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Seek to Revive Auto Smog Laws SACRAMENTO (UPI) — Two Los Angeles lawmakers tried today to revive legislation requiring cars to use muffler devices to cut down smog-producing exhaust fumes. They quickly collided with Motor Vehicles Director Robert I. McCarthy. McCarthy said Monday he was concerned about proposals giving the Department of Motor Vehicles "almost dictatorial powers" to develop and inspect exhaust devices. He did not, however, specifically cite the campaign bills up for introduction in the Leiglsature today by Sen. Richard Richards and Assemblyman Thomas M. Rees, both Democrats. The bills would give local air pollution districts the power to stop registration of new cars and trucks after Jan. 1, 1961, unless their exhaust systems met standards to be established by the Department of Public Health. Problem For Scientists An earlier measure banning the sale of nonconforming vehicles within smog districts was killed last month in an Assembly committee. McCarthy told a group of Southern California and Bay Area legislators he had "no objection" to making installation of a smog control device compulsory for vehicle registration. He backed off though from provisions in the Rees-Richards bill designating his agency to set up laboratories to develop and test mufflers. "It would appear to me that this is a problem for scientists," he said. McCarthy also questioned the McCarthy told a group of Southern California and Bay Area legislators he had "no objection" to making installation of a smog control device compulsory for vehicle registration. He backed off though from provisions in the Rees-Richards bill designating his agency to set up laboratories to develop and test mufflers. "It would appear to me that this is a problem for scientists," he said. McCarthy also questioned the advisability of having the Department of Motor Vehicles inspect the devices. "Nobody at this point appears to know just what kind of pollution control device will be developed," he said. "And until we know this, any inspection program would appear to be premature." Autos Big Offenders The motor vehicle chief indicated there would be a problem in timing if inspection were pegged to car registration. "In California, we register vehicles annually," he said. "We have heard that the best proposed device would last for perhaps 10,000 miles. Many Motorists, as you know, drive 10,000 miles in two or three months." Rees said the legislation "has been specifically requested by our own county of Los Angeles. It is felt that we must have these powers in Los Angeles County to effectively deal with the every increasingly grave problem of air pollution." "Tests to date," Rees said, "definitely point the finger at the automobile exhaust as the creator of the great majority of our smog." Huge New Dam Project Planned by Alaska WASHINGTON (UPI)—Alaska, which replaced Texas as the largest state, today revealed ideas for a project that would stagger the imagination of the most ambitious planner from the Lone Star state. It's a hydroelectric project that would have more than twice the capacity of Grand Coulee Dam. Or, to put it another way, would produce half again as much power as all the dams in the Tennessee Valley Authority combined. Sen. Ernest Gruening (D-Alaska) spelled out some of the details of the proposed energy-making giant. Gruening has asked Congress to authorize the Corps of Engineers to initiate an "inmentation" Mediators Ponder Bardot TV Dispute NEW YORK (UPI) — Federal mediators scheduled a meeting today in an attempt to resolve a dispute which put the National Broadcasting Company's television network off the air for two hours Monday and forced supervisory personnel to take over all other technicians' jobs on radio and TV. At issue was a French-filmed interview with Brigitte Bardot which the National Association of Broadcasting Employees and Technicians said represented an electronic version of the "runaway shop" and a violation of its contract with the network. NBC denied there was a contract violation and said it had sent nine NABET members to Paris—one more than the union request-ed—for the filming of the Bardot interview and four other Dave Garroway "Today" shows. It said Monday's tape program, in which Miss Bardot recites Shakespeare on the Eiffel Tower, More Open Thousands of yesterday in Anaheim 40th observance o All parents, g are extended the been achieved. Do Katella School "Our 50th State" Ben Franklin exhibits in sixth gr a planetarium. Thomas Jeffer pupil projects in a Melbourne A. parents to see pu Student work School this evening A dinner will lor High School a classrooms will be Seek Wom It's a hydroelectric project that would have more than twice the capacity of Grand Coulee Dam. Or, to put it another way, would produce half again as much power as all the dams in the Tennessee Valley Authority combined. Sen. Ernest Gruening (D-Alaska) spelled out some of the details of the proposed energy-making giant. Gruening has asked Congress to authorize the Corps of Engineers to initiate an "intensive study." The recommended dam would be constructed at the Rampart Canyon site on the Yukon River in Alaska. Gruening said the area is the "greatest undeveloped source of hydroelectric power in the United States." NEWS OF THE WORLD IN BRIEF TORNADO HITS SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI By United Press International A tornado erupted from a line of severe thundershowers across the Midwest today, causing damage in four southeastern Missouri communities and injuring at least one person. The twister struck Dexter shortly before 2 a.m., injuring Mrs. Earlene Mace, 35, and damaging homes in about an eight-block area. WIDEN SEARCH FOR LYNCH MOB, VICTIM POPLARVILLE, Miss. (UPI)—FBI agents, working with state and local officers, fanned out into nearby Louisiana and surrounding Mississippi counties today in the search for a lynch party and its Negro victim. PROPOSE ROCKET TO SEND PICTURES TO EARTH LOS ANGELES (UPI)—A top space scientist today proposed development of a remote controlled rocket with television-like devices aboard which would send back to earth pictures of outer space. One advantage of such machines would be that scientists could "see" close up other planets without undergoing the risk of space travel. COMMITTEE ASSAILS BALANCED BUDGET WASHINGTON (UPI)—The House Appropriations Committee angrily assailed President Eisenhower's balanced budget today and voted to add $181,301,700 to spending he proposed for Health, Education and Welfare. ANAHEIM PUBLIC LIBRARY ANAHEIM ACADEMY The Bulletin Orange County Plain Dealer EST. 1923 18 Pages in 2 Sections Vol. XXXVI, No. 230 Anaheim, California, Tuesday, April 28, 1959 TACK PANAMA NOW SILVER BONUS JUMPS TO $325 This week's Silver Bonus award will be $325. Downtown shoppers are urged to sign up for Silver Bonus if they have not already done so. If you are already signed up for the weekly award be sure to retain any sales slips from downtown Silver Bonus stores obtained on Wednesday shopping tours. Cuban Loyalty PANAMA CITY (UP) rebel reinforcements fled were reported converged on Panama where lo-strengthened by U.S. ammunition were fight circle invaders who coastal village. A government commu Disneyland File More Schools to Hold Open House Tonight Thousands of parents and friends visited open house activities yesterday in Anaheim's city schools during the first day of the 40th observance of California Public Schools Week. All parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, nephews and cousins are extended the invitation to enter the schools to see what has been achieved. Doors will be open tonight at the following schools: Katella School, 11952 Katella Ave., 7:30-9, follows the theme, "Our 50th State" and invites visitors to share refreshments. Ben Franklin School, 521 W. Water St., 7-9, features special exhibits in sixth grades of art and science. Pupils have constructed a planetarium. Thomas Jefferson School, 504 E. South St., 7:30-9, will exhibit pupil projects in all school subjects after a short PTA meeting. Melbourne A. Gauer School, 810 N. Gilbert, 7:30-9, invites parents to see pupil work in writing, arithmetic, science, and art. Student work will be on display at Fremont Junior High School this evening. A dinner will be served from 5 until 8 p.m. at Brookhurst Junior High School as a part of their open house activities and the classrooms will be open for inspection from 7 until 9 p.m. Seek Woman for Attempting to Cash If you are already signed up for the weekly award be sure to retain any sales slips from downtown Silver Bonus stores obtained on Wednesday shopping tours. Disneyland and Walt Disney Production filed a petition in Los Angeles Superior Court for a court order to secure testimony from Wood of Los Angeles and Marco Engineering pany, Inc. reputedly controlled by Wood. According to a spokesman for Disneyland, the action was taken in order to determine the responsibility for improper use of confidential information and infringements on Disney and Disneyland trade marks, copy rights, and names in connection with real estate and other promotions allegedly carried on by Wood on the Engineering Company. Concerning the action, Donn B. Tatum, Executive Vice President of Disneyland, Inc., stated: "Our petition states that notwithstanding the fact that Disneyland was built by Walt Disney and associates, Mr. Wood and Marco Engineering have evidently promoted other enterprises by allegedly saying they designed, created, and built Disneyland and are now completing, or going to complete, other Disneylands in many cities throughout the world. It appears they were, thus, attempting to interest the public for the purpose of investment under these misleading representations and claims." Many Inquiries Received Tatum added: "We have received many inquiries regarding these activities from Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, and Mexico, as well as areas in the United States including Denver, Dallas, San Antonio, Florida, New Jersey, Washington D.C. and Baltimore." "If the court sees fit to grant our petition, we expect first to establish the connection between Mr. Wood and Marco Engineering, as well as their various misleading and damaging activities which are alleged to have been made for the purpose of interesting the investment public in enterprises with which Disney organizations have absolutely no connection." The Disneyland executive concluded: "It is our firm intention to file suit against any persons rewere reported converge on Panama where low strengthened by U.S. ammunition were fight circle invaders who coastal village. A government commu... Melbourne A. Gauer School, 810 N. Gilbert, 7:30-9, invites parents to see pupil work in art, arithmetic, science, and art. Student work will be on display at Fremont Junior High School this evening. A dinner will be served from 5 until 8 p.m. at Brookhurst Junior High School as a part of their open house activities and the classrooms will be open for inspection from 7 until 9 p.m. Seek Woman for Attempting to Cash One of 722 Checks Stolen from Firm Even before the crime was reported to Anaheim police, an attempt was made to cash one of several checks stolen sometime between Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning from the A. B. Scott Refrigeration Corporation, 122 Orangethorpe Way. The manager of the Mayfair Market, Orange, told police that a young woman between 20 and 25 years of age, red-haired, green-eyed, heavily made up and with blue-stained hands attempted to cash a check at his store at 1 p.m. INDEX Amusements B-6, 7 Classified B-7, 8, 9 Comics B-5 County B-2 Dear Abby B-6 Editorial B-4 Obituaries A-6 Orange County News B-1 Picture Page A-7 Radio-TV B-6 Sheinwold B-7 Society A-4, 5 Sports B-3 Stocks and Bonds A-6 TV in Review A-2 Weather Roundup A-6 Sunday. He became suspicious at the nervous actions of the young woman and asked her to wait while he verified the check. At this point, police said, the woman became frightened and ran from the store. The report of the Scott Corporation burglary was made to police Monday morning, although the crime was apparently discovered at 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning by janitor Harry Ellis. Ellis notified Treasurer Raymond Hildebrand who told police that the crime occurred sometime between closing time Saturday afternoon and its discovery Sunday. The administrative offices burgled were entered after thieves opened a rear door of the factory without leaving marks of violence. A crowbar, police said, was probably the instrument used to force the door between the factory proper and the offices in the front. Besides taking 722 checks, the thieves made off with a corporate seal, an unknown amount of currency and coins, and a typewriter. The checks are described as 426 general checks, serial numbers 1076 to 1501, made out on the Bank of America, green in color and marked A. B. Scott Corporation, as well as 296 payroll checks, serial numbers 104 to 400, made out on the Bank of America and yellow in color. The total value of the articles stolen was estimated at $135.93. Free Man Trapped in Sewer Ditch Cave-in By Orange County News Service A 40-year-old Garden Grove man was trapped for more than 20 minutes this morning after walls to a sewer line excavation trapped him 20 feet below the surface of the ground. Workmen frantically dug with hand tools to get Marvin Shepherd's head above the dirt. Firemen said a small pocket of air in Shepherd's helmet probably kept him alive until rescuers could free his head. An OCNS reporter on the scene stated it appeared that the wall collapsed. A sewer line was being laid along Sugar Ave., west of Highway 39, south of Santa Ana. The injured man was taken to Palm Harbor Hospital at about 9:47 this morning. Weather Mostly clear today through Wednesday. Warmer today with high about 87. Low tonight 80. A little cooler Wednesday. If the court sees fit to grant our petition, we expect first to establish the connection between Mr. Wood and Marco Engineering, as well as their various misleading and damaging activities which are alleged to have been made for the purpose of interesting the investment public in enterprises with which Disney organizations have absolutely no connection." The Disneyland executive concluded: "It is our firm intention to file suit against any persons revealed to have been engaged in these activities, and to secure injunctions and damages wherever it is appropriate." Free Man Trapped in Sewer Ditch Cave-in By Orange County News Service A 40-year-old Garden Grove man was trapped for more than 20 minutes this morning after walls to a sewer line excavation trapped him 20 feet below the surface of the ground. Workmen frantically dug with hand tools to get Marvin Shepherd's head above the dirt. Firemen said a small pocket of air in Shepherd's helmet probably kept him alive until rescuers could free his head. An OCNS reporter on the scene stated it appeared that the wall collapsed. A sewer line was being laid along Sugar Ave., west of Highway 39, south of Santa Ana. The injured man was taken to Palm Harbor Hospital at about 9:47 this morning. Weather Mostly clear today through Wednesday. Warmer today with high about 87. Low tonight 80. A little cooler Wednesday. "If the court sees fit to grant our petition, we expect first to establish the connection between Mr. Wood and Marco Engineering, as well as their various misleading and damaging activities which are alleged to have been made for the purpose of interesting the investment public in enterprises with which Disney organizations have absolutely no connection." The Disneyland executive concluded: "It is our firm intention to file suit against any persons revealed to have been engaged in these activities, and to secure injunctions and damages wherever it is appropriate." NAHEIM BLIC LIBRARY Anaheim Daily-Herald Tuesday, April 28, 1950 Phone PH 4-7870 TEN CENTS A INVADERS Cuban Rebels Aid Loyalist Forces PANAMA CITY (UPI)—Sizable rebel reinforcements from Cuba were reported converging today on Panama where loyal forces strengthened by U.S. arms and ammunition were fighting to encircle invaders who seized a coastal village. A government communique said "several" invaders were killed or wounded in a clash with patrol boats lying off invader-held Nombre de Dios, 75 miles from the Panama Canal, in the first known fighting in the four-day-old invasion. The invaders also fired on a government reconnaissance plane over the Caribbean village, the government said. An official announcement said the national guard — Panama's only armed force — is patrolling the waters off Nombre de Dios to block the invaders. Mrs. Dickson Tells of Events Before Slaying By Orange County News Service The superior court trial of Mrs. Frieda Dickson, 42-year-old Garden Grove woman accused of murdering her husband, was continued until Wednesday morning. Illness to a member of the jury caused the postponement of the trial this morning by Superior Judge Robert Gardner. The tearful blonde defendant took the stand yesterday and described the events leading up to the firing of the rifle bullet which GOP Perplexed By Sen. Kuchel's Vote Switching Washington and California Republican leaders today are perplexed over Anaheim's Senator Thomas Kuchel's switching his vote for a tougher labor reform and fronting for a "liberal" substitute after a personal plea from Sen. John Kennedy (D-Mass.) Kuchel also was reported to have held several conferences with high AFL-CIO officials last week also before switching his vote. Republican leaders are wondering why Kuchel, who was elected GOP whip in the Senate, the second GOP leadership post in the Senate, turned against an almost-unanimous Republican front to rescue the Senate Democrats, including Presidential prospect Kennedy from near disaster. Senator Kuchel defended his sponsorship of the substitute "bill of rights" for labor, by claiming "conviction" and the assertion that the administration took no public stand in the hectic showdown. His actions spelled out trouble for the tougher McClellan version for which Kuchel had originally voted along with 32 of the 34 Senate Republicans and Vice President Richard Nixon. The Anaheim man reportedly admitted to Robert Hartmann, Los Angeles Times reporter that boats lying off invader-held Nombre de Dios, 75 miles from the Panama Canal, in the first known fighting in the four-day-old invasion. The invaders also fired on a government reconnaissance plane over the Caribbean village, the government said. An official announcement said the national guard — Panama's only armed force — is patrolling the waters off Nombre de Dios to block escape by sea while ground troops "maintain complete vigilance on land." Two More Ships Interior Minister Jose D. Bazan said reinforcements are on the way to the "front." Bazan said the invaders appeared to be sticking to the north coast, perhaps hoping to link up with about 300 reinforcements said to be on the way from Cuba before they try to advance southward toward Panama City. Prisoners taken during the early hours of the invasion said two more ships carrying 300 men were to have sailed from Cuba at the same time as the Mayari, the invasion craft which landed during the week end. The whereabouts of the other two ships are unknown. Cuban Charge D'Affaires Ricardo Riano Juama revealed Monday for the first time that Cuban authorities halted a ship carrying 300 men to Panama two weeks ago, but it was uncertain this was the ship mentioned by the prisoners. Cuban authorities here and in Havana were cooperating in efforts against the invaders, many of whom are Cubans. Prime Minister Fidel Castro's revolutionary regime flew two high-ranking army officers here to arrange the surrender of the "expeditionary force" and take its Cuban members home. By Orange County News Service The State of California has joined in a suit against the city of Garden Grove, to test the validity of its annexation No. 63. Also named as a plaintiff is John Warne, a realtor, who was also active in a previous suit filed against the annexation. This pre-annexation case was reported to have a valuation of $41,730. Garden Grove was able to beat this issue by including a parcel of land valued at $7,940 to the total figure. The land was first not assessed because it belonged to the Garden Grove School District, but was later sold to a private party. Against GG Annex By Orange County News Service The State of California has joined in a suit against the city of Garden Grove, to test the validity of its annexation No. 63. Also named as a plaintiff is John Warne, a realtor, who was also active in a previous suit filed against the annexation. This previous suit was thrown out of court, since it was filed after the annexation had been certified by the Secretary of State. The plaintiffs charge that the city had no legal jurisdiction over the annexation area since the property owners owning more than half the assessed valuation opposed it. Hit in the suit were the city's actions in getting around this protest. The plaintiffs claim that owners of property having an assessed valuation of $23,584 opposed the annexation. The total annexed area was reported to have a valuation of $41,730. Garden Grove was able to beat this issue by including a parcel of land valued at $7,940 to the total figure. The land was first not assessed because it belonged to the Garden Grove School District, but was later sold to a private party. This transfer to the private party came after proceedings had been launched and protests already registered, it was asserted. It pushed the total valuation to $49,674, giving the opponents of the annexation less than the required half. The plaintiffs ask the courts to terminate the city's governmental control over the area. The annexation area extends from the old Garden Grove city limits to the northern city limits of Fountain Valley. It lies along the east side of Verano. FIVE DAYS IN CAVE OWASSO, Okla. (UPI) — Volunteers working with air hammers chipped their way slowly through solid rock today toward Little Richard, a young 'coon dog entrapped for nearly five days. Telephone calls from towns surrounding this northeastern Oklahoma community poured into the office of Little Richard's master, funeral home operator Larry Wilson, 20. They offered help and encouragement. "We've had the telephone ringing all the time," Wilson said. "They've offered to get in there on their hands and knees to help get Little Richard out." A dozen workers from the Thor Tool Co., Public Service Co., Oklahoma Natural Gas Co., and volunteers manned an air hammer through the night. Little Richard's whimpers, filtering out of the cave when the air compressors paused, assured them he was still alive. A fire department hose was snaked into the crevasse to provide water but veterinarian John Collins, advised against feeding him during the rescue for fear he would gain weight and become more tightly wedged than ever. The crevasse in which the dog was caught begins as a small cave angling sharply down from the upper slope of Rocky Hills near Owasso. It narrows quickly to a foot-wide fissure in which the dog was wedged. Workers assembled on the hill slopes, and attacked the narrow opening to widen it enough to try to reach the dog and lift him out. Wilson said Little Richard was chasing raccoons sometime last Thursday when he apparently jumped or fell into the cave.