Judge sustains challenge to bay bridge funding plan
Superior Judge Grover W. Bedean upheld a demurrer to suits seeking to block $750,000 for San Rafael Richmond bay bridge plans and surveys. The petitions claim the law taps bay toll funds if bonds aren’t issued, but the judge ruled the petitions show no constitutional flaw and gave plaintiffs 10 days to amend.
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Sacramento
Grover W. Bedean
Legislaiie
San Rafael-Richmond Bay
Bedeau
Bedeaut
Kuchel
Beceau
Jones
Tweed
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
Bay Bridge
San Rafael
Marin Symphony Presents Free Christmas Concert Tomorrow
All is in readiness as Marin Symphony with Chinton Lewis baton hosts a free Christmas concert at Marin Catholic High School auditorium Greenbrae at 8 20 p m. The program features holiday selections with the College of Marin choir plus live performances by local woodwinds violins and flutes in a second county reactivated series sponsored by Marin Art and Garden Center Ross.
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Chinton Lewis
Marin
Marin Symphony Orchestra
College of Marin
Marin Catholic High School
Greenbrae
Marin Art and Garden Center
Ross
Marin Musings by Rafael Marin on bridge closure debates
Reader notes reflect on San Anselmo council praise for James A. Rickels and toll plaza closure, while recalling earlier windstorm actions and mixed opinions. Marin cites local quarrels, a New York meeting led by Kurt Mertig, and views on U S policy in Germany Korea and peace efforts, with satirical asides about patriotism.
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San Anselmo
James A. Rickels
Golden Gate Bridge
Kurt Mertig
America
York Cafe
4Th Street
York Avenue
New York City
Mertig
United States
Germany
de Sident
Truman
Mertly
Rafael Marin
Korea
Arts Council Yale Festival Sunday at Brown's Hall
The Marin Guild of the Arts Sciences and Professions hosts a children friendly Christmas festival at Brown's Hall Mill Valley from 11 am to 8 pm. Toys will be available and entertainment includes puppetry weaving pottery ballad singing and dancing.
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Brown's Hall
Mill Valley
Marin Gannal
Rainfall totals and weather notes from the period
Weather summary notes rainfall totals for the current period and seasonal average, indicating a total of 9.03 and mentioning temperatures with a high and low around 40 to 0. The fragment references daily conditions and a price or value line, but details are incomplete.
Full Study Of Bridge Safety Seen
Concut studies of the Golden Gate bridge are expanded to assess changes that would raise strength and storm damage resistance. Clifford Paine, special engineer, told directors he would stay on the job for a thorough study of all bridge phases. He plans to issue recommendations in a final report around the next meeting. Some directors pressed for a broader review beyond repairs, urging wide expertise and references to University of Washington wind studies and new designs. A special meeting for Paine’s report was proposed, to cover storm damage, north pier fender, scaffolding, and approach widening.
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Golden Gate Bridge
Clifford @. Paine
Paine
Jesse Calman
Colman
University of Washington
Philips Davies
Davies
H. d. Fehely
North Pier
Clarification Sought by Fairfax Fire Chief Appointee Charles Thornton
Charles F. Thornton, long time Fairfax employee, is named chief of the city fire department. He asks for a six month probation clarification and to retain status as a fireman during that period. Thornton would replace Kenneth Hicks, who left December 1950 on disability leave.
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Charles F. Thornton
City of
Fairfax
Kenneth Hicks
Hicks
Thornton
Sioner
Harry Heifetz
Fire Department
Zaro Proposes 1,000-Boat Harbor on Richardson Bay
Industrialist Zaro wants Army Corps permit to dredge the north end of Richardson Bay to create a sheltered harbor for up to 1,000 cabin cruisers. The plan envisages dredging about 260000 cubic yards to six feet depth, using the canal as transit, with Costa figures and costs undisclosed. Zaro envisions Theresa’s Sheltered Boat Harbor near Highway 101, with potential assistance from Sausalito and Mill Valley officials.
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Toa Lounc Minin
Newport
Gerge Leo Zaro
Army Corps of Engineers
Richardson Bay
Zara
San Rafael
Sabella
Redwood Bridge
Mull Valley
Theresa
Zaro
Laucelita Canal
Pittsburg
H. F. Lauritzen
Harbor Enterprise
Zare
Mill Valley
Sausalito
Sue
County Planning Commission
Stolen cocker spaniel Tippy touches San Rafael Meadows child
Two year old Bobby Wendt mourns the loss of his golden cocker spaniel Tippy who vanished from 14 Carrillo Drive San Rafael Meadows. His worried parents Mr and Mrs R C Wendt urge return of the pet to cheer the boy during a difficult Christmas season.
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San Rafael Meadows
Tippy
Bobby Wendt
Bobby
R. C. Wendt
Santa Claus
Carrillo Drive
Sleepy Hollow Drainage Matter Delayed to December 21
Harold Kiang's request for a writ of mandate ordering San Anselmo developer Columbus J. Pierce to change drainage facilities in the Sleepy Hollow Addition was postponed to December 21 when it came up for hearing yesterday before Superior Judge Thomas F. Keating.
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Harold Kiang
San Anselmo
Columbus J. Pierce
Sleepy Hollow
Thomas F. Keating
Weather Report for Bay and Sierra Nevada
Bay area experiences night fog giving way to fair afternoons with little temperature change. Sierra Nevada forecast shows fair tonight and partly cloudy Sunday with a slight temperature change.
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Bay
Sierra Nevada
Mullens Gets Two Additional S Q Terms
Sherman Muens, a San Quentin convict who stabbed another, received two extra sentences yesterday on top of ten already served. Judge Thomas F. Keating ordered one year to life for possession of a knife and five years to life for assault. Muens had been imprisoned in San Quentin in Shasta County for plan brhefs.
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Sherman Muens
San Quentin
Thomas F. Keating
Mullen
Fran Shasta County
Truce Teams Accuse Reds On Rotation At Panmunjom
UN rejected a Communist troop rotation proposal arguing it would limit replacements to 5 000 over four months and risk a veto. Maj. Gen. Howard Turner denounced the Reds as deadlocked after 19 days of armistice talks while Rear Admiral Ruthven Libby faulted Red Cross access to prison camps. Subcommittees plan to reconvene at 11 am Sunday EST.
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Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
U.N
Howard Turner
Turners Blast
Ruthven EB. Libby
Regs
Red Cross Y
Fairfax City Council Backs Juke Box Tax Briefing
Fairfax city council tabled an ordinance taxing juke box owners 18 dollars per recording machine, after a lengthy discussion and protest. They lowered the proposed rate to 12 and then 10 as comparisons to nearby towns were cited, and decided to await Sam Gardiner for further clarification on revenue impact and regulatory limits.
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Fairfax City
Floyd Elliott
Sam Gardiner
atLooney
Gardiner
Council
Inter
San Anselmo
San Rafael
Sausalito
Larkspur
Corie Madera
Novato Seeks Entries for Christmas Decoration Contest
Novato Chamber of Commerce invites entries for its Christmas decoration contest with $15 prizes for best merchant and home displays, $10 second prizes. Merchants qualify automatically. home entries by postcard to the chamber. Local entrants include Paul Walline and others in Novato. county-wide entry forms appear in the paper.
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Novato Chamber of Commerce
Novato
Paul
Walline
Haven Acres
Vineyard Road
George J. Cavallero
Sixth Street
Russell P. Knoebel
Orange Street
Independent Journal
Marin Junior Chamber of Commerce
Snow And Cold Jam Traffic In East
The Midwest and East endure a record snowstorm and arctic cold with 31 deaths linked to the weather. The blast extends to the Gulf and Florida Keys, with brutal lows in Shreveport and Chicago and New England pummeled by up to five inches of snow.
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Rockies
New England
Midwest
Gulf of Mexico
Florida Keys
Shreveport
Miles City
Mont
Chicago
New York
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