ACWD defers Mission San Jose water plant project
Alameda County Water District directors vote to drop the Mission San Jose water treatment plant from the upcoming bond election. The revised total bonds now stand at 9,950,000, with 2,530,000 removed, and plans to retain the Vargas Road site for possible future expansion. The board cites time to resolve quarry pumping issues and allow further basin study. Assistant engineer cites well levels 6.1 feet below sea level due to quarry pumping.
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San Francisco Water Department
State Department of Water Resources
Foot Bay
ACWD
Stanley R. Saylor
Coast Guard weighs environmental impact of DS 2 bridge plan
The Coast Guard extends comment period to Feb 19 on a draft environmental statement for the DS 2 bridge linking east and west Bay areas. The final report will go to Transportation Secretary Volpe and the White House Council on Environmental Quality for review before a permit decision.
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Coast Guard
Secretary of
John Volpe
Department of Transportation
President's Council On Environmental Quality
Newark park land sale plans eyed by city officials
City officials consider selling Newark park land for development with density projections of 3 to 12 housing units per acre. The site could be worth between $60,000 and $500,000 at the 12 unit per acre estimate, though details remain informal.
Man charged after stabbing at Fremont club
Don Pairbanks testified at a preliminary hearing that he was stabbed on November 14 at the Niles Sportsman's Club in Fremont. His alleged assailant Karl Murti faced assault with a deadly weapon charges while another suspect, Muii, was released. Local disputes over land use and park bond funds surfaced during the proceedings.
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Don Pairbanks
Karl E. Murti
Niles Sportsman's Club
el Castro Lane
Fairbanks
University Drive
Hayward
Tuewley, Muii
Meek Ave
Heyward
Wan Freed
Protests Across U S Face Violence During Indochina War Rallys
Across the nation protesters gathered in cities including Chicago Princeton Buffalo Cleveland Boston Berkeley and Berkeley campus to demonstrate against expanding the Indochina war. Some rallies turned violent with vandalism tear gas and clashes with police as protesters marched with Viet Cong and Pathet Lao flags.
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Chicago
Ilfinals
Cambodia
Princeton University
Buffalo
N.Y
Cleveland
Federal Building
Boston Common
Back Bay
Berkeley
Teachers oppose cuts in school administration and programs
Teachers protest proposed budget cuts targeting the administrator Arthur Krannawitt er, an $18 000 a year hire from Kansas for salary bargaining. Hank Callahan of Irv ington High objected to cutting the teacher preparation period and warned Kennedy High would lay off about one sixth of staff as enrollment grows. He urged saving on gardening and research and development to trim totals.
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Arthur Krannawitter
Atorney
Kansas
Mueller
Hank Callahan
Iryington High School
Kennedy High School
Callahan
Fremont teen charged in patrolman’s death
A 14 year old Rodney Oliver of Fremont faces a murder petition in juvenile court for the shotgun death of his father, highway patrolman Dock T. Oliver. A hearing was scheduled for today with Judge John Purchio to hear the case. The patrolman, 41, was found dead at 42931 Everglades Park Drive after an argument over drugs and drinking. Services were set for Friday at Fremont Memorial Chapel. Police said the drugs investigation continues.
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Fremont
Rodney Oliver
Dock T. Oliver
E. D. Birr
John Purchio
Oliver
Everglades Park Drive
Fremont Memorial Chapel
Peralta Blvd
Last Vietnam photo by UPI photographer before disappearance
One of the final pictures shows an American GI being lowered to safety in Khe Sanh while another companion died after extraction from a mine field. Kent Potter, a UPI photographer, was missing in Laos yesterday as reports say a helicopter carrying journalists was shot down.
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South Vietnam
UPI
Kent Potter
Laos
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Aftershock Faults Suspected In San Fernando Quake
Dr Clarence Allen suggests the quake struck along a chain of breaches in the San Andreas San Gabriel zone from epicenter to Chatsworth. Authorities evacuated 120000 residents near the Van Norman dam area as water was drained from the aqueduct. Six high schools housed the homeless while Red Cross teams used cafeterias for meals. Police reported 16 arrests for looting and burglary amid the deserted precincts.
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Foothills
Chatsworth
San Fernando Valley
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Robert V. Phillips
Phillips
George Wilson
The
Red Cross
Newark council weighs bank takeover to settle seven year tract dispute
Newark officials may approve Fidelity Savings Bank taking over a 14000 dollar suit against Brandon Development Co for unfinished public improvements at the 72 jot subdivision Spruce Street and Mayhews Landing Road. Duc and Elliot Builders would finish the work and the bank would back new bonds. The council also may fund 18600 yearly for street tree maintenance and consider four student letters urging a Tri City transportation plan and environmental actions. Meeting at 7 p.m. in City Administration Building Newark.
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Fidelity Savings Bank
Brandon Development Co
Duc and Elliot
Spruce Street
Mayhews Landing Road
Branden
Richard W. Turnlund
Anthony L. Nelson
Nelson
Fidelity Savings
Due
Elliot Builders of
San Jose
Anthony J. Garcia
Nixon Plans Weekend in the Sun
President Nixon and top advisers fly to Key Biscayne Florida for a long weekend. He plans to submit the State of the World message to Congress late next week or the following week. Accompanying him are Secretary of State Rogers Henry Kissinger aides. The president will stay at his bay side home. Mrs Nixon joins him. Julie Eisenhower and Tricia Nixon are not expected to attend.
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UPI
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Henry A. Kissinger
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Miami Beach
Fremont High tests group guidance in truancy policy
Fremont Unified School District adopts a pilot truancy policy allowing students with minor offenses to attend a three hour group guidance meeting instead of missing school. Irvington and Mission San Jose high schools tested the approach. funding comes from state aid based on attendance.
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Fremont Uiited School ‘District
Supt
Philip Brazil
Irvington
Mission San Jose
Dents
Brazil
Newark GI Forum to Meet in Spanish Community Plan
The Newark chapter of the GI Forum, a Mexican American group, will meet today at 8 p.m. at the Newark Community Center on Cedar Boulevard. A spokesman says the session, conducted in Spanish, aims to recruit more men from Newark and surrounding areas with nineteen members already committed to community self help and the group seeking to grow beyond sixty Spanish speaking families in Newark.
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Newark
GI Forum
Newark Community Center
Cedar Blvd
College Faces Calls for Increased Mexican-American Hiring
Ohlone community members and trustees debate faculty diversity, with Barbara Hendrickson urging more Chicago- oriented staff in the English Department. Trustees acknowledge possible discrimination concerns and stress the need for an active affirmative action plan.
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English Department
Barbara Hendrickson
Walter Thompson
City weighs temporary grant for CDC reform
Mayor Gene Rhodes backs continuing review of the report on the city grant for the director salary as critics urge fiscal accountability. Pimentel cites public funds and drives, noting voters deserve clear use of money and why, or future appeals may fail.
Fremont Businesses Open Despite Holiday Closures
Fremont City Hall banks federal offices and most retail merchants will stay open tomorrow. Lincoln's Birthday closures apply to schools Alameda County offices and Newark City Hall except for emergency police and fire services. Retail merchants will be open Monday Washington's Birthday but schools banks and government offices will be closed with emergency services excepted.
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Lincoln's
Alameda County
Newark
Washington’s
Board to consider school site contract in Newark
The Newark School Board will review an off site improvements contract for the future Churchill Continuation High School. C Jones and Sons, Inc. of Berkeley submitted the apparent low bid of 42700. Off site work includes flood control culvert paving gutters storm drains and water mains. The school will feature 150000 square feet of portable buildings on Birch Street near Central Avenue built by Designed Facilities, Inc. of Newark under a prior contract. A Designed Facilities representative said moisture delay held up the project but completion is expected in 96. A closed board session will follow to discuss superintendent candidate qualifications. Dr Larry McPherson will report on recent interviews. The meeting is at 7 pm in the district office.
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Churchill Continuation High School
C. €. Jones and Sons, Inc
Berkeley
Birch Street
Central Avenue
Designed Facilities, Inc
Sentative
John MacGregor
Larry McPherson
Distriet
Musick Ave
Planners to Watch Europe Slides Rescheduled Session
Fremont planners will view color slides of European building projects at the Community Center Building on February 18 4020 Paseo Padre Parkway The slides were captured by Bernie Goodman and Hugo Burgemeestre during a recent trip to Europe There will be no action taken at the study session thus allowing a viewing without formal business.
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Europe
Paseo Padre Parkway
Commission
Bernie Goodman
Hugo Burgemeestre
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