Post, The (Newspaper) - July 27, 1960, San Mateo, California BEST PAW FORWARD Catherine and Bruce 2125 Ralston start training their dog Tippy for the Hound Dog contest to be held on the last day of the San Mateo County Fair and Floral Fiesta beginning on August 13. Jailed for Rape Trial REDWOOD A bogus minister accused of beating and raping a San Francisco woman near Woodside earlier this year appeared for arraignment in superior court here angrily refused Judge Aylett R. Cotton's attempts to appoint a lawyer for him and finally had to be led grumbling from the John Hiram alias Kenneth H. who once claimed to be a was returned to court after a months stay at slate hospital where he was sent to regain his sanity after being found mentally incapable of sisting his own defense in is charged with forcible kidnaping and car theft After three months in Jones started legal that saw him returned to court here yesterday with a letter from hospital officials that ho is Fires Lawyer Back in court Jones was to be arraigned on the ginal His first was to attorney Sidney who was appointed several months ago by the court lo help in don't want an Jones want to represent I don't want his Berlin quickly asked to be ex- from the Presents Own Case Jones then began quoting the asked to be shown a copy of the and began re- counting the legal history of his don't know anything about Judge Cotton had better have an don't want Jones in- i Judge Cotton summoned ney William H. Thorpe lo Jones prepare the proper don't an I won't talk to You're ing your he told He ignored the orders to be and was led out by Chief Jailer Lt. Donald As he was led Jones bled know what I'll just get another Jones was extradited from zona early this year and sheriff's officers say he lured a San cisco woman to a remote area near beat her so ly thai she suffered a critical skull raped dumped of the auto and stole the When he told deputies he had amnesia and pretended he could read or write and refused to He was then sent to Catherine and found Tippy at the humane uhen he was a pup and did not start to teach him tricks until he hail arrived at Tippy is perfectly except he cats but chases all the dogs out of the according to his FIFTIETH and Mrs. Willis celebrated wedding anniversary on Sunday at the Community church in The couple's J. Lyman Goldsmith of Los Angeles and Charles Rice of brought their families to San Carlos to help celebrate the festive A number of friends from where Goldsmith was pastor for many years before coming to Safi Carios in 1955, also SSF Blow-up Blows Over SOUTH SAN over steadily worsening relations between Superintendent of Schools Charles H. Davis and members of the school board failed to materialize at a special ing Monday night when board members voted to the ing until Thursday The meeting was postponed on a motion of Trustee Fred W. who asserted it was of im- that the board be resented at a Daly City council at which County Super- pf Schools Jarnes R. formey was scheduled to review the effects of the Callan Park Jones was released from the development on north county Missouri state prison last Divorce for REDWOOD CITY An lested interlocutory divorce de- cree was granted Mrs. Jane G. Wangenheim of Hillsborough here legally separating her from food company executive E. Wangenheim Jr. Superior Judge J. A. Branson directed Wangenheim to pay his wife per month to support her and their three and a property which gives the family home at 2IM Geri lane to Mrs. Ths couple was 1938, and separated in Mrs. charged that her band had subjected her to treme THE POST Son Maleo Pott Peninsula Shopping Volume 14, Number 30 5c A COPY DELIVERED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING July 27, 1960 as Planners Has Capacity Of 120 Patients Despite vocal protests by half a dozen and a protesting petition carrying some 50 San Mateo's city planning commission Monday night gave their approval to a 120-bed convalescent hospital in the Los Prados s Subject to approval by the city the com- approved mi application Prices Drop To 22 Cents In Gas War Prices to plunge in San Mateo's gas war which id last and the gasoline price battle has spread lo the east Jim manager of the new gas station at ninth avenue and El Camino yesterday that per gallon prices for the three grades of e there now are 22 cents foi 25 cents for grade ethyl and 26 cents for grade so-called Eta tions in the area are selling foi same ant major company stations are ing gasoline at 23 cents for regu far and 27 cents for Milbeck says he sees no quid end to the since most area stations arc well stocked will gasoline and will not have to ne with distributors at possi new price levels for some fiO of the 1500 ce stations in the East Bay cut their regular prices from one to three cents Sunday and Prices ranged as low as 29.9 cents a some Most of the company stations that choppeL prices were selling gas at or 31 3 cents a Demo Group JL REDWOOD CITY Monaco of an vas elected by acclamation lay night to a two-year term chairman of the San Mateo county Democratic central com- The new chairman was at the organizational ng of the central committee he courthouse He succeeds Holgerson in Ihe posi Two vice chairmen were in keeping with the central committee policy of selecting one from the Twenty-fifth and assembly Elected to those positions were Robert a Daly City councilman and a member of the San Francisco football and Mrs. Paul of Donald Cherry of Redwood City vas re-elected secretary and Donald Brewer of Pacifica was elected Monaco announced creation of AT over plans for their participation in the Republican national con- vention in Chicago are Caspar Weinberger of Northern California chairman for Nixon in Mrs. of San secretary to the Northern fornia alternate Eugene ot Democratic group to organize Democratic leaders as iv S. C. L. Realty and Construction for the rezoning the residential property to apartment and for a special permit allow the Henry who now iles a nursing home in Santa plans to lease the million lollar facility from the developers it is built to his The hospital would be east of South Norfolk street on the north side of Hillsdale it would be just south of the shore elementary and a concrete block wall would arate the two institutions ad- dition lo the present protested that such a residence would not be com that it would create park ing that patients ing the nearby streets might be- come n menace to school that the coming and going of ambulances and hearses be disturbing to and thai the hospital would decrease erty values in the Donald A. speaking for the replied thai his firm is more concerned with the property values than anyone in the and that they were sure the hospital would be an Swambat explained that his state license would eliminate any possibility of housing alcoholics or ill and that San doctors daim there is a need for a hospital where patients can recover from or illness at a cost mately half that of normal pital He said neighborhood from the school and from he proposed extension of lale is currently con- beneficial to recovering that the hospital would private access roads and of parking that there vould be no high death rate we'd be out of md that any ambulances or hearses would be from he and that the in- would not soon he sold o another type of operator be- cause his investment be oo The commission approved Approval of an excavation per other requests before it. for Charles Berger's Canyon View subdivision was by who want to study a proposal that haul away cubic yards of earth on a city right-of-way without charge Berger asked permission to ex cavate and haul cubic yards from his of said since this would leave fired salvo after bank on land he deeded the city along Ralston avenue would be willing to take away that cubic yards free oi Extends Permit In other the council ended the excavation permit for finance chairman for the county ventral alternate Aylett Colion of Nixon in Sixty campaign and delegate KIchard J. Elkus of finance and chairman for Younger in Belmont Tax Rate Slumps Cents BELMONT The city Monday night officially set th tax rate at 81 thre last The tax cut came as no sur since councilmen an I wo weeks ago that they the a standing room crowd remaining after some ear ier Mayor Wallace Ben sort them have some very good The city's ional tax now 72 cents per down three axes add nine cents to this total 1'lay Commissioner Councilmen Monday night Postmaster Alan H. fin Francis assistant directo of civil and Mrs. 2707 Carmelita I the recreation District Hit small force it a proposed avenue assessment dis- Monday night and finally won a armistice from the city Four properly owners spoke be- fore Mayor Wallace Benson called Henry a continued the protest a new committee in She county hearing to Ibu next council meet ing two weeks and said u n c h e o n meetings featuring that City Robert E. erts would meet with area idents to hear their subdivision where he plans to re- move 7100 cubic yards of earth and established a no parking zone on the north side of Ralston nue between the railroad tracks and Old County school Sneed's motion to attend the Daly City meeting was seconded by Trustee F. William A crowd of close to 50 composed mostly of local school eachers and packed into he meeting in expectation of a ight between Davis and the Davis had requested the ng to ask the board lo hire an outside agency lo review the relations between himself and the ward of In his Davis pointed out criticisms had been directed at him by the board at an ive session of the board on The meeting will be held at 8 AHEME CLUB SETS MEET SAN BRUNO The Areme club will hold a social meeting at the home of Mrs. Norman 730 Third PLAYFUL chamber of commerce having figured on I a promotion stunt Including the of a earful of tourists each nabbed and Mrs. liam right 2601 San Ar- resting officer Dean led lo Chamber ager Lorin to be ai Tourists of Ihe With the were Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest left from Wis. Both couples were treated to a night and day the and to tank ol gas when they Citizens Back Belmont Center of signed by 1300 persons backing city purchase of the last 3.8 acres of the old estate for a civic center were handed lo city councilmen Monday With attractive buildings placed in the tree shaded parcel at the northwest corner of the Alameda and Ralston It could be the of clared Al former planning commission Councilmen listened attentively Kaiser outlined the pro A rowd of about 150, some or an assessment protest bu mostly there for the civic punctuated his state nent with a burst of Then Mayor Wallace Benson the stage for a battle roya it the council's next meeting August fl. That's the date when the coun il will render a decision on th center he dc That is also the date when a learing is scheduled on the con rezoning of the prop rty from single family ial to Church Opposition Civic center supporters p an important Greek church of San Mateo owners of the parcel of the old estate Peter S. president ol ie board of directors of the read a prepared state ment from his They are e opposed lo any com use of the controversial and ol ie civic center He the church is to investigate possible en perative use of parking space Use Sales Tux In his earlier Kai er told the council that the city lould acquire the land with sales x money and then float a bone to build the improvements So il not add to property tax the bond issue lould be paid off with sales tax is only one the Kaiser that is It's Expensive one is arguing that it is ot expensive But a I is expensive nowadays is the only parcel left in the enter of town that is indicated in an handed councilmen un- two weeks Kaiser id possible facilities on the land ould include a city police youth and possibly school district the uses are be can be and others WEATHER through with fog near the extending in- and during the early temperature 79 de- Westerly winds 12.to 2-1 miles an hour in the Gas Dealers Formally Hit Stamp Swaps Local distributors who ed the convention of the California Federation of Service Stations this weekend heard the group's directors go on record as opposed to all ing and giveaway The action was taken by the directors in response to ney General ruling that customers may swap the stamps for if they so Harry of Harry's Texaco station in said the decision will receive wide support by operators who wish lo quit fiddling with stamps and go back to selling and He said the Fresno meet was attended by the largest group of dealers lo represent the state n many Other taken by the was a resolution for an all-out organizational program vith dealer leaders from all sections of the state pledging their help on this The board also laid out a gram for legislation for the 1901 session and employed Mrs. Pat Canelos as their legislative ad- vocate in ive aims of Ihe association were md temperature with goals projected or a utility type control to be on the oil marketing The guest speakers attending md speaking before the id body were Assemblyman John of Kern county he Executive Secretary of the National Congress of Petroleum W. Jr. Further plans were developed or the annual convention in November 4, 5, and 8. Girl Scouts to Butano Camp EL Creek Seoul camp is humming the activities of 90 Scouting from El Granada and Moon Bay this week and according to registration announced by day camp Mrs. Lorraine Seven aides assist the rogram which provides ng experience for local rca Brownies Girl
