23 Sep 1970
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Newspaper
Pasadena Independent Topics
Location
Pasadena, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1970
Page
1
Pasadena taxpayers face costs for police helicopters and training totaling about 100,088 dollars with per day estimates around 1.30 for a $24,000 home value. The text also touches on unrelated notes about naval surgeons, vitamin history, and consumer reports on phosphates, providing a chaotic mix of figures and references.
Renowned Los Angeles restaurateur Lawrence L. Frank, founder of Lawry’s Foods and creator of Saratoga Chips, has died. He led a bakery and later built a multimillion dollar empire including Lawry's Restaurants and charitable work with Crippled Children’s Society of Los Angeles County. Survived by son Richard, daughter Lorraine Petlis, and five grandchildren, services planned at Forest Lawn Pasadena with Rabbi Magnin officiating. Contributions suggested to Crippled Children’s Society.
The Duarte Unified School District ambits a tax and expense summary indicating administration costs down 14 percent from 1958 60 levels, plant maintenance down, instruction costs up 24 percent, fixed charges including health and retirement up, transportation up 35 percent, with actual income and tax structure details. A newsletter with four publications on the district, in Spanish, is available at Center 1427 Buena Vista Ave and schools.
The Tournament of Roses announces two major changes proposed by association president A. L. Shingler. Pasadena area colleges invited to judge next month at Tournament headquarters. Day tryouts planned Oct 10 and 17 to ease class conflicts and give judges more evaluation time. Royal Court of seven princesses to be announced Nov 2 after four judging sessions. Final queen named Nov 9.
The Sth Circuit affirmed the 1984 conviction of Marvin Miller and Covina Publishing Inc. for eight counts of obscenity involving mailing pornographic materials. The court upheld the five year prison sentence and the ruling that Miller illegally exploited obscenity on a large mailing list. The decision is subject to further appeal before the Supreme Court.
A series of Pasadena meetings and events fill the week with lectures, film showings, and charity fairs. Kenneth C Holloway presents Spain and Portugal at the Phototheque Society meeting. the JPL Doll Drive fundraiser features employee art at the JPL Mall to aid needy children at Christmas. Reservations advised for the Es Crow Associates gathering at the Santa Fe Inn with a social hour and dinner.
Officials warn Head Start must drop about 30 children as U S funds run short and a $33 000 public lottery could decide which youngsters lose access The program once operated year round now faces cuts with 12 year term reduced and long waiting lists with families on aid list considering private funding to keep services going
The annual luau of Temple Beth David Sisterhood will Saturday at 544 N El Monte Ave Temple City. Fun and food will feature, with gifts for all attendees. Pinner will be served at 7 30 PM, socktail hour at 6 34 PM. Drawings for gifts run every half hour. grand prize is a three day two night trip at Islandia Hotel San Diego. Admission is 3 per person at the door. Reserve with Betty Fink Ed ith Goldberg or Mary Deyidisan.
Igeja de la Raza hosts a meeting at 7:30 pm on 1 N. Fair Cake Ave. Two speakers will discuss scholarship opportunities. Gil Boones a UCLA student will talk about scholarships and provide an eye witness report on the moratorium riot in East Los Angeles. Danny Castro Jr. from UC Santa Barbara will report scholarship and student opportunities there.
County auditor provided final tax rates for Ale hian Elementary and High districts indicating higher assessed valuations and rent increases. Los Angeles Community College tax rate reported at a separate amount. Board reviewed first semester school opening, with Dr. Donald P. Rucker calling it orderly and attributing smoothness to teachers arriving a day early. Dr. Elmer Enst echoed the ease of opening and teacher preparation. Release time religious education is being discontinued for the first semester due to fundraising shortfalls by the Alhambra Interfaith Council. High school activities face difficulty securing on duty officials for early football games, as doctors resist participation amid malpractice concerns and rising premiums.
The Pasadena Art Museum ends its inaugural season featuring Allen Ruppersberg and Blue Four works alongside a Frank Lloyd Wright show replay. The collection combines the Gulka E. Scheyer bequest with bold contemporary pieces by Lichtenstein Johns Stella and Otské, set amid German Expressionist works. The inaugural season ends as curatorial transition shifts to a new Young Artist Series and a second season relying on its own merits.
Claremont colleges open Thursday with nearly 5,000 students. New admissions include eighty men at Pier College and coeducation at Pitzer College, founded as a women’s college in 1963. Enrollment totals span Pomona 1,357 Scripps 550 CMC 840 Harvey Mudd 396 Claremont Graduate 1,200 and others including part time and off campus study. New presidents accompany a mix of returning leaders across the campuses.
A fragmented clipping suggests the Nixons traveled to Ireland seeking ancestors but locals report no found relatives named Nixon or Ryan. The piece hints at shared heritage myths and limited genealogical ties, reflecting lighthearted doubt about Irish roots.
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