anaheim-gazette 1964-01-16

Welfare Burden ANAHEIM PUBLIC LIBRARY OFFICIALS By BOB PERLMAN While Anaheim is currently almost free of poverty, the old saying about the poor being always with us has not been repealed. Welfare problems loom large in the future for most areas of Orange County, according to county officials. With the city's population pushing 140,000 we have a total of six (6) general relief cases. Admittedly this category is the smallest in the county roster of classifications of welfare assistance — consisting primarily of transients, getting a helping hand until they move on. But none of the caseloads are heavy. Theer are 920 old age pensioners, and 104 aged receiving nursing home care, 21 persons receiving aid to the blind and 69 on the rolls as totally disabled. Only 129 families receives aid to families with dependent children, but this, according to County Welfare Director Granville C. Peoples, is where the big problem is coming. “This is the catagory of aid formerly called aid to needy children.” Peoples explained. “Under new state law we now must aid these families even when the father is present, so long as he is unemployed and not receiving any unemployment insurance or the family is so large that the unemployment compensation is less than the children need for survival.” There is no way of knowing. the welfare director continues how many families in the area will be eligible for aid under new law until figures for the few months' applications are compiled. Certainly, he added, long-term unemployment, such as automation will produce, will add to category, and to greater tent and more quickly than most county residents will admit. “Our low total case load compared with much of the state or nation, shows it is a well-to-do county,” he said. “We don't like to think of things as men physically able work, willing to work and unable to find jobs. But there are such men, with families, there will be more of them. AT LOARA—French instructor Paul Glass leads dialogue" in Loara High School class conducted entirely in French. Students with less than two years high school-level work in the language can use a limited vocabulary with fluency. Words Fly on Schools’ Instruction in Languages By BOB PERLMAN A suggestion by Anaheim Union High School Trustee Dr. Kenneth Heuler that the high schools' new modern language program is not getting any results and should be made the subject of a thorough re-evaluation has received decidedly mixed reactions in official school circles. Teachers and administrators alike greeted the call for outside evaluation with enthusiasm! Only Supt. Paul Cook protested, saying that while he was all for an evaluation by any appropriate body, he felt the schools district's own teachers should state their feelings about the program for the board first. sense, and was based on a situation which certainly does not apply today. "When modern language instruction began in American schools, it was turned over to the same people who were then teaching the classic languages — Greek and Latin," he plained. "These people did attempt to teach a living language, but rather how to de a dead one, and they app their familiar methods to new job." (Continued on Page 3) ANAHEIM ANNEX? Rinker Ponders His Next Move Teachers and administrators alike greeted the call for outside evaluation with enthusiasm. Only Supt. Paul Cook protested, saying that while he was all for an evaluation by any appropriate body, he felt the schools district's own teachers should state their feelings about the program for the board first. There appears little question what that position will be. Typical of the comments on the program are the remarks of Loara High School Language department chief Louis Roquet. "There is no question in my mind. I was a very strong believer in the traditional method of teaching language, but now I see that instead of just teaching about the language we are actually teaching the language itself." Roquet stressed that the schools new method adopted two years ago, involve teaching all four basic linguistic skills — comprehension, speaking, reading and writing — but in the order a person learns these skills in his own language. Dale Blank, curriculum consultant at the high school district office, pointed out that the traditional method of instruction in modern foreign languages was developed by accident, in a ANAHEIM ANNEX? Rinker Ponders His Next Move By FRANK HALL Developer Harry Rinker says he is at a loss to determine what will happen to 78 acres north of Orange rejected for apartment development by that city. Rinker had proposed to erect 736 condominium units on the site, designated for industrial use by the City of Orange general plan. Rinker said he had submitted the plans because he knew of no other use for the property. Since the city council's rejection of his proposal, however, Rinker said he has no idea what will become of the property. "If anyone wants to develop it industrially, the land is available," Rinker said. AND WHEN YOU LOOK INSIDE SPORTS Page 4,5 WOMEN'S NEWS Page 6,7 CHURCH NEWS Page 10 Chances of the land being nexed to the city of Anaheim seemed remote, in view of agreement between Orange and Anaheim which established annexation boundary between the two cities. Fred Sorsabel, administrative assistant in Anaheim's manager's office and coordinator of annexation, said: "Only way we could consider nexing the property would have a favorable reach from the Orange City Council. The "favorable reaction would have to be a resolution." SMOG PRO High The high standard of living been blamed for the air pollution problems in Orange County by the rest of the world by Dou Jefries, of the Orange County Air Pollution Department. Jeffries said, the greater standard of living has played a greater demand for energy nearly all of which requires... welfare director continued, many families in the area be eligible for aid under the law until figures for the next months' applications are applied. certainly, he added, long-term employment, such as automawill produce, will add to this category, and to greater exand more quickly than many city residents will admit. Our low total case load, as paired with much of the rest the state or nation, shows this well-to-do county." he said. We don't like to think of such tasks as men physically able to work, willing to work and still able to find jobs. But there such men, with families, and we will be more of them." It is an open question whether the welfare approach is the right one to meet the needs of these families. Los Angeles county supervisors have hailed the extension of aid to dependent children to famlies with an unemployed father. Many other counties — including most of the rural and mounttain counties — have denounced the program, and Orange County supervisors have taken no formal position on it. Peoples himself is far from convinced the welfare approach to this situation is the best one. "Just giving these people money will have a long-term deteriorative effect on them. "We already see this with families where there is no father and the children are being raised on allotments. The children grow up with a different attitude, they don't become part of their school group, and become dropouts more quickly." To some extent, Peoples stressed, the state has taken note of this problem, and the county is encouraged to provide a work program for the men whose families are being helped and to provide retraining for them. "But a 'work program' which is just a sham, where men merely have to come down to some depot and sit around for the day or do some kind of chore they know is meaningless merely costs money for administra- tion and does nothing to the social evil involved in welfare payment to able men." Peoples warned. "We are not going to tokind of thing here," he "And setting up a work prequires a good deal of fizized effort." The training program plies added, also has pitilhe asked. "The training a meaningful, just as the wa work program must be" A similar caution was recently by Supervisor Hirstein, chairman of the of Supervisors' welfare otee. He warned against t en for jobs which are filled with unemployed, Anaheim G ESTABLISHED SINCE 1870 · HOME CITY PAPER Volume 91 No. 73 Anaheim, California, Thursday, Jan. 16, 19 Anahiem ESTABLISHED SINCE 1870 • HOME CITY PAPER Volume 91 No. 73 Anaheim, California, Thursday, Jan. 16, 1974 Top Secret Conv Revealed—Lega Magnolia Probe on Crest Due The tangled web of rules and regulations drew closer around the embattled Magnolia School District board this week, as county counsel George Holden began his consideration of the latest challenge to a board action. The action, taken last week, was to accept a package of dental health materials offered by Proctor and Gamble, makers of Crest Toothpaste. The package includes a tube of the toothpaste, to be sent home with the children, a coloring book, which in several places refers to the product, and a letter to be sent by the district. Letter and coloring book repeats the somewhat qualified endorsement of Crest by the American MAYOR SIGNS — Mayor Rex Coon of Anaheim shows right, signs proclamation announcing Boy Scout Week w gets underway Feb. 7 for members of the Boy Scouts of erica organization, Northern Orange County Council. More than 9,000 youths belong to the Council under the able d Ponders Move nances of the land being anded to the city of Anaheim named remote, in view of an element between Orange and them which established an examination boundary between two cities. Red Sorsabel, administrative instant in Anaheim's city manager's office and coordination of annexaion, said: "The way we could consider anging the property would be have a favorable reaction in the Orange City Council." The "favorable reaction" would have to be a resolution (Continued on Page 3) At the board meeting last week, Magnolia trustee Charles R. Downes, M.D., moved to eliminate the commercial reference to Crest in the letter to parents. Trustee Mrs. Alice Hollenbeck seconded his motion, but their three colleagues voted to retain the reference. According to County School Superintendent Frank Gruenfelder, some of this material "raises definite questions of legality" in relationship to a series of state attorney general's office and county counsel opinions on use of commercial materials by a school board. The state attorney general's office opinion, in 1955, stated in (Continued on Page 3) AN EDITORIAL Watch That Cavity Never look a gift horse in the mouth. It may have cavities. This appears to have been the attitude of the Magnolia School district board of trustees when it accepted a toothpaste firm's offer to furnish dental health materials free to the district. Without questioning the propriety or legality of turning the children of the district into a captive audience for a dentifrice, the went for the entire package. Two members tried convince their colleague of the more blatant mercial messages shown omitted, but they were voted. Now the county co-again is examining an act of this board, again as sult not of a query by (Continued on Page 3) MOG PROBLEM High Standard of Living One high standard of living has blamed for the air pollution problems in Orange County and rest of the world by Douglas Ciesis, of the Orange County Pollution Department. Jeffries said, the great-standard of living has placed greater demand for energy, nearly all of which requires some type of combustion. Every energy source requires some type of combustion, he said, and every type of combustion releases something into the atmosphere that would pollute it. Atomic energy is the cleanest energy source, the engineer said. Jeffries did not limit the air pollution problem to Southern California. He said nearly every large city in the world has an air pollution problem. One ironic point revealed was that in Pittsburg, Pa., the city was more successful in removing the pollutants from industries burning coal than other cities where oil was used. He said the size of the lutants produced by coal easier to retain than the pollutants oil produces. Smog in Orange County in the foothill areas that the beach. Anaheim suffers days of air pollution while port Beach had only several cording to department st Vanishing Point INEVITABLE and does nothing to remedy the social evil involved in the welfare payment to able-bodied men." Peoples warned. "We are not going to do that kind of thing here," he added. "And setting up a work program requires a good deal of specialized effort." The training program, Peoples added, also has pitfalls. "Train them, but for what?" he asked. "The training must be meaningful, just as the work in a work program must be." A similar caution was voiced recently by Supervisor William Hirstein, chairman of the Board of Supervisors' welfare committee. He warned against training men for jobs which are already filled with unemployed, qualified applicants waiting. At the same time, throughout the nation, employment experts have been citing frequent failures on the part of vocational training and retraining programs due to their limited scope and inadequate alignment with the needs of modern industry. An example of realistic vocational training exists in South San Gabriel, in Los Angeles County, where the Salesian fathers and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles have built Dom Bosco Tech into an institution of worldwide reputation. But at Dom Bosco, the investment in training equipment — purchased and installed with the advice of top Southland industrial leaders — is about $10,000 per student. And the youngsters who study there are an elite group, picked for just the qualities good intelligence — not the best IQs, but above average emotional stability and stickiness which so many vocationally untrained adults lack. All in all, the outlook for the long-term unemployed, and in turn, the picture for the welfare from this group's inevitable growth, is not a happy one. And while Orange County in general and this area in particular is having a respite from welfare burdens, the prospects for the future are anything but bright. Convention Site Legal Fight Next Trust Deed Scandal Snarls Condemnation Long the subject of speculation and rumor, the site for Anaheim’s $5-7 million convention hall was revealed Tuesday to be a pair of 10-acre parcels of land on Katella Avenue across from Disneyland. City Puts Duorail Plan Off Track The much-heralded and little-explained DART Corp. plan for creating a federally subsidized, $21-million dual rail rapid transit link between Knott’s Berry Farm and Disneyland was de railed by the Anaheim City Council Tuesday night before it ever got out of the switch yards. DART president Jere Strizak One parcel of land, with about 660 feet of Katella frontage, is owned by Anna Zahl and is under lease to Wrather Hotels, Inc., which controls the Disneyland Hotel, and to Disneyland, Inc. To the south of the Zahl property is the rear parcel, owned by A. F. and Louise Schroeder. The 99-year lease on this property is owned by the bankrupt Los Angeles Trust Deed and Mortgage Exchange, Involved transactions surrounding that leasehold were key features in that firm’s collapse. As a result of the operations of the mortgage company, some form of second trust deeds involving obligations on the property are held by up to 250 per The much-heralded and little-explained DART Corp. plan for creating a federally subsidized, $21-million dual rail rapid transit link between Knott's Berry Farm and Disneyland was detailed by the Anaheim City Council Tuesday night before it ever got out of the switch yards. DART president Jere Strizak — former Sacramento shopping center development and water company owner now living in Hemet — appeared before the council in a chamber packed to overflowing with opponents of his or any other plan for use of federal funds on the local scene. Councilmen Fred Krein and Jack Dutton, along with Vice Mayor Chuck Chandler stated their agreement with the crowd. Mayor Rex Coons and Councilman A. J. Schutte, equally opposed to the federal scheme, added questions as to the corporate structure of DART, its officers and their financial status. The vote to turn down city participation in the plan was unanimous. Living Blamed He said the size of the pollutants produced by coal were easier to retain than the small pollutants oil produces. Smog in Orange County apen the foothill areas than near the beach. Anaheim suffered 50 days of air pollution while Newport Beach had only seven, according to department statistics. The department set up its monitoring stations three years ago, Jeffries said, but there has been no significant increase in air pollution in that time. A relation between air pollution and temperature has been found by the department, but it has been unable to relate humidity with the problem. The 99-year lease on this property is owned by the bankrupt Los Angeles Trust Deed and Mortgage Exchange. Involved transactions surrounding that leasehold were key features in that firm's collapse. As a result of the operations of the mortgage company, some form of second trust deeds involving obligations on the property are held by up to 250 persons, many with addresses unknown. This complication has caused much of the delay in filing a condemnation on the action on the property. Getting summons service on them may delay filing such an action until after construction has started on the actual center, according to City Attorney Joe Geisler. Condemnation is necessary on the Zahl property, according to City Manager Keith Murdoch, because the city cannot even get an idea of what the owners of the land and leasehold want for their interests. After learning the city had received an estimate of value on the land showing its total value to be about $40,000 per acre, their reply was that this figure was so low it couldn't even serve as a basis for negotiation. Murdoch estimates the asking price for this land, including the leasehold, might be as high as $60,000 per acre or more. City Attorney Geisler said Tuesday night that the condemnation on the frontage would be completed in time to start construction. The city council — which has been interviewing architects for a week — is expected to chose a firm to design the building in the near future. While the center will contain a convention hall and sports arena, the exact capacities of each will not be determined un- (Continued on Page 3)