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Porterville Recorder from Porterville, California • 1

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1 's RECORDER SERVICE Town tubicribors who foil lo receive their papers by 6 are requested to call Recorder Phone SU 4-5000 between 6 and 6:30 and a copy will be sent by special carrier TOO SECTORS SECTION ONE PAGES 1 TO 8 Conotont Advertising Beet Buoliioee A town that is good enough to live In le good enough Insurant to trade In NEWS Telephone It to Record-1 Buy It In Porterville 53rd Year No 122 PORTERVILLE CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 12 I960 Hunters Find Long Lost Plane Late Newt Briefs Demonstrations Follow Assassination In Japan TOKYO (UPI) Mass demonstrations have erupted in Japan in the wake of the bloody assassination of Socialist party chief Inejiro Asanuma Asanuma was stabbed to death in full view of a large crowd at a political rally by a 17-year-old freshman college student (The riots which have already injured 82 persons are centered against Premier Ikeda and his cabinet ESTONIAN SAILOR GRANTED ASYLUM NEW YORK CITY (UPI) Immigration authorities say the Estonian sailor who defected from the Soviet liner in New York City has been granted asylum in the United States Viktor Jaanimets has been under questioning by immigration authorities since he sought political asylum Monday afternoon FRONDIZI SAYS HE WONT QUIT BUENOS AIRES (UPI) A plot to overthrow the Argentine government has been reported President Frondizi told Argentina on a nationwide broadcast this morning that forces are at work to overthrow his government But he said he will not quit Explosion hurts 11 in times square i NEW YORK CITY (UPI) An explosion has blasted a photography shop in a subway station in New Times Square Police report that 13 passengers who fled in near panic from a shuttle train were injured by flying glass A train was loading at the time of the explosion and hundreds of persons were in the area Prtlimlnary tarts mado by tha drilling firm af Tulare two of indicate there It sufficient which haa Juat been drilled View District hospital While on City Engineer Lowell be plenty of watar to keep tha pump operating at capacity A plane carrying three persons which has been missing since January 19 on a flight from Kemville to Monache Meadows In Sequoia National forest haa been found by two deer hunters The hunters Kenneth Hunter and Art Mume of Fillmore found the plane yesterday afternoon north of Little Whitney meadow in Inyo National forest The hunters telephoned the lookout on Jordan Peak who relayed the information to forestry headquarters here in Porterville who in turn alerted sheriffs deputies A recovery party Is on Its way to the scene HUNTER in telephoning the Jordan Peak lookout said all he could see waa what appeared to be the bodies of two men trapped under the wreckage The plane took off on January 19 carrying its pilot Painter and two passengers Jerry Lambert and Roland Cromier all of Kemville Hunter told the forest service he had found the kg book of the plane and that (he log book gave the name of brother Painter of 3161 North Wilson Way Stockton as the next of kin to be notified in event of accident The log book indicated that the plane was registered to Painter and his address waa given as Palm Desert THE HUNTERS who found the plane were able to pin-point the location exactly according to local forest service officials They said the plane crashed on the southeast aide of a peak which is 11371 feet high The peak which apparently has no name on topographical maps office at the is Just north of Little Whitney i ctty Mask nonurrofl THE REVISED ordinance was cow camp The crash occurred fea-' f-r PLENTY OF WATER Knapp and Graham water whosa craw are shown above water In a new 500 foot wall for the city couth of the Oierra final teats are etill being carried Rathbum belie vet there will city's 750 gallon par minute continuously Recorder Photo Hearing Set Subdivision The revised proposed sub- For New Ordinance 1 feet while setting a minimum Supervisors Call Off Meeting With SSWB Tulare county su-j county would be the basis for perviaors decided yesterday to discussion at the proposed meet fall off a scheduled Fresno ses-ing set for October 20 in Frcs-Sion with the state social wel- no fare board The state agency recently criticized the county's welfare SSWB on its invitation for a administration particularly as 'meeting to iron out any differ-related to aid to needy children 'ences which may exist between The action waa taken follow- the state and county However Ing a meeting between super- supervisors directed Baldwin to RKTUHN POOTAQK OUARANTMO The New Yorkers Jumped on starter Bob Friend In the third inning for five big runs Friend got himself out of a king sized Jam in the second when he trended three Yankee base runners after Ford singled off his glove to score Berra But it waa a different story in the third Tony Kubek was hit by a pitched ball Rober Maris followed with a double Mickey Mantle singled Yogi PLANNERS ASK COUNCIL FOR CONSULTANT The city council was asked to retain a planning consultant at a fat of S100' by the Porterville planning commission at its meeting Tuesday night A letter will be sent to the council asking that Earl Ingrim Visalia planning consultant who is aireiuiy engaged in aiding the commission in drawing up a zoning ordinance be retained on terms Ingrim outlined in a letter to the commission The consultant would come to Porterville on the afternoon of the regular monthly commission meetings confer with city officials on their various planning problems and sit with the group to advise It at the meeting that night Also' he would be available for contact iy lettr Ta vtaB mt times He would charge a lee of an additional $35 for extra meet- tags The letter as sent to the council asks that Ingrim be retained for pne year one-trial jteriK during which tiros it will ha determined If tha adUba' fa worthwhile Commission Chairman Mac Williams said that when the BL200 a year was compsred to the $5000 or more per year asked by the ares plsnning commission which Porterville refused to Join he WUeved it would be monqy spent in a much better way He said such a consultant might prevent the city from making costly mis- City Engineer Lowell Rathbun said that while he la a trained engineer he is not a planner and the city could definitely use some professional planning advice at this time TAKEN IN HOME BURGLARY An expensive diamond ring cash ana groceries were taken in two home burelariei re ported to sheriffs deputies Tuesday night Jay Willard Marlow of Lindsay called in to aay that $50 in cash- a $600 diamond wedding ring set and a pair of cuff links had been stolen from hia house He said entry waa gained through the front or back door which may have been unlocked while the family was away A $20 bill and two $10 bills were taken from a dresses drawer in a bedroom and $10 was taken from a small cup on top of a dresser in a bedroom diamonds were set and the ring had Gardner of Terra Monday night mattress and about of groceries had from his home by entered through kitchen door while He said he had into the house Pixley PITTSBURGH (UPC It was Yankee power again today and the World Serlea'will go the full seven games Just as in the second and third games of the aeries the Pirate pitching corps silence the bits of the American league champions THE YANKEE won contest 12-0 sending the fall classic into the final game at Forbes field all even at three gamea apiece The Yankeea set a World Series record with 48 runs and 78 hits In six games The old mark of 43 runs was set by the 1936 Yankees and the hit record of 74 recorded by the New York Giants in 1912 The Yankees had their share of heroes on this sunny warm day in Pittsburgh Manager Casqy Stengel made the right call when he went with hia veteran aouthpaw Whitey Ford Ford responded with hia second straight' shutout And little Bobby Richardson set an all-time aeries record with 12 runs batted in The old mark of 10 was set by Ted Kluazew-skl of Chicago last year SP Seeks Purchase Of Railroad SAN FRANCISCO Southern Pacific company haa filed an application seeking approval to acquire control of RUIXVVR1 IU WUHlIf tuniiui Ul I the Western Pacific Railroad company President Russell says the application hat been filed with tne interstate commerce commission Ruaaell says theSQutharn Pacific Land-CMteuin subsidiary haa acquired for investment 112900 shares of Western Pacific common stock The stock was bought on the New York stock exchange Ruaaell says Southern Pacific has applied to the ICC for approval of acquiring control of Western Pacific through acquisition of additional stock The extra stock would be acquired through an offer to exchange common dun for share for Western Pacific common stock or through the purchase of Western Pacific stock as the company may be advised HEARING SET ON GARBAGE October 18 has been set as the- date for a hearing before the board of supervisors aa to whether the county should be required to provide dump facilities for disposal of wet garbage Charles Cummings in whose first supervisorial district the garbage question haa become moat urgent is of the opinion that the county should provide such dumps In line with The other supervisors feel private operators should acquire their own dumps subject to approval by the county planning commission MAN PLEADS IN DEATH Of BROTHER discretion Street lights will not be required While no specific reference was made to the typo of surfacing to bo required In alleys the commission decided it should be the same as for I streets in subdivisions a hot arrived at following a previoui plant with ipec-ified bare visors and District Attorney Jay Ballantyne Welfare Director Hiltnl Fuad Probation Officer Merlin Winter and County Counsel Calvin Baldwin This group met after the board had received a letter PrlcB 10 Cants? Berra singled end the rout on shades of the 165 end JM victories of fast week BEFORE Tom Cheney put out the fire the Yankees had scored five runs and FTiend was in the showers Meantime Ford was as tough as he could be He set the Pirates down In order In the third and fourth and atlffad a rally In the fifth after Pitta-burgh got two runners on with no outs Lefty Wilmer MtaeH followed Cheney on the mound and VYad Green another aouthpaw waa next But the Yankees had hoi bats and chased (hum' In the sixth before he could retire a batter Boyer opened with and two more singk Green In favor of Clem Lebine But dust settled two The Yankees condnusd to run up the margin with two more runs in the seventh end two in the eighth John doubled and scored on a triple by Bobby Richardson hia aao-ond of the day BLANCHARD had MSfacad Catcher Elston Howard the second inning when was struck in the right fcy a pitchad ball Ha (Sae YANKEES Page 8) NO OPPOSITION TO ZOIIIKG AT DAM RESERVOIR No opposition wss voiced to application of tha buMlER cods to zoned areas areaad Success reservoir whan the matter was up for puMk pervisorn And there was no oppose tioo to propotel Dor a permanent xooe plan for tho srsd i around the reaarvoir by adding 24 additional parts to tbs precise cone plan which hod -originally contained somo 74 square miles of land' The motion on both items was made by Charles Cum mings supervisor of tho fint' district 1 Planning At A draco The city plonnlRR I ftte'dty eq S3! $1M a paSTSS and Nt a public far 7M 1 Mrs Pad Aahhwok i log fhdr appNcoHonfsranM teateThaimaat NURsMS granted a variance to Id HqL to Install a at lit Mm nod an an i prepasal horn Ray ana fat at Date attest vwiMf iidM hj city's "hfai Mat of tha ry street term 1 Electric LIGHT BULBS THE BIGGEST STOCK IN TOWN 6 watt to 1 500 patt Bulb Burn Brighter and Burn Longar TAKE HOME SPARES JONES HARDWARE CO 311 NORTH MAIN STREET Established fa 1199" i 'it -I 1 1 i i i (See PLANE Page 8) by official action of the board of superisors yesterday in Visalia In nearly every case the names were changed back to those which were in effect before changes were made by the county planning commission The streets changed were Rockwell Ukck to North Grand Damcron to Damron Roby avenue back to Cfatte avenue Maurer street back to Sierra street and Ponca avenue back to Worth avenue from State Welfare Director could be discussed John Wedemeyer in which The board decided to call off he said that anything contain- its meeting after hearing from ed in a recent report by his both Ballantyne and Baldwin department criticizing Tulare The two county officials again said they did not feel that anything could be accomplished at such a meeting with the SSWB unless specific items for discussion were outlined IALLANT YNE said asked for an agenda and didn't get one If they specifically want to discuss our resorting ordinance that is all right with me But I am busy and will need time to prepare for them" Supervisors had agreed to Cloudiness Forecast For Valley A weak storm front is expected to cross the San Joaquin valley today causing only a few high clouds and permit- ting temperatures to remain wih in the 70sT (Fresno on October 20 but Su- Pressures behind the weak PrRay nglcy of Por- front are rising and forecasters anticipate a rise in temperatures in the valley tomorrow Another storm system is Water Users To Consider Storage Behind Success width of GO The minimum kit area waa increased in size from 6000 to 7000 square feet SIDEWALK! will be required unless a special request for deviation from this section be made and the commission can recommend such deletion at its Rathbun explained he was finishing up a set of standards for construction materials and for plans and specifications so as to make construction uniform throughout the city whether in subdivisions or not Northerners Hit Brown's WaterPIdn By United Prate IntemsHnal An organized group of northern Californians headed by a prominent state senator has announced opposition to Governor Edmund water pro gram State Senator Gooj-ge Miller Jr of Martinez a Democrat heads the group which call itself the committee for sound water development and opposed Proposition One on the November election ballot Miller says that Proposition One which Implements the war ter program with a $175000000 bond issue should not have a single friend in all of northern California He called It a potential destructive force against Industry Jobs farms recreation and the future Meanwhile the program is still in difficulty with the Metropolitan Water district of Los Angeles the state's largest prospective water customer Governor top water aides will confer in the southern California city tomorrow with representatives of the district in an effort to break a deadlock on a proposed water contract The district's directors yesterday refused to endorse the proposition unless the state offers an acceptable water contract to provide for delivery of northern California water to southern California NEW 1961 MERCURY 2 door sedan with heater Delivered price $265230 1 year or 12000 mile guarantee 30000 miles without lubrication AT PORTERVILLE SALES SERVICE 101 Orange SU 4-3925 Lincoln Mercury Comet TWO WEEKS AGO supervisors decided to take up the write to the SSWB and ask for specific details on what it wanted to discuss But the SSWB according to Wedcmeyer's letter rather than being specific stated only that anything contained in the re- terville declared he believed the session would be premature because it probably would wind up as nothing more than a slambang meeting Polio Clinic At Legion Hall Tonight A polio clinic will be held from 7 to 9 tonight at the American Legion hall 620 East Ook street by the National Polio foundation under the sponsorship of the American Legion Dr James Williams Dr Troy Cox Jr and Mrs Fay Cross have donated their services for the clinic which will administer first second third and booster shots to all ages A charge for the vaccine will be $1 for adults and 25 cents for children through high school FUNSTERS by NATURALIZERS Never-Ending Comfort for non-stop day Brown 19S Carmel Black 11' CASSIDY'S SHOES 403 Main SU 4-0251 1 of Tulare indicated the session could he held following two or three month rooling off Ballantyne said he would discuss the resorting ordinance or-(Sce SUPERVISORS Page 8) but forecasters say it move inland too far to the north to influence valley conditions High-low mercury readings in the past 21 hours were Fresno 72-40 Bakersfield public hearing and recommen datlons by both the planning commission and city council Most of the changes made were minor in nature City Engineer Lowell Rathbun explained One new section added how- ever concerns lot split provi- ons to cover building on areas of four lots or less Rathbun explained this was a simplified section in whk'h filing of only one map was required and there is no filing fee He said it gave the city centred over building and at the same time cut much of the red tape associated with larger subdivisions All needed improvements can be required by the city under terms of the section It was decided to limit lot depths at between 90 and 150 bureau of reclamation the 160-acre limitation will apply to lands using the water However if a 10-ycar storage contract that will repay irrigation costs is entered into and completed the 160-acre limitation is not a factor A NEW FORMULA fdr measurement of water in accordance with the various rights oft the river will also be necessary because of the dam Water flow measuring devices have been placed on both the south fork and main fork of the Tule above the reservoir to determine river flow In determining flow below the dam the matter of evaporation the river channel and volume of flow below the dam in relation to location of ditch outlets all become new factors The Pioneer Water company is the only water user which has a separate outlet at the dam The rest of the water must be delivered to ditch companies by way of the river channeL REMEMBER thin brisk waothsr con quickly chop lips and skin Prevent chapping Wo hove several products from which to chooso VILLAGE DRUG 920 Grand Avo SU 4-6336 IRVIN MILLER 72-46 Merced 70-45 and Stock-ton 68-46 The 40 degrees in Fresno this morning was the 'lowest ever recorded on October 12 WEATHER FORECAST TULARE MERCED MADERA FRESNO AND KINGS COUNTIES Fair weather through Thursday with little change in temperatures today but little warmer Thursday High today 70-75 low" tonight 40-45 Light to gentle winds LOCAL TEMPERATURES Local temperature readings for the 24-hour period ended at 8 am Wednesday: Maximum 74 Minimum 40 King Size Fiber Glass TV TRAY SETS Stain Alcohol Resistant Reg $1995 $095 SPECIAL Lay Away Now For Chriilmoo Homowarto Dopt Downstair Price-HODGSOH-Co 325 Main SU 4-3065 Consideration of the future plans of ditch companies and other water users along the Tulc river will take place at a meeting at 8 pm Monday in city halL The meeting lias been called by the Tule River Water Users association The association called the meeting to determine whether the water interests want to purchase storage space at Success dam and for how much of the 75000 acre feet they want to contract Also under consideration will be who will serve as contracting agency with the bureau of reclamation Norman Castle is president of the association INDICATIONS ARE that storage space back of the dam will be available starting in February 1961 Cost of storage is anticipated at about $150 per acre foot It was reported at the last meeting of the association that if Tule Interests go Into a 40-year storage contract with the FREE A Naw ELECTRIC BLANKET With Purchase of Satellite Box Spring And Mattress Set For Only MAPLE SHOP Noxt In Bus Stop 201 Oak HANFORD AIPD A guilty plea has been entered by a Huron man In Kings county superior court to a manslaughter without malice charge In the death of his brother Twenty four-yes r-old Lebert Rice was accused In the death- of his toother Jimmie Ksa Rice 26 also of Huron in a fatal traffic accident on Highway 41 near Stratford just moved The in Platinum a gold band Marvin Bella reported that a $25 worth been taken someone who the rear he was away September 26 BILL SHARMAN NIGHT LOS ANGELES BOSTON LAKERS vs CELTICS (Elgin Baylor ata) (World Champions) OCTOBER 14th AT OUR OWN PORTERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL GYM TICKETS ARE GOING FAST A LIMITED AMOUNT ARE NOW ON SALE AT SHOE STORE PORTERVILLE TULARE.

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1908-1971