11 Oct 1967
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Newspaper
Pasadena Topics
Location
Pasadena, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1967
Page
1
JOHN D. PHILLIPS completed his first year as Pasadena city manager after replacing Elder Gunter, with a low key anniversary marked by office staff cake. The transition from Berkeley, once viewed with doubt, proved smooth, as Gunter’s prepared reports and memos aided the changeover.
Ed Essertier’s departure precedes Phil lips’s takeover in Pasadena where he merges the light and water departments under one head and probes police race relations. He vows decisive action, calling for a sharp police direction and a tougher, more fighter ship approach after a year of reform efforts.
Lynn Sunderman a Pasadena City College freshman was named Miss Junior Rose Bowl at a Pasadena Junior Chamber luncheon. The tallest and heaviest finalist at 5 feet 8 inches and 125 pounds she will preside over the December game and promote the event which unites top California four year colleges. Sunderman, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ralph Sunderman, plans UCLA then an Eastern law school and hopes to become a lawyer. Her hobbies include ice skating and sewing.
A selection from the A Burlingame Johnson Collection of Chinese porcelains opens at the Pasadena Art Museum from October 17 to November 12. The 300 year span includes pieces donated by Mrs. Oliver Fisher Jolson. Ground breaking for the museum’s new multi million dollar home at Cermelita Park is set for October 17 with Fred Runyon hosting. The Allan Kaprow show runs to October 22, Don Worth photography to October 16, and Lyonel Feininger works remain in the 20th Century Gallery.
WANDA TUCKER reports copies of Pasadena's proposed city charter will be available in booklet form early this week. City Clerk Harriett Jenkins says residents may pick up the larger type charter from the clerk's office and read the full text before the November 16 municipal election.
United Crusade volunteers start Saturday door to door asking Sierra Madre residents for contributions. The combined drive funds 244 agencies and 12 Red Cross chapters, with chairs Mr. Guy Rossi and Mrs. Lucy Young guiding the effort. Aimed at supporting Red Cross programs and youth, elderly care, and family services, the drive also consolidates prior drives into a single annual appeal. Volunteers will meet Saturday at 10:00 a.m. at Sierra Madre School Cafetorium to receive canvasing kits and boost participation.
Dr Barney Katz a noted clinical and child psychologist will present a four week series of parent education lectures in Monrovia High School. Co sponsored by the Monrovia High School Parent Teacher Association and Monrovia Evening High School. The first lecture is Monday Oct 23 at 7 30 p m in the high school auditorium 845 W Colorado Blvd Monrovia Topics include Understanding the Basic Needs of Children and Modern Methods of Discipline.
California Institute of Technology announces 30 new faculty appointments during a tea hosted by Dr. Lee A. DuBridge and Mrs. DuBridge at the Athenaeum faculty club. The roster includes professors Herbert Keller in applied mathematics and Burton Klein in economics, plus visiting professors Heine Konig mathematics and Frederick Beutler electrical engineering, and multiple visiting associates.
Dr. Robert Oliver and Emmett Mickle of Pasadena boards join a panel discussion on the proposed city charter. Beth Carleton and Lois Edgar of the League of Women Voters will participate. The program aims to inform residents about municipal government issues and the controversy surrounding the charter.
An open invitation to all San Gabriel basin water producers to attend a meeting at El Monte City Hall on October 3 to choose counsel for basin adjudication. Jorgenson, president, urges company attorneys and reps from over 90 producers to agree on a single lawyer to initiate a suit aimed at establishing prescriptive rights across the basin. The effort follows a unanimous July 30 approval by 67 purveyors and the association’s oversight after William Whiteside pushed for a unified approach.
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