Ventura County Star from Ventura, California • 9

Expect Enoch to Recommend Move The Ventura County (Calif.) Star-Free Press Saturday, October 5, 1963 A-9 NEW MONTALVO COUNTY OFFICES SITE FAVORED? any purpose and could even also sell it. How supervisors will line up regarding the expected recommendation to build in Montalvo is not known. However, Board Chairman HF. Robinson of Ventura is known to favor the move and was instrumental in negotiating the Thille deal. In any event, Enoch has suggested supervisors take three weeks to agree or disagree with what the report repared by Enoch and Carl Silsbee has to say before taking a vote.

The number of street corner straw votes will likely Boar as the county officially waits the By BURT WUTTKEN A recommendation to establish county administrative offices on a new site in Montalvo rather than expand the present courthouse is expected to bo made by County Executive Loren Enoch Tuesday. The present buildings are expected, however, to be used for courts and affiliated functions for some time to come. The countys predicted huge population increase, land conditions around the present courthouse and popular opinion of courthouse officials all back the trend towards the move, it is believed. Enoch will make his recom mendation to the County Board of Supervisors in a report culminating a year-long study of county space requirements. He said the county is right now 30,000 square feet short of office space.

For the past week a hall on the fifth floor of the courthouse has been undergoing conversion to office space for the district attorney's staff. Halls in some sectors of the house are being used for storage and filing cabinets. No matter what supervisors finally do, it will cost money, probably a lot of money. Observers feel the best argument against expanding the courthouse is that it would be toria Avenue, Montalvo. This would be more than ample for a series vf buildings plus parking.

Parking is a major problem in the present courthouse area. Cutting down one of the hills behind the courthouse for more space is ruled out because it is too expensive. Enoch has indicated that if he suggests building at Montalvo, the courts and their associated offices would remain at Poli Street. This would include, apparently, the sheriffs office and jail. The county uses office space in other buildings around the courthouse.

If the decision is to move to Montalvo, it could be five years or more before the new facility is open for business. Plans for the building or buildings would have to be drawn and approved, the final parcel of land purchased and, perhaps most important, money to finance the project would have to be found. There are at least four means of obtaining the necessary funds: The county could sell bonds. It could borrow money from the county employes retirement fund. It could use two other methods which would probably delay the project for a time.

Under a "pay as you go method, the county would have to start out with a sizable cash supply and raise more money through taxes. Through an accumulative capital outlay fund method an organization sets aside money which can only be used for a pre-stated purpose. But it can put into the fund money from any source, including year-end surpluses. The county bought the first 20-acre parcel of land at the Montalvo site about two years ago from Albert Thill, Santa Paula. The county agreed to purchase one additional parcel each year for three years.

The district attorney has ruled the county could use the land for merely a delaying action. There just is not enough useable land in that area to erect a building large enough to support the many more county employes who will be necessary because of forecasted population hikes, they say. Then too, an addition would have to be supported by a costly foundation due to land conditions there. The present courthouse is really three buildings: one original structure and two additions. Supervisors could decide to wait and build one or more than one building later when more residents could share the costs.

The county is buying 80 acres of land at Telephone Road and Vic Hueneme Gains Conejo City' Boundaries OKd In Harbor Annex without residents separately to avoid possible conflicts later. Because of its growing agenda, County Clerk Robert Hamm suggested the commission consider meeting every week instead of its current every-other-week schedule. Hamm said this would make for fewer special commission meetings. Action on the suggestion was delayed until the next meeting. Port Hueneme, currently battling with Oxnard over the County Small Craft Harbor, has apparently cut off Oxnards annexation attempt for at least 50 days.

Yesterday, minutes after the County Boundary Commission approved annexation maps filed by both cities, the Port Hueneme City Council approved the request by Oxnard Beach area residents to circulate petitions for annexation to Port Hueneme. The action, according to Port Hueneme City Attorney Marvin Lewis, means that Oxnard cannot proceed to annex the harbor for at least 50 days. When asked if Port Huenemes move would stop Oxnards proceedings for 50 days, Oxnard Assistant City Attorney George Roberts admitted: "It could." Lewis added that if the petitions representing at least 25 per cent of the areas assessed valu-tion are accepted, Oxnard can- WILLIAM HAIR Lewis Successor? Hair Next Boundaries for the latest proposed City of Conejo were certified by the County Boundary Commission yesterday with one major change suggested. Commissioners recommended a portion of Shadow Oaks be left out because it is currently being developed. It was also recommended that a small piece of land near Highway 101 and Moorpark Road be added to the 16 square mile incorporation because of school district lines in the area.

The site, however, cannot legally be added for one year because it was part of the recently refused incorporation of the Newbury Park area. The commission will hold a special meeting at 3 p.m. Tuesday to hear a proposal to bring 17 small parcels around Oxnard into the Metropolitan Water and the Calleguas Water Districts. Two of the locations are without residents. The commission has already approved boundaries for 16 of the sites but the districts want to resubmit the two The 'Word' Moves Fast In Prison Among "guard-house lawyers, the word of new law changes gets around fast, apparently.

On Sept. 20, a new criminal statute took effect regarding the holds which California district attorneys may place on convicts serving time in other states. The law provides that the prisoner must be transported to the county where he is charged for trial, or the "hold will be dissolved. This week, a handwritten application for a writ was received from Troy L. Thomson, now serving time in prison in Florence, Ariz.

Thompson wants to be brought to trial in Ventura County on charges brought against him by Oxnard police for forgery and non-support. Whichever way the verdict goes here, he would still have to be returned to Arizona to finish the sentence there. Judge E. Perry Churchill appointed attorney Don Pollack to look into the case. Pollack, who admits he hasnt followed the new law changes with the same avidity that an inmate might, asked for and was granted a continuance to next Tuesday to study the case.

not move to annex the harbor until Port Huenemes annexation proceedings are terminated (by protests or vote.) Oxnard is trying to annex just the county harbor: Port Hueneme has filed to annex the harbor, the Oxnard Beach area, and adjacent tidelands. Oxnard's annexation merely requires County Board of Supervisors' approval, while Port Hueneme's bid would be submitted to a vote of beach residents. Oxnard City Council was to have held a special meeting tonight to consider annexation of the harbor. But in view of Port Huenemes action, tonights meeting has been canceled, said City Attorney Joe Hodges this morning. He said the Oxnard council probably will discuss the matter at its next regular meeting at 8 p.m.

Tuesday. Both cities were turned down by the county a year ago when they attempted to get the harbor and had to wait a year to refile. The current annexation proceeding is made more complex by established but not -yet formed Local Agency Formation Commission. The commission, set up by the board of supervisors, has the power to decide whether an annexation is in the public interest. But it is still looking for a fifth member and has not yet met.

Lewis believes Port Hueneme's action has by-passed the Local Agency Commission by already getting approval from the boundary commission. Lewis also commented: "In my view, protest of the annexation from the board of supervisors alone would not be sufficient to terminate the (Port Hueneme) annexation, because I dont believe the assessed value of the harbor alone would be more than 50 per cent of the land being annexed. U.S. Surplus Service Opens A new service to inform small businesses about sales of government surplus machinery through the Western United States has been announced by the Department of Defense and the Small Business Administration. W.

R. Thorndock, procurement sales center representative for the SBA, said information kits are available in the Ventura County area. Small businesses may register at the Naval Air Station, Point Mugu, Building 4-23, to notify their wants for specific tooling and equipment. They will be notified when what they want is for sale. WELCOME GOING UP Motorists entering and leaving Ventura from the east will soon be greeted by a 20-foof high sign being built by 20 Ventura service organizations.

On the front, the sign will say "Welcome to Ventura the Poinsettia City" and one the back, "Vaya Con Dios Safe Journey." Service clubs who donated money to pay for the sign will be included in a directory with colored emblems, meeting places, dates below th main sign. A similar sign will be installed on the west side of the city, but a definite location has not been selected. Here, Walter Frick, chairman of the joint committee of service club representatives, checks the sign frame installation while Joe Mathe, left and Bill Waldo, both of Wally Meade Sign Thousand Oaks, look on. Courthouse Site Talks Monday Pleasant Valley Elementary School District and the county win dicker Monday about the price the county will pay the district for part of a school site for a new courthouse in Camarillo. District Supt.

Charles Honn and county real property agent Don Perry are scheduled to talk over the land price and value of what the district calls "liquidated damages the cost of new black top, equipment relocations, a new sprinkler system, and the other "little things not apparent on the surface of any appraisal, Hoim said. The county and district have their appraisals, but neither will disclose them before negotiations. The land is on the districts Pleasant Valley School grounds on Ventura Boulevard in Camarillo. The county wants it as a site for a new, bigger CamariUo-Moorpark Municipal Judicial District Courthoune. Hueneme City Aide? William H.

Hair, an Oxnard attorney, seems almost assured of being named the next Port Hueneme City Attorney to succeed Marvin Lewis, who will become the second Municipal Court judge of the Oxnard Port Hueneme Judicial District, probably in December. Hair, 29, is an associate in the law firm of Nordman Lewis, and the City of Port Hueneme traditionally hires its city attorney from the firm. Lewis highly recommended Hair, pointing out that Hair served as deputy district attorney in charge of the Oxnard Port Hueneme Judicial District for two years (1960-1962) "before we squired him away from public life. Lewis said that administrative law is Hairs favorite field. Although city councilmen took no action at their meeting yesterday (the same day Lewis appointment was announced), they indicated they were strongly in favor of Hair.

Also, Lewis said he will be working with his associate on some city business from now on. Lewis said that he would not take over the judgeship until probably Dec. 1, and that he would remain as city attorney until then. He has served as city attorney for 11 months, succeeding now Superior Court Judge Jerome Berenson. Berenson was also a partner in the Nordman Lewis law firm.

Sea Diving Danger Seen For County Leon Bray, Ventura, a proponent and enthusiast of undersea diving with breathing equipment, yesterday warned that Ventura County will be the scene of many diving tragedies if more care is not taken in training for undersea diving. More and more divers are being attracted to Ventura County waters, Bray told the Ventura Kiwanis Club, "and more beginners are taking to the water without proper training. He warned that there are only three recognized organizations whose instructors are known to be qualified: 1, Los Angeles County instructors; 2, National Association of -Underwater Instructors; 3, National Y.M.C.A. He added that there are only three basic safety rules to remember. They are: Never dive alone.

Dont hold your breath under water. Put your weight belt on last. In every diving death involving underwater breathing apparatus that I have heard of, Bray said, one of those three rules was violated. With the warning, however, he said that more of mans future will be tied to underwater activities than to space. It is the world of tomorrow, Bray said, and it is entirely possible that it will lead to the discovery of a new way of life for future man.

Thermometers To Get Check The annual check of citrus thermometers will be made Monday at the Agricultural Commissioners office in Santa Paula. Joe Mihalic, local forecaster for the Fruit Frost Service, and a weather bureau crew, will do the checking. The nightly broadcasts of fruit frost warnings will begin in Ex-County Man to Launch Navy Unit ing the ceremonies will be given a 17-gun salute from a Navy missile ship, scheduled to attend the event. The Navys under secretary will receive another booming gun salute when he leaves the base at 2 p.m. Ball will outline the mission of the new station, which now boasts about 90 people in its employ, followed by Fays address on the Navy Departments view'point of what is expected of the new station.

A luncheon will be held at the Officers Club and the ship, which wasnt identified for security reasons, will be opened to the public. AFTER TOURING WITH JIMMY DURANTE 3 Color Shows On KEYT TV Santa Barbara television station KEYT TV is now televising three ABC network programs in color. They are: Wagon Train, The Flintstones, and The Greatest Show on Earth. The new schedule follows a changeover last month from a prime ABC affiliate status to a full time status. All NBC programs have been dropped from the stations schedule.

IN VENTURA A prominent Navy official and graduate of Thacher School in Ojai will combine a trip to Ventura County to dedicate the Navys newest installation at Port Hueneme with a visit to his alma mater. Paul B. Fay under secretary of the Navy, who entered Thacher School in 1933 and graduated in 1937, will be the principal speaker at the dedication ceremonies Oct. 25 at the Naval Ship Missile Systems Engineering Station. Thacher officials said his visit to the school afterwards will be brief.

Fay will fly to Point Mugu and be transported to Port Huenemes Construction Battalion Center by helicopter where he will land at the door of the NSMSES building about 10 a.m. He will be greeted by Capt. Richard E. Ball, commanding officer of the station; Rear Adm. John E.

Clark, Pacific Missile Range commander; Rear Adm. Eli Rich, head of the Navy Surface Missile Team; and Capt. Mark Woods, NSMSES executive officer. About 550 invitations will be sent to military and civilian officials throughout the county to attend the dedication ceremonies. Families and friends NSMSES employes are also welcome.

Fay and the admirals attend S.F. RECOMMENDED SAN FRANCISCO. (UPI) -A United Nations committee has recommended San Francisco, birthplace of the world organization, as the site of the U.N.s 20th anniversary commemorative session in 1965. MCK8KI AT; 4. STARTING TUES.

Singing Comedienne King-Sized" Darling of Comedy Weight 303 Height 6 ft. Bust 58" Temperature 212 Injury Suit A $150,000 lawsuit has been filed in Ventura Superior Court by Mrs. Mabel L. Austin, Oxnard, against Ventura Drug claiming she fell over a box left in an aisle at the store Oct. 3, 1962.

As a result, she said, she has had to spend fore than $7,500 for medical treatment today. She is represented by attorney Andrew V. Marsh, Oxnard. Plus -Tha Sparkling Personality Of iamond Jim Genial M.C. call Me "Robie" Robertson Mi 8-2249 Nile Mi 2-2007 Added Attraction Jimmy Russell And His Trio NIGHTLY Mrs.

Zogg chats in her kitchen with Nancy Wickwire, leading actress in the series segment titled "Nightmare at North Oak." Says Mrs. Zogg: "I'm really thrilled they thought my house was just right for the film." LIGHTS CAMERA Tha Lewis Zogg home at 344 South Oxnard, became amovieland set yesterday when television crews filming new series, "The Fugitive," decided it looked like the New England background they needed. At left, cameras and lights are strewn over Mrs. Zogg's front lawn; at right. Insurance Farmers Group i A I i.