Sausalito Wary Of Bus Speeds And Sheriff Post Shuffles
Not many speed through Sausalito yet residents call for action on Greyhound bus speeds. Sheriff Walter Sellmer jokes about undersheriff picks as Joseph Williams resigns to become vintner leaving a vacancy. candidates Phil LeCornec and Dave Fyfe linked in rumor, with CHP dog David Menary expressing clear stance.
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Sausalito
Greyhound
Joseph Williams
Walter B. Sellmer
Sellmer
Nea& Acleel
Phil LeCornec
Dave Fyfe
David Menary
CHP Bloodhound
Menary
Joker
Fire Destroys Greenbrae Bunkhouse on Texiera Dairy Ranch
A tarpaper bunkhouse on the Texiera Dairy ranch property in Greenbrae burned last night. Fire Chief Camillo Mello estimated losses at 1500 dollars with no one inside. H S Prowse reported the blaze at 9 05 pm while moving out. occupants were Greenbrae Schultz company employees. An adjacent warehouse was undamaged. cause under investigation.
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Camillo Mello
H. S. Prowse
Mello
Prowse
Schultz Company
Greenbrae
Move To Form County-Wide Bus Group Advances In Marin
San Anselmo officials plan a committee to improve Greyhound commuter service in Marin county. City leaders from Larkspur Corte Madera Fairfax and San Anselmo discuss county-wide cooperation while the weather records cold snap with freezing temperatures and ice across Marin.
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S.A
San Anselmo
Greyhound
Marin County
Art Smith
Smith
Larkspur
George Menke
Corte Madera
Harry Pearce
Marin
California
San Francisco Bay
San Rafael
Mt. Tamalpais
Woodacre
Floyd Elliott
Fairfax
Art Wedemeyer
Elliott
Fairfax City
Citizens Committee Demands Full Causalito Police Inquiry
Assessor Hall comes under fire for alleged arbitrary high handed property valuations. Jerome Hannigan criticizes disregard of Board of Equalization adjustments from July 1948. Board chair says relief is limited to formal protests during annual equalization. Also, no progress on counters for Hall's office and a recommendation that personal property collection be moved to the county tax collector.
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George Hall
Board of Supervisors
Jerome Hannigan
Hillside Avenue
San Anselmo
Hannigan
Fred Bagshaw
Hall
Hennigan
Board
Bagshaw
Court House
State Board of Equalization
Four Point Program Agreed Upon At Sunday Meeting
A three man citizens committee and the city council's police commission will conduct a complete, multi year probe of Sausalito police operations. The review covers handling of citations, acquittals, officer education, and the police chief's orders. The firing of the city police judge is excluded.
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Sausalito
Police Commission
John J. Miller
John Ehlen
Ehren
Governor's Crime Commission
R. W. Ross
Florence Bombay Shreve Held on Traffic Ticket Warrant
Florence Bombay Shreve a Nicaraguan novelist and grandmother was booked in Marin County jail on a warrant from San Francisco authorities for failing to pay 23 overtime parking tickets. She posted a 250 dollar bail bond immediately.
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Florence Bombay Shreve
Marin County
San Francisco
Citizens push annexation of San Pedro to San Rafael district
The Citizens' committee for better education in San Pedro circulates a petition seeking to annex San Pedro school district to San Rafael elementary. Chairman Paul Hartman Jr. aims to present the petition to the San Rafael Board of Education and then to county and county supervisors by February 1, with effects not taking place until July. San Pedro trustees worry about tax increases before the January 17 bond vote and question the annexation’s benefits.
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Citizens’ Committee For
San Pedro
San Rafael
Paul Hartman, Jr
Marina Court
Board of Supervisors
Henry E. Greer
Greer
William Upton
Upton
San Refael
Giant Palomar Telescope Produces First Test Photos
Palomar Observatory reports first test photographs from the 200 inch Hale telescope. Director Dr. Ira Bowen says the mirror is polished and aluminized, marking a successful start for photo graphing and spectroscopy.
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Ira 8. Bowen
Palomar Observatory
Mt. Wilson
Milky Way
Earth
Bowen
Seven Marin City Residents Seek Tenants Council Seats
Seven Marin City residents will run for four vacant seats on the 13 member Tenants Council. Polls open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Community building. Candidates include Cleo H. Simpson, Opha Barnes, Clifford R. Junge, Mrs Travis By num, Robert Powell, William Moyer, and Gerrold Hillisheim. Incumbents not seeking re election are Mrs Sylvester Schladweiler and Mrs Marybelle Lavaly.
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Marin City
Cleo H. Simpson
Opha Barnes
Clifford R. Junge
Travis Bynum
Robert Powell
William Moyer
Gerrold Hillisheim
Sylvester Schladweiler
Marybelle Lavaly
Fire Chief Hearing Set For This Afternoon
Fire Chief hearing before the board of supervisors is scheduled for this afternoon. Officials will consider testimony and related fire department issues during the session.
Lions Meet At Sausalito Yacht Harbor Clubhouse
The Marin County Association of Lions gathers at the Sausalito Yacht Harbor clubhouse at 6 45 p m for their meeting and agenda discussions.
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Marin County Association of Lions
Sausalito Yacht Harbor
Supreme Court Backs Federal Rent Control Act
The Supreme Court upheld the 1949 federal rent control act in an 8 to 0 ruling, reversing Judge Elwyn R. Shaw who found the act unconstitutional. Justice Douglas did not participate. The decision cited an earlier rent control ruling and upheld a local option provision allowing states and cities to set or end controls.
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Congress
Chicago
Federal Housing Expeditor
Shoreline Cooperative Apartments, Inc
Shoreline
Five SF Teens Held for Illegal Duck Shooting
Five San Francisco youths were turned over to County Game Warden R. J. Yates for shooting ducks illegally. They had bagged one duck near Belvedere by driving along the road and firing from their car.
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San Francisco
R. J. Yates
Belvedere
Kentfield Man Outlines Rebel Plan For San Francisco Bay
A Kentfield man testifies before Senator Sheridan Downey about the Rebel plan to remake San Francisco Bay. An industrial engineer outlines sixteen points opposing the plan during a public works hearing.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Sheridan Downey
Calif
Public Works
Robert S. Kerr
Center
SA Candy Maker Harry J. Moore Dies After Illness
Harry T. Moore, owner of Candies on Fourth Street in San Rafael, died today at his home after a two and a half month illness. A Missouri native aged 46, he had lived in San Rafael nine years and leaves a widow Iene and daughters Irene and Bar. He was a member of San Rafael BPOE No. 1108. Funeral services are Wednesday at 2 PM at Keaton's Mortuary.
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Harry T. Moore
Fourth Street
Rafael
Paloma Court
Moore
Oakland
San Rafael
Ralph
Iene Moore
Irene
Barlives
Atherton
Missouri
Marin Supervisors Delay Housing Hearing for Authority Report
Marin supervisors decline a public hearing on low cost public housing until the county housing authority submits a report on Marin’s housing situation. The American Veterans' Committee request for a special night hearing was declined pending the report.
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Marin
County Housing Authority
American Veterans’ Committee
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Gunn
Eric Barnett
Sausalito Citizens' Council
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