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The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 25

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The Fresno Beei
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Fresno, California
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25
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City May Sell The city council will rcvicwjwithin the South Angus Street at 8 AM Thursday a proposal Redevelopment Project area nnj ntin i and if the retains it the Power System (available for sale as commcr-l is no tiein to a sup' cial property I The subst The substation would be plemcntal source of power Plan Change Is Eyed In Shaw Zoning power bution system to the Pacific Gus and Electric Company The substation for the system is at the southwest cor- nor of First and Tulare St reels The city planning commis- and it serves 15 water depart-sion lust night decided to ment pumping stations in the consider a major change in surrounding area for the sale of a power distri- city water department faces about $15000 in relocation costs If the system were sold to the PGE the city would pay an estimated $9100 more a year in power bills I lowevcr the city is asking $85000 from the utility for tiie system and the city also would retain the land on which the substation is lo- supply for this area which is one of the most densely developed and high value areas of the Should the PGE take over the system each of the 15 pumps would be individually metered rather than getting service from the substation to which power is supplied at a much cheaper wholesale rate and then fed out to the individual stations removed by the PGE The ownership of the substation and the system by the water department dates back to the acquisition of the then private water company In 1931 by the city Public Works Director Carozza commented: "The only reason we have it is because it was purchased as a portion of the original jsystem The remaining 53 stations in the city water department system are powered directly from the PGE lines The substation is located cated The land then would be THE FRESNO BEE aid Duck Jimmie Dodd and Roy Williams Donald is the one that smiling The others always smile MOUSE Mickey Mouse second from the light The others from left are Clarence Nash the voice of Don- 'ItacmiM' Wt? Uktt Mickey Donald And Company Enjoy Visit To Fresno handsome man in the said Nash encouragingly Williams' lower lip came out a good two inches have an ashtray that looks just like that" said Nash Bee Photo sanitation division Watching from left are Lou Gary Tom Cain Louie Ressl Ray Brewer and Ben Shablak TO THE A doll used to teach mouth to mouth resuscitation is demonstrated by Ed Fields of the city the College Community and Shaw Avenue plans hoping the city council will give them the time to do so Commissioners tentatively scheduled April Uth as the date for considering a change in zoning on both sides of Shaw Avenue between North Fresno and North First Streets to permit residential-professional office uses in addition to current residential zoning The Southern Baptist General Convention of California is seeking RP residential-professional zoning for a parcel within the area Its petition denied by the planning commission in November will be heard on appeal before the council March 14th and quite possibly the council might approve the zoning before the planners public hearing on whether it is desirable Asks Review The council asked the commission to review land uses in the area involved and not the specific rezoning application and commissioners said last night that legal requirements cooperation with Fresno County planners and the need for a complete study make the March 14th deadline impossible to meet The commission will ask See Shaw Page 4-C Planners Okeh Land Sale For Chandler Funds Airports Superintendent Wilmer Garrett has the approval of the city planning commission for a plan to sell about six acres of Chandler Field Municipal Airport land to help finance about $216000 worth of improvements at the airport Garrett said the improvements would be supported partially by federal funds which he hag asked the city council to apply for He said they would include rebuilding the present runway development of another strip into a parallel runway providing three holding aprons for a taxiway and pavement and drainage facilities He told the commissioners last night that the city may be able to seek bids on long needed by May Thursday Action The city council forwarded the plan to the commission yesterday because it involves the sale of land Presumably the council will act Thursday to apply to the regional ffice of the federal aviation agency in San Francisco Garrett said this would be in time for the proposal to be included for the fiscal year beginning July 1st Garrett said 54 per cent of the total costs could come from federal sources and the remainder from the land sale and other local sources but not from general tax funds Coast Tides Pismo Beach low tides tomorrow 10:25 AM 03 9:31 PM 23 Sunday 11:52 AM 01 11:19 PM 24 For Morro Bay and Cayucos add 10 minutes City Aides Learn From By Charles Milos Sixty three men in the dty sanitation division have taken up with a breathing doll Their wives are wise to all of them too But they mind It will' Perry Mason Smith Will Top Telethon Bill Raymond Burr the popular Perry Mason of television will headline a cast being assembled for the 18 hour long telethon to be aired from the Fresno Memorial Auditorium on March 16th and 17th James Mandella a city councilman and the chairman of the fund raising venture for the Fresno County Chapter United Cerebral Palsy said Jack Smith who has appeared in previous telethons here will be back to assist Burr in the long appeal "There will be others whose names we cannot yet Mandella reported addition there will be a host of San Joaquin Valley entertainers to keep the show going from the 10 PM start until its conclusion the following afternoon at 4 Lived In Orient A onetime sheepherder cattle rancher and deputy sheriff Burr was born in British Columbia but spent his early years in the Orient After a six year stint in the navy he went to London and an acting career which eventually landed him in Hollywood He gained prominence through appearances in A Place In The Sun and Rear Window then went into television In 1959 he won an Deputy Gets Acting City Attorney Job Deputy City Attorney Spencer Thomas is the acting city attorney pending selection of a successor to John Lauten by the city council The council formally named Thomas yesterday doll to the list From her they will learn an effective method of resuscitation She works like real Like most women you must do everything right If you do the right things her chest expands and she For effective mouth to mouth breathing you must tilt the head back to open the air passages You must do the same to the breathing doll Although her body is of rubber inflated by air her face and mouth look ana feel lifelike Her (painted) red lips al most prove it School Board Again Seeks US Guidance Aid The Fresno City Board of Education again has applied for federal help for its counseling and guidance program under the National Defense Education Act The board of education yesterday approved an application for $18275 in federal money The application will go to the state department of education which administers funds under the federal act If the application is approved the school district would match the federal funds although Assistant Superintendent Erwin A Dann assured the board yesterday the application docs not commit the district to participate if it decides it cannot afford to put in its share Budget Is Higher The total budget of $36-550 under the act is about $10000 higher than last years The major change is a plan to add an extra fulltime counselor who would divide his time between Edison High School and nearby Irwin Junior High School in West Fresno working with both students and parents Mrs Geraldine Wheeler stressed that she approved the application reluctantly wish we could pay our own she said Mrs Wheeler is the firmest opponent of most forms of federal aid However she did not dramatize her opposition in the form of a no vote because it would have lulled the application financial issues must get at least three affirmative votes and only three board members attended meeting Tests Program Dr McDaniel a professor of education and psychology at Stanford University and a consultant to the district told the board the guidance office is testing the effectiveness of its program in the high schools As it did three years ago it is sending questionnaires to parents students statements from the Other forms he said will See School Page 3-C president of the Fresno Branch of the American Association of University Women and longtime advocate of educational TV The other new officers are Gerald Jacobus of Hanford vice president Mrs McCain of Visalia secretary and See Group Page 3-C ELECTRIC TYPEWRITER RESNOD MERCED DVtSAll I VISALIA 11-1 Court SlI MERCED 319 IV 17th Stl FRESNO -1929 Vrrvno St Fresno Demos Censure Unruh On Bias Issue The Fresno Democratic Association has condemned Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh a fellow Democrat for what it termed his of the principles platform and leadership of the Democratic on the anti discrimination issue The resolution criticising the Los Angles legislator was presented by Roy Greenaway There were only one or two votes in opposition heard among the some 75 members present at last meeting The club the largest Democratic organization in the county has a total membership of 520 The action by the local Democratic group is the result of ruling earlier this week in which he ordered bade to committee a bill which would require all persons licensed by the state to adopt strict policies against radal or religious discrim ina tion Hits At Warning The resolution also cen sured Unruh for his statement that a rejection of a fair housing ordinance in a Berkeley municipal election in April would be warning signal for the of legislation in the dvil rights field The resolution further states: On the eve of President See Fresno Page 4-C Group May Launch Drive For Education TV Funds The San Joaquin Valley Community Television Association may hold a fund drive to raise money for the construction of an educational TV station in the valley Robert Mardikian the Their praise of Disney was unanimous and lavish a very brilliant said Dodd a said Wil- See Mickey Page 4-C Emmy as the best actor in TV and a year later won an award as the most popular male personality Besides singing for which he is noted Smith will report to TV viewers how the money raised a year ago in a similar event was spent and what Is planned for the $50000 hoped for from this appeal Schedules Auditions Mandella said the first audition beginning at 7 PM He suggested those wanting to appear either be at the auditorium at that time or telephone 237-2091 The marathon of entertainment will be televised by Station KJEO channel 47 Did you know that Kerr's has the largest and most modern rug cleaning plant in the valley? Let Kerr's restore the original color and brilliance to your prized possessions KERR RUG CO Ventura I AD 3-2293 4707 Blackstone BA 2-5471 hop Tan it Tif 9 By Eli Setencich Once upon a time there was a mouse who carried his head around in a sack Naturally this made him gloomy But what made him even gloomier was that nobody seemed to pay any attention to him with his head off and all Once his head was on though everything changed He was king the patron saint of millions of tiny television watchers He was Mickey Mouse himself Tour Of Cities Paul Castle when the head is was in Fresno yesterday with three other mainstays of Mickey Mouse Gub their 18th stop on a tour of cities where reruns of their TV series are being shown With Castle were Jimmie Dodd the bushy haired master of ceremonies Roy Williams his rubber faced sidekick and Garence Nash the man who talks like a duck Sometimes Nash admitted he lapses into his Donald Duck voice unintentionally "I help it when I see a pretty girl" said the 58 year old grandfather "He gets away with murder" said Dodd Like Their Caps A prolific song he wrote Mamie in honor of Mrs Dwight Eisenhower for a Republican rally in 1952 said neither he nor Williams have any qualms about having to wear ridiculous ear shaped caps on the show at these said Dodd a he said kids love them what a sixshooter is to a cowboy we had a budget said the 265 pound Williams (Disney) thought about gluing hair into the shape of Williams whose head is as slick as a mountain stream rock admitted he is jealous of abundant red hair still say the most WftAM S-Conifort fjyB Glum 1ST 1912 EYES DO TELL Let Dr Laisne's Progressive Eye Comfort Glasses put that sparkle and happy look back in your eyes No more eye strain no more frowning or squinting You will SEE -comfortably again and your smartly styled glasses will add that certain something to your looks Easy terms Dr Earl Spomar Sr Oplonwtritf 1317Faltan AD 3-1293 Dr DippolUt 1 Optometrist SOS Fulton AM 6-5731 All Forking Validated Coitact lenses fitted be a family affair for husbands and wives sons and daughters Although she is a breathing doll she is only a dummy And before the sanitation men and their families are finished with her they will have learned to save lives Like Real Thing You see the breathing doll is a life size lifelike figure made' of plastic rubber and other inanimate materials She is used to teach mouth to mouth and mouth to nose resuscitation She cost about $200 All the men chipped in to buy her Stan Bevins the division superintendent says his men will learn the mouth breathing technique first Then they will take the doU home to teach their families and friends Safety is a very serious business to Bevins says His division has the record to prove 5562 man hours without a time loss accident He says they will be working with the breathing doll to maintain that record Well Schooled Bevins points out his men are well schooled in safety Each truck has a battery of safety implements masks testing devices for gases and first aid materials You can add the breathing Drunk Driving Cases Arrests John Chorlton Mamina of 244 East Brown Avenue last ntoht at Clovis and South Avenues Manual Ganxalee of 410 North Orchard Street last night at Stanislaus and Streets Baxter Lafetta Fulks at 4437 East White Avenue early today In the 3900 Mock of East Belmont Avenue Kenneth Wayne McPherson at 4436 Ball Avanua early today at East Mc-Kcrtle and Rowell Avenues Arthur Martin Davidson of El Cerrtto Contra Casta County early today at the Fresno Freeway and Clinton Avenue Louis Co be! la Jr of 1332 Street Hoy In the 1400 Mock of West California Avenue In Court Augustin Vargas of 115 West Eden Avenue S3 30 fine two year probation Sentenced by Municipal Judge Georg Huffman Paul Revmundo at 129 West Grave Avenue 30 days In tod $330 fine two years probation Sentenced by Jude Hutton Helen Hurst of 3341 West Olive Avenue $276 fine two years probation Sentenced by Judge Huffman The council also set Thurs- day afternoon to interview several candidates for the job of city attorney Chief Administrative Officer Robert Klein said there are at least sue persons who will be invited to appear to be interviewed The city attorney serves at the pleasure of the council but the city personnel department has been handling the recruiting immediate past president and its legal adviser said the unit's board of directors will discuss the possibility within the next 10 days How much money the drive would seek he said depends upon a number of things One is the hope that congress will appropriate funds for the construction of educational TV facilities under a law signed nearly a year ago by President John Kennedy If appropriated by congress the money would be made available on a matching basis Mardikian estimates it would take about $300000 to build a station to broadcast over channel 18 in Fresno The fund raising plan was announced following the fourth annual meeting at the Fresno State College Elected to succeed Mardikian as president was Mrs Thomas Conley a former Car Damages Tree James Wright of 3884 Heaton Avenue reported a 10in the auditorium March 7th for talented hopefuls in the valley area will be held foot strip fn front of his home was damaged when it was run over by an automobile The police reported the car apparently went out of control and jumped the curb The name of the driver has not been determined Let Kerr's help with your Spring Cleaning! RUG CARPET CLEANING eeeeeeAeeeeoeooooooeooeeeeeeoee 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Cedar lanti Bowl Cedar A Shields BAV-SS54 SPECIAL Arthur A Eickholt left is presented an award by Adrian Bellinger of Bakersfield the Lions Gub district governor The award was given to the Fresnan for his work in obtaining new members for the organization The award has been given only 147 times throughout the world and the presentation is the first in this area Eickholt is a member of the Fresno Lions Gub and for five years was in charge of promotion for the Lions Gubs of Fresno annual Christmas Toy Pile oe AA 4 AA4 4AA 4A4AA 44 AAA a.

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