Bridge Cash Snag Delays Richmond-San Rafael Plans
Advocates of the Richmond San Rafael bridge pressed for 750000 dollars for surveys and plans as the item was cut from the state budget by a joint conference committee. Senate and Assembly backs affirmed. Senators Miller and McCarthy will push a separate bill while others argue the money had no place in the budget. Miller questioned funding for water wings to cross the bay.
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Sacramento
Richmond-San Rafael
Senate
Assembly
Georges Miller, Jr
Richmond
John F. McCarthy
San
Marvin Sherwin
R. Piedmont
Senate Finance Committee
Miller
McCartty
Richard H. McCollster
Mill Vatley
Bay
Marin County
General Ends Testimony On M Arthur Plan
General Wedemeyer closed his Senate testimony urging no prolonged delay in Korea. He warned that stalemate would aid the Communists and reiterated the need for an early decisive victory or withdrawal. He compared U S global commitments and cited Korea as the costliest yet.
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M’arthur
Washington
Albert O. Wedemeyer
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
Weremeyer
United States
Korea
Wedemeyer
U. S
China
Europe
Far East
Reds Reeling Under Attacks on Korean Front
Allied infantry and air power press the 70 mile front in Korea as Reds retreat toward Pyongyang. United Nations forces advance with light resistance while allied planes attack retreating Chinese troops with machine guns rockets and jelly bombs. Hundreds of enemy troops are reported killed in camouflaged retreat columns.
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Tokyo
U.P
Korea
Pyonggang
United Nations
Irate patrolman saves toddler on Lincoln Avenue
A highway patrolman rescued a toddling child from rush hour traffic on Lincoln Avenue. The officer then took the youngster to its home, where the parents appeared uninterested that their child had been walking in the roadway during peak traffic.
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Lincoln Avenue
VFW Protest Spurs Tax Talk at San Anselmo Meeting
San Anselmo council weighs a $100 daily charge for a charity carnival tied to a VFW post. The VFW Ross Valley post protests soaring costs from last year, while the city attorney notes exemptions for charities. Mayor Booth urges exemptions, but no action taken as June 26 study planned.
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San Anselmo
Ross Valley Post
Veterans of Foreign War
Robert Brown
Veterans Post
VFW
John Buresh
Baresh
Brown
Carmel Booth
Veterans’ Group
Booth
Blood bank to aid wounded in Korea drive at San Rafael
A Red Cross blood drive will run tomorrow at the American Legion hall in San Rafael from noon to 7 p.m. The Irwin Memorial mobile unit will collect blood for men wounded in Korea and, six days later, that blood will reach the front. Mrs. Robert Elliott, blood procurement chairman, urged generous donations.
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American Legion Hall
San Rafael
Korea
Irwin Memorial
Robert Eliott
Elliott
Red Cross
Curfew Ordinance Up For First Reading In San Anselmo
San Anselmo council heard the first reading of an emergency curfew ordinance aimed at curbing juvenile delinquency by holding parents responsible for under 18 curfew violations. It would make it a misdemeanor for parents to allow loitering after 11 p m and bars juveniles from driving without an adult. Maximum penalties include 500 dollars fine or six months in jail. police could impound vehicles.
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San Anselmo
Carmel Booth
Walter Langford
Durham Road
Langford
Booth
Don Wood
4-H Leaders Open National Camp Tonight in Washington
Rural youth leaders from 48 states Hawaii Puerto Rico and seven foreign countries gather to study government and foreign affairs at the 21st national 4-H club camp in Washington. Delegates will meet President Truman at the White House tomorrow to present an honorary 4-H club key. The camp closes June aol.
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Washington
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Truman
White House
Marin County Graduates Over 1300 This June
Marin county public schools report more than 1300 graduates this June led by 744 elementary honorees and 428 high school seniors from San Rafael Tamalpais and Tomales. College of Marin will award 141 associate degrees at its June 20 commencement.
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Marin
Marin County
Wallace W. Hall
San Rafael
Tamalpais
Tomales
College of Marin
Tomales High School
Tomales and
Marshall
Point Reyes
Bolinas
Dixie
Larkspur
Rose Bowl
Mill Valley Alto School
Park School
Novato Union
Novato
Ross
Black
Inverness
Kentfield
Lagunitas
Mill Valley
Nicasio
Reed Union
San Jose
Meadow Park
San Quentin
Gtbson Beach
Fairfax
San Anselmo
E Street
Tamalpais Union High School
Olema
College Gymnasium
Sausalito
Marin City Crash Injures Three. One Cited For Lights
California Highway Patrol investigated an early morning collision near Marin City injuring three people. Drivers John H. Cooper 49 Marin City Vernon Dubler 19 San Francisco and Dolores Ratio 18 San Francisco sustained minor injuries. Dubler cited for driving without lights. Three other teenagers may have been involved.
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Marin City
California Highway Patrol
John H. Cooper
Vernon
Dubler
San Francisco
Cooper
Miss Dolores Ratio
Citizens at limit of taxes SRCC told
Walter Underwood of the United States Chamber of Commerce told the San Rafael Chamber of Commerce at a luncheon that taxpayers are reaching the capacity to pay for defense. He noted defense costs have risen from 45 to about 90 billion and urged a unified front to cut non essentials to stabilize the economy. He cited sources including General George Marshall predicting 20 years of mobilization at a scale similar to the current effort.
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Walter Underwood
United States Chamber of Commerce
San Rafael Chamber of Commerce
Earl Grady
Travelers’ Inn
Underwood
George Marshall
America
Elks Flag Ritual Traces History At Flag Day Event
The San Rafael Elks Lodge No 1108 will host an 8 p.m. Flag Day program at the Elks club room featuring Past Exalted Ruler Leon C. Smith. The talk covers flag history from 1497 to today, with a Sea Scout flag march and songs like Star Spangled Banner and America. About 1,650 lodge members and families expected. by-laws note Flag Day services across 1500 lodges.
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Gan Rafael
Hetry Ross
George Washington
Elks Band
Thomas Nelson
Marshall Maguire
San Francisco
America
Maguire
Dorothy Maguire
Nelson
Robert Forsyth
Robert Finn, Jr
New Water Main To Serve Tiburon Area
Marin Municipal Water District directors awarded a contract to Jarvis Construction Co. and Acme Welding for a 12 inch water main from Alto to the pumping plant. The bid of 18 929 dollars funds construction serving Tiburon Belvedere and Strawberry with possible extension along Tiburon peninsula.
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San Francisco
Tiburn
Belvedere
Strawberry
Marin Municipal Water District
Jarvis Construction Co
Acme Welding
Alto
Tiburon Peninsula
Laurel Grove Avenue
Ross
Tamalpais Drive
Corte Madera
United Housing Development
Mayin
Medal Of Honor Goes To Kentuckian
Washington reports Corporal John W. Collier of Worthington Kentucky received the Medal of Honor posthumously for smothering a grenade to save fellow soldiers in Korea. The 21 year old of the 26th Division wiped out a machine gun nest and was killed September 19.
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Washington
John W. Collier
Worthington
Kores
Collier
Ith
Ross Grammar School to Register Next Year’s Pupils
Ross Grammar School will hold registration for next year’s kindergarten students tomorrow. Superintendent P M Bliss said children aged four and a half to five and a half years on September first should register between 2 and 3 p.m. at the school.
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Ross
Ross Grammar School
P. M. Bliss
Street Work Approved in Corte Madera Bond Election
Corte Madera voters approved a 125000 bond in a special election 330 91 for street improvements. About half of voters turned out to authorize work on Tamalpais drive from U S 101 to Redwood avenue and one block of Redwood Corte Madera First and Montecito. Mayor Bruce Goecker announced swift action with plans set and engineering decided.
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Core Madera
Tamalpais Drive
U. S. 101
Redwood Avenue
Redwood
Corte Madera
First
Montecito
Bruce Goecker
Goecker
Aimilar
Corta Madera
Marin
First Street
Two Marines Wounded from Tamalpais High School
Mill Valley reports two local Marines wounded in Korea. Pie James Francis Byrne, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bye, of Dell street, was wounded on November 20 and returned to duty. Pie Raymond B. Raiser, of 242 Evergreen avenue, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Raiser. His wound is not believed serious. Both attended Tamalpais High School and served in Company C.
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Mill Valley
Korea
Pie James Francis Byrne
Dell Street
Robert Bye
Raymond B. Raiser
Evergreen Avenue
M. A. Raiser
Byrne
Raiser
Tamalpais High School
Company C
Suburban Tax Bill Blocked in California Assembly
In Sacramento opponents abandoned efforts to block passage of a bill taxing suburban residents for county provided services. The assembly gave the measure four to fourteen. Vincent Thomas suspended progress with a reconsideration notice. The bill would charge unincorporated urban areas for services like roads protection and library access, effective January 1, 1984.
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Sacramento
Assembly
William A. Munnall
the Angeles
Julian Beck
San Fernando
League of California Cities
County Supervisors Association
Board of Supervisors
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Marin County Junior Chamber of Commerce
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