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San Francisco-Ground was broken June l0 for the proposed $2 million Hilton Inn to be constructed at International Airport here. Los Angeles.-The oak paneling in the new Los Angeles County courthouse will cost $980,000 instead of the wellpublicized and muchcriticized $2,800,000 figure first reported. The chief adrninistrative officer said 'lhe higher figure represented all the millwork in the

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building-doors, counters, benches, jury boxes, etc. Only 35/o ol tthe expenditure was for "rift-sawn white oak." It would have been possi'ble to use birch, ,he added, but the saving would have been about $6,0@. County officials were criticized when one of the architects on the job said a $1 million mistake was made by underestimating the cost of the wood work, and the administrative officer pointed out that building costs had jumped after the plans were approved.

Beale Air Force Base, Calif.-Hal B. Hays & Associateq Loc Angeles, subrnittcd a l,ow bid of $9,O78,50O for construction of 50O more Capehart housee on Beale AFB to p,rovide housing for personnel when base is activat€d as a unit of the Strategic Air Command.

L,,os Angeles.-The Westchester district will get a new post office at Kittyhawk avenue and 86th Place on a 20-year lease. It will be twice the size of the present one at 8611 Truxton Ave. Construction contract was granted to Fred W. Marlow and Fritz Burns.

San Rafael.-Vance C. Mapc, former Pcninsula contractor, has taken over the remaining lots in Glenwood, San ,Rafacl subdivision, to finish building a nwnber of homes started by ano her contractor. In addition, 175 acres o'f land adjoining thc subdivision is scheduled for developmcnL The tract ofrers 10 basic floor plans with 32 variations, with liberal usc of redwood, builtin kitchens and wood walls, and plank and strip hardwood floors. Cedar and sha.ke roofs are used. A nearby stropping cetrter is planned.

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Stockton, Calif.-Negotiations were reported completed June 7 for the sale of a $4,600,000 p,rime Lake Tahoe shoreline prroperty for development as a music and arts center. David T. Lawson, S'tockton, presidenrt and founder o,f the Lake Tahoe Music and Arts Foundation, said sale of the property along two miles of the Nevada shore were negotiated with the property owner, Capt. George 'C. Whittell, Woodside, Tlhe sale involved mostly undeveloped timberland along the shore of Crystal Bay, near the California-Nevada stateline, and is one of ,the largest land transactions in the historry of Nevada. The Music and Arts Foundation plan-s an international center on the 9,000 acres with a modern oampus, donmitories, and a bowl,type amphitheatre facing the lake, and development of homesites and recreation sites.

Oakland.-Assured by the City Council of a Z-year extension of the lease on the municipally owned land, the Oakland Housing Authority has agreed to spend $11,400 on the Bay View Park temporary housing p.roject at 16th and W,ood sbreets to bring it in line with the new Housing Codc. Continued use of the project was said to be necessary to house 64 families. Closure had been demanded as "an eyesore and sub-standard," creating a bad impression on vis.itors arriving at the SP's l6trh Street station.

Hollister.-The 'original century-old ranch house fashioned of hand-hewn timbers with square nails, still standing on the Rancho Cienega of the Phelps }funter family of Atherton, will 'be remodeled into a guest cottage, In one spot w{here the wallpaper was torn

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away, collectors found an old copy o'f The San Francisco Examiner carrying a banner headline story on the Alaska gold rush. The 1000-acre ranch is a portion of a Spanish land grant that once extended over the top of the San Juan grade into the Salinas valley.

Los Angeles.-Pepperdine College plans a five-year, $3 million development program which calls for erection of a science building, student union, new wings to the rnen's and women's dorms, and 50 apartments for married studenrts.

Pal,o, Alto.-Brown & Kaufimann, local builders, rplan a $10 million developrnent in the westside area of Sunnyvale to consis,t of 430 homes in the $20-$25,000 price range on Homestead Road, 1l miles sout'h of Los Altos, on 110 acres of orchards recently purchased. Five model homes started ofi the continuing 2-year project. Homes will be rranch-style. B&K are presently completing the final unit of Crherryhill Farms, a 2Zl-trntrt development in the sime area.

Los Angeles.-Signature Homes, Inc., has started a new unit adjacent to the Northridge site. Homes feature cedar shake roofs, mahogany kitchen cabinets and slab doors. Aluminum sliding sash and oak floors are also featured.

Santa Barbara.-Board of Education has approved plans for a $55,000 kindergarten building on McKinley Schoolgrounds.

Anaheim.-Planning Commissi'on approved plans of Magnolia School District for a new building on Orange avenue west of Magnolia.

Studio City.-L. A. City Council authorized Republic Pictures' $5,000,000 expansion progra'm on 27 acres.

Burbank.-L. A. City Council rezoned two acres at Shadycove avenue and Glenhill drive from agricultural to single-family and suburban.

Anaheim.-Planning Commission approved plans of Domnick Bastinell for SO-unit motel and pool west of West strcet oa south side of Katella avenue.

Monterey County-Number of dwellings here has increased 33/o since 1950, with 44,117 homes in the county now. Commercialirrdustrial building increased 42/o over 1950, while farms decreased from 1,911 to 1,892.

Covina.--$449,315 contract for construction of l8-classroom Valencia school on l0-acre site south of Arrow Highway, east of Azusa, was awarded Oltman Const. Co.