Marin commuters to ride new Golden Gate Transit buses
About 3,800 Marin County riders will board the new green and white air conditioned buses at the open of the Golden Gate Transit system. The service replaces Greyhound amid past reliability issues and aims to win riders from cars with tighter schedules. The plan targets 50 percent of Marin commuters using buses or ferries to cross the bridge. already 17 percent rode Greyhound previously. The $10 million fleet includes 162 buses with potential expansion to 50 more within five years.
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San Francisco
UPI
Marin County
Golden Gate Transit
GGT
Greyhound
Ie O Gate Bridge
Geal
Manor
Fairfax
Impact of corporate farms to be probed
A Senate subcommittee will hold three California hearings on the impact of corporate farming on family farms and farm workers. Senator Adlai Stevenson II said the panel will examine land wealth distribution, tax and policy effects, and the rise of corporate feudalism with witnesses from farming, labor, business, and academia. Hearings scheduled Jan. 11 in San Francisco, Jan. 12 in Fresno, and Jan. 13 in San Francisco.
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Washington
America
Stevenson
California
Copter crews rescue downed pilots off Vietnam USS Coral Sea
On December 3 near North Vietnamese shores, Lt James Spillman and Lt Kenneth Lowe of the USS Coral Sea recovered Lt Charles Burton after his A G fighter sank. amid heavy anti aircraft fire, the Big Mother helicopter hoisted Burton to safety, while fellow crewmen provided care and medics aboard the carrier treated burns and shock.
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U.S.S. Coral Sea
Vietnam
Shorterville
Alse
Timothy Smith
Columbus
Ohio
Spillman
Kenneth Lowe
San Diego
Smith
Charles Burton
Larattle
Wyo
Burton
Navy
Spilman
17th Witness to Testify in Alioto Civil Suit
Vancouver Washington report notes the Alioto antitrust case against San Francisco mayor Joseph Alioto resumes after a Christmas recess with John W. Riley, former assistant to Attorney General John J. O Connell, set to testify. Plaintiffs include Port Angeles and public utility districts challenging $2.3 million paid to Alioto in the 1960s.
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Aliota
Vancouver
Wash
UPI
Joseph Aliota
San Francisco
John W. Riley
Riley
John J. O'Connell
O'Connell
Washington State
State of Washington
Alioto
George K. Faler
Faler
Port Angeles
Skamania
Klickitat
Clallam Coun
Tecess
U.S
George Boldt
National Pay Board
Nixa
Boldt
Our Miss Brooks landlady Jane Morgan dies at 91
Jane Morgan who played Mrs Davis on Our Miss Brooks dies from a heart attack at 91 in Burbank California Funeral services are Thursday and she will be buried at sea She was born in England and came to the United States as a child She performed with symphony orchestras and on radio with Bob Hope and Jack Benny Her last acting roles were in the late 1940s and early 1950s She was survived by a daughter a granddaughter and two great grandchildren
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Burbank
Calif
UPI
Jane Morgan
Mrs. Davis
Miss Brooks
Miss Morgan
Sheart
England
Morgan
United States
Leo Cullen Bryant
Bob Hope
Jack Benny
Eve Arden
Aline Francis
Elderly invalid killed in L A fire
An elderly invalid woman burned to death early Sunday in a four story apartment fire that forced the evacuation of about 600 residents. Firemen said Maria Hewitt dropped a cigarette in bed and could not reach her wheelchair. Damage was about 400 dollars, concentrated in her third floor apartment, with smoke damage in hallways on the third and fourth floors.
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Los Angeles
UPT
Maria Hewitt
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