The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 19

I 1 I Star-Spangled Banner Still Waves The Fresno Bee Cl Mon June 14 1975 According to some authorities Elisabeth (Betsy) Ross of Philadelphia was a contributor to the design and the maker of the first Flag of the US That contention however has not When the Flag received the 50th star July 4 I960 to represent the admission of Hawaii to the union it marked the 26th official change since the law of June 14 1777 been confirmed in examinations of official records But it is known that Betsy Ross was paid for making flags See Flag Page C5 i ByJOEROSATO Bee Stall Writer Today is Flag Day Or maybe you didn't notice And although this is the Bicentennial year the Flag ironically is only 199 years old A spot check around Fresno indicates relatively few homes are observing the occasion And they are in clusters indicating neighbors remind each other that June 14 is lag Day always fly the Flag wrong with that?" asked John Benke of West Home Avenue Benke had his Flag up early but he noted his neighbors would probably display their Flags after they saw his Benke beamed when he looked at his Flag flying from his front porch For Mrs Frank Dalena of North Vagedes Avenue Flag Day is Just one of the holidays on which she places the Flag on the front of her home "If we cant celebrate our own Flag Day what are we going to do?" said Mrs Dalena This particular Flag has a special meaning for Mrs Dalena In 1968 it greeted her son Frank returning home from the war in Vietnam It was still there when he came home from the hospital where he had surgery to repair war wounds love our country" said Mrs Dalena- as she walked round her front lawn which was still wet from the morning dew Her Flag also would be Joined by others round the neighborhood Mrs Dalena told her early morning visitor Nelda Zimmerman daughter of a former Marine had to bor-'row a Flag to show her sentiments She said it was something she had to do to show her love for this country In Fresno only a short time the young woman got up early to hang the Flag from her apartment balcony On June 14 1777 the Continental Congress adopted a resolution declaring that "the Flag of the United States be 13 stripes alternate red and white that the union (a device emblematic of any political union) be 13 stars white in a blue field representing a new constellation" Bee Photo by Dick Darby funny looking first? I remember reading in The Bee that NBC paid some ridiculous figure to somebody to design this symbol only to find out this TV station had it already for less than 100 1 notice NBC is still using it So what happened? Fresno You must have missed the news stories telling about the solution It was the Nebraska Educational Television Network which first used the stylized and it cost them about $75 for the design NBC paid a New York firm approximately $750000 for its design which differed only in color NETV sued and NBC settled out of court for NEBRASKA ETV NETWORK a cool $555000 which upped the cost of that to better than a million and a quarter bucks which surely ought to go into the Guinness Book of Records as a new high for one letter of the alphabet Meanwhile the Nebraska ETV people ordered up a new design It cost them a dime extra either it was designed by staff designer Mike Buettner Maybe they gave him a bonus from all that NBC money Plan OK'd required to make that offer in the future The bill also requires most counties and many cities to adopt by April 1 1978 a plan for the long-range preservation and conservation of agricultural land early today to hangthe Flag from her apartment balcony acre parcel not your own two and one-third acres and because you are dividing this acreage into two parcels the road must be put in Loretta Lynn Kin There is a difference of opinion in our office One of the women insists that Loretta Lynn (country and western star) is a sister of June Carter the wife of country singer Johnnie Cash Please tell us if she is a sister or not Fresno Loretta Lynn has seven brothers and sisters none of them named June Carter And she really was born a coal daughter in a cabin on a hill in Butcher Holler as she sings Actually it is Butcher Hollow Ky a coalmining town that no longer exists She married at 13 was a mother at 14 (six children now) and was a grandmother at 28 She sang in Fresno five years ago and will again in the Convention Center July 18 You could ask her yourself NBCs New Symbol Whatever was the outcome between NBC (National Broadcasting Company and some television station which bad new symbol a now allows counties to offer farmers and ranchers a tax break in exchange for committing their land to agcicul-tural uses rather than urban development Under the bill by Sen George Zeno-vich D-Fresno counties would be TAX solve your wHti an artist's craftsman's dud The of Gamtt's Mp solve your indhridual FACT FINDER THE ACTION COLUMN by Howard Miller To Full Strength By '77 By GENE KUHN Bee Staff Writer State military officials optimistically predict the California National Guard should be at full strength at the end of the year despite the losses incurred as enlistments of Vietnam-motivated personnel expire "Most of those who were going to get out have gotten out" said MaJ Ted Carlson of Sacramento the guard's retention and recruiting officer speaking the retention and recruiting program is improving We can see that toward the end of 1976 we can attain our full authorized strength" Carlson said in a telephone inter-' view the Army National Guard currently has 19243 men and women assigned to units throughout the state The authorized strength is 20914 This Deed Requirement Last July we moved to the North Fork area We bought some two and a third acres ol land and placed a large mobile home on the Jot have dug a wen and built a garage etc But we have been unable to get a deed to our place The supervisors have made some dumb rule that it one buys a small acreage he cannot get the deed unless be puts in a road This has something to do about re-dividing your parcel We are senior citizens My husband is 81 and I am 75 What can we do? We live only one-third mile off a very good gravel road Mrs AES Afraid the only thing you can do is put in that road Madera Road Commissioner Joseph Hughes checked into your situation thoroughly and regretfully reached that conclusion The Board of Supervisors adopted that rule in 1966 for the protection of the people who live in those areas and for the people who will live in them "Our past experience has shown" Hughes writes while a gravel or dirt road may be adequate to serve two 40-acre parcels it is certainly not adequate if these 40 acres are divided into 40 one-acre He also found Mrs that you and your husband have a half-interest in a 435 Nelda Zimmerman got up son said the guard lost 1000 members but reenlisted 900 others The result he added will be a organization of citizen-soldiers and a more highly motivated one Maj Gen Frank Schober Jr the guard's commander changed the emphasis from recruiting to retention shortly after he took office a year ago to reflect a changing situation' The state's recruiting and retention officer got a new title: retention and recruiting officer Carlson credits the reversal in strength drops to a combination of increased retention and awful lot of hard-working recruiters out there at the unit Fresno-based units he said are among the state's best in retention and recruiting The 2nd Battalion 160th Infantry last month showed a retention rate of 70 per cent although on an annual basis he admitted the figure is about 40 per cent the state Army Guard average This compares with a retention rate last year of 30 or 31 per cent Carlson said Fresno's Air National Guard units showed a 73 per cent retention rate this month as compared with a 55 per cent rate two years ago "The Air Guard has always done better at retaining people" Carlson said One reason is the use of the plan" which permits personnel to accomplish the required two weeks of annual training duty at their convenience a day or two at a time instead of an entire two-week period The plan has some limited Army Guard applications in such units as Fresno's 217th Transportation Battalion and its 1112th Transportation See Guard Page C7 puts the Army Guard at 92 per cent of its authorized strength The air guard he reported is at 97 per cent of its authorized strength of 5179 with 4964 officers and enlisted personnel assigned A year ago the Army Guard was at 97 per cent of its authorized strength and the Air Guard was Just over its authorized level The guard was closed to enlistments at various times during the Vietnam War as supply exceeded demand and those who enlisted in lieu of being drafted few possible duty in Southeast Asia came into the guard in groups as room was found for them Carlson said the "last large losses" of the wartime enlistees are expected to occur in July August and September as their six-year military obligations expire and that "by January 1977 the last of the Vietnam era enlistees will be In February Carl- Mrs Lippert said about $50000 more is needed toward the $250000 which is required to match a Department of Health Education and Welfare grant of more than $430000 A majority of the Fresno County Board of Education members voted last month to purchase equipment necessary to put the station on the air Additional equipment will be bought when the local financial goal is reached The station is expected to begin broadcasting in September Mrs Lippert said Telethon Raises $50000 To Boost Public TV Drive Broader Williamson Act A weekend telethon raised $30000 for KMTF Channel IS the proposed public television station for the valley leaving about $50000 to go Mrs Joanne Lippert general chairman of the four-county fund drive said more money-raising activities would be held and she expressed confidence the goal of about $250000 would be reached by September The 27-hour telethon aired over KMPH Channel 26 Tulare-Fresno raised a total of $50327 Various radio and televison newspersons and announcers from the area participated DAY SPECIALS SACRAMENTO A proposal to broaden use of the Williamson Act throughout the state by requiring counties to offer it to owners of agricultural land has won the endorsement of the state Senate Finance Committee The Williamson Act is a law that FRANK A COMPLETE LEASE COMPANY IMMEDIATE DEUVERY 76COUGARM192L MOWS MOST decorating problems imagination and a training and axpan-mra inttnor Designers wd color and deco-rating problems mxKSKH wmnt ksbn socanr EVERYTHING 2 or 4 Spd AU GEAR DRIVE liNSuilfuivwKlNtutiWRpxmfarNQiy STRAT0L0UNGER RECLINERS Onto of HssMpawir Ebctric Starting CoNffalt sf AHadmMlt Granty 7 A HP Super Sift-McwMi Mower M-MM MV ttf MNMI MPB MMOMI (MV MM 3 MONTHS atSDIT APPE0VID IMS! 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