Pasadena Independent Topics (Newspaper) - April 16, 1969, Pasadena, California Action Line is your service solving your problems getting your answers ting red tape and standing up for your rights To gee action LINE 525 E Colorado Blvd Calif 91109 Q Suppose the school bonds pass and we have the cluster Okay we make Blair a junior high and Blair has a pool Does this mean we put one in each of the other junior highs so all students have the same Pasadena A The district has not built and probably never will build pools at junior highs This does not mean Blair's must be filled like an outdated cesspool It still bo needed for community use and jhs dents from all schools can have their Intramural swimming at Blair instead of going o FCC as they do now Q During what administration was Joseph W Barr Secretary of the It Jl al Reserve notes are coming into circulation and no one I have asked seems to know when he was secretary Pasadena A Barr served as Undersecretary of the Treasury under Henry H Fowler starting in 1965 As second in command he became top dog when his boss resigned effective nine days before David was confirmed on Nixon's inauguration day Jan 20 He must have worked fast Q I drive west on Colorado Boulevard Arcadia every day Recently signals were put in at where it meets Colorado Place at the track -I want to know whether after I stop Vt if no traffic Is coming on Colorado Place 1 can LY proceed right tlie don't want to spoil an perfect driving record Mrs W K Arcadia After consulting with both and street officials Arcadia police say such a maneuver will bo considered legal Q Please send me information about the dents for a Democratic Society and how I can form a chapter on the campus of Glendora High School C T A SDS has the reputation of being far to the eft and members don't get along well with police at campus Confrontations when present as they usually They are understandably coy about living out a local or pbone number but is 1608 W Madison Ave Chicago 60612 Your answer on where to rent horses surf riding was inaccurate The Corona del Mar place you mentioned is a boarding stable for private horses only I hope others can be saved the time expense and embarrassment oj going there Where can I REALLY one? R seemed embarrassed too Our seen by others than you who started enforcing the local law against beach riding We no-place In Southern Editor HOW TO USE ACTION LINE name address and phone number publication but to help ACTION you Include important information but you don't send pictures documents or receipts you will want back If needed we will request Mem ACTION LINE will as many requests as space ability permit We can't take calls or answer all mail or any anonymous Action Litts IS A PACE 1 DAILY FEATURE at your newsstand or for home PASADENA PASADENA CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY APRIL 16 1969 Candidates Citizens Back Counselors Minority Students Plan V School Meeting Pasadena voters will have an opportunity to see and hear all five candidates for the April 24 general city election at a public meeting Thursday at p.m at McKinley Junior High School auditorium 325 S Oak Knoll Ave Sponsored by the League of Women Voters the forum will be moderated by Mrs Milton Winogrond with Mrs Hobart Barnes and Mrs Howard as general chairmen AH interested persons are in- to attend the meeting at which each of the five dates who will speak are Dr seph D Messier appointed in- cumbent who is unopposed in District Seven Frank C and Donald F Yakaitis District Five opponents and J Turner Alexander Jr and mer F Wallace who are com- against each other for the District Three seat In addition to sponsoring the Know Your C a n d i'd a t e s meeting Thursday night tlie League of Women Voters is providing voter information for the April 24 citywide League will answer questions or supply information f or voters weekdays 10 and 4 through April 24 at 160 N Oakland Ave The voter information service also is available by calling or Sale Tea Slated The Hand weaving Guild will hold its exhibit and tea at the Azusa Woman's Club Ninth Street at Azusa Avenue from 1 to 4 pan Saturday The sale will include handwoven articles and a fashion show Bond Proposal of prominent Pasadena citizens headed by C M Linton attorney is supporting a million bond will be oh the April 24 wide general election ballots Funds from the bond issue if it is approved by the voters will be used for providing for future re- location of the Santa Fe Railroad tracks or of rapid transit in the the north-south Long Beach Freeway the committee explains It is absolutely the last chance Pasadena has to provide space in the North-South Freeway for ture relocation of the Santa Fe sizes Linton Except for small portions Of property on the east side of below Bellefontaine Street no additional land width will be required he says Most of the cost will be in retaining walls and ex- tensions of of the freeway which will be depressed in that area The state has agreed to lace the railroad tracks in the east-west freeway at a saving of million to Pasadena taxpayers but says the city will have to pay for the changes needed to accomodate the tracks along the Long Beach Freeway and it is for that reason that the Board of City Directors has placed the million bond issue on the April 24 lots the committee out It would be devastating if the job says Linton elimination of pride crossings come the saving of lives of proper tj d of traffic jims and of delay of calls for issue are H Douglas Ralph C Flewelling H Warner Guggs I K Paul F Lip pold Malcolm E Harvey L Sheldon and Tom Wyper Orrin is treasurer Among those on the committee are William H Pickering James N Gamble Hewes A Boll Philip S Fogg Mrs Houston Rehng Stevens Weller Jr P Wei in Mrs Ruth Valentine John H Big pai Ji John C Wilfong David Stanley I Halm Mr and Mrs L Wyatt F G Run von Dr arid Herbert V The Pasadena Planning Commission has unam endorsed the measure It is also supported by the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce Beautiful Pasadena Chapter AIA and several associations Linton reports Tlie measure is endorsed by city director dates Turner Alexander Frank C and Donald F Yokaitis he adds by BerV sewen PRESENTATIONS Mrs Philip Geier right n presented with a bag of pamphlets as she registers from the Cincinnati Town and Garden Club tJl the Hotel for the National Garden Club meeting today through Thursday Presenting gift is Mrs Arthur Crowe member of the Pasadena Garden Club host club of convention The bag contains a book garden club trips and o cookbook Termed Apathetic By LUCIE Stall Writer Charles Clark president of the Pasadena City College dent senate Monday night pre- sented to college trustees the results of a questionnaire which Clark said indicated the dents believed of the college counselors were thetic Clark suggested that lors were overloaded and that ideally 11 more should be hired to bring the total to 26 He also suggested an incentive gram for counselors said the questionnaire was answered by 454 students representing different jors Less than be- they could go to lors with personal problems or that their counselors t e e r e d information in their areas of study he reported Apathetic attitudes of coun- selors accounts for apathetic at- on the part of Does your counselor initiate the tion of relevant information to jou in your area of 23 per 50 per cent said sometimes and 27 per cent said never Does your counselor believe you can accept a challenge even if your previous grades or test been To this 31 per cent said 51 per cent said and 18 per cent said never On the question of bringing personal problems to lors 23 per cent said they be- they could freely proach and trust their counselors 34 per cent said and 43 per cent said never To the query Does your counselor let you accept the nal responsibility for selection of courses for which you are 58 per cent 30 per cent said times and 12 per cent said never Do you receive adequate in- formation concerning the school to which you plan to This question brought 29 per cent 37 per cent and 34 per cent never Dr Armen Saraf ian PCC ident and the four trustees who were present at the meeting congratulated Clark and the senate for the constructiveness of the questionnaire Trustees present were Walter T Shatford II Carl W Ludlow Cecil Osoff and Dr Robert G Freeman Ridder Renamed To Head Board Bernard J Ridder publisher of the Pasadena was re-elected pres id en t of the board of directors of the dena Foundation for Medical Research at the recent annual board meeting according to an announcement by Dr George S Sharp executive director Directors elected to serve as officers during the next 12 months were Arnold D of Los Angeles first vice president Martin A of Pasadena second vice dent Robert Hubbard of treasurer Holeman Grigsby of San Marino The for Medical Research is an pendant nonprofit organization primarily devoted to new and advanced studies into the es and potential cure of cancer Pasadena EYESORE REMOVAL Carl Scotti the stores and equipment superintendent for the City of Pasadena s Water and Power Mack Hopkins on the of cily crews demolished a eyesore ing at 3005 E Foothill Blvd The building was torn down the revealed by that the city which is scheduled to an ordinance cracking vacant store buildings today was itself owner of the structure which formerly housed a garden pi r nursery on land eased from the city The site is being cleared to for a new T M Goodrich electric receiving tion Cily officials said children wrecked il Of Local Note CANDIDATES TO TALK Linda Vista School PTA will sponsor a meeting for candi dates for the Board of Education election at p.m Thursday in tile school auditorium Mrs Ted Offers Ad Concept A totally new concept in newspaper now being utilized by the The has joined newspapers across the nation in offering this new method of use of the newspaper page by an advertiser The con- cept allows an advertiser to use a page much more creatively than in the past where ing was placed at the boltom of the page with news stories placed around the sides and across the top The advertiser is now offered exceptional flexibility in the product itself product in use or added creativity in placement of headline and copy The first examples of Form to appear in the News were published one for Sears showing an un- breakable trash can being dropped from a helicopter at the top of the page and the er for Citizens for Proposition A with the entire ment forming a large A on the page is being accepted subject to several tions The advertiser is charged for either the space occupied by the advertisement or 129 inches whichever is greater individual units of the advertisement must be at least one column in width or in multiples of the standard column borders must be horizontal or vertical The closing date for space re- servation and printing material is four working days in advance of- publication The content and makeup of all editorial matter appearing on the page is ly the responsibility of the paper PTA p r e s i d e n t an- that each candidate will an- swer questions Mrs Donald Feinstein is program chairman Refreshments will be served after the meeting SHOW SLATED The annual un- der the sponsorship of tlie Iris Society held Saturday and Sunday at the Los Angeles State and Coun- ty Arboretum The to the public for viewing and will be held from 3 both days Exhibits will be accepted and from 8 to 10 Saturday SCOUT DAY PLANNED Planning for the 20th annual Scout Day to be held in South Pasadena Saturday May 10 will be further discussed and outlined at a meeting at p.m Wednesday at the Little Scout House in Garfield Park All chairmen are urged tend FOLK GUITAR CLASSES Instruction in folk guitar for beginners intermediates and advanced intermediates will be offered Wednesdays from to p.m at the Pasadena Department of Recreation 1501 E Villa St Further information is available by calling Mrs Theodore Calleton ly elected president of the League of Women Voters of adena will lead a delegation of local members to the 43rd state convention of the League of Women Voters of California at the Grand Hotel in Anaheim day through Thursday FLEET RESERVE MEETS Monthly meeting of the San Gabriel Valley Reserve Association Branch 85 and its Ladies Auxiliary Unit No 85 will be held at the Odd Fellows Temple 302 S Ramona Ave Monterey Park p.m Sunday Arrangements have been made for shipmates to in- spect a building at 250 E vey Blvd at noon After a business meeting a dinner will be served Gov Reagan Names Local Duo to Office Gov Monday named a Pasadena Engineer and ari Alhambra housewife to two state commissions Reagan appointed Markham E S a Is bury 460 Lakeview Road to the State Board of For- estry The appointment is for four years and requires mation by the State Senate Salsbury a Republican Is wa term aster for the San briel River He was chief neer and administrative head of the County Flood Control Dis- from 1959 to 1965 He is cur re n chairman the Watershed Council and represents na on the Los Angeles County Watershed Council Reagan also appointed Joyce Valdez 1001 S Valencia St Alhambra to the State In- Welfare Commission The post pays per day plus expenses while in session Mrs Valdez and her husband have been engaged in the retail food industry in Southern fornia for the past 23 years She is a graduate of El Monte Union High School City College The appointee is a member of the Alhambra YWCA and a charter member of the West Los Angeles Emo- tional Health Association Her appointment is for four years Meet Lists Issues By DAVE SWAM SUlf Writer A new set of requests by lating to instruction that is evant to black environments will bo up and submitted to the schools by minority students of na's three high schools J Though dealing with more black and oriental teachers in the schools the requests will also include increased Instruction in black literature African opening of faculty ings and improvement of trans- With Eugene as their leader a group of the students the proposed tion Monday night at a meeting of Parents In Support of Con- cerned Students in N Fair Oaks Avo 3 Pickett also told of a plan among the students lo get voters out to the polls the bond and tax election April 1 He said there will be captains to knock on doors of registered voters and in case's offer transportation to the polls If necessary This will be our student Picket said Not just black power or white power but student power Mrs Margaret Jones KIDS Keep District Schools explained that passage of the tax override lion of the be esj before teachers can be hired to fill the teaching spaces the bonds would provide -i listed in detail the million In drastic budget cuts which may become sary should the tax election A group of 23 persons fied as the of j Concern circulated fion strongly urging the supr port of Sam Sheafs Mrs Verne La Motte arid Albert Lowe for school board election as well as support for the bonds chairman of Immunization Shots Offered in El Monte Immunizations against theria whooping cough j polio measles and be given to all persons at Monte Health Center 3550 Eastmont Ave El Monte fromi 6 to 8 p.m Thursday Children must be accompanied j by a parent or legal and all available immunization i records should be brought to the clinic I Conversation Piece II E WERE EXPLORING the Antelope Valley over the weekend looking for wildflowers there were some the best north Hi area needed another week to be at its and enjoying the fresh mild air and stopped at Tropico Gold Mine where for a dollar I bought a small lump of quartz By the roadside around the hill from the mine is a sign posting private property against trespassing and bearing Survivors will be prosecuted McConnell Jr Managing Editor
