Rhodes leads push to probe Canyon Heights cross walk block
Fremont councilman Gene Rhodes convened a one man probe after Western Pacific freight train blocked Canyon Heights crossings for 90 minutes. Residents and police failed to act promptly, triggering complaints and calls for council action to prevent recurrence and pursue railroad and public agency accountability. Names include Fremont, Western Pacific, Rio de Janeiro.
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Fremont
Gene Rhodes
Niles Hillside
Canyon Heights
Western Pacific
Rhodes
Iremont
Railroad
Western Pacific Railroad
Fremont Police Department
Posea
Argus
Tain
Letters to the editor praise for helping during a crisis
A reader recalls a near tragic incident when an employee at a plant site collapsed from a heart attack last Monday. Barbara Evans intervened and assisted, illustrating the value of stepping in when others hesitate to get involved.
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Barbara Evans
Unselfish Emergency Aid Noted at Newark
Mrs Evans helped a man in distress near Woody's World Newark stopping her car and starting resuscitation. She visited the hospital later and comforted the wife while driving the secretary from Hayward to the home. Manager Stoltz commends her quick, selfless response.
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Newark
Hayward
Pope urges peace through forgiveness and love
Countdown reports the Pope calls for ending military conquest in favor of true peace based on forgiveness and love. The piece notes Mrs. Nixon denies reports that the First Family opposes Tricka marrying Yale law student Ed Cox, questioning who they think they are, the Kennedys.
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Nixon
Tricka
Yale
Ed Cox
the Kennedys
Nostalgic farewell to yesteryear hotels across the U S
Russell Kirk laments the loss of grand historic hotels from Edgewater Beach in Chicago to the Mission Inn in Riverside and the Knickerbocker in Hollywood. He argues decay stems from city core decline, wage pressures, parking shortages, and taste shifts toward standardized motor hotels, urging selection of older inns over modern glitz.
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Yesteryear
Chicago
Evangels
Edgewater Beach
Lake Michigan
Riverside
Calif
Mission Inn
Hollywood
Kalamazoo
Post Tavern
Detroit
Manhattan
Astor
Carlton Plaza
Malaga
Spain
Ayr
Scotland
Charlegton
South Carolina
Oxford
England
National Capital
Historic
Wizard
Washington
Aimports
Small business struggles amid growth of conglomerates
Holmes Alexander argues that small and medium firms face decline due to bank credit tightness and allure of stock in big corporations. He cites government tax policy, liquidity incentives, and the appeal of liquidity through stock exchanges as factors pushing small firms toward sale or dissolution, while praising freedom and individual enterprise as core motivations to persevere.
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Lancaster
U.S
Columnis
Holmes Alexander
Cook
Ama
Wall Street Journal
Journal
U.S. C.iten
Mutual funds under push for tighter regulation
Henry J. Taylor argues for broader disclosure and stricter oversight of mutual funds amid abuses by some operators. He notes costly sales load practices, opaque stock movements, and aggressive but opaque payment schemes that erode investor gains, while praising SEC and congressional push backed by President Nixon against lobbyists.
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New Security and Exchange Comiisem
Hamer I. Mudgero
End House
Commerce and Finance Sui Committee
John E. Moss
Morehan
Billy
Bernard Camleld
Overseas Investment Services, Ltd
Geneva
Switzerland
United States
Astronaut Borman Leaves Space Program for Texas Investor Work
Maclean's notes astronaut Frank Borman resigns from NASA to join the wealthy Texas industrialist Ross Perot. The move marks another publicized step in his career shift. government agents infiltrate the Vietnam press corps and withdraw after exposure, likely sending expenses to Spiro Agnew.
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Frank Borman
Texas
Ross Perot
Vietnam
Spiro Agnew
Fragmented The Day In History highlights
Incomplete notes recount events from 1401 to 1966 including Jefferson being named president and Burr as vice president, Baltimore street rumination, Alice Roosevelt's White House wedding to Nicholas Longworth, and a Soviet jet crash. A closing thought credits William James on habit and purpose.
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House of Representatives
Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr
Jefferon
Baltimore
Alice Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
William James
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