| 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) | |||