Fremont pivots to basics in high schools
A Fremont survey shows five high schools doubling down on reading writing and arithmetic. At American High School teachers drill 300 common misspelled words and require rewrites. Washington High distributes teaching tips for reading across subjects. district teachers push long range projects and stricter writing standards as test scores rise concerns.
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American High School
Joel Tranchina
Washington High School
Robert, Callahan
Ferguson
Parents
Fremont Elvis lookalike wins San Francisco contest
Vince Diamond, 24, lead singer of Cruisin and impersonator of Elvis Presley, won a regional contest in Union Square, outlasting 19 rivals in a tribute event sponsored by Elvis Now Society and a San Francisco radio station. He has honed his act across the night club circuit from Santa Rosa to Santa Barbara, followed by a varied Cruisin’ show combining 1950s nostalgia and Beach Boys medleys.
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Vince Diamond
Elvis
Fremont
Tenn
Cruisin
Fivis Prestey
San Francisco
Ternnessee
Elvis Now Society
Union Square
Cow Palace
Diamond
Santa Rosa
Santa Barbara
Red Baron
Livermore
Weather Outlook Fremont Area Notice
Fair to tomorrow with increasing haze and cool nights. Local frost possible in colder areas. Yesterday Fremont peaked at 70 and fell to 40.
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Fremont
Attorneys plan plea talks in Chowchilly bus kidnapping case
An attorney for two brothers charged in the mass Chowchilly bus kidnapping in July says he will withdraw from defending one brother and seeks plea bargaining. Senate leader James Mills proposes a 1.2 billion dollar gasoline tax hike to fund a six year highway gap elimination plan. Barbara Hutton, heiress to the Woolworth fortune, faces a suit for about 7000 dollars claimed by the Beverly Hills Hotel.
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Chowchilly
Senate
James Mills
Fremont council backs water conservation drive for growth aid
Fremont city leaders urged an immediate water conservation push to support future growth. They asked staff to craft a community program setting a 30 gallon per day target per family and to install efficient devices in homes, businesses, and industry while debating growth plans and sewer capacity.
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Fremont
Union Sanitary District
Gene Rhodes
Don Dillon
Leon Mezzetti
Art Lampert
Tony Azevedo
Layoffs Up Hiring Down For Third Straight Month
UPI reports October shows higher factory layoff rates but rising pay for some workers in Q3 1976. Layoffs rose 1.5 to 1.7 percent, hiring slipped to 24 percent, joblessness hit 7.9 percent. Wage gains averaged 1.5 percent in Q3, slowest since 1975.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Carter urged to couple 15B spending with 10-15B tax cut
Senate tax chief Russell Long urged President elect Carter to pair a 15 billion dollar spending surge with a 10 to 15 billion dollar tax cut to jumpstart hiring and consumer activity. Carter aides signaled caution about a tax cut and said decisions hinge on forthcoming economic data through mid December.
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Washington
Senate
Jimmy Carter
Russell Long
D-la
Senate Finance Committee
Carter
Long
Congress
Jody Powell
Plains
Powell
Uns
Nation faces GOP crisis amid elitist image and bickering
The article notes GOP governors warned the party risks becoming endangered if it cannot shed elitist, ideologically divided image. It highlights diverse items from federal sugar import quotas to executions, pensions, diplomacy, Rhodesia, Turkey, and Soviet relations, reflecting a broad national scene.
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Teanrepe
Barbara Hutton
Woolworth
Beverly Hills
Dillon
Lampert
Azevedo
Mezzeli
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Hawaii
U.S. International Trade Commission
Supreme Court
Robert Exe White
Texas Electric Chair
Alvin Baron
Teamsters Central States Pension Fund
California
Ford
United States
The
Rhodesia
Turkey
Leonid Brezhnev
Aces Tapes
Brenn
Ray Orrack
Dr. Steinceoha
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