Corona Daily Independent (Newspaper) - January 5, 1956, Corona, California cloudy tonight and Noon 63; a.m. 38. Yesterday's 74. Frost Slightly 1.58. 56 7 CENTS CALIF. PHONE 1234 What wL Believe What SINCE 1,1913 JANUARY 5, 1954. In f HEAD RIDE Hints Activity May Dwarf Previous California is in the middle of a boom that may ultimately dwarf any prosperity the state has previously according to Fortune Edmund L. Van writing in Fortune says that this boom is based on advanced electronics and on the engineering talents that are needed to create today's complex electronic systems and Deusen states further that small companies have been forming in the Los Angeles area at an average rate of one a week ever since 1947. his ' Fogg's Remarkable Electronics in the issue of Van Deusen as is entirely California wins a on this specialized brain it will have gained a measure of economic strength in its own spectacular All is entranced by visions of the coming age of but it is only with the help of advanced of the type being developed in Southern these dreams can come Quoting statistics of new California boom are In the two adjoining counties of Los Angeles and over 400 in about 500 will this year produce electronic goods worth at least a This is almost twice the dollar volume of the entire U.S. radio dustry before World War II and than 10 times the dollar volume the Los Angeles area 10 years New York and centers for radio and can claim larger share - the nation's In the fastest growing half of the Los Angeles is second only to New and in the particular sectors that arc most directly related to data and computation Los Angeles is in strong for the Big Producers about half the dollar volume of the Los Angeles electronics business is accounted for by a few dozen large the electronics departments of major aircraft companies and the Coast operations of a few large eastern electronics plus a scattering of local companies that have struck a rich lode of military But the true flavor the Los Angeles industry is set by the hundreds of smaller companies that for the rest of the In this group the average sales per com: pany are under million a and in some cases they are a great deal Deusen cites the Consolidated of Pasadena 33 an example of one of the most successful companies in the Los Angeles The is headed bv Philip S. 52-ycar-old of business 1945 the with of was a California war baby with an uncertain Sales were almost entirely based on war employees 183; and the who held 75 per cent of the company's wanted to get out of the But of going in little more than a grown The work force has climbed to 1,500 and sales in 1955 approximately The proportion of sales based on military requirements is down less than a the company now has more than 4,000 the result of raising over million in expansion capital by stock to the general as Consolidated Engineering Corp. until two months was formed in 1937 by Herbert Hoover as the branch of United Geophysical an firm he had established tow years in his early was recovering from a bout with and to help him as treasure of his now on a part-time called in his former classmate af Stanford fellow er at Cal Tech. Phil war brought expansion to the Southern California on 10> Issued at Citizens Bank Motorists Have Already Bought for the second it is possible for residents of the Corona area to obtain their automobile license plates locally instead of having to go to the Motor Vehicle office in Riverside or to write to Sacramento for may be obtained at the Citizens National Bank at the corner of Sixth and Ramona Ave. during regular banking hours which art froni ViO to 3 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on The clerks in charge of the sale of plates are hired by the stale and they are Mrs. Lura Gehrke and Mrs. Fern plates for passenger cars are available Plates for must be obtained from an of the Department of Motor This year entirely new plates are being instead of tabs such as were used last You can pick up your license plates at the bank at the same lime you pay for payment for the plates must be in Personal checks cannot be since the office is located right in the it is not difficult to got a check cashed before applying for your far since the office has been over 700 have been Under the new license plate system this the first plates have been in The deadline for securing your license plates is Feb. 3. you go to purchase your plates you must bring your white along with This is what they call the white punched card you receive in the mail from the state telling you how much your license plates will a representative of Los Angeles assists Mayor Charles R. as and Karl Erickson board a helicopter for an inaugural flight around the The flight was part of a dedication ceremony to celebrate scheduled passenger service to Fourteen took part in the Baptize First Helicopter Passenger Snipped Ribbon To Open Local Persons Get helicopter swooped down on Corona yesterday like the giant Rok in the tale of Sinbad the Sailor and whisked away three persons on the first scheduled passenger service passengers Elvin I. petroleum products and Dr. L. retired and citrus The flight took them to the Los Angeles International from where they were scheduled to leave via another Snipped Ribbon Mayor Charles R. Miller snipped the ribbon shortly before 1 officially opening the heliport to passenger Inaugural flights as part of the dedication ceremony took aloft the City Councilmen A. K. H. E. Karl Erickson and Ben Fred assistant city A. Chamber of Commerce Frank outgoing Roger Chamber John traffic manager for Exchange Lemon Products Postmaster Frank Rudolph of the and Burt took two trips of the Sikorsky to give the 14 a taste of at Luncheon Following the ceremonies at the located a few hundred feet from Radio Station the was taken to the Hickory where they were feted by Robert Hubley and Ed representing LiOs Angeles passenger traffic said the service put Corona on the airline map of the inasmuch is the passenger can board the helicopter be checked straight through on flights to any point in the including termed the helicopter a dimension in and spelled out its value as an to speedy transportation in Los Angeles has been a leader in both passenger and mail helicopter he told the pointing out the first airmail service was begun in 1947, In 1954, passenger service was started by hvi Air than providing quick transportation to Los just a half-hour the provides lower-rate fares for those leaving Angeles by plane for points east of St. J. who presided at the luncheon called on City Manager Ralph for remarks concerning the new acknowledged the benefits and expressed particular gratitude to Elmo from whom the land for the heliport was leased by the Without the manager the heliport and passenger service would not have been those attending the luncheon were A. W. manager of Express Capt. Julian commandant of the Corona U.S. Naval and Clarence Riverside Daily PARCEL ARRIVED HERE FROM SAN FRANCISCO SAME DAY YOU MISS YOUR PAPER CALL BETWEEN 5:30-6 circulation man is at the Daily Independent office from 5:30 to 6 P.M. to deliver missed Please phone during that half of the Daily received an package from Postmaster Frank Emerson yesterday just a few hours after the parcel was postmarked in San The newsman was on liand for the heliport ceremony passenger service the timeliness of the package was included an advertising mat from Pacific Telephone and coincidentally for use in today's and oddly enough including pictures of a helicopter and Northern California flood Tlie timely ad is on See Master Plan for on Display Now at City number of sketches showing the various aspects of the master plan for the growth of the City of have been placed on the walls of the Corona city council chambers op the second floor of the Corona city hall at Eighth and Main where the general public may inspect them at any time between now and the time of the public hearing on Jan. 16. explanatory prepared by City Planning Consultant Ferdinand are result of seven and a half months of study and consulted planning experts in four counties of this area in the preparation of the map which shows the location of Corona in relation to the and geographical areas of the territories surrounding map existing and proposed highways and freeways in the Corona a vital consideration in planning for the The way this plan is worked all streets small residential would be eligible for gas tax fund master plan looks forward an undetermined number of years to the time when population might reach 42,000. One map is devoted to schools and it estimated that when this population figure is reached Corona would heed nine elementary three junior high and one senior high worked with Supt. George Kibby in reaching This would not include other parts of the Corona Unified School District such as and Home Use of Facilities The master plan provides for recreational in various parts of the city with emphasis on joint use of school recreation fields for city recreation Iwasko said that two swimming pools probably would be added to supplement present one at the city of these probably would some time in the located at the final location of the new senior high school and the other probably would be in the western section of the stated that it should be made clear that these plans are for the ultimate growth Corona and that he would not that zoning laws be changed at once coincide with these the transition should take place gradually as the needs map shows what he thinks should be done about the zoning laws at present to provide for present needs with future needs also in The master plan provides for ample parking in the business section of town and the development of the western and eastern ends Of the city for filling stations and other tourist northern part of the city is indicated as the place for industrial Cure is to provide for flood control in the area of the Wash. It also looks forward to the development of the Dam Basin as a recreational to the sees growth fanning out in a southerly eventually replacing much of the grove He contends this is the logical direction for He thinks that the growth will start pretty much upon the southern fringes of Corona to with because of the high of sewer lines farther city planning consultant is especially anxious that as many citizens of Corona as possible see and study plans prior to the hearing Jan. 1 .so that they raay be possible with the plans so that constructive suggestions may made at the lime of the Man Asks for Court Trial on man in here yesterday a plea of innocence to a charge of while intoxicated and asked for a court 48, of was arrested Dec. 24 about at Citron street and Lincoln avenue by city Judge W. Tax Ike Until Debt Is Foreign Outlook Fined Five Days In Jail on Corona man was fined and sentenced to five days in jail yesterday after he entered a plea of guilty to a charge of driving while fine and sentence were imposed by Judge W. S. Caudill in Justice Court on Charles R. 22, of 1215 Sheridan who was Monday about 1:30 a.m. at Sixth street and Washburn the offense occurred during the published warning of imposing jail sentences was carried The holiday five-day ended WEATHERMAN PREDICTS VARIABLE CLOUDINESS FOR high cloudiness in interior Southern California and a few scattered light showers in the vicinity of the in Los Angeles county is the prediction for tonight and weather has been moving down the has weakened and is expected to pass through California waters tonight with little or no precipitation and not much are over the far west and a and intense Pacific storm is centered just off the British Columbia the storm is expected to remain too far north to have much effect on Southern California weather the been falling along the California yoast as far south as Monterey although generally fair weather is the rule In the southern sections of the lowest temperature in the nation early morning was two below zero at Grand N.D. The high yesterday was 70 degrees at Tuscon and Gila OPERATORS HELD IN PROBE OF ROBBERY ON DEC. 12 Operators of a Lakewood market are In jail as a result of an investigation into a holdup of their store Dec. 12. K. 4l aircraft company and Mrs. Sylvia Parker 35, have been arrested and charged with two counts of one of grand theft and one of attempted grand say Taylor claims to have been beaten by two but she did not or other The the market and since 19S4, they have insurance for losses of almost in stolen over in a purse stolen from the and stolen from a IN PROGRESS AT THE ALPHA BETA remodeling is taking place ill the Alpha Beta store trade is going on as The large windows are being bricked up to provide more shelf space and tlie interior is going to be said today a new lighting system is in antl there will be new meat cases and new frozen food lie will be improvements that will make it place in which to income from milk rose from 1!)4G to in 1954, but last year's income was 14 per cent Caudill set the trial for Jan. 18 of total farm a of at per UNITED Eisenhower has come out against a tax cut at this time despite prospects for a balanced The President's State of the Union message delivered to Congress today says taxes should be reduced only when that is after the billion national debt is cut On Mr. Eisenhower called for more defense greater foreign military and economic President can never justify going further into debt to give ourselves a tax cut at the expense of our President warned Congress that we remain strong militarily because of the continued threat of Communism to the free other domestic the President recommended a soil bank to try to case the agricultural He called for federal aid to do something about classroom shortages throughout the of the which was read to Congress by included long-range foreign both economic and government aid to victims of natural and the setting up of a commission to charges of civil rights violations at Key the President added these words to will about reductions of any other kind until we have begun to make some modest on the national U. S. FOREIGN OUTLOOK the message painted a word picture of rosier domestic prosperity in the year ahead dark clouds on foreign Eisenhower said that Russia and China threaten the free Ho said this nation must remain and spend more money abroad to fight the Red OF EISENHOWER free nations of Europe are hailing President Eisenhower's State of the Union view the message as a boost to the united front against politicians see the program as a counter move to the Communist in London welcomed it as evidence of cooperation with its West officials said message reflected the alms for Chancellor Adenauer has been strength in AND SOCIALIST MOLLET WANT FRENCH SOUND RULE NOT leaders of a coalition in France have demanded that their Republican front select tho new demand comes from Pierre a former premier and Guy tho Socialist Their in rejects lame duck Premier plan for a coalition of all moderates against of the left and Republican front is composed of radical It the opposition to the coalition of Premier The Republican front got 108 seats in tlie new Tho Faure group cornered 205. tho front gets its demands it would mark a shLtt to the left in French ASSEMBLY MAJORITY INSISTS FRANCI GRANT AUTONOMY AND LEGISLATION WILL group of prominent legislators in Algeria have demanded that France act promptly to solve grave problems in The representing a majority of the assembly in has threatened to resign unless their demands are met. They want quick action on proposals for Algerian autonomy and immediate release of all political REJECTS MEDIATION Electric corporation has turned down a federal mediation proposai to let a three-man fact finding try to an old strike at The company suggests instead that its workers be allowed to settle own with a secret Frank Lausche of Ohio had asked the Westinghouse Electric Corporation to agree to a federal proposal to end the 81-day nationwide The Lausche proposal called for each side to to submit tile strike issues to a three-man fact finding WILL SEEK TO FIND OUT IF U. S. OR RUSSA IS WINNING WAR WEAPON The Armed Services committee lias decided to investigate whether leads America in the race to develop n Tlie committee also will how American strategic bombing organization compares to enemy It also will examine the question of how nuclear weapons have revolutionized military ARCHBISHOP AND STAFF ESCAPE Archbishop of Milan and his staff have escaped injury in a attack that say could have caused a Police suspect a madman touched off the blast in the but they aren't ruling out the possibility that it might have been done by Communist political foes of the Catholic CRASH KILLS British Royal Navy into a trailer camp near during a heavy reports say four including one were killed in one and three injured in S. POLIO DEATHS DROP 25% AND DEATHS 40% U. S. Health Service the nation's polio eases dropped about 25 per cent in 1!)55, the year of tlie mass Salk inoculation also estimate that the death rate from polio in 1955 was down about 40 per WESTINGHOUSE STRIKE PICKET HITS STRIKER AND IS CAR IS flared briefly again today in 81-day-old Westinghouse Pickets at the plant overturned one anH stoned One picket hit a in The alleged
