Marin Musings on Birds and Local Happenings
Marin Musings reports sightings of unfamiliar large birds at the marsh identified by locals as possibly herons. The note mentions quiet daytime behavior, nocturnal flight, and feeding on fish. It also covers Christmas decoration planning and a Sausalito speeding fine paid by Bill Weissich, the chief deputy district attorney.
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Marin
Genee
Haydon Broemel
Woodacre
Mary Courtright
Larkspur
Broemel
Bill Weissich
Weissch
Sausalito
Bill
Novato Post Office Oil Burner Fire Causes No Damage
An oil burner incident at the Novato post office sparked a small fire at 11 10 am but caused no damage or injuries. Emergency crews contained the blaze and cleared the scene without incident.
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Novato P.O
Novato
Bond Backers Organize as Navy Proposes Offsh ore Target
Navy outlines a 14 by 14 foot float target with radar vanes to be placed 14 miles southwest of Point Reyes light and 12 to 14 miles off Fra rillon. Public objections invited to the district engineer in San Francisco. Citizens Committee for Public Schools forms in San Rafael led by Joe Lamperti to promote an $18,000 bond aiding nearly $1,000,000 in state funds.
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Twelfth Naval District
Pacific Ocean
Farallon
Taland
Point Reyes
San Francisco
Col
K. M. Moore
Citizens Committee For Public Schools
San Rafael
Joe Lamperti
R. F. Cuthbert
Harry F. Wall
Measles and German Measles Far Less Common in Marin
Marin county shows far fewer measles cases in January through October than in 1949 with 22 cases this year versus 978 last year. German measles drop from 166 cases to 14, per Health Officer Clarice Haylett.
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Marin County
Clarice Haylett
Navy Upsets Army by 14 to 2 in Philadelphia
Bullet Bob Zastrow powered Navy to a 14 2 win over Army ending a 28 game unbeaten streak. He ran seven yards for a score in the second period and connected on a 30 yard pass to Baldinger before halftime, then kicked both extra points.
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Philadelphia
Bob Zastrow
Navy
Army
Zastrow
Baldinger
West Berlin Police Go On Alert For City Election
West Berlin's heavily armed police were placed on special alert to guard against threats of Communist violence during the city election that begins at midnight. The force emphasizes readiness as tensions run high in the capital.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Mixed Units Push Near Pyongyang Amid UN Out
Three injured in Marin county highway crashes last night with one in critical condition. Maria Parra De Matiz, 54, of San Francisco, suffered serious head injuries after being struck crossing Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in Kentfield.
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Marin County
Maria Parra de Matiz
San Francisco
Sir Francis Drake
Kentfield
Foster To Return To State Job From Monastery
San Francisco businessman Donald D. Foster, 50, who renounced a state job to become a monk last January, plans to return to private life though not abandoning plans for the priesthood. A highway crash report noted two sleep-related accidents on Highway 101 near Marin City with injuries to James Behr and Sigurd Erlandsen.
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Foster
San Francisco
Donald D. Foster
San Quentin Grammar School
Clinton T. Duffy
San Anselmo Hearth
Highway 101
James Behr
Belvedere
San Pael Hospital
Marin City
Behr
Sigurd Erlandsen
Hamilton Field
California Park
Erlandsen
Highway Patrol
MacArthur Warns Of New Chinese Offensive In Korea
Chinese Red forces surged toward Pyongyang as UN withdraws, with an estimated half million Chinese troops in Korea. Pyongyang besieged again, air observers counting 12,000 Chinese near the city and several divisions moving south. MacArthur warned of a critical, unfolding campaign with aims to recapture Pyongyang and isolate US fronts.
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Tokyo
Pyongyang
United Nations
MacArthur
North Korea
Korea
U.N
Eighth Army
Yellow Sea
Sea of Japan
10Th Corps
Red
Chongchon River
Acheson Calls Austin To Confer On Korea
Secretary of State Acheson invited Warren Austin U.S. delegate to the United Nations to a meeting here from Lake Success for talks on the Korean situation. The conference aims to coordinate policy and responses to the growing crisis in Korea.
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Acheson
Austin
Korea
Washington
Warren Austin
U.S
United Nations
Lake Success
No Reinforcements Seen For Korea
Informed senators say Gen. Douglas MacArthur must fight the crucial early stages of the Korean war without sizeable reinforcements. Some expect any decision to lift the U S ban on bombing Chinese supply lines in Manchuria will wait on Truman Attlee talks set to begin here Tuesday.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Manchuria
Truman
Attlee
Great Britain
Capt Red Varner Leads Tokyo Reunion Of Korean Air Allies
In Tokyo a hospital visit reunited Captain Harold M Varner US Air Force with four of the five South Korean pilots he mentored during the early Korea war. The group, part of a 10 member UN advisory team deployed June 27 from South Japan, helped build the ROK Air Force into a capable force that later fought near Pyongyang.
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United Nations Air Force
Korea
Tokyo
Harold M
Red) Varner
San Rafael
Warner
United
South
Japan
ROK
Duk Chong
Korean Air Forces Fighter Group
Shin Kim
Sun Wan Chong
Yon Jie Kim
Red” Varner
Harold
U.S. Air Force
Tokyo Army Hospital
Red
Chong Sun Wan
KAP
Court Restrains S A From Razing Vallerga Building
Superior Court Judge Edward S Butler ordered a temporary injunction to stop the city of San Anselmo from tearing down Victor Vallerga’s frame building at Ross and San Anselmo avenues. The ruling cites a proper public hearing and grants Vallerga a chance to repair if the structure is used to store town vehicles and items.
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City of
San Anselmo
Victor Vallerga
Ross and
San Anselmo Avenues
Edward S. Butler
Vallerga
Building Slumps In San Rafael Details Permits
San Rafael construction activity shows $132 970 permits reported for the period with October at $428 555. Recent permits include $82 300 for seven new homes and $34 000 for four new commercial establishments including an office for Natalie Holly at Nye and Fifth and offices for Drs Perry A Bonar and William R Smart at Fourth and Grand.
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Natalie Holly
San Rafael
Nye
Fifth
Drs. Perry A. Bonar
William R. Smart
Fourth
Grand
Czechs Convict Nine Catholic Churchmen
A Prague state court convicted nine Roman Catholic churchmen including a bishop and two abbots of espionage and high treason in an alleged Vatican plot to overthrow Czechoslovakia's Communist government. Sentences ranged from 10 years to life with Benedictine Abbot Jan Opasek of Brevnov receiving life imprisonment and a 100000 crown fine.
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Prague
Vatican
Czechoslovakia
Pankrac
Jan Opasek
Brevnov
Mill Valley Flyer Shoots Up Reds
Lt. Yerg a Marin resident and Santa Rosa Junior College graduate credited with a major assist in destroying Red Chinese forces. He spotted and dispersed a camouflaged Reds column, aided by observations from his wife about shadows with no trees.
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Yerg
Monteced
Sea
Marinacee
Santa Rosa Junior College
Mill Valley
Leutenant
Switzerland
United States
Marin Artists Win Big at San Francisco Art Festival
Marin City artist John L. Howard and Mill Valley painter Lee Mullican each won $500 oil prizes at the 1950 San Francisco Art Festival held in the Palace of Fine Arts. Mill Valley’s Lucienne Bloch Dimitroff and Irving Norman earned $100 each for oil paintings, joining other local makers who received smaller craft and ceramic awards totaling $1,000 from various donors.
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Marin County
San Francisco
Palace of Fine Arts
John L. Howard
Marin City
Lee Mullican
Mill Valley
Lucienne Bloch Dimitroff
Valley View
Irving Norman
Lagunitas
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United Ambulance
Stanford Hospital
Red’ Varner
States Air Force
S.A
Vallerga Building
Chris
Mr. Winston
Exquisit Beauty Salon
Mill Valley Flyer
Edith K. Heath
Mary Lindheim
Forest Knolls
Keith Monrose
Edwin A. Cadogan
Agner's Variety Store
Larkspur, Calif
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