Times, The (Newspaper) - March 19, 1957, San Mateo, California Grand Jury Asks District Vote Change Story in Column 4 SPRING COMES TO PENINSULA While Susan Spurling 3 of Half Moon Bay plays with her pet lamb Cornflake in the sun today Celeste Nero got out her sled for a frolic among snow covered trees and shrubs in Milwaukee Spring will be an earlybird this year and will arrive tomorrow i day earlier than usual the weatherman said Fair weather was fore- cast for tomorrow morning but rain is ex- in the afternoon Reason for the early arrival of spring is that Leap Year 1956 threw spring a day off schedule Opinion Court Chilled REDWOOD CITY County Manager E R Stallings said day that he has received a copy of a report by the state tive counsel placing the for providing a South San Francisco superior court branch on the county board of super- visors The county manager said he would review the opinion fully and present it to the board of supervisors which has not seen the report at the earliest opportunity The opinion prepared by state legislative counsel Ralph N Kleps at the request of blyman Louis Francis also de- WHEEL ALIGNMENT FORDS ONLY clared that the board must vide the quarters within a time Francis said that Attorney Edmund G Pat Brown had reached the same conclusion The opinion went on to say that if a majority of the superior court judges approve the ters established in South San Francisco it is the duty of the judges to hold court in that city If they refuse to hold court in the quarters provided by the board any beneficially interested person may seek a writ of date to compel them to act A statement issued today by Supervisor Alvin Hatch was typical of the board attitude Hatch said It wouldn't be eco- to locate a court up there With the automobile fic of today it takes only 10 or 15 minutes to get to Redwood City All court cases could be tried at less expense by adding a fifth department to the court in Redwood City The South San Francisco court issue last came before the board in December when the city wrote a letter remanding the court and pointing out that the city had all the necessary qualifications The board at that time took the request under consideration for an indefinite period The four superior court judges also dis- cussed the matter and said they were only lukewarm to the plan They indicated that the court up there would be neither nor practical INDEX Business News Births and Comics 22 23 14 7 Radio Knight Backs Handling of Abbott Case SACRAMENTO Knight today defended his handling of the last-minute attempts to save Button Abbott from execution last Friday Atty Gen Edmund G Brown criticized Knight for ing on an aircraft carrier on the morning that Abbott died in San Quentin's gas chamber for the of 14-year old Stephanie Bryan The governor said he had made his final decision in the case March 4 and that nothing came before Abbott paid the supreme penalty He said he had accepted the Navy's invitation for a tion cruise on the USS Hancock weeks before There is no tradition or rule of he told his news ence that requires the governor to be sitting in his office on the morning of an execution I had no reason to believe it would be different from any er execution Knight noted that from the rier he had talked with Abbott's attorney George T Davis at 9 and That last con- versation we had until a few utes after 11 when he called too late The governor said he agreed to a one-hour stay of execution be- cause I was doing my level best to be fair to the condemned Please See Page 2 Column 6 Supervisor Chief Going Under Knife R McDonald of the county board oli supervisors is scheduled to undergo major gery at Peninsula hospital at tomorrow McDonald checked into the pital this morning and expects to be hospitalized for two weeks The board chairman said the operation will correct an injury sustained 14 years ago when he fell on the stairs in the county courthouse THE PENINSULA'S DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST A NEWSPAPER LEADING NEWSPAPER COUNTY ASSOCIATED AND UNITED PRESS DIRECT WIRES Vol 67 24 PAGES SAN MATEO CALIFORNIA TUESDAY MARCH 19 1957 PER 1.25 PER MONTH UNION'S FUND PAID BILLS HERE Charter Change For Supervisor Election Asked REDWOOD CITY charter amendment to change the method of electing members of the ty board of supervisors was re- quested last night by the county grand jury The jury adopted a formal resolution asking the board to place the proposed amendment on the ballot in the June 1958 election A change in the election Grand Jurors Recommend Merger Study REDWOOD CITY A tion urging cooperation of San a posed study of possible tion with San Francisco county was adopted by the county grand jury last night The jury made an closed recommendation ing medical practices at San cisco county jail at San Bruno and recommended that the ty's insurance business be ex- tended to a larger number of companies The consolidation study was suggested by Mayor George topher of San Francisco He posed that each county appoint Seven members to a joint study committee Although the proposal was made a month ago neither county has appointed any bers to such a committee The jury's resolution in This grand jury believes that such a study should be made and and participate in said study that this county should cooperate and does hereby recommend that the board of supervisors and all other boards commissions and of- fices of the county of San Mateo fully assist and cooperate in the proposed study Coroner Paul B Jensen made a brief appearance before the jury last night to complain about Please See Page 2 Column 3 County Bows Out of Transit REDWOOD CITY mous vote the county board of supervisors today asked to be excluded from bay area rapid transit district established under the terms of senate 850 The board adopted the tion setting forth seven major objections which have not been overcome in the senate indicated they are more inclined to favor an amended version of senate 723 which would establish a west bay transit district comprised of San Mateo Santa Clara and San Francisco counties Supervisors stressed that they are not opposed to formation of a rapid transit district but only to the district as proposed in S B 850 County Manager E R Stallings told the board that efforts are being made in the legislature to push the we are not going to get either the rapid transit commission of the senate com- on rapid transit to modify the to eliminate the Stallings said The only alternative is to ask to be excluded from the district C one of the county's representatives on the rapid transit commission said the was conceived by Contra Costa and San Francisco counties and See Page X tern the jurys resolution states would be in the best interests of the county of San Mateo and the citizens thereof At present candidates are nominated by district but are elected at large with all of the electors of the county voting on each candidacy The grand jury wants the supervisors to be ed only by the voters in the dis- in which they live and from which they are nominated The matter was broached to the jury by member Arthur J Bo- dien an avowed political enemy of Supervisor Thomas J Callan Bodien admitted that his ings concerning Callan had thing to do with his dation If a man cannot please the electors of his own the juror said he should not hold office We have become better with the man who runs from our district by district would cut down on expenses A man without money though he might make a better supervisor doesn't stand a chance Bodien said Bodien who campaigned against Callan last year was ousted by the supervisors as a member of the county planning commission A veteran member of the com- mission he was chairman at the time Foreman Ray Higgins said the jury is studying other features of the county charter and may make other recommendations for amendments The county board of sors also plans to appoint a study committee to investigate the need for amending streamlining the charter Heavy Voting In Hillsboro A heavier than normal vote for a school election was ing a whirlwind campaign to pass a school bond issue in Hillsborough today as almost 12 per cent of voters had turned out to the polls by noon School officials reported that a check of precincts at the com- three schools disclosed that more than 500 of the 3500 registered voters in the had balloted before after- noon School officials estimate that pupil enrollment will almost double by 1962 and say that the bond issue will be used to nance 28 classrooms in the next five years including six new classrooms by next autumn George H Johnston chairman of the school board has warned voters that Hillsborough will be shy of the necessary number of needed classrooms by the middle of the next school year unless the bond issue is adopted A two-thirds vote is necessary for passage of the bonds NATIONAL WANT AD WEEK CONTEST See Page 15 Because Classified constitutes a major reader attraction and is one of the 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Egyptian ties all ships will be subject to Egyptian laws during transit and that Israel will continue to be barred as an enemy nation A canal authority spokesman said Egypt intends to give 15 days notice before reopening the canal Setback for Sales Tax at Redwood City REDWOOD sales tax opponents won a skirmish in the Redwood City sales tax battle last night when the city council agreed to consider a proposed ordinance which would hold up enforcement of the tax measure until an election is held on the matter The suggested ordinance was submitted by former assistant city attorney Chester Lebsack who represents the Redwood City Dealers association and other merchants in the move The council's agreement to study the proposal probably at a study meeting tonight forestalled uled submission last night of two petitions one seeking a charter amendment prohibiting enactment of a sales tax without a vote of the people and the other calling for an initiative to prohibit en- forcement of the sales tax already enacted by the cil Lebsack said that the petition charter amendment con- 5784 signatures and the initiative petition 5799 signatures His proposed ordinance Lebsack stated would forestall the ty of a special election and would hold up the sales tax until it could be submitted to the voters Please See Page 2 Column 7 Lt Gen Raymond A Wheeler boss of the salvage fleet had estimated the channel will be cleared for vessels of maximum tonnage by April 10 The authority's managing tor Col Mahmoud Yunes de- clared yesterday Egypt expects the United Nations to replace missing dredges and tugboats as well as navigational aids The spokesman said this was not a threat to delay the opening but the craft were needed to sure smooth navigation Most of the canal dredging equipment was destroyed or tled during the fighting last No- Only three dredgers are working at present Very little silting has occurred during the canal's period of idleness but silt is expected to become a big lem when ship's propellers start stirring up the bottom again in regular traffic patterns Of 11 Please See Page 2 Column 1 Park f Lot Lease Okeh Hillsdale commuters were sured another year of free parking when the San teo city council last night ed a resolution to sublease the McLellan parking lot on motion of Councilman C M Speers We nearly lost the lease right out from under our recently he commented and I'm happy to say we now have this opportunity to restore the parking facilities However as far as I'm concerned this is the preliminary to a permanent solution to this sue I'm not through with it yet City Manager Anthur Sullivan explained the city will pay lot op- James A McKenna on a sublease basis and at the same time will permit McKenna to op- erate the lot for race track terns on Saturdays This will not impede commuter parking Local Motel Tabs Confront Teamster Boss With a heat that left West coast teamsters boss Frank W Brewster the Senate Rackets committee in- in Washington day turned the spotlight briefly on a transaction it said he made in Millbrae The committee produced dence Brewster spent union funds in Millbrae on his jockey and horse trainer the Associated Press and United Press reported Robert Kennedy committee sel confronted Brewster with a series of checks hotel vouchers and union records Kennedy said they showed union funds were spent for lodgings for Brewster's race horse jockey Richard Cavallero his trainer Mel Eisen and a union organizer named Terry McNulty This came from records of El Rancho motel at Millbrae near the Tanforan race track and Bay Meadows track Checking on Union Brewster said he stayed there to check on a local union Brewster said while McNulty was paid as a union organizer he wasn't working on union time when he exercised Brewster's horses Kennedy asked why the sters paid McNulty's expenses at the El Rancho so close to the tracks Well it was close to a big highway where he could check up on trucks see if they were Brewster said The probers developed today that about in Seattle sters Union local funds was dis- bursed through a mysterious cial account They said Frank Brewster used of it to make a 1951 down payment on a home at Palm Springs Calif Perspires Heavily Brewster heavily perspiring on the witness stand told the gators he couldn't say how the special account money was spent But he said he thought Claude O'Reilly a Teamsters official now dead used it for state county and city political contributions in attle and the State of Washington Brewster denied the money was used to pay his personal expenses As the story was unfolded times in confused fashion iome newsmen got the impression the source of the money was the ern Conference of Teamsters which Brewster heads But com- See Page 2 Column 2 WEATHER Fair tonight increasing cloudiness Wednesday Little change in temperature Low tonight 47 degrees high Wednesday 67 winds eight to 18 miles per hour in afternoon interpreted in gant Italian cotton br Pomezia high neckline touched at the with bowo navy or on Sizes EAST 4th SAN MAMO
