News Scrapbook 1968-1969

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SECTION E U AY,MARCH 9, 1969

S,\N DIEGO-fhis I.Jay area, which calls Itself the "city In motion,• is living up to that motto more than ever t oday, partly because it is In the midst of a year- long 200th annhersary celebra- tion. 1 But mostly becau c the area has developed into a virtua l potpourri of people as well as activities. San Diego still has its prominent, well-established familie~, including de cendents of the late George l\Iarston, pioneel' businessman who gave to San Diego the world-famed Presidio Park and Junipcro Serra Historical Museum (named for Father Junipcro Serra, credited , 1 ith founding San Die..,.o in July, 176£1, \\ith Gov. Gm,pat· de Pol'to- la). . San Diego also includes a numbe1· of de~cendant.s of the late ,ol. Eel Fletcher, California .,_Tat ion a 1 Guard, a former Republican state ~enator and pioneer land develop- er. One of his rnns, attorney FC'rdin- and T. Fletcher, is chairm2n of the l\'Jtional Society of the Crippled Children's Foundation, now con- ducting it;; annual Easter Seals fund-raising campaign. But the proportion of prominent, old-time families is dwindling, and the changing life in that area leads one of the prominent residents, who prefers to remain anonymous, to say "I don' t think there is any society per !'e in San Diego-I mean like the top 400-though th.ere was years ago. But I think a lot of thai has di sipated in othcr ci ie.·, too." One of the reasons, she notes, is tha t "the1e arc lots of people with lots of money-the nouveau richc -who have come in. You see them trying to crack into places they haven't been before ... becoming members of various private clubs. If a newcomer-or his wife-is a little on the aggressive side, they can get themselves invited to just about any party. That wasn't true at one time." These remarks are more than just obscnations on the "social et," because they reflect the changing complexity ot cities, in "Sun 1JiC'go trns once con- sidcrecl the C'nd of the line .•• now it is a gatcicay''

MAYOR-Fronk Curran 1s in t he m1d~t of h,s second' four-year t rm a. mayor of the city of San Diego.

general, and San Die.;o In particu- lar. These change'> lead San Diego l\Inyor Fi-ank Curran to note that whet·e "San Die"'O was once consi~ dc1~ d the end ofthe line-the placP. where transportation and trnvcl came to a hall-today, it is a midway point or gateway t o fu1 th- er travel, education and business opportunitic ." He points out, for example, 1hat San Diego is negotiat ing 1o obtain fC'd,•ral permit., to extend its nil'line service to Hawaii and beyond. · San Diego's International Air- port Terminal, Lindbergh Field,

Fa her Baer S eaks to J ish Unit 1 <::'./4..ri JAr,; Whlle there may be revolutiona ry a ction in the Catholic Church, this is not a revolution, Father John E . Baer told a group of rabbinical students here last Monday. Father Baer, president of the Univen;ity of San Diego College fo Men , wa s the second speaker in the weekly Judaism Fo rum ,;eries held by Congregation Tifereth Israel, 2930 Howard Avenue. His topi c was "The Revoluti on in the Catholic Church." "What appears to be re voluti onary a re instead va r i us appli cat ions of the rene al called for by Pope Paul a nd s t in m tion by Vatican II," Father Baer said. Fathe Baer to speak on the topic "T c m ersity of San Diego and Its Role in the Community, ' b fo re the Horizon Club of La Jolla at a luncheon meeting today (Thursday). He will talk on the same subject to the Knights of Columbus Balboa Genera l Assembly dinner meeting at the Catamaran Hotel this Saturday, March 29, honoring past officers and friars.

It i$ ftro1ri ng i nto a major sports city tL"ith i ts 50 000-scat stadium

currently 11 ndles more than 2.,) million passengers annually, using services of l'i"'ht airlines. Tourism continues to be one of the county's biggest 1.Jusincsscs, drawing some $308.9 million in a year from visitors and conventions, with attractions ranging from 70 miles of public beaches, sportfish• ing and sailing, Palomar Observa- tory, historic missions, including San Diego de Alcala, California'~ first, 65 golf courses, the Light House and Cabrillo monument on Point Loma, commemorating thP. city's beginnin~ in 1542 when Please urn to Pago 11, Col. 1

SAN DIEGO SIGHTS-Andrea Bofinger, 20, student ct Son Dieqo Mercy College of Nursing, "water-skis" aboard two dolphins at Seo World, aquatic Mi on Boy amusement park, where she works port- t,me, Picnickers on Shelter Island, photo below, admire city skyline. Times photos by Jndd Gunderson

a bl for the first time to la er their offshore drill head to a depth of abo.it 1 m 11 e s to o b t a I n core . mples for invc tigations. Jt i too early tn form ( onclu ions ab o u t this pro ect, bccau P a· Dr. l· izabct1i Lee Gealv, cxe- culn e- fta[f geologi~t for .D. DP poirtb out if we \\Pre certain of what , c , ere gmng to find, ,, e would n c1· need to drill. lt is the pro ·pect of tl i co verin~ some:thi~ eally ·tartling thnt will ratlil'ally c- hange our pre- ' 10mncleas concernin.r: t he origms and hi tory of the ocean ba,in;; that • purs us into the unknown."

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VARYING JOBS-Mrs. Gera ldine Rickman, photo above, di rects San Diego County COPE program. Dr. Cathe rine A. Nigrini of Toronto, photo be low, among participants in Deep Seo Dri lling project, one of projects of Sc ripps Institution of Oceanography, located in La J olla .

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