The Times from San Mateo, California • Page 21

Hospital Beds At Minimum Wtc Watts PENINSULA SECTION SECOND FRONT PAGE SAN MATEO TIME'S AND DAILY NEWS LEADER The numbe rof haspital beds just slightly above minimum available in San Mateo County standards used by Federal and Section II, Pago 15 SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1965 SECOND MAIN NEWS ci Laiuornta agencies. Dr. Harold D. Chope, county health and welfare director says a siudy conducted last fall indicated there are 2.63 hosni Burlingame Won't Reopen on Aptsi SHATTERED GLASS A bole that appeared in the glass door of the Colt Drapery Cleaners' plant at Hinckley and Gilbrcth Roads in Burllngame yeslcrday, frames the figure of a Teamsters' Union picket patrolling the sidewalk outside. A union agent has been arrested for allegedly causing the damage.

(Times photo) Mystery Gunshot In Union Dispute SUPPORTING THE FIVE SPAN San Mateo Creek Bridge will be these specially designed, tapered concrete columns, which rise as high as 250 feet above the canyon floor. Of modified Gothic arch design, the supporting columns will remain natural In color, with the steel superstructure lo be painted green. Call Bids on S.M. Creek Bridge color, with the steel roadway superstructure painted green. The shoulder areas will be sup.

tal beds per 1,000 San Mateo stale and Federal standard is S.M. Agrees To 19th Ave. Interchange FmaMy the Pan Mateo City Council last night adopted an agreement vith the Stale Division of Highways for the extension of Nineteenth Avenue Free way from Marina Lagoon to ths easterly city limits. But, It excludes the complex and controversial Bayshore Nineteenlh Avenue Freeway interchange, ft was omitted by the state lo accelerate action on the long pending agreement. Assistant State Hiphway Engineer Art Haylcr noted It Is yet some years in me luiure.

Councilman Robert C. Garvcy demanded and received assurance that at the same time the state is undertaklnc an inten sit study to determine if it can provide more access to Norfolk Street, a major convenience to so jjc 4,000 residents east of Bay shore who otherwise would "nave to undertake extensive detour ing lo get onto Bayshore. In adopting the agreement, motion by Councilman Kenneth W. Van Gundy also was ap proved concurrently require as a condition the further negotiation between the state and developers of Mariner's Island, represented by project manager Jotin NordmarK. on the clear ance of three bridges over the lagoon on Mariner's Island.

The Phllben Corporation, developers of the area, have staled they! smna reaay to assume tne cost Cost estimates between the slate and developer range be tween sjoo.doo and Hayler urged the adoption expedite budgeting and letting oi mc contract next year to ox tend the freeway to Junlpero berra on tnc west anu to meat GuT new 1 San Maleo lay ward bridge terminus on the cast shore. George Dress, leader In the Marina Lagoon Homeowners As socation district, urged Insurance of the height to permit high masted boats to circulate. Councilman Roy Archibald was adamant on the point. Councilman Robert Garvcy also received assurance from Hayler when he queried w'aether thn state had embarked on further studios to provide a more direct connection to Norfolk Street, channelling some 4,000 residents who would otherwise have to use devious routing to get onlo Bayshore Freeway, said the utmost attention and study was being given the matter. Millbrae Cat Spots Blaze pet cat of the George Steflto family last night warned the household that a' fire 'had started In the bedroom.

The Stcfkos. 1304 Hillcrcsl Drive, Millbrae. were In the living room at 5:35 p.m., they told firemen, when the cat rushed in, making such a clamor that the family investigated. A front bedroom, they found, had apparently been set abtaic by a shorted pole lamp, and flames were leaping up the wall. Firemen extinguished the blaze quickly, mopped up, and estimated damage had been limited to 5790 or $1,000 worth.

Reu nion In School JAM members of the Washing tin Grammer School Assocla tlpn of San Francisco have been ifclted to the group's 43rd re uSl'in February 20 at tie' TI vol I Restaurant, 1434 rant Avenue, San Francisco. I County residents. The minimum 2.5 beds per 1,000 population. ne says. We are a more sophisticated area man those lor which tms Dr.

Chope says. The sludy last October shows 2.19 beds In private hospitals per l.ooo population and .41 beds in the County General Hos pital per l.ooo, or. uiope says. He points out that approximate ly .9 beds per 1,000 population, about twice the figure for San Mateo, are available in county medical laeiiiucs in tawornta. Go Outside Presently, 1,228 hospital beds are available in the county.

Hospital has 247 beds Pcnnirula Hospital has 345: a Sequoia Hospital 343 beds are used; the figure for County Gen eral is 243, including seven beds which are placed in corri dors because of overcrowding; and 29 beds are available at Kaiser Foundation Hospital In South San Francisco. Dr. Chope says the study last fall indicated that 40 per cent of San Mateo County residents who enter hospitals use facili ties in ban hrancisco. Anouier 7 per cent go to hospitals south of the county line, notably the Stanford Palo Alto Hospital. More than half the babies born lo San Mateo County residents are born In hospitals outside the county, Dr.

Chape said the study indicated. New Hospital "If we were Isolated and our I people' couldn't take advantage of hospitals outside the county wed really be In bad shape. Dr. Chope says. One bright spot on the horl is the opening, now tenia lively scheduled for November of this year, of Mary's Help Hospital in uaiy uiy.

mat Hospital will add another 200 beds the total now available in the county. As an indication of the need for beds, Dr. Chope says County General has had 93 per cent occupancy since December of 13tH. Laws Apply Peninsula Hospital officials consider BO per cent occupancy near capacity. This is because of laws dealing with room and ward occupancy.

Tor instance, according to a Peninsula Hos pital spokesman, wards and two aed rooms must he kept all all lcmaje, by law Specialized wards, such as the! obstetrics ward, cannot by law be used for any other pur pose, according to the spokes The Peninsula Hospital spokesman says 1,270 persons were admitted to the Burtin game facility in January. says the hospital was unable accommodate 16 persons wanting private rooms and 89, warning beds in wards during ine month. Of these, he says. 23 were ad milled the day following their original request for admission, Eighteen were rescheduled for admission at other later dates. Devil's Slide Road Closed Alan S.

Hart, district cngl neer, said today that State Highway I (Cabrillo Highway) in Ihe Devil's Slide area be tween Paclflca and Montara will be closed today from noon until 3:30 p.m. lor slide clear' ancc. Beginning Wednesday, this highway section will be closed from 9 a.m. until 3:30 am each day until the slide work Is completed. Each day during the above hours, the highway opened on the hour so that any waiting motorists irtio may wish to travel this section may pass inrougn.

me nignway will be closed again when traffic has passed, so that highway forces may continue working. ugns wm be posted on Sky line Boulevard and at Half Moon Bay to warn motorists of! the slide condition so that they! may take other routes. "Tha World. ported by aesthetically designed plates, which will also strength' en the super structure. A 22 foot median will separate north and southbound traffic 'Bids will be opened April 7 In Sacramento.

A total of $7, 285,000 is available for the project. Another San Mateo County Burlingame Firm Wins Fiesta Bid Contract for reconstruction of the Hall of Flowers at the coun ty fairgrounds in San Mateo was awarded today to the Mor rls Daley Company of Burlin game. In addition to correctine struc tural deficiencies, the work li to include an attempt to beautify tnc Huge concrete block struc lure by dolling up both ends, In stallation of new heating and lighting in the main hall, con strue! ion of rcstroomi and art and garden club rooms, and in terior painting. The lotal cost is lo be $543,141, compared with an estimate of $459,646. The County Board of Supervisors, which approved the contract, agreed to allocate $100,000 more to the project fund.

The extra money will pay architectural fees and contin gencies. County Manager E. R. Stall ings said it will take the co op eration and co ordination of all concerned lo get the work done in time for this year's fair. He warned that the landscaping and other finishing touches may not be completed in lime.

The big hall, the central build ing In the fair complex, has been closed the past two years following the discovery of struc tural flaws. In order to alford the work. the board agreed to reduce the scope of the project. Deleted were plans for a 700 seat restaurant, which would have cost $154,350, and air conditioning, which would have added another $9,250. iMcCormick Will Speak Mike F.

McCormick, pitcher For the Baltimore Orioles, will be guest speaker at San Maleo Rotary Thursday. A native Catifomlan, McCormick was graduated from Mark Keppel High School In Alham InlSM. Pringle's Variance Said Legal Burlingame City Council last night said it had no intention of re opening discussion of the variance it has granted Doug las Pringle to build an apart menl house In the clly's most northwesterly corner. Responding to comments from the Burllngame Civic Improvement Club, the council said the variance was legally granted ana legally stands. Attorney George R.

Corey spoKe io tne council lor tne Improvement club, saying Mill brae's recent action in rescind ing previous apartment approv al nas given Burlingame the lead to fallow. Councitmen approved a four way slop sign installation at Lorton and Burlingame Avenues, and agreed to a motorist's mailbox at I he exit to the city parking lot across Park Road irom City Hall. City Manager Charles Schwalm reported he has talked with a golf course construction specialist, and will continue working on plans for a nlne hDie course on the city dump sue. itegouauons are being made with Jack Fleming, the man who has designed several San Francisco courses, Schwalm said. The council adopted ordi nances making the intersection of Carmclila and Vancouver Avenues a four way stop, and designated Sanches Avenue a through street from El Camlno Real to California Drive.

Schwalm reported on conver sations with the widow of former Councilman Dr. Joseph Lo renz, regarding her offer of a memorial to her husband. She; has offered, he said, to give the city $1,000 to maintain a memorial tree In the canyon area behind her home, if the city decides to develop it as a park, fie emphasized that there was no Immediate time limit on the offer. Councilmen gave first read ing (o an ordinance designed' to increase the size of the city Parking Commission from five members to seven, and scheduled a discussion of recreation center needs for a study ses sion. Apartments, School Woes Rezoning to permit apartment! projects, particularly those in lower rental brackets will con front San Mateo school author! ties with a major problem of providing schools tor children The warning was sounded be fore the city council meeting: last night by David McKeen, principal of LaKcshore school when the board considered and approved application of Arthur G.

Dudley and Douglas J. Shaw ane irom commercial to Garden Apartment use property at the southeast corner of Norfolk Street and Hillsdale Boule lrd. McKeen said the project did not appear to be the kind that would attract young families with children because of its higher costs. McKeen said experience is stowing that of the total enrollment about half or 330 are from Hilbdalo Manor and a prepon derance from apartments. He warned that drastic and wholesale rezoning to apartment use would pose serious problems to the district.

"We don't have funds for additions or to get additional land." Dudley noted his apartments do not cater to amities with children because of the higher rentals. Don Dean of the Hillsdale Manor Homeowners' organization protested the change from the zoning pattern established in the city's master plan. He asked why If commercial zoning were originally Imposed.it was not now proper. He pointed to over crowding at Lakeshore school, and urged the council riot tc 'track away" at; the master or The State Division of High ways will call for bids this week on nine projects, with more than $13 million going for major bridge and freeway construc tion in ban Mateo, Hivcrslde and Sacramento counties. The San Mateo County project calls for construction of eight lane bridge across San Mateo Creek for the future In terstate 280 Freeway in and near Hillsborough; rough grad Ing at the approaches: and plac ing embankment at the pro posed Hayne Road Interchange.

nils five span structure win be more than 1,600 feet long, and the concrete columns supporting it will rise as high as 250 feet from the canyon floor. The tall, tapered columns, which are ot modified Gothic arch de sign, will remain natural in Sportsmen EyeDump For Club Alec McCabe of 25 Normandy ane, Hillsborouch. leader of the Sportsman's Club last night proposed to the San Mateo city council that the organization's ciud ne located on city dump property. it is presently located in Bel ont, where because of the forthcoming development of Redwood Shores it must move. The club Is located on 3.9 acres which, it is expected would be McCabe told the council.

"We are In a position to put up a field and clubhouse. 1 think we have something to offer and we would like to be considered for a section' of the city 'dump, approximately '200 by 300 feet. It will be" necessary to get a permit from the Ideal Cement Company to shoot over their water. The Club, McCabe ex plained numbers some 150 members and is open daily to the public, except two days a week. It oilers a saicty program in gun handling, archery, fly casting, free trap and skeet shooting.

The seesaw battle between Colt Drapery Cleaners In Bur lingame and the Teamsters Union today produced a disappearing "bullet hole." Union agent William N. Dyk stra, of bonoma, was arrested yesterday by Colt Cleaners' owner Louis J. Kcarns, for al legedly breaking the cleaning plant's windows. DyKstra immediately balled it of the citizen's arrest charge, and resumed picketing at tnc Bayshore irontngc plant. This morning, a "bullet hole' $1,050,000 Marina Plan The lonjz wndlnB estimated $1 million dredging and Improvement of Marina Lagoon, war officially launched by the San Mateo City Council last night which set March 24 as the official public protect hear ing date.

It will be paid for tv a special assessment district levy on property owner in the benefitting area. The board passed resolutions. approving City Engineer Robert. Bexzant's report, setting hearing date, describing district boundaries and aphorizing recordation of assessment notices, set the wage and calling lor sealed bids. City Attorney Richard Ran dolph said by March 1 he will submit necessary papers on other phases or the progr im, 30 foot access and complying with the council statement re linquishing fee title.

In calling for bids, the coun cil will receive a fixed price (or the project which will determine amount or individual property assessments. Councilman Roy Archibald re ceived congratulations from his colleagues for his leadership on tne project. reach an international audience of potential bridge buyers by advertising in engineering journals and foreign publications. The bridge can be transported either of two ways. It can be dismantled and reconstructed.

Orentlre trusses can be placed on sea going barges' and transported whole to their destination. The five 300 foot long bridge spans can.be usedas one 1,500 foot bridge or as five smaller bridges, Foley said. In fact, any combination of the sections can be used such as combining two sections to make a 600 foot bridge and the remaining three sections as a 900 foot bridge at another location. One restriction, however, is that one buyer must buy all five sections, Foley said. reportedly appeared in the dour way where glass 'nad been broken out yesterday, and a rifle was reportedly seen in a car on the company parking lot.

Kcarns denied that there was any such bullet hole in his build ing, cither inside or out. Burllngame police said they could iinu no noic, either. Kcarns said he plans further icgat action against the union which he accuses oi having more pickets than the four which arc allowed by a court ruling. Kcarns has said all the union's charges against him are phony, that he has never fired union men and hired non union men. and that his Burllngame plant nas actually never been unionized.

Public Relations man Al Bac carl said Kearns has been caught in the middle of a nion jurisdictional dispute," and has union employes at his other cleaning establishments about the west. 'Toyonaka' School Meet An "Afternoon in Toyonaka' Is the theme of the general: membership meeting of the San Mateo Toyonaka Sister City Affiliation from 3:45 to 5 p.m. Wednesday in the. Lawrence School auditorium. Third and Fremont.

From 3:45 to 4 p.m. the. pro gram calls for lea and cookies and visits to displays. From 4 5 p.m., the program in cludes talks on the history of the affiliation wilh the Japanese city, school life in Japan, slides of Toyonaka 1 and Japaneic dances. From 5:10 to p.

guests can visit the San Mateo Buddhist Chapel, 2 South Ciarr The buyer must agree to re move the bridge soon after the! ew span is completed 1957. The new bridge will have a unique, orthotopic design, no overhead steel supports and cables which are common on most long, span steel bridges. It will be supported between the concrete piers by box. girders below the roadway, which will itseu be fashioned of steel and will be part of the support structure. The result will be a modem, streamlined and uncultured silhouette.

A $27,146,000 contract a rec ord for the State Department oi Public works nas been award ed to Murphy Pacific Bridge Buucers oi uaiuana to erect steel superstructure. project calls for grading and paving to widen 4,7 miles of U. S. 101 (Bayshore Freeway) from six to eight lanes between Nineteenth Avenue in San Mateo and Broadway in Burlingame. Bids will be opened in Sacramento March 24.

A total of $1,110,000 Is available for the project. Housewife Arrested A San Maleo housewife was booked at county jail yesterday on charges of welfare fraud, involving the alleged overpayment of $1,304 to her by the county. Booked on two counts, of grand theft was Mrs. Judith Joan Motamedi, 21 year old waitress of 346 West Grant Street. Inspector M.

L. Greenfield "of the district attorney's office said Mrs. had been receiving aid for her two children, got a $5000 Insurance settle ment in 1963 for Injuries suffered in an auto accident. She provided the welfare department wilh receipts showing that ail of the money went to pay off bills and debts, Greenfield said. Actually, the inspector ri ported, some of the money went Into a savings account, as.

investigation proved. She Is to be arraigned in Municipal Court in San Mateo at 10 a.m., February 23. tdvUld BUYERS to SAVE TROUBLE, TIME. Ot PEMSE by RELYING ON ACOOO REAL ESTATE BROKER! Ybun LOWER CdSTS! Who Wants to Buy S.M. Hay ward Bridge? Bids Set fgNlTft COIOR TV Want to buy a bridge? The State Division of BayToll Crossings will stage its.

version; of the "You wanna buy the Brooklyn Bridge?" game only mis time it wm ce tor real. In a month or two, the Divl slon will advertise for to buy the five central spans of the San Matec Hayward Bridge, which Is being replaced' by a new nign levei sro million span. E. Foley, chief engineer of the division, said it may "well be feasible to transport the bridge to almost any point in the world. And it could be far less pensive, he said, to transplant the San Maieo naywara Bridge in this fashion over, say, the Mekong River, than to build a new bridge from scratch.

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