Pasadena Independent Topics (Newspaper) - March 12, 1969, Pasadena, California Action Line is your service solving your problems getting your answers ting red tape and standing up for your rights To get action write ACTION LINE 525 E Colorado Blvd Pasadena 91109 Q Two trees in Irani of my house are in the parkway They are a disgrace to my property bent and hanging inlo the load I called the Park Department They came down and said I could remove at my own expense II I wanted that they should be taken out but the county would riot do it I can't understand why I should pay if they're not mine Is there anything I can do to get them to remove these Temple City A The county pays fur their to trees hat arc cither dead or a hazard to the public urid to trim those which may obstruct traffic Bui the line has to ho drawn somewhere and axes pay for taking out every Iree a properly doesn't like If you were caught injecting the roots with some noxious substance you might welt ho convicted of destroying county property ently there such crime ss for which ho penalty could bo fine of up to It is safer either a commercial free surgeon or parks department moonlighter to remove the trees Q What is the total daily food cost for all mals al Los Pasadena A II elephant may gel dyspepsia from too many peanuts and a nursing mother up an appetite Rut February's total was lor a average a day Q How can anyone not on the newspaper slaff articles published in their local If it is possible what arc the Mrs tadena A Send your not someone else's writing that impressed you to Tho Letters to Iho Editor or for this paper Forum Keep it neat and more limn 11 couple of hundred words Newspapers do not pay for al by than their staff or syndicated writers but always welcome lips on news events II you wish fo publicize activities of an organization study stories in the paper about similar activities lell newest news first keep your words sentences and articles short and send them to Iho editor of tho section in which Bo sure to put name address phone number and the date in the op left comer of the page Q I have heard of Young cans Where and when do they meet what are their functions and how can I get in touch with them? San Gabriel A They meet second Wednesdays In p.m at The Coachman E Colorado Blvd Functions include parly fun as well as parly socializing a ski group registration campaign Reach them through President Jerry Hilstrom Q Why? Before school In September len Avenue was resurfaced near Marshall School laking a couple of weeks Six months later it still has no marking lines It's terrifying to meet a car head-on on the wrong side Why? Altadena el al A They can't just send n man out a bucket ol paint and a brush Next lime you're on take enue or notice the complicated but precise striping especially at left turn pockets and approaches These arc planned in advance if traffic counts show a need designed liy engineers whoso plans are submitted to Fritz Zapf then the city manager hen Iho city directors for approval Tlin Itself possibly early next month will two or three days HOW TO USE ACTION Give your nnmc address and phone number for publication but to help ACTION help you Include important information Inn you don't send pictures documents or receipts you will want bach Ij needed request them ACTION LINE will answer as many requests as space and our ability permit We can't take phone calls or answer all mail or any anonymous Action Line IS A PAGE 1 DAILY FEATURE at your newsstand or phone for home delivery PASADENA PASADENA CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY MARCH 12 1969 WALTER C BATEMAN JR president of Pasadenan New Head oi Boys Group Walter C Bateman dena businessman has been elected president of the board of trustees of Republic val officer has served nonprofit re farm school com- munity for teenage boys for more than 15 years as an officer and iVal C Larsen Jr a retired Jet Propulsion ries executive North Carolina and a of the ty of North Carolina lias lived in Pasadena for the past 20 jears He is associated with the Pasadena office of E F Hutlon and Co Other elected at the were Mrs Dee Neice Perkins mona Bernard J Ri cider adena and Joseph B Rice Jr La Canada vice presidents Tested For TB Trace Of high school students given tuberculin skin tests at Pasadena High School 18 had a tive reaction and 28 were found to be doubtful and are being reports Fred Lancaster general manager of the Pasadena Tuberculosis Association which conducted the tests with the help of 15 teer doctors and nurses All those students who had reaction which does not necessarily mean they have the tive disease In their systems only that there is a presence of the tuberculosis germ have been as part of the further testing program A three-week program of skin testing of all eighth grade students in the and Sail Marino public and private schools mately 2 students is now under way it is an- The Pasadena Tuberculosis Association how conducting the tests urges all parents to return their acceptance cards have been distributed to the eighth grade students allowing their children to be tested Only in this way can the fight against losis be effectively carried says Lancaster The Pasadena Public Health Department is doing a follow iip with the families of all those who have had a positive reaction from the tests at the high school and for eighth grade students This ing program is of the work made available through the Christmas Seal campaign Annandale History cond n ion A second edition of the Within the Vale of lias just been published by the San Rafael Scouts of The first edition sold out publication Receipts fiom sales of the book 40 to help support the San Rafael Cub and Boy Scouts The book deals in picture and text with the histo- ry of the Annandale San area Author of the large volume is Donald W A new foi the second edition was by Russ Leadabrand staff member of the Pasadena and author several local guidebooks The book may be purchased at local bookshops or directly from the San Rafael Scouts Box Pasadena 91105 Price of the plus tax and is Photo INTERNATIONAL ol i he coffee urn are from left A J Schoof governor's representative of Rotary District 158 of The J W Ravesloot and J L Hendriks both visitors from The Netherlands and Eldon Osborn past president of the East of Group Study District 530 the host group of the reception al Huntington The ore spending 60 days m California and Nevada area Of Local Note ADAMS TRAVEL PROGRAM Austria a New View of Old Sights will be the subject of Albert Adams travel program at p.m today at the South Pasadena Public Library 1115 El St South Pasadena He will use color slides to trate his lecture COMMUNITY FORUM Monrovia Evening High School community forum will hold its fifth in a series of grams on Hopes and Fears in the World Community at p.m Wednesday at the ia High School Auditorium 845 W Colorado Blvd Lisa ering and Jeanne Porterfield noted film lecturers will pre- sent a talk on Europe's ture Countries Development and Influences on the Future of Europe ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT James Rolls an ident lias been Installed a 101 vice president of the of Deputy District neys of Los Angeles County He is assistant head op- at trie Hall of Justice STAMP The Pasadena Stamp Club will convene at the Pasadena Recreation Department 1501 E Vila St at p.m day COMPUTER CLASS SET Registration is open for adults wishing to take an introduction to computers course The class is being held at South Pasadena High School 1401 Fremont Ave South Pasadena Wednesday p.m in Room 103 The instructor is Edwin man ISOMETRIC COURSE v Two new courses in facial iso- metrics will be given by Asher Snider at the Pasadena YWCA 78 N Ave Pasadena from fo 9 p.m Mondays A daytime course also is planned and will be held from to noon Thursdays beginning March 27 Additional tion is available by calling 5171 AHS LECTURER Learning About Yourself is the theme of a spring lecture to be given by Dr Arthur L Bielz at Alhambra High School 101 S Second St hambra at p.m Thursday His subject will be Seeing Things As They Are al information is available by calling CHRISTIAN WOMEN'S CLUB Darrell Hernand associated with the Campus Crusade for Christ will speak to the Santa Anita Christian Women's Club at its luncheon meeting from noon to 2 Thursday ton's Restaurant 1130 W rado St Arcadia Spring hats will be previewed and Hazel Weitkamp will present special music Reservations may be made by calling or 285-5274 RUMMAGE SALE A rummage sale will help nance a trip to Washington by members of the Cadelte Girl Scout Troop No 582 of McKinley Junior High School In June of 1970 The sale will be held from to 4 p.m and Sunday at 808 Linda Visla Ave Pasadena GUEST SPEAKER Martin Jr considered one of America's foremost will speak at p.m Thursday at Hamilton School His topic will bo Catching a Skylark Freeway Site Urged For Auto Center GENIUS AT McCoy 21 likes Bach and you can't do Bach justice unless it's on a harpischord So Pasadena youth sent away for a kit and came up with his by Craig Palmer own genuine model The ecl took nine months but say lime wos is because here's Jeff in the process of t u n i n g his creation Harpischord Replica Gives Bach New Life liy CRAIG PALMER Bach is about lo be switched on I've always grown up with music and about a year ago became very interested in said Los Angeles social sciences senior Jelf McCoy 714 N St Pasadena So I sent away for a kit lo build my own harpsichord It was a plain old design though and I wanted a genuine stylo model So McCoy whose father is Wayne Galleher orchestral in- for the Pasadena mentary schools set himself to the ask of transforming his newly acquired beast into a beauty Nine months over 300 hours of careful labor extra and wood assorted an- tique frames and smaller Hems had a working replica of the precursor of the day I had two years of piano as a but other than that McCoy described his playing as mostly by ear But then he has an excellent background in that sort of thing I used to play honky-tonk at a in Kansas I love and Bach Broker Faces Sentence in Bribe Case A West Covina reai estate broker faces sentencing April 7 after being convicted in Los An- geles of offering a bribe fo an internal revenue agent The defendant is John Tatar 58 2828 Sunsel Hill Drive Fie will be sentenced by U.S Dis- Judge Warner J Ferguson Assist U.S Ally Henry J Novak Jr who prosecuted the four-day trial said Tatar failed to file tax returns for the years 1983 through 1966 but then filed them late in 1967 The agent allegedly large cd income as well as tions the returns had been falsified Novak said In early June Tatar ly offered to give the agent worth of land If the latter would forget about the Consumers Congress Set In Pasadena The spending of the Green will be the the theme of ninth annual Consumers Con- gress of the Family Panel of America to be held from to 4 p.m today at the Hotel in Pasadena The congress will feature speakers on consumer lems during the morning sion and luncheon at noon sessions include a uct parade with manufacturers explaining merits of their Highlight of the afternoon will be the voting on the project theme of the coming year Those attending also will re- a large bag of products to take home according to Ln na Cormier of Burbank tor of tlie National Family Pan- el of America Boerbon of hambra and Mrs Dave Carson of Monrovia are co-chairmen of the event with some 600 women expected ta attend Tickets are available at the Prudential ings and Loan office 1300 ley Blvd Alhambra New Plan Offered by j Architects By PAULINE THOMSON Writer Use as a location for the proposed Auto- motive Center in Pasadena is Pasadena Chapter of the American Institute of Ar- in a communication which will he considered Planning Commission day at 3 p.m in the Cily Hall council chamber Lyman Ennis chairman of Pasadena Architects in a committee of the local AIA points out in his letter that during the over the proposed Auto- motive Center the local chapter went on record as opposing fhe project from the standpoints of location and method of land nc The Automotive Center per se was not jt bg asset Position Unchanged rf The chapter's position still remains unchanged and the chapter now wishes to present a proposal to continue planning for such a project he wrote Referring to use of freeway for center Ennis stresses that properly located by the Planning Commission such a center would provide an enviable site for the automobile dealers at same lime re- quiring the least amount of land use change Adjacent properties would also benefit from the added provided by the new ity thereby attracting private development the most popular form of all This would also be chance for the Cily of na to provide usable space on a lease basis a benefit to Ennis continued Study of Feasibility The communication urges tjie Pasadena Board of City tors to instruct Planning Commission to embark a study ol feasibility and possible location of such a center to be built using freeway In support the chapter firms its pledge to assist through its Architects tion program is so the letler concludes Meanwhile the Planning Com- mission has issued a ment in principle to rezone land or an auto center when land commitments and a plan are The commitment was made i as a result of action by a newly organized Property Owners in Limbo who proposed to op an auto center privately in fhe northwest section where one earlier had been proposed via formal redevelopment dures Legion Auxiliary Slates Meeting Alhambra Unit No 139 ican Legion meet Thursday at 8 p.m at the legion clubhouse 24 N Stoneman Ave Alhambra The auxiliary will hold an ex- board March 18 at 8 p.m at El Molino Ave Alhambra Other events of interest o members is the 18th District meeting Monday March at 8 p.m at the legion clubhouse and anniversary meeting with Post No 139 on Thursday March I
