The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 29

Past Grand Jurors Sift Aims For Organization the meeting with the explanation that the idea for such an organization was conceived with the hope can be a worthwhile He turned the meeting over to Maynard Munger of 5140 North Fruit Avenue a member of the 1962 grand jury for discussion by those present Several members of the present grand jury in attendance urged the formation of the group all know it takes three months (as a grand jury member) to find out where we get our said Robert Gleason a 1964 grand jury member "By the time we get going See Jurors Page 3-C who are expected to report their findings within 60 days The committee members are: Martin Nelsen of 1347 East Austin Way a member of the 1963 grand jury William Rowe of 545 East San Madele Avenue a 1961 grand jury member Edward Irwin of 3546 East Pico Avenue a 1963 grand juror William Smith of 3544 Kerckhoff Avenue' a 1959 grand juror Howard Jones of 4057 Huntington Boulevard a 1961 member and Mrs Molly Kellner of 2040 Kern Street a 1962 member A collection of money from those present netted $30 for the expenses Dr Jackson Dillon the grand jury foreman opened By William Patterson If there is to be an organization of past grand jury members in Fresno County some guidelines on how the group can be of service to the community will have to be sought This was the substance of a discussion at a meeting last night in the Sarah McCardle Room of the Fresno County Free Library A total of 38 persons responded to an invitation of the 1964 Fresno County Grand Jury to meet to decide if such an organization is needed and wanted here Further information on the activities of similar groups in other counties will be sought by a committee of volunteers THE FRESNO BEE THE REPUBLICAN of Fresno in ceremonies tomorrow at 2 PM Postal and county officials will be on hand as well as Pine-dale civic leaders The building has 2621 square feet of floor space and is designed to serve 3000 persons- 1-C OPEN FOR Mrs Wilma Hayes the postmaster opens the door of the new Pinedale Post-office at 34 West Minarets Avenue The $65000 facility will be dedicated by Congressman Sisk Fresno California Friday Evening December 4 1964 City Manager Grand Jury Huddle Make 'Progress Educational TV Will Get FSC Boost Plans for getting an educational television channel on the air in Fresno by next fall have taken a major step forward The educational policy and finance committees of the state college board of trustees yesterday authorized Fresno State College to cooperate with the San Joaquin Valley Community Television Association in establishing an ETV station The full board was to add its approval this afternoon If okehed the action would pave the way for the association to broadcast ETV programs over Channel 18 As i by Mrs Thomas Conley the association president the approval means "our chances are now much better of being on the air in the fall of Use of the FSC television facilities is one of the key points in the application to the federal communications commission Also by using the college facilities the association would avoid the cost of constructing a studio Dr Dallas Tueller acting vice president of FSC today said the state action opens the door to negotiations between the college and the association for use of the campus studio Presently the FSC facilities are used to broadcast closed See FSC Page 3-C Arabian Quits Board Calls Off Fitness Hearing James Arabian suspended a month ago from his job as a McLane High School English teacher last night resigned as the school board was about to begin a hearing on charges which might have led to his dismissal Edwin Kratt the superintendent of schools had brought charges of unprofessional conduct and unfitness for against Arabian The charges resulted from an incident in which Arabian is alleged to have assaulted McLane High School Principal Paul Easterbrook Attorney Acts Arabian did hot appear at the scheduled hearing His attorney Carl Evans handed a one paragraph resignation note to the board just as it convened in the special session note said the would be effective The board voted the resignation and immediately ad- ly with procedures followed during the mall construction It was made in response to numerous requests over the past several weeks by council members for progress reports on the malls As for the grand jury proceedings all Dr Dillon would say afterward was: This is the kind of matter that will have to be revealed at a later date if at Dr Dillon said this is not the first time the grand jury has met in the clubrooms in the TowneHouse have met here several he said you know there is no grand jury room in the courthouse and so we must improvise have used the courtroom (of Superior Judge Milo Popovich) in the past but the clubrooms have been offered City Manager Hunter and the Fresno County Grand Jury spent two hours ehind closed doors in the 1 Jniversity-S i a Club rooms in Del Webb's Towne-House yesterday Dr Jackson Dillon the grand jury foreman again declined to say what matters the grand jury is taking up with Hunter but commented he believed progress is being made with Mr Yesterday Hunter gave members of the Fresno City Council a five page statement on the downtown malls which he said would be given to each member of the grand jury He said he was appearing voluntarily before the grand jury on the subject of various investigations Chuck Hoover Photo ACCIDENT VICTIM Ambulance attendants are shown examining Nicolas Guzman Flores 19 of Clovis lower right Flores was injured seriously early last night when he lost control of the car shown in the background which overturned and threw him out Four other occupants were shaken up but did not require treatment The accident occurred on North Minnewawa Avenue near East Herndon Avenue The statement deals large- for our use from time to time Kavanagh Rezoning Request Is Denied The Fresno City planning staff with a fullscale presentation to the city council successfully opposed the Kavanagh rezoning request in the vicinity of North West and West Andrews Avenues The planning commission by one of our members Don- aid Fine "The only reason meeting during the day (instead of at night as has beer done in the past) is so our members from outlying areas will not have to drive home in the Frequenf Tesis City Manager Hunter said the tests to verify the quality of the concrete in the downtown malls pavement were made 10 times more frequently than are required in standard State of California procedures This is contained in a lengthy report distributed to members of the city council yesterday and later to mem- bers of the Fresno Grand Jury Hunter appeared before the grand jury yesterday v- The report goes into great detail about the call for bids 5 to construct the mall system on the job inspection deletion of one half block of the Mari- posa Mall and changes in the underwater lighting system i for the pools Half Block Deleted The original contract war reduced by $4724246 because of the deletion of thr half block of the Mariposr Mall at this time pending the nature of the development in that area On the lighting Hunter said the city discovered an error in one phase of the electrical plans centering around the type of container used to house underwater lights Hunter said the contractor was facing a September 24th -completion deadline when the error was discovered and the city engineer felt the matter could be easily corrected He allowed the work to continue while working out a solution It was more complicated than expected The same firm which made the original installation under a contract won through com-' petitive bidding also won the job for the corrective instal- See Progress Page 3-C Drunk Driving Cases Arrests Jury Convicts Tavern Owner Of Perjury By Gene Kuhn A federal court jury late yesterday afternoon found tavern owner John Vukson guilty of perjury in testifying before the Los Angeles grand jury April 22nd during its investigation into local bookmaking The seven men and five women deliberated just under two hours before announcing they had reached a'verdict Judge Crocker set January 11th for receiving a probation report and sentencing He also continued previously posted bail at $1000 Conviction on the charge carries maximum penalties of a $2000 fine andor five imprisonment Tour or Five Polls' A woman juror reported or polls were taken before the unanimous verdict was reached The first poll showed the jury spit 8 to 4 for conviction she said Vukson owner of the Four-Some Club 638 South Clovis Avenue was indicted by the grand jury June Uth However of the 18 indictments the jury returned since September 1963 when the internal revenue service began a crackdown on bookmaking activities is the only one not directly connected with evading payment of the $50 federal occupational wagering tax The indictment was based on his denial under oath that he knew bookie Lawrence Schmidt now of Montgomery Pass Nev or other Fresno County bookmakers or had placed bets with bookmakers See Jury Page 3-C Council Votes To Buy Mall Statue By Bay Sculptor Negoitations are under way for the purchase of a statue entitled Mother And Child to be installed on the downtown mall Hie city council yesterday approved the purchase of the art work by the bay area sculptor Raimondo Puccinelli with funds donated privately for the mall art program The piece of sculpture presently is in New York City and Puccinelli is in Italy so there is no indication when the agreement for the purchase might be completed Chaplain Hails CC Vief Nam Aid Drive By Wanda Coyle The Rev John Shea an air force chaplain who has just completed a duty in Viet Nam surveyed thel stacked cartons of food clothing and other donations in the Fresno City College student council office withPwer pole last night in the Car Hits Pole West Fresno Blacked Out An automobile struck a an air of satisfaction 'This really will be a help1 he said Vietnamese gram are both a Catholic and people have Protestant chaplain and The Rev visit to theley will be assisted by city college coincided with the'4 committee in distributing food clothing and medical supplies to the institutions and to the thousands of refugees left by the recent Viet Nam floods "This help (from city college) comes at a really propitious time right after two typhoons and an inundation which left 7500 dead 7000 square miles of land flooded and nearly a million the Rev Shea said entire rice crop was de- See Chaplain Page 3-C 900 block of Teilman Avenue and the resulting short circuit blacked out about 1000 homes in West Fresno Three persons suffered minor injuries in the crash They joumed are the driver Michele Habar of 1226 West California Avenue Gilbert Garcia of 1213 West Myers Avenue and Albert Padilla of 1223 West Myers The police said Miss Habar lost control of her car on curve The vehicle hit a guy wire and overturned against the pole The wire snapped and flipped into the 12000 volt lines and transformer A spokesman for the Pacific Gas and Electric Company said the affected area was bounded by Trinity Street and Olive California and West Avenues The accident occurred at 9:16 and power was restored about 9:45 resignation immediately to accept almost Arabian to trial Robert 15th growing incident attacked after to turn class student Evans Dr school he Arabian teaching district earlier had approved resquest by a 5 to 1 vote The application 1 requested rezoning the frontage along West between Andrews and fountain Way from single residential Rl to neighborhood shopping center 21 To the east the application sought rezoning from Rl to medium density multiple amily residential R3 use Called Violation Planning Director John Behrens spelled out in detail how the proposal violates the general plan and the North Fresno Community Plan He said a present existing use in the area is a nonconforming building construction yard which without a zone change would be required by ordinance to be removed within a reasonable period of time The construction yard is owned by Kavanagh Behrens concluded: am trying to convince the council that the changes as requested must be Kavanagh commented: was there first They (the single family homeown- See Kavanagh Page 3-C conclusion of a communitywide drive for donations to assist welfare institutions in Da Nang South Viet Nam I Joe Barela a CC student and veteran of Vietnamese service in the air force had inspired the Operation Lifeline drive on campus which has netted more than 110 cases of goods and $100 in cash The Rev Shea en route to a new post with the air force in Texas coordinated the assistance which American military personnel in South Viet Nam have been giving to the orphanages and other welfare institutions in Da Nang The Rev Shea a Catholic said his successors in the pro- is scheduled to go in Municipal Judge court February on charges of battery out of the same Easterbrook said he was by Arabian in his office requesting Arabian in to him details on a assignment given by a teacher under supervision said he had no additional comment on the resignation William Dienstein the board president said knows of no reason cannot now seek a job in another Arabian had been employed in the Fresno City Unified School District for six years Previously he had taught at Central Union High School Mt Whitney High School in Visalia and in Chowchilla High School Prayers In School Will Be Topic Congressman Sisk will speak tonight about the supreme court decision forbidding the recitation of prayers in school The meeting will be at 8 in the College Community Congregational Church The public is invited The meeting is sponsored by the social action committee A about whether congress should adopt a constitutional amendment overturning the supreme court decision will not however be held during the meeting The Rev Ray Chappell of Ashlan Park Baptist Church who was to speak in favor of such an amendment has been called out of town Mrs Arthur Drolette committee chairman said she has contacted other ministers and representatives of the American Legion in an attempt to find a replacement for the Rev Chappell but has been unsuccessful Speaking against the amend ment will be the Rev Joseph Jennings executive director of the Fresno Area Council of Churches On hand to help answer questions about whether prayers should be recited in schools will be Rutherford Gaston principal of the Emerson and Teilman Schools Bowman of 4325 Eatf Klnoi Canyon Road In tha 1900 block of Tulare Streat early today John Waslav Herrit at 544 Plumai Straat In the 1000 Mock at Vinegar Allay aarly today tyi Attention Pensioners Fresnan Is Held In Sales Of Heroin To Agents Val Joseph Pulido 23 of 4561 Inyo Street was arrested early today on accusations he sold heroin to undercover investigators three times during the last six weeks The arresting officers were Police Detective Sergeant Ralph Kenney Police Detective Ferol Stanton and Amil Demes an investigator for the district Minority 'Saves' College Plan in the Bailey Agoing Bailey who presided absence of Rafferty said Heikka was in his opposition Kazanjian said the College Plan should be flexible and See Plan Page 3-C Chaplain John Shea OPEN TONIIE'TIL 9 2 MORE Let us help you get glasses for better vision through the Medical Care Trust Fund Just bring your card The rest is easy Dr Laisne's progressive Comfort NOW IN PROGRESS and Commissioner William Donleavey were absent Specifically Kazanjian urged the commission to recommend the 730 by 430 foot parcel be rezoned from neighborhood shopping center Cl to community shopping center C2 except for a strip on the south side which he proposed should be rezoned single family residential Rl The staff said the present Cl zoning on the north and the agricultural zoning on the south parcel should be retained as recommended by the College Community Plan C2 zoning the staff said is too intense a use for the area Richard 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