BART service restored after fatal head-on crash
A BART train collided with a maintenance truck in Oakland killing the truck driver Arthur Briggs 40 of Richmond. The train driver Robert Harrigan 27 Oakland was unharmed. Investigators will hear taped recordings as they probe the failure in communications and track procedures that allowed the crash.
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Fremont census signs overstate population figures
Fremont officials dispute city road signs showing 125,000 or 121,400 residents. Preliminary 1970 census data place the count at 115,461 with a larger share of housing in apartments and attached units lowering average occupants per dwelling. Officials note many residents refused to answer income and home value questions, affecting estimates.
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Chuck Widebert
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Fremont
Suit attacks food stamp benefit cut by government order
Consumer groups filed a federal suit to block a recreation order reducing food stamp benefits by about 65 million dollars annually. They argue the required 30 percent payment of adjusted net income is not at a reasonable level and seek an injunction to keep benefits at current levels while the case proceeds.
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Philadelphia Welfare ‘Rights Organization
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Ford sill favors gas price boost
President Ford backs higher gasoline prices, not rationing, to curb consumption. White House says public opinion polls favor rationing, but aides argue higher prices avoid curb on travel and aid the auto sector. Ford plans speeches and trips to explain the plan, plus steps to implement the anti-recession program, including higher import crude oil fees.
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Senate Democrats back Watergate-style probe into CIA spying
Senate Democrats vote 45 to 7 to create a select committee to investigate alleged illegal intelligence gathering on Americans by the CIA FBI and possibly other agencies. A Sept 1 reporting deadline is set as Vice President Rockefeller and the presidential commission report on CIA activity face scrutiny amid earlier public concerns voiced by Johnson and Nixon aides.
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Fremont Unified School District finances in probe dispute
Questions mount over district finances as the board faces a push for a full audit. The district attorney contemplates stepping in after a two week refusal to order a Special audit. Steven A. Cox leads a citizens petition with 234 signatures demanding a complete district audit amid secrecy concerns over fired finance chief Harold Mameda.
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Bray and Burke
Steven A. Cox
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Weather update fairs through tomorrow with fog later
Forecast shows fair conditions through tomorrow with local late night and early morning fog and little temperature change. Lows tonight in the upper 30s to mid 40s and highs today and tomorrow in the 50s to low 60s. Yesterday's high in Fremont was 60 with a 46 degree low.
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Fremont District Races Focus On Fiscal Duty Says Candidate Cornell
In the Newark area officials move to a public stance on home mail delivery crisis as Fremont Unified School District candidates push fiscal responsibility. Sylvia J. Cornell frames the key issue as meeting student needs within taxpayer constraints.
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