anaheim-gazette 1959-04-09

Your Legislator At Work! By John A. Murdy Water development, which kept both the 1957 and 1958 sessions boiling, is again a hot issue in the current Legislature. Members from both the north and the south have introduced a considerable variety of measures intended to end the stalemate between the two opposite ends of our state. The difference between the two areas from the fact that the water hungry south feels that a constitutional amendment is necessary to protect its rights to water from projects which will be constructed in the north, while the north feels that such an amendment might conceivably commit its own needed supply. But the legislative skirmishing around this basic issue ended up by involving everything from appropriations for the Feather River Project to studies of the water resources of the Eel River. So far in this session the question of new taxes and the size of the budget have tended to steal the limelight from the water issue but nevertheless much legislative work is being done on the latter. A basic issue in the controversy, whether or not to preserve the $190,000,000 investment fund for water development, is in the process of being decided. A bill to utilize the fund for that purpose has passed the Assembly and is now before the Senate. One significant aspect of the situation is the number of bills which have been introduced which would establish county-wide water agencies in several northern counties. Such measures are re- The governor's recommendations for water development legislation have been expanded since the session opened. Originally, his program called for a $138,000,000 appropriation for construction of the Feather River Project and a $500,000,000 bond issue to finance the distribution system to carry water to the south. The appropriation request has been increased to approximately $162,000,000. Recently, the size of the bond issue recommended has been increased to $960,000,000. A bill embodying that amount has been introduced, and bears the names of a majority of Senate members. Introduced the same day by a group of senators from central and northern districts was a constitutional amendment calling for a $2,000,000,000 bond issue, proceeds of which would be allocated on a priority basis. Other constitutional amendments relating to enforcement of water contracts have also been introduced. Their intent is to give the south the assurance it desires of a firm water supply. Because of the many bills introduced, and their wide variety of purpose, it will be possible for us to tackle the water problem from many angles. Whether as individuals we represent northern or southern districts, we are in a position to work for their best interests in considering proposed water legislation. All of us are aware that a solution to the water problem must be reached at this session. Though so far no major bill relating to the problem has been enacted, distinction in my books of having the most clever birth announcement I have real in many a year. It is in the form of a miniature edition of the Brea-Olinda high school "Wildcat", semi-monthly publication of which her father is the advisor. The back page of the 4-page announcement is entitled "Dr. Spock Didn't Tell All." It reads as follows: "The first time my wife announced that I was in a fatherly way, I bought a book on the care and maintenance of babies. I wanted to find out if a baby would upset the even tenor of a parent's ways, and so on. "The book by Dr. Spock was most comforting. We were quite relieved. We felt there was nothing that a child, a good pediatrician and a father couldn't handle. "Six years and three children later, I am now prepared, for the betterment of mankind, to add a few common alliances that Dr. Spock DIDNT include in his book: "Serpent's Tooth: The morbid affection of a five-year-old for his first loose tooth. While refusing to allow anybody to PULL the tooth, the child will be most generous in extending invitations to FEEL it. In fact, he will daily pursue his nauseated mother around the house INSISTING that she feel it. Once the tooth is out, the child will then place it under his pillow, following which the Tooth Fairy will leave a shiny quarter and a sereve case of "Ingrate's Stammer: A mystifying constriction of the larynx which renders a child incapable of pronouncing the words Thank you." "Spaghetti Leg: Phenomenon resulting from attempts to put shoes on a child, occurring as the parent orders the child to stiffen leg and push. Though the child ordinarily may have the bone structure of a Percheron and calcium deposits enough in each joint to be worth mining, this command to stiffen the leg causes a dissolving of all bones, joints and major muscles in said leg and reduces it to a state of limpness found only in undercooked spaghetti. "Univac Quirk: An acute selectivity of the memory in which a serve the $190,000,000 investment fund for water development, is in the process of being decided. A bill to utilize the fund for that purpose has passed the Assembly and is now before the Senate. One significant aspect of the situation is the number of bills which have been introduced which would establish county-wide water agencies in several northern counties. Such measures are regarded by many observers as being a sort of "home rule" answer to demands of the south for a constitutional amendment. Washington REPORT By Your Congressman JAMES B. UTT It is my pleasure this week to present to the constituents of my district the Honorable Norris Cotton, Senator from the state of New Hampshire, as my guest writer. Senator Cotton is one of the most able men in the United States Senate. He served in the House with me during the 83rd Congress. His weekly news reports are always interesting and informative. Like your Congressman, he is considered a conservative legislator, with a deep and abiding faith in our Constitutional form of government. For the past two weeks the Senate has been fluttering between crisis and carnations. The crisis is the Berlin situation which draws senatorial comment like a magnet — a lure which should be resisted because this time the Nation must speak with a single unified voice. Freedom of debate is a priceless possession, but should be used sparingly in the face of an enemy, ignorant of the democratic process, who can't always distinguish between discussion and discord. The carnation part should be even more baffling to the Soviet mind. Without an instant's pause the Senate turned from "viewing with alarm" and began emitting cascades of oratory in its perennial drive to name a national flower. The carnation was a new entry in a contest about the practical value of our space programs. A letter on my desk complains about millions wasted on, "rockets to the moon that fizzle." Therefore, I want to touch upon facts brought out in this week's space debate. The space program is vital to our defense. Knowledge is the first element of security. Desperately we strive to know what goes on behind the Iron Curtain. Valyly we seek an "open skies" policy to police any agreements limiting nuclear weapons. This may be solved by a system of satellites. Their delicate instruments could detect not only nuclear explosions but movements of jet planes anywhere. Their photographic powers could strip the secrecy from any nation on earth. Their surveillance could make present air recordnaissance as antiquated as the cavalry of the Civil War. Moreover, satellites may be dead weapons as well as factfinders. Manned vehicles in space, able to strike with nuclear warheads could master the world. Concentration of energy (Buck Roger "death rays") may one day our mode even nuclear weapons. We may be thankful, however that the rewards of outer space are not restricted to death-dealing horrors. It has richer goals. Space technology may guide the mariner upon the set. The instruments of one satellite may be capable of transmitting a myriad of telephone calls, instantly and simultaneously, so that cable lines, and switchboards will give the way of kerosene lamps. Radio and television may be only a form taste of the flashing of knowledge... Though the child ordinarily may have the bone structure of a Percheron and calcium deposits enough in each joint to be worth mining, this command to stiffen the leg causes a dissolving of all bones, joints and major muscles in said leg and reduces it to a state of limpness found only in undercooked spaghetti. "Unlvac Quirk: An acute selectivity of the memory in which a child is unable to remember a parental command for five minutes but can remember a parental promise for six years." "Tarzan's Glut: A dietary hallucinosis occurring when a baby is allowed to feed himself at too early an age. Given a piece of cake, a nine-month-old baby, before putting it in his mouth, will either strangle it or beat it to death. Strangling is the more common of the two techniques, and only when the cake is shooting out between his fingers does he consider it dead enough to eat. "Roman Spine: A sudden collapse of the backbone, occurring always at mealtime and rendering a child incapable of sitting up straight at the table." Have you heard Debbie Reynold's latest release? Eddie Fisher. Myrna says she heard about the girl who wanted to become a bubble dancer but her father said, "no soap". Twenty editions of "The Pilgrim's Progress" appeared between 1678 and 1695. The carnation part should be even more baffling to the Soviet mind. Without an instant's pause the Senate turned from "viewing with alarm" and began emitting cascades of oratory in its perennial drive to name a national flower. The carnation was a new entry in a contest which ranged all the way from the rose to the corn tassel. Its followers hailed it as the most widely grown cut flower in the United States, recognized by Presidents and Congresses as the official flower of Mother's Day with "no thorns, no foliage drop-off, no allergic effects." Three Important Measures The Senate, like a fractious horse, after spending two weeks backing and filling on these topics, suddenly buckled down to a pre-Easter splurge of business, and in the space of a few hours passed three important measures. It extended the draft (an unhappy necessity), gave statehood to Hawaii, and authorized more funds for outer space programs. Thus, after long years of disappointment, with only perfunctory debate (the House quickly concurring), 578,000 Americans became first-class citizens with full rights of statehood. This act, which would have been a breath-taking event a year or two ago, caused hardly a ripple now. Another star in the flag has little thrill when our space programs are reaching for the stars in the sky. Many folks are wondering that the rewards of outer space are not restricted to death-dealing horrors. It has richer goals. Space technology may guide the mariner upon the set. The instruments of one satellite may be capable of transmitting a myriad of telephone calls, instantly and simultaneously, so that cables lines, and switchboards will give the way of kerosene lamps. Radio and television may be only a form taste of the flashing of knowledge and ideas, education and inspiration to all the peoples of the earth. Knowledge and control of weather may save thousands of lives from the terrors of storms and flood, to say nothing of the crops preserved for coming generations when the billions of earth's expanding population are striving to find sustenance on this planet instead of disposing of surpluses as we are today. The bitterness and frustration the waste and the worry of the Cold War may fit into a Divine purpose. In the 17th Century the clashing ambitions of Spain and France and England sent our forebears across the Atlantic colonize the New World. The contest between the south and the north to gain new slave new free states pushed the covered wagons across the plains and peopled the west. Today's river may bring another step man's conquest of his environment by the exploration of outer space, and lead to a more abundant life, even as competition and free enterprise built the living standards of America. We might even be able to do something about New Hampshire's winters — Sen. Cotton. 88 YEARS OF DEVOTION TO ALL THAT ANAHEM ORANGE COUNTY'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED IN 1870 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Vol. LXXXVIII—Anaheim, Orange County, Calif. 11 Sewer Trunk Line Construction in "Crash" Program Ground breaking ceremonies marking the start of construction of 88 miles of trunk sewer lines were held last week, with city, county, chamber of commerce and sanitation district officials in attendance. The $22,665,000 project, in operation under a "crash" construction program, is one of the largest single sewer line projects ever undertaken to be completed in so short a time. Including the 16-meyer Associates, Inc., working together as a joint venture. Al-miles of trunk sewers voted in District 11 (Huntington Beach), a total of 104 miles of sewer lines are now under way. Under the accelerated construction program, the job has been broken down into many short contracts to allow more firms to work on the job at the same time. Engineering is under the supervision of the Boyle Engineering and Lowery-Over-ready over a dozen contracting firms are working with many additional contracts soon ready for bid. Completion of the major part of this program is scheduled for this year. Speakers expressed a preciation to the public, and the press, for recognizing the need for this project and the action taken last August 5, providing funds for this program in the interest of public health. PROGRESS CHART ON ORANGE COUNTY SEWER LINE CONSTRUCTION Minimum Wage Bill Is "Hot Potato" The minimum wage bill—one of the "hot potatoes" currently being jugged by the California Legislature—was expected to be reported out on the floor of the Assembly for action late this week. Assemblyman Bruce Sumner (R-Newport Beach) reported that the bill cleared the Assembly Ways and Means Committee, of which he is a member, Monday, March 31. He could not hazard a guess as to the exact date the bill will hit the floor. The Orange County lawmaker expressed concern over the possible passage of the bill. Hits Small Businessmen "Everybody who has a powerful job in Sacramento has been New 'Y' Officers Take Over Monday New Anaheim Y's Men's Club officers were formally installed by James Abrecht, district governor, at a nine-club district installation at La Habra High School Saturday evening. The new Anaheim officers include James Reed, president; Jack Kahle and William Schaefer, vice presidents; Orlo Fast, secretary and Kenneth Lawrence, treasurer. They will begin their duties at the club meeting scheduled for Monday, April 13, at the YMCA. According to Bob Flickinger, out-going president, the Monday meeting will feature Frank Stillwell and Don Langson, both Ana-Legend Girls Enjoy Trip To Yosemite Park Twelve Jr. Tri Hi-Y girls companyied by four adults, left Fresno last Monday and stay there the first night on their trip to Yosemite. While in Fresno they were entertained by Kingberg Jr. Tri Hi-Y during evening of games and an change of club and program ideas. Tuesday morning they drove Yosemite where they spent next three days seeing beautiful falls and points of interest. The following girls participated in this event: Cheryl Willeford, Pam Fowler, Pam Kufahl, Paula Berla Evelyn Hall, Dearen Englebrecht, Sonja August Leeann Ward, Mary Chamble and Vivian Brideford. They were the rewards of outer space not restricted to death-deal-errors. It has richer goals. Technology may guide the war upon the set. The instruction of one satellite may be used of transmitting a myrid telephone calls, instantly and nonetheless, so that cables and switchboards will go beyond kerosene lamps. Radio television may be only a foreword of the flashing of knowledge ideas, education and inspiration to all the peoples of the Knowledge and control of war may save thousands of lives from the terrors of storm food, to say nothing of the preserved for coming genius when the billions of expanding population are going to sustenance on planet instead of disposing of useless as we are today. Bitterness and frustrations, injustice and the worry of the War may fit into a Divine Plan. In the 17th Century the king ambitions of Spain and England sent our troops across the Atlantic to face the New World. The war between the south and north to gain new slave or free states pushed the cowagons across the plains and the west. Today's rivalry bring another step in conquest of his environment by the exploration of outer space and lead to a more abundant life, even as competition and enterprise built the living worlds of America. Night even be able to do anything about New Hampford winters. — Sen. Cotton. The Queensboro Bridge, connecting Manhattan and Queens in New York City and completed in 1909, was the first bridge in which structural steel containing nickel was used. Albertine Swadburg, 73, a native of Norway and a resident of Anaheim for 11 years, died Sunday at her home, 1224 Pearl Street. She leaves her husband, Alvin A. Swadburg, two sons, Willard P. Swadburg of Anaheim and Milton A. Swadburg of St. Paul, Minn., sister, Mrs. Elaine M. Gunnarson of San Diego and three grandchildren. She was a member of the Grace Lutheran Church and the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 19 of Minneapolis, Minn. Funeral services were conducted from the Hilgenfeld Mortuary Chapel, Wednesday with Rev. Harry F. Stief, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church officiating with interment in the Melrose Abbey Memorial Park. According to Bob Flickinger, out-going president, the Monday meeting will feature Frank Stillwell and Don Langson, both Anaheim businessmen, who will report on a motorcycle trip to Santa Rosalia, Baja California. The men traveled 2,000 miles in eleven days, largely on dirt trails and unimproved roads. The YMCA service club meets bi-monthly at 6:30 p.m. at the "Y" and cordially invites interested men to attend. ALBERTINE SWADBURG Albertine Swadburg, 73, a native of Norway and a resident of Anaheim for 11 years, died Sunday at her home, 1224 Pearl Street. She leaves her husband, Alvin A. Swadburg, two sons, Willard P. Swadburg of Anaheim and Milton A. Swadburg of St. Paul, Minn., sister, Mrs. Elaine M. Gunnarson of San Diego and three grandchildren. She was a member of the Grace Lutheran Church and the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 19 of Minneapolis, Minn. Funeral services were conducted from the Hilgenfeld Mortuary Chapel, Wednesday with Rev. Harry F. Stief, pastor of Grace Lutheran Church officiating with interment in the Melrose Abbey Memorial Park. Tuesday morning they drove Yosemite where they spent next three days seeing beautiful falls and points of interest. The following girls participated in this event: Cheryl Willeford, Pam Fowler, Pam Kufahl, Paula Berch, Evelyn Hall, Dearen Englebrecht, Sonja Augusta Leeann Ward, Mary Chamberlain and Vivian Bridgford. They were accompanied by Mr. and Ms. Emmons and son Roger, Ms. Glenn Stroud, and Mrs. O'Fallon Fast, girls program assistant for Y.M.C.A. HARRY BURNS Harry Warren Burns, 89, a native of Rhode Island and a resident of California for 35 years his last residence being the Valencia Hotel, died Tuesday in a Los Angeles County Hospital after extended illness. He was a member of the Warren G. Harding Masonic Lodge North Sacramento. He leaves his brothers, Preston Burns of Seattle, Washington, and Alfred Burke of Massachusetts; sister, Marian Ethel Severance of Arizona; niece, Mrs. Robert Bird Downey; and other nieces and nephews in the east. Funeral services will be conducted from the Hilgenfeld Muster Chapel, Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. E. Lee Wilhelm, sociate pastor of the First Methodist Church will officiate. Lonicera services will be conducted by the Downey Masonic Lodge 220. Cremation will follow. ALL THAT IS GOOD IN ANAHEIM GAZETTE Thursday, April 9, 1959 — No. 43 Program Over a dozen contracting are working with many final contracts soon ready pletion of the major part program is scheduled for ear. Speakers expressed aption to the public, and to less, for recognizing the need is project and the action last August 5, providing the for this program in the inof public health. TRUCTION Hearing Set For Dyke Water Rates The California Public Utilities Commission has set an adjourned hearing on the Dyke Water Company's rate increase application for 10:30 a.m., April 17, in the Supervisors' chambers in the county courthouse, Santa Ana. Also to be heard is the Commission's investigation of the company's rates, regulations and water main extension practices. PUC Examiner Stewart C. Warner will preside. The Commission last week said that no further continuance will be granted. If the company is not ready or willing to present evidence on April 17, both the rate increase matter and the investigation will be taken under submission, the Commission said. The Commission authorized the company an interim increase December 17, 1957, from $3 to $3.75 a month, half the increase requested. Post Office Needs Clerks, Carriers Postmaster Marshall N. McFie announced that the Anaheim Gas Co. Pays $9 a Customer in Taxes - Franchises Franchise payments for 1958 have been made by Southern Counties Gas Co. to Orange County and 21 of its communities, to the tune of $284,302. Justin M. Kennedy, division manager for the utility, reported today. The payments — for use of streets and highways — were up almost $60,000 from similar amounts paid by the gas company for 1957. In addition to the county, which was paid $80,761, franchise payments to communities, Kennedy said, were as follows: Anaheim Gets $39,381 Anaheim, $39,381; Brea, $3,725; Buena Park, $14,470; Costa Mesa, $12,319; Cypress, $981; Dairyland, $818; Fountain Valley, $33; Fullerton, $23,340; Garden Grove, $27,229; Huntington Beach, $7,294; Laguna Beach, $5,953; La Habra, $8,725; Newport Beach, $12,519; Orange, $11,168; Placentia, $2,045; San Clemente, $6,309; Santa Ana, $32,384; Seal Beach, $2,332; Stanton, $3,091; Tustin, $12,388 Post Office Needs Clerks, Carriers Postmaster Marshall N. McFie announced that the Anaheim Post Office urgently needs men to fill job vacancies, and that applications are now being accepted for the positions of postal clerk and letter carrier. McFie stated that the Post Office Department has established a special Board of Civil Service Examiners for the Anaheim area to speed up the testing and rating of applicants who take the Civil Service examinations. This will enable enrollmen of career postal employees as soon as vacancies occur. Applications from both men and women are being accepted for clerk positions, but men only may apply for letter carrier positions. In most instances, clerk vacancies will be filled from the male register. Applications will continue to be received until adequate registers are established. Applicants must reside within the delivery limits of the Anaheim Post Office and have reached their 18th birthday on the date of filing application. Start at $2.00 an Hour The Postmaster emphasized that postal careers provide workers with high job security, opportunities for promotion through competitive examinations, liberal vacation and sickleave allowances, low-cost life insurance, and a generous retirement plan. He stated that clerks and carriers earn $2 an hour to start, and are eligible for automatic increases to $2.42 per hour, with 10 per cent additional for night work. Application blanks are available at the Anaheim Post Office and Brookhurst Center Station, 2245 W. Ball Road, Anaheim. Menasha Container Products Displayed At Box Exhibit A corrugated shipping container for avocadoes, made for Eadington Fruit Company, Fullerton, by Menasha Container of California, Anaheim, was one of the 570 shipping containers on display at the Fifth Fibre Box Exhibit sponsored by the Fibre Box Association in Washington, D.C., recently. Hawaiian Senate In Resolution of Thanks to Kuchel The Hawaiian Senate has just sent U.S. Senator Thomas H. Kuchel of California a formal resolution commending him for his work in bringing about enactment of the law admitting Film on Cancer to Be Shown Sat. At Garden Grove A color sound motion picture entitled "1 in 20,000" considered to be one of the most powerful cancer films ever produced, will be shown free to the public Saturday, April 11, at 8 p.m. in the Grange Hall, Century Boulevard at Taft Street, in Garden Grove. Dr. Thelma Arthur of Monrovia, and Fred J. Hart of San Francisco will be guest speakers. They will discuss cancer and cancer legislation. The public is cordially invited, the program is free. A pot-luck dinner will precede the program, beginning at 6 p.m. Those attending the pot-luck dinner are asked to bring their own table service. Dzibilchaltun, in Mexico's Yucatan, is the only known Maya city that was inhabited perhaps as early as 2,000 B.C. until after the Spanish conquest. Its excavation is bringing to light long-forgotten ruins of pyramids and temples in a 20-square-mile area. In Resolution of Thanks to Kuchel The Hawaiian Senate has just sent U.S. Senator Thomas H. Kuchel of California a formal resolution commending him for his work in bringing about enactment of the law admitting Hawaii to the Union as the 50th state. Sponsored by 25 members of the upper house of the Island legislature, the resolution adopted March 16, points out that "hopes and aspirations of the people of Hawaii for equal rights and privileges with all other citizens of the United States" were realized by the approval of S. 50, of which Kuchel was a co-sponsor. The resolution expresses thanks of the Hawaiian people for "patient and tireless personal efforts" in the Congress which "brought about the eventual fulfillment" of their wishes for statehood. Kuchel was ranking Republican member of the Senate Subcommittee on Territories which revised and handled the bill. He made one of the major speeches advocating passage during the Senate debate. The United States paid 10 million dollars originally to Panama for the Canal Zone in 1904. An additional 40 million dollars was paid to the French company which began the canal in 1978.