The Columbian from Vancouver, Washington • 2

2 The CoQjMBIAN Thwndoy Sept 111969 Three variance pleas granted Three applications for zoning variances were approved Wednesday night by the Vancouver Board of Adjustment but one was altered before approval was given Edward English 1201 NW Forty-eighth St was granted a variance to construct a patio cover which will be adjacent to his southwest property line The board allowed him a side yard variance of five feet and a rear yard variance of 23 feet English explained that the patio concrete slab was poured before he purchased the house but a cover was not built at that time Granted a five-foot side yard variance so an enclosed carport can be constructed on his property line was Richard 0 Bradbury 612 Grand Blvd The present width between the North property line and the residence is inadequate for a carport without a variance Bradbury said Richard Cant on wine 815 Garrison Rd applied to the board for a 30-inch height variance to allow him to erect a 72-inch fence He said it is impossible to keep neighborhood children out of his fruit trees and claimed that a 42-inch high the height allowed under would not be high enough to keep children from the yard The board granted Canto-wine a 12-inch variance allowing him to erect a 54-inch fence It was explained that the lesser variance would afford adequate protection and an undesirable precedent might be set if the 30-inch variance was granted Mishaps leave 3 hospitalized JUST HARMLESS KITTY "Frenchy" Colbert on exotic dancer on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans took her kitty to court today after she was charged by police with keeping a wild and vicious animal Her animal a two-year-old cheetah named "Tiauito" took it all very calmly and impressed the judge enough to dismiss the charge -MJPI Telephoto) Superagency concept hit by Charles Prahl in talk By BILL MERTENA ation and not for the benefit of the Associated Press Writer Evans imposed a unified people of the State of Washing-OLYMPIA (AP) Former agency embracing all forms of he said State Highways Director Charles transportation which also would The criticism drew applause Pyahl who resigned during a give the governor closer control from the highway users group eraorand of state highways operations The former director also at- battle between the governor and treatment of a fractured ankle suffered when he fell from a cycle ping downhill on Garrison Road Wednesday afternoon A similar injury was reported suffered by William Ames 20 of Tulsa Okla when he was spilled from a cycle on the Interstate Bridge after hitting a bump Wednesday evening Court load has decline for August The case load dropped considerably in Vancouver municipal court August from what it was in the same month last year according to the monthly report of court activity The number of new cases filed last month was 272 compared with 426 in August 1968 The decline was due to the dip in the number of traffic cases from 350 in August 1968 to 198 last month Criminal cases however went up from 37 to 46 Violations of city ordinances pertaining to the control of dogs decreased from 37 to 25 Three violations were reported of the city ordinance on busi- ness licenses one more than in the previous August The report also states that a total of 393 defendants appeared in court last month compared with 519 in August 1968 NEW BRIDGE TAKING FORM New bridge for Interstate Highway 5 has been installed ever Highway 5 on East Fork of Lewis River south of Woodland as part of the major new improvements along that routo The freeway is being widened New bridge is not open for traffic yet Everett Dirksen buried near his boyhood home the legislature over administration of his department blasted Gov Dan Evans' proposed transportation superagency Thursday lack of a Department of Transportation is not one of our he said in a speech to the State Good Roads Assod- The proposal died in the last tacked Seattle officials for their legislative session but is ex- concern for rapid transit He pected to be resurrected said they were on the side of PTahl said a logically formed department would do a great obsession of too many deal toward meeting highway people in Seattle with their be-problems lief that rapid transit is going oblems is re- the attitude to the need of other 4 4 4 4 new Illinois Sen Charles Percy and a host of Cabinet members and congressional leaders followed the presidential jet Accompanying Dirksen's body was his widow Louella his PEKIN 111 (AP) Sen Everett Dirksen was buried today near Pekin his boyhood home Dirksen was buried with full military honors following a 10- minute service The flag draped coffin had aboard a Antitrust action settled quietly ar-daughter Denice and her hus-rived presidential- band Sen Howard Baker a lowed winding rural roads through cornfield and scattered residences Thousands lined the street in Pekin a community of 30000 persons on the east bank of the Illinois River where Dirksen was born in 1896 Many held cameras and several flags were displayed Restaurant and motel marquees showed words honoring the senator who died Sunday in Washington DC The largest throng was at Glendale Memorial Park Cemetery a mile east of Pekin plane shortly before noon at Greater Peoria Airport in nearby Peoria Four other planes which carried Vice President Spiro Ag- WASHINGTON (AP) Despite protests from 18 congressmen and possible legal action the Nixon administration settled out of court today an antitrust suit accusing the nation's largest automakers of conspiring to delay the installation of antipollution devices Atty Gen John Mitchell said a proposed consent decree filed in Los Angeles federal court was submitted for final approval in 30 days It would become effective immediately thereafter Under the proposed settlement the car manufacturers and their trade association the Automobile Manufacturers Association would be prohibited from conspiring to delay or obstruct development and installation of pollution control devices for motor vehicles The decree was signed by Three persons were hospitalized for injuries suffered in separate traffic accidents Wednesday Richard Larry Boswell 25 206 SE Ninety-eighth Ave was injured when the car he was driving struck the rear of a trailer parked mi NE Hazel Dell Avenue at One Hundred Seventh Street Wednesday evening according to a sheriff's deputy He was taken to Vancouver Memorial Hospital where attendants said today he was being treated in the intensive care unit for a puncture wound in the neck The deputy said Boswell was driving south mi Hazel Dell when the car struck the left rear of the trailer which was reportedly sticking out mi the pavement about three feel and had no lights on the rear The trailer was hooked up to a truck whose driver was identified as Timothy A Wanke 16 500 NW Ninety-ninth St Two persons were injured in motorcycle accidents according to attendants at Vancouver Memorial but accident reports were not available at local law enforcement agencies today Hospital attendants said Kenneth Hittle 19 of 1701 Reserve St was admitted for Grass fires are battled Five grass fires resulted in alarms for Clark County District 5 and 6 fire departments Tuesday and Wednesday The following were reported by District 5: Tuesday 4:48 pm 5213 NE Ninety -fifth St about three-acres burned Tuesday 8:17 pm small fire on railroad right-of-way mi East Evergreen Highway across road from fish hatchery Wednesday 3:07 pm fire at 5814 One Hundred Fifth Ave Wednesday 4:44 pm about 5000-square feet of grass burned in 1700 block on Seventy ninth Street All the fires were of unknown origin About 12:25 pm Wednesday District 6 firefighters responded to a grass fire starting at 9204 NE Fifteenth Ave from illegal burning in a trash barrel Innocence maintained Accused of the attempted rape of a IS-year-old girl Zane Lee Gray 19 of 3207 NE Sixty-fifth St pleaded innocent Wednesday in Superior Court Judge Guthrie Langs dorf set a jury trial for Gray sometime early in October Exact time will be set later The charge against the defendant was filed in an information presented by Deputy Prosecutor Robert Harris alleging Gray committed the crime on July 29 A request by Gray's attorney Fred Mason for a reduction in the defendant's bail from 93-500 was denied when Harris pointed out that Gray is absent without leave from the Army at Ft Lewis This CoQjnbiam MIMkrThiCMiiA bcl Wl Member if Me AmcM hw Tie mame to mt tm pill mi Ah mdlmltf (UHoamoN Mnii r- Cnir 1171 rMal si jm ibm in rou own ncm you MV AT INC MOPM null mllwUWWI mt MO CmwYhPnoiI ICmhIMMI 0 miJfM om HOUMi WmHik 0 UM mtMpm forms of he said Prahl held Seattle officials responsible for delaying construction of the RH Thomson expressway and Interstate 90 from Bellevue to Seattle He said are to oppose the opponents of the state highway program He said they frequently are the only ones to attend hearings on new projects although representing a minority opinion in the state George Andrews Prahl's successor to the highway post made his first speech to the association and said it's not up to him to make major overhauls in the state highway policy though we have a new jockey the horse race is still the same and the track has for the most part been laid out and planned by others" the new director said "Don't expect too many radical changes" Andrews spoke to the opening session of the annual convention of the association made up of highway interest groups including truckers highway builders and auto clubs Before outlining highway construction in progress and planned in the immediate future Andrews noted that one of the things shaping the future course of highways is public pressure to consider environmental effects of new roads people along the routes are concerned about the disruption of schools fire districts police service access landscaping aesthetics noise air pollution relocation and in general all of the factors that mice were accepted as inevitable and beyond local But he termed what he said were claims of some that dedicated desire of the highway is to over the landscape" highway official that I know of and certainly none in the department here in Washington has any interest whatsoever in doing anything other than constructing the minimum number of highways demanded by the people and required to promote the best interests of the state" Gov Dan Evans was scheduled to address a dinner meeting Thursday The association was expected to take action on resolutions and issues Friday Tennessee Republican and grandchildren Derek 16 and Cynthia 13 The Rev Edward Ebon Senate chaplain led an honor guard of two soldiers two sailors two Marines a coast-guardsman and an airman who carried the casket down a covered ramp and into a hearse at the airport About 100 persons including Gov Richard Ogilvie awaited the casket on the airstrip and several hundred others watched from a further distance More than 40 senators were among the honorary pallbears and official mourners The route to the cemetery fol- Court splits its verdicts Tried Wednesday in municipal court Walter Larry Browning 26 777 St Washougal was found innocent of a hit-run driving charge but guilty of negligent driving Judge Lyle Truax fined Browning 840 and assessed 810 state fees mi the negligent count Browning was cited mi the charges following an accident at Missouri Drive and Council Bluffs Way where his car allegedly struck a car driven tty Louise Dupuis 523 Council Bluffs Way Reg 5591 I I Jacobsen rotary special end of Broadwayatl2th 1 Btuhla Daniels 10i00 AM Friday Tillie Wardrip 1:00 PM Friday Florence Mae House 3:00 PM Friday Nina Crazier Services Pending Surfaced Parkiag Lit it 1 2th buMEWrtw liwllSm)y ImMMStiftai iMetfeLEMsai Phene 693-3633 Point Roberts puzzle studied 3s eJ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 General Motors Corp Ford Motor Co Chrysler Corp American Motors Corp and the association It would conclude a civil antitrust suit brought by former Atty Gen Ramsey dark last Jan 10 The action came about a week after 18 House Democrats charged the Justice Department with engaging in in a move toward abandonment of the civil suit As reports of the compromise spread John Banzhaf IH a Washington lawyer asked Los Angeles federal court to allow him to intervene in the suit His purpose according to the motion was to oppose an out-of-court settlement on grounds it avoid a trial and withhold information of vital interest to millions of those who have suffered as a result of the actions of the defendant auto companies" WHO WANTS ME? He loves kids and looking for a homo This five-month-old brown airedale is now living at the Vancouver Animal Shelter but he would prefer more permanent quarters Boat Special! Johnson boat with 155 hp inboard outboard motor plus trailer! end of $AOrA season special eOa to get into the United States where many of them have regular jobs Meeds who discussed the problems with Omer Tupper chairman of the Point Roberts Community Development Committee in a visit to the area last month said the UC was the ideal agency to deal with the problems It would be able to coordinate existing agencies in both countries he said The meeting was attended by Mathew Welsh chairman of the American section of the UC who Meeds said did not reluctant to become involved" and a state department legal counsel Charged with third degree as-Charae lowered sault Benny Quitugua 25 11204 vnar9e lOWCreO NE One Hundred Thirty-first Ave pleaded innocent Tuesday in west district justice court He is accused of striking the complainant Joaquin St Nicolas with his fists last Sunday The defendant was arrest-' ed Tuesday morning and was released when he posted 8250 bail after Judge Lyle Truax reduced the bail from 8750 Suspect jailed to have violated probation Ralph Otto Amey 36 of Redding Calif was arrested open tonight Wednesday afternoon and book- 9 2 ed into the county jail here according to information filed at the iheiffs office Tried Tuesday on a drunken driving charge in west district justice court Larry James Spielman 23 321 NE Ninety-second Ave was found guilty of a lesser charge of negligent driving by Judge Dean La-Rowe Spielman was fined 850 mi the reduced charge and assessed 815 state fees i AMERICAN MUSIC i 'til 8 pm Lawn Mowers I reel season prices! compefe stock rifles shotguns ammo special savings on motors SAVE on WINDOW GLASS REPLACEMENT just bring your frames in to us! 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