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Chairman Harry Bartell of the Alameda county board of supervisors today "passed the buck" to Supervisor George Janssen for the board's failure to reply to queries of the Eden Council for Civic Unity on the status of the Russell City water situation.
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A second Russell City woman joined Mrs. J. G. Gonzalves, leading crusader for water for water-famine stricken Russell Citians today, as Mrs. Ruth Manwarren made a second plea to Governor Earl Warren for help in the emergency.
Enclosing clippings from the local newspapers, Mrs. Manwarren addressed a personal letter to Governor Warren asking him to intercede with the county to bring water to Russell City.
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To bring it all out into the open and find out the "official position" of the Hayward City council, the Eden Council for Civic Unity last night voted to send a letter posing their three questions on Russell City, to the Hayward council.
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This being budget time for all governmental agencies, we think it is proper for us to remind the county board of supervisors of a promise that was made last fall—a promise to the people of Russell City and to the people of Southern Alameda county.
While summer months seem far off these cold mornings, actually the warm weather is just around the corner where May 31 and June 1 meet.
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A night-long deluge which brought 2.21 inches of rain in 24 hours also caused floods, explosions and broken dikes to the Hayward area today.
Throughout the area reports of flooded residential areas kept county, district and city crews jumping from one job to another.
Emil Saunders, chief of the Tennyson fire department, today warned householders whose gas furnaces are near ground level to keep a careful eye on the water level.
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It is gratifying to know that the board of supervisors of Alameda county has entered into talks with city officials of Hayward in an attempt to get water Iines laid to Russell City.
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(Adjoining, under the heading "Our Readers Say," is the full text of a letter from Harry Bartell, chairman of the Alameda county board of supervisors, concerning Russell City water conditions and the board's opinion of a Daily Review editorial. We urge that you read the letter.)
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Mr. Harry Bartell and other members of the board of supervisors:
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The water situation in outlying districts was the main subject of discussion at the meeting of Federated Improvement Clubs of Southern Alameda county, at the meeting held in the high school cafeteria last night.
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More than 100 signatures of Russell City residents were accured in a few hours this morning on a petition asking that county funds be made, available to provide the Russell City community with "a supply of pure water for domestic use and human consumption."
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Russell City residents, desperate for domestic water to replace that supplied by wells polluted by septic tank seepage, faced the bitter news today that Alameda county is unwilling to share with the city of Hayward the cost of bringing them Hotch-Hetchy water,
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