BART breakdown rate criticized at public hearing
UPI reports Bay Area Rapid Transit District officials faced sharp criticism of service reliability. Witness Wattenburg urged caution, calling current prepublication data and safety measures inadequate while suggesting closer scrutiny by the Public Utilities Commission.
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Sam Francisco
UPI
Bay Ares
Seresramnania
Cya Som
Witfird Wattenberg
Special Consulta
Long Ime Mart
Bee
BART backup urged by California lawmakers and lab
UPI reports that Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory calls for task forces to cut human intervention in BART automatic systems after frequent mechanical breakdowns. Senator Alfred Alquist says BART remains not space age and relies on manual backup, with LBL to widen study to include maintenance vehicle detection and safety procedures.
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Sacramento
UPI
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Bay Area
Bart's
Alquist
LBL
BART
Alquést
Allas Centaur rocket fails after launch into Atlantic
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla UP I reports an allas Centaur rocket carrying the seventh Interplanetary mission exploded into a ball of fire over the Atlantic after a loss of control following launch at 6 35 p m liftoff officials said the mission was destroyed for safety as tumbling could not be corrected and destruction charges were triggered to prevent further danger.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
UPI
Space Agency
Atlantic Ocean
Henry Slane
Auas Centaur
Heidi Biges Suffering Cancer Cancels Hawaiian Vacation
Heidi Biges, a sick child on a Hawaii vacation with family and a charity fundraiser, became too ill to continue activities and lay in a Waikiki hotel room. A Canadian donor raised 2400 dollars to fund the trip before she may not survive Christmas.
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Honolulu
UPI
Heidi Biges
Hawaii
Waikiki Beach
Heidi
Mrs. Ludtbigs
Police recover burglary loot in Fremont case
Fremont police recovered most of the loot from a $1,362 burglary and arrested a Union City man and two juveniles. A van with a man and two boys rang doorbells at Winchester Place and took cash and stereo electronics before officers recovered the items and arrested William Arthur Perkins of Ardorn City.
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Fremont
Union City
Winchester Place
William Arthur Perkins
Hegonia St
Ardorn City
Police search for green or black Chevrolet in hit and run accident
Fremont police seek a green or black Chevrolet with a dented fender after a hit and run that injured 18 year old bicyclist Richard L. McElroy on Camelia near Pomace Street at 9 35 p m. McElroy bicycle had no lights or reflectors and he says the car turned left onto Pomace causing the collision. He was carried a short distance before falling to the ground and police say the driver could be cited for failure to yield and felony biendrun.
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Fremont
Richard L. McElroy
Camelia St
Camelia
Pomace Street
McElroy
McElmy
California doctors face malpractice insurance crisis sparks state bill talk
The dispute over malpractice insurance prompts walkout fears and legislative activity led by Sen. Howard Berman and Sen. Dennis Carpender. Proposals would reinsure individual policies and make insurers bear part of the liability cost while doctors press for internal discipline and tighter standards amid rising claims and stock-market losses. Washington Hospital administrator Richard Warren notes drastic verdicts and protracted statutes of limitations feeding carrier anxiety. News notes Kaiser Hayward and local hospitals anticipate effects but some staff remain unavailable for comment.
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Howard Berman
Los Angeles
Dennis Carpender
Rcrange
Surance
McAlister
McAliser
Sscramero
Seale
Washington Hospital
Richard Warren
California
Warren
Hayward
Kaiser Hospital
Argonaut
Task forces urge safety review for BART
The page reports calls for a comprehensive safety review of BART operations. Officials discuss failure mode analysis to test protections under worst cases and how current procedures would alert controllers if a maintenance vehicle on the track caused a fatal crash.
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Wattenberg
PUC
BART
Scalise
Pac Fauyers
Ted Bratz
Ratz
Train Cortraller
Uratz
Breakfast snake continues after wire scrape claims
Saimers said the breakfast snake was cold and weak from Jong Fast as it refused to eat after Fremont hosts died giving it a mouse. The report notes the use of glass capes in handling, with continued coverage from Paget on the wire.
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Paget
Saimers
Ile
Is Jong
Fremont Club Notes Public Events and Odd Animal Tale
The Washington Junior Women's Club edition lists events for Feb 2 including Yoga with Donna at New Ark Community Center and the Fremont Invitational Art Exhibit at Olive Hyde Art Center. An article notes a 4-6 foot python in Fremont, its owner Salmons considering sale or donation to a good home, with plans to donate to the Steinhart Aquarium if unsold.
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Donna
Newark Community Center
Cedar Blvd
Fremont
Olive Hyde Art Center
Washington Blvd
Frenca
Esrrenmantal Hews
Kfmrfm
Not guilty plea in heroin case in Fremont
Charles H. Tavernier, 23, of 249 Dyer Lane, pleaded innocent in municipal court yesterday to two counts of selling heroin. One sale allegedly involved Wayne J. Bellonio, 22, who died after contracting the drug. Police sought a manslaughter complaint but dropped it after DA consultation. Bellonio was driven to Mission San Jose High School, where Tavernier worked as a janitor, by Martin Patrick Jiminez, 23, who then helped escort Bellonio to Tavernier’s apartment and administered the drug. Bellonio died at Washington Hospital the next morning. a memorial service followed in Paradise.
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Fremont
Charles H. Tavernier
Dyer Lane
Wayne J. Bellonio
Poice
Tavernier
Bellonio
Mission San Jose High School
Martin Patrick Jiminez
Paseo Padre Parkway
Bellonia
Washington Hospital
Marningal
Bellania
Paradise
Irvington
Set
Robert Meyers
Meyers
Nuclear station plan conference scheduled
The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will hold a second pre hearing conference on February 27 in Phoenix. Arizona Public Service plans to build a nuclear generating station in Maricopa County.
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Washington
UPI
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
Phoenix
Arizona Public Service
Stallion
Incopa County
New source eyed for road and extension funds
City officials weigh a 50 000 allocation from community level A funds for Paseo Padre two lane right of way, amid rising costs of Bodily property and competing projects on Fremont Hayward and Berkeley corridors. Priority lists show Steventon Boulevard and Mission Gateard roads advancing, with several projects seeking federal urban funds and local match.
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Bodily
Paseo Padre
Tnila
Fremont
Steventon Boulevard
Mission Gateard
Durham Road
Grimmer Boulevard
Berkeley
Civic Center Drive
Walnut Avenue
Hayward
Ne Ce
Head on Crash Injures Five On Mission Boulevard
Five people sustained minor to moderate injuries in a three car head on collision on Mission Boulevard near the Niles turnoff. Joyer Ann Martinez 23 of Newark drove across into the Niles bound lane causing the crash. Irene Mary Rodriguez 30 of San Jose was thrown across the road and struck Martinez's car while James Allen Clark 21 of Livermore collided with the Martinez vehicle. All three cars were demolished and debris stretched along the roadway. Martinez and passenger San Jean Hayes received minor facial cuts and were treated at Washington Hospital. Rodriguez suffered a deep forehead cut while her husband Arthur Rodriguez was a whiplash victim treated at Walter Hospital Hayward.
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Martinez
James Allen Clark
Livermore
Clark
Shon
Ms. Martines
San Jean Hayes
Stonecross Ave
Newark
Wash Ington Hospital
Rodriguez
Arthur Rodrips
Ealter Hospital
Hayward
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Uebine
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University of California At Davis
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Washington Junior Women’s Club
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