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Mar. 27, 1977 3 lot Sngelt Zimti Incoming Compton Trustee Softens Tough Stand Against 'Outsider7 as School Chief Pines Names Woman to High Post Said Roach: "We havent dialogued any of these issues. And we won't dialogue until the new member is sworn in. I would take whatever position is appropriate for the circumstances if it improves the quality of life in the school community." Correa said he is not sure if the change of the board makeup "is going to have any pronounced effect on what's already happened. I can't second guess what is going to happea "I will still vote my conscience and look at what's come to light All of my endeavors as a board member are to solidify, get together, the board and the community." MONTEBELLO Mary Jane Oring has been named administrative officer for Los Angeles City Atty.

Burt Pines. In her new post, Ms. Oring will coordinate administrative and personnel activities of 230 attorneys and 250 other personnel, direct budget preparation, develop standards and methods for measuring the effectiveness of administration and will work with other city departments on administrative matters. Ms. Oring is the wife of Montebello City Administrator Roy R.

Pedersoa She leaves the post of deputy regional administrator of the state Employment Development Department, which includes 20 offices and a staff of 1,600 in five counties. She is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where she studied mathematics and physics, and did graduate work at Louisiana State University. STONEWOOD CENTER STEWART gravbd: 'Vvo 8 ROCKWELL LINE DOWNEY PLANT 831 LINES 34 423 LINES 33 LINE 306 114 LINE 836 IS LINE "I lm IB -H i LINE 840 COMPTON KAISER HOSPITAL BLVO DOMINGUEZ HIGH SCHOOL 9 BLVD LINE 844 CD or 1 I i i line 114 GREENLEAF LINES 306 PARAMOUNT 423 COMPTON CA RSON INDUSTRIAL PARK Continued from First Page evidence of that from any member of the board "Until such time that the board would approach me, I shall be very busy trying to build a viable educational program which I would hope we could implement July 1." Williams held various administrative posts in the Highland Park, school district and more recently participated in a Rockefeller Foundation internship program in the San Francisco area for prospective school district superintendents. She came to the district late last year as a consultant, in advance of the start of her contract which calls for her to serve as an understudy to retiring Supt. Rodney Mahoney from Jan.

2 through June 30, and then to be superintendent for a two-year term at a salary of $38,600 a year. Controversy over her selection centered on whether to look outside the district for Mahoney's successor or to promote a Compton school administrator for the top post. In a front page column March 4, 1976, in the local Metropolitan Gazette before Williams' selection Lank-ster wrote: "Heretofore in our community all top positions have been filled by someone from the outside, some bionic, some miracle-working messiah. "Our leaders said, and many of us believed, that all our problems would be solved by this 'good outside Well, that was hogwash and all those days are over. "Some of our school board members would rather see a man from the moon our next superintendent, than see one local man take that position.

"We have bad news for some of those members. We ain't (sic) gonna let them bring anybody else here! Sorry, young fellows, you are not going to do it or get away with it." The column continues: "Never again will the people of this community allow the arrogant sophomoric leader ship to induce the foreign poisons into our 'already sick' system. "We shall use legal and administrative regurgitation, enema, etc, to get rid both of the foreign poison and the 'so called' leader that ushers it in here." Said Lankster last week: "My position is the same, my philosophy is still the same. "At that time, however, they had not yet brought anybody in. The circumstances are different now.

Before, when I made that comment, I was trying to express that I felt we had enough quality people in the community to choose from, that we shouldn't be involved in a fantasy to go somewhere else. "I'd never heard of her (Williams) at that time. Since she is here, I can work with her. And as long as she is our superintendent, I will." Lankster said he was opposed to "going outside of the community and expecting that person to solve problems that only this community, collectively, can solve." But, he said, "I have no plans at this moment to buy out her contract. I'm not contemplating anything." Lankster and Williams say they have been introduced to one another but have not yet discussed district matters.

Said Williams: "Naturally I have some concern. But I strongly feel that what we have on the board now are people who will vote on individual issues according to philosophy, commitment and investment in the educational improvement for the children in this community. "My impression of Mr. Lankster is that he will concentrate on issues and concerns, not on personalities. "In 1977 most of us who have any feel for improving the lot of children as far as education is concerned, know that we cannot spend an inordinate amount of time discussing whether one is an insider or outsider.

"I would like to think that 'an in Mr. Lankster's definition, is one who is not and cannot commit himself or herself to the concerns of the Community. "I have demonstrated my commitment to building a strong educational program for the district. Given that," Williams said, "any notion of me being an outsider will be nullified." While Williams, when hired, termed the 4-3 vote to offer her a contract as a "vote of confidence," the board's split decision was a point of concern with county school officials. Dick Horn, assistant superintendent with the Office of the County Superintendent of Schools, previously said a school board, as a matter of policy, should not hire a superintendent by a bare 4-3 majority vote.

"Certainly it is legal," he said, "but it doesn't seem to be good practice. It is hardly a vote of confidence for a person who is going to start as superintendent, especially in a district that has to have strong leadership." He noted that if the composition of the board should change as it has before Williams takes over July 1, and the newly constituted board decides it does not want to retain Williams, "it could cost the district some money," since a contract had been signed to hire her. Trustee Michael Morris, one of Williams' staunchest supporters, acknowledged "there are a lot of rumors in the air. The waters might get rough, but she (Williams) attributes that to be part of her job." Trustee Earl Johnson said of Lankster's year-old statement: "If he still holds to that, it bothers me. I see him uprooting something that could be good for the district." None of the three trustees who opposed Williams' selection Berniece Woods, Lewis Roach and board President Manuel Correa said there are any indications that Williams' job is on the line.

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PREFINISHED MAHOGANY PANELS In light and dark LANKSTER PROBE Continued from First Page ensued and is still underway. The District Attorney's Office has been requested to render an opinion in relation to the evidence that has been gathered to this date." Neither Rouzan nor Campbell would say whether felony or misdemeanor charges are expected to be filed against Lankster. But a high-ranking police official noted that the charges are more serious than the "normal" police brutality charges often made against police. "The fact that it has been submitted to the DA should tell you something," the person, close to the investigation, said. Rouzan declined further comments on the matter, citing the DA's own investigation.

But sources told The Times that the four teen-agers did not initiate the charges against Lankster and that the alleged incidents were learned from internal department sources. The incidents were independent of one another, The Times was told, and "three of the kids didn't even know each other," a source said. Lankster, a nine-year veteran of the force, said he had "no comment" on the investigation. -TOM GORMAN Verdict Expected in Two Weeks in Picketing Case WHITTIER Almost two years ago, two brothers were arrested during the United Farm Workers picketing of a Pico Rivera Liquor store which sold Gallo wine. Now Gilberto and Ricardo Martinez await a verdict by Municipal Court Judge Patricia Hofstetter as to whether they were falsely arrested, jailed and their civil rights violated.

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