California News Briefs Highlights From State Reporting
A sweeping California roundup covers San Jose bridge work linking Taylor and Polhemus. hotel lease shifts at Carquinez. Wonacott’s trout farm near Fort Bragg aiming at a million in stock. Tehama County hospital plan. Marin fiesta replacing fair. tax cuts in Red Bluff and Tehama for next year. school funding for Sonora. NP Railway motor truck study. Napa patent leather orders. Tulare Lake storage district plan approved. Feather Falls park spending. fire law arrests and fines. Calaveras dam plan adjustments. Lake Tahoe water relief opinion. new Northwestern Pacific station at San Anselmo. Santa Cruz bridge and Monterey street lighting contracts. Merced lumber buy. Kings River Canyon forest plans. Moro Heights road work. Lodi club attendance honors. Ceres High gym destroyed by fire. Visalia opposes federal narcotic farm. trunk with 300000 in securities found in Ventura. inhaler instruction in Walnut Creek. Mare Island wage board. Napa Conn Valley suit over dam. California vehicle act distribution. federal clerk wages vs private sector. state recreation spending tops 9 million. California’s parks and playgrounds cited by Controller Riley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehama County
Charles W. Moots
American College of Surgeons
Marin County
Red Bluff
Board of Supervisors
G. P. Morgan
Sonora County
Northern Pacific Railway
St. Paul
Minn
Pacific Coast
B. W. Scandrett
Sawyer Tanning Company
Napa
Egypt
Brazil
Tulare Lake Basin
Hanford
Butte
Feather Falls
M. B. Pratt
Calaveras River
Stockton
State Department of Enginers
Valley Springs
A. S. Webb
Henry S. Lyon
Eldorado County
Lake Tahoe
Nevada
Webb
Northwestern Pacific
San Anselmo
San Lorenzo River
Riverside Avenue
Santa Cruz
Walker, Martin & Montgomery Company
Monterey
Merced Lumber Company
West Turlock Lumber and Mill Company
Turlock
Hilmar
Ballico
Delhi
National Forest
Kings River Canyon
Moro Heights
County Board of Supervisors
Western Roads Company of
Los Angeles
Lodi Exchange Club
Marine City
Mich
Ceres High School
Rosa McKnight
California
Visalia
Phoenix
Ariz
Walnut Creek
George Long
Piedmont
Central Fire District
Norman Wilson
Mare Island Navy Yard
C. L. Brand
Washington
Conn Valley
Arthur Ohnimus
Assembly
Joseph A. Beck
Senate
Paul Mason
State Printing Office
Division of
Motor Vehicles
Mare Island
United States
Ray L. Riley
Riley
Oberammergau Passion Play Cast Picks Under Way
Berlin dispatch reports Oberammergau villagers plan for the next Passion Play with two candidates for Mary and two for Christ. Alois Lang and Melchair Breitsamter contend for Mary and Ria Lang and Hansi Preisinger for Mary roles, while Anton Lang ages out as Christ. Citizens nominate cast. mayoral committee approves. Preparations include road paving, a new aerodome site, and theater renovations ahead of 1980 performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Oberammergau
Christ
Mary
Anton Lang
Alois Lang
Anton
Melchair Breitsamter
Breitsamter
John the Baptist
Ria Lang
Hans Preisinger
Ria
Hansi
Institute of Dominican Sisters
Polling
England
Hansi Preisinger
Walchensee
Kreuzesschool
Passion Play
Local woman earns Vail medals for dam disaster aid
Mrs. Althea P. Marks of Saticoy California received the Vail silver and bronze medals from Pacific telephone and telegraph after staying at her switchboard for three nights and two days during the St Francis dam collapse. She warned homes in the flood path and aided relief efforts earning cash and recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Althea P. Marks
Saticoy
Calif
St. Francis
Vail
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
Lost Dauphin relics offered for sale in Green Bay
Eleazar Williams alleged as the lost Louis XVII by his granddaughter Mrs. Mary Schultz lists his cabin thirty two acres books and Revolutionary furniture among relics for sale. The backwoods missionary once believed to be the heir to the French throne faced secret offers from De Joinville and mysterious funds supporting his education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dauphin
Green Bay
Wis
Eleazar Williams
France
Mary Schultz
Louis XVII
de Joinville
Louis Philippe
Simon
Lake George
New York
Mr. Williams
Also Mentioned on This Page
San Jose
Taylor
Polhemus
Charles B. Hamilton
Chain Hotel
Carquinez
Richmond Community Hotel Corporation
Howard H. Wonacott
Fort Bragg
Wonacott
Mt. Tamalpais
Grand Rapids, Mich
Alice Yonkman
Family Service Bureau
Yankman
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