Referendum Drive Fails Then Resumes Over City Rezoning Plan
Centerville residents again pursue a petition to overturn a council vote that rezoned Central Biacow site to commercial use. Committee members, led by Donna Olsen, stress improved signatures to avoid disqualification. Church group opposes the rezoning, while Monsignor Breen urges pre rezoning defenses. If Tuesday’s council action is put to voters, it may merge with March county elections. else a special election would be set.
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Central-Biacow
Donna Olsén
Centerville Area Plan Study Committee
The
Centerville Business Association
City Planning Commission
League of Women Voters
Harp Lesson Brightens Fourth Grade Class Visit
Mrs. Govea led a harp demonstration for Michelle Lindahl and classmates, with both performers sharing music and encouraging the students during the lesson.
Freight taxes and tolls fade from transit plan
In Fre mont, yesterday reached a 74 degree high with a missing low. The Brown administration withdraws from the state's master transportation plan that included contentious measures such as taxes on gas-producing cars and highway tolls.
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Fremont
Brown
Ford era fades as Abzug farewell caps Washington week
A White House farewell ball honors congresswomen feminists and powerhouses led by Bella Abzug. Speaker Carl Albert reflected on how historians will judge the Ford presidency while noting the retiring Oklahoma congressman will not be seen as a second Roosevelt Lincoln or Truman.
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White House
Congressional Friends of
Ford
Carl Albert
Congress
Roosevelt
Lincoln
Truman
NATO ministers rebuff Warsaw Pact twin nuclear pledges
NATO Foreign Ministers reject both Soviet led proposals to renounce first use of nuclear weapons and freeze memberships. Seven Americans win 1976 Nobel Prizes in a rare clean sweep, protested by a whistler. The Soviet Union unilaterally extends its coastal waters to 200 miles declaring urgent measures. Kissinger meets British leaders but rules out further personal intervention at Rhodesia talks.
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NATO
Warsaw Pact
Soviet Union
Henry Kissinger
Rhodesia
School bus attack terrorizes Newark children
A man attacked a one year old girl and wrested with bus driver Ruth Orta as her bus carried students toward Silva School. Several children escaped through the windows while two boys tackled the attacker, and Orta tossed keys to protect the group. The intruder forced the door, boarded the bus, and threatened the driver before escape attempts ended.
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Newark
Lila Setesterday
Silva School
Haine Avenue
Ruth Orta
Fremont budget row over unexplained 1.9 million increases
The California School Employees Association released a 1.9 million list of unexplained 1976 77 Fremont schools budget increases seeking district explanations. It cites items such as 019 355 for pupil transport supplies and 546 446 for all other equipment while noting a lack of proof of padding. Union leaders plan talks with the district as bus drivers stage work actions and teachers seek a new contract with 16 percent pay raise to offset two years of cost of living slippage.
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Fremont
California
Emloyes Association
CSEA
Wayne Ferguson
James L. Marchello
Fremont Unified District Traders Association
FADTA
Priest Fired For Gross Misconduct In Union City Opportunties Center
Father Vincent Cowan, manager of the Opportunities Industrialization Center West Union City, is fired for gross misconduct. He says he was targeted for airing grievances against top administrators and aiding residents seeking independence from the Menlo Park parent program. ACAP and Union City officials seek neutrality while considering severing ties with the Menlo Park operation and directing funds locally.
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Union City
Vincent Cowan
Opportunities Industrialization Center
Cowan
Menlo Park
Associated Community Action Program
Alameda County Training and Employment Board
ACAP
City of
Leroy Sanchez
Opportunity Center Board
Menin Park
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Split Vale
Church O Patted Committee To
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Holy Spirit
Wenonah Govea
Ohlone College
California State University
Hayward
Chadbourne School
Goven
General Motors Corp
International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Ohio
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
International Monetary Market
Washington
Bella Abzug
Garden News
Argus
Board of Education
Marchello
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