anaheim-gazette 1964-04-02

DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION DISCUSSED — City Planning Commissioner Dick Reese, left, looks over plans being explained to George Karcher, general manager and executives secretary of the newly-formed Downtown Assoc. by Victor Gruen Associate representative Hotchkiss. Urban Renewal Project Plans Presented To Downtown Groups Urban Renewal Project Plans Presented To Downtown Groups The Anaheim Downtown Association hosted an informal luncheon meeting last Tuesday to acquaint the downtown business men and officers and members of the Chamber of Commerce with Frank Hotchkiss, director of planning, of Victor Gruen and Associates, Beverly Hills development and consultant firm. George Karcher, general manager of the downtown group, stated that this luncheon was the "opening gun to kickoff plans for the revitalization of the central downtown area." Teamwork between the Chamber of Commerce, City Council and the Anaheim Downtown Assn. was said to be necessary to carry out this complicated plan to revamp the downtown shopping area. The City Council is considering retaining the Gruen Com-pany as consultants in the various phases as submitting remodeling and renovation handling the parking situation providing pedestrian areas malls or whatever steps businessmen and council do necessary. Hotchkiss explained slim depicting plans used by cities for revitalization. Due to the question and answer questions such as: "Would a be practical for the Anaheim central area?" "Would my decked parking be preferred surface or underground parking?" brought the conclusion that a study should be made determine the needs of the tral business section. Officers of the Downtown society are Harold Sn president; Joe Sowder, v president; Martha Schumacher secretary; and Earle Jack treasurer. The City Council will confer the retention of Victor Gruen and Associates at a 10 a.m. meeting on April 21. City Charter Sent To County Supervisors The Anaheim city charter has been sent to the Board of Supervisors for approval. Processing procedures have been set in motion to place the proposed charter on the primary election ballot, June 2. The 30-member citizens' charter committee, under the lead-ership of Dr. Robert Doty, spent a year in drafting the document, which is most respects leaves the present basic structure of city government unchanged. If approved by the voters the new charter will make the office of city clerk and city treasurer, now elective, appointive. After numerous and lengthy hearings with opinions voiced by members of the City Charter Study Committee, representatives of the Chamber of Commerce, and local citizens, the council recommended only slight changes. The pay increase was maintained at $800 for mayor and $400 for councilmen, as recommended but the compensation clause was changed to include 1. only compensation for authorized items; and 2. itemized routine and ordinary expenses; these to be spelled out in ordinances in the future. The need for a city charter is Angel Tickets On Sale Tickets for all Los Angeles Angels home games at Chase Ravine for the month of A are on sale all over, it has been announced by Angels' Gen Manager Fred Haney. Inclu- will be tickets for the exhibit Director Dr. Samuel Gendel, head of the Johnston-Gendel Medical Group in Anaheim, has been elected as a member of the board of directors of the Big Brothers of Orange County, according to Robert Guggenheim, Jr., president of this public service organization which provides adult male counseling to Orange County's troubled fatherless boys. The organization operates under the guidance of a volunteer board of directors consisting of more than 40 prominent civic and business leaders representing every geographical area of Orange County. The local group ranks as the fourth largest Big Brother agency in the nation, and last year provided counseling service to more than 400 fatherless boys in this county. It is supported exclusively through voluntary public contributions. Sanitation District Receives Grant The United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare has approved a $79,840 grant of federal water pollution control funds to Orange County Sanitation District No. 1. The funds constituted the federal government's share of a $556,585 joint project for the construction of a secondary sewage facility. AND WHEN YOU LOOK INSIDE WOMEN'S NEWS PAGE 6 EDITORIALS FEATURES PAGE 4 Anaheim ESTABLISHED SINCE 1870 • HOME CITY PA Volume 9, No. 84 25¢ Per Month Thursday, April 2 ANGELS PA ACQUISITION newly-formed Downtown ruen Associate representPlans Groups Plans Groups as consultants in the variphases as submitting diffient means of financing the modeling and renovating; dling the parking situation; dividing pedestrian areas, falls or whatever steps the businessmen and council deem essary. notchkiss explained slides ecting plans used by other poss for revitalization. During question and answer period questions such as: Would a mall practical for the Anaheim area? "Would multiparked parking be preferred to pace or underground parkbrought the conclusion a study should be made to ermine the needs of the cenbusiness section. officers of the Downtown Association are Harold Smith, ident; Joe Sowder, vice ident; Martha Schumacker, retary; and Earle Jackson, sururer. City Council will considide retention of Victor Gruen Associates at a 10 a.m. ting on April 21. POLARIS TEAM FLAG TO FLY — The U. S. Navy has presented the Interstate Electronic Corporation with one of the first pennants given in recognition of outstanding work on the Polaris Missile Program. The pennant is a symbol of the team effort and will be flown beneath the U.S. Flag at the company’s offices. Presenting the flag and representing the Navy from Washington D.C. Special Projects Office are from left, C. manders J. T. Burrill and W. J. Beard. Accepting the flag are from left Frank Booth, chairman of the board of Interelectronics and President of Interstate L. neering and A. V. Gangness, general reger and executive vice president. "POLARIS TEAM FLAG" Recognition Given Firm By Navy Department The Interstate Electronics Company is the prime contractor for test instrumentation of the U. S.' Navy's Fleet Ballistic System of the Polaris Missile. Interstate Electronics is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Interstate Engineering Corporation and was established in Anaheim in 1956. Approximately 700 persons are employed by the Electronics division alone. Interstate Electronics has received previously the certificate of merit from the Secretary of the Navy and letters of commendation from Admirals "Red" Rayborn, former head of the Polaris program and Admiral I. J. Galantin, present director of the Polaris program. Interstate has conducted schools for care and maintenance of equipment that is prepared and tested in the Anaheim plant and dismantled, packaged and sent to its destination, where each piece must be capable of going through a 24” hole laris system which is one key elements in the system. Interstate is one of the companies taking part in Polaris Team Program of the first to receive the larsis Team Flag" or "E (the navy term for the per- Mrs. Kirby Takes Prize With Daffodils 4-H Honors Accorded To Jordan Barney Jordan, vice president and manager of the Anaheim main office, United California Bank, was presented the Orange County Council 4-H Clubs' Citation for Meritorious Service. Receiving the award also was Stewart Yost, General Manager of the Orange County Fair. The award is given on a very limited basis to business leaders who have contributed over the years, to youth and community activities and particularly to 4-H Club activities. Mr. Jordan's interest in 4-H has covered a period of many in the promotion of 4-H activities. Mr. Jordan has served in the past as county key banker directly in charge of liaison with the 4-H Council and Agricultural Extension Service of the University of California, and the promotion and direction of 4-H activities. Jordan has served as a member of the Executive Board of Group IV, California Bankers Association, which is composed of the Counties of Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Imperial and San Diego. He is currently serving as treasurer and a member of the Executive Board of Group IV. Resident Wins Prize On TV Show Marine Jerry Ratliff of 108 East Wakefield, Anaheim, was the winner of a $3,235 Baldwin Baby Grand Piano on NBC-TV's daytime telecast. Jerry won his prize from "chief trader" and emcee Monty Hall, who selected him from his Hollywood studio audience. Hall offered him the opportunity to trade a personal item (his Marine boot) for chances on hidden prizes of unknown value, and his grand prize was the end result of his wise trading. "Let's Make A Deal" is seen every Monday through Friday in color on NBC-TV and is a Stefan Hatos-Monty Hall production. Jay Stewart is the announcer and associate producer. Mrs. Kirby Takes Prize With Daffodils The black-thumb segment Fullerton gardeners, the who seldom if ever come with one perfect bloom, especially appreciate Mrs. S. Kirby's accomplishments being able to select 35 and fragile daffodils at a time, despite the uncertainty of the March weather conditions. Mrs. Kirby's entry of blooms in competition with amateur horticulturist are daffodil about daffodil suited top honors in the annual state show sponsored by the Southern California dil Society. The traveling trophy, Mrs. Kirby's for a year hand-crafted silver bowl insured for $500. In addition to the Patricia Red Trophy, she also received prize bulb of the pink developed by the trophy's wife also. A silver medal Mrs. Kirby's permanent. The 35 blooms the Ful woman entered in the Descanso Gardens, La Crosse under the famed Verdugo represented seven vals Dioite, Galway, Klingo, seau, Frolic, Polindra and ish. im Gazette ME CITY PAPER OF FABULOUS DISNEYLAND Thursday, April 2, 1964 8 Pages Anaheim, California, PARK SITE TION FOILED Land Values Skyrocket Premature announcement of the negotiations between Mayor Rex Coons, City Manager Keith Murdock, Supervisor William J. Phillips and the management of the Los Angeles Angels Baseball Club has hurt the chances of Anaheim to acquire the team. to Anaheim with a city-county offer to build a $20 million stadium with 50,000-seat capacity on 135 acres. The Gazette had also known about the planned proposal and the anticipated move but had refrained from publishing the Premature announcement of the negotiations between Mayor Rex Coons, City Manager Keith Murdock, Supervisor William J. Phillips and the management of the Los Angeles Angels Baseball Club has hurt the chances of Anaheim to acquire the team. Land prices zoomed upward immediately upon release of the negotiations and could prevent the move from Los Angeles by the ball club. Long Beach and the San Fernando Valley have also been suggested as possible stadium sites to Gene Autry, chairman of the board and Manager Fred Haney. Meetings were held during March in Palm Springs with Walt Disney and Leonard Firestone also included. The Angels were presumably being asked to Anaheim with a city-county offer to build a $20 million stadium with 50,000-seat capacity of 135 acres. The Gazette had also known about the planned proposal and the anticipated move but had refrained from publishing the story to give Anaheim officials the chance to consummate the land acquisition and receive final approval of the American League and the Angels management. City officials are hopeful negotiations will be continued if enough land can be acquired at a reasonable cost. If the cost exceeds original estimates, which were based on reasonably priced property, the stadium revenues would not possibly be sufficient to carry the projects. Robert H. Briggs Runs For 71st Assembly Robert H. Briggs, a Lincoln Democrat, who opposes the California Democratic Council endorsee Ray Johnson in the June 2 primary for the 71st Assembly District seat, will base his campaign principally on the forthcoming Initiative to repeal the 1963 Rumford Act, often termed the Fair Housing Act. He stated the CDC action to repudiate any candidate who fails to disavow the Initiative is in itself demonstrative evidence that the CDC is not democratic within its own organization, and thus places the CDC in default in its claim that it can best represent the rank and file of all Democratic voter registrants. Briggs is presently employed as an insurance agent. He served the U.S. Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service as a Revenue Officer for six and one-half years prior to becoming an insurance likely that the U.S. Supreme Court could find a legal precedent to annul the Initiative, if it becomes incorporated within the California Constitution, for most of the prohibited acts engrossed by the Fourteenth Amendment have been traditionally applied to the acts of the States or organs therein, and not to the acts and powers of the people as individuals, which have their reserved powers in the Tenth Amendment." On other issues Mr. Briggs promises action to eliminate inequities in taxation, proposes economical and practical rapid transit, which will utilize existing rights-of-way, and is a proponent of retaining capital punishment, which he believes is yet one of the best deterrents to heinous crimes. Briggs has had experience as a management analyst with the U.S. Air Force in 1951 and 1952. He is a World War II Navy Mrs. Kirby kakes. Prize With Daffodils The black-thumb segment of Fullerton gardeners, the ones who seldom if ever come up with one perfect bloom, can especially appreciate Mrs. Ernest Kirby's accomplishment in being able to select 35 perfect and fragile daffodils at a given time, despite the uncertainties of the March weather conditions. Mrs. Kirby's entry of the blooms in competition with other amateur horticulturists who are daffy about daffodils captured top honors in the eighth annual state show sponsored by the Southern California Daffodil Society. The traveling trophy, which is Mrs. Kirby's for a year, is a hand-crafted silver daffodil bowl insured for $500. In addition to the Patricia Reynolds trophy, she also received a prize bulb of the pink daffodil developed by the trophy's donor and named in memory of his life also. A silver medallion is Mrs. Kirby's permanent prize. The 35 blooms the Fullerton woman entered in the show at Descanso Gardens, La Canada, under the famed Verdugo oaks, represented seven varieties, Boite, Galway, Klingo, Troussau, Frolic, Polindra and Dervish. Briggs is presently employed as an insurance agent. He served the U.S. Treasury Department, Internal Revenue Service as a Revenue Officer for six and one-half years prior to becoming an insurance agent. In the Rumford Act Initiative he states "the people have the right to decide for themselves, rather than have the government decide for them, whether or not they want the provisions of the Rumford Act. If the people as a whole do not desire governmental intervention and involuntary contractural relations with minorities they will vote for the Initiative in the next general election. The Initiative will not affect public accommodations such as hotels and motels, and would only apply to housing. It is un- ROBERT H. BRIGGS