Concord Transcript du lieu suivant : Concord, California • 1

Last minute entries continued to pour in today assuring an" exciting exhibit Sunday of old and new cars at the Second Annual Diablo Con-cours d'Elegance Open to the public the event will be held on the 1 1 acres of fairway of the Concord Inn Golf Course Proceeds from the SI 00 donations for admittance will go to Diablo Scholarships Inc which has raised some $36000 for scholarships and placed 61 deserving students in the college of their choice through funds raised at such events as the concours More than 150 antique classic vintage special interest sport and competition cars are expected to be entered by their owners who will be competing for $2500 in trophies They will include everything from 1 929 Model A roadsters to sleek Rolls Royces At the same time there will be a special exhibit of the first American-built car ever to win the famed endurances race classic at Le Mans France the Ford GT Mark II It is being shown by Earl Williams Ford of Concord which also has arranged for the exhibit of a Shelby-Ameri-can modified Ford Mustang GT 350 and another Shelby -Ford hybrid a 427 Cobra roadster John Sherry general chairman for the con- cours announced that a 1967 Mercury Cougar the year's new luxury sports car will be given away as a door prize It has been donated by Carl Jefferson president of Jefferson Motors Concord Lincoln-Mercury dealer and Ken Hofmann president of Hofmann Company Concord-based home end development company Both are members of the board of directors of Diablo Scholarships Inc For exhibitors there will be a special drawing for a 1941 Ford Coupe collector's car donated by Owen Owe ns president of Diablo Scholarships and general manager 1 of The Daily Transcript sponsor of the Diablo Concours d'Elegance along with the Concord Chamber of Commerce and the Jaguar Associate Group A Sony television set also will be given to one of the lucky participants Hours of the show are 10 am to 4 pm and entrance will be near the golf pro shop at Concord Inn Special parking will be available across from the Concord Inn with traffic handled by the Concord Police and Cadets Registration and placement of cars will be held from 8 am to 10 am Judging will begin at 11 am with first award presentations (Continued on Page 2 Col 1J ONE OF THI FEW new pullman limousines in the country this one photographed this morning will be among the more than 150 antique classic vintage sports and competition machines on display at Sunday's Diablo Concours d'Elegance The "600" series Grand-Mercedes-Benz limousine fully equipped as is this one rolls out the door for more than $30000 and is the longest production ear In the world 1 To get an idea of its size imagine a Cadillac limousine and add three feet The seven-passenger behemoth is powered by a full-injected 63 litre V-8 which propels the car from 0-to-60 mph in just under nine seconds Among its features are four electrically-operated dub (Continued on page 2 col 1) Chuckle from Cooler Fair through Saturday but some fog near ocean cooler High yesterday 87 low last night 52 One small fry to the other: "The way I see it school is just a mouse race to get us ready for the rat The Mount Diablo Region's Leading Home Newspaper 851 78TH YEAR NO 398 CONCORD CALIFORNIA FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 16 1966 Single Copy 1C Cants Psr Month $1 JO 900 af Dinner Building Halts Dent Views on College Jamas Dent Repub- lican candidate for the 10th Dist Assembly post today triad to taka tha issue of Contra Costa stata collaga location out of his campaign Dent told a Concord real estate group last week that his personal opinion was that the school should be located at the Cowell site advocated by Concord Clayton ami Walnut Creek Bfiow to Spend Your Weekend What a weekend! There's the Walnut Festival in Walnut Creek the opening of the Oakland-Alamtda County Coliseum and the Raidars-Chiefs football game the Giants-Mets baseball game in San Francisco the Peacock Gap Golf Tournament in Marin County and tha Monterey Jazz Festival AND the Second Annual Diablo Concours d'Elegance on the golf course of tha Concord Inn What to do? The Transcript has tha answer See the editorial on Page 10 fl (si ANTIOCH A crowd of 900 last night heard tributes paid to Congressman Jerome Waldie at a $25-a-plate testimonial dinner at Battaglia's in Antioch Principal speaker Stata Senator George Miller Jr of Martinez praised Waldie for his eight years in the assembly and said the Marines Get Air Support SAIGON South Viet Nam (AP) US B52 bombers pounded the demilitarized zone today just a few miles north of a swesp by US Marines against North Vietnamese army regulars In a predawn raid the bombers swept in from Guam to hammer at enemy troop concentrations and storage areas in the six-mile-wide buffer zone between North and South Viet I Nam i Three miles south of the zone I newly landed Marines pfished! inland across coastal marsh-1 lands and paddies to track down elements of the reorganized 324B North Vietnamese Division NO OPPOSITION The Marines landed by helicopter and landing craft Thursday and met no opposition But in their first contact later the day a Leatherneck reconnaissance team surprised a company of Noth Vietnamese troops moving down a trail The North Vietnamese were camouflaged with grass and bushes tied to their bodies A US spokesman said the Marines and Communists clashed close range in brief (but fierce fire fight which inflicted moderate casualties among the Marines He said nine of the North Vietnamese were killed i tf I tee Martinez Will Expand Probe Of City Staff MARTINEZ City councilman hare felt they learned so much about tha operation of tha polica department during the recent investigation of charges brought against Chief Otto Bortfeld by 12 of his officers that they plan to expand the hearings to cover all city departments left to the selection commit-and the state college I1 board" who would base their choice on "established rather than "political pres- PROTESTS Martinez Mayor John Costanza who attend the realtor meeting whipped out an angry letter rapping original remarks 1 In a statement Dent replied: "I rely on the integrity and good judgment of the individu-ala charged with the responsibility of the site selection to choose a site that will be in the best interests of the students and citizens of the entire area no time have I endorsed any particular site but gave a direct answer to a question about my personal PITTSBURG City employes picketed the Pitts- burg city hall and ether municipal facilities today in a dispute ever wages Pickets assembled at 8 am at the city hall tha corporation yard and tha water and sewage treat- But he stressed today that the i of picking the site "should mnt plants Construction obs including a now li- Record Voter Roll MARTINEZ Centra Costa County elections officer James Olssen predicted today that mart than 240000 voters in the county will ba eligible to cast ballots at the Nov 6 general election Deadline for registering to vote at the November election was yesterday But the actual total will not be available for several days as the election office is awaiting reports from the 900 deputy registrars throughout the county- Whatever the actual count is Olsson said it will be a record "I know we have at least 228-000 registered now without the count of those to come he said Registered for the June 7 primary were 220750 Contra Cos-tans 110 less than were registered for the 1964 general SUPPORT The Pittsburg unit claims 42 members of the 70 non-uniform- ed city employees street de-1 partment water and sewage department workers and clerks and other classifications Ail the members were out on strike and reportedly virtually all the other non-union employees honored the picket lines Only the department heads reported for work to keep the water and sewage treatment plants operating and other vital functions continuing NO TALKS SET No negotiating sessions between the local and the city council are planned The next meeting is its regular weekly meeting Monday night The union has asked for a minimum wage increase of 5 per cent across the board It originally had asked for 10 per I i cent The council has offered a salary schedule which would give all employes 25 per cent and a few up to 5 per cent The union claims the majority of employes would' receive the people are fortunate to have him in congress He said not sending a boy to do a job a pro election so important to Jerry or to me or to his friends important to the state and federal governments but it is most important to Contra Costa County and the COUNTY INTERESTS He said Waldie is watching out for the interests of the county on the San Luis Drain and other projects Assemblyman John Knox of Richmond introduced Waldie and also lauded him briefly Supervisor A1 Dias of San1 Pablo acted as master of ceremonies Cong Waldie lauded the work of his predecessor the late Cong John Baldwin Republican of Contra Costa County Waldie told the assembled Democrats and a sprinkling of Republicans who also turned out for the banquet that community in Washington held Congressman Baldwin with great affection and HIGHWAY BILL He noted that when President Johnson signed the Highway Safety Bill last week one page in the measure was devoted to a review of efforts in behalf of the bill He revealed (Cont Page 2 Col 5) Local TV Sued for $80000 MARTINEZ The financial troubles of Concord ultra-high frequency TV station KCFT are beginning to shew themselves in the form of suits filed in superior court Already $80330 suits for bill non-payments are on file According to one suit Jerry Bassett Inc the owner ami operator of Channel 42 contracted with Independent Television Corporation for $30000 worth of programs for telecasting First of 60 monthly installments of $500 each was due last Jan 1 the suit said and to date no installments have been received Among programs were: Action Theatre Package 105 telecasts for $2625 Best of Post 44 telecasts for $1180 Count of Monte Qristo 117 telecasts $2-340 Espionage 48 telecasts $2424 Four Just Men telecasts $1560 Ramar of the Jungle 150 telecasts $3120 and Golf Tips of the Day 390 telecasts $1950 Another suit by Sarkes Tar-zian Inc claims Bassett owes it $50000 for TV equipment In an effort to help the fledg- diffiaS- ling station through its lower figure only under the pro-WASHINGTON API-Former proposal President Dwight Eisenhow BURN VILLAGE The US Command today acknowledged that American troops burned down the village of Lien Hoa on Wednesday after two US helicopters and an F100 Super Sabre were shot down in the area a day earlier The announcement contradicted a statement Thursday from the US 1st Cavalry Airmobile Division which' said the fire was caused by artillery fire and air strikes Newsmen at the scene said (ConL Page 2 Col 4) This is not an investigation particularly City Manager Paul Hughey said today He explained that the sessions would be in the nature of informational Some would be open to the public and some closed personnel sessions depending upon the kind of discussions Hughey said Such sessions would be beneficial to both councllmen and department heads Hughey maintained He said it wasn't often a department head got to talk to all the councilmen together While no date has been set for the hearings Hughey said they would begin soon THE PERFECT PICKET NORTH HOLLYWOOD Calif The picket line had never been in better shape observers agreed Leading it Thursday were An-dra Sullivan 36-2536 a blonde professional model wearing a bikini and two scantily dressed companions They were parading for the National Association of Broadcast Employes and Technicians Union which Is asking Film Fair a television commercial producer to negotiate RECREATION LACK LOS ANGELES (AP) Lack of recreation areas threatens to join smog water pollution and jammed freeways as a major California problem by 1980 state officials say Insufficient funds are being allocated and some of the best areas may be gone forever Assemblyman Edwin D-Sacramento told the Assembly Natural Resources Commute hearing Thursday er left Walter Reed Army Hospital today after a stay of two nights and a day for what a spokesman called a routine checkup He was supposed to return to his Gettysburg Pa home Thursday but hospital spokesmen said Eisenhower remained to wait for results of unspecified tests They said there was no special significance to the 'VOTE OF THANKS' SAIGON Smith Viet Nam (AP) The South Vietnamese government has come up with a timely way to reward military officers and civil servants who worked especially hard to make last Sunday's elections a success The government announced it would give wrist watches to 2-000 officials who were serving of recognition WASHINGTON (AP)-Presi-dent Johnson's limousines are in reverse He can hear people along the curb but they hear him no tactic in installation of tiny just heads-up politics If special measures taken Johnson could drive for miles through crowded streets in the air-conditioned presidential limousines with the windows rolled never hear a cheer For any and they all crave popular silence is perhaps' the unkindest cut of all But knowing what people say on the outside is particularly important to Johnson1 He makes a habit of popping out of his car along motorcade routes for unscheduled speeches and handshaking sessions and he doesn't want to make this effort if the people along the way are un enthusiastic If he hears cheering and shouts of approval he knows get a good reception In 1964 when the White House got a new bubbletop limousine tiny microphones were mounted inconspicuously on the outside to pick up crowd noises and transmit them to the insulated (Cont Face 3 Col 4) ties a fund-raising drive has been organized by a joint committee of Concord area merchants and service clubs A telethon auction has been scheduled for tomorrow and Sunday Money is also needed to meet staff salaries and pay utility bills.