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Los Altos Hills - Historical
Scrapbook Digital Archive - Book 05 |
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Freeway Routes: A Route, "green route"
through center of LA & many peninsula cities, regarded as a strawman to
get cities to adopt B Route; B Route, "red route" desired by Division of Highways,
follows the SP right-of-way, where Foothill Expressway presently lies; C Route, the "blue route"
through Purissima (route adopted for 280); F
Route sweeps through hills further west of C
Route, at top of Twisters (IMG_1706, IMG_1716, IMG_1719) |
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5/25/1977 |
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First LAH council to reconvene
at "Founders Meeting" Fowle, Dungan, Bledsoe, Treat (widow) - also
Stedman, Hoefler, Tantau, Bullis, Hibner, Stegner, Wawley |
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IMG_1671.JPG |
11/12/1980 |
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Oil Painting (pictured) of old
Purissima School donated to town by History Society on 25th Anniversary of
incorporation |
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5/2/1977 |
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Re-Union of LAH founders and
incorporation advocates - Fowle, Dungan, Bledsoe, Stedman, Hoefler,, Bullis, Hibner, Stegner |
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IMG_1673.JPG |
1/8/1957 |
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LAH vote to liberalize truck law
- Neary aims suit at trucking law - LAH first birthday - Birthday observance
bows to town business - Move to hire building official - LAH prefers route
for Serra Highway along railroad (now Foothill Expressway) |
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IMG_1674.JPG |
1/10/1957 |
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Citizens to attack subdivision
law - Group to ask court for tract referendum vote - No referendum vote on
ordinance planned - Study session says Subdivision Oridinance 19 needs
reorganising -Tantau appointed planner - Licensing of businesses a step closer
in LAH |
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1/11/1957 |
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Suit filed against Neary by
landowner - Williams and Powell appointed planners - Residents seek answers
on Freeway plan - Woodside rejects role as goat in dirt hailing controversy -
Council may license contractors - Council retains "Los Altos Hills"
as town's name - Supervisors refect
firearms law |
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1/22/1957 |
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Neary and LAH gear for test case
on trucks -Serra Freeway 280 taken over by state - Bullis hopes for show-down
on truck ordinances - Police Chief and building official not yet named - Home
fire prompts praise for department - Formation of citizens committee
considered - Los Altos considers copying LAH trucking ordinance |
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Page two of letter from citizens
committee about ordinances for parcel drainage fees and road fees |
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4/4/1958 |
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Smith named LAH Police Chief -
LAH council told to listen to critics - LAH vote on disincorporation and two
council openings coming up - candidates Clayton, Fowle, Hoefler - Committee
to study roads and budget set up, members are Bledso, Clayton, Salfen,
Longmire |
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1/14/1957 |
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LAH not all feuds, Cathcart and
Koehn working with town - LAH Police Cief is Litchfield -Salfen is building
inspector - Goldsmith asks for curbs on dogs and speed - Map approval
procedure recommended for streamlining - LAH wants Serra freeway near railway
- Neary wins injunction against truck ordinance |
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IMG_1682.JPG |
2/4/1957 |
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Ruling postponses LAH referendum
- LAH says anti-truck law not unfair - LAH to vote on subdivision issue - LAH
acts against mud dropping - Subdivision road question before council - Subdivision law faces court test -
Licensing of contractors is closer - Town Clerk may delay painting of his
house to accommodatw Town Hall opening - |
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2/21/1957 |
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LAH horsemen suggest city create
roadside pathways - Residents urged to join new organization "Los Altos
Hills Association" to protect rural environment - Macabee pleads with
council not to widen roads but keep town rural |
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2/23/1957 |
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Editorial New Town Hall $25,000
and 13 months community effort - Cartoon Town Hall Community Project - Photo
town clerk Paulman using telephone in new town hall with same phone number -
Invitation to Celebrate opening new town hall |
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2/23/1957 |
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Residents invited to join Hills
Association - Photo open house new town hall - Councilmen to tackle storm
drainange problem - Sewers to serve part of LAH |
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2/19/1957 |
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Ceremonies mark opening of town
hall - LAH to tackle mounting drainage problems - Group to examine
subdivision ordinance - LAH officials criticized in satirical tract -
Anti-mud law before council - Rustic roads to be cleaner - Drainage plan seen
as possible - two ordinances to boost income for LAH |
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2/26/1957 |
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Fowle gives three Serra route
guesses - Council holds first meeting in town hall - Council sets excess
run-off policy - Council repeals licensing ordinance and will study revision
- SF to oppose peninsula on freeway route alternative C |
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3/7/1957 |
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Three possible route for Serra
freeway through LAH - Hills Association more than 500 charter members - |
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5/31/1957 |
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Inside story of trick plan by
state for Serra freeway - First choice
of route for Serra freeway by state is a victory for Palo Alto and LAH but
loss for Stanford - State favors route for Serra freeway along Hetch Hetchy
right of way in Menlo Park and then Southern Pacific rightof way through Los
Altos |
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4/3/1957 |
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Serra route through hills urged
by Los Altos sending it through middle of LAH - LAH may press for rapid
transit system instead - Map of proposal to transform shoreline dumping
ground to marine park |
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4/5/1957 |
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Two Serra routes aimed at
minimizing property damage (map) - |
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4/16/1957 |
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Santa Clara planners recommend B
route for Serra freeway - LAH voters repeal business license ordinance -
Treat and Rothwell re-elected as Mayor and Deputy mayor - Forum sought on highway by Daly City |
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4/23/1957 |
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Serra freeway routing facing
tests and opposition from high cost residential districts - San Carlos votes
"no" on proposed routing
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5/9/1957 |
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LAH favors Serra Freeway route
along tracks - Burlingame lashes out at both routes - San Bruno backs route
"A" - Peninsulans back route "B" - Monteclaire homeowners
map opposition to Serra routes - Last minute peace parley in truck row |
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IMG_1698.JPG |
5/8/1957 |
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Trafficways plan (map) will go
to advisory group - Westward Serra shift overruled - County expressway plan
unveiled - Burlingame OK's baseball
diamond |
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5/9/1957 |
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Map shows predicted highway
needs in San Mateo - Truckers pledge self-control to cities - Burlingame
groups assail Serra routes - Belmont will air freeway stand - New Belmont
truck arrest - LAH will receive Fowle's report on Serra routing |
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5/14/1957 |
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Los Altos doesn't like any
freeway plan - Land saving seen with rapid transit - Belmont councilmen in
truck row - Woodside postpones truck law -
San Francisco enlisted in protest against Serra freeway - Hillsborough
to air Serra plans - Editorial don't rush to rip up Foothills railway |
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5/13/1957 |
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Battle forma against Serra
freeway - Splits develop on Serra routes - Truck controversy meeting set -
San Carlos critics oppose earth hauling plan - Sewers endorsed by LAH in
principle - LAH committtee to report on Serra freeway route - Millbrae Serra
meeting set - |
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5/15/1957 |
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City of San Mateo rejects
freeway route - LAH residents seeking answers on freeway plan - Magdalena
residents want three ton truck limit |
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5/19/1957 |
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Los Altos hires consutant for
freeway research - LAH defines who may rent town hall - Hillsborough freeway meet planned -
Freeway forum planned in LAH - Hillsborough residents oppose Serra routes
"A" and "B" in favor of more westerly route "C" |
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5/15/1957 |
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Truckers offer earth hauling
legislation - El Camino to be widened
- LAH engineer prefers rail route for freeway - Representatives named for
parley on Serra freeway - New licensing ordinance for LAH likely |
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5/23/1957 |
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LAH reaction to Serra freeway
moderate - LAHto petition court on
Magdalena hassle - Hills Association favors SP route for freeway - LAH will
ask court to ease Magdalena injunctions - LAH flatly rejects Los Altos proposal
to move freeway route - Letter to editor by Duveneck argues freeway would
reduce commute traffic through Los Altos and LAH |
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5/31/1957 |
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Eight cities to meet at Stanford
to work on freeway route - Serra route through foothills backed by five of
nine jurisdictions - Two State Senators assured that Serra route
"A"is out - Senate bill asks route "B" approval - Serra
routes explored in LAH meeting - Mountain View backs route "B" -
Sunnyvale rejects U-5 alternative route for freeway in favor of "B"
but Cupertino rejects both. |
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5/28/1957 |
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Mountain View backs Serra route
"B" - LAH promises stand to block
Los Altos resolution to shift Serra route - LAH aides to act on Serra
route - Serra freeway route recommendation from State expected in summer -
LAH officials promise stand against interference on freeway route from
neighboring communities |
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5/31/1957 |
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Editorial comment and cartoon on
achieving agreement between LAH and Los Altos on freeway route - Once
councilmans view on impact of local businesses - Supervisors invite cities to
a hearing on Serra route "B" |
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6/3/1957 |
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County supervisors hit Serra
route "A" - LAH and Los Altos plan joint session on Serra freeway
route - LAH endorses freeway route along railroad - Letter to editor opposing route
"B" - LAH to appeal edict against truck ban |
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6/12/1957 |
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LAH councilmen agree not to play
back tape with wording of motion - PUC told Serra route will contaminate city
water supply in Crystal Springs - Feud between Los Altos and LAH looms on
freeway routing - LAH orders study of drainange problem - LAH budget of $67,000 announced |
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6/18/57 |
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"Depressed"
(below-ground-level) Route-B freeway along Southern Pacific tracks (present
Foothill Expressway) proposed through Los Altos seen as a "smog
tunnel"; Route C further west seen as "beautiful landscaped
parkway" - LAH enacts emergency license fee for contractors - Junipero
Serra freeway route still in evaluation stage - No compromise in LA rejection
of LAH support for route B for Junipero Serra Freeway along Southern Pacific
tracks; LAH rejection of route C (present 280 route) |
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6/21/57 |
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Tape recording playback used to
resolve challenge to written minutes of 03 June council meeting - Bay being
dredged for mud to extend Bayshore Freeway - Permanente Cement sued for dust
damage by local residents - (8/8/57) -- Councilman Bledsoe challenges Neary
Quarry ruling allowing trucks to 12 tons over local roads - (6/28/57) LAH
councilmen informally agree to financially support LA library quarters - LAH
committee appointed to examine Junipero Serra "fishhook" freeway
around SF Bay-- Candlestick Point Quarry (Harney) application draws SF
resident protests (2G cubic yards of stone to be removed) |
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9/5/57 |
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Town Clerk Paulman resigns; post
filled by building inspector Paul Salfen - Paulman heatedly insists he hasn't
resigned; mayor Sidney Treat's announcement of resignation in error - LAH
town council scheduled to make announcement on Town Clerk - (9/12/57) Paulman
"blasts" resignation announcement; Mayor Treat backtracks and
labels newspaper story "not good reporting" - (7/11/1957) Judge
lifts ban on Neary Quarry trucks |
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7/3/57 |
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Southern Pacific opposes Route B
Junipero Serra Freeway (present Foothill Expressway) - (17 Jul 1957)
"Purissima Valley Freeway" (Route C, present route) represents best
plan says State Division of Highways - (23 Jul 1957) Neary Quarry route on
Stonebrook to be paved; Martin Taafe contractor; Treat, Fowle, Hoefler pro,
Bledsoe against - LA insurance consultant WJ Greene disputes study supporting
route B freeway along Southern Pacific line through Los Altos -- (partial)
Foothill College Bond district supported |
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7/25/57 |
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Maurice Mayer commercial artist
draws proposed Route B Junipero Serra Freeway through LA; supporters and
opponents show up at meeting; PR firm hired by LA Council opposition - State
won't make special study comparing effects of Route B with Route C "Purissima
Valley" - (29 Jul 1957) LAH residents protest inability to express
disapproval of projected license fees for contractors; fees to be used to
continue contesting Neary Quarry lawsuit; Roland Gilbert committee treasurer;
chimney sweeps pay $5 - Public meeting set for Serra freeway review |
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8/5/57 |
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LAH argues for Route B (along
railroad tracks) for Junipero Serra; Stanford planning huge residential
community (Peter Coutts Road) - LAH council set up panel backing B Route -
(Jul 3 1957) Southern Pacific abandon rail in Tulare County - SC County passes
ordinance preventing shooting on another's property without written
permission - (5 Aug 1957) LA Downtown Association merchants have no freeway
preference; routes described: A, B, C, F - LAH Building permits total ~$300k |
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IMG_1717.JPG |
8/14/57 |
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LA/LAH set meeting to clash on
freeway routes - Editorial: don't rush to rip up Southern Pacific tracks -
LAH probes ways to close Neary Quarry |
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8/14/57 |
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Sunnyvale hearing set to air
freeway route conflict; map of alternate routes drawn A, B, C, F; photo of
Southern Pacific tracks, San Antonio Road, St. Nicholas Church, Hubbard &
Johnson Lumber, Clint's Ice Cream, first & Second Streets, Covington
Junior High School & St. Nicholas Grammar |
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8/15/57 |
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Separate LA study for freeway
conflict wasteful: LA Henry Chace - LA State Assembly man Clark Bradley
supports Route C through LAH; photo LAH Fowle, Treat, LA Atkinson, Prior,
Estill - Chairman Stanford Trustees Dinkelspiel supports Route C west of
Stanford |
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8/22/57 |
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State Highway Commission
pressured by local groups -- Carquinez Straits cut is largest in world
(photo) - (21 Aug 1957) Junipero Serra 8 lanes because designated National
Defense highway (Alexander Bodi column); traffic increase projected;
employment growth seen: Sylvania, Beckman, Varian, Lockheed |
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9/13/57 |
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Editorial: Harry Bridges union
members have right to strike and picket to halt shipment of troops - Park
site sought in LAH; Hidden Villa, Stevens Creek Reservoir considered -
(9/8/57) long agenda for new LAH councilmen - Clerk Paulman resigns LAH -
(9/17 1957) stop sign approved at Stonebrook & Oneonta - Road
commissioners quite after sign approved - Sheriff's Department coverage to
cost LAH coming year - new secretary for LAH Mrs. Woodrow Morgan |
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2/28/58 |
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Town Clerk Salfen & Smith
carve wooden LAH sign - Governor Knight declares Sacramento flood disaster
area - Clerk Paulman charges he was fired - LA residents ask for special
assessment for road work - San Mateo County grants permits for heavy trucks -
Los Altos sets routes for quarry trucks |
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2/26/58 |
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LAH group seeks disincorporation
(Bullis, Dawson, Hoefler, Fowle) - LAH Disincorporationists charge set-back
ordinance will force home removals in 10-20 years - (3 Mar 1958) Quito Road
resident protests road condition - (26 February 1958) Atherton school policy |
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9/19/57 |
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Town Crier: Neary Quarry trucks
off El Monte and onto San Antonio & Grant Roads |
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10/27/57 |
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SF Examiner: LAH City Hall; Dick
Dawson; photos |
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10/28/57 |
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SF Examiner: LAH overview;
Treat, Simrell, Fowle, Mellquist photo: business backgrounds of Mellquist,
Bullis, Tom Sherlock, Stedman, Mrs. Hal Williams, Tantau, Spain - Page Mill
Road through Stanford Industrial Park to be landscaped - "pay as you go"
TV |
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10/1/57 |
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LAH council boosts fulltime
employees to 3 - LAH Association neighborhood meetings set - CJ Smith named
LAH town clerk - Geer denies attempt to get LAH town attorney Gardiner Bullis
- cement plant issued permit in abandoned Stanford quarry on Page Mill Road -
Oscar Holm named new planner to commission - (Dec 14 1957) letter: annex 12
acres of LA to block Route B of freeway - "Children at Play" signs
must be paid for by requestors; City Council - LAH seeks state road funds |
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11/14/57 |
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Disincorporation sought by LAH
residents: Gilbert, Berg, Lockwood, Meredith, Gut - Disincorporationists
claim tax hike coming - disincorporation literature sent out to LAH residents
- Xmas toy drive planned |
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12/30/57 |
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LAH disincorporation drive and
history; Clerk Paul Salfen photo; Paulman town clerk resignation contention |
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12/31/57 |
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1957 Budgetary Pie charts: LAH
tax payment rates and use; revenue from all sources; operating fund
expenditures |
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1/1/58 |
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1958 Budgetary Pie charts: LAH
tax payment rates and use; revenue from all sources; operating fund
expenditures |
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?1970s? |
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Town Crier editorials, letters:
Tuck Shepherd column referencing Nixon Frost interview 1977 -- "No"
to unrestricted legal advertising, Read Ambler, President Santa Clara Co. Bar
Ass. - San Felipe Division, California Valley Project (drought water
transfer) - Preying Reporter: Kiwanis pet parade |
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1957? |
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Events impending on second
birthday LAH: census, council election, registration day, disincorporation
petition |
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5/18/57 |
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Town Crier: Original town
founders meet at old Purissima school; 1949 photo of founders (including Alan
Cranston) |
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1/28/58 |
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Hills sewer problems studied -
town clerk Paul Salfen proposes creation of LAH branch PO -- water service
extension for LAH residents - final word on Junipero Serra freeway set - LAH
road fee challenged - only two incumbents file for LAH town council election:
Hoefler & Fowle |
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2/12/58 |
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Mayor Sidney Treat 12670 Robleda
- copy of Wall Street Journal: Future of Civil Defense in post WWI |
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2/13/58 |
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Cement freight rate inquiry by
GSA - Pacific Mercury Television Manufacturing purchased in LA - State
Highway Engineer Booker tending toward approval of B Route (Southern Pacific
Track route in LA) -- LAH Disincorporationists file petition for election --
200 signatures gathered on pro-Disincorporation petitions; 280 needed; Roland
Gilbert contact -- Three vie for two
LAH council seat vacancies: Fowle, Hoefler, Clayton - LAH association
commences disincorporation meetings - LA predicts state will select C Route
(Purissima Valley) for Junipero Serra |
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2/13/58 |
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LAH Disincorporation petitions
signed by 356 out of 1400 residents -- Mrs. Walter Benson's nomination for
LAH town council not accepted by Attorney Gardiner Bullis because 11 minutes
late - LA vote set for annexation of Arbor Drive area (Country Club area
across Magdalena from Methodist Church) -- LA and LAH joint recreation area
considered by LAH council -- April date set for LAH disincorporation vote -
Melvin Hawley named to LAH Planning Commission - Mrs. GW Sudden letter contra
disincorporation |
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2/26/58 |
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Invective marks disincorporation
discussion - Disincorporation hit Ordinance 44, setback ordinance - two to be
elected to LAH council could have no job if disincorporation goes through --
Pro-incorporation campaign started - Former LAH mayor Fowle seeks office |
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3/12/58 |
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State backs Route C of Junipero
Serra freeway, in conjunction with 4-lane expressway (Fremont Avenue) through
LA - Cupertino prefers Route A; closer to northern border - State flood aid
sought for February floods - LAH mayor Treat defends setback ordinance |
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3/19/58 |
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LAH firmly against Freeway Route
C through Purissima Valley; cost estimate of 4-6-lane expressway replacing
Southern Pacific tracks sought - San Mateo County mayors set gas tax meeting
- section of LAH setback ordinance governing nonconforming structures deleted
- Adobe Creek Lodge brochure prices for services (15 April 1958) - (15 Mar
1958) San Jose Mercury advertisement for Adobe Creek Lodge |
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3/18/53 |
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LAH officials deny homes
threatened with removal for noncompliance with setback ordinance - LA parents
want change in curriculum to basic subjects in meeting at Hillview
School LAH town council candidates
"don't like" disincorporation - Boyce Construction low bidder for
LA High school music building |
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3/29/57 |
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Proposed closure of Southern
Pacific Depot first & main streets (now Maria's antiques) debated - LAH
Association cites need for incorporation to fight destructive possibilities
of Junipero Serra Freeway - State Highway Engineer McCoy recommends Route C
through Purissima Valley - map of recommended Route C for freeway |
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2/24/57 |
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Katherine Treat, wife of first
LAH mayor: registration & signatures of attendees first open house LAH
town hall (Pender, Trudy Sherlock) |
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1958? |
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Citizens Committee of LAH:
against licensing ordinance; mimeo statement |
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1958? |
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Citizens Committee of LAH: stand
on the Neary Quarry lawsuit - PRO disincorporation - County Services would
have jurisdiction under disincorporation |
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1958? |
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Citizens Committee of LAH:
notice of circulation of petition PRO disincorporation |
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1958? |
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Citizens Committee of LAH:
statement on removal of portion of Ordinance 44 regarding non-conforming
setbacks - Ordinance 44 falsely concealed from public view and comment as a
"working draft" - PRO disincorporation arguments presented - Frank
Berg author |
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1958? |
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Citizens Committee of LAH: PRO
disincorporation arguments |
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1958? |
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Citizens Committee of LAH: PRO
disincorporation arguments - disputing contention that after
disincorporation, Stanford would swallow up vacant land for another
industrial park - Neary Quarry lawsuit, Route C proposed for Junipero Serra
Freeway - various passed and repealed zoning ordinances |
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1958? |
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Citizens Committee of LAH: PRO
disincorporation arguments - answering Dawson charges - disputing projected
cost of road maintenance post-disincorporation - |
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1958? |
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Citizens Committee of LAH:
Ordinance 44 may force removal of nonconforming structures (houses) |
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Citizens Committee of LAH:
Urging citizens to vote in election PRO disincorporation |
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3/17/58 |
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Frank Martinelli Jr threatens to
convert Adobe Creek lodge to golf course (photo of Frank Sr with picnic
tables who states it will remain a picnic area) - Palo Alto to represent
Santa Clara Valley in negotiations for highway maintenance with state - LAH attempt
to delay/prevent Route C of freeway by asking Santa Clara Country supervisors
to explain their vote for Route C - LA Henry Chace says Santa Clara County
Supervisors sold a bill of goods in backing Route C through foothills versus
Route B along Southern Pacific tracks/Fremont Road - LAH Mayor Treat objects
to Adobe Creek Lodge change of use from picnic venue to golf course; father
and son each own 50 acres of 100-acre tract |
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5/11/58 |
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List of members of 11
Neighborhood General Committees |
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5/1/1958? |
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Anti Disincorporation memo -
list of LAH sponsors |
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3/30/58 |
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Route C of freeway accepted by
state highway engineers - Camino Los Altos proposed (Foothill Expressway) -
disincorporation not in town interest |
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4/8/58 |
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Town Council and
Disincorporation ballot - Proposal: LAH fire district taken over by LA -
Contra Costa maps flood control work needed - flood aid needed speedily |
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6/24/58 |
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Gardner Bullis replaced as new
LAH city attorney by Robin Faisant - telephone test census made in LAH -
Councilman Rothwell submits budget; $9000 deficit - Palo Alto Junior High
School site approved on Page Mill Road opposite Bahr-Ledoyen quarry (12320 Page
Mill Road?) - LAH Mayor Treat planning on stepping down - |
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6/4/58 |
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LA group pushes for "El
Camino type" expressway along Southern Pacific tracks - Fowle elected
mayor of LAH; Bledsoe vice mayor - RD Faisant appointed LAH town attorney -
Memo from Editor (column): Nice local places to live cited in Time magazine |
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4/19/58 |
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LAH voters turn down
disincorporation - LAH told to stay in County Fire Protection District even
if LA votes to withdraw - Santa Clara County supervisors vote to back Route C
freeway through LAH |
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1958? |
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Proposed map for layout of new
Fremont Hills Country Club on Shumate Ranch - LAH seeks to find out who will
pay for widening of El Monte to serve future Foothill College - residents of
Arastradero Road country area would rather be annexed by LAH than PA - state
opens bid for 4.4 mile section of Bayshore Freeway to be constructed between
Embarcadero Road and Stierlin Road (now Shoreline) |
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4/22/58 |
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Mysterious horseshoe wreath
arrives at LAH city hall (photo) - Tom Sherlock fills vacancy on Town
Council, replacing Richard Dawson (who is art director Sunset Magazine) , who
replaced Easton Rothwell, director of Stanford Hoover Institution - LA meet
to push for Route C of Junipero Serra freeway through LAH - Sunnyvale trailer
law approved - Dr. Rothwell quits LAH council post |
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4/1/58 |
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Map of Junipero Serra freeway
Route C - Mayor Fowle calls merger rumors between LAH and PA
"unfortunate" - LAH seeks state aid to repair storm damage - LAH
may get own police force |
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11/1/58 |
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EPA threatens to incorporate
again; (photo) locked gate bars entry to old port of Ravenswood in EPA, now
buried beneath PA dump - death of Albert St Clair Robinson, brother-in-law
Paul Shoup; started first grocery store, first station agent, executive Tidewater
Oil 35 years - Vizcaino Drive (now Road) name change suggested to Roble
Veneno Lane (Poison Oak Lane) east of Concepcion Road; other street name
changes noted 6 Oct 1957) |
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10/1/58 |
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Map of Proposed 2500 acre
Foothill annexation to Palo Alto - LAH to get state road funds |
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11/1/58 |
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Palo Alto to Annex Foothills
Park - photo City manager Keithley, Vice mayor Jerry Marshall, mayor Noel
Porter. Amphitheater planned with riding trails; majority owner Dr. VA Lee of
Boronda Farm and PA Clinic |
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10/2/58 |
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Tree-studded foothill area
proposed for park (photo) PA town
council expected to approve park |
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1/16/58 |
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Writer Merlin Neff criticizes
LAH laxity in protecting rural atmosphere - Sunnyvale refuses to place Urban
Renewal issue on ballot - Mt View downtown merchants support creation of
parking district - 75 acres in PA may be annexed by LAH; Attorney Richard Frank
of Manuela drive spokesman for annexation - (photo) City Clerk Paul Salfen
points out area to be annexed by PA, bounded by Arastradero Road, Southern
Pacific Railroad (Foothill Expressway now) and LAH boundary |
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1/7/59 |
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Los Gatos seeks Freeway
agreement with Lark Avenue Interchange (Highway 17) - Purissima Water
District to consider request to extend water mains - Wesley Hubbard Chairman
SC Country Supervisors, draws ire for proposing reorganization of LAH Fire
District - About the town (column): LAH survives disincorporation
"mortal blow" - LAH declares intention to Annex 9 square miles of
foothills wanted by PA; Keithly, PA City Manger, threatens legal action |
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2/17/59 |
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Hills adopts anti-litter
ordinance - Anti-litter law goes into effect Mar 1959 - Arastradero Road
speed limit cut from 55 to 35 - SC Board backs state bill for increase of gas
tax - Five north SC County cities vote to disband mayor's division of Santa
Clara Inter-City council as "ineffective" - North SC County cities
asked to endorse change in boundaries of county supervisorial districts |
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3/16/59 |
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Lot subdivision in LAH found to
be less than 1-acre minimum - LAH withdraws
annexation attempt of Duvenecks after promise it will be greenbelted -
SC County board favors gas tax increase - Annexation ballots available -- LAH
annexation attempt upsets PA timetable for expansion |
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3/19/59 |
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Hills Duveneck Park project tops
county agenda - PA to furnish policing of annexed Foothill Park - Hills OKs
subdivision of Pink Horse Ranch #2 across from proposed Foothill College;
seek to straighten Moody Road; Wendel Roscoe developer balks at providing
right of way - Ad CONTRA purchase of second PA park (first purchase was
Duveneck's 1800 acres) |
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4/4/59 |
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Map of proposed PA annexation of
Duveneck land - dispute over park resolved between LAH and PA - Dr. Rothwell
backs SF as summit conference site; Rothwell former director Hoover Institute
library and executive secretary 1945 during UN organizational meetings -
William Clayton elected LAH deputy
mayor replacing Leighton Bledsoe |
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4/2/59 |
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LAH counters PA annexation by
its own attempted annexation of 9 square miles; map of annexation. Includes
2800 acres of Duveneck property; PA warns if LAH does not reconsider, PA
would "take necessary actions to protect interests." - LAH land grab
startles PA - doubling size of LAH from 6080 acres to 11,870 |
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5/27/59 |
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PA School sewer plan from
Fremont Hills School in LAH to PA sewer system OK'd by PA Board of Ed and PA
City Council - Column: Around the Beats: Chief Richard Bassett: LAH top pay
scale $513 versus PA $552 (a month?); 6 firemen quit force; friction between
Bassett and Fire Commissioner Dethlefson - Mercury editorial: consolidation
of county fire districts under County Board of Supervisors to reduce funding
shortfalls |
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4/4/59 |
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Around the Beats: column: Duve
necks deeding and selling property to county for park, obviating need for LAH
annexation to preserve greenbelt - PA indicated it wants 1/2-acre zoning for
developments - County planning commissioner Morgan Stedman; LAH property tax
$0.25/$100 assessment; PA is $0.75 - Special hearing on Duveneck greenbelt -
SC County Supervisors resolve PA/LAH annexation controversy - Column: On the
Party Line: Republican May Day House Tour, Ross Aikens Magdalena Ave welcome
Mrs. Ivy Baker Priest, US Treasurer, Jensen of LA and Kuehn (Buena Vista)
Mrs. Harold Ewing, and others. |
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6/1/1959? |
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Fremont Hills Country Club pool
largest on peninsula; AAU meet scheduled July 1959; Tom Haynie Stanford swim
coach |
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5/7/59 |
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Annexation fever hits peninsula;
Menlo Park, Mountain View, Palo Alto, LAH; mayor Fowle and PA City Manager
Keithley - LAH files formal annexation but withdraws when PA threatens
undisclosed action - LA passes up suggestion to acquire BB Bowman property and
add it to Shoup Park; price too high - LAH approves either PA or LA sewers
into jurisdiction -- State Highway Department pays Foothill College
$6000/acre for 22.68 acres for freeway - Photo Mayors Fowle LAH and Atkinson
LA don cowboy outfits to promote campaign for Community Youth Center;
President Joe Sweeney spear head campaign; Donald Winbigler Dean of Students
at Stanford, trustee; Billy Russell, Mrs. Eugene Crocker, Paul Epley, Col
Albin N Caldwell; Sammy Kahn (pharmacy) lead balladeer. |
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5/6/59 |
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$75,000 fund drive for LA/LAH
Youth center; Fowle, Atkinson mayors; Dawson, Berkshire, Caldwell, Russell;
Duggan; Lee Shahinian, Kenneth Rowley - LAH seeks fast report of sewer
recommendations to resolve Dry Creek and Deer Gulch problem areas; Fowle, Clayton,
Goodman, Frost, Hartley - Karl Belser SC County planning director says
Junipero Serra freeway "can be made beautiful" - 13 cities and 2
counties need to act now if they want to influence design decisions |
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5/5/59 |
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Temple Beth Am Arastradero Road
construction delayed; protest by Mrs. Paul Hunter of noise & traffic;
Proctor Mellquist; Steinberg architect for project; - Consolidation of fire districts into a
single county-wide district killed in State Assembly; Bradley assemblyman
loses; cities against and counties for it - "5 years ago today": LA
opposed to construction of $23M VA hospital on Page Mill Road - LA approves
extra connections to Foothill College sewer line; LA councilman Robert Prior,
City Engineer Dexter Ahlgren - LAH holds hearing on master plan for rural
residential type community; Nestor Barrett planning consultant - ~7% of
property is off tax rolls (schools, church) + 5% roads - present population
4000, could reach 14,000; recommended lot-size requirements be increased;
increase street right-of-way to accommodate future four lanes - Lewis Hollander letter: suspicious of PA
need to run sewers and water through LAH to PA park; maneuvering to annex LAH
to PA in works? |
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6/3/59 |
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State assembly drops
consolidation of SC Valley Water Conservation District into County Flood
Control District; congressmen Allen, Bradley, Busterud, Lowery - Vandals
wreck 200 mailboxes in LAH; Mora, Loyola drive - second JC campus site (De
Anza campus) earmarked; Stevens Creek near Snelling Road - Foothill campus
classes held in temp Old Highway School on El Camino in MV - 100 acre De Anza
campus owned by EE Euphrat; possible second site on Steven Creek Road; Robert
Smithwick and Calvin Flint - Sewer
plan ok'd for Foothill College from Fremont Road up El Monte to Foothill
College - pathway desirability noted by LAH council during consideration of
subdivision maps; councilman Tom Sherlock - LAH studies sewer plans; LA to
extend into LAH; Fowle; Dry Creek Valley coverage (Fremont Hills, Manuela,
Concepcion, Paloma); Bill Powell, E O Huttlinger - Column: Around the beats:
will LAH succumb to PA lure of services to become part of PA: water, sewers -
Purissima water tax rate 68 cents just 8 cents less than PA entire municipal
rate (per $100 assessment) of $0.75. |
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7/6/59 |
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Hill group protests possible
secession to PA; LAH vice mayor Clayton; sewers offered in return for 500
acres - Editorial: PA makes sense trying to annex Page Mill Road - Clayton:
LAH is receptive to PA annexation; PA willing to exchange sewers on West Fremont
for 500 acres of Page Mill Road - John Riley passes out cigars to LAH City
Council; baby boy - PA send peace bid in annexation dispute; joint meeting;
Cecil Riley, Jerry Keithley - LA warns MV against annexation attempt of
Truman and Oak Avenues; MV Mayor Irving Atkinson; LA Councilman Prior - new
zoning and building ordinances LAH approved by council |
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7/7/59 |
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LAH pulls out of water line
agreement with PA; PA councilman Bert Woodward, Albert Henley, Mrs. Jack
Frost, Robert Buss in favor of agreement; Garbett alarmed; Andrew Stevens
protests; Clayton says PA reneged on agreement - Column Around the Beats:
Foothill College has many confusing aliases; Calvin Flint wants to drop the
"junior," Foothill College of the Foothill Junior College
District; "Football"
College, Boot Hill, Parkside. Foothill
still in temporary quarters on El Camino - LAH accepts offer to meet with PA
to resolve utility dispute; Clerk Salfen, Mayor Keithley; Clayton |
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7/7/59 |
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PA asks LAH to cede land;
Keithley, Fowle, Woodward, Clayton Colin Peters, Carl Stibolt, Permanente
Cement - Hills tables pool fencing requirement; Fowle, Bray, Sherlock, Henley
- PA send peace bid in annexation dispute;
joint meeting; Cecil Riley, Jerry Keithley - LA warns MV against annexation
attempt Truman and Oak avenues; MV Mayor Irving Atkinson; LA Councilman Prior
(same as 1807) |
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7/9/57 |
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LA speeds transfer of control of
LA Fire Protection District from county to LA; Atkinson, Prior, Hope; AB 919,
AB 920 Omar Spain leaves LAH Planning Commission for Syracuse NY; SRI,
Pass&Seymore Ordnance Division - 22 new home sites approved in LAH: Cochran,
Smith, Wilson, Bastow, Koblick - Tree stump fire points up danger to Shoup
Park; Pirie, Renshaw, Daley, Westerman - Second Foothill College Campus in
Cupertino; EF Euphrat estate, bounded by West Valley Freeway (85) - LAH town
council defends Page Mill Road area against annexation by PA; Henley, Fowle,
Faisant, Jones, Garbett, Kepler, Stebbins, Stevens, Clayton, Keithley, Buss |
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6/4/59 |
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Hills Retracts easement to PA
for water line along Page Mill road; Fowle - Layout (drawing) of new Foothill
JC campus; scheduled completion Aug 1961; Trump, Sasaki, Walker architects -
$20000 Prewitt home destroyed by cigarette fire; Bassett, Pirie: firemen
injured; Dolan neighbor phoned in; Clark Hallin - Want to see that fire? Keep
your distance; ordinance prohibits viewing closer than 1000 feet; Perusina -
Neary Quarry in trouble again; no County use permit; George Neary, Haas,
Wilder - Sheriff's department report on traffic control; Fowle: "LAH
doesn't like traffic." Sgt Howard; Helen Benson - LAH Council meeting
change - Anonymous letter/ editorial: redundancy in local government |
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8/4/59 |
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Shops, apartment proposed at
Page Mill-Arastradero Road; Atkinson San Mateo Co; 100 acres; Fowle warns of
local LAH resistance; Mellquist; breach of 1-acre zone limitation; Concar
attorney; apartments near Foothill JC - LAH supports county move against expansion
of Neary Quarry; Sherlock votes against LAH; Haas - Hills shopping center
proposed Fowle, Rocca developer, Clausen lawyer - US Court of Appeals
overturns LAH truck ban of Neary Quarry; Bledsoe, Bullis, Faisant LAH
attorneys; Marais attorney for Neary - Citizens Committee urges immediate
action on Hills sewers: Frost, Georgis, Johnson, Goodman, Hartley;
description of service areas &
estimated homeowners costs |
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8/4/1959? |
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Country Board chief Hubbard
accuses LAH councilman Henley of conflict of interest in water district
recommendations - PA receives OK to extend utility lines through LAH by LAH
council; Fowle, Bledsoe, Henley, Clayton, Sherlock - Complaints of Adobe
Creek dumping heard; Reid, Stevens, Ahlgren, - District court rules against
Neary Quarry (Stonebrook) truck ban; Fowle, Bledsoe - LAH budget set
$0.25/$100 assessment - More information: Hills wants to study proposals
before withdrawing from LA Fire Protection District; Fowle, Hibner, Williams,
Lovett - LA & LAH call elections for fire protection district; Prior |
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10/6/59 |
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Column: it occurs to me:
withdrawal from fire district; Laubengayer - Purissima water district
coverage brought to higher levels: Taafe, Elena, Page Mill, Moody Roads;
Eshner, Seeward, Berg, Bachou, Ferris, Bugge; Hicks; "Town of LAH is
likely to become a choice area," (Seward, Realtor) - Horseplay Fiesta at
Hidden Villa LAH cancels Fire Protection District withdrawal election:
Henley; action follows recommendations of Treat Committee - LAH issues 19
building permits - Treat Committee recommends LAH remain in Fire Protection
District; sewer assessment consideration |
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9/16/59 |
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Column: Around the Beats: Fire
protection tug of war between SC County and LAH; Hubbard proponent of
consolidation of all non-municipal fire districts; LA save $21,000 if create
their own fire district - Fire district move called premature - Fire district
consolidation proposed; Hubbard, Levin - 49th Annual County supervisors
convention: cut costs and consolidate districts; McBride (D-Ventura): costs
of gov't risen 50% in five years; Clark Bradley (R-San Jose); Cobey |
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10/1/57 |
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LA Fire Protection District
backs LA city-owned department, withdraw from county; Joe McKenna, Dewey
Sharp, Dethlefson, Hubbard, Dunham; LA & LAH propose leaving county fire
protection district - Fire District withdrawal vote set for 10 Nov; Prior, Hubbard,
LA Mayor Atkinson, McKenna President Fire Commission - Hills promises more
information before election (Fowle) |
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9/11/59 |
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LA proposes operation of LA Fire
Protection district combined with LAH coverage and withdrawal from County
district; election set; Prior - LAH to keep same fire commissioners if city
withdraws from County district; Dewey Sharp, Atkinson, Prior, Treat, Hubbard,
McKenna, Sherlock, Alter - LA fire station site San Antonio & Almond
dropped as too expensive; Dethlefson, Treat, McKenna - Treat Committee study
recommends LAH delay decision on withdrawal from LA County Fire Protection
District |
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9/19/59 |
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Editorial: annexation a noxious
exercise - Alter & Stevens sworn in as LAH planning commissioners (photo)
- LAH City Manager Salfen with Santa (photo) - USPO sending letters by fax - |
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11/25/59 |
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It occurs to me (column,
Laubengayer): annexation good because LA zoning restriction tight - LAH
firemen create controlled burn off shed - County Greenbelting deals blow to
LA annexation; Perham family property greenbelted; 800 acres owned by
Catholic Archdiocese greenbelted - acre minimum zoning Ok'd for 1200 acres
along Page Mill Road, Nevis, Rodger, Byxbee, Stephens; Emmet Burns large
landowner wants 1/3-acre zoning - LAH council adopts rural residential
concept plan; present population 4,000, could increase to 14,000 - swimming
pool fence ordinance studied; Bray, Sherlock, Henley, planning commission
recommends against approval of zoning for garden apartments at Arastradero
and Page Mill roads |
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11/24/59 |
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LAH plans move to counter LA
annexation; Proctor Mellquist, Faissant, (area legally uninhabited, less than
12 registered voters); includes Neary Quarry - LAH street names mix up
genders - Water plans for LAH at standstill; Col. Hicks, Eshner |
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10/10/59 |
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It occurs to me (column, Laubengayer):
annexations could cost LA area local control over fire districts - Purissima
expansion of water plan set at $650,000 - LAH outlines annexation of 1,300
acres - Fowle sets committee to examine blockage of LA annexation of 1400
acres; owners in area "violently opposed"; Duveneck, Mellquist,
Henley - PA rejects LAH terms for permitting utility lines; Noel Porter,
Fowle, Woodward, Evans, addresses supporting annexation |
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11/19/59 |
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LA members of LA County Fire
District summarily removed after LA withdraws from County Fire district;
Dethlefson, Dunham, Sharp; Alter Atkinson of LAH (addresses) remain - Bulk of
uninhabited annexation Neary Quarry land; remainder Perham land St. Joseph
Ave & Catholic Archdiocese - James Orr, Mayfield old timer, dies at 88,
Stanford road master (address) - LA annexation of Neary quarry land draws LAH
protests; Myron Stern |
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11/5/59 |
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Neary Quarry annexation map
(drawing) - LA withdrawal from County Fire District election; city wants own
fire dept. - withdrawal of city from County Fire District outlined -
annexation plans upset LAH; Francis Perham (address); Fowle warns of
indiscriminate LA development |
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11/19/59 |
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Editorial: annexation a noxious
exercise - (repeat of 1819); LA voters vote for LA withdrawal from County
Fire District - LA Fire district reorg started; Fowle., Hope - Voters OK LA
fire plan (19 % eligible vote) - Treat Commission recommends LAH keep present
fire status |
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11/18/59 |
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LAH protests LA annexation at LA
council meeting; Huttlinger, Peters, Fowle; property greenbelted to prevent
development post annexation - LA Fire Department plan delayed after vote for
withdrawal from County Dire District - Blumberg property greenbelted (10920
Page Mill Road, Joan Baez former rental residence); two churches given
permits for use - Architectural Forum magazine lauds Foothill JC design -
Water study for third water level service zone; Seward (address), Bachou,
Bugge, Longmire - LA legal attack of annexation greenbelt; Lagoria, Marials
LA attorneys; area not uninhabited; Neary residents withdrew registration 1
day before legal time |
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11/25/59 |
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San Jose Evening News: Palo Alto
annexes site for "New City" |
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11/25/59 |
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San Jose Evening News: Palo Alto
annex zone commercial (photos) on Skyline; Emmet Burns, landowner wants to
develop Skyline/Page Mill intersection commercially: shopping mart, theater,
resort motel, apartments; filed for 1/3-acre zoning - LA and LAH annexations
thwarted by greenbelting; now owners want exclusive agricultural zoning as
protection |
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11/27/59 |
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San Jose Evening News: Tiny LAH battling Giant PA Annexation;
Fowle, Riley, Keithley; city to be built at Page Mill & Skyline - LAH
maps annexation to counter LA annexation; addresses of petitioners |
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12/18/59 |
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Photos: Foothill JC site
construction - LAH considers antisolicitation law; Faissant, Williams, Lovett
(address); Bullis warns care |
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12/8/59 |
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Hills proceeds with annexation
despite lack of approval of map by SC County Boundary Commission - LAH adopts
rural-residential concept plan; Barrett, Mellquist - LA residents protest
agricultural zoning which allows goats on Woodland Acres in LA; Hubbard, Sam
Della Maggiore, owners of 8 acres just west of Arboretum Drive - Abatement
suit names Neary Quarry as illegal extension to southwest side of San Antonio |
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12/3/59 |
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Hills Council to look at
creation of third pressure-level water service area; Longmire, Henley, -
Water group cites booster system needs; Bothwell, Buss; up to 800 feet
elevation - Hills ponders street hazards; Salfen, Clayton, Spain subdivision
considered - talks on LA withdrawal from County Fire district put off;
Howard, Campen, Hubbard; LA consolidation with Central proposed, but LA
worried that consolidation would dilute LA assets |
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1/1/60 |
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Letter LAH Homeowners
association: Mrs. Walter Benson: homeowners association will visit to answer
questions about possible annexation |
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1/4/60 |
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General Report on Water Supply
(3 pages) Longmire engineer, Henley; Purissima water to be supplied from
Hetch Hetchy (as is other water) |
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1/6/60 |
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Decade sees growth of LAH;
photos: Salfen, Fowle, town hall constructed on West Fremont 1957 |
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4/4/60 |
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6 candidates seek 3 LAH council
seats: Edward Liston, W Ross Aiken, (photos) address |
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4/4/60 |
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6 candidates seek 3 LAH council
seats: Robert Doak, Gordon Bowler, Albert Henley (photos) address |
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4/5/60 |
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7 candidates seek 3 LAH council
seats: Tom Sherlock (photos) address - LAH keeps $0.25 tax rate - LAH clings
to rural-home ideal - storm damage to West Fremont (photo) Martin Taafe Paul
Salfen |
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1/6/60 |
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Freeway deals blow to LAH rural
atmosphere; (photo Purissima & Paloma intersection) - Delta: levees being
denuded - Berkeley fire chief may have to close 4 schools - Menlo delays
Marsh Road school annexation |
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1/13/60 |
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SP line retention through LA
defended (replaced by Foothill Expressway); (photos) SP tracks in LA, Loyola
Corners SP commute stop; runs from PA to Los Gatos; A Watson Connor, Riches,
Morin, Humphreys, Gibson (addresses) - LAH water expansion plan takes shape -
Permanente Cement wants to+E143 greenbelt surrounding area; Nestor Barrett |
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1/5/60 |
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LAH defers antisolicitation
ordinance action; Faissant, Clayton, Lovett - Fire District Hearing on
consolidation set; Hubbard, consolidation of 8 fire districts - construction hits new high in MV -
construction dips in LAH 1959, Joe
Salameda Building inspector - water survey urged to satisfy levels above 600
feet; Buss - It occurs to me (column):
SP train track fate |
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1/28/60 |
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PA completing water sewage
projects through LAH; Herbert Ecklund - Antisolicitation ordinance ready for
first reading; Fowle; Faissant, Vivian Williams, Bullis - Neary Quarry and
Permanente Cement seek greenbelt status to avoid annexation; attorney John Marlais
-- LAH residents want expressway; commuters want SP rail; McDonald (address),
Salfen; Williams, Goldsmith, Bullis, Pfeiffer, Mellquist - SC Country transit
meeting to study entrance into BART - SC County Board to act of Neary
greenbelt bid; Hubbard, Levin, Della Maggiore, Slaght, Marlais |
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2/2/60 |
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Map: proposed Foothills
Developments - Neary Quarry denied greenbelt status; Hubbard, Marlais, Belser
- LAH opposition to expressway proposed; Clayton, Fowle - 32-foot 500,00 gal
water tank location discussed; Bassett, McKenna, Col Hicks - LAH resolution
to call annexation election; Atkinson (address), O'Neal |
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1/28/60 |
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PA completing preparations for
utilities projects in foothills; Ecklund, - Los Altos Mayor raps plan for
shopping center; Balari, Fowle; Page Mill & Arastradero - Taxpayer suit
against Foothills Park; Judge Hall, Porter, Sinclair, Lee - Prentice Appointed
to LAH Planning group (address) - Summary of LAH Council Action - Filing time
for Council posts nears - Permanente given approval for quarrying in PA west
of Black Mountain |
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2/2/60 |
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Hills delays antisolicitation
ban proposal - SC County studies having own transit unit, separate from BART;
Callan, Chess, Werder; Falk, Hubbard, Kaapcke, Supervisor Ed Levin (BTW: Sled
Levin park named after him) SP yardmaster, Belser LAH strongly resists bid
for Neary Quarry greenbelting; Fowle, Faissant, Clayton, Henley - PA
councilmen urge study of Foothill industry boom; Woodward, Nevis, Baylands
zoned for light development, foothills residential - Panofsky of Stanford
High Energy Lab (SLAC) appointed to Eisenhower Science Advisory Committee
(address) |
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2/2/60 |
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LAH councilmen to run again:
Sherlock, Henley (address) - BART to end at Redwood City - Site sought for
500,000 gal water tank for Foothill JC - Rapid Transit proposes elevated
through PA; engineers Moses, Hansen - SP
track as transit link: proposal;
Clayton, Hoover, Hubbard |
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2/6/60 |
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Letter recommending annexation
by LAH of unincorporated hills areas; signatures & addresses included |
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2/10/60 |
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Hills ditch is danger to
children at Fremont elementary school (now Pinewood); Hayes, Salfen, Wolf,
Keonig - LAH exhumes controversy over routing of 280 Freeway; Clayton, Mellquist - Around
the Beats (column): Cities unhappy with County general plan; Fourcroy,
Spencer, Brenner, Barrett, Belser - LAH protests Stanford proposed industrial
development; Brandin, Fowle, Ampex, |
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2/18/60 |
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SC County general plan OK'd by
planners -- Aiken, Bowler candidates for LAH council (address) - LAH
residents hit foothills development by Stanford; Ampex, Spangenberg, Beaver
(address) |
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2/9/60 |
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LAH residents hit proposed
Stanford development in foothills; Spangenberg - LA mayor won't run again;
Atkinson (address) - SC County expressways could cost $200M; Glaeser, Enochs,
Starbirds - $3M LAH development for General Telephone on Arastradero; residential
development on Schroll road proposed |
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2/11/60 |
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Editorial: industry moving into
foothills; Ampex, General Telephone - Ampex light industrial lease area
rezoned for residential only - two new candidates for LAH council: Liston,
Doak (address) |
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2/19/60 |
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Notice of public hearing for
unincorporated sections of foothills; Mrs. Walter Benson; annexation by LAH |
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Flyer: Stanford alumni direct
questions about annexation to Stanford Trustees; list of Stanford alumni who
live in foothills |
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Same as IMG_1865, except letters
to editor attached; Ford, Steers,
Thompson, Freedman |
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2/2/4/1960 |
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Character of LA determined by
industrial surroundings; E O Huttlinger, Realtor - It Occurs to Me column:
annexation by LA recommended - LAH firemen burn shed |
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2/24/60 |
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1300 acre annexation by LAH
rejected; list of assessed valuations of area - Sharon Heights area
considered for industrial development; Ampex on West Fremont &
Arastradero; Sunset Magazine site on Willow & Middlefield unaffected; EW
Lane (Lane publishing, Sunset Magazine); Keithley, Molther, Borg - Fed aid to
280 Freeway may be curtailed; Sinclair, Evans - Summary of LAH Planning Board
actions; Dawson, Williams, Purissima School, Clark, Anderson - LA continues
with proposed annexation of Neary Quarry despite LAH protests; Fowle,
Atkinson - LAH Planning head named: Dawson |
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3/1/60 |
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Sharon Estate officials reveal
development plans; Macdonald, Nelson, Gaylord, Brandin - Light industry, golf
course proposed; Stanford scraps application for residential zoning in belief
$30-$60k homes will not sell next to a freeway - LAH approves new Catholic
church, school (St. Nicholas; Church not built, original house LAH converted
to residence for nuns); present parish may be split (split occurs St. Nicolas
& William) |
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3/4/60 |
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Examination of Stanford land
development plans; Q&As; - by terms of founding grant Stanford cannot
sell its property, only lease; government can seize Stanford land through
condemnation, and has; Stanford was paid far less than land was worth, therefore
seeks to develop it to avoid condemnation and loss |
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3/4/60 |
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Editorial: crucial decision:
allowing Stanford development - Altos Mayor Atkinson may seek supervisor spot
- County officials accused of conniving in refusing to meet with LAH
officials concerning withdrawal of LA from LA County Fire district; Atkinson,
McKenna, |
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3/4/60 |
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Final "Rites" for LAH
Annexation; sufficient public protest to turn back annexation; Clayton - LAH
town council actions in brief: St. Nicholas school, annexation, Purissima
school - St. Nicholas school construction
OK'd; architect Chescoe - LA annexation overturned by court; property is not
"uninhabited" as claimed; Menard, Atkinson (addresses) -
underground water seen as plentiful - LAH outlines annexation attempt if LA
fails; Faissant |
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3/28/60 |
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Candidate warns LAH may have to
turn to PA for services; Liston, Sherlock, Henley, Aiken, Doak - Ampex plant
first in Stanford plan for development of foothills (map) - Editorial:
Stanford (DR. Sterling) to present Stanford development plan for light industrial
zoning - LA ponders benefits for its employees |
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3/16/60 |
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Newspaper letter from Citizens
Group to Stanford trustees: let's all get together and work things out
(contra hills development by Stanford); Williamson |
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3/16/60 |
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Citizens Group criticizes
Stanford answers to questions about light industrial development; Mahan -
Stanford asks PA to annex 250 acres to allow Stanford development for Ampex
plant - PA Chamber of Commerce endorses light industry development in
foothill lands; Evans, Houston, Stromquist |
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3/20/60 |
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Map of Stanford development for
Ampex: golf course, Motel at Arastradero - PA councilman calls plan
"ideal"; Haight, Debs, Monson, Mahan, Spangenberg - Stanford
planning foothills motel at Arastradero and West Fremont (PARC, Syntex etc.);
Kimball - Stanford Board of Trustees unanimously backs development plan; Dave
Packard, |
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4/1/60 |
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Brochure: statement supporting
nondevelopment of foothills from Stanford alumni to Stanford President
Sterling & Board of Trustees |
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3/24/60 |
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Letter: Stanford & PA need
to work in balance: Cal Larsen - Reaction of public to Ampex site development
sought by PA JCs; Whipple - Sterling (Stanford President) responds to alumni
statement - PA Referendum on Stanford development in error (PA editorial) |
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4/2/60 |
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Photo: location of Stanford
Linear Accelerator; Sterling, Snyder - Campus & Cities pledge accord on
land development issue; Evans, Atkinson, Keithley, Sterling, Fowle |
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4/2/60 |
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Midpeninsula
population/development boom: problems then solutions; development history;
LA, LAH, MV, PA histories; smog, population |
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4/6/60 |
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Town Crier candidates for LAH
town council (photos): Robert K-F Scal, Henley, Thurber, Doak, Henley
(addresses) |
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4/6/60 |
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Sample Ballot LAH town council;
Sherlock, Henley, akin, Liston, bowler, Doak |
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4/4/60 |
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Stanford invites LA & LAH in
property development coordination meeting; leases limited to 51 years; Fowle,
Atkinson, Branding, Whipple (photo) - PA sewage plant repaired; Hoag -
Incumbents Sherlock, Henley, Aiken re-elected to LAH town council - LAH re-elects
Fowle mayor |
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5/25/60 |
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Letter to Editor: PA editorial
misstates facts when Editorial claims re-election of incumbents in LAH is a
vote to support industrial development in Foothills; Helen Benson - LAH tax
rate again set at 25cents/$100 assessed value - LAH parents ask for walkway
to Purissima school; Clayton - "Around the Beats" (column):
re-election of incumbents (Sherlock, Henley, Aiken) and defeat of
pro-development candidates (Liston, Doak) |
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5/21/60 |
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Pros & Cons of foothills
development debates at PA planning commission; Sterling (Stanford President),
Steers, Watterud, Wells, Wills, Wheeler (photos)(addresses) |
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5/23/60 |
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Hills light industrial zone OK'd
by PA Council; annexation delayed; Brandin Stanford VP, Nimocks, - LAH road
bill estimate for next 20 years revised; Meredith, McCandless - Cautious LA
okay for flood control project; Lagorio, Ahlgren - Purissima Water Co not
serving 20% of subdivision; Fremont Hills Development Co. wants to know why;
Buss - Commercial "buffer" sought for Ampex development area along
Arastradero Road by residents (addresses) |
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5/12/59 |
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Flyer: LAH Association, General
Plan regarding non-residential land use in LAH (addresses) |
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6/9/60 |
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LAH Radio station, KPGM,
groundbreaking (photo) mayors Moore, Dunnet, Pelosi, Fowle, Evans, Atkinson -
Report calls LAH roads substandard; Fowle, Liston, Doak, Sherlock, McCandless
- Fowle says LAH "disturbed" over possibility of industrial zoning
in foothills; Towle, Cameron, Sanders |
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7/2/60 |
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LAH Council chairman selected
(Gardiner) (address); member & addresses listed - Town Council action
summary -- PA Referendum to decide Stanford industry zoning in foothills
likely in November; Porter, Stedman, Arbuckle - LAH plann+E180ing commission at
full strength; Bowler, Alter, Dawson (addresses) - June 10 deadline set by
LAH for fire protection service; Conner |
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7/14/60 |
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LA Council OKs control of county
expressway system funding; Ahlgren - LA sewage districts laid out (map) -
Public hearing on sewers 26 July; 9-year timetable for completion; Cimino
(address) - LAH names treasurer: Fortreide (address); footpath for Purissima
students |
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9/21/60 |
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Louis Corbetta Party house
(photo)(address) - Ampex hires firm to design foothill manufacturing center -
Hills residents vote to join soil districts protecting against erosion |
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County Road Plan: Expressway
priorities revised: Alma Expressway expansion (addresses) Foothill expressway
expansion (addresses); Oregon- Page Mill; Lawrence; San Tomas, Guadalupe,
Almaden, Monterey - PA Chamber of Commerce opposes annexation of Neary property
which would void efforts to halt quarry operations; Donegan, Hubbard,
Stromquist - Realtor calls PA "City without a conscience" for
attempting to annex Neary Quarry and provide itself with an inexhaustible
supply of base rock; Powell, Lagario - State rushes appropriation for
Junipero Serra freeway; estimate of completion now in 7-8 years instead of
previous 16-20;Haylor |
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10/11/60 |
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Vote to settle zoning of
foothills for Stanford industrial development; (photo of location) Ampex
(location where PARC now resides); list of PA town council members and their
votes |
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11/1/60 |
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Light manufacturing zoning up
for vote; proposed Stanford Shopping Center; (map) (photo) |
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11/3/60 |
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Freeway work can begin in 3
years; $50 sewer increase means sewers in 4 years; John Fowle, LAH mayor,
asks for annexation vote; LA fire board and City Council meeting cancelled |
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11/16/60 |
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Map: proposed interchange
Bayshore Freeway and San Antonio road; Fire Decision Pressed -- LA withdrawal
from LA County Fire Protection District; County Supervisors take a look at
greenbelting; more confusion as suit is filed by 4 property owners to prevent
annexation - Rural-Residential Master Plan adopted by Hills Council - Taafe
water district asks PA Council to reconsider refusal to supply water -- Frank
Costello asks for annexation of two small properties by LAH |
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12/28/60 |
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Vote on PA master plan ordered
by Superior Judge Foley; map of PA annexation in LAH |
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12/?/960 |
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Pro incorporation 3-page flyer |
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12/?/1960 |
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Editorial, Paul Salfen, LAH Town
Manager: LAH formed to keep area rural and fight must continue |
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Back cover, red, scrapbook
1957-1960 |
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