Los Gatos Times-Saratoga Observer from Los Gatos, California • 1

rTiJ- WWWHTf yyyfiftMfyyyfy I ersariate- i The Countryside By Helen Billington Hiostly fair Fair through Wodnoodayi littlo chsngo in temperature High today st I pjn at Los Gatos Flro House II low today 37 Per Copy NUMBER II Eight Pages VOLUME xxn Sc Pot Copy LOS GATOS CALIFORNIA TUESDAY DECEMBER 8 1957 V9W-W e-v i i 4 ISl AA Ike proposes $39 billion for defense in new year Satellite launching tomorrow ByWILLIAM TUCKER UP piaff Correspondent CAPE CANAVERAL Fla All is in readiness for the historic firing Wednesday of a slender rocket carrying hopes of duplicating Russia's leap into space a Navy spokesman said today If there have been any last minute mechanical bugs in the Vanguard missile they have been of a minor and inconsequential nature a source close to the firing operation said Only the weather could Interfere with the firing now expected for 5 a (pst) Wednesday A weather front is expected to roll across the min lie launching site some time in the afternoon but too late to interfere with the firing if it goes off at the morning hour The Navy source laid everything In connection with the launching of the 72 -foot three-stage rocket that will attempt to orbit six-inch baby moon is proceeding according to plan Several final check-outs were being repeated however to aim at perfection1 in the all-important satellite effort "Another source said that if anything had been wrong with the Vanguard it must have been strictly of a minor nature and had been corrected because there wee no change -in the firing schedule It requires good visibility and only moderate winds for a really successful launching If successfully orbited the satellite will send back a radio signal to let the world know the challenge of two whirling satellites has been met WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING It wu perfect holiday weekend nice weather happy "Visiting with families we won the game with crowda and cheen but what happened to make such a blue Monday? NOMINATED Jane (Mrs Bill) Hobbs for the most beguiling eyes Harriett (Mrs George) McDonald as the first red haired Elfess" Chief Ralph Phillips as the epitqme of efficiency Dun Hutchison as the Country Squire WAS HE SURPRISEDI While it was pleasant to receive an invitation to attend the annual Stockton Planning Commission and Council Dinner on Nov 27 Joe Whelan thought little of it as he'd left there months ago but decided to go back and see friends so what a surprise to find that he was honored guest and awarded the Great Certificate which is presented at this dinner toAhe person who has done the most exceptional work toward promoting the proper growth and planning of Stockton Aha Mr Whelan we have you now and we're glad I NICE TO SEE Pretty blue eyed diminutive June Duncan and handsome husband Howard having such fun and just enjoying being together The cute card which Hope Courtney thoughtfully prepared and circulated for signatures to send to Freda Sperry in Bangkok shell arrive in Cairo for Christmas That terrific spread which Earl of at the Los Gatos Grill laid out the day after Thanksgiving turkey duck goose ham corned beef and such a much more real fun delicatessen service too The Nativity Scene in the Saratoga Plaza How Nell (Mrs Tony) Anza-lone can peacefully arbitrate the bicycle situation between two small boys The way pert Mary Huber can be concerned sincerely over the son who mis-parks a car WRONG DATE It was alright about the Camel Herders party for the Crippled Children In -the Cig School Aud except the date It's Dec 22 and not Dec 5 RIGHT DATE Friday night Dec 6 from 6:30 to 7:30 when Christmas parade wends way down Santa Cruz Ave to the Christmas tree in the Plaza where Santa Claus will appear like magic drawn by the real live and They're actual true-life ones from right over the mountain at Santa's Village Of course going to bring your children aren't you? IT CERTAINLY IS INTERESTING How Helen Ferguson sends such nice notes to people to let them know she cares That aAlyce Meyer wu able to go' to Capitola for Thanksgiving dinner when it was finally discovered her mother Mrs Meyer had just a swollen gland instead of mumps To see those trees which turn so yellow in front of the Saratoga Bank of America What the they? Ghinkos? How the Pick (Continued on page 2) contest also being sponsored by will bo displayed in local Ann Duncan Marian Buik-haidL Palumbo and Roberta Stanton mention for thoir posters Redwood Estates seeks water supply The Mutual Water Company of Redwood Estates a mountain community five miles south of Lot Gatos has asked the County Board of Supervisors for help In solving a domestic water -shortage problem The aid wu requested in a letter from the Redwood Mutual Water Co to Fifth District Supervisor Wesley Hubbard who brought the matter before the board on Monday THE REDWOOD ESTATES group advised Hubbard it was unable to reach agreement with the San Jose Water Works for the purchase of water Asked for suggestions County Executive Howard Campen told the supervisors: THAT THE BOARD might consider putting the County Itself into the water business That the board might adrift the residents of the nan to form a County Water District with condemnation powers which could develop its own water supply COUNTY COUNSEL 8PEN-cer Williams told the board the County Flood Control end Water Conservation District has legal authority to develop a water supply end distribute it Williams wu Instructed by the board to inform them and the Redwood Estates residents of legal steps and alternatives that could be taken to solve the problem and also to ask the San Jose Water Works to cooperate in working out solution POSTER CONTEST WINNERS Left to sight Barton Fisk Lis Cols snd Dick Matthias winners of first second and third places in tho LGUHS contest sponserod by the Los Gstos-Ssratoga Board of Realion Tho posters advertise tho Decorate for W--' 4 iui I I 4L town hall In fact enforcement will be more strict and merchants who have loudspeakers in front of their places of business broadcasting music on the street will have to shut them off Stoops asked Town Manager Karl Baldwin for "strict of the noise abatement SEVERAL PERSONS IN the audience complained to the Council of noise of diesel trucks changing gears at the Charles St crossing about I or 4 a The Council told them it couldn't control this noise and said that completion of Route will allow trucks to go straight through without stopping NEW EIGHT-INCH WATER lines will be laid from Royce SL north to Saratoga Ave and north on Santa Cruz for 300 feet by San Jose Water Works and the town obligation is to break the cement for the installation and replace the paving after completion Baldwin told the counciL In addition the water works intends to lay another eight-inch line from Santa Cruz Ave along Saratoga Ave to Tait Ave The town Baldwin told the council should extend (Continued on rage 2) Christmas tho Board and shop windows Vita received honorable By RAYMOND LAHR UP Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON VI President Eisenhower end his advisers laid before congressional leaders today proposals for higher detenu and foreign aid spending and exchanging nuclear weapons secrets with UA allies The congressional leaders were told at a five-hour White Houae conference that the administration wants to boost defense spending next year by Parks AF base to shut down PARKS AFB IW This 4000-acre air bate without an air atrip will be shut down next year throwing 860 civilian employee out of work The 2490 military personnel will be transferred and patients in the 150-bed hospital will be moved a result of the deactivation of the 83 million dollar base near Pleasanton 1 Growth and finances of schools told Lot Gatoe Union school district ijc set now' eligible for state rid but may later bacons so Johnson field man for tho State Department of Finance fold trustee last night at Hotel Lyndon dinner mooting Growth and finances were the principle subjects discussed by the trustees administrators Johnson and Elwood Lehman representative of tho State Department of Education Trustees expressed concern over tho growth of seventh and eighth gtado Clascal at University Avenue school and the problem of accommodating upper class Tho district in tho process of acquiring another oast ride site A letter from Mis Gartman complaining about door-to-door peddlers request that a culvert be installed in front of Saratoga Youth Center on Fourth Street to permit installation of a paved driveway -j-A petition from 12 residents of Weitcott Drive' going on record in opposition to any future consideration of rezoning their area to permit multiple dwellings or apartment houses Wescott Drive is in the village across Los Gatos-Saratoga road from Our Lady of Fatima about two billkm dollars to bout 39 billion dollars and for eign aid spending by about a half billion to $3940000000 to meet Russia's space-age milt tary challenge PRESIDENT EISENHOWER presided over the meeting for a total of about 2tt hours Vico President Richard Nixon presided the rest of the time Senate Democratic leader Lyndon Johnson said the President looked fine end made a "number of interesting and cumulating statements to us" Conferees agreed that the President looked well despite the mild stroke he suffered Nov 25 One conferee Rep James Van Zant (R-Pa) said the congressional leaders were told the administration will ask for 40 billion dollar defense budget 'next year He said an accelerated missile and other pro grama would cost billion dollars over this defense budget of 38 billion dollars CHAIRMAN HARRY Byrd (D-Va) of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee aid there wu no liwi of taxes end no firm discussion of possible increases in the 275 billion dollar debt ceiling Chairman Richard Ruaratt (D-Ga) of the Senate Armed Service! Committee said Chairman Lewis Strauss of the Atomic Energy Commission outlined three proposed changes in the atomic energy act to (Continued on page 2) Recreation salaries scheduled Lo Gatoe-Saratoga Recrea- tion District trustees last night adopted i salary schedule far employes and indicated If would study a eatery schedule in January for tho director and tho department's secretary Director Gene Goldberfs recommendations for an employes salary schedule included: Aquatic supervisor $100 pay week and $10 per week raise for each summer for four summers head life guard $200 $215 $225 $235 and $250 per hour for each summer sarrad life guard $175 $185 $200 $215 and $225 cashier $135 $150 and $165 locker boy and girl $10Q $110 and $125 recreation leader $150 (500 hours increment) $165 $175 $185 and $200 and office extra help same as recreation leader The board voted to start all returning help at the second step Goldberg presented salary schedules for directors and sec retaries of other districts for the board's study The director reported: ISO attended three one-act plays presented by the junior players under tha direction of Margaret Holzer who a tended last night's meeting at LGUHS library adult basketball wo men's tennis and slim trim claries are underway he suggests adult dancing to start after Christmas William Cunningham LGUHS art director has started a contest for drawing a Recreation District teal 156 youngsters will participate in Friday'a Christmas parade with floats programs under consideration are junior basket ball afternoon high school age basketball junior wrestling folk dancing for adults and badminton for adults Goldberg said that Saratoga youngsters would be included where it is practical to use busses and that duplicate adult dance programs can be inatrited in Saratoga Christmas program tomorrow A Christmas program will be presented Wednesday evening at 7 pm in the Saratoga Village Plaza at the Nativity scene Official opening of the program will feature Mayor Burton Brazil who will speak briefly at 7:15 pm A musical program will follow Dr Gordon King will introduce the children's choir from the Saratoga Federated church and Father Daniel Charlton will present the Sacred Heart church choir Both choirs will present their selections in a program of sacred Christmas music Parking will be available at the parking lot on Saratoga avenue across from the plaza The Nativity scene was erected last year for the first time It is sponsored by the Merchants Association The scene cost $1500 and is composed of larger than life size figures arranged in a manger setting Trial delayed The trial of Donald Geoffrey 20 scheduled for today in Superior Court in San Jose on charges of rape and kidnap of a local woman here on Aug 30 was continued until January 7 Request from planners New eater lines lighting at Town hall will bo lighted up Friday with colorad lights Councilman Jamas A Stoops reported to tho Council last night Stoops said that the lighting will be at this point that the will set up the lights charging the town only for the electricity used and that if no objection was voiced by the other council members it would be WHETHER OR NOT THE lights wpuld be permanent would come before the Council later he told the eouncilmen He said a Mr Baker of the was borrowing the equipment to light the building in Christmas colon and that bids costs etc would come up later The hall will be lighted for about two weeks Mayor A Merrill suggested that the project be followed through by the Town Manager Stoops replied he gets into it I wash my hands of the affair" The project came as a surprise to other eouncilmen nr OTHER BUSINESS THE council left the present noise abatement ordinance as it is without amendment after discussion Off the beat Saratoga to consider hiring planner for city Monte Sereno council to meet Final decision on controversial building site applications submitted by Styer and Fowler ia expected at tonight's meeting of the Monte Sereno city council in the Christian Church on Daves avenue The body gathers at 8 pm Knowland neutral on Senate race WASHINGTON HI -Sen William Knowland (R-Calif) says he is going to remain in the Republican fight over his Senate seat The Senate minority leader made the statement a few hours after Gov Goodwin Knight told a news conference here (Continued on page 2) Employment of a planning consultant will be taken under consideration by tha Saratoga City Council at its regular mealing at 7:30 tomorrow night in Fireman's Hall Services of planning expert are needed at this time to aid and advise the City Planning Commission that body has advised the council in a written report Besides reports from committees end City Administrator Flank Bachman tha council will have before it several other items of business They Drivers test standards protested Today's Stocks TUESDAY DEC I list New York Slock Exchange All quotations furnished by Hutton Co lomjooo Sham 44S5S off JS 101JS oil JS Allis Chat 14 Am Airlines 15 AmCsn 39 AM Motors 7 ACTInd 40 Armro Steel 44 Am Smelt 39 AmTelATel 189 AmToix-o 74 Anaconda -41 Atchison 17 Bal A Ohio -33 Beth Steel Bcofns Air -40 CanPscIlie S4 Cal Park 40 Ches A Ohio 49 Chrysler 7 Com Solvents 11 CIT Finance 45 City Service 53 Cunt Can 41 Cons Edison 41 Com Prod 51 Crown Zel 40 DuPont ISPs East Kodak 0 Air Lines -31 Food Mach SB Ford Motors 40 Gen Elec 04 GenDynam 50 Gen Foods 47 Gen Motors 55 Goodrich S3 Goodyear SB Grace 43 Greyhound 14 llumeatske 34 Ini Harm-iter 39 Ini Min Them 9 Ini Nickel 73 Junes A 43 Kern Co Ld Kennerott -53 Libby MeN I McK A Robna 13 Mont Ward 31 Nat Bisct 41 Nat Cash Reg 53 Nat Dairy 57 Nat Gypsum 41 NY Central 47 Pacific Llg 39 Pan Am Air 13 ParPirt 53 Penney 93 Penn RR 13 Pepsi Cola 30 Phelps Dodgo 41 Prctr A Guild 51 I Pullman 53 Radio 53 Reyn Tbbco 04 Richfield Oil 61 Sears Roebrk 35 Shell Un Oil 73 Sinclair Oil 50 SoCal Edis 4M Houthn Pec 34 Std Oil Calif 49 StdOilNJ 50 Stdbkr-Pckrd 3 TidrWAOil 33 Timken RB 35 Transamerk-a 3n Union Carb 95 Union Oil Co 43 Union sc 3K I kilted Air 55 UN Air Lines 33 Untied Fruit 3n US Smelt SO Steel 53 Wnulwwth 37 Western Flee S3 Western Pec 47 Overe Ike ran trier Marks Dank III America Bulloch 35-3S PiiSrt Sound PT 13 14 scored a zero Boy wail burned! So to work After a month's practice (it took that long to get another appointment: Examiner Meehan says there was a backlog of 170 when he took over) she made it scoring solid 82 (70 is the passing grade) Lota of oldsters art going to flunk this tost And in spite of tho fact that they era experienced driven both cartful and com patent To require them to do tricks with a nr is no more logical than to say to Leo Nomel-liri of tho San Francisco 'liars If you nat hich tha print after touchdown yon nnt play on the team regardless of how wall yon tackle and blech" And it is serious She Is "A am 75 Suppose wa both flunk Wa five a mile There are 16 tests or qualifications They start the test with No 13 the toughest The examination sheet states that on any maneuver is grounds for immediate ending of the test" AND WHAT IS THIS TEST? PARA-llel Parking! They have stanchions front and rear simulating can parked fora and aft and you are required to back into this single apace This is a maneuver we oldsters neves attempt in this Loa Gaios-Saraioga vicinity Plenty el diagonal or parking lot space to available or can find a place when a couple of parallel spaces are open It's a maneuver that ia arduous to say tho inti So my lady's renewal trt came to a quick end She banged into the curb and By SAM HANSON Do driver teste unfairly discriminate against Senior Citizens? A Saratoga reader thinks lhay do and In tha following thoughtful loiter telb why Dau Sam: A month ago I promised to write you my gripe about the unfairness of the driver's test for people over 70 I did it immediately but I was so damn mad that I had to tear up the letter it was both inaccurate and unfuir I decided to take a month lo make a more objective study of the situation My wife ia 70 so whan she cam up for a renewal of her driving license she bad to tako tha now drivei'a tesL Thia in spit ot the fact that she has driven constantly lev 35 years without a blemish ia her record from the nearest store Without a car we are helpless I played tennis until I was 62 when my pals 25 yean younger went off to war and left me flat I have driven for 47 yean without accident of any kind and I can handle a car as well as anyone But I park parallel in a single space and do not need to In San Jos In Palo Alto In Redwood City this same procedure is being followed and you see the oldsters struggling and moaning Aad you know whatf Tha teenagers and tho kida up to 25 who are responsible for tho moat accidenta caa pass Ibis test the easiest They caa do it standing an their heads white I be eld folks who drive carefully (Continued cn page 2) now.