~... .,..... • Shipyard Union Joins Local No.3 "Servi~g the men who move the earth!" *- * * ENGINEER NEWS 731 Amalgamated - PUBLISHED TO PROMOTE - • THE GENERAL WELFARE OF ALL ENGINEERS AND THEIR FAMILIES In Vallejo Meeting The bittersweet odor of nostalgia-fed with -the incense of -old
GUAM, WHERE AMERICA'S - . memories and old DAY BEGINS HAWAII, THE SO~H- STATE . fellowships- usually NO~TH E RN CALIFORNIA, THE GOLDEN STATE permeates the currents of pomp and circumstance that mark the passing of old-line charter •-.:! unions into the open arms of a larger brotherhood. Vol. 27-No. 9 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA __ _ .September, 1-968 This scent, strangely enough, was missing w:hen the 49-year old civil service union, Local 731 ( IUOE) of the Mare Island Naval Shipyard was amalgamated with Locat_ Union No. 3 of the International Union of Operating Engineers on September 7 in Vallejo, California. Maybe it was because both unions are issue of the same Inter- · IMPORT ANT NOTICE national parentage, or more simply because most men who operate In keeping with the action heavy equipment are like the taken at the Semi-Annual Meet • colonel's lady-"brothers under the ing held on July 13, 1968, skin." No matter the reason, 'joie whereby the membership con· de vivre' and the spirit of happy_ curred in the recommendation unity were everywhere evident at of the Executive Board setting the ceremonies celebrating the aside temporarily all but $1.00 official amalgamation this month. per month of the dues increase, International Vice President and which would have been forth Local 3 ·Business Manager AI coming as per Article VI of the Clem told the gathering of new By-Laws; In addition, the action Local 3 m embers, their wives and was that the $1.00 per month officers that they were not in fact dues increase would not become losing a daughter, but gaining a effective until October 1, 1968. - son as he praised the labor local This means that if you desire to for it's fine past record pointing out avail yourself of paying your that "we have always began to dues in advance prior to Octo gether in spirit, now we are truly ber 1, 1968, you may do so for one in fact and can move on any 12-month period and save • strongly toward solvip.g those $12.00. If your dues are cur· mutual problems that are the rently paid until January 1969, working man's heritage." you may pay an additional 12 · months thereby effectuating ' Clem ~ it ed the International a savings up to Union of Operating "Engineer's $ 12 .00 r:f~l''\; YOUr next dues period arid, of<: long association with the Navy by ourse, if you desire less thari a year dint of its contribution toward 's : dues, the savings. would be pt'oviding the m;tcleus of skilled pro· _ poliionately less. craftsmen that went into the build PRESENTING ORIGINAL CHARTER ing of the famed of Local Union to amalgamate with Local Union No. 3 of the Se:;tbees and 731 (IUOE) to International other military co Vice President and International Union of Operating Engineers unani nstruction 'battal Local Union 3 Business Manager ions. He poin AI Clem (left) is mously after 49-years under separate charter. The ted out that Local 3 ·Local 731 President Omer Delisle. also has members Presentation union -was established on March 4, :1,919 and is at Hunter's was made during amalgamatiQI} ceremonies Point, Oakland in San one ~ of the veteran unions serving in !ederal serv Naval Supply De Rafael on September 7. Local 731 members - vo~ed ·ice. · pot and the Concord Naval Weapons Station and represents • public and civil services employ ees at many levels of government. Local 73L President Orner J. Set Forth Election Rules Delisle then turned the original charter over to Clem and stated that the membership had voted unanimously to amalgamate with For Sub-DiStrict Advisor Local 3. Eighteen past presidents of Recording-Corresponding Sec Local731 Written meeting notices shall be ingin the Local Union, and other were on hand to receive retary T. J. "Tom" Stapleton has commemorativ mailed to eligible members of the wise eligible, shall, upon the £ling e miniature gavels announced that the Local # 3 Ex in recognition State of Hawaii prior to October of a non-Communist affidavit and of their past service ecutive Board, meeting on Sep- to their union 1, 1968. an Affidavit that he meets ·the re . - tember 8th, has directed that the A member's Sub-District is that quirements of Section 504 of the The talented wife of Brother I election of Sub~District Advisodo in which his address, as shown on Labor Management Repotting and Marvin Clark, Local 3, baked a the Executive Board for the State the records of this Local Union, is · Disclosure Act of 1959 and Article masterpiece of a cake that found of Hawaii be conducted in accord located ten ( 10 ) days prior to the · XII '(A), Se r;: ti6n 1 (f) of these final form as a derrick crane, ance with Local Union By-Laws day on .. which the notices are By~Laws be eligible to be nomi barge-mounted. The cake was and announced· the following elec- · mailed .. , -- nated for and elected to, .and large enough to provide dessert tion procedure: The position to of SUB~ DISTRICTADVISORTO hold, that office or position. · for all of 'the over 250 in attend Sub-District Advisor to the Exec u THE EXECUTIVE BOARD: No No Member shall be eligible ance and served this purpose es- tive Board for the State of Hawaii membef. shall be eligible for dec~ for election,. 'be · elected, . or hold - pecially well. shall be filled for the unexpired tion Harold Lewis , -be elected, or hold the posi- any office or position, -and no per Presently boasting nearly 300 term by secret ballot vote of the tion of Sub-District b,dvisor unless _ son shalL be employed who has members, Local731 was chartered majority of the membership in the _ he shall have been continuously been convicted of ·any crime -in on March 4, 1919 with eighteen Sub-District in good standing as of in good standing in the Parent volving moral turpitude offensive members, Those original eighteen September 15, 1968 at the follow Local Union for one ( 1) year and to trade union: morality, or who were soon joined by other ing regular quarterly and shipyard specially continuously a member of the has been found after workers called meetings: trial by the and the union became one Recording-Correspondi~g Sec Pa r ~nt Local Union and its Sub Uniofl or by Civil Comt to have of the more vigorous and vocal 7:30 p.m. October 15, 1968, of retary T. J. "Tom" Stapleton has divisions for not less than three. been f alse to ·his trust or. misap the civil service locals in the 1 Kauai, Convention Hall, early announced that pursuar;t to Ar Lihue, ( 3) years and a registered voter propriated Union Funds years .. Those were Kauai, Special Called. or prop days when .. it ticle IX of Local. U:nion No. 3 By in the Sub-District he represents erty or who is commonly known to took strong and dedicated men 7:00 p.m. October 16, 1968, to Laws, officers of the lo:cal have or seeks to represent for not less be acrook or racketeer preying on win badly needed reforms Honolulu, 2305 S. Beretania, in the met and appointed Harold Lewis than one ( 1) year, all next pre the labor movement working conditions Honolulu, Regular. and its of the equip to fill the vacancy of Sub-District ceding the first day of the dues - good name for corrupt purposes, ment operators. 7:30 p.m. October 17, Advisor to the Executive Board 1968, period in which the- election is whether or not previously Hilo, Hawaii Technical_ held con · Membership and political until the next regular quarterly School, ·:. - victed for such nefarious 1175 Menoa, Hilo activities. growth accelerated during the war and specially called meetings , Regular. If no Member fulfills the fore NOMINATIONS: to be 7:30 p.m. October Nominations ·years and Operating Engine-ers held in the State of Haw~ ii dming 18, 1968, . going conditions of eligibility for shall be made Maui, IBEW in regularly sched became one of the fo remost of the the month of October. Le Hall, Kahului Air~ a particular office or position, any uled wis is a port or. specially called Sub civil service unions in presenting Local 3 Trustee Road, Maui, Special Called. Member currently in good stand- and Si.tb-District - · . See ADVISOR Page 4 See 731 JOINS Page 4 Representative for Haw}-t~~!:. --- Septe!llbe~ .19,6~ . _ EN :GI NE E-RS , NE -WS · . . '..- Page 2.~· .. : ' . ' ; . • ' . ~ ~-- -~ <_:./ ; ' . . . , . ,.... • ll illllilllllllllllllllllllllllll ll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!lllllllllll!il l lli ll ll lll ll ll!ll!llllll!lilllll!!!llllllllll llll l lll!l!!!l l l!ll!ll!l ! llll !ll!llll!llllil!ll!l!ll!l!llll!llll!llllillll! llll!llll!lll i!l]ll!llll!llll!l~llllllt ~~-----~-~-----~------~------~----. I"UOE Talks Ofaskiizqlon .. j C"lf(ct;velr On .;Safety . ,. '\. '"· Many · accidents have occuned I oVews 1Jesk I from faulty equipment or improp I c:£rakiui er practices dmillg refueling op From the lnternati~nal Union of Operating Engineers l 1 erations. The fuel truck operator has a particular responsibilitx and l~------~--~-----~------J witk AI Clem the following are a few rules that by he should follow. All Engineers and Secretary of Labor Willard Wirtz lllllllll!llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!lllll l!lllllllllllllllllllllllllllillilllllllllll!lll!!llllllllilllllllllllll!lllllllllll!llll!llllllllllllll!llllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!lllllllll!llllllllllllll!llllllllllll!lllllll should be aware of these rules, make sure they are followed by the • meaning this year for every Ameri -On behalf of the Officers, Executive Board Members and all fuel truck man if he gets lax. · Labor Day carries a special of Local 3, we welcome the entire membership of can- young and old, affitient and poor, black and white. the members o Use ALL possible c~ re to pre Local 3. On · Saturday For it is evident on this Rational day of rest for working men and Local 731 upon their amalgamation with vent running fuel tank over. our Nation h'~s traveled a great distance in just a few night, September 7, at a meeting held in Vallejo, which was Should fuel be spilled, be sure women that attended by the past Presidents of Local 731 and their wives that no fuel is on the equipment years toward universal 'hli:inan justice. and tl1e members and their wives, the President, Orner Delisle, before restarting. It will not slow down our progress to take stock of our achieve the past ments toward bettering t~1e lives of all Americans-in employment, of Local 731 presented me with a charter and in turn all e Fill" the tank from the windward in education. presidents present were given a gavel. While this local union side whenever possible to pre in wages, in job training, to new has had a charter since 1919, we are sure that upon their becom vent excessive burns in the event In the past seven years alone, as our economy boomed ing affiliated with Local 3 can work more effectively together to of ignition. heights of accomplishment: better the working conditions for the members of the Engineers • Allow a sufficient vapor space • 10.4 million Americans have been added to the Nation's pay employed in the naval facilities around the bay area. in the fuel drum or tank to per rolls. Doug Emmans has been assigned to work with these Brothers mit expansion of the liquid with 0 The ranks of the unemployed have dropped by nearly 2 mil working in Mare Island the changing temperatures. and they have a fin e bunch of Stewards lion and the rolls of the long-term jobless have fallen by • a great deal of sparking and I am sure they will give Brother Emmans a Equip motors having almost 1.4 million. help. contacts with explosion proof enclosures. o Earnings of the aver,age worker with three dependents, after August and September were very busy months for myself and adjustment for prices and Federal taxes, rose by 11.4 percent. all the Officers. Several agreements were consummated and rati • Install adequate hold down de fied, and the major ones were: Pile Driving Agreements, Dredg vices to anchor each drum or o 12 million Americans have moved above the poverty line. manner to ing Agreement, Material Dealers Agreement, Pacific Island Cater tank in a suitable prevent movement. Turnbuc And by the summer of 1968, a large number of disadvantaged ing in Agana, Guam, Cortez Gold Mine in Crescent Valley, kles, tie rod and eye bolt con had benefitted from a wide range of Federally-supported job agreements with various independent Nevada and many other nections or similar positive ac training, work-experience and educational programs: busy Employers. All the Business Agents have been extremely tion devices for drawing the • Occupational training for more than 1 million men and women signing the various short form agreements as well as devoting · tank or drum down tight on the Development and Training Act since considerable time to the organizing efforts that we have in truck bed are recommended. under the Manpow.er 1962. progres~. • Mark each side and rear of the We attended the convention of the Nevada State AFL-CIO refueling huck with the words • Work experience foi: 1.4 million boys and girls in the Neigh which was held in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 9-10-11 which "Flammable-NO Smoking" in borhood Youth Corps since 1964. letters at least three inches high. was well attended by all the crafts and there were numerous for more than 161,000 young people in the Job Each container should be mark • Work training speakers covering various subjects which were of a great deal of J ed as to its contents. Corps. · interest to the Engineers. 1 • Equip each vehicle with at least • Educational assist~nce for 405,000 young men and w,qrr;~n ~ i Trust held a meeting The Board of Trustees on the Pension one suitable size extinguisher through the College Work-Study Program,in the past school' a reciprocity arrange dur~ng 'the month of August and approved having a C rating. year alone. ment which we will now.be able to offer to the various local unions • Take precautions to prevent ig in the western states. nition in locations where flam But this day is not just one for reflection or taking inventory of At the Executive Board Meeting of the Western Conference, mable vapors are present. past achievements. We ,shol.lld look now to even greater accom · · we are hopeful that we can get these signed with some of the local Somces of ignition may include plishments. · smoking, cutting unions. Th!s will mean a great deal of benefits to many of our open· flames , We look to the day when no man or woman will be denie( the and welding and hot smfaces. members. opportunity to work because.he or she couldn't get the necessary • Remain in the irnmediate vicin Again, I would like to draw your attention to the fact that the training. ity of the unit while it is being when no man must contemplate a future. members who desire to pay their dues up to a 12-month period We look"to the day filled. see him always at the bottom of the employment· prior ~6- October I, 1968 can effectuate a savings of $12.00. which will • Keep ~lear of all moving patts. lac;l.der. · , General President, Hunter P. Wharton, instituted another Compressors and other equip-·· Our We look to the day when every child will receive all the educa- . history of progressive moves within our Inter mept with exposed drive belts, · first in: the long tion his ability warrant~ :.- ~ - ' . since his becoming .General President. On September 3, .fly wheels, etc. should be national In short, we look to the . day when every man will realize the : held a conference of all the Business M~nagers of Hoist guarded. 1968, he dignity of work because,he will have labored in dignity, reaping Portable Locals throughout the United States. This con~ • Keep the bed of the refueling ing and the just rewards of his labors. ferenc$.\:vas held in the Mayflower Hotel in Washington. Brother truck clear of all obstructions (good housekeeping) so that When all these things have been accomplished, the full meaning Edgecombe ~nd myself were in attendance representing Local 3 personnel using the servicing of Labor Day will be realized. 70 local unions represented from United States and there were over equipment will not be subject did an outstanding job of and Canada. The General President to the hazards of tripping, stum preparing an excellent agenda covering all the subjects of interest bling and falling. A Lot of Veterans of our International pointing to the Hoisting and Portable Locals • Make sure that all compressors Forty-seven percent of the American male population 20 years or out that we all have a job to do to protect our jurisdiction and to conform to the ASME stand older is a veteran of one of the military services, according to the U. S. obs ~ rve those agreements which we have signed with the various ards. Depa1tment of Labor. At the beginning of 1968, they numbered Employers. This session lasted four days. s Ground each hose reel base to 26,067,000 with an average age of 44. •• the metal frame of the vehicle if reels are installed on a wood platform. Str_aight-Time Pay 81 °/0 of Workers' Income e Provide adequate ventilation in vV ASHINGTON-Straight-time pay accounted for 81 percent of a those rigs of the enclosed type. s 1966, the Labor Dept. reports in its first worker's total compensation in e Make sure there is good con study of what goes into the overall pay check. tact betvveen fuel nozzle and Taking the "total private non-agricultural sector of the economy," tank fi ller pipe before starting the department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said that the other 19 per fuel fl ow. e and other premiums, bonuses and cent covered pay for leave, overtim o Always make sure you have an No . 3 of the r co ntributions to legally re Published each month by Local Union terminal pay ( 9 percent ) w ith employe unobstructed escape route in UniOJ?. of Operating Engineers e programs making up the rest International quired or private insurance and welfar case of accident. (No . California, No. Nevada, Utah, ( 10 percent). e Engines on rigs being fueled Hawaii, Guam .) - Subscription price $2.50 per year. .40 an hour in total compen In 1966 American workers averaged $3 should be stopped before re Office: 474 Valencia St., San Francisco, Calif. 94103 pay plus the fringes. Adv ertising R ates Available on Request sation- the.straight-time h~eliri g operations begin. Triple all above precautions AL CLEj\ii ...... International Vice President Business Manager and Editor • u:hen the fuel is gasoline. More in ·Retirem en t PAUL EDGECOMBE ...... President . . Vice-President More men are taking it easy after age 65 today than 20 years ago. DALE MARR ...... At thar time, one ·out of two mert in that age group was either work ENGINE.ERS NEWS . T. J. STAPLE TO~ .... Recording-Corresponding. Secretary ing 9r f!)oking for work, whereas today it's only -one out of four. On . Published ,monthly by Lo cal Uni_on · No. 3 A. J. HOPE ...... : ; ... . : ...... Financ ~a l Secretary ii1clined to remain !n the. 'labor force of the International Union of Operating the cm~t'i,ir\r , women are more Engineers, 474 Yalenda St., San Francisco, DON KI~CHLOE .. : . ... : ...... Treasurer toda~ ili h.~ ·for.m erly. One out ~f ten women is either workmg or look .Calif. 94101. Second class postage . paid at - San Frahc:i Sco , Calif. · Managing Editor ing to!·j yo/k:· today as compared to Qile out of 12, 20 years ago, reports . KEN ERWIN ...... , . ,· ::. ·...... the Btii"eh~ ·of Labor Statistics. ·· · · · ·.·, .· ''\.•,
- USF Sets Fall Brother Bob's Busy World · Labor Classes ,.. The University of San Francisco , Sundowr{s Beautiful Labor Management School _has Appaloosas' announced that registration is open for its . Fall session, which When a* brother * engineer's* avo starts Wednesday evening, Octo cation begins to bring in more loot ber 9. Classes are scheduled each than his vocation, what should Wednesday evening at 7:30 he do? · through December .4. Well, in the case of Brother Bob Offerings will include two-hour Cowles, ~ batch plant operator for courses on. human resources in in Peter Kiewit in San Francisco, the dustry, problem areas in labor answer. is to work hard at both, or, management relations, and guide I should say-all three, of his boom- lines for the collective bargaining ,. ing ent~rprises. agreement on the job. One"hour Seerris Brother Cowles is busier courses will be offered in parlia than a cat on a hot tin roof what mentary practice and public with the graveyard shift speaking. i~1 the batch plant at Kiewit; an invest The problem areas course will ment i1i (and sales representative feature labor and management for) a leading detergent manufac speakers in such fi elds as public turing firm , and last, but not least emplo yment (Oct. 9 ) , agricul - a working pa1tnership in one of tura l labor (Oct. 16), and public the most successful and fast grow education (Oct. 23). ing Appaloosa breeding ranches The 18-year old Labor Manage in Northern California. · ment School -is a community serv Of course, Brother Cowles' avo ice of the University of San Fran cation is the continuous building cisco, sponsored b y representa of the family's fin e 40-acre breed tives of labor, management, and ing ranch in Orland, California government in the Bay Area. (near. Ghico ), just below Black Classes are open to union mem' Butte Lake and the constant effort bers, representatives of manage to upgrAde the quality of the 48 ment, and others interested in per registered Appaloosas that reside sonnel or labor relations. there. He and his father, Ray E. Hegis tration fee is one dollar, Cowles, . an electrician forema11 and tuition is 12 dollars for a one with Wismer & Becker, and a long hour course of. nine weeks, 24 dol time underground powerhouse Jars for a two-hour course of nine and tunnel electrician, have been weeks. successful in both goals. CHAMP.ION TOT'S "We came to HAMA MOOLA is the pride of the nation. This beautiful colt recently won two The telephone number for fur Northern Cali Brother Robert Cowles whose profitable avocation firsts at Northern California Appaloosa Show in ther information is 752-1000, fornia fr ~m L.A. shortly after my Ext. is raising some of the finest Appaloosa horses in Red Bluff and has never been beaten 250. brother Raymond was killed in the in his class. Korean <;:onflict," said Bob, "in fact, we purchased the h~nd with the money from his G.I. in surance. * * * . and * * * He was with the 1st Marine Divi I hope a ' lot of my brother into qumter horse r ~ cing competi So it wou*ld *seem * wheth er it's N ~ ' .. ,'ew . . . .Law Aids· sion and' was kille engineers get a chance to take a tion and the Appaloosa is proving Appaloosas d in action in 1 ; detergent cleaners, or the battle for Pusan Reservoir, he look at this beautiful breed.' himself as fast as he is durable." just some inside infonnatiori c;m Nq, Reserves is buried above the ranch where Bob points out that the Appa Bob has already shown "Tot's" how to successfully run a batch the last rays of sunshine touch his loosa is one -of the oldest breeds in and "War Bux" at a number of plant, the busy operating WASHINGTON - The Presi engineer grave. That is why we named the . world having originated in shows this year and both are pro to -see is dent has signed into law a bill the Brother Bob . Cowles-a ranch "Sundown Ranch.'' Asia and subsequently being ducing top or near top points at man in all seasons. amending the reemployment pro Brother- Crowles went brought to North America by the every show. ------. visions of the Universal Military on to point out that Spanish. Besides this highly successful Training and Service Act. "the oldest brother - Encourage Voters , in the last three generations of "The Nez Perce· captured a avocation, Busy Bob has a second To as~ure workers the -oppor The new measure provides that Cowles }}as died before reaching number of them in raids and ary vocation as member in tl1e tunity to exercise their franchise, the members of the Reserve· and the age of twenty-one. brought them to Washington, Ore sales, promotion and dist;· ibutm~ R ~y miss e~l 30 states have passed laws permit National Guard will have·the same the Cowles curse, if that is what gon and Idaho and since that time ship of one of the country's leading it ting time off from wm-k' for the • reemployment rights and attend is, by three years, dying at age their breeding and quality has detergent firms-Bestlines Prod purpose of voting. Many of the ant conditions of employment -as · twenty-three .." been upgraded by mixing blood ucts, Inc. of S
Continued from . Page -I t esti~ony befo~-e major legi~lativ:e Local 731, had long sought the committees and governmenhtiidy blessing of management on estab gronps making important contri~ lishing a shipyard apprenticeship butions in winning improved pay, program for heavy duty mechanics insurance, pensions and w6tkii1g . and that program became a reality conditions. ( in 1964. Recently the first appren- Local 73l's efforts were patt of tices completed the program. the major role played by' Oper- In 1967 the title "engineman ating Engineers in helping to draft hoisting and portable" was and gain legislative acceptance changed to "operating engineers for President John F. Kelfnedy's hoisting equipment." This located Executive Order 10988, the' direc- the craft with the Craft Union. In tive which guarantees the civil 1968 the Operating Engineers service worker the right to mem- again held key position on . the bership in recognized unions. negotiating committee which es- During the early implementa- tablished the second Mare Island tion of 10988, Local 731 worked shipyard agreement under which diligently not only for ··its own we are presently working. organization but for other affiliate In September 1968, the Oper metal trades locals at Mare Island. ating Engineers Local 731 unani As a result, an exclusive recogni- mously voted to amalgamate with tion for the Mare Island Metal the Operating Engineers · ;Local Trades Counsel was won in 1960. Union 731.
Five Key Appeals Board Bids Out Denies Comp For Strikers On Roads Unemployment insurance bene fits properly were denied to some SACRAMENTO - The Califor 850 Bay Area boilermakers in a of Highways is today DECORATIVE CENTERPIECE at ceremonies mark- appreciative eye on Mrs. Clark's creation is Inter nia Division 1967 trade dispute, the Califor bids on five northern . ing the amalgamation of Local 731 with Local 3 national Vice President and Local 3 Business calling for nia Unemployment Insurance.Ap of which was a brilliantly executed derrick crane in the Manager AI Clem and Mrs. Clem. The cake was California projects, three peals Board has ruled. form of a multicolored cake baked by Brother not only beautiful but proved tasty as well when are in Humboldt County. The board held that all mem Marvin Clark's wife, Catherine, left. Casting an served as dessert for 250 that attended the affair. One of these is for widening the bers of Local 6 of San Francisco west end of the Route 36 bridge and Local 10 of Oakland were crossing Grizzly Creek, and its bound by an employer· warning west approach, 7.2 miles west of that "a strike against one is a strike Bridgeville. With the roqd at an against all." angle to the bridge, the widening Workers struck two East Bay will increase the ease and safety of plants and one in San Mateo turning onto the bridge. county during conh·act negotia Bids will be opened September tions · i11 1967, and the employer 18 in Sacramento. Approximately association thereafter shut down $20,000 is available for the proj some 40 major steel fabricating ect. plai1ts . The second Humboldt County In announcing the board's project occu~·s on Route 101, precedent decision, Chairm an where channelization improve Robert W. Sigg emphasized that ments will be effected at four in the board does not weigh the • tersections between Eur~ka . and merits of a trade dispute, but de Arcata. termines only if workers were ui1- At the Cole Avenue and,Airport employed because of their own ~ Road intersections, acceleration actions. lanes will be constructed for south Sigg said evidence showed that bound traffic. At the Indianola and workers realized an employer lock Bayside cutoffs, existing . south- . out probably would follow any bound acceleration lanes are being work stoppage. · resurfaced. Sigg said the board felt that ac Bids will be opened September . tions . of each muon bound the 18 in Sacramento. Approximately other in the month-long dispute. $21,000 is available for the proj Other board members who par ect. ticipated in the decision were The third H urnboldt :County Lowell Nelson, Clande Minard project consists of stabilizing a and John B. Weiss. • slide area along Route 299, about 2.1 miles east of Route 101. Rocky material at the "top of a high cut at this location som etimes falls, and as this process continues A-dvisor could develop into a safety hazard. Cont inued from Page I constitutes a mainte At present it District meetings as directed by problem. nance the Local Union Executive Board work consists of first remov The as a special order of business. ing loose slide material and then flattening the slopes and improv- Nominations shall be in writing. ll be avail ing drainage facilities. " · Nomination forms v.ri Bids will be opened September able at all Sub-District meetings, 18 in Sacramento. A total of $65,- and shall be delivered by the nom 000 is available for the project. inator at the meeting when the A fourth northern California Presiding Officer calls for nomina project is in Lake County, where tions. • seal coat v.rill be applied to 9.2 ELIGIBILITY OF .tviEMBERS miles of two-lane Route 29, be TO NOMINATE: Everv Member tween 5.2 miles nmth of Route 175 of the Parent Local Uni.on .and its at Middletown and 0.1-mile south Sub-divisions, except Registered of Route 53 at Lower Lake. Apprentice Sub-division, who is for non-payment of CRANE OPERATOR Penny McAtee talks a little Penny has operate.d a crane at Mare. Island Naval Bids will be opened September not suspended dues preceding the first nominat shop with Local 3 Vice President Dale Marr during Shipyard for the past twenty-five years and is a 18 in Sacramento. Approximately shall have the right amalgamatio-n ceremonies in Vallejo this month. longtime union member. $26,000 is available for the proj ing meeting At left is Cliff Dees, a past president of Local 731. ect. to nominate. ,.. ;-: . ,';. ' ; ;-: . ·. : ,· ··••. ~- i-, . . Page·S • .. •' :· •'" ...... ·•: t ·,:;::". -" "".•·_•:;_ .. . _.._• •f .:-.~· · , 1 .< ..:·~::~-~:~·~. : _ l ~.;-:_·l :·,,~ ; , ~ ~ ~ - ~-- ;·r· · ·.. · ~ .·.'''a·:· .--- -1·:·-l :ze.: ·:·:··XI-' ::s· · _, -~ ~ :~: .. :_ ~ ~ ~~0~- i __ : · .. .. 6 ·>~~::,.:.·. J~l ::~ r/·~ --~·~··· nb,: , ~; k~·.' : ·::···· .. l.. · y:~ v - 1 " 1 ::· ~ :: 1 ~ -~-- ~ :·_~ :. ; y _: __ :· __ , .-. ~ - .. _> .. ,_.. ~ - v. l .u.J~;: . ~ . - , ... [l: .. ... 1 - ~ . : [1 ,, '£...... _--· -. -.. ·· '* ': . ·:r: ',": ~. : ' *:,.*; :·· .. ;,·., •' t ;" -* ! '" •• ., •• '., ~! - .. ,··.· ..: ·:· , . *>--* . .;·';, ' * ·~· :*:' '* ': .. *;'''·*' ''' * ~··· .·''' ;' . "~~~~~/: ·-~-· By NORRIS :/\;' CASEY, City *. '" *'' . :.Cqiiiicil-fof. ~pprcival. . I9so · a~d - 160 ; ooo ' by 20oo; ; ~hi le '. Av~ : ;>· ~rid' First S( for GUY JONES,. TOM CARTER, :'theJ ·' Tne :.4.6 miie ' Ala~e· : . 'ourity . . Prefacing the need for a · face some a7s,ooo· persons ..w,Jll - make -purpose ··.·• .. ' ROBERT·MAYFIEED, . of eliminating- the ·. section extends ,. from R6jlte . 23s lifting of the downtown, .the 31 their homes in the·thl·ee·clilhtmuni- · tracks that impede ALEX .' CELLINJ ·· anrt'. traffic( . ri~ai· .Mission San' Jose.;tSi'a point . page report cites figures indicating · ties · of· D~bl.iri ; 'PleMa"htt5'il, and flow in a crucial area. }Eil.RY ALLGOOD 0 · Im~ ju~t · south of-'Mission ·•-4>lvd>:near· the impressive rapid gTowth Liverm~ore. · : ' ' ·''' : · of the provement of traffic circula- Warm Springs. . :t~P/' · · THE NEW LIVERMORE Livermore Amador Valley and The 'Corpmission's plan the consists tion through and around the. Construction of a tenf~t6h tow- · The blueprint that may guide the City it ~ ~lf , noting that of five major changes betw~en :: downtown area. · · er oOeat:ning is schedu l ~_o:fQbegin progress of the Valley's most am now and the turn of the next cen • Relocation of the Southern . this fall at California S-ta bitious development program has tury 28, to 50% of all ·Alameda Improvement o. f land use: This · ·te .Col- 1 Pacific Rail,roac). tracks and lege, • been. released by the Downtown ii).cludes a new retail cor~ in Hayward. f'"~ Co\mty growth will ·center here. construction of ·four railroad the Development Commission 1 . area provided ·by railroad t:eloca The $3,462,000 tower"will com- and has The P,ppulation of Livermore is undei:passe_s· at Murrieta h - · · · been submitted · tion. __ T ere wou bine administration and cia·ssroom to the Livermore expec~Y i! r: to climb to 80,000 by Blvd., · ~'P" · St., -Livermore 1d be large, de.- · · partment type stores, a complex of functions with facilities ·for 1.,000 full time students. Th~ structure, satellite .stores and emphasis on known as the theme building for convenience for the pedestrian shopper. Improvement of parking Cal-State, will contain ll3,500 in the downtown · square feet. . area. Improve- ment of the general appearance In conjunction with the build- • ing of and livability of the area by pro- the tower, ponstruction also . viding small parks, sidewalk gar- will start on a $7,855,900 library dens; rest areas for the pedestrian and learning resources centei·. The shopper. tower will form a partf of the complex. The library ·section will It would also mak e that land occupy 247,000 square f~et and avai lable for commercial develop will accommodate 500 s6.tdents. • ment, providing adequate ship They \.viii be completed by l970. · ping facilities for those shoppers Construction began la ~ t :month \V ho now have to expend sizeable on . the site of the new mathe- ' arnounts of money to travel to the matical and ·science building on shopping ce nters iri Hayward, and the campus of the Univ e~:sity of Walnut Creek over 20 miles away. California. The ten-story 7X mil The plan also provides for the lion dollar building is. expected to Bay Area Rapid Transit facilities be ready for use by the fall of eventually planned for the down 1970. town area between North P and Work has started on the North North L Streets. Berkeley w1derground station and cut and vVhen work is started on this cover section. This.station is locat redevelopment project it will pro ed at Sacramento m1d Dela ware Street vide jobs .for a large number of s in Berkeley . and the cut and Operating Engineers as well as the cover will extend to the other trade unions. northern boundmy of Berkeley. Shea Maceo Co: was awarded . The State Department of Public the cut and cover section' at the Works has awarded an $11.9 mil southern end of Berkeley. This lion contract for construction of a job is located on Shattuck Av~pue sixc'mile. section of Interstate 680 and will extend to the eHshng VJ.\L'cE'JO'S MAYOR' Florence Douglas (center) was ·. fi- e~wa)/ in s outher fi' . Al ~meda - .. one of the many · overhead section in Oakland. ·· dignitaries from management, governnienf. . and Colinty and Northeastern Santa .. politic~ th~t 1 Syar & Harms is scheduled to attended the amalgamation of Local 731 with~~cal 3m ValleJO thrs ·:c lara County. . ~ I . . · statt a. 300,000 yard dirt month. Shown with her honor are Mrs. job for Marvm Clark (left) who ~:; The project, which includes sev- the Silver Development baked .the cake that served as the centerpiece . ,Qo. in for the ceremonies; :eral interchanges, was given to 'the Pinole. ·· Local 3 President Paul Edgecombe and International Vice President :~~ ombine of Freeman-Sondgroth Rock, Sand, and Gravebndus arid Local 3 Business Manager AI Clem and ~rs ,. Clem. l\aisch-Caputo of Mountain View. try in Alameda and Contt~~ ~ c;iista County has picked up sOiri.E)~pat. With the biggest part of thb \Vcir}( in the Centerville area: . Scrap Iron Indush:y in the O'ak land area is still moving al,oi1'g very slow. But with the steel pi·ice raise : things should be picking up·in. all .. . .· ~he s:c~·ap y ards. . . : ·., .. · ·'·Woi:bit Pacific States S t~e l has · . picked up in the .Mill Division arid . also . in ..the Forge Division. The Fabrication Division is moving along very well with their steel cages for B.A.R.T. · The Equipme~1t Dealers are still very slow, . still looking for more woi'k.· . EASTERN CONTRA- COSTA , '-This countyas far as aworkpic ture for the future doesn't loo'k real . bright. There are two big:~jobs probably going to start in, the next . few months and that is anJd~ition to a large powet' plant of F:G.&E. and also an addition to be done tit Dow Chemical. · ·· ''- Other than these two, m,0st. jobs are well along ai1d are car:i:ying: a . full crew with almost no· nevlr hir ing being done. Morrison-Knudsen Co ..have two jobs going in the Pjftsbut'g Al1tioch vicinity. One job Is almbst complete. Excavation ori -the tiew steel mill ·virtually has beer:r . coi11- pleted and ·. Bro.ther Haroid Me-· Queen has taken his cre\v , on a freeway job betweeri Ar1t1o g;h and Pittsburg: This job ·amounted · .to · 2J4 rriilliml. dollars ' Cif wnich the' bulk of this . money will go into structures a11d paving. PART OF THE CROWD t hat attended ceremonies marking '·. the on hand for the event that joined the 49-year old local with Loca l 3. In th amalgamation of Local Union No. 731 (IUOE) e same m;ea much subdivi and Local Union No. The event was one of the most colorful and best 3 of the International !Jnion ar ranged and sion work is now in progress and of Operating Engineers is shown above. attended in either local's history. Eighteen Some 250 members, past presidents were pre being·clone by Moberly Construe dignitaries and officials from both uhions were sented miniature gavels in recognition of past service to Local 731. See OAKLAND P,~
Septeinl;>er 196.8 .. .. ~... p ._, 7' •• , -~--·- age
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By -HAROLD LEWIS, BERT NAKANO, WILFRED BROWN, KENNETH KAHOONEI, WALLACE LEAN and JOE REINERT "One paddle, two paddle, three paddle, • Four to take me home; Fourteen on the right, F ow·teen on the left, T alee me to H awa# nei, No ka best!"
These are the lyi-ics of one of the ma~y favorite modern day ver sions of music from Hawaii wl-it ten 'by the famous Kui Lee before he had died. Canoe racing, ·a n an cient sport of the Hawaiians in the days of King Kamehameha, is still a ve;·y exciting and interesting sport of , today. Brother Joseph • "Nappy" Napoleon like a typical Hawaiian·has taken up canoe rac ing as his hobby. Paddling at a very early age, he is very good at this sport He is ca'ptain of the Hui Nulu Men's Senior Canoe Team an·d practices daily after work be tween· the hours of 4:30p.m. thru 7:00 p.m. at either the Ala Wai Canalor the beach ofWaikiki. A memorable event for Brother · Nap.oleon was winning Hawaii's Annual Canoe Race in the Molo 'kai · Channel from the Island ·of Molokai to Waikiki beach on the Island- of Oahu; a distance PHOTO TAKEN while practicing at Waikiki of 40 Beach. for the Molokai "Nappy'' Napoleon (Captain), miles ' ~f most treacherous Channel race. Background is a silhouette Randy Chung, Nick Beck, BIL{e Makue vvaters . of the famous Diamond Jr., Byda Balock, Rabbit Head. ·Name of Kekai. t • in the entire island chaill. Because the canoe is Malia. 1st paddle is ,Brother Joseph · of the unusual current, it is often said that the Molokai Channel is one of the roughest channels throughout the worH It took Cap tain "N appy" and his crew of -brawny men four hours and twenty minutes to win this race by maintaining twenty-four strokes per minute. To ·prevent water hom seeping into the canoe, a can vas is placed to cover the canoe up .to the waistline of each crewman. It is not unusual to have a canoe flip due to waves breaking against the . canoe. The waves sometime • reach over fifteen feet. Brother Napoleon is employed _ by State Tile; Local 3's tile pro ducing plant in the state of Hawaii. As a maintenance man, he repairs tile .producing machines; a position that is an impo1tant seg ment in the continuous production of tile at State Tile. Apprenticeship Program on the Move! Om' Haw.aii Apprenti'ceship program is prog1:essing very well with forty-seven young men on the job training and two school classes for related technical train • ing and first aid which started on September 16, 1968 at the Hono lulu Cm_mnunity College. We are proud of the employers who are traini1'lg these young ap prentices to become future jour neymen.' Employers such as Royal ACTUAL RACE in which Brother Contracting Co., Ltd.; C. Napoleon had participated. Again is placed W. Vin he is the 1st paddler. to cover the canoe up to thE'! waistline of eqch cent Inc.; Hi-Way Photo was taken at 5:30a.m. when r9ce had crewman. · Transportation started . Because This will prevent water from seeping into the & they were still close to shore, the water canoe. It is not unusual Contracting Co., Ltd.; Moses looks very . to have a canoe flip due to breaking calm. They are leaving Molokai for Oahu. You will waves. The waves sometimes Akioria, Ltd.; Highway Construc note that a canvas reach over fifteen feet. tion Co., Ltd.; J. A. Thompson & Son, Inc.; E. E. Black, Ltd.; Engi neering Equipment * * * Co., Ltd.; J. train men and a chance to make county-priv*.ate' * * M. partnership to .help .The question* * remains * as Tanaka Construction Co., Inc.; two dollars tomorrow. wipe what is ment. With* th e *remaining. * ,months . out the ·slums are being better for ·us as engineers A. C. Chock, Ltd.; · Hawaiian . Vve need more of these young and citi of 1968 slowly approaching, we ruined-by.private building of. ne~ zens? Work Dredging & Construction Co., men for training. Anyone for us now that is clut must understand that inter h~gh rise developments. A number tered work will • Ltd.; Hawaiian Crane & Rigging, ested may contact and unplanned or work at a decline to some the Operating measure. If we of these new developments are not later date planned Ltd.; Territorial Contractors; M. Engineers Job Placement Center . thm urban re may, we would like t~ · in conformity with acceptable· re newal § uggest to F . Williams, Inc. ; Hercules Con at phone: 949-0084. program which would add o~r brothers to budget newal plans being studied in to W:isely for struction Co:, Inc. ; Urban Equip the beauty of Waiklki? a rainy day! .Urban Renewal Proiect in Jeop Washington. With each new .;; '!;,_ ment, Inc. . ; Kaiser Hawaii-Kai Budget for Slump Period- Pe ardy-..:Plans for the $107 million building that goes.up in the jungle, We ·. We dq not ' wish to , predict a velopment Co.; and have been content to Oah\1 Con Waikiki Urban Renewal project chanc~s for Honolulu a degree for slump period, however would like sti·uction Company, . remaining this good year during Ltd: .who are in. jeopardy. Ch;mces for the eligible which em to indicate. some. factuaJ,;facts. by spend a dollar for Federa.l ·Funds as a ployment has today that may multi-million · dollar federal-city- . increased in all pointing out to our brcither rriem- blight area are decreased. · phases of construction develop- See HAWAII Page 15 September 1968 Page 8 ENGINEE RS N EWS Dredging • Bass Lake Highway Link j Gets Madera Board Start \ :,J through win- By CLAUDE ODOM, Local 3 had its first glievance of the Bro.thers busy KENNETH GREEN and filed in Public Works Department ter. By AL HANSEN Co. on BILL RELERFORD, in Tulare County shortly after be- L. Wells Construction Job are laying HAROLD "Doc" SUMMER ing recognized and won our point the Mooney Blvd. be ready to Ratification Meeting was held in Oakland at 10 a.m. Sunday, Madera , County Board of Su- on driving to and from work _site. base rock and should lane by Sep- August 19, 1968. Al Clem, our Business Manager and International pervisors "'-':ill commit about $400,- Local 3 Public Employees in pour the northbound the bridge Vice-President, and Don Kinchloe, and the Officers of Local 3 000 in Federal road funds to im- Springville held their last meeting tember lOth, providing 1968 are completed. presented the new agreem:ent to the members and was on the floor prove the · first segment o;f Road on August 9, , with a large . and down drains 41 and h1rnout and discussed their prob- A Pre-Job was held on August read 222 that links Highway W. M. Lyles Co. on for discussion and the meJllbers accepted the agreement as Bass Lake .. About 5000 feet start- lems and decided to file a com- 8, 1968, with job in Portersville and passed. We now have) a new dredge agreement. Our Officers ing at Higrway 41 will be made plaint with County Board of Su- the Highway 65 for $1,600,000 and worked very hard to get• the best possible agreement they could an undivided four lane section. pervisors to see what can be done ~the job went start by ·Sep- for the members, and I tliink the members as a whole agree that The State Division of' Highways about their conditions of work. We construction should did do a very good job of coming up with a good package for be done to appeared before the Board on Au- · tember 1st. The job consists of they aware that nothing can for the dredge men. 20, 1968, to make the Board grading and paving with an over- the next three years eliminate slow drivers from moun- gust say on the contract-in ·our person- crossing, between Avenue 152 to At the present time this 'is all we can tain.highways, is embarking on a aware of the understaffed - 4 M. Lyles Co . was next issue we will have more to say about the derdging jobs com program at sidetracking them for nel. Avenue 16 . W. a three million dol- · b. rief spells. . Fresno Headquarters Local 3 Sheriff's Department .of also awarded ing up in all the areas. .1 the Bureau of Rec- · of the Division notes that State Fresno County Employees met ·. lar contract by Personal notes: f h I an d Water 41 'to Yosemite National with Sheriff Wilmerth and mem- lamation or t e West his missus-on Route District. This .job should be get- Congratulations to Brother Bob Bynum and Park and Route 168 to Tollhouse bers of grievance committee and is · around the last of becoming proud parents of a girl born on August 9th. Bob and Route i90 to Quaking Aspen, discussed their special wo1'k week ting started by Utah Dredging. accounted and standby time, also their up- September. employed east of Spdngville, have luck to Bros. Geo. Maffia going into the dairy business • on the West- Best of for nearly/ 400 accidents over the coming meeting with Board of Hood Corporation, pipeline job, after being employed by Petaluma ReadyMix in Petaluma for sev past thre~ ;years. As a result, turn- Supervisors on their pensions. The land Water District of hours with the eral years. out areas 'on both the uphill and meeting was very fruitful and an are working lots two shifts, and i :....· _____ downhilL sections 'of all three of agreement was made to negotiate trenchers working oximately 20 Broth- ; . . these ma11 park enh·ances are in for hvo additional ranges of sala- there are appr ${ "POOR EXCUSES"-"Te_.. n Sins Against Citizenship" plmi n1ng stages at this time'. ·i·ies in special work or ask for ers on the job. the l Kirst Construction on the Pleas- bearing' on the question of whv. in an average elec- . · l · d · h t overtime· l1ours. Th e stanc - Summary-Direct At t h1s pomt, t 1e state mten s to strmg Valley Canal have about one will not appear at the polls. t. h b 1· · t e d · ant _Hon as many as half the qu..alified v_oters ext en d ..th e t rave l ways on th em b Y b Y 1me as een e Imma move and '"' h·-.. · d d f t t t H h million. yards left to ·· Indifference. "I am not interested in politics." severa l-"'· · un re ee o crea e The State ig way Commis- 15 of tne . • :· l t · · t t · h ll d $ f a there are approximately Laziness. "I am too bus.. y; to bother." · w h a t mig I amoun o a passmg sion · as a ocate 600,00 0 or I I Brothers on the J·ob. •. Greed. '"Yam making g?J od mobfW -L·sho:uld 'YOITY about who runs I Th '11 b e approxima· t e Y project to reconstruct 19 mi es of ane. ..· ere WI the government." Jc . · tm1{oWt's coristructed on these California 33 in Fresno County. 31 Prejudice. "I am voting:for him because he is one of our kind." three-iil'&)dr highways. . . Samuel B. Nelson, state director • h · 1 False pride. "It's all dirJ;y ,pg}itics'. Why should'! get mixed up in it?" ~0~: of p~blic kworkh'S, urged the COI~1- . ··,·.·,. ·, · ··'.: ~.' g ~w a y. . make any diff~rence . one ~ay or the , Fr!~;~tf. ~w-~ b~:~il:~v~~~~f'~ t e action. He said · Cyn,,icism. "One -yote ~on't mission ta e ·, . of two ·· ~he }ti.ghway.Jias had heavy truck . other. tract . to : ~·epave portions w· k.. H . l " ' h " . h . :fl'aveled streets in the city · b f k th C li . . · 0 r p· . ope essness. Its t e pressure groups w o run things anyway." . •• heavily will be done wear: ecau~ e ..9 wor . on ... e a - .. :.'. ·. ·;·· ...... :: .· .. .·.·· . . er." · of Fresno ..The work and·the San Luis Ineligibility."! forgot to iregist fornia Aqueduct afe all alike." . . m I . WhyJ)other attitude. ",PolitiCians on N'. F'li:stSt., and E .. Gettysburg Canal. l .··. up for my convictions:" ,,. j be- m •Y~ -C?watdice. "I might ma~e.. e'ne,mies if I stood Ave, 'lhnew process will be used The highway portion lies 0 c a ·· ··.. . defend his own. ·. · .. ' : · · ' ;.: ... / .. If:the I'eader has used·'):l.ny of' these catch phrases to ( to I:esJitf~~e . tl;wse streets which tween a po1nt · just south of Gale ., ... his .Threde Ba_y.dAif·ea . li;: thargy .in .voting, it IS a':sign of We\J.kening in the·moral fiber of has :!{C)t':'-pe en used befo\:e in the . Road about two miles north of. ~- .s_acramhentob- .· een a vertise or · citizenship .' · " 1· city. ··· Coalinga and an interchange abotit ~>proJects ·· ave oj- .; bids by the California Division of ... The.\Zity of Fresno has awarded 20 miles north. Together, the pr ects will provide more than l;Highways. They include: . . s Program. l a contr~c( , to W. 'M . Lyles to in- 34 Good Citizen .; ·. S~nta Cla_m_ County-Widenmg stall a ··sanitary sewer line in the miles of reconstructed highway. Not everyone is gifted in. the same way, and some are capable of bet . A- 1 mile of existmg ·Route 237 from Gettysbi.u'g and Fairmont Avenue r understanding and judgment in matters of government than others. )' Asbestos ?llrobduc e dbi~1 tdhef Coha- . ~, two lanes to four-lanes-divided be- te areas. ;;,,,_ ·- But all citizens, according t.o their capacity, should try to put into effect · n fimga ~rea w_rth e chom me . or t _e -~ tween 0.3-mile north of the East · A co\fftact for $38,659 has .bee their own-lives the. following program: of rst hme WI . asp alt pa:mg miX :~ Mountaii1 . Vie ~ Overhead, and in . awarded to L C. Christopher To ing t!ire into the management ofpublic affairs. a $44,337·11 pa:mg con- ' 0.2-mile south of.the Route 237 I .. ' 1 ~ Glendorafor installing metal beam under 'in public office. by the City Coun- 101 Separation-in Sunnyvale. ,:.. ~ ·· 2. To pray for tsose guai·d1~~~Js between Manning Ave- h:fct awarded .with character and competence to dedicate · . . Channehzation and h·affic sig .. 3. To ei1courage those nue in '~Fb'wler to Herndon Over- CI. service. •• mselves to careers in·m1blic The asphalt-asbestos paving will : rial systems ~ill be installed at the crossing':at Herndon. 4. Tostudy the record ~ of the candidates. ·Co. be laid in several unpaved p6r- ··· the intei·sectiol1s with .. Middlefield The :: Tl~ omas Coi1struction . To participate in political meetings. of Sunset Street and the ; Road and Ma~1de Avenu ~ . 5 is bus)§':Yei;ecting the new bridge tions others to vote. , by L D. Folsom, · : Bid~ wiil be op ~ ned September 6. To stimulate over th~~M erced River on Snelling Cherry Addition gitimate political activity a s a moral obligation to ' 25 in Sacramento. A t otal of . 7. To· consider le Road. WJie new bridge is located Inc. . ,; · $322,800 is available for the proj" God ,and countryc about 6(J.k£eet downstream from Work in the ~ J ohnsondale area s of party, who stand for the preserva a $46,800 contribu 8. To vote for those, reg'ardles the ol&jfiisting bridge which will is slow for this time of year. Dicco ect, including government. .of Mountain View. tion ()f_our sacred heritage of free constitutional be ren'lov,eu when the new one is Corp. is in the final stage of com- tion by the City Contra Costa coi-I;plet'¢a. The estimated cost of pletion on the Parker Pass Road Alameda and plain and re- the nei'?/;:bridge will be about Job with 8 of the Brethren on the Counti~s:-Installi~g Personal Notes: Dredging. flective raised pavement markers $269,000'!~; payroll. Best wishes to Bro. Alle_n L. Gerske for a speedy_recovery; he was have completed on a 17 -mile stretch of Interstate Allied g~ving Co. of Fi'esno has Cooley Bros. · confined at Novato General, but we understand is already back to work Pass Job. The For- 80 between its separation with . been awarded a contract in Fresno their Sherman for Hydraulic Dredging. to let another Route 13 in Berkeley and the Car CountxJBr resurfacing various est Service is going Our best wishes for a long and happy marriage to Bro. Tom Wal out for bids; let's hope quinez Bridge. The route is 6~ and roads:thi'oyghout the county. 3lf miles graeve, who recently said ."I do." contractor can get 8-lane fre.eway within these limits. American Paving Co. of Fresno some good Congrah1lations to Bro. Pat Furnish and his missus on be·coming the • this before snow Bids will be opene.d September has 1'bee_n:t:awarded a contract for cranked off on proud parents of twin boys ( 2 new Dredge Hands) . · 25 in Sacramento. Approximately very . l $47~,63W'Jcir street improvements flies . Best wishes for a fast,..;i;ecovery to. Brother Captain Peter Krolich, was awarded the · $70,000 is available for the proj- in the N::Fruit Ave. and West Ave. R & D Watson who was recently hospitaJ!Zed; sorry to hear about his heart attack. They plan ed. are c.l.s.. ,, . , Lloyd Meadows Job. Congratulations to Brofl:Jei' John Camarra and his missus on becoming the middle Alameda County - Modifying · Bi·ewe1:;~ Winchell and Small to to get started about parents of a baby gi~l ; do hope that the next go-round will be a was the bridge .on Hoffman Boulevard proud date, ai'rd :).1oving· along quite well of September. The contract ·"dredge hand." :'; (Route l 7) across Cerrito Creek on theji~ freewa y project. Highway nearly a million dollars. in order to handle in 152;_ b~J J.,yifen Red Top and Los The Kings River Job should last in Albany, water flow which will be Banos. ;(T~'is 18 mile stretch is not into the winter, with the clearing creased HOW NOT TO SOLVE A PROBLEM . . . has been caused b y the proposed Bay View sch~du WCJ,' to be finished until 1969 and final cleanup. This A basic step in solving a~y problem- whether it concerns a sporting the Brothers, Neighborhood Project upstream in and attp1s point, Brewer has ap- a very good job for event, a family dispute or. a question of public interest-is to check ise. El Cerrito. proxim <'if¢ly 21 Brother m embers moneywise and otherw self-to face up to ·problems of all types. Many people assume oing This redevelopment project is on your on t his pN)ject. Fresno Paving Co. is stiil g are caused b y forces outside themselves . . . one sponsored by the U.S . Department that all problems Locai::',3 Operating Engineers strong. The Terra Bella Job is ap- has c ollected some bizarre explanations from Hot;sing· ai1d Urban Develop in surance company has beeJ1 , 'recognized in Tulare proximately 50%compl eted on the · of lves in accidents in which t hey had the b ridge is modi drivers seeking t o justify themse Cot)nty :,:.to- 'represent County em- paving operation-- with the p