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i ff 7 March 11, 17. Servehte New Fir Chief in Alameda ALAMEDA Ernest Servente, 22-year of the Alameda Fire Department, has been ap pointed -fire-chief succeed -Chief William L. Hilbish, who retires May 1. jg ty The appointment was an- nounced yesterday by City Manager H. D.

Weller, who said Servente "will do an outstanding job and will receive the co operation of every member of the department and the respect of the public." Born and schooled in Alameda Servente joined the department in -1942; rose to lieutenant 1945, captain in 1946 and has served in his present position of assistant chief since 1953. 46, lives at 1626 Ver sailles with his wife, Con-suelo, his three daughtersj, Christine, 17, twins Ann and Cathleen, 4, and son Marco, 2. ERNEST SERVENTE Named Alameda fire chief uowaqer or Lower Broaawav uax ana oia nan or xecoras win be razed aj. Old Hall JLION IS TYPICAL OF HALL ORNAMENTATION 89-year-old structure is of brick1.Jiniestone Ex-Sheriffs Aide Sued for Annulment To Come Tumbling Down County to Dedicate New Office ildi Merritt's struggle as early mayor on a a 1 1 a Grant site, the Author of 'Calories' Bookjndicted WASHINGTON lAP) A federal grand jury indicted Dr. Ierman Taller today on charges tnat Jils' toest-selling book Don't Count," was part 'of a fraudulent weight reducing scheme perpetrated across the nation.

Atty." Gen. Robert F. Kennedy saij the indictment, returned, in Washington Franklin Plaza be for civic improvements, lnclud-ingjpresenation of the lake that tween Fifth and Fourth StreetsJ bears his name One lot on the. west side of deputies, in green eyeshades and paper wrapped sleeves, had to hustle back and forth across busy Broadway. The Hall got a south wing in 1900 and a north wing in 1916.

It was even remodeled in 1945 when the welfare and school de- It is connected with. the Courthouse and the Countv Garace bv Part of the Legislative compromise that led to the extension of the transcontinental railroad Broadway was for the Courthouse; the east side of the street for the Hall of Records, Dedication of Alameda Coun--ty's new $4.5 million Administration Building was set today for March 19. an underground tunnel which to its waterfront terminus MARTINEZ Former under-sheriff John J. Jagard. 53, was sued for annulment today in Contra County SOpeinr Court.

Mrs. Anna Mae Jagard, 41, said in her complaint that she discovered m-Jun6-L-4963T4Rat her former husband had not obtained -final divorce decree, "as he had alleged." She and Jagard were married 1 in Oroville on March 21, .1962. Jagard, a former Richmond and San Pablo officer, was un- The Hall site had been the pa 1879 brings parkmg within "walking distance "of all "county offices and courts. partmentsook overrwell -after rade ground of the" Oakland The administration' building is U.S. District Court, Brooklyn, the most costly ever built bv Guard from 1865.

Architect Henry H.v Meyers designed the ornate Hall, complete with entrance columns, leaded glass trie county. It contains 200,000 square feet of space and will N.Y.r charges that the-scheme involved the sale of "CDC" capsules to be used in weight reduction according to the instructions in the book. windows and a great rotunda. house offices of the assessor, The traction company operations of F. M.

Borax Smith in obtaining rights of way i i- BROADWAY PAGEANTS There were even the pageants of Broadway including the 1880 visit of President Rutherford B. Hayes, who was overshadowed by the accompanying presence of the Civil War hero, Gen. William T. Sherman. the "new" Courthouse, by Lake Merritt became the under-one-roof replacement.

r. ENGINEER'S REPORT The supervisors finally gave up overhauling the. building, in 1957 when a structural engineer's report revealed nothing could be added without the building collapsing. So as time progressed the TREASURE-HOUSE dersheriff during Harry A. auditor-controller, tax collector treasurer, civil.

service, admin istrator, purchasing, acricul The building housed the treas Kent D. Pursel, chairman of the Board of Supervisors, will preside at starting at 1:45 p.m. in the patio at the entrance to the structure. The building will be dedicated to the late Superior Judge Ralph Hoyt, who served Alameda County in the district attorney's office nd on the bench from 1919 until his death in 1961, A plaqtie will be placed in his honor. Former Sen.

William F. Know-land will deliver the dedication address. Presiding Judge Don Brown's term. He resigned in September, 1958. data processing center, The annulment action was chambers and offices of the filed through attorney Douglas urer, clerk, recorder and Board of Supervisors.

It became a treasure house of Alameda County's history. With the Courthouse it shared much of the romantic color of the famed political figures. The grand jury also indicted three officers of CDC Pharmaceutical, of Glen Cove, Long Island, manufacturer of the capsules. The firm is a subsidiary of Cove Vitamin Pharmaceutical, also of Glen Cove. Both firms also were listed as defendant.

board of supervisors, and six superior courts. R. Cage. county school department was out to Hayward and A considerable area of the a new welfare building was built building was left unfinished, on the site of the old Courthouse. By HA VELOCK HUNTER The Ancient Dowager of Lower Broadway has been presiding over the corner with decaying dignity these past few years.

Soon ignoble death will overtake her, too, as it did her life- time companion in 1950 For her owners, the County of Alameda, decreed yesterday that this old lady of Fourth and Broadway, the Hall of Records, is to be razed by wreckers. Such was the fate of the old across the way, leveled to make way for new public buildings. In letting a contract for erection of a $2.5 million Probation Center on the Hall of Records site the Board of Supervisors ordered the demise of a building erected in 1875. The resulting shambles of tumbling brick and limestone walls will signal the passing of a landmark that directly links Oakland to its beginning as the county seat. Since Alameda County government settled in a frontier store in Alvarado in 1853, Oakland had fought to obtain the prize." San Leandro won first, however, and in 1856 housed the county seat in a brick But its hold started slipping after a great 1868 earthquake leveled the building.

Brooklyn Township, today East Oakland, next was chosen as the seat of government. Oakland blocked the erection of any county buildings there and by 1874 got the legislature to declare Oakland the county seat. The metropolis, anticipating its success, got the county to settle available for future needs. Situated as they were in the ald Quayle and Dist. Atty.

J. The Hall was left deserted, saved for some storage. early hub of the town, they were Of the; 49 counts in the indict Frank Coakley will also And down, past' the. buildings marched the commuters bound for Mayor Davis' "Nickel Ferry" in the 1890s 'when the battle was on over transbay fares? On through history, well into the 20th century, the Hall" and. Courthouse served.

The county clerk became the clerk of Superior Court in addition to being clerk of the board and sealer of weights and njeasur'es. So his ment, 45 charged mail fraud. speak. backdrop to the past which marched with the history of city and county. Much of the legal three charged mislabeling in vi Pursel aid the.

public is in olation of the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act, and one Fishing Court SKOKOMISH, Wash. fUPI)-Mrs. Anne Pavel, 33, a registered nurse, serves as judge of the Tribal Fishing Court here. Organized by the Skokomish Tribal Council and. the U.

S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, the tug-of-war went On inside their walls: vited to attend the ceremonies and participate in an open house and tour of the building. Refreshments wil. be served charged conspiracy. Free X-Rays Offered Pittsburg Residents PITTSBURG Free chest X-, rays for area residents 15 years of age and older will be available here Friday at the county office building, 45 Civic from 2 to 5 and 6 to 7:30 p.m.

The Contra Costa Health Dept. mobile unit will be open to food service personnel desiring to complete requirements for health permits. The free X-rays are part of the county's tuberculosis control program. Horace Carpentier's waterfront development Dr. Samuel P.

and parking will be free of Arresjts in Nepal KATMANDU, Nepal (UPI) There was. a note of irony in the long tenancy of the Hall and u's on the Peralta "Grant." The county, had not legally acquired the land and it was not until 1933 that title was definitely settled in the county's favor. By that time, however, the county had "squatters' rights" as the county seat And the Hall of Records was far into a career that now is at an end. charge in the adjoining County court is believed the only one Former Prime. Minister Dr.

K. I. Yanks Await Verdict Singh and deposed Nepali Con gress Home Minister P. Up- Garage. Occupying the -entire block bounded by Oak, Madison, 12th, and 13th Streets; the administration building is the middle of three county structures.

of its kind in the United States. Mrs. Pavel conducts court on the Skokomish Indian Reservation. She is a full-blooded Skokomish Indian. -adhyaya are under house arrest.

it was officially announced In Spain Murder Trial BARCELONA, Spain, '(UPI) -The "eatnik" murder and rob HOUSE bery trial of six persons, among them an American facing a pos THE WHITE sible death sentence by garrot- ing, ended tday with a court announcement that the verdict will KAI SER CENTER, OAKLAND be. given Monday. The trial opened last Wednes Defense counsel for the othe" five defendants gave their final arguments yesterday. Facing possible' Sentences are James Bell Wagner, 22, of Union Branch, N.J., described-by the prosecutor asthe "material author of the crime," and Mrs. Maria Pilar Alfaro Velasco, a 23-year-old Spanish woman from Barcelona.

The other three accused are James Stephen Johnson, 31, of Framingham, John Joseph Hand, 40, of Southfield, and his sister-in-law, Mrs. Nancy Karen Hand, 25t also of Southfield. They are charged as accomplices in the murder and could receive prison terms ranging "from 12 to 20 years. POLICE PANEL TO DISCUSS LOCAL CRIME "Crime in Our Neighborhood" will be discussed by North Oakland residents at 8 p.m. tomorrow during a community meeting in the Golden Gate School, 6200 San Pablo Ave.

Sponsored by the North Oakland Community Council, the program will feature talks by three members of the Oakland Police Department, Lt. John Haubner, Sgt. Howard Dilsaver and Sgt. John Lothrop. Pleasant Hill Keeps Same Street Name sit back relax catnap ZZZZZz day.

This morning's session was taken up by final arguments from Miguel Rodes, defense counsel for Joan douglas Bry-den, 22, of Northampton, Eng land, who faces a prison sen tence of six years and a day if EYE -OPENING VALUES ON FAMOUS SERTA STUDIOS she is found guilty connec MARTINEZ The 2.5 mile strip between Mt. Diablo Boulevard and Geary Road will re tion ith the murder of Spanish businessman, Francisco main Pleasant Hill Road, the board of supervisors ruled yes terday. In leavintr the name un changed, -the board turned down recommendations by the public works denartment that the road it leaves you breathless! be named Taylor Boulevard Ifrom.Mt. Diablo Boulevard to Tavlor Boulevard for 1.78 miles and Geary Road from Taylor Boulevard to Geary uoaa, a distance of .72 miles. The department planned the name change to eliminate con fusion.

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