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II Concord's Biggast iioilding IPeraiilt Coes to Si i 'i WEE OTtlJJ Fair Fair through Friday with some cloudiness near the ocean extending inland nights and mornings Gentle Westerly winds irS The Mount Diablo Region's Leading Home Newspaper 251 78TH YEAR NO 363 CONCORD CALIFORNIA FRIDAY JULY 29 1966 Single Copy 1C Gents: Pe Month SI 50 Say 0 Mayors Hiker Cited an -8 KCFT Dilemma Financial Aired ANTIOCH A resolution of support for Concord's KCFT Television Channel 42 described by Concord Mayor Dan Boatwright as being in "difficult financial straits" was adopted last night by tho Contra Costa County Mayors Conference The conference resolution urged tho state corporations commissioner to extend FLYING LAB Robin Welch (seated) president of Air-view Specialists Corporation discusses high-altitude plane he is purchasing for his firm with Cessna Representative Rudi Gruhn at Pacific States Aviation hangar on Buchanan Field this week With pair is Betty (Mrs Warren) Boggess vice-president of PSA Plane in background is prototype of ship which is being delivered to Airview for testing multi-sensor equipment Transcript Photo Robin Returns ANTIOCH Tho Somersville-Nortonville open mine shafts which offer death or injury to young hikers and explorers should be made "off limits" to the public agreed members of the Contra Costa County Mayors Conference last night Antioch Mayor Don Desrys pleaded for help in solving the problem during a monthly dinner meeting at Marchetti's Upon suggestion by Fifth District Supervisor Edmund Lin-scheid the mayors decided to seek advice from District Attorney John Nejedly with a report possibly ready by the next dinner meeting August 25 in Martinez At the same time several conference members expressed agreement with Pleasant Hill Mayor Frank Salfingere when he termed the current County Civil Defense plan to route thousands of people into the mines area during time of civil or miltary disaster The discussion began with Mayor Desrys recollection that Antioch Fire Chief John Grang-nelli recently risked his life when lowered by ropes into a mine shaft to rescue two teenage boys This led to a discussion on whether the fire chief should have answered the distress call since the mines are outside the Antioch city limits Antioch City Manager Leo Fancey pleaded with conference members to discourage PTA or-(Cont Page 2 Col 3) PITTSBURG A plant which manufactures chemicals for everything from house paint to dog food yesterday announced purchase of three airplane engines for making steam Dow Chemical Company unveiled a recently completed $52 million installation which ban provide the firm's mammoth Pittsburg complex with all the power it needs and enough steam for the individual chemical plants whcili use it Reporters trade publication wrlers from throughout the (Cont Page 2 Col 2) CCC Employees Get Pay Hikes MARTINEZ Pay boosts ranging from 25 per cent to 10 per cent were granted yesterday to 3048 Contra Costa County employes including 13 depart ment heads by the board of supervisors Only Supervisor James Moriarty of Orinda who said he could "see no rhyme or reason to it" voted against the wage hike package 0 II-8 Danger at Meet Dow Chemical's New $52 Permit To Build Macys Biggest building permit in tho history of tho city was duo to be issued today by tho Concord Public Works Department Continental Heller Construction Company builder for Macy's of California was slated lo present a check to the city for a permit to construct a building valued at $3100000 biggest in city history according to William Huber deputy building official Cost for the permit alone which includes fees for checking of plans was $488625 SHELL The $3 million price tag covers only cost of the outer shell of the building To be added arc fixtures and inventory Cost of the building topped the previous record holder Scars Roebuck Company which was issued a permit for construction valued at $275 mil-linn Both stores are located in Sun Valley Shopping Center now under construction Other permits issued for the center included a $18 million permit for parking structures at the center and $18 for two other buildings which will house most of the more than 100 smaller tores scheduled to go into the complex SUMMER Building permits issued to date for Sun Valley now total over $10 million with the pep mit for JC Penney Company not listed Scars is staled to open in October with the rest of the center shooting for an early summer opening next year Total construction costs are expected to be nearly $25 million exclusive of fixtures and merchandise Today's Index Astroguide 14 Bridge 5 Church 5 Classified 16-19 Comics 14 Crossword Puzzle 14 Dine and Dance 8-9 Editorial 10 Grapevine 11 Movies 8 Sports 13-13 Teen Talk 6 Fate Couldn't Ground Pilot By WOODY JOHANNES Transcript Staff Writer Robin Welch has been flying for more than 16 years most of that time in the teeth of fate And fate seems to be developing dental problems Robin's having less trouble The 36-year-old president of Airview Specialists Corporation was wheeling around Pacific States hangar at Buchanan Field yesterday 'a few details" incident to the purchase of a new plane for his firm The unique ship a $30000 Cessna powered by a turbo system en-j gine designed for high perform-! am capability at altitudes up to 30000 feet will pack some $10000 of research equipment around the wild blue yonder This Hying laboratory the second of Airview' new fleet (Cont Page 2 Col 1) Hospital Withdrawal Requested BALTIMORE Md (AP) Gangs of white youths numbering from 50 to 100 ranged through Negro neighborhoods in search of victims whatever aid possible to the television station licensed under Bassett Bassett is station manager and a stockholder STOCK SALE Boatwright made the proposal at the Mayors Conference monthly dinner at emphasizing that the station must raise additional monies through the sale of stock It began operations last February Boatwright reminded conferees that Channel 42 is Concord's only television station emphasized its to the community" He noted that some $476000 in stock has already been sold At present the station owners are attempting to sell an additional $324000 MONEY IMPOUNDED Under rules established by the state corporations commissioner all money raised must be impounded until $170000 is raised at which time it will be released for use of the station to pay its bills and salaries The requirement is routine (Cont Page 2 Col 3) Million Pittsburg Unit averaging 49 per cent It will cost an addition $1146-588 about nine ccns additional on the tax rate per $100 of assessed valuation and it will be effective retroactive to July 1 But the 82 nurses at the county hospital and the 158 deputy sheriffs who both were voted five per cent increases may eventually come out much better The board voted to study nurse salaries thanks to the current bay area nurses1 salaries' controversy and an indication by supervisor Thomas Coll of Concord and rest of the board that they though they were entitled to a bigger boost Further study immediately of (Continued on Page 3 Col 3) Penny Carnival Tonight "Step right up and try your luck for only a penny!" This will be the to-night at the Concord Recreation Department's "Penny Carnival" to be held at Concord Community Park from 6 pm to 8:30 pm (dusk) Bill Brudncy recreation supervisor says there will be all kinds of activities in which to participate dart throw "Dunk the Director" nail dri-ing penny pitch baseball throw sponge throw feed the fish and many many more All of them cost only a penny The big event culminates the summer playground program Live music by a 6th grade combo that attends Gienbrook Intermediate Summer School Bitter Ends" will be provded Johnson Acts in Air Strike WASHINGTON (AP) -President Johnson took ever the airline strike negotiations today and told both sides he wants them to reach agreement through collective bargaining After a While House meeting with Johnson 11 men from the management side and 11 from the union side marched across the street to the executive office building and went into session once more White House press secretary no deadline for action said" Moyers reported collective bargaining is the free democratic way of settling the differences you have this morning that 'that's a better way than legislating the breaking of a strike or seizure or presidential fiat' Moyers talking with newsmen after sitting in on the original session in the Cabinet room said Johnson feels that continued prolonged negotiations now are no more likely to bring about a settlement than intensified concentrated bargaining It appears Moyers said that the differences between labor and management have been narrowed to something less than $25 million He said the companies have been offering (Cont Page 2 Col 3) Thursday night shortly after white supremacist speakers had whipped them into a frenzy at i a rally itotion under control in about two hour but beefed-up patrols roamed Umnigh the area into the morn- Baltimore has been labeled as the target city for 1966 by the Congress of Racial Equality but CORE rallies have attracted only small audiences In comparison Thursday night's rally by the National States Rights party at Patterson Park drew a crowd estimated at about 1000 The group had been denied permission earlier to use the park but speakers stood on top of a sound truck parked in the street as their audience spilled up the grassy slopes The sporadic trouble that plagued the southeast Baltimore area until late Thursday night began shortly after the rally (Cont Page 2 Col 1) PITTSBURG-A joint petition from directors of Pittsburg Com- munily Hospital and Clayton city Council will be submitted U-l SSL tj 5J22S benW lhlran District directors called Clay- ton no loss" And Clayton Mayor Robert Hoyer said residents rarely use Pittsburg Community but go to Concord Community Kaiser or John Muir hospitals instead Residents of the area constituting the southwest corner of the district and contributing between 1 and lVii per cent of the tax revenue will still be responsible for their share of bonded indebtedness although the LAFC allows Clayton to be withdrawn Officials speculated that no action of any kind would be taken immediately because the LAFC probably would not be able to act on (he petition before the August tax rolls are prepared Power and Steam.