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$$$ Generating tax dollars
A share for all — San Luis Obispo School District Superintendent Ronald Notley, left, smiles today as he accepts a replica of Morro Bay Pacific Gas and Electric plant from William Newman, Morro School...
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Kiddie-napper
1965 Telegram-Tribune New Year's advertising Would you entrust your newborn infant to a seat called the Kiddie-napper? Call me old fashioned but I prefer child care items aren’t named after felonies....
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Last call for Ferdinand the fire horn
Ferdinand the fire horn is retired and the 100 foot tall tower is dismantled at the San Luis Obispo fire house. ©The Tribune 12-5-1965 From the December 2, 1965 front page of the then Telegram-Tribune:...
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Montana de Oro — trails opened
Labeled "Rancho Montana 1965" from the files of The Tribune. ©The Tribune Moñtana de Oro was a new state park in 1965. There were several articles in the early 60s leading up to the purchase of the...
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Hollister Adobe, at Cuesta College campus
Interior view of Hollister Adobe at Camp San Luis Obispo, later Cuesta College. © Telegram-Tribune Jim Vestal How do you build a house without nails? In the early 1800s steel nails were costly,...
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Cab rides to Hearst Castle, Steve Zegar saw it all
Steve Zegar was cab drive to the stars when he was the preferred cab driver for William Randolph Hearst. published 11-6-1965 Steve Zegar was the first man to drive up the grassy sides of Hearst’s...
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Olive orchard moved to Laguna Lake
Workers prepare to move an olive tree from the Tartaglia ranch to Laguna Lake. © Jim Vestal/Telegram-Tribune Olive trees were introduced to California landscape during the founding of the missions....
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Reddy Kilowatt, at your service
Advertisement for PG&E from June 12, 1965 with a good looking stove and a good cooking woman. Better living through technology. This July 12, 1965 advertisement shows Pacific Gas and Electric still...
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The Roaring 20s, world class motor racing at Exposition Park
Automobile engines were what put the roar into the Roaring 20s. In San Luis Obispo a palace to the newfangled automobile was constructed between two monuments of the railway, it was called Exposition...
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Merry Christmas, 1965 from the Telegram-Tribune
Regular readers of the Telegram-Tribune and Photos From the Vault recognize the names from the Editorial Department. About 20 years after this 1965 house ad was published I would work with Eudora...
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Atascadero State Hospital inmate stories
“In the long run a state hospital is worse than a prison, ” ASH patient. Published 11-20-1965 as part of a multi-part series on Atascadero State Hospital. Jim Vestal/Telegram Tribune.I have been told...
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