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10 OiiUth2Crlhtttt After the Crash Came the Silence of drunk driving and sentenced to six months in jail and placed on three years' Sharon, asleep" in the rear seat, was thrown against a door post. A fractured skull and brain injury left her unconscious. Navy Trainer Crash Kills 1 A Navy T-33 jet trainer from Alameda Naval Air Station crashed in flames last 'evening near Manteca. One pilot bailed out safely and another was killed when his chute failed to open. The dead co-pilot was identified as Lt.

Cmdr. Merle Backes, 36, of Fullerton. plane was flying at 19,500 feet when the engine failed, according to the pilot, Cmdr. H. Beckerdike, 42, of Bakers-field.

He said he attempted to reach the Stockton Airport, but at "Five injured in highway crash dronk driver jailed," says the headline. The story is up to a point. It does not tell of the sorrow and suffering yet- to be endured by the victims and their families. Pretty, blue-eyed Sharon Gardner is one of these" traffic victims. Today marks the start ot the third year that the 14- has lain.

in a comatose condition' in Fairmont Hospital. Sharon was a student and a good one at Irvington Elementary School in Fremont, two years ago. She had told her minister father that when she grew up she intended to be a medical missionary. The Gardners were returning from a family reunion at Porter- viHe-inthe-early-morning hours of Aug. 18, 1963, when their car was struck in the rear by another machine.

Police said the drive. was racing 75-80 m.p.h. at He subsequently was convicted Since then her condition nas shown some improvements She opened her eyes after six 'months. She has grown. Doctors are doing extensive research but they offer no hope for Sharon's recovery.

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REG. 19 REG.89V REG. 99' REG. 2.94 Council Approves Budget; 2-CentTax Rate Increase ONE-A-DAY CREST ASPIRIN 5 -Grain, USP, Bottle of 100 SUEPiMN BEAUTY HAIRSPRAY, 14-oz. MULTIPLE VITAMINS BOTTLE of 100 TOOTHPASTE, Family Size 99 0)C to only 4.5 per cent last year.

In the five years prior, increases had been 3.54, 2.07, 2.53, 2.53 and 3.29 per cent. The city's new tax rate will come before the council Aug. 26 for final passage. city fathers had feared a tax increase of four or five cents might be required ceived its new certified assessment figure of $712.3 million, up about $18.9 million 2.65 per cent over last year. The figures, furnished by Eugene V.

Waring, Alameda County auditor-controller, are the total assessed valuation of Oakland's taxable property. Bound to be scrutinized closely because of alleged tax kickbacks in the assessor's office, the assessment figures break down this way: 1 Secured roll (mostly land A two-cent increase, bringing Oakland' city tax rate to $3.17, wag given preliminary approval by the city council last night. The new rate for the coming year was advanced by the council through its first and second reading stages by a 7-0 vote, without debate or discussion. No opponents appeared. rfhe council had been forewarned last week by Finance Director Richard Hamb that a two-cent increase probably would be necessary to finance the record $47.6 million budget adopted for the 1965-66 fiscal year.

N' Also last night, the council re- BUY NOW FOR BACK TO SCHOOL SAVINGS to support their But the assessment base increase was higher than early estimates, The citys' tax rate must produce $22.4 million in property taxes during the coming year, up about $338,000 over last year. The city had held its rate at and improvements) $519.2 million, up about $9.6 million. 2 Unsecured personal prop Reg. 6" TomatoHelp Bypassed, U.S. Claims erty roll (mostly personal property, furniture, inventory, etc) $96.2 million, up about $13.2 mil-liion(16percent).

3 i I i i es $96.8 million, down $532,000. Also shown were land, improvement and utility assessments totaling $835,000 for the Washington Street Mall assessment district. That figure is down about 20 per cent. Property owners there are taxed 50 cents per $100 of assessed valuation for the mall's upkeep. 10 CAMPUS PENCILS Popular 2 lead with eraser top.

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Jury Acquits Two Men on Gold Charges A former miner and an Oregon optometrist have been acquitted by a San Francisco jury of charges they dealt illegally in gold. The jury of 10 men and two women deliberated seven hours before returning the verdict yesterday in the court of U.S. District Judge Albert C. Wollen-berg. Attorneys for "Dr.

William J. Thompson, 43, of Medford, and Lester Marks, 47, of San Francisco had argued that Thompson believed the Department had declared an amnesty to permit replenishment of the country's gold supply and that Thompson believed the California gold dealing licenses held by Marks were sufficient. Guilty Plea By Seaman to Counterfeit ATTACHE CASE PENWAY STENO NOTEBOOK 21 ROLL TOP PENCIL BOX Vg1' 39c -TYPEWRITER PAPER Flg 39c GEM PAPER CLIPS jc SCRATCH PAD 18c DUO-DAN 6 COVERS G.E. SNOOZE ALARM 366 SACRAMENTO (UPI) The U.S. Labor Department: says California tomato growers have made no move to use the 8,000 Mexican nationals authorized last week, despite their claims they need many more workers.

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case in either black- -or tan vide or lf 77 Arlo Nelson Gay, 41. a tugboat seaman from "Tacoma, pleaded guilty today to possession of counterfeit $20 bills before Federal Dist. Judge George Harris in San Francisco. Gay will be on Sept. 15.

Arrested by San Francisco police last Saturday, he is accussed of passing $800 worth of bogus money in a three-day period in the Bay Area, $400 of it in Oakland. The Secret Service said $300 in bogus money was found on his person and another $1,100 was found in a suitcase' at a local bus station. Agents say Gay passed the phony bills in San Francisco and Oakland department and apparel stores. Agents say Murray Anslow, a photographer, was arrested in his Tacoma home on a charge of- making the counterfeit bills. narrow rule OBITUARIES Catherine Larner Requiem Macs will be offered at 9a.m.

tomorrow at St. Elizabeth's Church. 1500 34th for Miss Catherine Larner, 67, a registered nurse who for many years operated and headed the Melrose Nursing Home in East Oakland. Miss Larner died at her home at 1921 26th Ave. Monday after a lengthy illness.

She is survived By an adopted son, Michael Larner of Oak: land: a sister, Frances Coniff Reg. 69c $1 WITHOUT COUPON 59 foi Reg. 1" 1" Reg. flfteSK yy J29 Coupon good thru Aug, 24 woo" AugL24 We stand to lose at least 60 million pounds before the end of the season because of inability to harvest this acreage." He said the labor supply, at the same time, is dwindling as Vorkers move to more attractive jobs in the tree fruit harvest. 2 Die in Tribal Clash MANILA (UPD-Two persons were killed and several injured in.

a battle yesterday between the feuding Bauam and Ting-layan tribes in the Bontoc Mountains 300 miles north of here. f'-x ts is EVERYDAY DISCOUNT LIQUOR BUYS of Albany; and a brother, Richard B. Larner of Capitola. There will be a recitation the Rosary at 8 p.m. today at the Clarence N.

Cooper Mortuary, 1580 Fruitvale Ave. Dr. Elliot Fisher YOUR DINNER WINE Assessments Probe Plea by Taxpayers Group Denied 100 PROOF BONDED WHISKEY VODKA- Mb Dr. Elliot Fisher, a former Alameda resident, died of an apparent heart attack at Ken- FULL GALLON A taxpayers group askingSoTSftlie reassessment compared JOI wit "I "GREEN STAMP" 1 "WHITE with existing assesements. make its own investigation into FIFTH rg "Old Abby" FIFTH neoy international Airport in New York yesterday.

He was 61. Dr. Fisher was general secretary of the Methodist Church Commission on Promotion and Cultivation. One of the )49 KSt a Drv tofeU Win Asst. Dist.

Atty. Douglas Dunning' advised supervisors they have no authority to grant such a request. Supervisor Kent Pursel told Knowles that the board TOP QUALITY finest, always 4 I property assessments in Alameda County has been turned 'jlway by the Board of Supervisor. W. Edward Knowles.

president of the American Taxpayers' Union of California, Jnc, yesterday asked supervisor! In 1929 Dr. Fisher became a pastor, and served in Methodist! BURGUNDY, has a responsibility to assist churches in the California-1 VIN rose, the district attorney's office Nevada Conference, from San: S-C-O-T-C-H "89 in anv Investieation Into prop Jose to Tracy, Marysville to popular Compare, and Save SAJTERNE. COMPARE erty, assessments and ft do 339 IMPORTED FIFTH, Wc Duff 7777 OUR PRICE. or permission to inspect assess-inent records of unspecified properties ia the county. He said the properties would Jbe reassessed and the results ing so at this ume.

The city's assessment base increase of 2-65 per cent bounced back after disappointing drop Clarksburg. The Alameda naUve" became superintendent, of the Sacramento District in 1944, and was appointed to his present post In I960..