anaheim-gazette 1963-04-17

Anaheim Public Library Anaheim, Calif. Dedicated To The Best For FUTURE CITIZENS ANAHEIM Established in 1870 Volume 91 — Number 36 10 Pages COUNTY FIRE OUTLINE LAW DAY PLANS FOR TRIAL — Judge Raymond Vincent, center, studies plans for the "trial" to be presented as a feature of Anaheim's Law Day observance on May 1, with Joseph Radensky, left, Law Day Chairman, and Norman Kent, Speaker's Bureau Chairman for service clubs. Disclose City Law Day Plans An extensive program of speakers to appear before civic groups and school assemblies plus the enactment of a trial in Judge Raymond Vincent's court will mark the highlights of Anaheim Law Day observance on May 1. Attorney Joseph H. Radensky has been appointed city chairman for Anaheim by the bar association. Assisting him will be Norman Kent as chairman of speakers for service clubs and Arthur W. Gray, Jr., as chairman of speakers for high schools. Northwest Orange County chairman for Law Day is attorney Robert W. Hardin, also of Anaheim. Law Day observance will generally follow the annual program that has developed since 1958 when first proclaimed in the United States. The programs are developed by the local bar assomaking extensive preparations for an outstanding presentation of a typical trial. Judge Vincent has agreed to act as the presiding judge and the bar association is casting many of the other participants. The trial, to which all citizens are encouraged to attend, will be designed to illustrate how American court procedure safeguards the freedoms of individuals as guaranteed under the Constitution. High school students may be asked to serve as jurors, according to Radensky. Inquiries regarding Law Day programs may be made to Radensky's offices at PR 6-5950. First YMCA Day is Set The first "YMCA Day at Disneyland" will be held Saturday April 27, for thousands of Southern California YMCA members following more than a year of planning, according to Robert Quast, Anaheim YMCA event representative. Orange County YMCA with others from Southern California and Disneyland combined to make the first event a memorable one. YMCA groups from as far as Oakland will attend the one day program. Population Hits 133,700 for City Anaheim Assistant City Manager Robert Davis, has reported the new official population status of Anaheim — 133,700, as of March 1. He said his information is based upon the State of California Finance department's statistics. The figure will soon be certified and thus will become the official population statistic used to compute Anaheim's share of state gas and in Lieu taxes. The city receives approximately $8 per capita in gas in lieu taxes. Last official state estimate was made on March 1, 1962, when the City had 123,800 residents. The 9.900 increase in population represents over $79,000 in additional revenue to the city. The new official census was based on 42,000 dwelling units, of which 38,235 were occupied. Using a 9.1 per cent vacancy factor, the number of persons per dwelling unit averaged 3.48. Davis pointed out that the new population figure shows an increase of 1,700 residents since the City’s “guesstimated 132,000” on Jan. 1, 1963. Toastmasters Vie for Honors The finalists from seven Areas of Orange County Toastmasters will be competing for top Division honors in Anaheim on Friday, April 19th. The winners from the seven Areas represent the best speakers from 45 TM Clubs in Orange County which contain over 1,000 Toastmasters. The speakers in this annual event are Bob Parker, Club 602 Tustin; Terry Evert, Club 1721 Garden Grove; Bob Webb, Club 1131 Seal Beach; Gordon Bricken, Club 3060 Fullerton; Bill Sweet, Club 2480 Downey; Bruce Odou, Club 20 Montebello; and Ed Brechio Club 1602 Whittier. Colonist Director John E. Koster, executive vice president of Interstate Engineering Corp. in Anaheim, has been elected a director of Harvill Corp., in Long Beach. Koster was one of four new directors elected at the annual stockholders meeting this week. President James W. Tuthill made the announcement. AHEIM Gazette established in 1870 10 Pages Anaheim, California, Wednesday, April 17, 1963 FIRST IN SALE City Fixes Water Rates In New Area Water customers of the city of Anaheim who are serviced by the portion of the Dyke water system which the city was recently authorized to acquire through condemnation proceedings now have definite rates set up by the city for their anticipated use. The city council last week took action to establish definite figures for each type of service which may exist in the water facilities being absorbed. The council directed that non-metered customers in Anaheim be charged $4.50 a month, and that non-resident customers be which the city was recently authorized to acquire through condemnation proceedings now have definite rates set up by the city for their anticipated use. The city council last week took action to establish definite figures for each type of service which may exist in the water facilities being absorbed. The council directed that non-metered customers in Anaheim be charged $4.50 a month, and that non-resident customers be charged $8.50 a month. The present Dyke rate is a flat $3 a month. Customers who reside in other cities, the council said, will be charged the same rates as other residents in their respective areas. City Manager Keith Murdoch and City Attorney Joe Geisler said the rates are based on the average consumption of water by each unmetered household. They said a study by the Orange County Water District indicated water use is twice as high when unmetered. Meters will be installed, Murdoch said, at the rate of about 100 a year. There will be approximately 7,000 meters required. An estimated 100 non-resident customers who are now paying about $8 a month will have a decrease in their monthly bills since the council action also applies to them. Reveal Plans Power Merger An agreement calling for the merger of Southern California Edison Company and California Electric Power Company is expected soon to be submitted to the boards of directors of the two companies, it was announced today by Harold Quinton, Edison chairman, and Fred Oldendorf, Jr., California Electric president. Plans call for an exchange of common stock in the ratio of 9½ shares of Edison for ten shares of Cal-Electric. No decision has yet been made on the exchange of Cal-Electric preferred stock, and discussions on this matter still are underway, the companies said. Formal action recommending the merger to stockholders of the companies will follow completion of a merger agreement. Special meetings of stockholders of the two companies will be called to Americans must display the moral courage to stand up for that which they believe to be right, act to assure the right is realized and scorn the circumstance that would bind the nation into impotency by a dervish whirl of frustratingly trying to please all. This was a key challenge in the message of Virgil Pinkley, California Editor and Publisher, to the Anaheim Kiwarians this past week. Pinkley is owner of the GAZETTE and the ORANGE DAILY NEWS in Orange County. "Our nation," Pinkley said, "has been since World War II, an still is, the most powerful nation on earth in military, economic and cultural capabilities. We must use this preponderance of strength in either, or both, direct and collateral efforts to assure the best interests of America are achieved." "We cannot afford to dissipate this great strength in indifferent, unimaginative application here, there and everywhere. Nor can we surge forward in a show of our strength one moment and then back down because of the carrying Cites U.S. Need 'Moral Courage' Cannot Buy Love Pinkley put particular emphasis on the waste in foreign aid spending that is based upon the premise that we can purchase the love of foreign peoples. Many nations of the world, he declared, have just as much pride, have even far older traditions and (Continued on Page 2) Law City Gaining The present system of electing councilmen in the city of Anaheim should be retained, the Citizens Charter Study Committee has voted, with chairman Dr. Robert Doty casting the tie-breaking vote at their last meeting. The ward system of elections was considered by the committee Plans call for an exchange of common stock in the ratio of 9½ shares of Edison for ten shares of Cal-Electric. No decision has yet been made on the exchange of Cal-Electric preferred stock, and discussions on this matter still are underway, the companies said. Formal action recommending the merger to stockholders of the companies will follow completion of a merger agreement. Special meetings of stockholders of the two companies will be called to approve the merger, the announcement said, and it will also be necessary to obtain approvals of the merger by state and federal regulatory commissions. Coons Urges New City Hall Location at Civic Center Although the bonds for a new city hall for Anaheim have not as yet been approved, the bulk of the discussion centers around where it shall be built. Evidence of the ability to take the second step first was sparked this past week by Mayor Rex Coons in his open support for a site on Harbor Boulevard between Broadway and Santa Ana. This is in the immediate area of other civic buildings and would create a substantial civic center for Anaheim government functions. The new library and police buildings are in the final stages of construction there. There has been support for the building of a new city hall on the present location on Lincoln. The city council has promised an election opportunity for the voters of the city to express their preferences, probably at the same time as they are voting on the bond issue necessary to build the facility. Coons made his points as to location in a talk with the Anaheim Board of Realtors. New Directory Soon on Area Business Data Listings of more than 20,000 firms in Los Angeles and Orange Counties make the 1963 Los An-Business Directory and Buyer’s Guide the only available source of vital information pertaining to manufacturing and non-manufacturing companies in this area. Publication of the directory is slated for June. The Directory will have special sections of statistical data on the Los Angeles area; if growth, people and national tanding. All of the things which placed previous years’ editions at the right hand of executives will be included with added features. Cannon Electric Shows Big Gains A record year was reported for Cannon Electric Co. by president Robert J. Cannon before the Los Angeles Financial Analysts Society luncheon held at the Biltmore Thursday. Sales moved from 46 to 50 million dollars for 8.3 per cent increase, and profits showed a 103 per cent increase from $1,100,000 to $2,300,000. Cannon Stated. ette Home City Paper of Fabulous DISNEYLAND 1963 Pay your Newsboy only 25¢ Per Month—Phone PR 2-1800 ALES FIELD Merchandising Up 505 Percent The general merchandising sales volume in Orange County in the period from 1950 to 1961 showed an increase of over 505 percent and by far led any other county in California in sales volume gain. This was the substance of a report issued by the California State Chamber of Commerce in San Francisco and made public this week. The second ranking county, Contra Costa, was marked for a 329 percent increase. The state WOW Presents Anaheim With Pole and Flag The Omaha Woodmen of the World presented the City of Anaheim with a gleaming 40-foot flag pole, during their 3-day convention at the Charter House Hotel the period from 1950 to 1961 showed an increase of over 505 percent and by far led any other county in California in sales volume gain. This was the substance of a report issued by the California State Chamber of Commerce in San Francisco and made public this week. The second ranking county, Contra Costa, was marked for a 329 percent increase. The state-wide gain was $2.8 percent. That Orange County has been the pace setter for California for some years has been the claim of business men in all fields in the Southland county for some time. The State Chamber's disclosure of activity in this particular field confirmed the challenges, according to Anaheim chamber officials. The Orange County figures reported by the state organization, showed a total of $20,226,000 in volume in 1950 as compared with $122,435,000 in 1961 a gain of 505.3 percent. These figures bid fair to encourage the estimates already made by the Orange County Associated Chambers of Commerce which has forecast a general merchandising figure of $1 billion by 1970. According to the state chamber figures the total for the state in 1961 in merchandising volume was $2,613,824,000. The Orange County share of this volume has been cited above. Los Angeles County was the outstanding leader in the field with its share hitting $1,051,711,000 of the volume. San Francisco reported $198,954,000. San Diego, in third position for the reporting period, was at $172,409,000. WOW Presents Anaheim With Pole and Flag The Omaha Woodmen of the World presented the City of Anaheim with a gleaming 40-foot flag pole, during their 3-day convention at the Charter House Hotel. Judge Waylon Rayburn, national director of the Omaha Woodmen made the presentation during a formal dedication ceremony at the Crone-Loara Park in Anaheim. Vice-mayor of Anaheim, Odra Chandler, accepted the flag and flagpole on behalf of the City. He thanked the Omaha Woodmen for their patriotic act of goodwill, and said, "I know of no other gift that would be more warmly welcomed than our American Flag." Other officials participating in the ceremony were: John Collier, Anaheim Parks & Recreation Director; Doug Farley, manager of the Anaheim Area Visitor & Convention Bureau; Bernard Haering Charter House Hotel manager; Otto Milius, Head Consult of the Omaha Woodmen and O. A. Bowen, Woodmen manager. The Woodmen of the World presented a famous painting — The Birth of the Flag — earlier in the week of the City of Anaheim, also. The framed painting has been placed in the Charter House lobby. Last Irvine Campus Talk "Planning and People" will be the subject of the lecture of William L. Pereira, Architect, and last speaker for the Irvine Campus' Chancellor's Lecture Series, to take place April 19 at 8 p.m. in the Chrysler Training Center Auditorium, 1111 Brookhurst, in Anaheim. Pereira is head of the firm of William L. Pereira and Associates, Master Planning Architects for the University of California campus at Irvine. His lecture will consider the importance of architecturally providing a frame of reference within which the individual can flourish rather than imposing a rigid collectivist pattern. Present system of electing en in the city of Anaheim be retained, the Citizens Study Committee has voted chairman Dr. Robert taking the tie-breaking vote last meeting. Hard system of elections sidered by the committee previous meetings and had provided the voting member 7. Committee has not yet come to firm proposal on whethim should be a charter general law. The drafting arter is underway in acwith an agreement made committee but the latest one that may be voted the next meeting, is that charter would contain posals that already exist city under the law system. Event the committee feels over form of government in no advantages to the recommendation of retenence present system will be the committee has indicatlast meeting, voting did considerable rapport with form of city governsolutions included: 14-1 in favor of the council having five members. (The present council has five members.) Voting 11-4 that the people should not directly vote for the mayor. (Under the present system, the council selects one of its members to be mayor.) Voting 13-1 for the council positions to be the only elective offices. (Under the present system the city clerk and treasurer are elected.) Voting unanimously that Anaheim should retain the council-manager form of government. Seven Given Jaycee Honor Seven Anaheim residents were among those presented certificates Tuesday night for successful completion of the Junior Chamber of Commerce Leadership Training Course. The course is presented as a feature of the combined Junior Chambers of North Orange County. It is an outgrowth of a program sponsored locally in 1962 by the Anaheim Junior Chamber. The graduates met in classes over a period of ten weeks and covered subjects ranging from par­limentary procedures to the attributes of leadership. The local graduates were George D. Farquhar, 9530 Buell St., Martin H. Haugh, 8342 Agusta Drive, Joseph A. Klein, 205 S. Western, Larry T. Matthey, 1542 W. Crone, Howard B. Simer, 2519 W. Picadilly Way, Roy S. Thompson, 644 S. Neptune, Gilbert M. Garrard III, 326 E. Tearson. Another Colonist, Page Eskridge, 1307 Courtright, was the Leadership Training Course Director. He is a member of the Anaheim Jaycees. Repeat Women's Investor Class The Adult Education Program of Anaheim Union High School District announces it is again offering its highly successful 'Investments for Women." This six week course will offer a basic knowledge in stock market investing by presenting the information to the needs of women. Sound, sensible handling of money, in amounts large and small will be explained. The instructor will again be Lo­wery Roobian, local investment counselor. This course will start April 18, in Room 79 at the Anaheim Union High School from 1:30 until 3:30 in the afternoon. Registration may be made at the Adult School office, 123 No. Citron. The cost for this course will be $1.50 registration fee and a course fee of $5.00. For further information call Donald L. Bordsen, Principal at PR 2-6080.