'Liquors' Squabble It's All in a Name
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Deukmejian in for· Thomas re~epti.on By MURRAY MILES local newsmas:i if he e-0uld "pulh the Staff Writer button" (execute) a convict, he replied State Senator Geerge Deukmejian, " ... if that was my responsibility, if minority floor · leader, was in that was my job, I would be able to do Bakersfield last Thursday td giY'e a ii." news conference a.nd attend a As far . .u the race for his P3rty's reception' for BC faculty member and nomination for state Attorney General Assemblyman Bill Thomas at the is concerned, he said that while he was Tognini Gardem. Deukmejian, author not officially declared, "I've got one of the new death penalty law. plans lo 'Liquors' squabble it's all in a name foot in the water .•• it's pretty certain be Attorney General of California next that I ,..,ill get into the race rii)lt aftu year. t_he first of the year." He is not By DEBBIE HUNSINGER received another letter from Simonsen Simonsen said, "We did not "It is more accurate because it was -Deukmejian, 49, has authored more supporting any Republican candidate Editor-in-Chief · stating although the name Hilltop attempt to teil them what the name a street. It certainly Limited any than 170 laws in his 15 years as a state for Governor so far:· Fiist It was Stadium Liquors, and · Liquors .,.,.is an improvement, the should be, but rather what it shouldn't objections we had about having a legislator. These laws include many board was· ·'Nilling to accept it even be. Then Hendricks asked me what I then it was changed to Hilltop Liquors specific tic-in .,.,ith the college," he major pieces of legislation including In the area of Juvenile crime, though it was not totally happy with thought about the name University, and then back to Stadium, and now it added. two new bills mandating state prison Deukmejian claims, "In California we Is named University Uquors •. it. and I immediatdy told him ii was "It was pretty clever I must sa);, terms for anyone convicted of using a "It was just. a misunderstanding," good." but it didn't leave us in a position to gun while committing a serious felony. said Jim Hendricks, owner of Hendricks said since he liked the say anything. Si:1ce it didn't pertain to and for anyone intlicting great bodily University Liquors, corner of Mt. name Stadium best, and since the "He volunteerily took· down the the college, and it did pertain to the harm on a person who is blind, Vernon and University Avenue. board still wasn't happy with llilltop, sign ":hen we called it to his attention. street, we didn't object to that," disabled, or 60 years cf age or over. · According to Hendricks, he he changed it back to Stadium. But, if they hadn't changed the name. Collins explained. \\-hen Ixukm:j n was asked by a a received a letter on behalf of the we would have continl!ed to object. I Board. of Trustees from Dr. Edward When the Stadium Liquor sign went don't know how far we would have The second part of their objection, String, piano Simonsen, chancellor of the Kern up, Collins and Simonsen again O";r · but we would have can no longer be voiced eithe•. Community · College District. which stressed their objections tn •he n3n'' · · University Liquors now sells liquors in stated an objection to the name ---------a:1-===.. :,:.~ :.;t;in.:tut,~---~--~V"'-~~£.U-:....·~um-:::::::B addition to beer and .,.,ine. trio slated Stadium Liqu~HS. "'fie were looking fir something to "I. thought they were griping about desig.n:tte an area· or a pla,e. but wt the Stadium part most of all, so that is 'didn't want 10 call it Ml. Vernon The Suk Trio from Czechoslovakia, when we suggested llilltop Liquors," beacuse it runs so many miles long. v.ill perform in BC Theatre Friday at Hendricks said. That is why we were so pleased v.ith 8 p.m. The public is in~ited and Dr. John Collins, BC president, Stadium, because you knew admission is· fiee. said, "We didn't like the name immediately where it was," Hendricks The Suk Trio ~ill perform Stadium Liquors for two reasons. We added . Beethoven's "Trio in G Major; Op. 1, .didn't want it assodated ~ith the 1':o. 2," Ih·orak's Trio in B nat major, college, and since they were just selling "It wasn't really that big of a deal. Op. 21," arid 41e "Trio in B Major, be~r and 'Nine, .;.,.e didn't think it was I. It wasn't that important to me, but it Op. S" by Brahms. · liquors. We agreed to the change we see med imFl)rtant to them," he said. Considered by cri lies as one of thought was · going to be Hilltop . Simonsen added, "I am not turning Czechoslovakia's finest violinists, Josef liquors, but I ·guess he changed his handstands over the fact that there is a Suk appears both as a soloist and with mind." liquor store across the street from the the Suk Trio throughout most of George Deukmejbn However, Hendricks explained he campus, but times have changed and Europe. He has won the Grand Prix spend over 52 billion in our totaJ these people seem to want to be good des Disques for his recordings of the criminal justice system and yet we Women today neighbors." Moz.art Concertos, and has made a · only allocate about one per cent of One of· these "good neighbor television film featuring the concertos that total amount that goes into crime compromi~s," according to Simonsen at a castle 'in Prag_ue where Mozart preveni.ion work ... it's an area I have lectures set ' is restrictions on liquor sales during once lived · worked on ... establishing Youth Saturday night home Renegade Jan Panenka, pianist for the trio Servi~ Bureaus (that) bring together ' A series of lectures on topics of football games. No alcoholic beverages began his piano studies early and soon public and printe agencies resources · concern to the contemporary woman m:iy be sold from 6: 30-9:30 p.m. demonstrated an ability to play entire that have a concern and involvement will be held Tuesday nights in Forum "The biggest problem \lie have had operas and symphony scores al sight, with young people and delinquency." West, 7-10 p.m. Lectures are open to with the restriction is ""ith the !JeOplc and possessed Such 3 remarkable the public at no cost. ...,.ho live around here and are not memory that he soon knew the parts Deukmejian, his "wire frame glasses ·.-: October 4 "".' . Attorney Rodger interested in the Renegades. We didn"t of all the soloists, by heart· off and wearing a dark·bl~ pinstripe · Randall, "Family uw. " have to turn away too many stran~rs, Josef Chuchro began playing piano suit, said he is also concerned and will October 11 - Willye Pearl Collier but some of our regular c·ustomers and organ when he was six, and the continue to fight what he t.emu and Perkey . Newcomb, "PhysicaJ were upsef ," Hendricks said. cello when he was 12; At 15, he won "career criminals"-people who "make Fitness." "Dr. Simonsen was fair. and 1ha1 first prize in the 'czechoslo,·ak Youth a lhing out of this," He has sponsored was all I could ask of him. Everyone Music Competition. a bill creating special prosecuti1111 units O c t o b e r I 8 U r s u I a . -"P Ca sp ary-Ruoss, .. Asserti~eness THE NEW DELANO CENTER ·wu dedie1ted recently, with one of the was really nice," he added. In 1961 Chuchro was awarded the of uexperienced deputies" who will Training." highlights being the raising of a nag_don'ated by Sen. Hayakawa, who was unable .Collins explained, "I think we came title "Soloist of the Czech offer no plea bargaining in order to October 25 _ Dr. 'Mary Copelin, to attend the event, but was replaced on the speaker's platform by Tulare out of it about as good as we Philharmony'" by the Minister of "get them (career criminals) out of the "Crimes Against Women." representative Gordon Durfy (Starr photo). expected." Culture. community.". ,I t By GREG LIPFORD ) -- , 'without· aid:· They 'generated the idea of a se!ies so · our idea from the first. He gave us the flexibilit:,· of time we · Nieto and Noriega both used 'their personal expenses to t Managing Editor appare.ntly gigantic in scope for someone of.such little · ,needed." · • ': • tra\'el back and forth to Mexico to gain the approval of the t t Bakersfield has often been termed a cultural ~s~eiarid reputation in the business that most people shrugged it off · ·Despite the frequent appearance or UCLA staff members Mtxican go,·emrntnt and recruit experts in various fields as · by s~te·'ajde travelers, but two local. ~dividuals al'f taking as impossible. on the list of workers for the project, Noriega cl~ims the writers, consultants, and referral experts. • . I taAother step to see that label is ~-~frayed permadently. · This was in the pre·"Roots" day_s,and Noriega admits he credit for starting the film series .,.,ill go to BC. "lnstiiutionally. the Mexican go"emrnent is 100 per ctnt t t Dr. Jess r-'ieto, director ·of the-Delano Center, and Al and Nieto had few su~orters. Fortunately, those that "This will put BC-on the map in many ways. They behind us and we have alre.ady received the accessibility we Noriega, BC media specialist, have recei,~.¢SJO,OOO to supported them were those ·that mattered, including BC %lnted to move the sponsorship to UCLA but we insisted need to film and travel in Mexico," related Nieto.