Los Altos Hills - Historical Scrapbook Digital  Archive - Book 02
Link Date Keywords or Digest
IMG_0255.JPG Image of Book Cover - for identification purposes only - (no text)
IMG_0256.JPG 1/6/1961 Foothill College traffic snarl subsides - Council junks railway to create expressway -LAH withdraws from Matadero mosquito district - William Taaffe dies - Policy on shelters sought - LAH names new treasurer - School trustees protest sewer charges - Traffic tie-ups on routes to Foothill College
IMG_0257.JPG 1/18/1961 Neary annex plan hit, LAH protest presented - Writer Alan Temko of Architectural Forum Magazine says hills should be saved - LAH residents convince council to postpone proposed milliom dollar sewer project 
IMG_0258.JPG 1/24/1961 Council mobbed 500 people protest sewers - Mountain View Los Altos Merger proposed - Neary annex move held up - Neary issue hearing postponed
IMG_0259.JPG 4/6/1961 Priorities set on county-level  plan for expressways - Start on expressway condemnation approved - LAH annex plan for Neary quarry ruled invalid by court
IMG_0261.JPG 8/4/1961 Annex vote set for June, Blandor Way and Magdalena - Expresway proposal opposed - Five street names opposed in LAH - Foothil College President urges LAH council to recognize planned Serra Freeway - LAH supports purchase of railway by Santa Fe as opposed to Southern Pacific - Average homeowner to pay $5 for sewer
IMG_0263.JPG 8/24/1961 Foothil College finally ready - Council OK's plans for new water tank - Hills resident asks control of firearms - Road repair set in LAH - LAH quarry operations suit continued over question of Ethel Neary
IMG_0264.JPG 9/26/1961 Foothil College traffic moves slowly, stream of vehicles floods in Junior College parking lot  -pictures - LAH planning more pathways round school on West Fremont - County traffic committee gives LAH new status as  non-expressway city - LAH planning new pathways round school on West Fremont - LAH Council summary - LAH to select new mayor at special meeting
IMG_0265.JPG 12/26/1961 LAH Freeway dispute, funds held back for road plan - Speed limit cut on three LAH streets - LAH mayor Clayton seeks assembly post - LAH gets ultimatum to sign Serra freeway pact, loss of road funds threatened
IMG_0267.JPG 1/26/1962 LAH will sign freeway pact if horse crossings provided - Zoning to control Hills areas discussed - LAH Council summary - LAH studies plan for tree planting - LAH ponders status of three roadways Charles Ave Josepha Ave and O'Keefe - El Monte widening costs cut - El Monte widening faces LAH protest
IMG_0268.JPG 1/25/1962 Snow in LAH pictures - LAH may sign freeway pact - Former LAH mayor Fowle to seek re-election - Horse shot after falling into well - Mayor forms committee to study speed limit - El Monte widening possible in summer
IMG_0269.JPG 3/4/1962 Reick quits council race alleging Fowle is member of ACLU, supposedly associated with communist conspiracy - Southern Pacific to abandon rail line from Los Altos to Palo Alto - Arid LAH residents eye Palo Alto water -40 LAH residents protest Serra freeway, Foothill expressway and widening of El Monte
IMG_0270.JPG 4/4/1962 Three seek election to LAH council, incumbents Clayton and Fowl and Shanafelt new face - Shanafelt seeks traffic solution to Foothill College - Altos Expressway plan hit - Downtown, Rancho and Loyola Corners businness districts doomed if local roads forced to close.
IMG_0271.JPG 4/5/1962 Tucker, publisher of Los Altos News apologizes to Fowle for unfair and unwarranted news story
IMG_0272.JPG 4/9/1962 Full-page advertisement to re-elect Fowle to LAH Town Council
IMG_0273.JPG 4/9/1962 Full-page advertisement to re-elect Fowle to LAH Town Council - After four years, LAH Council finally approves Freeway pact - Fowle receices council support
IMG_0274.JPG 4/10/1962 Sample Ballot Municipal Election - LAH Mayor Clayton re-elected as mayor for 2-year term and Deputy Mayor Sherlock re-elected as deputy mayor for 2-year term
IMG_0275.JPG After 4 year battle, LAH approves freeway agreement and County Expressway wins nod
IMG_0279.JPG 1/2/1962 Article from "California Highways and Public Works" by Jack Grasberger, Senior Highway Engineer about Junipero Serra Freeway
IMG_0276.JPG 5/2/1962 Typewritten critique of above (immediately previous) article with extensive background on how Junipero Serra Highway came into being
IMG_0283.JPG 7/2/1962 Foothills in Focus - what to do with our last frontier? Foothills in Focus - How should area be developed - Picture view of hills from Palo Alto including Black Mountain
IMG_0284.JPG 7/5/1992 Foothills in Focus - Owners split over development - aerial photo showing Page Mill and Alpine Roads, Arastradero Road and Palo Alto County Club area
IMG_0285.JPG 8/30/1962 City protests freeway plans, will create havoc - Heavy opposition set against state officials - County and City agree on Expressway plans - Council favors repainting of bridge monstrosity
IMG_0287.JPG 8/23/1962 LAH 10 square miles of success - Ex-mayor Fowle calls LAH oasis - with accompanying pictures
IMG_0292.JPG 10/2/1962 Sun-browns hillsides and the good life - Foothill Expressway meets Altos opposition - School termed "pawn" in sewer beef
IMG_0293.JPG 12/17/1962 LAH planner sees slim chance for Baptist church project at Fremont and Manuella - LAH holds zoning line
IMG_0296.JPG 4/22/1963 County and Southern Pacific file against ruling that stalled Foothill Expressway - Serra Freeway plans delayed by ruling - ICC clears way for Foothill Expressway - LAH bans more churches - Water firm blasts rationing by city - LAH may hire own policemen
IMG_0298.JPG 10/1/1963 Newsletter of Committee for Green Foothills "Green Footnotes"  Power Lines in foothills - regional planning  - Skyline highway to become scenic boulevard 
IMG_0301.JPG 10/1/1963 Membership renewal reminder from Committee for Green Foothills
IMG_0302.JPG 1/8/1963 Sherlock LAH counilman succumbs at 50 - Power line on ballot - Planner warns "go easy" on pathways - Town Hall phones picking up music - LAH rejects subdivision which refuses pathway near Robleda Paloma and Fremont -
IMG_0303.JPG 4/10/1963 LAH vice mayor succumbs - Bowler appointed to council - County to appeal rail line rule - Appeal likely on ruling to kill Expressway project - Altos to appeal ruling by ICC -
IMG_0304.JPG 2/20/1963 Picture "Strictly Scenic"  pond near Elizabeth Avenue after recent rains - Summary of Los Altos council actions
IMG_0305.JPG 5/15/1963 Altos Chamber of Commerce to sponsor community horse show at Fremont Country Club
IMG_0306.JPG 6/5/1963 Picture "Strictly Scenic"  Old barn near Altamont and Taaffe
IMG_0307.JPG 7/3/1963 Picture "Strictly Scenic" Prospect Avenue, Summitwood Road, Monahan subdivision (? LAH ?)
IMG_0308.JPG 1/28/1964 Vasona Line decision due today - Tracks but no trains - Judge OK' s abandoning line - LAH council bans peddlers - Residents of LAH back law banning house-to-house peddlers
IMG_0309.JPG 3/26/1964 Swedish immigrant Jansson stubborn fight is LAH best chance for water, lived on seven acres at 27440 Sherlock road
IMG_0310.JPG 2/6/1964 Political flier to retain Vasona Branch Line - Committee for preservation of public transportation  Vasona Branch Line commuters
IMG_0311.JPG 6/30/1964 LAH vote Horse Path ordinance approved - Roadways seen as key
IMG_0312.JPG 3/18/1964 NBC television takes a look at Foothill College - Letter to editor from League of Women voters providing some facts about proposed Foothill Expressway
IMG_0313.JPG 4/15/1964 Judge clears tracks for Altos Expressway - Vasona line to go - Council veterans re-elected Henley Aiken Bowler. Defeated were Wright and Carmichael
IMG_0314.JPG Sketch map of Junipero Serra freeway, rapidly becoming a reality
IMG_0316.JPG Sketch - New design bridges over freeway to blend with LAH Hills - sketches show overpasses for Mora Drive, St Josephs, El Monte and Magdalena
IMG_0317.JPG 4/8/1964 Photograph of Westwind Farm (Barn)  with cows in pasture
IMG_0318.JPG 10/2/1967 Typewritten pages of LAH Ordinance 127 adopting Uniform Building Code 1967 edition (4 pages covering 13 sections) Unanimous approved by Benson Aiken Davey Fowle Henley
IMG_0322.JPG 2/9/1965 Construction due to start on freeway in LAH - Action taken to block Page Mill Quarry - LAH council opposes plans for cluster homes
IMG_0323.JPG 4/15/1965 Cities intensely interested in Stanford land use plan - sketch map showing intended uses
IMG_0324.JPG 4/17/1965 LAH Mayor faces ouster vote over alleged involvement in Page Mill Quarry - Clayton booted out as mayor - Bellucci shelves plan to expand country club
IMG_0325.JPG 4/21/1965 Lawsuits loom over LAH fight over mayors ouster - Councilman blasts firing of mayor - LAH mayor ouster sought - Bledsoe joins probe of mayor Clayton 
IMG_0326.JPG 5/27/1965 LAH mayor ousted, legal battle brews - LAH apartments opposed by councilman - LAH residents seek to save rural setting - Hawley opposed to recall of ousted mayor - LAH council removes threat of fire
IMG_0327.JPG 5/4/1965 Councilman Henley calls for Grand Jury investigation of Clayton quarry Page Mill Road - Clayton protests he is victim of groundless charges - LAH vote on ouster criticised -Three councilmen prepared to vote for Grand Jury investigation
IMG_0328.JPG 5/8/1965 LAH recall threatened of Clayton and Aiken - Aiken says he may be target of recall - LAH faces court contest over status of councilman Bowler - Recall petition set against Clayton and Aiken
IMG_0330.JPG 5/13/1965 Clayton faces recall petition -Residents plan suit against councilman - Clayton planned sale of quarry - Investigation by Grand Jury asked in LAH hassle
IMG_0331.JPG 5/17/1965 Report to LAH council by Councilmen Henley Fowle Bowler about facts that triggered removal of Clayton as mayor
IMG_0334.JPG 7/21/1965 Letter to residents from Los Altos Hills Association accompanying questionnaire postcard about maintaining minimum one acre zoning and soliciting membership.
IMG_0335.JPG 5/20/1965 Committee lacks group for probe - LAH committee named to probe Clayton affair - Save LAH committee named as front for Clayton - Mrs Jack Davey named to Republican panel.
IMG_0336.JPG 5/19/1965 Report reveals details of Clayton controversy - LAH mayor set to fight ouster move - Probe demanded in LAH mayor dispute
IMG_0337.JPG 5/27/1965 LAH group hurls charges against developers - Suit challenges status of Councilman Bowler -  Ewing appointed to quarry probe - LAH threatened by new crisis one acre minimum zoning - Letter from Dawson responding to Kendall about snub by public sentiment and democracy rule of majority 
IMG_0338.JPG 6/3/1965 Mayor election asked in LAH dispute -LAH citizens issue warning about zoning - LAH council opposes cluster housing plan - More fireworks expected in LAH Council conflict
IMG_0339.JPG Republican club blamed for trying to undermine confidence in city - Fowle likely choice as mayor LAH - Henley SJ attorney is new mayor - Probe of Clayton still on - Bledsoe named to probe board - Action due on tract - LAH urges Palo Alto about Sunset Petroleum Lands (Arastra property later Enid Pearson Arastradero Preserve)
IMG_0340.JPG 6/8/1965 LAH selects new mayor Henley - Henley wins mayors post in LAH in stormy session  - Hawley opposed to recall of ousted mayor - LAH councilman Aiken aims $270,000 libel slander suit a resident - LAH councilmen oppose cluster housing 
IMG_0341.JPG 6/23/1965 Libel defendant tells surprise - LAH people seek good government answering issues in survey - LAH councilman files $270,000 suit - Bowker named first deputy mayor - LAH council rapped as too soft on tract plans by Palo Alto
IMG_0343.JPG 7/7/1965 Bowler elected duputy mayor LAH - Hills councilman wants battle against Palo Alto tract development (Arastra property, also Enid Pearson Arastradero preserve) - Cluster housing stirs ire at LAH meeting 
IMG_0344.JPG 8/2/1965 Letter from Jannsen to LAH council about pending libel threat stifling public comment and suggesting moatorium on council meetings until threat is removed
IMG_0345.JPG 8/10/1965 Follow-up letter from Janssen because previous letter misinterpreted and filed - re-stating the questions to LAH council
IMG_0348.JPG 8/15/1965 Electronics museum for Foothill college - New LAH subdivision to have sewers - LAH resident Janssen  protests pressure - Adobe Creek Lodge planned to open to general public
IMG_0349.JPG 6/10/1965 Dry LAH make area potential tinderbox - letter to editor from Towle about  interpretation of ordinances and cluster housing
IMG_0350.JPG 8/17/1965 Supervisors to check on quarry - LAH to require sewers for new subdivisions -LAH councilmen decline stand on libel suits - LAH resident Katz establishes Pharmaceutical development unit of Syntex
IMG_0351.JPG 6/24/1965 LAH  Mayor Henley has right background to keep cool in searing brand of town politics - sabotage, conflict of interest, zone busting
IMG_0352.JPG 8/19/1965 Foothill College prepares for record influx - LAH Treehouse on La Loma Drive
IMG_0353.JPG 2/9/1966 Doctors wife Weisbart enters LAH contest - LAH residents blast proposal for roadway through Moody Area (Central Drive connector) - Towle and Davey to enter council race - Political fires burn bright in LAH - Macadam not answer in LAH - Through road opposed for LAH - Developers behind the move (letter to editor by central drive resident)
IMG_0354.JPG 3/9/1966 LAH roads spur dispute about connecting Moody Road to Page Mill via Central Drive - for fire safety or for developers?
IMG_0355.JPG 3/26/1969 Sewer money due back -Report on Adobe Lodge roundly criticided - LAH unit opposes relaxing of zoning laws - Picture of Adriano winery in LAH destroyed by freeway construction
IMG_0356.JPG 4/14/1966 Serra freeway eliminates famed winery of Adriano - Election perils job of LAH manager
IMG_0357.JPG 4/9/1966 Former LAH mayor Clayton named as quarry buyer by Taaffe - Clayton faces quiz about quarry deal - Councilman Bowler says council not actively considering ousting manager Salfen
IMG_0358.JPG 4/7/1966 Hot LAH election splits new, old, citizens  - Clayton, Fowle, Davey, Towle, Weisbart - County residents want sewer service and may annex to LAH area near Summerhill road
IMG_0360.JPG 4/8/1966 Clayton ousted in LAH, Fowle and Davey in -  LAH campaign rocked on quarry issue. 
IMG_0361.JPG 5/5/1966 View lot off Elena owned by LAH manager Salfen is graded, new LAH crisis brews - Council may oust manager Salfen - Salfen resignation accepted by  LAH council
IMG_0362.JPG 2/3/1967 ABAG merits debated - LAH sewer connection to Palo Alto closer to reality - 20% LAH tax cut unlikely - Eastman and Benson in council race to replace  Bowler who resigned because allegedly illegaly holding office as non-resident.
IMG_0363.JPG 2/3/1967 Cathcart suit results in court order halting council appointment to replace Bowler who resigned from council because allegedly illegaly holding office as non-resident. - LAH mayor Henley wins re-election - LAH budget calls for 20% tax reduction
IMG_0364.JPG 5/3/1967 Septic tank authority retained for study of LAH in hope of showing sewers un-necessary - LAH tour conducted by Health Department, open sewer danger here
IMG_0365.JPG 5/10/1976 55 acres in LAH given by Byrne  to Nature Conservancy - Plan for new road and cluster development draws fire , would extend Central Drive to Moody Court, draws fire. - New controversy in LAH, Katz expresses dismay at violation of  democratic principles at annual meeting Los Altos Hills Association concerning Bellucci membership application in order to be able to vote.
IMG_0366.JPG 5/24/1967 Town Hall Report by LAH City Manager Lowell Morse
IMG_0368.JPG 5/10/1967 A park for Los Altos Hills? (Front Page article in Town Crier with picture)
IMG_0369.JPG 5/9/1967 Press Release from  Nature Conservancy Western Regional Office by Huey Johnson re donation of 55 acres by Byrne to Nature Conservancy 
IMG_0371.JPG 11/29/1967 LAH sewers Pro and Con - potential compromise to upgrade septic tank law
IMG_0372.JPG 7/18/1967 LAH delays sewer plan - Letter to editor by Fava "Lets retain our countryside" - picture of San Mateo-Hayward Bridge under construction
IMG_0374.JPG 1/1/1968 LAH buys Byrne land for park and open space - Historic land buy for LAH - Sewer session to be held to study financing of a trunk sewer down Altamont
IMG_0377.JPG 1/11/1968 Petitons re sewers beame political issue according to Corbett - Variance prompts LAH ordinance study - 5 sewer plans heard in LAH - Hills Association Spencer   backs recall campaign against Fowle, Davey and Henley
IMG_0378.JPG 1/5/1968 LAH Council gets new sewer plan to install trunk in Altamont basin  - Flyer from Citizens against recall - Editorial column about sewer and open letter that calls for recall, says allegations not necessarily true
IMG_0379.JPG 1/16/1968 And the sewer issue rages on  - Building ban on steep lots OK'd - LAH leader Spencer quits as head of Hills Association after criticism on recall - LAH reports 66 new homes in 1966 - What to do with Byrne Preserve, Town Manager Morse outlines 8 rules - LAH tops  county wage earners according to county planning research
IMG_0380.JPG 1/10/1968 LAH City Manager Morse  completes his first year and evaluates it
IMG_0381.JPG 1/13/1968 Letter to editor - Is recall of councilmen justified? - Editorial comment, look who is playing politics, - Town Hall report - Truck ban ordinance criticised
IMG_0383.JPG 1/17/1968 LAH recall movement faltering?  School District vacancy deadline settled - Steep Lot ordinance re-enacted - Davey nabs second council post - Editorial "Recalling the recall" as LAH association call the kettle black -  Swimming pool variance OK'd in LAH - LAH may get septic tank law tonight.
IMG_0384.JPG 1/17/1968 Septic tank ordinance for LAH - Sewers, a fifth plan - LAH recall seen as threat to town - Editorial The time has come to speak by two silent councilmembers Aiken and Benson
IMG_0385.JPG 1/24/1968 400 in LAH sign recall petition - Recall endorsement by LAH Association not unanimous - Bloc voting denied in LAH - Editorial column, is resignation of LAH Association President Spencer a subterfuge for running for Council?
IMG_0387.JPG Two-page pamphlet from Citizens Against Recall giving alleged reasons for recall followed by "the truth"
IMG_0388.JPG 1/24/1968 Hills planners were busy during 1967 with 8 subdivisions 13 variances 5 permits and 4 preliminary hearings - LAH dissidents want all seats - Mrs Fowle on Democrat Committee - Minckley elected head of Planning Board, Lachenbruch vice chairman and Dawson secretary - Editorial, if recall movement gains momentum then LAH Association should be renamed Burchard Society
IMG_0389.JPG 1/24/1968 LAH council incumbents Ross and Benson  will see re-election - Anti-recall group sets meeting - LAH Association President quits post - Busy year for LAH planners 
IMG_0390.JPG 1/31/1968 Nominations for council election are now open - Town Hall Report by City Manager Morse
IMG_0391.JPG 1/31/1968 Altamont area sewers backed - Septic Tank permit issued for LAH home - Three quit LAH Association Miller, Ronsieck,  Olgiati, and Shriver took over as President - Recall failing according to Davey 
IMG_0392.JPG 2/5/1968 LAH folk long for quiet old days - Recall signatures to be challenged - Sewers another study session - Altos group LAH Association raps sewer report - LAH recall petition under study by town staff
IMG_0393.JPG 2/8/1968 Recall petition filed at LAH city hall (picture) - Second LAH council member survives recall petition try - LAH council minority get papers - Two LAH councilmen recall status cloudy
IMG_0394.JPG 1/31/1968 Byrne Park handsome acquisition for LAH (Picture), now the town has it, what are they going to do with it?
IMG_0395.JPG 1/31/1968 LAH cautiously studies what it should do with new park (byrne Preserve) (Pictures and map)
IMG_0398.JPG 2/8/1968 LAH wants action on permits for septic tanks - Temporary Septic Tank permits will be issued by County Health
IMG_0399.JPG 2/8/1968 Anti-recall group uncovers old parallels  Packard says - 25 anti-recall  disidents quit LAH Association - a plaque for Town Hall commemorating original donors of land for town hall - Startling prognostication about future individual homes each having sewage treatment, but meanwhile  Los Altos, Mountain View and Palo Alto moving ahead with plans secondary sewage treatment plants
IMG_0400.JPG 2/8/1965 Two LAH recall petitons fail, one target left. - Why drag out LAH recall effort - Filing deadline near but no one seeks office - Hearing slated on LAH sewer district - LAH seeks same goals despite feud 
IMG_0401.JPG 2/9/1968 Town Hall irregularities charged by recall group - Davey is only one left on recall drive  - Sufficient signatures lacking -  Town Hall report
IMG_0402.JPG 1/19/1968 Health official blasts septic tank law delay  - No county control vowed byland owners - LAH woman Davey on social plan board  - Slope density ordinance urged - Pathway committee needs more members -  Only one candidate in LAH
IMG_0403.JPG 2/21/1968 Tepid OK for ABAG despite embezzlement probe -  LAH resident Marshall criticizes council for pushing sewer asessment - Letter to editor by Fava, LAH worth fighting for - Seven seek LAH post - LAH urges revamp of ABAG
IMG_0404.JPG 2/28/1968 Continuing the sewer opera - LAH makes offer on Little League Fields - Candidates praise slope study - LAH directs county to issue septic tank permits
IMG_0405.JPG 2/28/1968 Town Hall Report - Orphanage expansion approved - LAH recall needs more signatures - Sewer district resolutions receive narrow approval -  173 names added to recall list
IMG_0406.JPG 3/6/1968 Davey is sole councilman to face voters in recall election  - LAH council approves sewer line to Palo Alto - LAH and Palo Alto move to sewer accord - Joint meeting Council and Planning Commission scheduled on LAH slope density - Palo Alto sewer pact approved
IMG_0407.JPG 3/2/1968 More names for recall petition (picture) - A sewer district without a fight? - Recall petition being checked - Letter to editor by Fava, Land is key heritage to pass
IMG_0408.JPG 3/6/1968 Recall still likely - O'Keefe residents oppose buying 8 acres of freeway land for baseball - Foes of Councilman Davey force recall election - City Manager to seek legislative help about petition snafu
IMG_0410.JPG 3/20/1968 Davey to face recall election - Recall petitions believed large enough to force vote -  Town Hall Report - Recall election to be incorporated in June 4 primary ballot - Big Issue in LAH is slop density, drainage and park acquisition
IMG_0411.JPG 3/20/1968 Recall will have to be a special election  - Sloop density problems uncovered in  joint meet - LAH okays new study on lot sizes - Open space land bid favored - Editorial comment, Washed Out meeting of LAH Association because only 3 of 7 candidates agreed to speak
IMG_0412.JPG 3/27/1968 Showdown on Los Altos sewer dispute in Fremont Hills area expected - LAH target of safer road group - Bids on LAH sewer project far below estimated costs  - Recall election recommended to be considated with June primary - Some sewer finance misconceptions 
IMG_0413.JPG 3/27/1968 Report on candidates night sponsored by Committee for Green Foothills - Only part of sewer fees told - LAH slope density progress -  Town Hall Report by town manager
IMG_0414.JPG Seven Candidates statements Aiken Benson Bowler Dawson Helgesson Melchor Welsh
IMG_0416.JPG 3/28/1968 Candidates agree drainage - Davey recall slated for primary ballot - LAH council OK's recall vote - Anti-sewer forces seek decisive win at hearing but more protests needed
IMG_0417.JPG 3/29/1968 LAH OK's interim  law to limit slope lot sizes (slope density) - LAH sewer contract let after 2-year battle - Two Sewer assessment districts approved in LAH,  Altamont basin and Fremont Hills -  Staff to study sewer line re-imbursement - Cooperation and Planning are Melchor's aims - Bowlwer concerned about areas roads - Protest about Fremont Hills sewer district loses - 
IMG_0418.JPG 4/4/1968 Dawson promises effort - Letter to editor by Fava LAH hearing appalling - Suit filed to block sewers - Recall on June ballot - LAH election reflects sewert controvery - Milestone first LAH sewers
IMG_0419.JPG 4/3/1968 Helgesson cites efficiency and economy as objectives  - Welsh stresses teamwork and leadership - LAH picnic and town meeting in Byrne Preserve - Aiken renews plaedge to keep rural environment - LAH council decides to fight sewer suits - LAH delays decision on Human Relations Board - LAH council approves tentative map for Foothill College subdivision  - editorial comment supports new blood for LAH Dawson and Welsh - Eight more days to file for opposition to Davey
IMG_0421.JPG 4/4/1968 Hills race seven vie  - Poll shows 25% LAH voters favor recall - Benson stresses citizens - LAH open space land buy studied 8 acre O'Keefe property - LAH building on increase - Win or lose the LAH lawsuit will cost $$$$ - Councilman Fowle named as Chairman of McCarthy campaign for president in Los Altos but will get no support from democrat Cranston who remains neutral
IMG_0422.JPG 4/5/1968 LAH candidates Benson Helgesson Aiken urge halt to community strife  - Picnic in the hills -  LAH bike paths urged by planning commission 
IMG_0423.JPG 4/10/1968 LAH noise abatement committee makes recordings of 280 noise - Legal moves in taxpayer lawsuit  - Thanks to issues, large voter turn-out expected  - LAH poll shows majority opposes Davey recall but evenly divided on sewers
IMG_0424.JPG 4/17/1968 Voter turn-out numbers by precinct  - LAH mayor chosen by unanimous vote  - Delay in permit for 7th-Day Adventist Church - Editorial column about possible harmony in LAH after election  - Spending most money does not always work in elections  - LAH approves resolution calling for formation of Human Relations Conciliation Council - Relations council supported
IMG_0425.JPG 4/20/1968 LAH anti-sewer forces triumph - Incumbents Aiken Benson and Helgesson victorious - Sewer district opponents win - Defamation suit droped by Mayor
IMG_0426.JPG 4/24/1968 Corbet lone recall challenger - LAH mayor supports anti-commuter tax bid - LAH council okays Police study - Aiken is new LAH mayor
IMG_0427.JPG 4/24/1968 Editorial comment, why wasn't press notified of election - City councilmen need new support - LAH deputy mayor Davey awarded honor - Out with the old voting bloc, in with the new - Mayor Henley steps down after 9 yrs with unanimous vote commending years of service and is presented with inscribed 5ft length of sewer pipe-  LAH councilman Fowle named to McCarthy team
IMG_0428.JPG 4/10/1968 Lawsuit (over sewer assessment) hearing is doubtfull - Retiring mayor presented with inscribed length of sewer pipe (Picture) - Anti-sewer council votes for sewers and suit dropped - Air of praise soured by sewer spirit - New sewer policy for LAH
IMG_0429.JPG 4/18/1968 LAH Council in mess over sewers  - LAH council votes to continue its sewer program - Who has hacked our skyline? (Picture)
IMG_0430.JPG 4/24/1968 Town Hall Report - LAH referendum lawsuit dropped - LAH to hire a planner - Ye olde monster tale (LAH at King Arthur's Court) - LAH to double the budget without tax rate hike
IMG_0431.JPG 5/8/1968 Philco-Ford lauds LAH councilman Davey - New LAH zone of "Open Space Preserve" proposed - Noise bill gets backing - LAH hires planning consultant - Town Hall Report - Benson gets number two post on council -  Davey gets "Citizen of the Year" award
IMG_0432.JPG 5/1/1968 President of Nature Conservancy from Washington DC checks out Byrne Park (Pictures) 
IMG_0433.JPG 5/3/1968 Byrne Park's first official use is town picnic (Picture)  LAH employs planning firm - Unanimity reigns in LAH council
IMG_0434.JPG 5/8/1968 What to do about ABAG? -  Cartoon Ocean of Political and Social Change - LAH candidates to debate - LAH building report issued -  Record budget in LAH but no tax rate hike
IMG_0435.JPG 5/8/1968 Byrne property a little wide open space (picture)  - 15 horses loose and run wild in LAH - Systematic vandal hits LAH cuts holes in fences (Picture)  - Sewer policy stalled
IMG_0436.JPG 5/8/1968 LAH refuses to extend time limit for subdivision projects - Budget pleases town manager Morse with no tax rate hike - Sweet mystery of life, relationship between LAH and Health Department over sewers becomes sweet and understanding - LAH adopts new sewer policy  - At last new septic law OK'd
IMG_0437.JPG 5/22/1968 LAH sewer policy endorsement seen  - Combination of tanks and sewer lines for LAH - Homeowners protest drainage assessments -  New court fightover sewers 
IMG_0439.JPG 5/23/1968 Verbal bout precedes LAH policy vote on sewers  - LAH recall candidate Corbett shuns meet -  LAH to have written meeting minutes in addition to tape recording -  Editorial LAH should repudiate recall attempt - LAH council to consider pay raises
IMG_0440.JPG 5/24/1968 No debate before June 4 vote for opponents in LAH - Bike path master plan OK'd for LAH -  LAH budget under fire - Planning Commission urges engineer to study 56 lot proposal for Deer Park acres
IMG_0441.JPG 5/22/1968 LAH opponents take their stands Davey and Corbett (Pictures)
IMG_0442.JPG 5/22/1968 LAH recall election - Shoot out in LAH - Town Hall Report - 
IMG_0444.JPG 5/27/1968 Two in LAH share same platform for final and only time  - Roads create rural dilemma in LAH - Editorial, Recall in LAH unwarranted  -  LAH showdown on Tuesday
IMG_0445.JPG 5.27/68 Recall election to draw LAH voters to polls - Rose Hill Estates lose bond extension - Protest group over-ruled and budget approved - LAH resident blasts managers salary
IMG_0446.JPG 6/5/1968 Davey recall fails - Davey campaign flyer
IMG_0448.JPG 11/27/1968 The hunt is on for new City Manager for LAH  - Town Hall Report  - LAH to get first cop but he has no powers - Failure of sewer plan seen
IMG_0449.JPG 12/4/1968 Crime reports needed - LAH free land is still growing as land swapped to add to Byrne Preseve
IMG_0451.JPG 11/27/1968 First unanimous LAH sewer district - Mayor charges inaccurate reporting of sewer costs - Committee to evaluate Sheriff's office
IMG_0452.JPG 11/26/1968 LAH gets 28 acre park for $6,500 -  The best things in life are free -  Problems accompany free park
IMG_0453.JPG 12/4/1968 Unique tract-park project progresses - Zero assessment for LAH maybe
IMG_0454.JPG 12/10/1968 Lahr named LAH acting manager -  Morse to remain as consultant
IMG_0455.JPG 12/6/1968 Editorial comment, Wanted, LAH Police Department - LAH hires ex-manager as advisor - Protesters left out of LAH sewer district
IMG_0457.JPG 12/4/1968 Byrne Park still growing (map) -  A try to swap Byrne Park heights fails?
IMG_0458.JPG 12/25/1968 Parkside subdivision still not settled (swap land on Moody Court for Altamont Rd) - LAH subdivision creates puzzle for council - LAH appropriates $3000 to settle sewer hassle
IMG_0459.JPG 12/17/1968 Stella Walker earns new post - Developer offers 10 acres for park in LAH swap - $3000 payment OK'd in sewer dispute - Nature Conservancy changed their minds over Byrne land swap 
IMG_0460.JPG 12/11/1968 Town Hall Report - Open letter to reidents from Town Manager as last such report from him
IMG_0461.JPG 1/1/1969 LAH stays rural, took several significant steps this year to preserve rural nature - Happy 1969 picture of Byrne Park - January 16 deadline for sewer payments
IMG_0462.JPG 1/1/1969 Article "The conservationist" discusses local creeks and bicycle pathway system
IMG_0463.JPG 1/1/1969 Los Altos ahead of 10 year plan - Maintaining rural character big job for LAH - Crime rise in LAH stirs new awareness
IMG_0464.JPG 1/8/1969 Major task facing LAH is approval of Parkside subdivision and associated park corridor - No committee for bikes - LAH will help with sewer planning - sliding scale developed for hillside construction (landslide risk) - LAH bike licensing law sought
IMG_0465.JPG 1/8/1969 Will LAH support recreation plan? - Editorial comment, Each to his own slavery - LAH council Okays use permit for cottage -  Subdivision improvements win approval - LAH Building inspector Clayton Smith to become next City Manager 
IMG_0466.JPG 1/8/1969 Free holes and trees for LAH citizens (pictures)
IMG_0468.JPG 1/15/1969 LAH new code enforcement officer Maudlin (picture) - LAH bicyclists can buy non-mandatory licenses - LAH council backs off on supporting school recreation - Town Hall report by Lahr new Town manager
IMG_0469.JPG 1/15/1969 LAH man Steinberg heads  architects  -  Foothill College in dire financial straights - Still no action on Parkside subdivision - LAH to lose commissioners - El Caminito cow trail in LAH off limits to vehicles - Caretaker cottageOK'd on small lot
IMG_0470.JPG Picture - dawn over Altamont
IMG_0471.JPG 1/22/1969 Commissioner Magleby leaving - LAH manager interviews continuing - Editorial Arena financing plan snagged - Editorial  Recreation program has merit - Plea for more withdrawals from sewer program stalled -  Secretary at LAH town hall Munzell to receive more help
IMG_0472.JPG 1/29/1969 They all laughed but Bellucci - Voluntary bicycle licensing - LAH people irked at stadium  - Supervisors delay hearing on sewer project  - LAH planners discuss private roads criteria - There's a better way to do it (Law enforcement in LAH)
IMG_0473.JPG 1/29/1969 U.S. Funds to be sought for LAH sewer project - Town Hall Report - LAH youngsters to get recreation program - Business license costs passed on to customer - McReynolds new planning commissioner
IMG_0474.JPG 2/6/1969 Munzell secretary at town hall has new radio - LAH secretary would rather be a singer - LAH council has soft heart for gardeners - LAH backs study for county conventiopn center - Editorial, College made scapegoat for complex problem
IMG_0475.JPG 2/5/1969 LAH has harsh words for Foothill College, stadium use criticised - LAH backs study for convention center  - Editorial about communication gap on LAH council  - LAH will form own sewer district  - LAH supports property tax reform
IMG_0476.JPG 2/12/1969 Adobe Creek plan known soon - Non-fans in LAH of Foothill stadium use - LAH kicks in for arena and convention center study - LAH council for tax reform - Commission considers LAH study o General Plan
IMG_0477.JPG 2/12/1969 Still trying for a truck ban - New LAH residents valued at $$$$ - LAH planners select new officers Perkins Lachenbruch - LAH may revise license fee requirement - Town Hall Report 
IMG_0479.JPG 2/12/1969 LAH urged to join in Sheriff's Police plan - LAH engineer says let them keep holes in roads - Pacific Grove man Fritschle is new town manager - Council members to spend a day in Sacramento
IMG_0480.JPG 2/19/1960 This is earthquake country (Picture) - Palm reader's plight returned to planners - New sewer district supported  - LAH to county communications hook up OK'd
IMG_0481.JPG 2/19/1969 Big Tent in LAH (Picture) Beth Am new temple in LAH
IMG_0482.JPG Pictures of new Temple Beth Am and Rabbi Akselrad
IMG_0483.JPG 2/26/1969 New LAH city manager Fritschle who trained Morse succeeds him  - New Town Manager (Pictures)
IMG_0484.JPG 2/26/1969 7th sewer district? - All they got was a toothache (sewer policy) - LAH nervous about bond rates - LAH $3.8 million sewer project gets ABAG nod - School district trustees dismayed at being sewer entrepreneurs
IMG_0485.JPG 3/5/1969 LAH council firm on sewer policy  - Town Hall Report - He's beginning to look more like a policeman - At last Sewer district set - LAH general  plan revision approved - Los Altos sewer district formed
IMG_0487.JPG 3/5/1969 At last Los Altos sewer district set  - LAH general plan revision approved  - LAH mayor replaces pathway chairman - Truck ban on LAH section of 280 campaign continues  - Sewer problem not licked - Dirty story - landslide on Anacapa - Davey reappointed to League of Women Voters Home Rule Committee
IMG_0488.JPG 3/12/1969 The Hills are alive with horses - Mayor Aiken says he is happy - Federal aid for Los Altos sewer assessment district - Town Hall Report  -A county Slope law - Sex education, law says mares and stallions not to engage within 400 ft of roadway unless behind shield fence
IMG_0489.JPG 3/12/1969 LAH keeps trying for truck ban on 280 - Residents living next to Foothill College better get used to stadium yells - Good interest rate for LAH on sewer bonds
IMG_0490.JPG 3/12/1969 The committee way is part of  LAH formula for success - LAH urges tax reform -  "No parking today" Foothill College is source of parking problems caused by events at Foothill College
IMG_0491.JPG 3/12/1969 LAH council considers horse control law - Bullis sewer still angers school trustees - Bulldozer to rescue cars on Anacapa Drive (Picture)
IMG_0492.JPG 3/19/1969 Chief executive Fritschle starts LAH job - Closing of Adobe Lodge in a few years asked by LAH - Planners set fee hike for filing maps - Bellucci report hearing slated - LAH joins communications network
IMG_0493.JPG 3/26/1969 Adobe Lodge owner objects to plan - LAH committee to study horse laws - Four LAH residents fight neighbor's donation of Central Drive - LAH hopefull about second low-interest bid - Little League has High Hopes for $75,000 park in LAH
IMG_0495.JPG 3/19/1969 New Space Science Center at Foothill College (Pictures)
IMG_0497.JPG 3/26/1969 A flat "NO" for Adobe Creek Lodge plans - Bellucci plans a matter of taste  - Hearing on new park and Central Drive set
IMG_0498.JPG 3/26/1969 Editorial, Keep out the bulldozers about private roadfs in LAH - Mud slides can still occur in LAH - LAH sets hearing date amidst confusion over Central Drive road abandonment - It was a busy year for LAH planners
IMG_0499.JPG 4/4/1969 Sewer district in watershed area urged by health officials - Four property owners on Central Drive challenge illegal subdivision - Junipero 280 truck ban studied - Sewer District 8 Adobe Creek Basin notification under way - Talk about wild boars causes picnic cancellation at Adobe Creek Lodge - Trail plans eyed at meeting - Dr Johnson gives talk on LAH soil - Ordinance aimed at meetings in LAH to require they provide traffic and safety coverage
IMG_0500.JPG 4/9/1969 Lohman heads drive for $75,000 for Little League park - LAH aide Lahr appointed to new position as assistant manager - Planners to hear geologist tell mud slide problems in LAH - Central Drive issue is still alive - Filing fees will cost more
IMG_0501.JPG 4/16/1969 City of Los Altos fire losses are down but LAH losses are up - Town Hall Report - Engineering geologist may help solve LAH troubles  - 
IMG_0502.JPG 4/23/1969 Leave creek basin alone - Fund drive for new diamonds scheduled for Little League - LAH to honor new officials Fritschle and Maudlin - Model solution to keep motor cycles off Central Drive
IMG_0503.JPG 4/16/1969 LAH Little League tryouts coming - Letter to editor by Spencer pleased with Wheeler deal donating Central Drive to LAH - In LAH more sewers and rage over new sewer district -  LAH considerrs horse regulation again
IMG_0505.JPG 4/26/1969 Los Altos offers school district a sewer deal - Adobe Lodge charges denied - Lawsuit threatened over subdivision - State Agency to probe LAH land plan  - Class about Open Space in LAH
IMG_0506.JPG 4/30/1969 $213,000 lawsuit against LAH - Planners approve pair of requests for variances - Progress report on fund drive for Little League - Aiken appointed second term as Mayor - Realtor Lemon takes new partner Bellucci
IMG_0507.JPG 4/23/1969 LAH eyes permits for horses, - Mayor and deputy re-elected - Burning ban is questioned - Planners agree with applicant Hinton denial  - Taaffe grading Little League fields (Picture) - Horse Law meeting - Reservation of sewer rights endorsed
IMG_0508.JPG 4/23/1969 Shaky topsoil spells trouble - LAH may face big suits - Adobe Creek Lodge issue unanswered by LAH
IMG_0509.JPG 4/23/1969 Sewer game is all the rage, investment gamble -  Adobe Creek Lodge remains a puzzle - Letter to editor suggest memorial park - LAH Little Leagues new money raisers Bethel Sege and Tearse
IMG_0511.JPG 4/30/1969 Second good interest rate for sewer bonds  - Hot line to cut LAH crime urged - Central Drive back on agenda again  - Central Drive status to be determined - LAH families bond together on Little League - Can City and Town co-operate?
IMG_0512.JPG 4/23/1969 Foothill Collegeall out on noise - Serious problem in LAH underfoot if engineering soil tests required for all new development - 
IMG_0514.JPG 4/28/1969 Town Hall Report - Week for beautification established in LAH - Mayors pitch opens play (Picture) - Further review ordered on Adobe Creek Lodge study - Vehicles cut off from one acre of central drive
IMG_0515.JPG Image of Book Cover - for identification purposes only - (no text)