06 Dec 1967
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Newspaper
Pasadena Topics
Location
Pasadena, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1967
Page
1
The Moscow Circus heads to Los Angeles on Wednesday as Pasadena Boys' Club partners with ABC-M86 Productions to raise funds with the opening night show. The club has pledged 12,800 dollars to take over the Sports Arena for the event.
The group reports solving a $12,500 deficit with about $2,000 extra raised by Monday morning. The circus, backed by the State Department Cultural Exchange, tours U S cities including New York, Boston and Los Angeles with some Russian performers. Critics cite indoctrination worries, while organizers defend performances as apolitical art.
T Ross Williams of the Community Redevelopment Agency argues that Area 1, southwest Pasadena, could generate about 26,000 jobs, with up to 4 percent at low skill levels for workers without high school diplomas, through a neighborhood rental plan and a research and development center. He cites a blighted area, poverty, and unemployment data from OCR surveys, and notes city and private backing, including funding for a general plan and a new Pasadena Area Employment Preparation nonprofit.
General Telephone Company of California seeks a 46 million dollar annual rate increase from the California Public Utilities Commission. The request covers residential and business lines in Monrovia Duarte Sierra Madre Arcadia areas, plus semi public and directory services. Company official Ohlson cites rising payrolls taxes plant investment and inflation as drivers, projecting lower returns without higher rates and outlining substantial planned construction in 1967 and 1968.
The Pasadena Art Museum Board awarded the general contract to Del Webb Construction Co. for $1,683,000 to build the new facility at Carmnelita Park Orange Grove and Colorado. The project, designed by Lact and Kelsey, aims for completion in 18 months with 80,000 square feet including gallery space and educational areas. Construction starts after the city allows use of the site for parade stands and parking.
Airman Virst Class Valente Vera Jr., son of Mrs. Fernanda F. Vera of 789 N. Marengo Ave., received the Distinguished Flying Cross at Tan Son Nhut Air Base Vietnam for meritorious achievement as a combat crew member under hazardous conditions. The radio operator has been reassigned to an Air Force unit in Medina Texas.
The Golden Bork computerized real estate data system, first tested in Orange County, is now available for use in the San Gabriel Valley. Brokers lenders appraisers and government agencies are adopting it, with printouts showing street addresses city trust deed IRS stamp data loan type document numbers tract timber and buyer name.
Hospitalito announces its annual Christmas play touring a series of vignettes across the region. The program opens in a remote Eskimo village in Alaska before visiting Whoville from Dr. Seuss, then an Indian Reservation near Albuquerque, and finally a teenage-focused scene at the Mall.
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