Contra Costa Times from Walnut Creek, California • 1

CONTRA COSTA TIMES GREEN VOL 52 -NO 160 WALNUT CREEK CALIF THURSDAY DECEMBER 12 1963 10 CENTS TWO SECTIONS 16 PAGES TRI-CITY UNIT Commixes Moves On Acalanes Nixed Reaction On Transit Site Concord's Battle With Nature Cardroom Ordinance Tightened Despite Jack Frost's efforts to turn grass brown this time of year the City of Concord intends to keep this week painting the grass spots technicolor the workmen uarters in central Contra sta County This reaction came Wednesday after the BARTD project engineer A Bugge Monday recommended the headquarters be in Oakland Said Pleasant Hill Mayor Lenard Grote: not convinced that because the engineers have spoken that this is the last word They have prepared us for a game of baseball and now they tell us the game is football' However Concord Chamber of Commerce Manager Ike Runyon declared: no need to heat down Oakland or San Francisco not in the wHT Chamber Qd1iTiaiwPF 17 Manager Bill Francis pointed lifted out are several objects of the Trt-Qty Council niipafnrWaS service tetwn besides the attempt to lure tn iiu raiifnio the BARTD headquarters here He also said criteria Some members of the Tri-City Council too happy about having the Bay Area Rapid Transit District headquarters in Oakland On the other hand some want to relinquish their drive to get the permanent head- Denying charges of legislating cardrooms out of business in the unincorporated areas the county the Board of Supervisors has approved a tighter cardroom ordinance are businesses just like anything said attorney 0 Fenstermach-J-IC Cl CCC er "It appears to me that the 1 1 1 spirit here is one of tion to run them out of Fenstermacher claimed that to put them out of business in the unincorporated areas of the county would just drive them into the cities There are presently eight cardrooms located in the unincorporated areas Supervisor Edmund Lin-scheid disclaimed any such intent and recommended that the ordinance be amended to: its lawn respectable City gardeners have been grass green The gray dull magically turn a verdure when Burglar Cutting A burglar not with 8280 he found Creek cleaning by the early Wednesday to cut through a DESTINATION SURVEY STARTS Walnut Creek kilfwTinflantiy hen" a ot hovent done anything Wrong and the questions being y- "en asked are not being done to be nosy it's all a part of origin and destination survey being conducted in connection with Walnut Creek's core area study by Ruth and Krushkhov Berkeley planning consultants Shown above is a survey team at the Newell off-ramp of the freeway They report between 100 and 150 cars an hour are coming through the checkpoint (Times Photo) lot" in making decisions -i Francis saw other duties of council a publicizing the timMManri strnrfc aniSha test BCk putting on WCfcom-Sla Hnin hv vf ing activiUes an! cooperating IB 5 in ventures between the EftS Marrtoni three citlee BARTD repreaenttje If your cor is stopped upon entering you Perdtal suHered minor juries I George MacDonald The mishap occurred at hr pm on Camino Pablo im 5 north ot Santt Moria1 to ort'o till downtown Oaklam Dr Atcheson Re-elected Way Surprised Through Wall contented aitiacent liquor store The man pointed a revolver at the owner George Ca-chuck of Diablo Cleaners 1335 Main St called him a dirty name and then ran out with 8230 of the cleaning money Walnut Creek police report that Cachuck had gone to his store about 4:45 am Monday to fire up the boilers in his establishment when he noticed a bank check on the floor near his cash register and the door to a rest room slightly ajar When Cachuck opened the door police said he found a man described as between 30 and 40 years old and about six feet tall digging away at the restroom wall The man drew a gun and fled Police said the burglar entered the store by forcing a door with a bumper jack which was left at the scene They said he apparently scooped up 8230 in bills and 850 in change from the cash register but that the bag containing the change was left in the haste to get away The suspect is further described as having dark hair and wearing a light shirt and dark trousers in a Walnut store was surprised owner attempting wall into an Deputy DA Named to State Post The appointfent of Deputy District Attorney Daniel by Governor Brown to chief of the Bureau of Electronic Repair Dealer Registration was announced Wednesday by District John Nejcdly Weston has served as i criminal prosec uter in office for the past three In addition to these duties Weston was in charge the Consumer Fraud Division created by Nejedly in 1960 In this time the Division prosecuted many consumer frauds including short weighting of meat falae advertising deceptive In another mishap Tuesday IS th SipS other outlying office lor wheel the CHP said serve for three year terms Conrad Wilke was elected Concord Area Chamber of Commerce directors Wed- a a His car northbound uu dighway 21 in Alamo left the eU fid at Ridge Wood Rd mped a ditch and struck a tree and a DOWRP Dole thlt' DlVlflJ tD6 CHPsaid the quarters here should be in- He is in' fair condition head injuries at Kaiser Hos- pital Walnut Creek i i Motorcyclist Barrv Aba- i today but we no 18 131 Fabian Way Con-' a new businesses and industries are moving out 'this way because Ihcre is on' was treated and released at Kaiser flospital aft-! permanent employeswould be IN tn I a finnnill tnal 1 mlLma li I a ClayS The'oundl agedjn meet) Wfl I II lit Cr66K Pl3ll Road in Concord Tuesday aft-! pQI CH rlstlTIdS PflrkillQ Increase application fees from 825 to 8150 and license fee for each table from 8100 to 8150 Tables to be limited to four per each establishment Each new application for license must include posting of intention' and a date of public hearing before the County Board of Supervisors The fee of 825 for each employe and the two year period of residence requirement to remain unchanged The Board approved recommendations Askham Gets Fine Probation Harry Askham pleading guilty to charges of em-bezzung a Walnut Creek finance company in November was given three years probation in Superior Court Wednesday providing he pay a 8550 fine and makes resti- tution The amount of restitution said Superior Judge Homer Patterson will be set after satisfaction of a civil suit Askham has filed against his former partners in Reliable Finance Company of Walnut Creek Askham was charged with embezzling between 818000 and 821000 from the firm over a period of several years He was arrested early in November after an investigation by the Walnut Creek Police Department He is suing his former partners claiming they conspired to shame his good name in an alleged attempt to force him to turn over controlling interest Next Step -r- A Public Hearing A 9 to 5 vote by the County Committee on School District Organization in favor of unifying the Acalanes High School District with ifs five component elementary districts Tuesday night moved the issue closer to a public vote The meeting was the second in a new study by the County Committee on School District Organization as augmented by the Acalanes High School District and Walnut Creek Lafayette Orinda Mo-raga and Canyon elementary districts to seek an agreement for unification of the districts The last study ran for several years with legal technicalities continually throwing monkey wrench in the works A single unified district was favored by the Acalanes Board and opposed by the elementary boards The elementary boards reluctantly agreed to the formation of two unified districts and the County Committee seemed to go along with the proposal At the point of completion the senes of meetings the county committee upon restudy of developments decided to seek a new study directed at formation of a single unified district One member of the committee George Jeffries of Richmond opposes single district unification night Gordon Ainsworth chairman of the Cttlfldft School Board objected to voting on the certificate of recommendation because it appeared to him to be a concrete proposal He said a seven-man board could not represent districts which now have 28 representatives According to Frank Bradford of the County schools office the law states that a public hearing must follow the recommendation with a final meeting held afterwards to re-conskler the proposal Mrs Phyllis Hartwig of the Walnut Greek board asked "Can you in good faith reverse a proposal after the public Intend to oppose this unification plan to the utmost of our ability" said Alfred 1 Haskell of the Moraga board He said that Moraga respects the people who have worked on the committee for their dedication and hard work but "they live outside our community and do not understand our are imposed to a single said Larry Williams district is' unique For the same ADA costs of the other districts we maintain classes of 15 students per (Canyon is a two-room school with an enrollment of 31 students) "We are doing for the same price something different and we have the right in this country to be different" said Williams Philip Diamond of the Lafayette board said that although the board continued to be opposed to a single unified district it now took the position that the matter would (Continued Page 2 Col 1) IDEAS PAY OFF! 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Burglars Hit Schools In the Area J81 wS! vice-president and Chester Cowden treasurer The six new directors elected are: Crane Walden Henley Worthington Howard Greenhaigh Tom McBride -Dr -Raymond Chan and Victor Ives A total of 12 directors serve on the1 board and are elected on alternating years tive cooperation of downtown employers and employes The chamber has received permission from two area churches to use their lots for free employer-employe parking Lots to be used are at St Episcopal Church 1924 Trinity Ave available every day except Dec 24 and the Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church lot at 1720 Oakland Blvd available every day except Thursdays and Dec 24 Under the plan employes working in the same store on the same shift in the same area or living in the same neighborhood are being asked to get together and plan on driving their individual cars to one of the two' lots Then they should form a pool and ve to work in one car Cbmber report thi will reduce traffic congestion downtovra and free a number of parking spaces Another motorcyclist Ken-'1 neth Haley 16 of 1398 Glazier Dr Concord was treated for minor injuries Wednesday morning following a mishap in Concord Fire District Ponders Unit in Clayton Valley spray on the coloring from powerful compressor hoses The city claims the makeup job is done with a food coloring and is guaranteed to last through rain sleet and hail for a few weeks So successful has the grass renovating program been that crews will start to splotch the brown blotches at the golf course too Two Youths Held for Burglary Two teenage Concord youths were booked at Juvenile Hall Tuesday night on charges of burglary after police found one of them lying unconscious apparently from alcohol on a roadside The youth said deputies did not appear to be breathing and was rushed to the County Hospital where he was revived with a resuscita-tor He is 15 years old deputies said he and the other boy 16 had been drinking large quantities of whiskey during the day and then decided to burglarize the Rancho Snack Bar The youths are alleged toj have taken about 847 from the cash register of the establishment alter it closed and were then walking down Treat Lane when the 15-year-old col- lapsed His companion tried to help but ran when a neighbor summoned the police Tree Surgeon Hurt in Fall A Danville tree surgeon was treated for injuries at Kaiser Hospital Monday after a 40-foot fall from a tree Dennis Thomas 30 of 977 Danville Blvd was working on a tree in Alamo with his partner James Couch when he lost his footing and plunged down through the branches to the ground Couch said that Thomas was attenipting to gain a higher position in the tree when he slipped and fell He was taken semi-conscious to the hospital where he was released after treatment They worked for the Davi Tree Surgery Company of A gang of school safe crackers believed to be operating in northern California are suspected in two successful breaks and one attempt in the Mt Diablo Fire District! area Monday commissioners Wednesday contemplated a branch fireL1? deputies suspect station in Clayton Valley burglaries and others in Mitchell Canyon and Clayton nor rn California area je lin recent weeks are being No action was takpn how-'done by tlie same group olvc fr0 thre educational ever yeggs due to similiar methods I organizations tomght at 8 pm Fire Chief Ray at the Walnut Creek Interne- reported the assessed JTfreian diate School Library tn Weston Attorney -years 'of has containers fraudulent correspondence courses aluminum siding schemes stock frauds usury referral selling abuses and others Weston has also represented the office in Sacramento before various Senate and Assembly hearings involving new consumer fraud legislation "Contra Costa County is one of the pioneers in the field of vigorous consumer fraud protection and because of our successes in this area itwas only natural that the Governor would look this way for assistance on the State level with this new bureau dealin with TV repair sail Nejedly Nejedly said his office will continue to emphasize strong consumer fraud protection for Contra Costa citizens and that he will shortly announce the name of another deputy to head the consumer division Sidewalk Bids Asked The city will award of Pleasant contracts on Hill its safety sidewalk program Jan 6 with construction planned for mid-January according to Public Works Director James Orput The type of minerals to be mined were not disclosed in the agreement and whether anything of value was ever discovered has not been revealed Wanaka said two questions bother him: is the Solano assessor suddenly interested in this subterranean real estate and does Assessor Williams know something about this property that he 'file islands residents however which alternately consist of sea gulls and striped bass depending on the tide care less The Walnut Creek Area' Chamber of Commerce searching for a way to open up more downtown parking spaces for Christmas shoppers has come up with a solution and it will require Speakers will be Dr Brooks Lockhart member of the ui UnUnI 1 the American Federation of meeting is sponsored spon Walnut Creek School and la open to the tion in the area east of Kirk r- Pass Road was 83673760 Tto district mid recaa about 848000 in taxes based on this vaiuatioi crate the station the chief RfncP ce and and regional director of the mr Califoraia School Board A- aUtou 'ow'rild'by'lh'e' da' Xuela nshl 'limall Dr' trict and ii0000 as lieen2 was taken from a safe Stale salary coordinator of the budgeted for construction of 1 Ygnacio Valley High California Teachers Associate station 1 School based on this valuation to op-1 I itroom City School District Board and Fred Lons aam- Inside Times THE PEACETIME Navy 8 The Arts 9 Editorial 4 Movies 2 Sports 6 Women of the Times 5 Weather The weal her man says 's going to be clear all day day morning to evening The morning will be cold he inya with lew of 30 to 41 It will warm np just a bit In the afternoon possibly with the temperatures running in the low He predicts gentle variable winds msot the day 0 office where lie safe was keptTnohori and that a power chisel used to open it Also Tuesday at Del Valle High School the burglars entered through a window in a room Walnut Creek police report the dial was knocked from the safe and a plate taken off but that the thieves were apparently scared off or discouraged since nothing was taken i The by the District public MIDDLE GROUND ISLAND fluffs Msos shown on the Centra Costa side of the boundary line This year the line wavered survey maps geodetic charts and suveyors equipped with transit and A Burglar With Taste simwmm SHOPPING DAYS TO CHRISTMAS A border dispute between the sissessors of Contra Costa and Solano counties over a 36267-acre island in Sul-sun Bay varies with the tide Contra Costa County Assessor Wanaka said Wednesday that Solano County Assessor Williams has laid claim to the island Wanaka said this imperialistic attitude on the part of Williams was He threatened to arm a fleet of Contra Costa cabin cruisers- with scuba Hving equipment to hair and Middle Ground Island wound up in Solano County and thus Williams' claim and declaration of war Recent records show said Wanaka that on June 7 1928 an agreement was filed between Charles Chapman who gained the Island from Governor Newton Booth on June 6 1873 and an A Fisher of San FYannisco whereby Mr Fisher was given the right to mine the island repel Met the invaders eanwhile both -parties will wait for low tide because the field of battle Is submerged most of the time and raises but a few of its acres above the water line even at low tide A patent deed filed with Contra Costa dating hack to 1873 entities the 36267 acres as "Middle Ground Up until this year Bureau of Reclamation maps have been drawn with -the Island Burglars with a preference for Scotch made of! with more than 8100 in liquor from a residence in Lafayette Tuesday night The thieves according to sheriff's deputies left a number of bottles of liquor chose mainly Scotch and added several bottles of bourbon trquil-la and champagne to their take from a garage The owners wen on vacs tion.