grocery 1236 Street shortly after 7 AM today after threatening the owner Claude Gil-strap and a bread truck driver Morris Dutton of North Highlands Gilstrap told the police the robber produced the gun and made Gilstrap open the cash register He removed $100 and took wallet with another $5 Just then Dutton entered The robber took him by the arm led him to a rear storeroom and told him: down and I take your He ordered Gilstrap to join Dutton closed the door behind them and left The suspect was described as 25 to 30 years old 5 feet 8 inches tall weighing 160 pounds having bushy red hair and wearing striped overalls a dirty black hat and a brown shirt Masked Gunman In Hurry Takes $66 From Clerk me the money Hurry! shouted a maskec holdup man to Matsue Mizu-tani when he accosted her in Market 4020 Street this morning Mrs Mizutani a clerk handed over $5 from the cash register The man gestured with his hand in his overcoat pocket he demanded The frightened clerk handed over another $61 in one dollar bills Then the robber ran out with Mrs Mizutani in close pursuit She lost him in a nearby alley She told police officers the man entered while she was sleeping the floor and put a Wgman Hit By Car Escapes Serious Hurt Mary Hansen 62 of 3018 5th Avenue escaped serious injury yesterday during a downpour when witnesses said the darted Snto traffic crowded Franklin Bou'evard from the sidewalk and was struck by a car The witnesses told the police she held an umbrella so that it blocked her view of oncoming traffic The driver Martha Wise 30 of 7049 Woodbine Avenue said she was unable to stop in time Mrs Hansen was released after treatment in the Sacramento Hospital Drunk Driving Cases Arrested Charles Russell of Mather Air Force Base at 16th and Streets 12 30 AM today In Court John Crumrtne 4190 Franklin Boulevard a fine of $315 or 60 days In Ian sentenced by Municipal Judae Elvln Sheehy Harold Karl Wentzel 2209 1Sth Ave- nue 5263 or 50 days sentenced by handkerchief Over nlS faCC Fred Baylor 1221 25th Street $315 while WSS in the back Of orFiceays6r5dshanwedoiy sTMaroni the store supposedly selecting groceries Sacramento Munlcioal Court Bernice Bailey of 201 North 12th I days sentenced by Calls nre officers today continued their investigation into the mysterious death of 12 year old Charles Eller found nude and strangled in the hallway of his home at 1913 Bell Street in the Town and Country district The boy was found yesterday by his mother Mrs Eller with a length of sash cord looped around hiS neck and the other end tied to a five foot high linen closet door knob He was on the floor in a kneeling position Detective Sergeant Oren Baker stated he and other investigators have come to no conclusion as to how the boy met his death have a lot of work to do on this yet" he said know if we ever will be able to determine what Baker said the boy could have freed himself by stand- V'v decision the more than 100 protestants left Several were heard to say is an autocratic and certainly going to sell my School Will Close The decision means the Peter Burnett Annex at 5140 46th Street will be closed in June Fruitridge students next fall will attend the Fruit Ridge School at 4625 44th Street about a half mile from the subdivision The Fruit Ridge School Dis- trict and the Sutter Union Pacific South Sacramento Junction Washington-Kelly and Freeport Elementary Districts will join the city unified school district July 1st They were assigned to the city by the state department of education in compliance with state law' which requires elementary districts to be within a high school district Argument The Fruitridge Oaks protestants maintained their children should not have to attend Fruit Ridge which is in the unincorporated area where they will not have city police and fire protection what we pay taxes they asserted The main objection to Stanford is that it is two miles from Fruitridge Oaks and students will have to ride buses They complained about additional expense Logical Boundary Assistant Superintendent I 3'rri-ii Mtssall Lloyd McAdoo of 125 LampasM 1 Avenue North Sacramento $263 or 50 the City 3t Grove Street find days license suspended for 90 day Street $263 or 50 The fire department responded to the following calls from noon yesterday to noon today 3 JQ 2608 6th Avenue dwellln delectiva electric appliance 6-16 406 Street dwelling loss 10 58 2128 9th Street apartment house overheated chimney sentenced by Mlssell G-orje Needham ol 6600 Fair Oaks Boulevard Carmichael I've days In tail and $168 or 60 days prior conviction) sentenced by Judoe JJ Dies-tel of the Fair Oaks Judicial District Court Manuel Baltaran ot 341 Bowman Av nue North Sacramento $300 tine or 60 days jail sentenced In the Washington Judicial District Court La Palmas Avenue Jack said such a station is desirable to protect present and future development in the Wil-Acres Richardson Village and Noralto areas ing A cook at the Howe Avenue School Mrs Eller said she and her husband left for their jobs about 6:45 AM and the boy planned to get up fix some breakfast and feed his Dets She went' home at 10:45 AM and discovered her body Officers reported there was no sign of a struggle Case Of Artist Who iqnores State's Eviction Order Goes To Brovn Motorist Keeps Wheels Turning But Gets Nowhere Charles Joslin was feally spinning his wheels early today but got no farther than the pokey Highway Patrolmen Halstead and Guy Anderson said they came upon Joslin of 3128 Ardenridge Drive busily piloting his car at Fulton and North-rup Avenues in the wee hours They have to tail him Just parked their patrol car and watched with elaborate interest Then they booked him on a drunk driving charge "Trouble said Hal-sted was driving too long in the same place He apparently know it but his car was hung up on a ditch bank with the rear wheels in the air was really spinning Players Group Will Present Our Town Our Town a play by Thorn ton Wilder will be presented at 7:30 PM tomorrow in the Del Paso Manor School by the Arthur Polster contended Players Group from Pasade that Stockton Boulevard is a na lease is the hazardous condition of the building I'm evicted 1 will not leave Surendorf stated in the letters will go on the relief rolls The painter and his wife Barbara have four children Obligated state is not obligated to find quarters for Drury explained "The conditions of lease under which the buildings were occupied by the tenant? are explicit" lease on an old building expired October 31st and he was notified he was supposed to move out by yesterday Writes Letters Surendorf last February voiced his objection to moving in letters to newspapers members of the legislature and other state officials The artist said he has occupied the quarters for 12 years and was told the reason for the state not renewing the The case of Charles Surendorf who refused to vacate his studio and art gallery in Columbia State Park Sonora County will be referred to State Attorney General Edmund Brown Newton Drury chief of the state division of beaches and parks after he learned Surendorf apparently is continuing to sit tight said he will ask office to handle the case I Drupr explained Suren- APRIL It is quite a trick the finger stand in the picture at the upper left on this page In fact it is an April Day trick At least the photographer has and shows here how it was done Grabowski leaped into the air touching his finger to the ceiling The glass was taped to the ceiling and Roger Francis Sharrer a coconspirator held the chair up with a broom handle Then the picture was turned upside down and Roger was ctopped out of Uie scc Bee Fhotos byJVard Sharre The St Marks Methodist Church is sponsoring the per formance by the group of high school and college stu dents Doors will open at 7:15 for the free play logical dividing line between tha Stanford and Peter Lassen Schools He said Peter Lassen is approaching the overcrowding stage Tje protestants did win.