Valley News, The (Newspaper) - August 21, 1955, Van Nuys, California 5 Copy MAIN OFFICE 14539 Sylvan Von 6.7111-STanl.y 7-1501 Matt P.O. 310, Van WEST VALLEY OFFICE 7035 2-6136 CIRCULATION OFFICE 5-3228 36 PAGES WEST VALLEY Edition VALLEY GREEN SHEET 1911 44th LEADS IN CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING AUGUST 21, 1955 LEADS IN HOME DELIVERIES No. 22 f Editorially i WALTER ALL DEPLORES WASTE OF AQUA PURA A good friend and Valley booster asks what's happened to the law out water running across highways and Says that a lew years when the Hindus were ing the he paid eral fines for like Valley is wasting as some places it runs lor and that water should not he for the time may come when we will need all we can. you ask a priate Some lolks have been to bold as lo facetiously hint a a IresE car li ruined the minute you cross intersections that are flooded by surface BETTER THAN NO HAND hand a woman er puts out means that ever it's all your P. JONES Saturday Port A 13-month-old Compton baby was found badly en and The mother not charged with child because was no evidence she present when the child beastly But a boy friend who lived at the same address as Ihe mother will be charged With ihe crime and tried in Juvenile Where does that leave the outraged CRAVE MORE ELBOW ROOM as by of the ley and other suburban brings the conclusion that communities provide better living and working conditions than Industry's personnel problems are and people generally are happier and healthier in out- lying In increasing retail firms and industrial companies are setting up branches and Here in the Southland decentralization is even more as evidenced by the rapid development of An- Valley and similar which a few years ago contained no industry and but small commercial The trend is MAKING IT SNAPPY are we going to do about these men who ran off to join a nudist Commanding them absent out News IME MARCHES ON Ten ago peace came 1o America at 4 Tuesday when Pres. Truman announced receipt of Japan's unconditional and Gen. Allied preme ordered Japan lo seifd a to Manila to receive surrender terms Twenty years ago in LACRA relief ing persons in this were held up and emergency lood orders were being issued lo any families in dire More news of one and two decades ago m The Flight oi SUPERVISOR ROGER center answers question of ing Soviet farm delegation while Vladimir behind him with trans- mits answer in Kussian over portable public address system during tour of Jessup Dairy At left foreground is Andrei standing slightly ahead of Aleksandr who suffered mild indisposition Friday in Behind wearing bow is farm editor John Strohm whose suggestion started tour of U. S. Bald headed man in right foreground is Vladimir head of and two more delegates are at right SOVIET EXPERTS INSPECT JEW'S DAIRY FARM iff LAST STOP ON TOUR The touring Russian agricultural delegation yesterday visited the Valley and spent about 90 minutes at Supervisor Roger Jessup's dairy farm at 5431 W. San nando Road with the supervisor himself acting as chief Headed by Vladimir first deputy minister of agriculture for the the group of 10 technicians and engineers debarked from their special air con- bus at a.m. after a fast trip from the Hotel Statler where they spent Friday They were welcomed by and his two Vincent and and immediately started a thoroughgoing ex- ploration of the Questions Thorough Accompanying the party was Vladimir Prokofieff of the State Department who acted as The Russians asked him dozens of questions he repeated to using a portable address and then relayed sup's answers in the native The questions were thorough and technical and showed con- knowledge of dairy As they have throughout their the tors took copious notes and were obviously They stayed the full allotted leaving at 10 a.m. after a brief interlude under some big trees they sampled coffee and 3-ieader Makes Jokes A barbecue had been planned but had to be canceled because almost the entire time was taken up m- the Matskevich 3s a well-dressed and very polished gentleman who lived up to advance hilling SCRIBBLE Soviet farm Petr and Aleksandr also straw take notes as Supervisor Roger explains methods of feeding new calves tour of his Valley dairy farm by visiting Russian party which is concluding U. S. agricultural Americans Hope Visit Aids Good West Relations By DKE have helped to cement good relations between the and West then we arc said as he bade to the Russian farm delegates visiting the Roger Jessup Daily in reflect the of of officials as ihry toured Yens San as personal for an official the Vladimir her and the building program now bv a very if I a and mi- holding a. bottle of The well dressed most friendly and im- on Page Top Russ Expert Gives Autograph no wrrr a hy a pencil and paper for al Ihr Thr man the to hit name for brl t h r as a man with a At one point in the tour photographers were climbing on top of the cows in an effort to get a point of he cows ever kick at the end of the was to pose with a small bottle of milk He con- but insisted that fieff set in i he picture and hold the saying that at home no one would it was Slump VC Expert Aleksandr ber of the board of advisors of the USSR Ministry of ly recovered from Differed Friday in the He Uic only one of 1'ne COST HIKES HIT SCHOOL 8 to 10% Increase May Cut Work Under Latest Bond Issue Kising costs in the con- struction industry may tail some future projects planned by the Los Angeles Board of This was predicted as the hoard approved a con- tract to build addition to row Wilson High The Low bid by Becker tion Co. was more than higher than the mated by contract architect John Cite Labor Costs A 1000-seat sic and shop buildings will be constructed as as tions to existing shop ground improvements and ex- pansion of a parking Building costs have gone up from 8 to 10% during the past four months because of in- creased labor associate superintendent in charge of the building told the board Edith KL is n the building said the building program will have to be re-examined in light of the new She said many projects In the bond issue proved in April will have to be Other Approvals Sought She added that the delay in awarding the contract for the Wilson at 2839 Eastern was because her tee took the project under con- sideration in an attempt to determine possible ways of the additional Man Dies of Injuries Soon After Crash Passenger in an auto in- volved in a collision Friday night at Sepulveda and died a few hours later in General ley police were notified He was Salvadore Vasquez 47. of San Fernando Motor San Fernando Bead and Workman St. Lucero was riding with Abel 38. of 1112 San when the car collided with the auto of Charles William man of 22021 Buena a student at Pierce Junior the officers The two drivers and Charles 35, of 10527 son also a the Arvizo received minor in- the police report said Water District Cuts Tax Rate lor Sixth Year The Metropolitan Water District today had chopped off 2 cents from its current tax late of 23 This is the sixth straight year the district's rate has been Joseph chairman of the said the cut was made despite the fact the dis- recently expanded its aqueduct extension program to bring Colorado River to additional homes and in- constantly increasing in the Increased revenues from the sale of Colorado River water and an increase of sessed valuation of property within the district made the cut to 21 cents sen Plan Woodland Hills Chamber Speed-up of Projects Sewer Property for Park and Playground Top Current Program Directors of the Woodland Hills Chamber of Commerce will meet tomorrow to consider chiefly the lem of expanding the membership and ing- more money into the Membership in the chamber is not confined to ness and profesional people but includes all residents of President George F. Wright explained in directing attention to com- service being en by the Seek Parcel Chamber projects to proval of city officials pertain acquisition of property on which to establish a park and and to completion of lateral sewer construction proceedings so as to be ready installations promptly after interceptors have been con- in accordance with the last bond issue Dave camera store is chairman of a committee working to provide the community with a parcel of at least 10 acres on which the and Parks can develop a park and Owners Must Approve The committee's efforts to promote the project on the of an assessment district by which the community would pay for the land has support of George general ager of the Recreation and Parks who has CRACKED PATIO DECK in modern dwelling at 6649 Sepulveda Van allegedly caused by force of sonic boom from diving jet is pointed out by Mrs. Edward Walike as she holds naturally dis- interested son on ihe handed oni of the the of ihe in nijd mafic frequent nif m to iix of on Three 6, INJURED WHEN KIT BY CAR Six Children Hurt When Four Autos in Collision A woman and two children were treated at ing Hospital for minor in- after four autos were in j collision on Sepulveda south of Hamlin police re- port. They were and 9. both of 35410 Wyandotte St Ronald L. 2, of officers ing JU 4i. of St of a to The Henderson hoy received a 3 and ihe Barrows a bruised aln Barrows with H L. 22. of Bomar the Barrow car ihe of rim Sixth Sonic Blast Arouses Plane Is Sighted A sonic sixth in a felt in the San Fernando The caused by a diving was reported by residents in Sun Panorama Reseda and Van Nuj s. testing of aircraft An unidentified woman phoned police complaining that j H- tne council a few her pet parakeet was ago with the Civil blown out of its She Authority snd In Mrs. G. W. Ma craft officials and both agreed lo have the jets tested in the son of 13476 Louvre uninhabited the shock Ihe room window from the Property Is Damaged Police reported but to their knowledge none Reseda residents told police they saw an jet plunging in a dive before the an aircraft worker of 15035 the plane roared off in easterly direction ter The occurred companies STO am. di- Whodunit Several booms on Thursday brought complaints from residents of Reseda and Canoga Park that a child was knocked off his tricycle and re- a possible broken Walls were dishes tled and windows were Switchboard operators at the Van station Mid more than telephone he to have a report on the assessed value of Woodland Hills erty so that a determination can be made to how large an Continued on Page Seven Women Aid In Fighting Agouro Women played a big part in combating the brush fire that raged Thursday afternoon to the south of Ventura Blvd. in They were members of the Women's Auxiliary of ion 5, Angeles County Fire which was organized two years During five hours when the battle a gainst advancing Barnes was at its 40 members of the auxiliary ed hungry and weary firemen with es for smarting aspirin and minor forms of That service filled in the time before the department could get food trucks to the mem Mrs. Mildred pres. ident of the and wife of Capt. Lloyd 22256 McFarlane Woodland reported that 150 men were The composed of mothers and daughters of county was on last year during a big fire near Assisting Los An- geles County firemen Tuesday were city and Ventura County received from protest ing A check with local aircraft ihe Air National no local je's i k Kv an S1 of 3 i property to children in ihe ify action the City Tlir approved a pro hy M 10 int if bv a rn the micht be Forte North American ihe hijK A for MOTORIST DRIVES OVER FOUR DOGS Four dogs vi ere run er Friday hy an unidentified Sherman and iwo The taken to tcr in North in T. Nave ti S ri VX plain the they didn't pic 10 her f nn hnl nil IS in 1! 10 lir ni h he in her head and one he'll pal il Ihe at 1 frr Xu M uc n' re Ii t' v f i T I of 10 SU of 33MO of St 1-sint; riy the 0175; li n id 1: T r four i i TODAY'S NEWS INDEX i CLASSIFIED FLIGHT OF TIME T- RIAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT SPORTS TELEVISION THEATERS VITAL RECORD