The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 55

Charge Fraud Thursday Jan 25 1973 THE FRESNO BEE Page (B) Big Fresno Fair Problem: Growing Pains McAfees File 2 Suits Mrs Darlene McAfee claiming the Pan American Association for the Festival of The New World never had any intentions of holding a music festival in Raisin City to support farm workers has filed a Superior Court suit against Ihe as- tween 1960-1970 increased by 47108 persons and fair! patronage for the same period increased by 87500 is entirely conceivable that we will have 572000 people trying to get into the fair on or before: Hinds continued way our fair ground now situated we couldn't handle that many By Karl Kidder Directors of the 21st District Agricultural Association have voted unanimously to take a long hard look at the future of the Fresno District Fair particularly in light of an antidote for its growing pains At the suggestion of Scc-relary-Manager Ralph Hinds the board at its annual meeting this week agreed a master plan must be started as soon as possible to handle a projected 500000-plus patrons by 1980 or before Theodore Pretzer a rancher was re-elected president of the sponsoring group and Harry Baker was retained as vice president Hinds in his first year as manager recommended the hiring of an expert consultant to draw up a plan for orderly expansion of the fair ground Such a plan he said should thoroughly explore the ultimate withdrawal from state control and management of the annual fall festival Directors are appointed by the governor and the State Department of division of fairs and expositions controls budgets and expenditures The terms of Pretzer and Dirctor William Hutchinson of Clovis have expired Vacancies created by the death of Sydney Cruff of Selma and the resignation of Hollis Best now a superior court judge have not been filled Hinds said the 1972 fair was a record-breaker in all departments Attendance of 460100 was up by 3695 over 1971 and all admissions were up $128641 A for staging the festival and the voiding of a grant deed which gave the land to Ihe McAfee Farm Festival for use on the condition festival was held She also seeks $25000 in exemplary and punitive damages charging the association fraudulently represented its intention to hold a festival when it never planned to do so In the joint suit the McAfees seek the return of a car they say they loaned the association and some manuscripts they gave the association on the condition the papers would be returned on demand If they do not receive the car they want $1220 which they claim to be its value and also $15 a day damages since Aug 24 1972 for not returning the car Named as defendants in both suits are the association Pritchard Antonine Jean Polgar and various John Does Tn her solo suit Mrs McAfee also names her husband as a defendant because he was pari of the McAfee Farm Festival sociation seeking $25000 in damages And along with her husband Rodger she has filed second suit seeking another $10000 from the association and the return of a car and some manuscripts Last summer the McAfees and the association proposed to hold the McAfee Farm Festival on land owned by Mrs McAfee in Raisin City Proceeds from the concert were to be used to support a farm cooperative to be started by McAfee However the Fresno County Board of Supervisors refused to give a permit for the festival claiming there was no proper traffic access in the area and surrounding farm land might be damaged Since then Dr Robert Pritchard founder of the New York based non-profit association has denounced McAfee as an opportunist seeking to gain financially by guaranteeing the bail for Angela Davis In her suit Mrs McAfee is seeking clear title to 20 acres of her land in Raisin City which she had put up total of $4880159 was bet during the nine-day race meet of which about 83 per crating profit was $188790 turned to wagerers Premiums totaling $73-825 were paid to exhibitors eit her in cash or in ribbons operating income last year was $1383064 an increase of $134196 over Hinds reported expenses totaled $1 194274 and our net opening three complete free less some $79145 invested in buildings and improvements of Dec 31 the fair had $710182 available for Concerning the 1973 fair Oct 4-14 Hinds said all indications point to its being as successful or more so than its predecessor argue with he said we of the staff do not anticipate any major changes other than perhaps consid-ing three complete free vaudeville shows for our pa-irons instead of the two we have been giving The manager noted the population be Workers Can Get Back Pay The government has some money for 38 San Joaquin Valley workers who are owed back pay by employers violating the wage and hour law To collect the worker must identify himself by Social Security number and a list of employers for the past two years The information should be sent to John Cooper Jr area director wage and hourdivision US Department of Labor Room 8410 Federal Building 650 Capital Mall Sacramento Calif 95814 Those who have money coming are LeRoy Batten Ray Larrison Alphanzo Tnequez Freddie Naylor George Rock Dennis Waggoner Gary Winchell Clifton Brown Loran Evans Jack Green James Griffin Nelson Jefferson Keith McGraw Jesse Owens Gene Rogers Phil Rogers Elwayne Talbert Gilbert Villareal John Weaver Ramiro Garza Manuel Gonzalez Richard Ramirez Freddie Briscoe Fred Chapman Stanley Dunn and Glenn I Dillon III Simon Leon Joe Lowry George Conley Kenneth Hoover David Legere Lee Martinez Jr Russell Wall Gilbert Ramirez Wayne Newcomb Don Coleman Patrick Murray and Wayne Rutherford James McFeeters Jr Attorney Will Head Taxpayers James McFeeters Jr a Fresno attorney has been elected president of the Fresno County Taxpayers Association He succeeds Richard Andrews The other officers for 1973 are Fred A Peterson vice president Mrs Anna Jensen recording secretary and James Andreotti treasurer John Mitchell Ivan Nichols and Donald Whitten were elected to three-year terms on the board of directors Paul Askew and William McClay were elected to fill two-year vacancies on the board and Max Robinson and McKinney were elected to fill one-year unexpired terms Twelve directors were re-elected to three-year terms They are Andreotti Andrews Robert Davis Virgil Gerard Thomas McCloskey McFeeters John Moore Peterson Ronald Petree Jess Tolle Wayne Towne and Leon Wade Day Off May Quiet School Rift MERCED Merced High School officials were hopeful day of mourning holiday for former President Johnson will have a quieting effect on the flare-up among students on campus yesterday in which four teachers and six students were reportedly injured Three persons reportedly not students were detained by police after the fracas cooled down yesterday Two were questioned for having a shotgun in their car and a third for having a tire iron under his coat Classes at the school were dismissed today in line with the national day of mourning Reports differed but police said several teachers received minor injuries 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