Fringe tax fight loses as supervisors oppose measure
California supervisors block a plan to tax unincorporated urban fringe areas for city services. The Senate local government committee backed the bill 7-2, urged interim study, while Marin officials and supporters argued it would fairly distribute taxes. Opponents, led by the California Supervisors Association, warned against shifting costs to cities and farms.
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Marin Jost
Ren
F McCarthy
San Rafael
Senate Local Governments Committee
Marin
Proup
Marin Board
Corte Madera Mayo
Eric Goecker
Len McCarthy
Richard Graves
League of Alltornda
Albertd Stewat
Pasadena
Igi
Marin Musings: Rafe! Marin and flag shortage intrigue
Marin writer Rafe reports Betty and Io Donald replacing Seattle life with Marin searches for a home and a chicken ranch. Eddie Meyer, Coca Cola King, offers 687 flags to help DAR fundraisers as Alaska and Hawaii await statehood. Meyer plans Betsy Ross style gatherings for extra flags.
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Alaska
Hawaii
Eddie Meyer
Marin
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Meyer
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Palm Beach
Mears Beach
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Raccoon Hunta: Police Capture Two Young Raccoons Near Home
Rafael police officers respond to a call at 41 Twin Oaks Avenue about 8 AM and corral two month old raccoons on a porch. Lt Chiesa and Officers Cheetham and Selby transport the captured animals to the Marin County Humane Society, which notes the young raccoons can be trained as pets.
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Timat
Ypiace
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Carl Selby
Wee
David Gotelli
Twin Oaks Avenue
Dani Boone
Chiesa
Cheetham
Selby
Mas Croteilt
Chesa
Marin County Humane Socety
Fiurk Loftus
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Hurley Attacks State Dept Over Appeasement Policy
Gen Patrick J Hurley told a Senate hearing the State Department pursued appeasement toward communism and imperialism. He condemned postwar concessions to Russia at Yalta and said U S weakness, not Soviet strength, jeopardizes postwar aims as he testified on Gen MacArthur's dismissal.
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Base asks Congress for 3.47 million for Hamilton Field
The Air Base Money Department of Defense today requested a 3,470,000 appropriation for construction at Hamilton Field as part of a 6,461,262,389 request to fund building projects at military naval and air installations nationwide.
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Mother Seeks 40000 After Son’s Death in Collision
Mrs Marjorie Lois Haldeman of Santa Venetia sues for over 40090 in Marin Superior Court after her 6 year old son Barton Haldeman was struck and killed by a truck driven by Manuel Sousa Jr of Niles. She seeks 40000 for loss of companionship and 540 for funeral costs. she notes past losses of two husbands in Air Force related accidents.
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Moe
Marjorie Lois Haldeman
Matin
Manuel Sousa Jr
Niles
Barton Haldeman
Haldeman
Air Force
Mill Valley Marine Receives Purple Heart
Mill Valley Marine Pt Alvin L Long, who lost both legs in Korea, was awarded the Purple Heart in a ceremony at an Oakland hospital yesterday. Long, serving with the 7th Regiment, Frost Marine Division in central Korea as a stretcher bearer, was hit by a Chinese hand grenade. His wife Nancy resides at 387 Woodside Avenue, Mill Valley.
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Mill Valley
Korea
Oakland Nasal Hospital
Associated Press
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Nancy
Woodside Avenue
7Th Regiment
Frost Marine Division
Ten Year Old Starts Fire on Red Hill in San Anselmo
A 10 year old San Anselmo boy confessed to starting a grass fire atop Red Hill while playing with matches. Four other boys aged six to 13 aided by dragging clothes to contain flames until firefighters arrived. No damage. fire fought for about an hour. access hampered by road limits.
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Nello Marcuced
San Rafael
Mire Flores
Mira Mar
Robert
Severance
Novato
DeLong Avenue
Court program gains Assembly floor approval in Marin plan
The Marin court reorganization bill moved to the Assembly floor in Sacramento after an unopposed Judiciary committee endorsement. The measure creates a two judge municipal court for Marin County with a $10,000 salary per judge. Authors are Sen. John F McCarthy of San Rafael and Jack Tenney of Los Angeles.
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Assembly
Sacramento
Judiciary Committee
Associated Press
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Marin County
Seni J John F McCarthy
San Rafael
Jack Tenney
Los Angeles
Mull Valley approves sewer lateral hookup charge
The town council decided last night that individuals outside Mull Valley will pay $2 per month to hook lateral sewer lines into the municipal system. The measure sets the outside customer fee while extending sewer access to nonresident properties.
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Mull Valley
Cownell
Mil Valley Council Urges State Action On Alto Deathtrap
The Mill Valley city council labeled the Alto intersection a deathtrap and urged the state to study and fix hazards there. It also considered widening plans for Manzanita to Tamalpais High and for Blithedale Avenue, with maps, right of way, and land acquisition to ease traffic dangers at two major arterial entries.
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Almonte
Civic Committee
Louis R. Morett
Moretti
Sausalito Street Improvements Planned by Residents
Sausalito residents plan to form one large street improvement district including Spring Street Crescent Avenue Sausalito Boulevard and Platt Avenue. City Council votes to introduce a resolution of intent at the August 7 meeting with cost plans pending from City Engineer John Oglesby and a late July public discussion to address costs and boundaries.
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Greenbrae Highway 101 land condemnation suit proceeds
A third day of court heard state condemnations for a 1400 foot land strip south of Greenbrae to widen the Highway 101 Lucky Drive junction. Property owners Edward and Magister of Kentfield Stanley Moore of Kentfield and Hugh Porter heirs seek about 700000, deemed excessive by the state. Jury trial began Monday and may run to Friday.
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Kentfield
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Albert Bagshaw
San Rafael
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el D Langert
Roy D. Reese
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Bret Harte Civic Meeting Tonight In San Rafael
Residents of the Bret Harte district in San Rafael are invited to a Bret Harte Civic Association meeting at Laurel Dell School tonight. Leonard Jones, the association president, will call the meeting to order at 7 p.m. Topics include street work public safety and a playground for the district. Councilman Homer Wood is the guest speaker.
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San Rafael
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Iran Seizes Oil Fields In Nationalization Move
Iran’s premier Mohamad Mossadegh ordered full authority over Anglo-Iranian oil operations. A five hour cabinet meeting followed by threats to shut the Abadan Refinery. Britain pledged protection for its nationals as Anglo-Iranian mission returns. negotiations with Iran broke down.
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Mohamed Mossadegh
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Mossadegh
Hussein Fatimi
Iran
Abadan
Herbert Monson
Britain
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Span hearing again put off by committee
The Assembly Ways and Means committee will consider a bill for 750000 dollars for plans and specifications of the San Rafael Richmond bridge. The hearing was postponed due to many committee members being absent, with the meeting previously moved from Monday and then from yesterday.
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Sacramento
Assembly Ways and Means
San Rafael-Richmond
Mill Valley Council Approves Two Outdoor Projects
The Mill Valley city council approved two outdoor enhancements including an amphitheater at Old Mall park and an outdoor patio reading room for the public library. Funds include $400 from merchants and $1,100 more from the council. volunteer labor and donated materials will be used.
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Ibiary Board
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Sycamore Village
Richard Finn
Shoestring Annex Bill Clears Senate Hurdles
Sacramento bill to restrict city annexations passes Local Governments committee after a tense hearing. The Assembly measure by William Munnell sets minimum annexed area of 300 by 200 feet, blocks islands of unincorporated land, and allows annexation of uninhabited zones between settled areas and the city.
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