Fremont appoints George Meese deputy chief clerk
George Cleese Meese, from a prominent family, becomes deputy chief clerk in the Fremont Newark Union City Municipal Court. He replaces Shirley Pennington who retired after 1 year on the staff. Meese, brother of Edwin Meese III, is 8 dollars an hour and son of Edwin Meese Sr. He previously managed the traffic division at Oakland Municipal Court for 16 years and will assist Chief Clerk John O Hagan. His selection followed a countywide civil service exam.
Kitchen Fire Damages Fremont Home Over Oil Blaze
Fire caused by overheated oil at 4:35 p.m. damaged the kitchen of Gerald Rife at 634 Truman Place Fremont. Cabinets ceiling wall and light fixture were burned with about 1000 in damage before firefighters stopped the blaze.
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Fremont
Gerald Rife
Truman Place
Teenager Arrested in Fremont Stabbing Outside Dance
Police report a 17 year old youth charged with attempted murder after Daniel William Fisher 19 was stabbed in the abdomen outside a Grinmet School community dance early Saturday. Fisher, recently out of the service, was treated at Washington Hospital and discharged. Witnesses say two youths were present. Fisher ran, was chased, knocked down and kicked in the mouth. His car was burgled of three tape decks the same evening.
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Fremont
Ivington
Grinmet School
Daniel William Fisher
Washington Hospital
Fisher
Victim Recounts Two Fremont Burglaries
Reginald Botelho reported losses totaling 1442 in a burglary last Monday, including jewelry and firearms. On Saturday his 66 El Camino two door car was stolen from his driveway. he kept the ignition locked and doors unlocked at 32 Langham Drive.
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Fremont
Reginald Botelho
Botelho
Langhom Drive
Lange sextuplets' survivor Jolene Rene from San Jose
Two more of the Lange sextuplets died at Valley Medical Center leaving Jolene Rene the sole survivor among ten babies born to a young mother on fertility drugs. The deaths, due to hyaline membrane disease, followed birth on December 8 three months premature.
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San Jose
Calif
UPI
Jason
Brian
Alvin Lange
Valley Medical Center
Jolene Rene
General Telephone seeks new eight million rate hike
General Telephone Co of California asked the California Public Utilities Commission for an eight million dollar annual rate increase, claiming the prior twenty two point four million dollar rise approved in November was insufficient. Vice president Richard L. Obison said rates have risen only about eight and a half percent in fourteen years, and the proposed hike would add roughly five cents to the average monthly bill.
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Los Angeles
UPI
General Telephone Co
California
State
Public Utilities ‘Commission
Richard L. Obison
General Telephone
PAC
General
House votes to make 55 mph limit permanent
Washington UPI reports the House approved a $763 million federal aid highways bill by voice vote and sent it to conference with the Senate. The measure would fix the 55 mph limit and pressure states to crack down on speeders or risk losing federal highway funds, while rejecting a clause to maintain current interstate truck weights and sizes.
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Washington
UPI
House
Senate
Hearst Heiress Patty Named Heir In Estate Dispute
Patricia Hearst, fugitive daughter of Millicent Hearst, was named to share in an estimated 92.5 million estate. Millicent Hearst died in Manhattan at age 84, widow of William Randolph Hearst Sr. Patricia had been linked to the SLA and bank robbery cases, with a Christmas plea from her mother published in a San Francisco newspaper.
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New York
Patricia Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
Millicent V. Hearst
William Randolph Hearst, Sr
Manhattan
Patricia
Calif
SLA
San Francisco Bay
Mauna Loa Volcano Signals Possible Eruption
A Saprit in eagle activity and a drifting cloud over Mauna Loa’s summit prompted scientists to warn of a potential eruption for the first time in 24 years. Earlier, two strong earthquakes, the second a 4.5 magnitude, rattled Hawaii Island and lifted the observatory to full alert.
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Volcano
Hawaii
UPI
Loa
Hawaii Volcano Observatory
Mauna Loa
Obaidem EE Brown
Senate subcommittee brands nursing homes substandard nationwide
A Senate subcommittee report found deliberate physical abuse or life threatening conditions in more than half of the nation’s 23 000 nursing homes. It cited a Maine case of alleged smothering and described neglect, unsanitary conditions, poor food, drug mismanagement, and abuses against residents. Witnesses recalled horrifying scenes including a patient scorched by a cigarette and another kept in soiled, undressed conditions.
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Washington
UPN
Senate
Maine
United States
U.S
Chicago
Detroit Health Department
Mock trial teaching tool at Robertson Junior High
About 270 eighth graders from Robertson Junior High School staged five mock trials to explore the US criminal justice system. Two high school and two junior college students faced charges from incitement to possession of firebombs in a doughnut shop riot, with varied outcomes by trial.
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Fremont
Robertson
Gerry Donnelly
Sue McCabe
St Tole
Torney
Jude
Ms. McCabe
Donnelly
Fremont-Newark
Jackson Attacks Ford Russia Arms Pact As Race Escalates
Sen Henry M Jackson blasted President Ford's Vladivostok arms agreement calling it an open license for the greatest arms race. He argued Kissinger and Schlesinger misled on costs and parity while predicting tens of billions. Jackson, courting 1976 nomination, claimed Carter misstatements about fundraising limits.
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Washington
UPI
Henry M
Jackson
Ford
Defense
Schlesinger
Washington Straight Talk
National Public Afairs Center For Television
Jimmy Carter
Trudeau back in saddle after vote of confidence
Easbay Regional Park District General Manager Richard Trudeau wins a 6 to 1 confidence vote after a tense 24 hour executive session at the Leamington Hotel in Oakland. Directors renew Trudeau, pledge staff support and review ongoing operations, with one dissenting director citing time constraints.
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Easbay Regional Park District
Richard Trudeau
Trudeau
Leamington Hotel
Oakland
Park District
Howard Revel
Clyde Woolridge
John Leavitt
Alameda
Willian Jardin
Dick Trudeau
Therm
Paul Badger
Pinole
Cogswell
Badger
Ohlone hiring clash over minority representation shifts to FEPC
Ohlone College faces criticism that minority staff share remains too low and mostly in low paid posts. Board President Ken Foster backs a full time personnel manager and affirmative action officer amid protests labeled racist. A second letter to the FEPC is signed by officials and advocacy groups including Juanita Anderson and various Latino and women’s groups.
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Ohlone Board
Ken Foster
Thompson
Joe McCord
Foster
FEPC
Ohlone
Juanita Anderson
Epler
McCord
Ohlone Affirmative Action Council
Ohlone’ Chicano Advisory Committee
Forum
la Nueva
la Raza Unita
Latinos Unidos of
Newark
ACWD Board Rejects Settlement and Contemplates Water Sales
ACWD directors rejected a settlement in the Citizens water dispute and considered a bill to force sale of water to Citizens until the trial ends. President Borghi Jr. and Brumbaugh were elected, annexed 101 acres on Morrison Canyon Road, and approved 8500 for the M J Bernardo Plant due to inflation. Rainfall is 62 percent normal. The board commented on Franco American tensions and a proposed oil consumers conference.
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Cal
Alfred Alquist
Ds San Jose
ACWD
Harry Brum‘baugh
Rhodes
Frank Borghi Jr
Brumbaugh
Morrison Canyon Road
Jim Gearhart
Fremont
M. J. Bernardo
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