Bay Area Quakes Map Aids Long Range Planning
Bay Area researchers W. K. Lee and the late Beowa D. Benen authored an earthquake map and accompanying text to guide long range land use decisions. The study notes tremors from 1905 to 1943 with magnitudes up to 3.6, showing epicenter distribution in the Bay Area and stressing the map’s value for future seismic planning.
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Dee Red Benen
W. K. Lee
Menio Park
Dey
Lee
Beoware
Fremont board votes down building ban and delays bond
Fremont officials reject a ban on building after lengthy debate. Directors suspend payments to developers for water line work over 12 inches in diameter, but plan to reimburse when bond funds are available. Public hearing on the bond measure is continued to January. SF district pays a $12,000 engineering bill beyond the $4,000 authorized, with the board reconfirming $6,500 and an additional $54 for extra work.
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Borghi
San Francisco
Kennedy
Reagan vetoes farm worker unemployment bill
Governor Ronald Reagan vetoed a controversial unemployment insurance extension for about 250000 farm laborers, saying he cannot approve legislation that would worsen California's competitive disadvantages. The bill had been supported by union organizer Cesar Chavez and tied to broader national coverage.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Ronald Reagan
Cesar Chavez
California
Castro: Captain Confessed Agent Ties in Cuba
Fidel Castro announced that Capt. Jose Villa skipper of the seized vessel Johnny Express has confessed to being a CIA agent. The Cuban premier said Villa will face trial in Cuba and that the rest of the crew will be released and returned home if cleared of complicity.
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Miami
UPI
Fidel Castro
Jose Villa
CIA
Cuba
Castro
Léman
Villa
U. S
Nixon
Fremont man gets jail term postponed till Christmas
Larry E. Foster of 4152 Bay St was sentenced to six months in county jail for possession of dangerous drugs. He was arrested September ti at Nell Park by police who found four bags containing 80 secobarbital capsules. Judge Roy G. Pucci ordered Foster's commitment delayed until December 27.
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Fremont
Larry E. Foster
Nell Park
Roy G. Pucci
Foster
Councilmen face dilemma over freeway path housing
Fremont council members grapple with rezoning 9.5 acres near the BART station from agricultural to garden apartment use amid an unsettled future freeway route. The state highway injunction blocks new land purchases, prompting debate on an expedited rezoning to assist the property owners while seeking a legal path to an acquisition exception.
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John Pachtner
Fremont
Reaper Woledo
Ardimance
Bart Station
State Highway Department
Department of Highways
Highwaysment
Ha Fudge
Chet Calderra
Mowry Avenue
Peralta Boulevard
Highway Department
BART growth plan faces funding and marketing challenges
Silliman warned that BART must attract riders beyond REX commuters and fund operations from fares without subsidies. The plan includes off peak promotions targeting seniors and nondrivers, plus ecology groups to boost air pollution abatement. He also praised completed cars and cost efficiency against projections amid escalating construction costs and toll-bridge funds.
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Ase
Chavez death plot alleged raises California probe call
SAN FRANCISCO UPI The state APLAXO Thursday requested an official investigation into an alleged plot to kill farm labor leader Cesar Chavez head of the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee living under heavy guard. The telegram urged action after a Bakersfield based report by a former government agent and warned that violence against farm union officials cannot be tolerated.
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San Francisco
UPI
Cee Cave
California
Henning
Chavez
United Farm Workers' Organizing Committee
Bakersfield
America
Tion
Cesar Guver Fen
John Kennedy
Michintoner Rete
Alameda County Allocates 700000 For Santa Rita Improvements
Santa Rita Rehabilitation Center to receive 700000 funded by the Safe Streets Act via the California Council for Criminal Justice. The board redirected full grant money toward prison improvements, including a citation program, no bail, and work furlough plans, with county funding expected for related work furlough needs.
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Santa Rita - Alameda County
Santa Rita Rehabilitation Center
Board of Supervisors
California Council For Criminal Justee
Santa Rita
Santa Hila
Pris
Alameda County
E- Lonal Criminal Justice Committee
Fremont postmen report lighter Christmas mail volume
Postmaster Frank Statt in Fremont says holiday mail is down slightly from last year. He cites fewer weekdays and a Saturday surge pattern as possible reasons while noting a 2 percent rise in parcel post and a 62 thousand mail-volume drop week to week. Over time shifts and 10 new trucks are hired to meet parcel deliveries.
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Fremont
Frank Statt
Statt
Hces
Slatt
Hub developer protests rule requiring walkways
Fremont planning commission retains two new pedestrian walkways at The Hub Shopping Center to connect Mon Ward with Fry’s Market area and Mervyn’s to Marie Callender. Hap Smith blasts the requirement as wasteful while planners cite safety and CBD pedestrian traffic goals. Commissioner Frost dissents on one walkway linking Ward’s and Fry’s. Kaiser-Aetna plans bores on 210 acres in the northern plain.
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Fremont
Hap Smith
Hub
Central Business District
Smith
City Ataft
Mon Ward
Frys Market
Mervyn's
Marie Callender
Argonaut Way
Dan
Ney Frost
Ward
Fry
Frost
Carsateete
Kaiser-Aetna
Feagan Suspect Captured After Hayward Robbery Spree
Truck driver Feagan, a Seattle resident, was cornered by Hayward police on Peralta Boulevard after a chase tied to robberies at Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets and the Sages Inn in Hayward plus other Oakland area incidents. Detectives Richard Cruz and Curt DeHlart spotted the suspect vehicle, prompting a standoff in which officers seized a gun but took the suspect into custody without injury. Authorities said warrants totaled about 25,000 dollars.
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Fremont
Hayward
Peralta Blvd
Eagan
Walnut Creek
Kentucky Friedicken
Sages Inn
Feagan
Seattle
Wash
Richard Cruz
Curt DeHlart
Jt Washington
Ate
Pues
Fremont Robbery Suspect Freed On Probation
In Oakland, J Neal, a suspect linked to a Oct 15 187 robbery at the P X market on Thornton Avenue, had spent nearly a year in Santa Rita Maximum Security. He escaped during awaiting trial, was recaptured in Dublin, and probation was granted for the escape as a felony. He still faces possible parole board action to revoke parole from a Contra Costa County robbery.
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Fremont
Santa Rita
Rob Ton Yeerday
Oakland
J. Neal
Thornton Avenue
Neal
Dublin
Fremont Municipal Court
Superior Court
George W. Phillips
Contra Costa County
Fremont resident J
Obituary notices for Gonzales and Weaver headline Fremont deaths, noting services at Fremont Chapel of the Roses Mortuary and private burial plans. Gonzales, a 40 year Fremont resident born in Mexico, died Tuesday in Richmond. survivors include wife Leocadia Gonzales and three sons. Weaver, 60, of Fremont, died Tuesday in Fremont. survivors include husband Oscar Weaver two sons and one daughter. rosary tonight and funeral tomorrow at the Fremont Chapel of the Roses Mortuary.
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E Gonzales
Fremont
Richmond
Ee Coke
St. Leon 'S Catholic Church
van Beimoe
Mexico
Gonzales
Mele Gorcalet
Fremont Chapel of the Roses
Peralta Blvd
Holy Sepulcchre
Hayward
Henrietta E. Weaver
Alfred M. Smoak
Alder Avenue Baptist Church
New York
Oscar R. Weaver
Dennis Carr
San Frais
Arthur Care
Judy Carr
San Mateo
Kay Bailey
San Jose
Anna Baughman
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