Heliport Opens in Oakland Downtown Jack London Square
Oakland prepares its first downtown heliport at Jack London Square with a 10 am opening ceremony led by Nat Levy and dignitaries including Mayor Clifford Rishell. Two helicopters will transport guests and launch charter flights with a three minute ride to Metropolitan Oakland Airport and fares from 7.50. Rick Helicopters seeks CAB approval for Bay Area service.
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Oakland
Sharron Lee Gleason
Jack London Square
Rick Helicopters
James Rickless
Metropolitan
Oakland International Airport
Civil Aeronautics Board
Bay Area
New Leandro Contracts Told
San Leandro city purchasing agent Edward V. Rawlinson awarded contracts totaling about 30000 for materials and equipment for next year. Tidewater Oil Co. bid 40000 gallons of gasoline for 20000, plus 632.50 for 5000 gallons of diesel and 348 for 2000 gallons of kerosene. Valvoline Oil Co. won 1000 gallons of motor oil at 595. Ray Parshall, Oakland, received 1300. New tire contract to Al Neft, Oakland, 1037.7. Peerless Stages to transport recreation participants for 1015. Six bicycle racks to Jamison Mfg Co, Los Angeles, 507.30.
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San Leandro
Edward V. Rawlinson
Tidewater Oil Co
Tidewater
Valvoline Oil Co
Ray Parshall
Oakland
al Neft
Peerless Stages
Two Cab Drivers Lose Taxi Privileges
SAN LEANDRO Two cab drivers Ronald L. Silvey and Ralph J. Coston were convicted by Judge Gerald P. Connitt of attempting to lure two young San Leandro women into prostitution and each faced one count for disturbing the peace. Silvey, 44, and Coston, 29, had five other similar counts dropped. Coston must serve 10 days in county jail or pay a $50 fine while Silvey was referred to the probation officer. Sentence set for July 19. Police trapped them with the aid of a woman in formant.
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San Leandro
Gerald P. Connitt
Delegr
Ronald L. Silvey
13Th Ave
Ralph J. Coston
Dante Ave
Oakland
Colton
Thhe
Silvey
Used Car Case Set For July 9
Victor P. Melone, 29, of Castro Valley faces Judge Gerald P. Connitt in Municipal Court on July 19 for grand theft after San Leandro police arrest on a complaint by John S. Baker of Hayward. Baker alleges a used car deal cost him 496 dollars. Melone is free on $1000 bail.
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San Leandro
Victor P. Melone
Madison Ave
Castro Valley
Gerald P. Connitt
Melone
John S. Baker
Pensacola St
Hayward
Baker
Top Award to Area Teacher
Testis B Brown of Redwood Ridge, Gastro Valley, among six California agricultural teachers honored as Star Teacher by the California Agricultural Teachers Association. Brown, a 29 year Hayward High School veteran, cited for work with Future Farmers of America in Alameda County and for indefatigable service and community leadership.
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Testis B. Brown
Redwood Ri
Gastro Valley
California
Re ‘Om
California Agridireachers’ Assn. Rown
Hayward
Planners Deny Plea For Fremont Shopping Center
Centerville planning commissioners again reject George Gong's five acre rezoning request at Fremont and Sequoia Aves, arguing it would extend shopping area beyond the master plan. City Council had sent the matter back for study after a 3-2 vote amid concerns over commercial capacity and plan integrity. A second rezoning appeal by John Edgren for a used car lot near Washington’s Union High School was also denied.
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Fremont
Planning Commission
George Gong
Forner
Sequoia Aves
Commission
Gong
Centerville
Dick Wilkinson
A. F. Anderson
John Edgren
Washington
Union High School
Central Ave
Alameda County Board hires speech therapy worker Basle
Ernest R. Basle is appointed to the Alameda County Board of Education speech therapy staff replacing retiring Zelmera K. Domenici. Basle, currently in Europe, has served as a speech therapist in Kern County. The board adopts a policy to depository pelesperale tax funds by lot, rotating quarterly with Central Valley National Newark First National Pleasanton Bank of America and American Trust. Next meeting will elect new officers per education code with William P. Burke San Lorenzo president and Walter J. Kipp Pleasanton vice president.
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Alameda County
Education
William P. Burke
San Lorenzo
Walter J. Kipp
Pleasantston
Eden Auxiliary Exhibit at Alameda County Fair Grounds
Eden Hospital Auxiliary staff wear cherry pink pinafores and staff a major exhibit in the new Exhibition Hall at the Alameda County Fair Grounds. The centerpiece is a bright red Thunderbird prize car, part of a campaign to raise 43,200 to buy a cobalt 60 cancer therapy unit for Eden Hospital.
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Eden Hospital
Alameda County Fair Grounds
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