anaheim-bulletin 1959-04-08

Supervisors Testify Of Contract Award SANTA ANA (OCNS) — Circumstances leading up to the Board of Supervisors' sudden granting of a tideland oil drilling contract to the American Marine Exploration Co. on Feb. 14, 1956 have been the subject of testimony by five witnesses in the Joel Ogle trial on allegations of misconduct in office. Ogle, the county counsel, is being tried in Superior Court here on grand jury accusations of having influenced the awarding of the contract — and then having accepted gifts and financial favors from the man who later became president of American Marine. Center of interest so far has been in the four attorneys — rather than the four witnesses. Taking the stand Tuesday were County Supervisors Willis Warner and Cy Feathery; Mabel Casteix, clerk to the board of supervisors; Earl Hightower, attorney who presented the American Marine contract to supervisors, and Paul Oddison, secretary of Signal Oil Co. At least 50 objections have been raised so far by Joe Ball and Sam Driezen, Ogle's attorneys, as to the manner in which Assistant Attorney General Clarence Linn and Assistant District Attorney DeWitt Chatterton have been questioning their prosecution witnesses. Ball and Driezen have been sustained in their objections a majority of the time by Riverside County Judge John Gabbert, who has been assigned to the case. Gabbert had warned Linn several times against "leading the witness," and "asking negative questions." Linn has replied that it saves time to lead a witness, or ask questions which more or less contain the answer. EXCHANGE STUDENT—Josh Tofield, son of Rabbi and Mrs. Aaron Tofield, and a junior student at Anaheim High, was named as the first exchange student to a foreign country by the Anaheim Union High School District Foreign Exchange Student Board yesterday. Josh, who wants to be a doctor, and his family have been in Anaheim two years. (Bulletin Photo) Assembly Passes Cigarette and Income Tax Hike By JAMES C. ANDERSON United Press International SACRAMENTO (UPI)—Gov. Edmund G. Brown's program was rolling in high gear today through the Legislature. In the short space of 48 hours, the Democratic governor's program for "responsible liberalism" scored these important victories: - The assembly voted, 45-34, in favor of Brown's bill to levy a new tax of three cents a package on cigarettes and 15 per cent on cigars and other tobacco products. If approved by the Senate, the tobacco tax would raise 68 million dollars a year. - The lower house also approved, 51-27, and sent to the Senate the governor's proposal to boost middle and upper state income taxes by 71 million dollars a year. - Assembly Democrats successfully beat off efforts by rural legislators to exempt agriculture from Brown's minimum wage bill. However, some amendments were adopted to the measure which weaken its effect. FEPC Vote Expected Soon - The Senate prepared to vote final approval to a key administration proposal to create a fair employment practices commission designed to prevent discrimination by employers or unions in hiring workers because of their race, creed, color or national origin. "The vote on the income and cigarette taxes in the Assembly was a courageous commitment to fiscal responsibility in California," the governor said. Brown noted that six Republiney General Clarence Linn and Assistant District Attorney DeWitt Chatterton have been questioning their prosecution witnesses. Ball and Driezen have been sustained in their objections a majority of the time by Riverside County Judge John Gabbert, who has been assigned to the case. Gabbert had warned Linn several times against "leading the witness," and "asking negative questions." Linn has replied that it saves time to lead a witness, or ask questions which more or less contain the answer. Ball has asked the judge to cite Linn for misconduct. At one point, Ball told the judge, "Your honor, this inquiry apparently is into the wisdom of the Board of Supervisors in approving the contract — not into the allegations of Ogle's misconduct alleged in the complaint against him." Most significant part of Warner's testimony was that he had contracted Oddison of Signal Oil Co., immediately after the American Marine contract was presented on Jan. 30, 1956. He said that the State (Continued on Page A-6, Col. 4) Charges of 'Wir Leveled at Place PLACENTIA — During intensive questioning from Golden Bennett, Placentia Police Chief Harry Wilson indicated that the telephone in Bennett's home may have been tapped, an audience-packed council chamber heard last night. Bennett has charged that a strange voice broke into a telephone conversation between himself and deputy district attorney concerning the Placentia trash contract. Last night Bennett indicated that the police investigation into the wire tapping issue been inadequate and Chief Wilson was called into the council h answer Bennett's charges. Chief Wilson stated that he the deputy district attorney claimed that the weird intention over the telephone had a woman's voice saying, "a legal matter." Bennett said he was glad chief had "confirmed" his INDEX Amusements ... D-5 Classified ... D-6, D-7, D-8, D-9 Comics ... D-4 County ... C-1, C-3 Dear Abby ... B-4 Editorial ... D-3 Obituaries ... A-6 Orange County News ... B-1 Radio-TV ... D-5 Shelnwold ... D-6 Society ... B-2, B-3 Sports ... B-9 Stocks and Bonds ... A-6 Union President Attacks Ike's Economic Policy By WILLIAM J. EATON United Press Intrationals WASHINGTON (UPI)—AFP President George Meany o NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF LADY DRIVERS LEAD IN ECONOMY RUN DENVER (UPI)—It was the lady drivers over the men, in-the battle of the sexes, and Ramblers, Chevrolets, Plymouths, Dodges, Thunderbirds and Cadillacs leading their classes past the halfway mark in the Mobile Economy Run. As the 47 cars headed out of Denver for Lincoln, Neb., on the fourth leg of the Los Angeles to Kansas City run, the high heeled drivers had made more miles per gallon in three of the four classes they had entered. NOSE CONE HURLED INTO SPACE CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UPI)—A two-stage test rocket hurled its experimental nose cone 5,000 miles down the Atlantic tracking range early today and into the hands of a waiting recovery team. It was the first recovery of a nose cone fired at intercontinental range. In a Defense Department statement released here by the Air Force, officials said the futuristic nose cone was retrieved from the South Atlantic near Ascension Island a little more than two hours after the Thor-Able rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral early today. COAST GUARD CUTTER WAITS FOR INJURED RUSSIAN JUNEAU, Alaska (UPI)—The 230-foot Coast Guard cutter Storis today was anchored at Akun Bay in the Aleutians awaiting a rendezvous with a Russian tug to give aid to an injured and unconscious Russian seaman. The tug Bditelnyj was due to arriver this morning at which time the injured man was to be placed aboard the Storis. He was then to be taken to Cold Bay, 150 miles east, and transported to an Anchorage hospital by Coast Guard plane. The Bull Orange County Plain Dealer EST 1923 Pages in 4 Sections Vol. XXXVI, No. 213 Anaheim, California, Wednesday, April 8, 1959 ADENAUER TO SEEK P ACCEPTS CANDIDACY — West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer (right), shown with others during a visit to Moscow, accepted yesterday his party's nomination for the Presidency of West Germany. The decision means Adenauer will give up the post of Chancellor he has held for the past 10 years. The 83-year-old leader will thus exchange a position of great power for one only symbolic worth. In the contest for President, he will be opposed by Prof. Carlo Schmid (left), a popular Socialist Party leader. Of 'Wire Tapping' at Placentia Meet tated that the police investigation into the wire tapping issue had been inadequate and Chief Wilson is called into the council hall to answer Bennett's charges. Chief Wilson stated that he called deputy district attorney who claimed that the weird interruption over the telephone had been woman's voice saying, "That’s legal matter." Bennett said he was glad the chief had "confirmed" his wire tapping suspicions in public, but Chief Wilson said "Don't confirm it by me," and pointed out that he was only quoting the deputy district attorney whom he identified as "Mr. Devine." Bennett indicated that the district attorney office telephone system was protected against mistakes at the switchboard that would account for a voice cutting into the conversation. He went on to say that a subsequent telephone company investigation sometime afterwards disclosed no telltale evidence left at the scene. During the sometimes fierce controversy over the trash contract, Bennett asked the council why the "police chief, Warren and Cecil Rospaw" were seen in his neighborhood. City Administrator Charles Warren then alleged that certain people, who had not paid collection fees, toted their trash "across the street" for a pick up at someone else's house. "How low can people stoop," Warren commented. Although Warren indicated he Oklahoma Finally To End 'Dry' Condition OKLAHOMA CITY (UPI) — Oklahoma's sudden thirst for legal liquor after 51 years of prohibition will have to wait three more months before it is quenched, despite a record repeal vote. Repeal carried by more than 80,000 votes Tuesday ending prohibition that went into the Constitution when Oklahoma became state in 1907. It left Mississippi the only legally dry state in the Union. Bootleggers, who grossed up to 100 million dollars a year as an industry, started looking for another livelihood. One said he was going to start selling used cars under the slogan, "Used cars are good as our booze used to be." It was the first repeal election the wets have won in seven tries. But the prohibition laws will remain in force for the three months estimated for putting the new laws into the books. State Safety Commissioner Joe Cannon declined to comment on how hard he would enforce prohibition during that time. Anaheim's John Cyprien Appointed To Head Orange's Recreation Director for the City of Orange. The action took place at last night's Orange County Council meeting. As reported in the Bulletin last week John vassume his duties April 16. Cyprien, 25, will head the Rec- UNION President Attacks Ike's Economic Policies BY WILLIAM J. EATON United Press Intrational WASHINGTON (UPI)—AFL-CIO president George Meany opened organized labor's big rally on unemployment today with a scathing attack on President Eisenhower's economic policies. Meany, his remarks prepared for delivery at the National Guardemory here, charged that the president's policies would prolong high-level unemployment and eventually lead to disaster. He called instead for higher wages, shorter work week, vastly increased spending on public works projects, bigger jobless benefits and stepped-up defense spending. About 5,300 union officials and employed workers from virtual-every one of the 137 AFL-CIO affiliated organizations were on hand for the mass conference on employment in the bunting-armed armory. Take Precautions The rally, designed to put pressure on Congress and the administration to take action to spur the economy, was guarded against possible infiltration by Communists and other outsiders. Delegates were required to wear four-inch buttons and the 5 newsmen registered to cover a event were issued specialcess cards and lapel buttons. The delegates, who were being served a box lunch, were scheduled to hear the administration's news on how to combat joblessness from Labor Secretary James Mitchell. During the sometimes fierce controversy over the trash contract, Bennett asked the council why the "police chief, Warren and Cecil Rospaw" were seen in his neighborhood. City Administrator Charles Warren then alleged that certain people, who had not paid collection fees, toted their trash "across the street" for a pick up at someone else's house. "How low can people stoop," Warren commented. Although Warren indicated he knew who the pack rat trash carriers were, he failed to substantiate his statements when Bennett (Continued on Page A-6, Col. 1) Anaheim Area School Population Discussed GARDEN' GROVE — Future population increases for an area within the Anaheim School District and also in the city limits of Garden Grove were discussed at an informal meeting last night in Anaheim. Tentative plans for the southwest corner of Euclid and Katella Aves., were discussed last night by members of the School District Boards of both Garden Grove and Anaheim. Since the meeting was not a regular meeting of either board, no official action could be taken. "This was primarily for the purpose of ironing out potential details before the problem must be encountered formally," according to Donald Kennedy, Superintendent of Garden Grove High School District. "We have a plan to make a survey in another area just east of Euclid on Katella to determine if the residents desire to go into the Anaheim or Garden Grove school district," Kennedy said. To Head Orange's Recreation Department Anaheim's John Cyprien has been named Recreation Director for the City of Orange. The action took place at last night's Oran County Council meeting. As reported in the Bulletin last week John w assume his duties April 16. Cyprien, 25, will head the Recreation Department, which until this time has only been operating on a part-time basis. In the past few years, Bill Frantz, former head basketball coach at Orange High School, had conducted a summer program, but now it will be in effect after school during the school year and full time during vacation. Cyprien, who has been with the Anaheim Park and Recreation Department for eight years, states that he will follow much the same program as is being conducted in this City. He reports that rather than having all activity at one location, the City Park, activity will be decentralized and will be conducted in the various school playgrounds. Cyprien said, "I feel that this is a great advancement for me." He stated further that the City of Orange is growing and that because of this he is happy to be getting in on the "ground floor." John is looking forward to "growing with the community," and at the same time giving Orange a program which will be popular throughout the City. Asked what his feelings were concerning his leaving Anaheim, John stated, "It is impossible to feel sorry about doing so when you are advancing yourself. George Welmer, Orange City Administrator said that he was "extremely pleased," with the acquiring of Cyprien, as he is "well qualified in his field." JOHN CYPRIEN ...named to post 'DDD' Can LOS ANGELES (UPI)—The year-old marrying "ding off daddy of the D-car line" from his jail cell today doesn't remember all of his wives but he knows he loved all. "Most of my marriages w on-impulse," cherubic-looK Francis H. Van Wie said. "I wanted was companionship, ANAHEIM PUBLIC LIBRARY ANAHEIM CALIF. Bulletin Anaheim Daily-Herald April 8, 1959 Phone PR 4-7870 TEN CENTS EK PRESIDENCY Chancellor Announces He Will Retain Leadership of Country if Elected By WELLINGTON LONG United Press International BONN, Germany (UPI) — Chancellor Konrad Adenauer served notice today he intends to continue leadership of Free Germany if elected to the figurehead post of president. Adenauer told the nation barely 24 hours after his decision to retire from the chancellorship that the president's powers are "much greater than one usually believes." He said he decided to seek election to the presidency "to insure the continuity of our policies for many years." He added that the presidency's "rights and duties" were under-rated both here and abroad. The statement in a national TV Reds Send Armed Kurdish Troops Into Iraq Area BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPI) — The open Soviet shipment of 855 well-armed Kurdish tribesmen through the Suez Canal to Iraq may be the forerunner of explosive new troubles for the tense Middle East, it was feared here today. The move also constitutes a direct public slap at United Arab Republic President Gamal Abdel Nasser and brought concern from Iranian and political circles in Tehran about a possible new Kurdish threat to Iran. (In Damascus former Iraqi army officer Mahmoud Darra, a refugee from Iraq, said the flow of Soviet "volunteers" into Iraq was the result of a secret treaty between Iraq and Russia. He predicted there would be a account Korea if the Arab world did not stem the flow.) Informed sources in Beirut speculated that arrival of the Kurdish tribesmen could be the forerunner of any one of four things: —A joint Soviet-Iraqi backed move for an independent Kurdistan, a move which would play havoc with Turkey, Iran and Syria. All three countries have large Kurdish minorities. —Soviet-trained Kurd tribesmen could be going into Iraq to furnish new cadres of trained party members for the Iraqi Reds. —The Kurds could be aimed at stirring up trouble with Iran's Kurdish minority with perhaps the long-term goal of overthrowing the Shah of Iran. Iran quashed such an attempt several years ago. Truman Says VP Nixon Would be 'Easy to Lick' LOS ANGELES (UPI)—Former President Harry S. Truman, warming up for a "give-em-bell" speech today at UCLA, offered his choice for the 1960 Republican president nominee. "I hope they nominate a certain head post of president." Adenauer told the nation barely 24 hours after this decision to retire from the chancellorship that the president's powers are "much greater than one usually believes." He said he decided to seek election to the presidency "to insure the continuity of our policies for many years." He added that the presidency's "rights and duties" were under-rated both here and abroad. The statement in a national TV and radio address substantiated reports from his political colleagues that Adenauer will continue to exercise great influence over government policies, particularly in the field of international relations, even after he leaves the chancellory for the next door palace of the president next September. The Chancellor described the most recent Soviet proposals on the question of Berlin and for a peace treaty with the two German governments as designed to lead to the eventual communization of all Western Europe. The 83-year-old Chancellor, in a move that surprised Germany and the world, announced Tuesday he was leaving office to accept the Christian Democratic Union's nomination for federal president. He is expected to remain in office as a lame duck leader until he takes over the largely symbolic job of president on Sept. 12. His election was assured because of his strength in the Federal Assembly which meets in West Berlin July 1. Western reaction was swift. Washington and London believed his stepping down would enable the Allies to take a more flexible attitude in the forthcoming East-West talks in Berlin and Germany. French President Charles De Gaulle was so surprised and dismayed he called a special cabinet meeting today although he was suffering from the flu. There was some fear the Western position may be weakened. Moscow did not react officially immediately, but the feeling there was sure to be one of joy. The Soviet has regarded Adenauer as its No. 1 public enemy, and government officials have called the religious Adenauer a man with a cross in one hand and an atomic bomb in the other. Voters Reelect SA Mayor, Incumbent Loses SANTA ANA (OCNS) — Hard campaigning newspaper man Bob Brewer and Mayor Dale Heinley Truman Says VP Nixon Would be 'Easy to Lick' LOS ANGELES (UPI)—Former President Harry S. Truman, warming up for a "give-em-heil" speech today at UCLA, offered his choice for the 1960 Republican president nominee. "I hope they nominate a certain follow from California because he'll be the easiest to lick," said the Democratic chieftain referring to Vice President Richard M. Nixon at the Town Hall meeting. Truman, asked why he thought Nixon hadn't been mentioned very much in newspaper stories recently replied: "I don't know but I certainly hope they won't bury him until the next election." Weather Partly cloudy and a little warmer today with high 72. Cloudy tonight and Thursday morning, becoming sunny Thursday afternoon. Low tonight 54. Voters Reelect SA Mayor, Incumbent Loses SANTA ANA (OCNS) — Hard campaigning newspaper man Bob Brewer and Mayor Dale Heinley were elected to the Santa Ana City Council yesterday as an estimated 22 per cent of the city's 28,959 voters went to the polls under cloudy skies. Unofficial totals show Brewer easily defeating Fourth Ward Incumbent Ogden Markel and three other candidates. The rundown: Brewer, 3,437; Markel, 2,279; George R. Greytek, 234; Harry Lee Calton, 144; and James Loughran 679. Mayor Heinley had it easy in the second ward, posting 3,294 votes to 1,444 for Arthur E. Curren, 1,336 for Anthony F. Rogers, and 556 for Jack Rhoades, who sought to withdraw because he was moving from the area. No opposition was listed for incumbent school board members Charlotte Cheney and Charles G. Schlegel, who tallied 5,563 and 5,587 votes. DDD' Can't Remember All 18 Wives LOS ANGELES (UPI)—The 72-year-old marrying "ding dongly of the D-car line" said in his jail cell today that he can't remember all of his 18 years but he knows he loved 'em most of my marriages were impulse," cherubic-looking Francis H. Van Wie said. "All I ted was companionship, just like someone to be with, to go to the movies with someone and to the park." The roly-poly former San Francisco streetcar conductor who served two brief terms in jail for bigamy was back in jail, this time for breaking terms of his 1953 parole which ordered him not to engage in any more matrimonial pursuits for seven years. "One thing Van Wie wants everybody to know," the 5-foot, 2-inch Van Wie said, "and that's that I never never married a woman for money. "I can honestly say that," he said with a touch of pride. "No woman ever had to work for me. Some of them didn't have any money at all, and I took care of them."