Valley News, The (Newspaper) - April 25, 1969, Van Nuys, California I TODAY'S VALLEY Fair DC little 69 to 74 APCD predicts no smog CENTRAL VALLEY EDITION 88 PAGES and VALLEY GREEN SHEET Established 1911 VOL 164 Loyalty Event II Honor Youth of U.S 3rd Annual Parade to Feature Marchers Final preparations are under way today for the third annual San do Valley Loyalty Parade on Sunday Starting at the with the theme in ca's will move east on Roscoe Blvd from Balboa Blvd to Bosch Gardens The route is a change from years Dozens of taty and civilian groups and organizations wUl be sented in this year's parade Represent Nixon Serving as honorary man will be Capt Ferdinand Mendenhall editor and co-owner of The News He will be joined by honorary woman Mrs Carlota Busch Flanigan One highlight will be the of five Medal of Honor including Ben F who also will serve as grand marshal resenting President Richard M Nixon Wilson is executive vice president of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society Other Medal of Honor re- will be Rudolpho Louis Van Walter D Ehlers and Staff Sgt Joe R Hooper All will be part of the Military om Page 1C HOME DELIVERY BY MONTHLY APRIL 1969 Moil iox Von Calif 14539 Sylvan Strter Phon f V V ii ii f V A J A f GOLDEN AGE CLUB HOLDS LUNCHEON Chatting together at anniversary luncheon of Golden Age Club of North wood from left are Tom supervisor for senior citizens of Los Angeles City Recreation and Parks Katherine president of Golden Age Club of North Charles W Skoien club director and columnist for The and Mrs A M G chairman of California Commission On The New photo Election Tuesday WIR Decide Race In Rivals for California's District congressional seat by Lt GOT Ed Re- today began winding up their campaign for day's special election Barry Goldwater Re- and John Van de qualified by leading their party rivals in the election April 1 Each has been campaigning vigorously since then in the sprawling district embraces the eastern portion of the Valley and extends through Los An- geles County into a portion of Kern County Polls will be Tuesday from 7 to 7 p.m in the windup of the special election called by GOT Ronald Reagan after Reinecke agreed to give up the congressional seat for a top place in the state tration Activities to Start Sunday for Week Valley Will Join Rest of Investment Participation Stressed The Valley will join the rest of the nation in observing Sunday through May 3 The first conducted in Southern California in underscores the vital role of Auto Repair Race Won by Valley Team Eight Los of them from Van U.S lowest in the annual Los Angeles regional duction in traffic Plymouth trouble shoo Mid at school in Whittier The two from Van High are John T Ryals 14202 Emelita and Thomas profits and ment in the continued growth instructor by taken to bring about a sub- and vitality of the free place dass in the if not a prise according to Charles man of the Southern nia ica who is ident of Ducommun said the observance theme this is Money at Work Means Men at Herbert Plan Urged to Gut Highway Toll Details Outlined by Executive at Safety Conference i The dramatic reduction in traffic deaths and in- juries that Americans de- mand can be brought about by a at- tack by both and private an auto- mobile industry leader today had said Thomas C president of the Automobile outlines the annual Michigan Safety Conference in Detroit an attack on the highway pointing out the challenge to develop even safer vehicles He that any traffic ty program that overlooked the other seven points is doomed to frustration Noting that is little to be gained by talking about past he re- called nevertheless that the vehicle miles traveled increased by approximately between 1935 and 1968 more than a trillion miles a the ity rate per mile traveled de- by Mann pointed out that the rman V rr i Vi iV v T y hi v -i T A I- Reveal New High School te substantially under that of bile won most countries Then he trips to anapolis for themselves and practical steps target MM Mann listed eight principal factors in- in the traffic R 7228 Haskell and National American will note the observance when he speaks on Economic Under- at a meeting of the Los Angeles Rotary Club day at noon in the Los Angeles Hilton Other activities planned for the week include civic school in- both Van The against more than 200 of Southern tional banker from Chicago California's finest mechanics SURPRISE Viet Cong attack on U.S Army en- award and special grams at service club and killed professional trade association in one of nearly 100 regional contests being held throughout the United States this involving some Lts in more than 2000 high u-i alist Four Charles C Smith of Saugus C C Smith of Administration Ceremonies on In Vietnam schools and colleges in 50 states Receive Trips contest winners will represent national shooting finals to be held at the famed Indy way in Indianapolis June 17 and 18 j Angeles in the Plymouth trouble There is a to continue unrelenting TIME FOR CHANGE Daylight saving lime starts at 2 and Karen of Sherman Oaks reminds Valley that's the time to move ahead to efforts to tfic 3 Hour's loss will be regained in October when tures that help prevent or standard resumes photo ameliorate accidents the automobile executive public should not be led to believe that it feasible in the here and tow to bring about a dramatic decrease in traffic fatalities by ting entirely on the i This Lively Earth Refuses to Hold Experts Say Transit Line Tentative Proposals Outlined by Potter By ALBERT KELLEY A tentative land use master plan for the man City area which indicates a Laurel Canyon Freeway touching Ventura Blvd at Whitsett Ave and a proposed rapid transit route over the ta Monica Mountains and touching at Universal City was presented to newsmen at the Hotel yesterday b y Councilman James B Jr Due to the general stability of the subject area and its ability to Adequately projected the proposed plan generally re- flects existing land use and toning according to Bert L city and Arden Stevens of the city's community planning alternative land use proposals were by Potter for four specific ar- eas in the district where lems of misuse or under utilisation exist hide while largely ignoring the need for action on parts of the safety New and safer highway The 1967 death rate was 2.89 per vehicle miles on the New breaks that appear interstate against a jn the ground in Earthquake Faults Wondering Richter Suggests rate of 5.66 on all other roads Other Angeles region meetings Frank G Bone Hi of the Los Angeles County Board of will present the 3 to t n 18 and A County Hall of at San ke raay be Geophysical Says Sea Floor Slabs Make Slow Slides A survey Significant in the man's remarks was the ment that be was opposed to a solid line of high-rise ings on Ventura the key thoroughfare through the dis- being studied He made it dear that the proposed plan be a law but rather a broad guide tint of earthquakes along deep contest winners are Greg ry 18 and Dennis Harris students at Ganesha High School in Robert H tiago High Collisions with fixed ob- that geologic on or near the roadway 1A Estimates have been made ults are gradually that they accounted for be- ing their locations tween and This had been suggested day by Dr Charles F professor of seismology at the California Institute of in a paper prepared for last year Alcohol Drivers undei in influence were involved in Pace 1C Valley weather will continue fair with little temperature change through cording to the Weather Bureau Strong winds that buffeted the area yesterday will de- crease as skies remain clear Drom both High temperatures are ex- to range from 68 to 74 Page 1C A surprise attack by the Viet Cong on a Army encampment 30 miles from Saigon last Friday killed a couple's only son TODAY'S INDEX Four Charles C Smith Jr of Uie Fifth Armor talion Ninth Army He was 13 The only information re- by the Mr and Mrs Charles Clarence Smith of Camp was that his group of about 75 men at an area for the night of which young Smith were placed around perimeter of the y W 3 ti At about the Viet Cong a surprise at- tack aw Smith His said thai al br held as thirty TrU for nal in ArS f delivery before the American Geophysical Union the Hotel in to Star earthquakes con- to occur on weU known faults such as the San An- dreas rift in others take place on small and in- conspicuous and some even on faults that are buried and do net break the surface of the Dr Richter said These latter two types of he K ocean trenches that great slabs of the floor are slowly sliding and neath the crust Max for a graduate assistant to geophysics On at the California Institute of discussed his These search at the annual of the American Union this week in Un land an h- I research ments a startling made in recent That the Atlantic and Pacific I and the city tt Ocean floors are with crustal material moving slowly toward shore as hearings volcanic materials push tod public mid-ocean fractures Geologists I l believe was also which accounts for the Page It all pins the tions of the the master it to the ning Commission as the first Girl 7 h Jii NEWS SERIES 0 FOCUS ON A farl kid The children had walked the five blocks from school at U Molt and were to enter the rear of her home a man leaped from an model car and U- ft who been Vietnam for 47 He in Army jusi over a year cm graduating from William S won in annual Plymouth Trouble Shooting Contest displayed bv first place winning Van School learn From left are Oral J John director of John Ryals and Tom members of trouble shooting team from the of her San a neighbor and looked on The girl was released a lite morp howr after her her to in nty Thr kidnaper placed his and her hand mer her mouth and be- gan dragging her hack 10 his car ax five girl and a A neighbor lived across hoy were returning home the street the girt from San Fernando She yelled and ran back WiT whew berth to her home to catt her off Police L1 Charles the 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