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San Francisco Suburb Up in Arms Over By-Product of Progress
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, I9M
By JOSEPH P. SARGIS
United Press International
SAN BRUNO, Calif. (UPD
This pleasant San Francisco
area suburb is up in arms
about that annoying by-product
of progress common to every
community at the end of a ma
jor airport runway: noise.
When jets zoom away from
nearby San Francisco Interna
tional Airport the high-pitched
whine of their powerful engines
settles over the adjacent sub
urbs like a conversation-stifling
blanket.
A local group, the San Bruno
Improvement Association, says
residents are "tired of being ig
nored by those airport people"
when they complain about the
bothersome din.
The association promises ac
tion possibly a law suit
against the City of San Fran
cisco, the airport and the air
lines which fly jets in and out
of it.
The city and aviation inter
ests counter that everything
possible is being done to limit
jet noise.
The controversy developing
here is not dissimilar to one
3,000 miles away, in the town of
Hempstead, N.Y., a sprawling
Long Island suburban area
which lies in the glide path of
New York International Airport
(Idlewild). Hempstead town
commissioners just enacted the
nation's first ordinance limiting
the level of jet noise within
community borders. Nine air
lines have gone to court to
block enforcement.
"We are just plain tired of
getting the runaround," com
plains Steve Pardini. a sales
man who heads the San Bruno
Improvement Association's air
port committee.
San Bruno, Millbrae and
South San Francisco surround
International Airport on a nar
row strip of land along San
Francisco Bay, paralleling one
of the airport's main take-off
strips. Millbrae has had a law
suit pending for two years,
charging the airport with "cre
ating an intolerable nuisance
t, the operation of jet places."
Citizens in all three commu
nities claim that the airport and
airlines have been negligent in
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holding down tne noise by jet
cratt, Dut mere nave been no
official city complaints.
The airport, which formed a
Sound Abatement Center three
years ago to handle the prob
lem, says the San Bruno Im
provement Association's com
plaints "are not consistent with
the facts." The San Francisco
city attorney's office, which al
so is fighting the Millbrae suit,
agrees with the Sound Abate
ment Center.
Noise as Bad as Ever
But Pardini and his group,
most of whom live less than
two miles from the end of Run
way 28, insist the noise is as
bad as ever. They also have
added a "fallout" charge to
their noise complaint. They say
that low-flying jets straining in
take-off are spewing their area
with black, sooty deposits, which
through chemical analysis have
been determined to come di
rectly from jet engines during
take-off.
Ted Huggins, the sound abate
ment center's director, doesn't
dismiss any complaint lightly
and has for more than a year
now conducted an around-t h e
clock vigil on complaints. He
admits that many callers
some phone in the middle of
the night have legitimate
complaints.
The Sound Abatement Center
(SAC), is made up of at least
one representative from each of
the 18 airlines using the airport,,
the airline Pilots Association
and the Air Transport Associa
tion. It also includes a repre
sentative from the San Francis
co Public Utilities Commission
and the airport's general man
ager and maintains liaison with
the Federal Aviation Agency.
Believes Noise Lessened
The SAC believes jet noise has
lessened substantially in the
past two or three years. A set
of ground rules was initiated to
alleviate the noise. They pro
vided for the lengthening of
three runways, improved pilot
technique, sound suppressors on
jet engines, preferential runway
usage, revised take-off climb
cut procedures and quieter and
faster jets.
In addition, Huggins says,
training flights at the airport
have been discontinued and the
run-up pad ( an area where over
hauled engines are tested) has
been relocated to the extreme
end of the field as far away
from the neighboring communi
ties as possible. Both of these
operations were especially ir
ritating to residents of Millbrae
and San Bruno.
Argument Only Warm
The argument is only getting
warm, however, and as long as
even a couple jets a day take
off over San Bruno - Millbrae -South
San Francisco there will
be complaints.
Despite the complaints of the
San Bruno group, San Francisco
International Airport generally
is regarded to have made the
most progress of any large air
port in abating jet noises.
! Idlewild, O'Hare in Chicago,
Los Angeles International, Seat-Itle-Tacoma
International, Hea
throw in London, Orly in Paris
and Tokyo International still re
main as the No. 1 noise spots,
' according to a recent survey.
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SUIT MAY BE FILED Battle lines are be
ing drawn in San Bruno, Calif., for another
attack against jet noise and fallout. The ac
tion may take the form of a lawsuit against
the City of San Francisco, nearby Interna
tional Airport (shown in this picture), and
all the airlines that use the field. (UPI)
"Perhaps our situation in San
Francisco isn't perfect," says
Huggins, but we feel we have
done all that is possible within
the limits of safety to cut down
on jet noise."
The San Bruno Improvement
Association says it isn't enough.
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With a stamp collection, each
day the mail man brings you a
surprise. Today my cachet
covers from Operation Deep
Freeze arrived from the South
Pole station and Byrd Station,
Antarctica. I mailed these en
velopes in August for these
cachets. Also a nice cachet on
a cover I had mailed for the
launching of our latest Polaris
submarine. A nice cachet from
"The Third U. S. S. Biddle" in
honor of 60 Years of Destroyers.
The commanding officers of
these different ships often auto-,
graph the envelopes beneath the
cachet. This gives one a his
torical cover. One envelope has
an interesting cachet from the
Mexican gunboat Potosi when
it visited Norfolk, Va., recently.
Fay Emerson, postmaster at
Idaho City, Idaho, has some
very interesting cachet covers
honoring Blackjack Barringcr,
pony express rider. Send her a
self addressed stamped envelope
and she will gladly send you a
cover.
I am surprised and happy
concerning all the inquiries
about collecting Christmas
Seals. Nearly all stamp stores
have the seals for sale. It. is a
big business and growing more
so each year. A collection of
Christmas Seals, no matter what
country you collect, makes a
beautiful and interesting hobby.
They have a collector's value
also. I am sorry to see the dif
ferent seals for the year. This
makes a person buy the entire
sheet and keep it. These sheets
are not costly at the lime they
are issued, but collectors in tne
future will find the price high.
In 1959 Mexico issued Mexican
Mother Goose seals, each one
different in sheets of 50. Their j
seals cover two years, 19111-62
were birds, a beautiful sheet, I
and 1962-63 Mexican regional
costumes. The year 1954 found
us witn two designs on our
Christmas seals. To dale we
have had only two designs.
This calls for a block of four, 1
if not the entire sheet. Den
mark has been having sheets of
dilfcrent designs for some time
now. Many other countries are
following this trend.
There is no end to all the in
teresting material you can have ;
concerning your seals. Medford
has been active in combating
the White Plague. This town
was the first place west of the
Mississippi river to build and ;
operate t h e "pick-up-and-go"
cottages for isolation of tuber
cular patients. In 1937 the man
ual training department of the
Medford high school, with L.
A. Mentzcr, instructor, con
structed these cottages, with
an estimated cost of $200 each.
Your money from Christmas
Seals helped do this.
Austria has issued seven at
tractive stamps for the Winter
Olympics. My pen-frirnd has
placed all seven stamps on my
First Day cover. It's as pretty
as a picture.
Dec. 10 gave us a United
Nations 5c and 10c Human
Rights stamp, the fifth and last
commcmoratives for Their
first stamp for 1964 will he
Jan. l:i.
We have had 22 stamps issued
so far this year. The Sam
Houston stamp, announced lor
Dec. 13, will not be issued until
1964.
I am a charier member ol
The John F. Kennedy Phila
telic Society, since I960. 1
would be glad to hear from
anyone interested in joining
this Society. There arc six post
offices in the U. S. with the
name of Kennedy. We all know
we will have a stamp in honor
of President Kennedy. This
has always been done following
the death of a U. S. President.
The papers have many articles
about a stamp of little John
showing his gallant salute.
There is a postal ruling that
no living person can he pictured
on a stamp. Of course this
jmight be changed in order In
'have this stamp. I would much
rather see President Kennedy
pictured on a stamp.
I have a cover with (he cor
rect stamp applied to each
cover from Washington to
Roosevelt. I think we should con
tinue with this President issue
of stamps. Any postoffice can
furnish you with stamps that
picture any past President, and
they will not cost you one cent
more today than the day they
were issued. The picture of the
President may change, but not
the price. Other countries with
draw their stamps after a cer
tain length of time. Our first
stamp that pictured President
Washington is very high priced,
but we have his picture on the
5c stamp and the price is 5c.
Collecting is a fine, interesting
and fascinating hobby whether
you collect seals, stamps or
covers. Everyone is welcome al
our cluh meetings the first
Thursday each month at the
Girls Community Club, 7:30 p.m.
Mrs. w. n. Walwyn
Southern Oregon
Philatelic Society
Mcdlord, Ore.
P. S. I just received word
thai perhaps there will be a
stamp issued Dec. 22, 1963, hon
oring President Kennedy. Cover
collectors will have short notice,
if this is true.
Claim Holders To
Contact 6LM Office
The Portland land office of
the Bureau of Land Manage
ment is asking holders of mining
claims located in nine townships
in Jackson County to contact it
concerning surface rights on
their claims. All of the claims
were filed prior to July 23, 1955.
A law provides tor multiple
use management of the govern
ment of the surface resources of
unpatented mining claims so
long as it does not interfere
with mining operations.
The law automatically gives
the government the right to
manage or dispose of surface
resources on unpatented mining
claims located after 1955, but
does not affect the rights of
mining claimants to prospect
and mine their claims. Verified
statements should only be filed
wilh the Portland office if the
claims were located before 1955.
The areas in the county in
volved are in the townships
south of Jacksonville to the
Yale Creek area; Sardine Creek
to south of Forest Creek; south
and west of Battle Mountain
the Applegate area smith to Pal
mer Peak and the Big Butte
area.
Additional information may he
obtained fro mine blm oruce in
Portland or Medford.
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