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TV in Review By WILLIAM EWALD NEW YORK (UPI) — There really may be no difference between New York television and Hollywood television, but two NBC-TV specials Sunday night certainly provided a curious study in contrasts. One was a Sid Caesar hour calved in New York. The other was a Dean Martin spec spawned in Hollywood. Each show had its merite, but their approaches to the medium were quite different. The Caesar hour was the sort of romp that pokes alive the screen. It was a beautifully imaged show, imaginative, sparky, fertile. Its materials — the moves as a source of fun — were not particularly original, but Caesar, working in harness with Art Carney and Audrey Meadows, made those materials seem fresh and untouchable. Caesar's opening skit, a drive-in movie thing, was simple in concept, but was played with meticulous attention to detail. Its length was correct, its gags were milked for just the right number of beats, its exaggerations were tethered to just enough reality to keep them from shithering off into cuckooland. Another skit, which had to do with silent movie making, was not quite as successful. But it contained some really inspired bits and was a vehicle ideally suited for displaying the genius of Caesar and Carney and the considerable comic skills of Miss Meadows. The Martin show was a different cup of tee-hee. Bob Hope and Mae West were on board and when I say that I guess I've said YOUNG LOVE — Ex-mobster Mickey Cohen embraces striptease artist Candy Barr in Hollywood night club. Cohen arranged for Miss Barr's release from a Hollywood jail on bail in connection with a Texas marijuana conviction which she is presently appealing. Cohen has said he intends to ask Miss Barr to marry him. 29 Saved as Boat Sinks Off Mexico SAN DIEGO (UPI) — Twenty nine persons were rescued Sunday when their 60-foot sport fishing boat began taking water in stormy sea and sank eight miles off the coast of Ensenada, Mexico. A small fleet of fishing vessels in the area braved large waves keep them from shithering off into cuckooland. Another skit, which had to do with silent movie making, was not quite as successful. But it contained some really inspired bits and was a vehicle ideally suited for displaying the genius of Caesar and Carney and the considerable comic skills of Miss Meadows. The Martin show was a different cup of tee-hee. Bob Hope and Mae West were on board and when I say that I guess I've said it all. The show was stuffed with amiability and free-flow, but it was flawed by its complete predictability; there were the usual inside jokes and jokes about drinking, the usual plugs for that nationwide chain of gymnasia, some single entendre about sex, and a comfortable chain of tunes to tie the hour together. It was a very serviceable hour, but one that I might have missed without much pain. I don't feel that way about the Caesar hour—It was the kind of show that you talk about the next day, that you recollect with pleasure and that makes you want more. It boils down to this: The Martin show was a passive experience; the Caesar show was an active one. And except for Playhouse 80 — produced in the main by New York talent — I can't think of any Hollywood show that pinches me alive regularly. This isn't true of some of the unhappily defunct dramas that used to originate in Manhattan, plus such current offerings as Jack Paar, Steve Allen and some of Ed Murrow's capers. New York, of course, has lost the TV race and as a result, this is a column that doesn't mean much. But I think there is evidence that TV lost a great deal—vitality, originality, ideational content — by its aliphost complete surrender to the West Coast. Television is sadly going the formula way of the movies and therein lies a real tragedy of a medium that might have enlivened and quickened the lives of millions. Short Shots: I have one hope for the new CBS-TV Ray Milland series, Markham, which debuted Saturday and that is that everybody concerned may be kidding. That opening show couldn't possibly have been meant for real. "Nora," presented Sunday night on CBS-TV's G. E. Theater, was a useful if rather oblique adaptation of Ibsen's "A Doll House." The half-hour seems to have missed one of Ibsen's points—his attack on the convention of female dependency. The Channel Swim: NBC-TV's new soap opera, Young Dr. Malone, has the wobbles and looks as if it may fold in June. CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan will turn over two 15-minute segments on his shows of May 10 and 17 to Louis Prima and Keely Smith. CBS-TV's December Bride, which was to be replaced for the summer by a series of Western reruns, now will be its own replacement for the hot weather months — the December Bride repeats will start July 2. 29 Saved as Boat Sinks Off Mexico SAN DIEGO (UPI) — Twenty nine persons were rescued Sunday when their 60-foot sport fishing boat began taking water in stormy sea and sank eight miles off the coast of Ensenada, Mexico. A small fleet of fishing vessels in the area braved large waves answer distress signals radioed by the doomed ship, the Gordon V's captain, Manuel Minez. Passengers, mostly Americans included 21 men, 2 women and children and a crew of 4. Passengers and crew lost their possessions they had plowed into that settled to the bottom in feet of water. The vessel arrived at Ensenada two weeks ago from Newport Beach to join the sport fish fleet at Gordo's Landing. It left mooring at 6:30 a.m. and aboard an hour and a quarter later, while half a mile off Todos Santos Island began to take water from hea swells and to settle. Capt. Martinez and his crew three were able to help all of the passengers - 21 men, two women and two children - into life jackets meanwhile radiating other members of the fishing fleet for help. Rescue craft rushed to the scene and none of the passengers wafted the water more than a minute. The passengers lost all of the personal fishing gear and belongings. Divers were called from Diego to locate the sunken barge and report on salvage possibilities. UCLA Research Team Finds New Insecticide LOS ANGELES (UPI) UCLA research team has announced a new pest control oound that is deadly to termite cockroaches, and fleas. 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"The entire matter," Holmdahl said, "involves so-called fast tax write-off by which the federal government allows utilities to deduct depreciation write-offs from their taxes. "There are two methods; one is the normalization method where a utility writes off 2 per cent each year for 50 years until the entire investment is amortized. "The liberalized depreciation method, employs a sliding scale." Holmdahl said, "where, for example they write off 40 per cent the first year and 40 per cent the remainder in each subsequent year." Inequity Explained "The inequity is that utilities in many cases are using the liberalized write-off for tax deduction purposes, but employ the straight line method in computing rates—they use two sets of books. "Take for example a $100,000 unit." Holmdahl said. "The utility gets a tax deduction based on a 40 per cent write-off or $40,000, but in computing rates they use 2 per cent or only $2,000. There's a $38,000 difference which the utilizes." BIG FOUR MEETING — A Houghton (left) and Secy. C meeting in Paris of West effort to overcome Western the Russians at Geneva. Local Boy Arrested For Indecent Exposure A 14-year-old boy who has a vicious record for indecent exp was arrested and booked Thursday at 3 p.m., and then transported to the juvenile hall in Sana Ana police received a report that had displayed himself to two girls in an orange grove. The incident, which occurred... persons were rescued Sunbegan taking water in a aast of Ensenada, Mexico. area braved large waves to boomed ship, the Gordo V. passengers had to jump water but all were reswithin minutes, according to V's captain, Manuel Marengers, mostly Americans and 21 men, 2 women and an a crew of 4. Passencrew lost their possesthey had aboard the boat settled to the bottom in 80 water. A vessel arrived at Ensenada weeks ago from Newport, to join the sport fishing at 6:30 a.m. and about r and a quarter later, when mile off Todos Santos Island, to take water from heavy and to settle. Martinez and his crew of were able to help all of the ergers - 21 men, two women two children - into life jackets, while radioing other memthe fishing fleet for help. ue craft rushed to the scene one of the passengers was in water more than a minute. passengers lost all of their al fishing gear and belongDivers were called from San to locate the sunken boat port on salvage possibilities. A Research Team is New Insecticide S ANGELES (UPI)—A research team has anded a new pest control compat that is deadly to termites, moaches, and fleas. essicates the insects by reg a thin protective layer of on their outer skins which their body fluids from evap- Highway Patrol Arrests Reach New High The tresman Democrat governer thus far has put across nine out of 10 of his proposals for a program of "responsible liberalism." He has suffered one major deet-loss of a bill calling for a minimum wage for farm workers. But to balance off that defeat, the 54-year-old chief executive can point to these major accomplishments: —Passage of a fair employment practices bill which creates a commission to fight discrimination in employment because of race, creed, color or national origin. Passage of this one measure alone almost guarantees Brown support from minority groups when next faces the voters. Cross-Filling Eliminated —Wiping cross-filing off the books. Repeal of cross-filing long has been a Democratic platform pledge, and Brown was able to accomplish it even though similar bills repeatedly have been defeated in past sessions. —Tying up the 172-million-dollar tidelands oil fund so that it can only be spent for water project development. Brown's triumph in nailing down the investment fund not only provided firm cash for water but effectively shut off opposition efforts to use the investment fund to pay off debts rather than levy new taxes. In addition to achieving his goals on FEPC, cross-filing and the investment fund, six other administration bills already have been ratified by both houses of the Legislature. They include measures authorizing use of electronic machines to tabulate election votes; a flat 65-mile-an-hour speed limit to replace the present 55 prima facie law; a bill to create a consumer counsel; a proposal setting up a new narcotic treatment program; a bill directing the Department of Public Health to set up statewide standards for the maximum amount of pollutants coming from automobile exhausts; and a measure to control abuses in the installment buying field. Despite his early session victories, the governor has many serious battles ahead. His 256-million-dollar tax program still has not been ratified. His budget still sits in committees of the Senate and Assembly. His water program still is caught up in North-South, Senate-Assembly pressures. And his labor reform legislation has yet to win a majority vote in both houses. Inequity Explained "The inequity is that utilities in many cases are using the liberalized write-off for tax deduction purposes, but employ the straight line method in computing rates—they use two sets of books. "Take for example a $100,000 unit." Holmdahl said. "The utility gets a tax deduction based on a 40 per cent write-off or $40,000, but in computing rates they use 2 per cent or only $2,000. There's a $38,000 difference which the utility puts aside. This is a tax benefit which is not returned to the consumer." "That extra money can be invested and the return on that investment is not under the control of the Public Utilities Commission. The utility can use that return for extra dividends. This amounts to using the consumer's money without giving him a portion of the profit." "It's morally wrong," Holmdahl declared, "for a utility to set its rates on a low tax figure when in reality it is getting a much larger deduction. It's lying to the public." Legalized Monopolies Holmdahl also said that public utilities were legalized monopolies in that they received a franchise to operate in a given service area and were free from competition and were guaranteed a profit. Holmdahl said that in addition to the utilities which are biking the consumer by claiming to pay a higher tax than they actually do, there are some utilities which refuse to take advantage of good depreciation programs which would result in a saving to consumers. "The telephone company is an example of this," he said. "Pacific Telephone doesn't take advantage of liberalized depreciation and says that the bookkeeping change needed would be too expensive." However," Holmdahl added, "General Telephone does use it and hasn't experienced any great expense." 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In my mind, I am quite certain." CLOTHING IDENTIFIED Items of clothing on the body were also identified as Sue Martin's. Decomposition was of such an extent that Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Dorsey, sister and brother-in-law of Mrs. Martin, were able to say only that "it could be" Sue. A pathologist from Tacoma, Wash., Dr. Charles Larson, was summoned to perform an autopsy today. The body was found by Charles Isaman of Camas, operator of a tugboat, about 100 fee from the Washington State shoreline of the river. MOTORIST DIDN'T 'GET THE BREAKS' REPUBLIC, Pa. (UPI) — Motorist Angelo Tessone, 67, took his car to a garage Tuesday just a bit too late. Tessone's brakes failed as he pulled up to the garage. His automobile rammed into a parked truck owned by Eugene Connors, operator of the repair shop, and knocked the REAL Boy Arrested for Indecent Exposure 14-year-old boy who has a prerecord for indecent exposure arrested and booked Thursday p.m., and then transported to juvenile hall in Sana Ana after face received a report that he displayed himself to two little sons in an orange grove. The incident, which occurred at gnolia and Orange Aves., at a.m., was one of many such which have occurred in the same face over the past six weeks. Working on a description given the girls, who first reported occurrence to Maxwell School nincipal Roland Gilmore, police certified the boy as the earlier gender. They proceeded to the angeview Junior High School picked the youth up for quessing. He admitted to the offense well as numerous others, stating that he had so exposed himself about once a week for the past six, after being released on the previous charge. 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