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Four-Way Signs For ^ Hazardous CrossingThe Petaluma City Council last night ordered four-way stop signs at the intersection of Western Avenue and Webster Street after hearing complaints from citizens about hazards to school children.In doing so, the council rejected the recommendation of the traffic committee that parking be banned at the intersection to improve sight distance visibility as a means of preventing accidents rather than the stop sign method.Dr. David A. Sisler, who filed the original complaint about the intersection, said the problemwas basically that of speed and not sight disability and called Western Avenue a “freeway.”Attorney David C. Traversi, j representing Raymond Colaizzi j of Ray’s Market, complained i Ohat banning parking in front of j lt;his client’s store would ruin his j (business. Traversi said that 601 lt;to 80 per cent of his business I (parks on Western.City Engineer David A. Young supported the parking ban, calling the sight disability the controlling factor in the accident rate. He said that the amount of traffic does not warrant fourway stop signs.| Young agreed that excess1 I speed was a great part of the j problem, but said that stop; ! signs were not designed as speed controls. He said thatj only law enforcement should be used for controlling speed.should review the situation lat- .Utihrprnftfnt-Hoiinial. Tuesday, April 7, 1970 3?The Petaluma City Council also:BONDS Atuohrized the sale of $1,045,000 in public improve-Jr., Fred V. Mattel and Brai-nerd to serve with City M«r. Robert H. Meyer and Fife ChiefTraversi said the stop signs would be the most feasible way to slow traffic and said his client would be willing to have parking banned for 15 feet in front of his store.... June and March for improv. menus to police and fire stations and streets.FIRE STATION — Approved the specifications for a 2.-200-square-foot addition to the central fire station on D Street and called for bids on April 30Roscoe A. Benton in recommending an architectural firm to design the new fire station on South McDowel Boulevard POLICE — Approved employment of a full-time officer to replace temporarily officer Vilho Ahola, who remains paralvzed from a shooting in November.Ing of East Washington StffceS CHERRY VALLEY -*ceived an invitation from ByriFauonVa dev Parent-Teacher Assooia-'.on, to meet with it on Apri* 10 a : T 30 p.m at lhe school to \ • 1 a proposed assessment Bis-*trict. *4 •• :MAGNOLIAspecifications for the widening oi Magnolia Avenue and the in-Resdients said the stop signswould assist students at the Val- — -------- -----ley Vista School, Petaluma Jun- °kmp£oymeV? —aApproved ior High and Petaluma Senior High School in crossing the intersection.On the motion of councilman David L. Brainerd, the council agreed to try the four-way stop signs as a temporary measure and said the traffic committeeWashington Street from Redwood to Hopper streets and employment of Ren-ato G. Martinez to design traffic control signals for East Washington and Payran streets In-COM PLETE — Accepted complete the Washington street bridge at a total cost of $283,444 and the beat launching facility at a cost of $120,806.POOL — Heard a repor that weekday attendance at the swimming pool has been poor and ordered the pool open only on weekends until the close of school.HAZARD ma County Board of Supervisors to consider Installing guardrails on Petaluma Boulevard North because many motorists hadDobrynin, U.S. Aide Discuss Middle Eastter section.ARCHITECTS — Appointed i Councilmen John W. Cavanagh iWASHINGTON* (U PI)—Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynig met with Assistant Secretary of State Joseph J. Sisco for 90 minutes Monday for talks about the Middle East.Dobrynin told newsmen later he would not describe the meeting as a renewal of the bilateral talks he and Sisco carried on last year but “just a continuation. ”TRAINING GOES ON—Jolted by the deaths of four California Highway Patrol officers in battle with two motorists, cadets and instructors in the CHP academy at Sacramento continue their training in how to prevent such killings. Above, instructor Sgt. Bill Skelton, acting as a halted motorist, fires blanks as cadet Don Zini approaches auto. Below, Sgt Ron von Rajes (left) shows how to handcuff a suspect.AP Wirephotos)Collision, Then Shots -And Five Left DeadSAUGUS, Calif. (AP) - Police said today a minor car collision led to 12 hours of gunfire which left four highway patrolmen and another man shot to death.Recovering in a hospital from a pistol wound in the chest was a 28-year-old man identified by police as one of the two principals in the lengthy shootout. The second man was dead, of an apparently self-inflicted shotgun blast in the head.The wounded man was booked i for investigation of murder un-| der the name Russell Lowell! Talbert. 28. of Winston-Salem,) N.C., the name on identification! papers he had on his person. jWinston-Salem police said, j however, that a man of the1 same name in that city had re-j ported his identification papers stolen in a burglary at his j home. The FBI was asked t o; check the wounded man’s fin- j gerprints.The police reconstruction of the events which ended with i five men dead went like this:Two officers in a Highway Patrol car received a complaint from a motorist that two men in a car pointed a shotgun at him after a collision on Interstate 5 Freeway about 35 miles north of Los Angeles.The patrol car chased the two men and spotted their car parked outside d coffee shop here. The occupants of the car shot them down.Another patrol car pulled up and also came under fire. One of the two officers in this car was killed immediately. His partner held off the gunmen for five minutes before falling mortally wounded.The two men fled in their carJail Term Plus Year's ProbationDonald Lawrence Hall, 38, of Qan Rnfapl v p s t e i’d a v was Anthnrpcc' Vici* IqNEVER NEED IRONING!SAVE1/3//Ibut abandoned It when the tires! went flat on a dead end street, j They took to the surrounding i hills.One man, identified by police j as Jack W. Twining. 35, of Winston-Salem, took refuge in : the home of Glenn S. Hoag but j released him unharmed after a five-hour police siege. When police charged the house with tear gas grenades a shotgun blast! rang out and the man fell dead —he “blew his head off.” one deputy said.Meanwhile the second man 1 had exchanged shots with Dan j Schwartz, 40. of Chicago, who j was in a camper truck, and although wounded fled in the vehi-1 cle. He was arrested a short dis- j tance away and taken to the! hospital.The dead highway patrolmen i were Roger D. Gore and Walter ! C. Frago. both 23, George M. Alleyn, 24. and James E. Pence j Jr., 25. They left four widows i and seven children.Flags flew at half staff in the state capital of Sacramento, site of California Highway Patrol headquarters. A spokesman said it was the first multiple killing of officers in the patrol’s history.A new class of 51 cadets was sworn in at patrol headquarters! Monday.Did the killings cause any: doubts about continuing in law enforcement?“No sir.” said cadet John Anderson, 22. “I just wondered what I would have done if I had been down there.”But the academy head, William Bloomer, said resignations would come later as a result of the shootout, as they did after a patrolman was killed two months ago.“They don’t believe it affects; them,” Bloomer said, “but we can look at the statistics of re-1 signations.”Excellence Award underwear assures extra wear, comfortRugged work outfits won't quit . . . never need ironing!
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San Rafael Daily Independent Journal
San Rafael, California, US
Tue, Apr 07, 1970
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