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4 3nftrprnhfnt-3(nurnal. Tuesday, Feb. 25, Governor Indirectly Backing Cranston SACRAMENTO Ed- Engle has said repeatedly mund G. Brown indirectly en- that recovering, that he's dorsed State Controller Alan fit and able to campaign and Cranston today in his race for serve. the Democratic nomination for Brown said, however, it was the U.S.

Senate against ailing obvious from halting Sen. Clair Engle. speech in a telephone message Brown said, however, he to the California Democratic would remain neutral in the Council convention in Long event that Atty. Gen Stanley Beach last weekend that he Mosk decides to run in the couldn't campaign. June 2 primary.

The CDC endorsed Cranston The Democratic governor, over both Rep. James Roosevelt first elected along with Engle of Los Angeles and Engle, in 1958, wrote off the 52-year- Roosevelt dropped out of the old senator who underwent contest yesterday. But Engle brain surgery last August. really feel that Senator Engle can campaign for the U.S. he told his news conference.

declared in the race to stay. Brown touched on these other subjects: HOUSING He reiterated belief that the initiative measure aimed at the Rumford housing act is unconstitutional. The governor said he plans to confer with both sides before deciding whether to assign the controversial measure to the June primary or November general election Construction worker Allen He indica(ed that a Hamilton may spend good case is made for June, the initiative will appear on the Worker Doesn't Like Jail, a little more time in Marin County because he emphasized his dislike for jails. Hamilton, 25, of Windsor, Sonoma County, was sentenced to five days in jail last week in Marin Municipal Court for failure to have a valid license. He did not report as ordered Saturday, but instead November ballot.

JOHNSON The governor said he discuss it with President Lyndon B. Johnson at Palm Springs last weekend, but that White House aides confirmed he enter the California primary. showed up late in Judge Leon- anHrf0Wn Said ard A. court jester- ed (jav ocratic delegation that will be Judge Thomas told Hamilton Johnson, he must start serving the sen- UDALL Brown described tence at once and ordered him revised Pacific Southwest in custody of the bailiff. After water plan as to a very court was adjourned and the time came to go downstairs.

California opposed the orig- Hamilton told Bailiff Benedict proposal by Secretary of H. Pope like fntenor Stewart Udall, espec- and refused to go along. on exporting water to He went limp and insisted he Arizona. Most of would have to be dragged to1 objections were removed in the jail. With help from two other revised plan, deputies, Pope put handcuffs now stands, the Udall on Hamilton, and he was car- Brown ried off to jail, where he was added.

booked on a new count of re- said the sisting arrest and told to await state intends to do everything another appearance in court. Reed To Discuss Budget Tonight The Reed School District board will continue its discussion of the 1964-65 operating budget at meeting at 8 in room 14 of Reed School. possible to recruit enough farm hands to harvest crops next year. A shortage of farm labor is in prospect with the termination of the bracero program that brought thousands of Mexican nationals into the country to work in the fields. The governor said he could see no reason why teen-agers help out.

TUNNELS Brown said Three Homes Broken Into By Burglars Three homes in Forest Knolls and Lagunitas have been broken into by burglars during recent weeks, deputies learned yesterday. The homes were the most recent victims of frequent vandalism and burglaries in the San Geronimo Valley. Peter R. Hansen told deputies his two-story house on Ramona Avenue in Forest Knolls was broken into for the seventh time in the past year. During the weekend he said he found a window smashed and five bottles of whiskey, two bottles of liquer, six bottles of beer, 18 shirts and two cameras missing.

He estimated the value of the loot to be about $175. Michael Kassinos of San Francisco, owner of a house on Resaca Road, Forest Knolls, told deputies he found the place had been entered and bureau drawers were open, but nothing was missing. Edgar Mohaupt of San Francisco, owner of a summer cottage on Lagunitas Road, Lagunitas, reported the door had been forced open and cigar butts were on the floor. He did not discover anything missing, however. San Quentin Camp Chief To Retire Capt.

L. W. Thompson, chief supervisor of San Quentin Pri- 10 conservation camps for honor prisoners, will retire April 1. Thompson, a member of the prison staff since 1934, has directed the operations of the camps for the past 20 years. No locks, fences or firearms are used at the remote camps to control prisoners, Thompson said.

Some 60 supervisors are responsible for about 800 men. The prisoners work on conservation projects under the direction of the state forestry service. Thompson said he will live in Grass Valley after he retires. MARY L. JORDAN Former Fairfax postmaster OBITUARIES A working budget has been drawn up which calls for new i work will start this year on The override taxes for health and tunnels that will carry North- welfare benefits as well as costs of educating grades seventh through eighth said Supt.

Edward C. Pino. Pino estimates these overrides could amount to 45 cents. For comparison, the board has an advanced planning budget for school year 1964-65 which does not include these overrides in the estimated receipts. Rifle Case Plea Changed To Guilty Gary Lee Corvello, 25-vear- old Corte Madera resident charged with threatening a neighbor with a sawed-off caliber rifle, changed a plea of innocent to guilty today in Marin Superior Court.

Corvello, arrested Dec. 26 on a charge that he threatened Joseph Patricko, 20, in a dispute over a bottle of wine, had asked for a jury trial, scheduled to begin this morning. Judge N. Brusatori set March 9 for sentencing. ern California water through the Tehachapi Mountains to the south.

He said the two tunnel jobs totalling 60 million dollars will be among 167 million dollars in State Water Project construction to begin during 1964. Brown noted that the projects to be started this year are in addition to 190 million dollars worth already under way and 130 million dollars on the joint state-federal San Luis Project. Boy Jumps From Moving Auto A 16-year-old Sir Francis Drake High School student, who suffered a fractured skull when he jumped from a moving car Saturday, was reported in good condition today at Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco. Phillip Frederick Daniels, 5 Hooper Lane, was injured when he jumped from a moving convertible to recover his black derby hat which had blown away, San Rafael police said. He was riding west along Fourth Street approaching Shaver Street, San Rafael, at about 4 p.m.

in a car driven by Melvin Joseph Lufrano, 16, of 19 Manor View, Fairfax. RAT Engle's Wife Says He'll Come Home SAN FRANCISCO UP The wife of Sen. Clair Engle says the California Democrat will come home soon from Washington, prove recovered from brain surgery and will thwart efforts of those trying to use his to unseat him. Mrs. Engle gave her views in a copyright interview yesterday with a staff writer of the San Francisco Examiner in the living room of the Engle home in Washington.

MARIN'S BEAUTIFUL Has facilities for each family's preference Is protected by a large endowment fund which assures future maintenance -at the west end of Fifth tao Glenwood 4-3166 Continued from page 1 ants, was assumed by Latipac Corp. to be part of its purchase of the McNear Ranch, but, no one was able to prove it. To clear the title to the property, it was turned over to the federal government, which has made surveys of the land and is now preparing to rid itself of the Lilliputian island. Finney has made a tentative appraisal of the island which is being checked by the appraisal reviewer in Sacramento. He said that until his appraisal was officially adopted, he would only say he did not think the island was worth more than $2,000.

is very difficult to appraise a small island because not many are bought and he said. Be modern with ERNEST ONGARO A SONS Plumbing Hooting Appliencoo San Ansolmo San Antalma Phenat 454-7400 Fairfax Council, Rec Meet Tonight Fairfax City Council and Park and Recreation Commission are scheduled to meet informally at 8 p.m. today to discuss remodeling of the pavilion and other matters, City Clerk Alice Leonesio announced. The meeting will be in the council chambers. Attends Meeting Dr.

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Hands 1526 Fifth San Rafaal 454-7844 end March 31 1964! Mrs. Mary L. Jordan Dies At 74 Mrs. Mary L. Jordan, 74, former postmaster of Fairfax, died at a local hospital today after a long illness.

Mrs. Jordan was postmaster from 1937 until her retirement after 19 years service on Jan. 31, 1956. From 1932 to 1937 she served as Fairfax city treasurer. A resident of 75 Sequoia Road, Fairfax, for 50 years, Mrs.

Jordan was the widow of Thomas C. Jordan, a Marin attorney who died in 1929. Mrs. Jordan was born in San Francisco, where she received her schooling. Mrs.

Jordan was a charter member of Fairfax Parlor of Native Daughters of the Golden West, a charter member of Court St. Agnes, Catholic Daughters of America, and a member of the Fairfax Women's Club and the Retired Federal Employees Assn. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Gedge Knopf of San Rafael, Mrs. William Sullivan of Fairfax and Mrs.

Thomas lies of Santa Rosa; a son, Thomas C. Jordan of Fairfax; a brother, John J. Sweeney of San Francisco, and five grandchildren. The cortege will form at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow at Mortuary in San Rafael for Requiem Mass at 10 a.m.

at St. Church, Fairfax. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma. MILLARD W. YOUNG Cold storage leader Millard Young Dies At 64 Millard W.

Young, 64, national ice and cold storage executive of Green brae, died of a heart attack last night while visiting friends in Chicago. Young, of 5 Corte Los Sombras, was president of National Ice and Cold Storage which has a San Francisco office; president of the U.S. Cold Storage Co. with offices in Chicago and Hawaii, and executive vice Possible Bridge Leaper Reported Richard Fredianelli, 21, of Millbrae was listed by the California Highway Patrol as a possible Golden Gate Bridge suicide today after his ear was found in the Vista Point parking lot at 12:45 a.m. Highway Patrol Officers Vincent Weimer and Charles Heart said the warmth of the engine indicated that it had been turned off at least one-half hour before they noticed the car while on patrol.

Found in the car was a note threatening suicide, written on 14 pages of small notebook paper. Senate Confirms Rowan Appointment WASHINGTON (UPD The Senate today confirmed the nomination of Carl T. Rowan, Negro newsman and former ambassador to Finland, to be director of the U. S. Information Agency.

Senate action was by voice vote and came less than two hours after the Senate Foreign Relations Committee recommended approval. Mill Valley Legion Dinner Set March 21 American Legion, Mill Valley Post 284, will have a corned beef dinner at 6:30 p.m., March 21 at the Legion Hall. Awards were given last night to the four Scout troops sponsored by the post, and, the post was given charters for the units. About 40 Scouts attended, said Mrs. Persis A.

Stanley, post commander. Public Works Head Starts In Novato Lawrence A. Coleman, former city engineer of Upland, San Bernardino County, started work yesterday as Novato director of public works. Coleman succeeds Charles Joseph, the first public works director, who resigned last Dec. 31, to become engineer-manager of the Novato Sanitary District.

Coleman had been at his Upland post since May, 1960. Prior to that he was deputy general manager of the Chino Basin Municipal Water District for four years. Coleman also will be street superintendent and will receive a salary of $996 per month. Planning Agenda Mill Valley planning commissioners will hold a public hearing at their 8 meeting today to consider rezoning the northwest corner of Camino Alto at East Blithedale Avenue from single family residential with lots at least 20,000 square feet to a permanent zoning classification to provide for both apartment and commercial uses. president and director of American Consumer Industries, with West Coast headquarters.

He was also former president of American Assn. and the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors. A native of Hoboken, N.J., he moved to California in 1906 and came to Marin County from Sacramento 15 years ago. He was a 32nd degree Mason, and a member of Rotary Club and the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. Survivors are his wife, Bernice; a daughter, Mrs.

Janice Jopson, San Rafael; and two grandchildren. Funeral and burial are tentatively scheduled for Thursday in Sacramento. The family requested that memorial contributions be made to the Heart Fund. MRS. DEFFEBACH Estella Deffebach of Mill Valley, widow of a direct descendant of John Reed, died yesterday in a local hospital after a short illness.

She was 65. Mrs. Deffebach had lived in Marin County 50 years, much of the time in Mill Valley proper and most recently at 16 Barn Road, which is on the Tiburon Peninsula near Strawberry. She was born in Massachusetts. Her late husband, Thomas Deffebach II, was a real estate broker who developed the old Alto area among other developments.

Deffebach was a descendant of Reed, who got the first Spanish land grant in Marin County in 1834. It was called the Corte Madera Del Presidio. Years ago Mrs. Deffebach took part in little theater work in Mill Valley and was also interested in music. She is survived by her son, Thomas B.

Deffebach III of Mill Valley; three brothers, William Keen of Los Angeles, and Frank and Delbert of Massachusetts. Funeral arrangements are pending at Russell 'and Gooch Mortuary, Mill Valley. MRS. ULRICH A Requiem Mass for Mrs. Katherine Ulrich, 84, of 821 McClay Road, Novato, who died Saturday at a Novato hospital after a brief illness, was celebrated yesterday at Our Lady of Loretto Catholic Church in Novato.

Mrs. Ulrich was the wife of Albert Ulrich of Novato, a retired accountant formerly with the Railway Express Agency in San Francisco. A native of Galena, 111., she had been a resident of Marin County for 15 years and of California since 1918. Burial was in Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma. DAVID MENARY A crowd of more than 400 paid final respects today to the late David Menary, 70, who died Sunday after emergency surgery.

Relatives and friends of Menary, former sheriff and longtime California Highway Patrolman, gathered at Harry M. Williams Mortuary in San Rafael, filling the chapel, four slumber rooms and reception room. Overflow crowds also filled the aisles, where about 70 uniformed highway patrolmen, deputies, and police officers stood at attention throughout the services. A squadron of patrol and po- Louise A. Boyd NATURAL SCIENCE MUSEUM presents the fabulous JOY ADAMSON Author of the book "Born Free," a I about Elsa The Lioness will speak on ii THE STORY OF ELSA AND ME" illustrated with color movies SAN RAFAEL HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM Two Performances: 7 p.m.

and 9 p.m. available thru the local p.t at th.daor lice cars provided Menary with escort from San Rafael to Mount Tamalpais Cemetery for burial. Marin County Board of Supervisors suspended their regular meeting at mid-morning to attend the funeral services. Masonic services were followed by services conducted by the Rev. Henry Kent of St.

Luke Presbyterian Church. Peace officers from San Mateo County and San Francisco, including the sheriff of San Francisco, were present. BARBARA BURNS Mrs. Barbara Allen Burns, 51, wife of attorney Robert E. Burns of 45 Manor Road, Kentfield, died in a San Francisco hospital today after a two- month illness.

Besides her husband, she also is survived by a daughter, Chrissie Burns, a student at Mills College, Oakland. Mrs. Burns, a native of Portland, was the daughter of the late Edward Tyson Allen, forestry conservationist and consultant, first forester for the State of California and friend of the late Gov. Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania, pioneer conservationist. Under the name of Maryland Allen, her mother, the late Matilda Allen Burns, wrote a number of novels and numerous short stories which were published in Smart Set magazine.

Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Episcopal Church, Ross, Rev. Harold E. Hallett officiating.

Contributions to the church are preferred. NELLIE BERTUCCI Funeral for Mrs. Nellie Bertucci, 73, of 1016 Third Street, Novato, who died Friday in a local hospital after a five-day illness, was held today at Redwood Chapel Funeral Home, Novato. Burial was in Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael. Mrs.

Bertucci was the widow of Orlando Bertucci, who before his death in April, 1962, operated a septic tank business with their son, Charles, who carries on the business at 641 Plumb Street, Novato. Born in Nuncie, Mrs. Bertucci had lived in Novato 50 years. She is survived by two sons, Charles and Donald of Redding; four daughters, Mrs. Marjorie Daniels and Mrs.

Inez Horning of Sacramento, Mrs. Myrtle Bauereio of Dallas, and Mrs. Gladys Dressier of Kansas City, seven grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Bertucci was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary of Novato and a past president of Eagles Auxiliary 333 of Petaluma.

MRS. JOUCKEN Requiem Mass for Mrs. Elizabeth Joucken, 69, of 147 Stewart Drive, Tiburon, who died Sunday in a San Francisco hospital after a long illness, will be held at 8:30 a. m. Thursday at St.

Church, San Francisco. Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. tomorrow at Carew and English Funeral Chapel, San Francisco. Entombment will be in Holy Cemetery, Colma. A native of Ohio, Mrs.

Joucken had lived in California sance 1920, was a resident of San Francisco for 17 years and of Tiburon for nearly three years. Surviving are her husband, Hubert Q. Joucken, who retired a few years ago after 23 ownership of Ahrens Bakery in San Francisco, and two sisters, Mrs. Louise Lister and Mrs. Winona Hale of Ohio.

MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED George Henry Nothelfer, 24, and Sarah Jane Huddleston, 19, both of Hamilton Air Force Base. Ned George Scott, 24, of San Francisoo, and Karen Elizabeth Routley, 17, of 340 Jean Street. Mill Valley. Charles Anton Bakken. 25, of 920 Patricia Way, San Rafael, and Elfriede Josefine Mader, 28, of San Francisco.

BIRTHS BROOKS A daughter to the wife of Stanley Brooks, Mill Valley, Feb. 12 in San Francisco. son to the wife of Rodman Odell Davis, Terra Linda, Feb. 7 in San Francisco. daughter to the wife of William Lee Lehman, Mill Valley, Feb.

14 in San Francisco. DIVORCES ASKED WALKER Rosemary A. vs. Mark cruelty. E.

vs. John cruelty. Van Cleave vs. Carol Elizabeth, cruelty. DEATHS Fairfax Feb.

25. 1964. Mary L. Jordan, wife of the late Thomas C. Jordan: mother of Mrs.

Gedge Knopf, Mrs. William C. Sullivan. Mrs. Thomas lies and Thomas C.

Jordan: sister of John J. Sweeny and the late James L. Sweeny; grandmother of Gedge W. Susan and Thomas Knopf and Catherine and Daniel Sullivan: a native of San Francisco, aged 74 years. A charter member of Fairfax parlor N.

D. G. charter member Cort St. Agnes, Catholic Daughters of America. Fairfax Women's Club and Retired Federal Employees Assn.

Friends are invited to attend the funeral Wednesday. Feb. 26, 1964, at 9:30 a.m. from Mortuary, San Rafael, thence to St. Church, Fairfax, where a Requiem Mass will be offered for the reposal of her soul at 10 a.m.

Friends are invited to receive Communion with the family. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma. 25, 1964, Barbara Allen Burns, wife of Robert E. Burns: mother of Chrissie Burns; daughter of the late Edward Tv- son Allen and Matilda Allen. Contributions to St.

Episcopal Church preferred. A native of Oregon. Memorial services under direction of Daphne San Francisco Funeral Service Thursday 11 a.m. St. Episcopal Church, Ross, Rev.

Harold E. Hallett officiating. (2 25) Mill Valley, Feb. 24, 1964, Estella M. Deffenbach, loving mother of Thomas B.

Deffenbach, sister of William Keen of Los Angeles, Frank and Delbert Keen, both of Massachusetts; a native of Massachusetts. Funeral arrangements pending Memorial Chapels, Russell and Gooch, 270 Miller Avenue, Mill Valley. Time of service tomorrow. JOUCKEN In San Francisco, Feb. 23, 1964.

Elizabeth Joucken, beloved wife of Hubert Joucken, loving sister of Mrs. Louise Lister and Mrs. Winona Hale of Ohio. A native of Ohio. The funeral will take place Thursday, Feb.

27, 1964, at 8:30 a.m. from the Memorial chapels of Carew and English, Masonic at Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, thence to St. Agnes Church, Masonic at Page Street, where a Requiem Mass will be offered for the repose of her soul commencing at 9:00 a.m. Rosary Wednesday evening at 8 Entombment Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma. How every Californian 65 and over can benefit because a new law made Western 65 Health Insurance possible This law, passed July 23,1963, has enabled 62 leading insurance companies to combine their resources for just one purpose: to give senior Califomiani more adequate health insurance.

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