The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 21

Ke THE FRESNO BEE THE REPUBLICAN 1-C Fresno California Tuesday Evening January 5 1965 Buckman Is Reelected To Head Agency Bm Photo congratulations of Ue relatives and friends who witnessed Ue ceremonies The new supervisors are left to right Jefferson (Gene) Hahesy Joseph A Reich and Wesley Craven CONGRATULATIONS Floyd Olsen left newly elected chairman of the Fresno County Board of Supervisors and Ue Uree new supervisors who took Ueir oaUs of office yesterday stand to receive Ue Committee System Is By Supervisors Ended The new board of supervisors is revamping its committee system of operation in a move aimed at getting it out of administration and strictly into policy making Chairman Floyd Olsen proposed the change late yesterday in a briefing session he held for the three supervisors who took office earlier in the day There were no dissents from the new supervisors Jefferson (Gene) Hahesy Joseph A Im Photo FRESNO Kathryn Ann (Katie) Barstow seated at right the winner in the first Fresno Junior Miss contest is backed up by the four other finalists in the contest sponsored by the Fresno Junior Chamber of Commerce Standing left to right are Arliss Ann Dahl second alternate Pamela Murphy first alter nate Kelly Mclntire and Kathy Pierson Miss Barstow will compete in the state pageant Katie Barstow Is Pick For Junior Miss Bid Assignments Go Jo Four Supervisors Kathryn Ann (Katie) Barstow 17 a daughter of Mr and Mrs James Barstow of 4369 Van Ness Boulevard will be the Fresno Junior Chamber of entrant in the California Junior Miss Pageant Supervisors Joseph Reich and Wesley Craven today were named to serve on Ue local agency formation commission and Supervisors Floyd Olson and Jefferson (Gene) Hahesy were appointed to serve on Ue Fresno City-County Convention Center Authority The local agency formation continue to meet for informa- I tion purposes with County Administrative Officer Phillip Sanchez or a member of his staff always present Since all five members of Ue board belong to the com- mittee Uis method of opera- tion will encourage Ue board to function as a unit Olsen ji said Under the previous system most of the committees did not include Ue entire board membership and reports of committee proceedings some- times had to be made to the supervisors who were not members Tj The charge also had been 7 leveled that county depart- ments used committee meet- i ings in Ue past to discuss purely administrative matters having to do with Ue inter-1 nal operation of Ue departments Another charge was that the committee meetings allowed the department heads to circumvent the county administrative office by making appeals for pet projects directly to the supervisors By dropping the old system-? department heads will have to work through the administra- tive office Olsen pointed outy Centralized Basis if Thus county operation would be placed on Ue same centralized basis as that in a company in which department heads have to work through Ue company manager instead of going directly to Ue board of directors is the perfect time to make a change with a new board and the recent strengthening of Ue county administrative Olsen said The comment about strengthening the administrative office referred to a recent ordinance amendment by which the previous board of supervisors gave the administrative officer the right to hire and fire appointive department heads with the prior consent of the supervisors and to evaluate the performance of the department heads Karl Buckman today was unanimously reelected to serve another one year term as chairman of the redevelopment agency Mrs Helen Mortland also received the unanimous endorsement of other agency members for another year as vice chairman The election at the annual meeting was the principal business taken up by the group this morning Buckman and Mrs Mortland both have been members of the agency since its inception Heads FSC Unit Buckman the head of the political science department at Fresno State College succeeded the late Arthur Eick holt as chairman of the agency in the fall of 1963 He recently was reappointed by Mayor Wallace Henderson to a new four year term on the agency Also reappointed by the mayor was Fred Hardy Other members of the agency are Kenneth Fryer Rutherford Gaston Euan Bernstein and Edwin Halli-nan Okehs Contract In Ue only other action Uis morning the agency approved a demolition contract for Ue razing of 15 buildings on 13 parcels in Ue West Fresno Redevelopment Project No 2 The contract went to Ue Iverson Construction Company of Los Gatos on a bid of $5232 Ue lowest of four submitted The firm now is engaged in clearance of property for a freeway interchange at Ventura Avenue Engineer Resigns Ronald Jensen assistant project engineer for Ue Redevelopment Agency of Ue City of Fresno has resigned his See Buckman Page 2-C Hanford TV Station Is Sold To Fresno Men Harvey Himes Ue owner of the Sanger Motor Sales and Cy Newman boU of Fresno have purchased KDAS-TV channel 21 in Hanford subject to approval by Ue federal communications commission in Washington DC The sellers are George Naron and Sweeney of Bakersfield The station closed a week ago Himes said Ue total purchase price and new equipment planned will approximate $225000 Attorneys are preparing the application papers for submission to the FCC Himes said call letters will be changed to KSJV standing for San Joaquin Valley The application also will -request permission to boost power from 1 kilowatt to 12 kilowatts and move Ue trans mitter from Kingsburg to a mountain eight miles southeast of Dinuba The plans call for retaining the main studio in Hanford and opening an auxiliary studio in Fresno for live shows Himes said he hopes to resume telecasting about May 1st with color films and video tape He will be Ue commercial manager and Newman will serve as general manager Newman is a veteran of 29 years in Ue broadcasting field and currently heads the HD Productions Inc which produces TV real estate programs in 17 cities 28th when the Uird annual interfaiU seminar convenes at 2 PM in Ue lodge rooms of Ue Fresno Elks Club Dr Herman Feifel Ue chief psychologist for the veterans administration outpatient clinic in Los Angeles and Dr Robert Litman a psychiatrist who has worked with Ue suicide prevention clinic in Los Angeles will be Ue principal speakers Sponsored by Ue Interfaith Advisory Committee and Ue Fresno Community Hospital Ue central Ueme for Ue afternoon and evening gaUering will be The Meaning Of DeaU 1 The Rev Fred Wilken Ue advisory committee chairman said answers will be sought to other questions such as why do persons flout deaU? Do we need deth education? iHow can we deal with Ue Miss Barstow won Ue honor of representing Fresno in Ue state pageant in Garden Grove Orange County January 28th to 30th in first such contest last night in Ue Holiday Inn She was one of five finalists competing for Ue Fresno title Senior The contest is aimed at selecting Ue "ideal senior high school A senior in Ue Bullard High School Miss Barstow is active in various school organizations including Ue ski club letter girls math club Ue California Scholarship Federation and Ue student council In community service she has worked as a Junior LARC (Ladies Aid to Retarded Children) and as a junior Gray Lady in Ue Fresno Veterans Administration Hospital She was also a runnerup for Ue sweepstakes award in Ue Central Vallies Science Fair in Fresno and has played the flute in Ue Fresno-Madera County Honor Band She also was a semi finalist in Ue na- tional merit scholarship Plane Sighting Report Brings Fruitless Hunt Civil Air Patrol officers today said a report of Ue sighting of a light plane down about 15 miles northeast of Merced "checked out negative" The report made by Ue pilot of a private plane yesterday afternoon raised hopes Uat the plane of Mr and Mr- Paul Murphy of Greenbrae Marin County had been located Colonel Anderson Russell commander of CAP Yosemite Group 16 said an aircraft and ground search of Ue area was made until darkness and then resumed Uis morning wiUout success Flies On Own A private pilot James Jolly of Fresno also flew to Ue area Uis morning and made a fruitless search He is member of Ue Fresno CAP unit hut made Ue flight on his own a spokesman said Continued bad flying weather has brought Ue search in Ue Bald Mountain area to a standstill However Ue spokesman said Ue CAP now discounts reports of flare sightings in Ue area Mr and Mrs Murphy have been missing since December 19U They were on a flight from San Jose to Las Vegas Nev Shooting Of Teenager Is Called Accident A 16 year old Fowler boy has been named by sheriffs officers and Ue Fowler police as the youU who fired a shot into the face of Charles Hal-lowell 17 of 3193 SouU Peach Avenue New morning But the shooting was ruled accidental Detective Arthur Christiansen said a story told Saturday by the four youths and Hal-lowell that the shot was fired at Ueir auto from anoUer unidentified car on Golden State Boulevard north of Fowler was coverup to protect Ue 16 year old" Officers became suspicious of the story when doctors reported there were powder burns on face The shooting Uey later learned occurred in the car as the 16 year old was inspecting a 22 caliber revolver owned by another youth Is Slated problem of unresolved grief? Do we artificially isolate ourselves from the deaU experience? Dr Benjamin Packer Ue chief of staff at Community Dr Malcolm Masten a physician Clifton Linville a i nistrator the Rev Robert Oerter Jr a clergyman will take part in the discussion Group discussions will convene at 4 PM and at 7 PM Dr talk will be given at 2 PM and dinner will be served at 5 PM The session will adjourn at 8 PM The Rev Wilken said ministers physicians psychiatrists social workers and others interested in the broad aspects of Ue symposium Ueme should plan to attend Registration at $3 a person should be made -fct Ue She has two younger sisters She is a member of Ue St Therese Church Miss Barstow plans to study biochemistry in the University of California and go into research or medical technology work Besides Ue local title and a spot in the state contest she was awarded a $100 scholarship- Named first alternate was Pamela Murphy of Ue Hoover High School The second alternate is Arliss Ann Dahl of Ue McLane High School The other finalists were Kelley Mclntire of Hoover and KaUy Pierson of Ue San Joaquin Memorial High School 12 Candidates The finalists were selected from a field of 12 candidates nominated by teachers and counselors or Ueir schools Judging was not based upon beauty but on character scholarship ambition leadership -poise and demeanor Anderson was Ue local contest chairman The national finals will be in -Mobile -Ala March 13U to 20U Baldwin Don Clausen Robert Leggett William Maillaird and Arthur Younger They noted in a joint statement that' Ue public healU See Solons Page 2-C Reich and Wesley Craven Specifically Olsen asked for the elimination of all but one of the committees which each board of supervisors in the past has set up among itself to deal wiU such county departments as welfare public works planning recreation the county hospital and the like The exception will be the administratives practices com- mittee which Olsen said will board holds the veto power over annexations to special districts and cities and to the creation of new special districts and cities The convention center authority will administer the downtown -convention center when it is built The convention center authority will meet Thursday at 4:30 PM in the Fresno City Council chambers to decide on award of a contract for construction of Ue center The supervisors also named KeiU Goble a social work supervisor to succeed Mrs Alice Alberty a nursing supervisor on the Fresno County Safety Commission An appointment of a successor for William Johnston on the Fresno County Law Library Board of Trustees was postponed at request term expires tomorrow His successor would serve one year Olsen as chairman of the board of supervisors postponed an appointment to the Fresno County Mental HealU Advisory Board to succeed former Supervisor Sloan McCormick 'Virginia Woolf' Is Set Tonight The national company production of Edward Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf will have its only local performance tonight in the Fresno Memorial Auditorium Vicki Cummings and Kendall Clark play the central roles in the four character play which because of its three hour and 20 minute length will begin at 8 The FresnO Bee KMJ and KMJ-TV are sponsoring the performs nee Tickets at prices from $250 to $450 can be purchased in Ue auditorium box office after 7 AUTO at Ventiorayl Elia Will Try Again For City Council Seat Charles Elia is going to make another run his sixth for a seat on the Fresno City Council stormy career as a jerennial candidate for a seat on the council dates back to 1955 when he finished sixth a field of nine for a spot on Ue old city commission He has been a candidate at each municipal election since Uen twice running for mayor Elia in announcing his candidacy for Ue April election did not disclose which seat he will seek Uis year He said he will do that at a in Ue Carriage House at 8:30 PM next Tuesday Seats open in April will be those now held by Mayor Wallace Henderson who has announced he will not seek reelection and by Coun-cilmen Robert Moore Dr Curtis Nagel Leland Scott and Ted Wills The 56 year old Elia who runs a Fresno mission for unwed mothers ran against Councilman Paul Wase-miller two years ago and finished third in a four man field as Wasemiller easily retained his seat as Councilman No 1 In his announcement Elia lists Stiers as chairman of Ue Elia For Council Committee Other campaign workers listed on Ue letterhead are Joe Sahakian Sam Gara-bedian and Lorraine A Ross Fire 'The Frnno Fir Dsparhnant answarad ttw following call batwean noon yastarday and noon today: 5:41 Clark Straat and Gsftyibur Avanua tola alarm 5:45 PM-eianislam and Straats falsa AM Framo and Straats tod AM Whit Avanua and Abby Straat car fir 11:21 Fid and North Avanua rub bhh Dr Calls Highway City Fire Leaves Family Destitute A family including 10 children lost nearly all its belongings last night when fire destroyed a Highway City home A butane leak from a disconnected pipe apparently touched off the fire in the home of Cresban Medrano 4968 North Polk Avenue Officials of the North Central Fire District said Medrano an unemployed ranch-worker told then he had turned off the gas before hooking a heater to the line But escaping fumes were ignited by the flame of a water heater The resulting flash fire had enveloped the four room house when equipment arrived No one was hurt Neighbors and the family managed to save a washing machine television set and record player The rest of the contents and the house were valued at $3800 Calvin Richter of 5015 North Parkway Drive Highway City owns the place 1 The family includes six boys aged from 7 months to 9 and four girls from 7 months to 15 years They are staying at the home of Medrano's brother Jesus 201 North Thesta Street Anyone with clothing or household goods to spare may telephone the North Central Fire District 233-4057 or the Medranos at 268-5043 T-m Miniature Lamp f895 Have light where and when you want it! 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