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Los Altos Hills - Historical
Scrapbook Digital Archive - Book 01 |
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Image of Book Cover - for
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11/14/1955 |
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Foothill residents to vote in January whether to
incorporate as new city Los Altos Hills |
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1/11/1956 |
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Los Altos Hills becomes city -
vote to incorporate is 424 to 339 - Fowle Dungan Treat Bledso Rothwell
council members |
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12/3/1968 |
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LAH names acting city manager
Lahr. Developer giving park to LAH on Moody Court 10 acres added to Byrne |
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Record storm in LAH - Bennet on
Crist drive escaped injury. Power failures - truck crews clearing debris
-flagpole on Elena blown over |
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7/21/1955 |
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Petition to incorporate LAH due
- map sketch - circulation of cityhood petition near |
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3/11/1955 |
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Legal notice calling for
election for formation of Purissima Hills Water District |
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9/8/1955 |
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Incroporation hearing set - ten
to one favor cityhood claimed - deadline set for candidate filing -
incorporation green light - Fire Commissioner Fowle steps down after 7 years
- Moeller Riding Academy Page Mill and Central |
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9/1/1955 |
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Legal notice listing petitioners
to incorporate as a sixth class city |
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Incorporation committee
discusses storm drainage and road maintenance issues, advisory committee
Henley Bullis Stegner Macabee McCandless Bradbury Dawson Duveneck Lohman
McKenna Paulman Simrell White Sherlock Melquist - Residents may sign up to
vote on incrporation |
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Incorporation fate to be decided
in january - misc newspaper cuttings - biographies of council candidates
Fowle Treat Frame Rothwell Bledsoe |
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Flyer - urgent message to all
Foothill (lah) property owners prepared by foothill incrporation committee
and listing names of 175 supporters |
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Flyer continued - why
incorporation is necessary - what kind of community do we want |
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Flyer continued - Government
taxes changes - Budget and Incorporation Procedure |
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Flyer continued - How all can
participate - proposed name is Los
Altos Hills - council member candidates available - incorporation fund and
straw ballot |
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Letter from Moody Road resident
Seeba to friends (flyer) urging to vote NO on incorporation |
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Platform for Incorporation of
Town of LAH listing approx 250 residents names - Protective zoning -
residential agricultural only - rural atmosphere |
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Reverse side of Platform
document including rough sketch map of town boundaries - Flyer from Adobe
Creek Lodge urging residents to vote in favor of incorporation - signed
Martinelli |
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12/30/1955 |
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Editorial analysis - Must LAH
incorporate to stay countrified? Is Home Rule needed or cheap? - Expected
Budget $42,900 |
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12/30/1955 |
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(continued) The Need -
Encroachments by Los Altos, Palo Alto, Subdividers cited as threatening but
these cases all outside Los Altos Hills |
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12/30/1955 |
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(continued) The Price - planners
say $42,900 budget covers Police, Fire, Roads but comparisons raise doubts |
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1/5/1956 |
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Advertisement by Foothills
Committee for Lower Taxes - Can you afford higher taxes and wasted money tp
keep us rural? Vote NO on January 10
signed Charles Prior |
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1/5/1956 |
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Anti-incorporation advertisement
ires proponents - Arguments listed for incorporation - Opposition points
reported - proposed budget - voter candidate meeting Saturday |
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12/30/1955 |
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Hills planners say $42,900
budget covers Police, Fire, Roads, but
comparisons raise doubts planners convinced all costs covered by state
refunds of gas taxes, license fees - drainage cited as problem caused by
development |
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Altos Hills residents to vote
January 10, 7 candidates for 5 posts on council. Sketch map of town showing
areas opted out of incorporation (dotted lines), Los Altos Hills expected to
stay as name of new town |
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Incorporation move nears last
preliminaries - petition said to have enough signers - approx 1200 eligible
voters - 75 protesterscause supervisors to withdraw 1000 acres |
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1/5/1956 |
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Biographies of councilmen
candidates Bledsoe Fowle Rothwell Wilson |
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1/5/1956 |
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Biographies of councilmen
candidates Dungan Frame Treat - Opposition points reported - minimum city
government is slate's goal |
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Sketch map of town boundaries
for proposed town (revised with 1000 acres removed by supervisors) - Treat
slected as mayor and Dungan deputy mayor -3 emergency ordinances passed |
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Biographies of councilmen
candidates Bledsoe Fowle Rothwell Wilson (Duplicated page) |
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Biographies of councilmen
candidates Dungan Frame Treat (duplicated) - 7 candidates seek 5 council
posts - election facts |
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1/6/1956 |
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Anti-incorporation ad ires
proponents - sketch map showing town location on peninsula - flyer (small)
urging vote NO on incorporation |
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Flyer (large) urging vote NO on
incorporation by Foothills Committee for Lower Taxes - citing 19 reasons for
negative vote |
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Flyer (large) urging vote NO on
incorporation by Foothills Committee for Lower Taxes (obverse of previous
image) |
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Eligibility postcard for Special
Election January 10 1956 giving recipient eligibility and information on
poling place |
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1/10/1956 |
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Sample Ballot for incorporation
and selecting council members |
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1/10/1956 |
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Big turnout in Hills balloting -
22% of 1400 votes cast by noon (evening paper reporting same day) - City of
Fremont also formed with 99 square miles |
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1/11/1956 |
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LAH becomes city, incorporation
vote 424 to 339 |
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Editorial welcome to new city -
4 to 3 vote makes 6th class city - Council winners Treat Rothwell Fowle
Bledsoe Dungan |
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LAH becomes city, incorporation
vote 424 to339 - Resident and subdivider Channing Cathcart plans action to
delay or rescind incorporation |
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3/27/1956 |
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LAH Council study session on
maintenance of streets - Taafe reports town should be able to keep 2 men and
2 pieces of equipment working on roads for 6 months within budget limits |
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1/19/1956 |
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Applicants for town clerk sought
- council to hold first meeting tomorrow - Treat selected as mayor |
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2/3/1956 |
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Three councilmen face april
election test - council starts wheels of government rolling - Los Altos
pledges complete cooperation with LAH - council to mail monthly reports to
homes |
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2/10/1956 |
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Fowle donates Town Hall site -
LAH to have observers on committee studying new hospital - Paulman becomes
first city clerk of LAH |
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Xerox copy of photo of
councilmembers |
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2/17/1956 |
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Hills council starts wheels of
government rolling - Paulman appointrf first town clerk - candidates debate
road costs in public forum |
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3/15/1956 |
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Fowle donates town hall site to
LAH and simultaneously resigns due to ill health - Fowle
succumbs to illness and dies at 85 after 2 months failing health |
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2/17/1956 |
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Cathcart incorporation opponent
and 2 others file as council candidates - Treat to continue as mayor |
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6/22/1956 |
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LAH planners eye committee
suggestions - LAH Police Chief on the spot because cannot make arrests -
Philbrick erecting big home on 11 acres between La Paloma, Concepcion,
Purissima and West Fremont |
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LAH Bulletin - Newsletter of the
town of LAH - questions apathy of residents |
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Election flyer urging retain
current incumbents who have served 3 months - against 3 candidates who want
to dis-incorporate |
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4/7/1956 |
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Councilmen and opponents clash
in LAH forum - Gutt, Cathcart, lockwood running to oppose incumbents and
disincorporate LAH - Planners to get
street data Sherlock, Stedman, Melquist |
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3/27/1956 |
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LAH Officials deny plans for a
commercial area - Council devotes study session on maintenance of streets
Hibner, McCandless Macabee Dungan Taafe |
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4/4/1956 |
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Six seek three seats on LAH city
council Cathcart Rothwell Treat Bledso Gutt Lockwood |
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4/10/1956 |
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(Old clipping from january)LAH
Becomes city - incorporation wins 424 to 339 - Card asking Can You afford
incorporation and urging NO vote - three incumbents returned |
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3/20/1956 |
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Election flyer for Cathcart,
Lockwood, Gutt - Candidates to face public - Three incumbents returned |
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4/13/1956 |
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Temporary lid on Hills garbage
cans -Dawson offers gift for town hall - Hills acts to keep rural setting -
Hills votes to enter road contract |
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4/29/1956 |
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Second election flyer letter
from opponents Cathcart Gutt Lockwood -
Council votes to rtetain Treat as Mayor |
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5/25/1956 |
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Election flyer from incumbents
Bledsoe Treat Rothwell urging re-election - Hills budget holds to promise -
LAH to get mail "city delivery service" rather than "rural
route carrier" |
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Election flyer from all six
council members urging continuity after three months of cityhood to re-elect
incumbents |
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To the voters of LAH -
flyer/letter from three seeking re-election |
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To the voters of LAH -
flyer/letter from three seeking re-election |
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4/10/1956 |
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Hills planning tackled - Legal
action brought by Gutt - Councilmen ordered to appear in court to show cause
why subdivision ordinance should not be repealed or put to election - sample
ballot - Editorial |
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Council apponts committee to
conduct name poll - Road official quit over councils decision to put stop
sign on Stonebrook - Newsletter planned - Council to consider changing name
of town - LAH resident appointed to Library commission |
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4/18/1956 |
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LAH officials deny commercial
area plan - Treat continues as mayor - Dawson thanked for offer of fund to
build Town Hall - LAH not reimbursing delegates to attend League of
California Cities |
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3/4/1956 |
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Pros and Cons of LAH - City
fathers like new town just the way it is |
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7/27/1956 |
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Pre-election drive over Hills
trucking issue expected - LAH clerk soon the be named - election postcard
urging note NO |
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4/18/1956 |
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Hills planners agree 24 foot
width for major streets - Hills planners approve subdivision rates hike -
Treat to continue as LAH mayor |
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4/19/1956 |
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Sketch - new town hall may look
like this - Candidates in tuesdays election Bledsoe Cathcart Gutt Lockwood
Rothwell Treat |
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4/18/1956 |
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Times recalls 50 year
anniversary of quake - New city LAH keeps old spirit - Hills to eye stop sign
row again (Stonebrook and Oneonta) - New furnace at Permanente cement, one of
largest in the industry |
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6/20/1956 |
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Report to LAH council on
proposed El Camino Hospital District in favor of formation - by Williams Wickman Lagario - Logario will
take over as LAH attorney succeeding Bullis |
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5/24/1956 |
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Hills planning tacked for zoning
and subdivision ordinance - Hills motorists and truckers face restrictions -
LAH Council plans to end heavy truck traffic |
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5/22/1956 |
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LAH roads division recommended -
attorney suggests rules for trucking - quarry operations to be protested by
residents - LAH Road money requested - Planners meet tomorrow on zoning law |
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4/13/1956 |
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Three incumbents returned - Palo
Alto to fight LAH truck limit - LAH one horse trail town - gifted first horse
pedestrian trail on Miranda - Truck ban in state of suspension - Fortriede
founder of Purissima water dies at 50 - LAH may hire building aide |
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6/28/1956 |
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LAH First budget $19,078 -
editorial on Councilmembers and trucking ordinance - LAH to hold hearings on
truck limits - Editorial New city keeps old spirit - Bill to speed up
construction of Seraa Highway (280) as well as extend Bayshore (101) to
Moffett Field |
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6/2/1956 |
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LAH delays action against trucks
- Neary offers to maintain truck route - LAH budget holds to promise -
Planners to eye committee suggestions - objections to larger lot minimum
sizes voiced |
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6/8/1956 |
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LAH first budget $19,078 - Committee recommends one truck route with
open door for more - Hills to ban trucks over 12 tons - Councilmen to
consider road department for hills - council tp act on truck ban - traffic ordinance
before council - LAH to hire audit firm |
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6/13/1956 |
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Horse tax proposed for
maintenance of bridle trails in LAH - Council delays action on traffic
ordinance - Palo Alto to fight truck weight limit - Supervisors OK srvices
pact with LAH - Truck route report due |
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6/28/1956 |
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LAH first budget $19,078 -
Compromise possible in truck ban dispute - LAH petition asks repeal of
trucking ordinance - Council eyes El Monte as truck route |
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7/9/1956 |
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LAH to canvas public opinion on
trucking routes - Skirmish due over Hills truck routes - LAH attorney
suggests new rules for trucking - Committee recommends one truck route for
LAH and open door for more |
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6/28/1956 |
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Purissima Hills to furnish water
at double usual rate - LAH ban on trucks soon to be enforced - Truck law seen
as blow to quarry - Council eyes El Monte as truck route - Letter to editor
about increased costs in LAH |
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7/13/1956 |
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LAH continues truck ban debate -
LAH to ban trucks over 12 tons - Vote seen on Hills Trucking - Petition
blocks weight-curb law - LAH council to get petition |
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7/20/1956 |
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250 petition repeal of truck ban
- referendum on truck ban wins october vote - LAH sets truck law vote October
2 - Docs needle dogs at emergency rabies clinic , LAH wants one too |
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LAH Council bans heavy trucks
effective July 20 - Repeal group affirms plan for petiton |
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7/17/1956 |
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Toll road accusation leveled at
Hills truck meeting - Skirmish due over Hills truck routes - Vote seen on
hills trucking |
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7/3/1956 |
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Committee eyes truck fee plan -
Council to make decision on truck law - Purissima school is voting place -
Council OK's first pre-school nursery -Town clerl Paulman charged with
slander by painting contractor Gilbert - LAH to resume street work |
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8/3/1956 |
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Sociologist finds LAH rural
atmosphere undermined - Los Altans favor more recreation - Truckers offer LAH
self-policing program |
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8/30/1956 |
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Editorial opinions - Traffic
solution advances on two fronts - A
new line but nothing changes - The spirit of Roble Ridge (Barron Park) |
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Sam in Blunderland by Lewis
Barrel Capter 1 (Satirical take-off on LAH Council and truck ordinance
happening in the style of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol) |
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Sam in Blunderland by Lewis
Barrel Capter 2 (Satirical take-off on LAH Council and truck ordinanc happening in the style
of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol) |
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Sam in Blunderland by Lewis
Barrel Capter 3 (Satirical take-off on LAH Council and truck ordinanc happening in the style
of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol) |
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7/27/1956 |
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Hills group blasts proposed
ordinance - Simrell replies - Open letter to Dungan from Citizens Committee
Walton about facts of voter turn-out - Slef-policing policy for truckers
sought |
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8/6/1956 |
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Hils voters will ballot at
Purissima - 4,843 voters back El El Camino Hospital proposal - Enforcement to
close quarry Neary says in testimony to judge - Belmont granted court power
to enforce trucking ordinance |
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8/10/1956 |
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Self-policing policy by truckers
sought - Hills voters will ballot at Purissima - Town Hall plans art exhibit
consisting of proposed plans and
elevation for new town hall |
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8/24/1956 |
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LAH budget $46,816 hearing set
for Monday - Council delays taking bid on Town Hall - Citizens group to
contest $48,816 budget - Koehn will head Good Government group in LAH -
Million dollars paid for Shumate 390 acre property (btween Fremont and
Purissima) by devloper - planned 200
homes to sell in $30,000 to $60,000 range - Purissima Hills subdivision opens
(Miranda and Fremont) 11 homes - LAH Planners submit prposed subdivision law
- Budget and Sales Tax on Council agenda |
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8/31/1956 |
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Million dollar trade for 390
acres - subdivision to mimic Lindenwood in Atherton - Hospital district
hinges on special election - Trucking meeting set in Los Altos - Neary
charges extortion in Hills trucking ban issue |
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8/30/1956 |
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Neary confirms he has bought
additional 374 acres adjacent to quarry - Town charges anti-truck law not
unfair - Referendum planned in LAH to overturn trucking law - LAH council
will hold budget hearing |
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8/15/1956 |
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Hills residents may be asked to
OK bonds to improve truck route - LAH clerk says status of petition still
clouded - Altos foothill development receives reluctant approval for 345 lots
on 113 acres along St Josephs east of Permanente Creek near Maryknoll (i.e.
this must be Los Altos and not LAH) - Both Los Altos and LAH hold first
readings on uniform sales tax and have second readings on agenda(in article
about Palo Alto Utility rate) |
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1/11/1956 |
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LAH Police Chief on the spot
- Stanford wants Palo Alto to annex
another 125 acres for industrial park - City of Fremont incorporated 99
square miles - handwritten note says Ordinance 19 subdivision approved
9/12/56 |
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8/15/1956 |
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LAH again delays uniform sales
tax ordinance pending Milpitas decision - LAH attorney Bullis says uniform SC
sales tax might blow up - LAH council delays taking bids on Town Hall - Earl
Dawason offers $15,000 to build on land donated by Fowle - Budget, Sales Tax
on council agenda |
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4/11/1956 |
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Council probably introduce sales
tax law next week - Heavy snow blankets hills - could not see across the road
on Skyline - Three Hills incumbents returned |
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6/24/1956 |
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Text of Assembly Bill 3111 -
Uniform Local Sales and Use taxes (four pages) |
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8/28/1956 |
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Letters to editor - Truck law
seen blow to quarry - Tax rate lowered in county - Neary charges in Hills
Trucking - extortion via Roberts Rules of Order - San Mateo sheriff to be
chief in Woodside |
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9/14/1956 |
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Rgistration for El Camino
Hospitl district closes tomorrow -Hills sets truck law vote October 2 - Los
Altos Freeway fight seen - Hills asks revision of offer by quarry to maintain
truck route Applications for water due in LAH (Purissima Hills water district)
- Two new ordinances for adoption in LAH - subdivision and sales tax |
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9/14/1956 |
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Quarry firm in trucking fight
buys additional 524 acres - LAH delays action on Uniform Sales Tax pending
Milpitas decision - History of Rengstorff in Moutain View |
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9/27/1956 |
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LAH council opposes truck route
- Council may resolve disputed Neary maintenance offer - Radar traffic
control planned in LAH - Ainsworth determined spokesman about Bullis dual
role - Budget to have hearing |
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9/7/1956 |
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Letter from Neary lawyer to town
offering to provide road maintenance |
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9/12/1956 |
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Hillviews a Citizens
newsletter opposing ordinance 17 about
truck weight and traffic regulations |
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Hillviews citizens newsletter
and Bulletin town newsletters |
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Town newsletter Bulletin |
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Hillviews citizens newsletter |
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Newspaper advertisement urging
NO vote on ordinance 17 about truck weight and traffic regulations |
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9/28/1956 |
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Council views plans for civic
center town hall - Fowle for truck routes - tension marks LAH vote - News
article about bond issue for flood control Adobe, Permanente, Stevens and
Hale creeks. |
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9/20/1956 |
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Hillviews citizens newsletter -
arguing against ordinance 17 truck weightlimitations |
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11/9/1956 |
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Open letter to town residents
from dissident voices citizens committee Berg Heneveld Gilbert Gutt Brittain
Merideth Williams Caldwell |
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10/18/1956 |
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LAH subdivision law opposition
interjects possibility of legal action - Los Altos introduces sales tax law -
Milpitas likely sales tax holdout |
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10/15/1956 |
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Taxpayers plan query Los Altos
board - Petitioners battle time in LAH - Pros and cons of truck law explained
at meeting - Milpitas firm on sales tax issue |
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9/21/1956 |
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Council may resolve maintenance
offer - LAH lets contract for town hall - LAH council ready to congratulate
Woodside incorporation - Editorial commiserating on councilmens problems |
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9/28/1956 |
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Trucking dispute climax to
ancient row - Neary set to fight on if necessary - citizens group invites
public to traffic session |
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9/22/1956 |
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LAH officials deny town hall use charge - Couincil lauds
attorney Bullis - Budget to have hearing - extortion charges on trucking
ban |
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9/28/1956 |
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Quarry firm in LAH trucking
fight - key issue in trucking war heating up - Pro and Con arguments on
trucking isue presented |
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Flyer urging YES vote on
trucking ordinance 17 - |
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9/27/1956 |
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LAH vote Tuesday on trucking
ordinance sketch map - photo of quarry |
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9/28/1956 |
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Trucking dispute climax to
ancient row - Neary set to fight on if necessary - citizens group invites
public to traffic session |
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10/3/1956 |
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LAH board OK's model community
sub development Fremont Hills - LAH voters uphold trucking ban - Pro and con
of truck law told at meeting |
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10/12/1956 |
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Petitioners battle time in
LAH, subdivision law petition given to
mayor - LAH delays action on uniform tax base - Council asks revision offer
from quarry firm for road maintenance |
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10/15/1956 |
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Open letter to LAH citizens
about problems with petition against
subdivision ordinance signed by town founders |
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Open letter to LAH citizens
urging to sign petition FOR subdivision ordinance |
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Open letter to LAH citizens
defending petion AGAINST subdivision |
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10/2/1956 |
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Text of ordinance 17 - Notice of
election |
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10/16/1956 |
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Bullis believe LAH safety law
will survive attack - LAH voters uphold trucking ban - Paulman town clerk
charged with slander by contractor -
letter to editor about flood protection |
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9/14/1956 |
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Quarry firm in LAH buying more
land - Sample ballot for October 2 election |
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10/18/1956 |
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Referendum petition being
offered in LAH - LAH officials repeat we like Bullis - Purissima suggested as
town name - Deputies sought for LAH - Chaiman Koehn of LAH citizens committee quits in
diagreement over committee stance on subdivision ordinance - LAH voted
heavily on truck issue |
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10/22/1956 |
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Discussion of subdivision
ordinance set for council discussion - State OK on 3 new school sites in LAH
sought - Opposition to subdivision ordinance possible legal action - Council
to hear foes of subdivision ordinance - letter to editor about attack on signers
of referendum |
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10/15/1956 |
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Subdivision ordinance fight
tonight - Subdivision ordinance fight before Dads whether valid or not -
Council hears debate on petitions - LAH group blasts proposed ordinance
Simrell replies |
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10/16/1956 |
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LAH officials flay dissenters on
Subdivision ordinance - Councilmen lash move to block law - Council delays
action on petition |
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10/18/1956 |
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Hills fight continues over
subdivision ordinance - Subdivision ordinance opposition answer attack, lack
of data - Council to consider changing name of town |
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11/10/1956 |
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Toyon and Purissima suggested as
town name - Truck ban enforcing soon - Truck law change to get hearing in LAH
- Council to mail monthly reports to homes - LAH not paying for delegates -
Dungan resigns council post - James Wilson suggestedfor council post - Town
roads ready for rains reported - LAH group named for freeway talks - 250
horses in LAH |
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11/10/1956 |
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Picture LAH town hall under way
- LAH group blasts proposed ordinance Simrell replies - Democracy worth it
all available land in Los Atos to be filled up in 5 years so compare with LAH |
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11/15/1956 |
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LAH may get school in 1958 Gunn
says - LAH group named for freeway talks - Picture signing referendum - Moot
ordinance sparks debate charges in LAH - Council names committee to conduct
name poll Jones Meredith Mellquist radich Packard Hoeffler |
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11/9/1956 |
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LAH sites condemned for two
elementary schools - Work starts on town hall without ceremony - Further
signups for water service |
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11/16/1956 |
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LAH petition due Dungan rejects
talks - Wilson nominee for council - Council to hear changes in truck law -
New features to be added to truck law - Newsletter planned by LAH |
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11/25/1956 |
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Council hears debate on
petitions - Ban on trucks soon to be enforced - Bullis hopes for showdown on
truck ban soon - Council presented with problem of traffic on private roads |
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10/15/1956 |
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Open letter to all residents,
statement endorsed by council, about recent subdivision ordinance 19 signed
by original committee to incorporate
the town |
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11/21/1956 |
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LAH expected to act on petition
- LAH to vote in January on subdivision issue - Editorial Can LAH avoid more
complexity? - |
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12/1/1956 |
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Printed pamplet to fellow
townsman - Some arguments in favor of proposed subdivision ordinance 19 by
members of Planning Commission - Dawson Mellquist Simrell Hoeffler Bullis
Sherlock Stedman |
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Typewritten draft Letter to
citizens to set the record straight by member of plaqnning commission about
subdivision ordinance 19, unknown exact authorauthor possibly Dawason
(handwritten annotation) |
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12/3/1956 |
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No Hills election feasible till
April - Neary Quarry pointed to as source of dust - LAH truck limit signs
sabotaged - Chief McKenna to quit LAH post - Prospect of school as neighbor
disturbs |
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12/4/1956 |
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Trustees reaffirm decision to
condemn 20 acres - Ruling postpones LAH referendum - Hills truck limit signs
sabotaged - picture of first issue of Hills Bulletin town newsletter being
prepared by hobbyist printer Pfeiffer |
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12/3/1956 |
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No Hills election feasible till
April |
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12/20/1956 |
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Nursery school first
non-residential use in LAH proposed - Hoeffler appointed to council - OK
expected for new LAH subdivision - Palo Alto school trustees buy third
schoolsite - services held for LAH rancher Johnson - Council to consider town
name change - report submitted on name substitute |
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Police Chief McKenna resignation
accepted by LAH council - |
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12/2/1956 |
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Mystery man of LAH citizens
committee Caldwell fading from sight - Woodside council cuts ties to San
Mateo county - Wide support for county-wide road study - Disaster council
formed in LAH - council meetings switch to Monday nights |
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12/26/1956 |
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LAH backers confident of future,
picture of new Town Hall taking shape |
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LAH busy first year - LAH may
hire building aide - Picture builders with blue prints and interior old town
hall in schoolroom |
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Picture Councilman Sherlock
switches tactics from camouflage to landscaping - LAH to vote January 22 on
subdivision issue - LAH zoning law to be effective soon |
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1/9/1957 |
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Billis hopes for showdown soon
on truck ordinance - Neary aims suit at trucking law - Trucking law changes
up for study - Quarry owners sue to kill truck law |
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1/8/1957 |
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LAH council vote to liberalize
truck law - Council retains town name - LAH move to hire building official -
Housewife Williams and Realtor Powell join LAH planners - No referendum vote
on ordinance planned - Big LAH subdivision plan OK |
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1/10/1957 |
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LAH First birthday today - LAH
group to ask court for tract referendum vote - Suitre filed against Neary by
landowner - LAH council may license sontractors - Editorial Not all feuds in
LAH |
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2/14/1985 |
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Invitation from LAH Histrical
society to Valentine party - (dated
1985 totally out of place in this book) |
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Cartoon - LAH town hall
construction - A Community Project |
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2/1/1957 |
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LAH Bulletin Town Newsletter -
what the town did in December and January |
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2/21/1957 |
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LAH voted heavily on truck issue
- LAH to tackle mounting drainage problems - Macabee pleads with council to
keep LAH rural - LAH truck law faces delay - San Francisco wins battle to stop quarrying near water
reservoir |
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2/9/1957 |
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Injunction war against LAH truck
ordinance - Ordinance 19 revisions forecast by committee - Dirt hauling fee
check for legality - Map approval streamlining procedure recommended -
Picture Eagle scouts birthday present for Ike Eisenhower |
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2/7/1957 |
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LAH Council sets excess run-off
policy - Council deletes formula for storm drain assessments (Los Altos) -
Two ordinances to boost income for LAH - Editorial After all we are allies |
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2/22/1957 |
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Editorial - inate soundness of
LAH as represented by new Town Hall - LAH Council to tackle storm drain
problem |
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2/22/1957 |
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LAH residents get invitation to
join new group Los Altos Hills Association - picture new Town Hall final
inspection and open house - October 1
favored as date to ban dump burning in Bay Area |
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2/21/1957 |
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Group formed to protect LAH
rural characteristics - name is Los Altos Hills Association - Picture Council holds first meeting in new town
hall - Ceremonies mark opening of new town hall - subdivision ordinnce faces court
test |
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2/21/1957 |
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LAH equestrians suggest city
create roadside trails - Picture horseriders and vehicle on narrow road |
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4/4/1957 |
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Route map fro hills freeway -
Map sketch two Serra routes proposed by state highway engineers (becomes Foothilla dn280 eventualy) -
special census Menlo Park and Atherton delayed |
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Picture addition to Town Hall
for office space - LAH joins county road study - Editorial can LAH avoid more
complexity - LAH councilman explains move in truck issue |
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5/22/1957 |
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Editors officials disagree on
value of Brown act - New licensing ordinance for LAH likely - Bullis plans to
quit post in june - LAH petitions court in Magdalena hassle - Santa Clara
County cities get revenues from sales
tax - Hills Association names Geer president |
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6/2/1957 |
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LAH OK's map filing procedure -
Truckers ask peace , compromise offered on dirt haul - Depressed freeway
works (Hills Association report) |
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6/28/1957 |
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Hills group to survey other
cities freeway problems - see how Montclair (near Oakland) handled freeway |
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6/21/1957 |
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Country Lawyer Bullis retires -
LAH minutes corrected but road unresolved - LAH delays decisions on
assessments - |
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Sketch three Pie charts showing
LAH Tax payments, revenue, operating
funds for 1956-1957 |
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Book Cover - for identification
purposes only - (no text) |
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