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The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 23

Publication:
The Fresno Beei
Location:
Fresno, California
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23
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Pumper Takes Role In Firefighting Arsenal The Fig Garden! section of heated coolers, defective furthe North Central Fire Dis- naces or fireplaces. trict today put into service a The engine and chassis $22,000 pumper which Chief were purchased from a FresIrving H. Cordy terms the lat- no truck dealer. An Oakdale, est in firefighting equipment. Stanislaus County, firm manFiremen call the truck a ufactured the fittings and did triple combination machine the body fabrications.

because it carries hose (2,400 feet of it), ladders and a wa- Because the district bought ter tank with a 500 gallon the truck, the National Boarding capacity. The accessories in- of Fire Underwriters reduced clude a generator to supply the Fig Garden fire rating power for auxiliary lights, ex- from 5 to 4 points, just about haust fans used to draw as low as a rural residential smoke from buildings, and area can get without fire saws and drills. alarm boxes and a greater Fig Garden residents have number of men, Cordy said. been paying into a fund for The public is invited to see nearly 10 years to buy the the truck at the station at truck which Cordy says is 4537 North Wishon Avenue. just the thing for fighting the Captain Kenneth Strickland type of fires most common to has charge of the station the district small blazes which also houses a 1958 caused by things like over- pumper.

In a class by itselfECONOMY PLUS DATSUN BIG LOAD SPACE PICKUP ONLY $1595 POE Saves Up to On Operating Costs Open Mon. thro Fri. till 9 TEST DRIVE IT tell TODAY A Trusted Name In Automobiles 2700 Divisadero AD 3-3711 County GOPers Are Set For State Parleys Fresno County Republicans will attend meetings of Republican State Central Committee and the newly formed California Collegiate Republicans in San Francisco Saturday and the state board meetof the California Young Republicans in San Mateo Friday and Saturday. Frank Creede, chairman of the Fresno County Republican 1 Central Committee, will head the Fresno delegation to the state central committee. In the delegation will be Ethan Bernstein, Mrs.

R. A. Forney, Mrs. Orval Bane of Reedley, Melville E. Willson, Lloyd Harnish, Robert Egan, Mrs.

Margaret Orne, John Witzel and Robert Womack, The San Francisco meeting will lay the groundwork for the GOP 1964 election campaign in California. Samsom Leads A delegation led by Jeffer- son Samsom, president of the Fresno State College Republicans, will attend a board meeting of the newly formed California Collegiate Republicans, which will be held concurrently with the state central committee meeting. Judy Sweetland and Leanne McComas will be in the delegation, The delegation to the state board meeting of the California Young Republicans in San Mateo will include Womack, Witzel, Ronald Mrs. Allen, Donald JohnThurber, Marian son, Mrs. Margaret Mrs.

Ronald Allen Allen of Coalinga, Morris Dalby and Mrs. John Witzel. CARPET CLEARANCE "a store wide sale" every price is genuine ALL WOOL PILE Sizes Description Regular SALE Sq. Yd. Sq.

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Unlike the Negro, who demands integration with the white man, the Indian is fighting to remain a separate and distinct race. Where the Negro wants equality, the Indian asserts he is entitled to more than that -every advantage enjoyed by the whites, plus recognition as survivor of a once sovereign power. War councils to obtain those aims met in Bismarck last week during the 20th annual convention of the NaCongress of American Indians. The congress claims to represent some 400,000 of the estimated 600,000 Indians on reservations across the country. Mrs.

Gail Whitney Stur -Former debutante. Vanderbilt Kin Succumbs At 24 NEW YORK AP Mrs. Gail Whitney Stur, 24, former debutante and daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney and Mrs. Josiah Marvel, died Friday in Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases. Mrs.

Stur, wife of Louis S. Stur, an official of the Sun Valley, Idaho, lodge, had been in the hospital since August 28th. Hospital officials did not give the cause of death. Gail's mother, the former Gladys Hopkins, was married to Josiah Marvel, former ambassador to Denmark, in 1943. Gail's He died father in 1955.

married a Mrs. Hopkins in 1931. They were divorced in 1941. Mrs. Stur was a granddaughter of the late Mr.

and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney and the late Mark Hopkins and of Mrs. Stephen Heckscher. She was a great granddaughter of William C. Whitney, secretary of the navy under Grover Cleveland.

a descendant Presidents of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. Symposium Planning Unit Will Meet The first planning session for the 12th annual Heart Symposium has been set for Thursday at 6:30 PM in the Carousel Motel in Fresno. The symposium is being planned by the professional education committee of the Fresno County Heart Association with representatives from the heart associations of Tulare, Kings, Merced and Stanislaus Counties cooperating. Dr. Roger K.

Larsen is chairman of the committee. Committee members are Drs. Arthur F. Howard and Robert Lanford of Fresno; R. W.

Montgomery of Visalia; Marvin Lykins of Porterville; James Dean, F. W. Chamlee and L. Christiansen of Kings County; Kenneth A. Owen of Merced; Richard Holm of Atwater, Merced County; and V.

S. Todd of Turlock, Stanislaus County. Food Writer Dies PASADENA AP Mrs. Zola Vincent, 65, syndicated food columnist and former food editor of the New York -American, died here after a lengthy battle against cancer. Reading Bee Wants Ads i-' a Thrifty Habit, Recording Award AMSTERDAM-AP-Mar- Marlene Dietrich won an Edison for the best recordings of the year with her disc, Tell Me Where The Flowers Are.

Other Edison awards went to French singer Francoise Hardy, teenage section; American soprano Victoria de Los Angeles, opera; bandleader Duke Ellington, jazz, for Piano In The Background and to British actor Sir Laurence Olivier for his Bible reading recording, The Living Bible. THE FRESNO BEE 21-A Sunday, September 15, 1963 GOING BALD? For Dramatic Story See Page 13 of Section A 105 30 CHIEF -Attorney General Robert Kennedy dons an Indian headdress on his arrival at the Bismarck, ND, airport while a pretty Indian princess smiles her approval. Kennedy was the banquet speaker for the 20th annual convention of the National Congress of American Indians. You Can Count on Nothing Succeeds Like the Look of Success Hacienda Convalescent Hospital A modern hospital offering professional nursing care for those who are chronically ill, convalescing post operative, custodial or elderly. 4 staff is dedicated to the personal comfort and individual care with dignity in an environment unequaled on the Central Coast.

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