anaheim-gazette 1962-07-25

EDITORIAL At Stake: One Do the people who buy homesites backing up to undeveloped land have the right to dictate to the man owning the property how he will develop it. This is the essential problem facing East Anaheim homeowners and the County Board of Supervisors right now. The outcome of the Supervisors' decision will determine how East Anaheim in the Lincoln Avenue-Rio Vista Street area will develop generally. Expensive two-story homes are being built adjacent to the river on the north side of Lincoln. A new tract has just gone in on the south side of the street. Although all the homes are not yet sold, many have been bought. Homeowners — in their own interest — have much at stake. Owners-developers — in their own interest — have much at stake. Those essentially responsible for what East Anaheim is to be in the future are the members of the County Board of Supervisors. At the meeting of the County Planning Com- mission June 27, even then it was aheim will be like Residents who of the city remain center should wait Prospective resigitate the zoning property they wish Whatever the of Supervisor's center planned for reaching one. An owner-developer be a stormy one. The Gazette st ed homeowners p Collins, spokesma proposing to build Now is the time both get what th best of East Anahe LETTERS TO THE EDITOR He Warns of 'Zon Dear Editor We, a group of home owners in the Lincoln-Rio Vista area have formed the Rio Vista Home Own first place. In short, Mr. Collins lost his argument because he didn't have a leg to stand on, and he knows it as well as we profits which can be from commercial ut The landowners first call in the commercial He Warns of 'Zone' Dear Editor We, a group of home owners in the Lincoln-Rio Vista area have formed the Rio Vista Home Owners Association. As such, we are endeavoring to insure proper, pre-planned use of the land in our immediate neighborhood. Last week in the Anaheim-Gazette you printed Mr. Collins letter of appeal concerning an amusement resort he wants to inflict on this neighborhood. In this letter, he implies that he lost his case before the Planning Commission simply because a few residents of the neighborhood objected. Nothing could be further from the truth. Studied Before Mr. Collins' amusement resort came up for consideration, it had been thoroughly studied by the Orange County Planning Department staff — a staff which consists of impartial, highly trained experts in community planning. In their report to the Planning Commission these experts said that the amusement resort was entirely unsuitable and that it would inevitably spoil a fine residential area. The Planning Commission itself consists of five men who are appointed by the Supervisor from each district, and who serve without pay. These men, also, are experts in community planning, and have probably listened not once, but a thousand times to every conceivable argument about land use that men can dream up. In spite of these excellent qualifications, Mr. Collins implies that we novices, with overwhelming oratory, so confused these experts that they all got rattled and unanimously voted the wrong way! Honesty forbids our accepting such fulsome praise. Actually, the Planning Commission denied Mr. Collins application for four specific reasons. 1. This amusement resort would inflict serious financial injuries on nearby homeowners by greatly depreciating the valuation place. In short, Mr. Collins lost his argument because he didn't have a leg to stand on, and he knows it as well as we do. Real Issue But the real issue in our neighborhood today is not Mr. Collins' amusement resort; it is simply: "Do our legislators intend to uphold the zoning regulations they themselves created?" We feel they are morally bound to do so since these regulations are the only protection for individual homeowners from the big monied interests who can afford to establish large scale commercial and industrial developments. Do you want to see what happens when zoning regulations and good planning are ignored? Drive through West Anaheim where the commercial and industrial interests have pushed into and destroyed once fine residential areas. You'll see factories, store and gasoline stations recklessly sprawled out among expensive homes, with community disaster as the result. Many of the homeowners, bitter and disillusioned, have sold out at a loss and moved away, leaving the sorriest and shabbiest sight of all—once fine residences, draped with garnish neon signs, serving as cheap office buildings for cheap operations. Do you want this to happen to your neighborhood? When legislators adopt zoning regulations they enter into a clear cut agreement with the people in the community. In effect they say, "Here is a fine residential area for you to live in. Move in, pay us your taxes, and we will protect your investment and the integrity of your community with our zoning regulations." As cautious buyers, many of the prospective homeowners at this point investigate the local zoning as well as city and county plans for the area. These almost always showed all undeveloped areas as Ag-Res. and plans for residential in all surrounding areas. Satisfied, the people buy and move profits which can be brought from commercial utility. The landowners first call in the commercial rate operators, the "zone whose only interest in new areas is greed. These men dream up tentatively profitable co-op use for a piece of land go before the Planning Commission with a request for a variance. Usually they don't because they are dealing perts in land use who score. But then they apply case to the governing board with half truths, gross data and flagrant misrepresentation like the ever present "hardship," they deceive men into granting a variety another neighborhood be launched. Some of the original lovers in this area are bit hostile toward our efforts totect our homes. They frown when a man owns some land, he should be allowedvelop it as he sees fit. Flood But what makes them around here so valuable first place—the virtue of work of these landowners you believe it! Not so years ago, the land in was nearly worthless be flood hazard. Light brought inundations and rains brought disaster. In 1938, the Santa Ana broke through the levees coln Avenue and swept diagonally across the co Seal Beach, leaving 78 million lars worth of property and 87 dead in its wake. In those days, land was only a few hundred dollars acre, whereas a single acre will bring at least $15,000 tremendous rise in properties springs from just one—the millions upon mil we novices, with overwhelming oratory, so confused these experts that they all got rattled and unanimously voted the wrong way! Honesty forbids our accepting such fulsome praise. Actually, the Planning Commission denied Mr. Collins application for four specific reasons. 1. This amusement resort would inflict serious financial injuries on nearby homeowners by greatly depreciating the value of their homes. 2. It would create extremely hazardous traffic conditions on already inadequate roads. 3. It would destroy the character and integrity of a fine residential area. 4. It would be flagrant violation of the zoning code in the area for you to live in. Move in, pay us your taxes, and we will protect your investment and the integrity of your community with our zoning regulations. As cautious buyers, many of the prospective homeowners at this point investigate the local zoning as well as city and county plans for the area. These almost always showed all undeveloped areas as Ag-Res. and plans for residential in all surrounding areas. Satisfied, the people buy and move in by the hundreds. Zone Sharks Swift development of the area is a signal for the original landowners who held back strategically located acreage to go into action. These are the people who refused to settle for fair profits and will only settle for the exorbitant cost. ANAHEIM GAZETTE TELEPHONE: PR 2-1800 Published Wednesday of each week at 259 East Center Street Anaheim, California Legal Adjudication No. A 22441 VIRGIL PINKLEY, Editor and Publisher Entered as second class mail matter under the act of March 3, 1879. All rights herein are reserved. SUBSCRIPTION: $3.00 per year, payable in advance. 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And where both homeowners and owner-developers believe they are right, it could be a stormy one. The Gazette strongly recommends that concerned homeowners personally contact realtor David S. Collins, spokesman for the Henning family which is proposing to build the recreation center. Now is the time for both sides to see that they both get what they both want — namely, the very best of East Anaheim. R. W. B. 'Zone Sharks' profits which can be obtained from commercial utilizations. The landowners first step is to call in the commercial Real Estate dollars we taxpayers have poured into flood control work along the Santa Ana River. (Editor's Note: In the following installment of "The Stomach - Turning Point," Editor Jenkin Lloyd Jones of the Tulsa Herald deals with America's entertainment and literature. He discusses frankly our dirtier than ever movies. The same applies to much of our TV programs, too, which present even more crime, violence and sex. We agree with Mr. Jones' observations and conclusions. If you do, what do you propose doing about these situations as responsible parents? Virgil Pinkley Editor and Publisher This is the third in a series of five hard-hitting articles on moral decay in modern America. If you didn't see the first two, be sure to look them up in The Orange Daily News' Monday and Tuesday editions this week. The series will wind up with installments to be published here tomorrow and Friday. It's "must" reading for people who care about this nation. Then he suggested The movie people are much, he said. They pride in the fact that amended their product (Mr. Johnston appame the term "amended" means a general totion.) "What art form," Johnston, "has not lied up with the times to temporary society?" Well, hooray for Mr. contemporary society Americans. Perverteans. Degenerate Murderous Americans. How many of these arary Americans do you But perhaps the most part of Mr. Johnston dealt with newspaper It is ridiculous, he says ents to complain about ence by movies upon dren when all parents is look closely at the "I have yet to run movie ad so subtle," Johnston, "that a conent would not know w film was suitable for 'Zone Sharks' profits which can be obtained from commercial utilizations. The landowners first step is to call in the commercial Real Estate operators, the "zone sharks", whose only interest in residential areas is greed. These men dream up some potentially profitable commercial use for a piece of land and then go before the Planning Commission with a request for a zone variance. Usually they don't get it, because they are dealing with experts in land use who know the score. But then they appeal their case to the governing body and with half truths, gross distortions, and flagrant misrepresentations, like the ever present plaint of "hardship", they deceive these men into granting a variance, and another neighborhood blight is launched. Some of the original land owners in this area are bitter and hostile toward our efforts to protect our homes. They feel that when a man owns some valuable land, he should be allowed to develop it as he sees fit. Flood But what makes the land around here so valuable in the first place — the virtue and hard work of these landowners? Don't you believe it! Not so many years ago, the land in this area was nearly worthless because of flood hazard. Light rain brought inundations and heavy rains brought disaster. In 1938, the Santa Ana River broke through the levee at Lincoln Avenue and swept 25 miles diagonally across the county to Seal Beach, leaving 78 million dollars worth of property damage and 87 dead in its wake. In those days, land was worth only a few hundred dollars an acre, whereas a single acre today will bring at least $15,000. This tremendous rise in property values springs from just one source — the millions upon millions of dollars we taxpayers have poured into flood control work along the Santa Ana River. County Bonds All of this work is financed by county bonds — bonds we taxpayers have paid for, are paying for, and will continue to pay for — far into the future. The lesson here is plain enough. Some people are first in line when we, the people, are doling out millions for their benefit; but let some governmental agency suggest that they should show a little consideration for these people, and they begin shrieking "hardship". For the past several months men and women of the neighborhood have been battling ceaselessly to combat the commercial blight that threatens us all. If this neighborhood ever begins to go commercial, it will go fast. In a few short months, it can degenerate into an ugly, unplanned conglomeration of houses, stores, factories, gasoline stations, and undesirable hangouts. So we say to you and to our neighbors: take a good long look at the undeveloped lands around you. Do you know what plans have been made for them? Right now, our organization is fighting proposed zone variances on 4 service stations, one amusement park, one bowling center, once cracker box apartment development and one proposed industrial area. There is just one way you can protect your neighborhood from this sort of thing. Join our organization, sign our petitions, attend our meetings. Learn what's going on in your neighborhood, and what you can do to prevent it. The commercial "zone sharks" are out in force, and we need all the support we can get. Rio Vista Home Owners Association By C. C. Nealey Co-Chairman This is the third in a series of five hard - hitting articles on moral decay in modern America. If you didn't see the first two, be sure to look them up in The Orange Daily News' Monday and Tuesday editions this week. The series will wind up with installments to be published here tomorrow and Friday. It's "must" reading for people who care about this nation. By JENKIN LLOYD JONES Editor Tulsa, Okla., Tribune Finally, there is the status of our entertainment and our literature. Can anyone deny that movies are dirtier than ever? But they don't call it dirt. They call it "realism". Why do we let them fool us? Why do we not owlish when they tell us that filth is merely a daring art form, that licentiousness is really social comment? Isn't it plain that the financially - harassed movie industry is putting gobs of sex in the darkened drive-ins in an effort to lure curious teenagers away from their TV sets? Three weeks ago Bill Diehl, the righteously - angry entertainment editor of the St. Paul Dispatch, ran down the list of present and coming attractions, as follows: Walk on the Wild Side. Set in a brothel. View From the Bridge, Incest. The Mark. A strange young man trifles with little girls. The Children's Hour. Two school teachers suspected of being Lesbians. All Fall Down. A psychopathic attacker of females. Cape Fear. A crazy rapist. Lolita. A middle-aged man's affair with a 12-year-old. The Chapman Report. The adventures of nymphomaniac. JUST THINK! ALL THIS AND POPCORN TOO! Johnston Opines In a speech a couple of months ago in Hartford, Conn., Mr. Eric Johnston, president of the Motion Picture Association of America, asked the plaintive question: "Why, despite our unceasing efforts, does the film industry fail But perhaps the most part of Mr. Johnston dealt with newspaper records. It is ridiculous, he saysents to complain about movies upon dren when all paraphrases is look closely at the "I have yet to run movie ad so subtle," Johnston, "that a content would not know why film was suitable for." Verbal Pole Vault Well, here is a seminal vault that ought to secrete record. For the suggested figures locked at embrace that have orated the theatre at great moral dallies as vealed as a public erosely paid for by the moguls so that parent warned! Last year our adversary ager and I got so tired wood's horizontal art cided to throw out the set up some stands thought that this belief of our might cause ruption in advertis shows. But no. Within hours the exhibitors wipe with much milder ads this miracle accomplishes. It seems that exhibits plied with several dials for each movie. If they are dumb enough to most suggestive ones, what they get. But if squawk, the cleaner acts Seal Beach, leaving 78 million dollars worth of property damage and 87 dead in its wake. In those days, land was worth only a few hundred dollars an acre, whereas a single acre today will bring at least $15,000. This tremendous rise in property values springs from just one source—the millions upon millions of GREENE GABLES—Typical of many of the expensive houses in the area adjacent to Lincoln Ave. on the south side of the street is the home of Mr. and Mrs. Zane Greene, 528 Cinda. Although not itself contiguous with the boulevard, the Greene home is significantly within a stone's throw. The Greenes are opposed to the family recreation center. PENSIONERS Are You Having Difficulty With Your Hearing? You May Be Eligible For A Hearing Aid On The State Pension Plan With No Cost To You For complete information without cost or obligation, Visit our office or Telephone for home appointment. Acousticon 111 NO. LOS ANGELES ST., ANAHEIM PR 4-8043 ATURNING POINT American Entertainment les Sex Fashionable at times to have public confidence?" Then he suggested an answer. The movie people apologize too much, he said. They should take pride in the fact that they have amended their production code. (Mr. Johnston apparently uses the term "amended" when he means a general tooth extraction.) "What art form?" asked Mr. Johnston, "has not had to keep up with the times to reflect contemporary society?" Well, hooray for Mr. Johnston's contemporary society. Incestuous Americans. Perverted Americans. Degenerate Americans. Murderous Americans. How many of these contemporary Americans do you know? But perhaps the most intriguing part of Mr. Johnston's speech dealt with newspaper movie ads. It is ridiculous, he said, for parents to complain about bad influence by movies upon their children when all parents have to do is look closely at the ads. "I have yet to run across a movie ad so subtle," said Mr. Johnston, "that a concerned parent would not know whether the film was suitable for his child." down. Isn't it time we all squawk-ed? Forget Liz I think it's time we gentlemen of the press quit giving Page 1 play to Liz and Eddie. I think it's time we asked our Broadway and Hollywood columnists if they can't find something decent and inspiring going on along their beats. And the stage: Bawdiness has put on a dinner jacket. The old burlesque skits that you used to be able to see at the Old Howard and the Gayety for six bits are now on display in the most lavish Broadway revues at $8.90 a seat. But perhaps we should be glad to settle for good old heterosexual dirt. The April issue of Show Business, Illustrated, quotes Dr. L John Adkins, a New York psychotherapist, as saying that in his opinion at least 2 per cent of the persons presently connected with the American theater are confirmed homosexuals. Even the normally strong-stomached drama critics are beginning to get mad. Howard Taubman, in a lead article in the drama section of The New York Times, recently wrote as follows: Time to Speak "It is time to speak openly and candid of the increasing incipient Tennessee Williams' riper offerings to an audience in Rio de Janeiro. The audience hooted and walked out. And where did it walk to? Right across the street where a Russian ballet company was putting on a beautiful performance for the glory of Russia! How stupid can we get? A couple of months ago in Phoenix, I attended a tryout of a new play by William Inge. It takes place in the Chicago apartment of a never-married woman whose son by a bellhop has just been released from reform school, and whose current boy friend is being seduced by the nymphomaniac across the hall whose husband is a drunk. I wonder if this show is going on the road around the world. We are drowning our youngsters in violence, cynicism and sadism piped into the living room and even the nursery. Every Saturday evening in the Gunsmoke program Miss Kitty presides over her combination saloon and dance hall. Even the five-year-olds are beginning to wonder what's going on upstairs. The grandchildren of the kids who used to weep because The Little Match Girl froze to death now feel cheated if she isn't slugged, raped and thrown into a Besseson convertible." But perhaps the most intriguing part of Mr. Johnston's speech dealt with newspaper movie ads. It is ridiculous, he said, for parents to complain about bad influence by movies upon their children when all parents have to do is look closely at the ads. "I have yet to run across a movie ad so subtle," said Mr. Johnston, "that a concerned parent would not know whether the film was suitable for his child." Verbal Pole Vault Well, here is a semantical pole-vault that ought to set a world's record. For the suggestive, half-dressed figures locked in passionate embrace that have been decorating the theatre ads in our great moral dailies are now revealed as a public service, generously paid for by the movie moguls so that parents can be warned! Last year our advertising manager and I got so tired of Hollywood's horizontal art that we decided to throw out the worst and set up some standards. We thought that this belated ukase of ours might cause some interruption in advertising some shows. But no. Within a couple of hours the exhibitors were down with much milder ads. How was this miracle accomplished? It seems that exhibitors are supplied with several different ads for each movie. If the publishers are dumb enough to accept the most suggestive ones, those are what they get. But, if publishers squawk, the cleaner ads are sent HILGENFELD MORTUARY Your Satisfaction Our Concern 120 E. 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