Retired Admiral Shinn urges Fremont park plan reform
In a letter to Fremont city leaders, retired Vice Admiral Alen Mo Shinn demands the city restore Peralta Boulevard park property to the donor or shrink it to a maintainable size. He cites decades of neglect, fallen trees, decayed buildings, and failed development promises, asking for a realistic maintenance plan or return of the property to the Shinn family. The letter is to be discussed by the council with no action expected.
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Fremont
Amiral Alen Mo Shinn
Shinn
Peralta Boulevard
Mowry Avenue
Bay Area
Fremont City Council to hear major appointments tonight
Fremont City Council meets at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall to decide appointments including to the city planning commission and five members to the Press Relations Committee. They will consider pool fence rules for Duc and Elliot apartments, two-man patrols, labor contract limits, a special April 20 election, and land purchase for Central Park.
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Fremont
City Hall
Civic Center Drive
Gene Rhodes
City Planning Commission
Duc and Elliot
Crawford St
Fremont Police Association
Don Driggs
dJabor
Youth shot at hospital while at fair scene
A 16 year old, Steven D. Martinez of 3690 Buckeye Street, remained in fair condition at Washington Hospital after a loaded rifle discharged during an attempted backyard target shoot. Companion C. Biggerstaff, 15, Newark, was involved when the Mauser bolt action rifle fired. Police say Martinez claimed it was an accident and Biggerstaff had loaded the rifle. First aid was given at the scene before transport to the hospital.
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Washington Hospital
Steven D. Martinf
C. Biggerstaff
Hacer
Nawark
Yesterdag
Martinez
Biggerstaff
Missing truck and trailer recovered with cargo missing
The truck and trailer were found with cargo removed. Freight company San Jose scene described. Doors on trailer and cab left open, ignition key in place. A witness saw a man in early 30s park and leave the area around 1 to 2 pm on Thornton Ave near Lmn Street. Police noted wiped fingerprints inside the cab.
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Lmn Street
Tume
Paice
Generac
USD buys earthquake insurance for Union Sanitary District
Fremont officials report USD directors approved earthquake coverage for about 3 million in district property. Aetna Casualty will insure buildings and digestion tanks for 5,947 annually totaling 28,000 with extra burglary, personal bond, and public liability components.
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USD
City of
Washington Hospital
Alameda County
Bickard
Rickard
USC
Raymond Bnege
Boege
Fremont theft suspect nabbed in Hayward burglary
Fremont police say Daniel Vasquez Gonzales of Hayward, 19, burglarized four apartments at 49541 Stevenson Blvd Fremont around 3:30 pm. He was arrested by Hayward police on another burglary charge and booked in Hayward. Details of the second incident were unavailable at press time.
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Fremont
Hayward
Daniel Vasquez Gonzales
Stonewall Ave
Gonzales
Stevenson Blvd
Manson and three girls found guilty in Tate-LaBianca
The jury returned two verdicts after 42 hours of deliberation finding Charles Manson and three young women guilty of conspiracy to commit murder and the individual killings. Prosecutor Bugliosi praised the jury system as the trial spanned years since the Tate and LaBianca murders.
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Manson
Irving Kanarek
Fitzgerald
Paul Fitzgerald
Los Angeles
Sam Sheppard
Cleveland
Sprague tears into rail blocking regulation as whitewash
Sprague accuses a rail regulation process of being a whitewash in a letter to the League of California Cities. He criticizes the proposed rule that would force cities to prove blockings are unnecessary through PUC staff and commission findings, arguing it upholds railroad discretion and endangers safety.
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San Diego
Oakland
Atorney
Thompson
Sprague Sprague
Planners to review model homes and zoning variance
Newark planning commissioners meet at 8 p.m. in City Administration Building to review three Transamerica Corp model home designs for a Lake subdivision complex and to consider a no harvest variance request.
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Newark Blvd
Newark Maid of Newark Contest Seeks Applicants
The Newark chamber announces the 1971 Maid of Newark contest with May 8 elimination at Newark High School cafetorium. Ten finalists will be chosen and judged 20 percent beauty and figure, 10 percent poise, 10 percent personality, with swimsuits and evening gowns. Last year’s winner Marilyn Sale later became Maid of Alameda County. Further details at the chamber office 5920 A Thornton Ave.
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Chamber
Marilyn Sale
Alameda County
Thorton Ave
Sanitation workers form Local 390 slate in Fremont
Fremont officers of Local 390 United Public Employees were announced to Union Sanitary District directors. Slated officers include Vernon Burke as president and Edwin Silva as vice president. other leaders are John Robin secretary Ray Birge James Howscillon and George Gatch. The new local with about 30 members shares bargaining rights with the Union Sanitary District Employees Association, which covers supervisory staff.
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James J. Hows Caillon
George Gatch
UST Employees Association
Chief's son joins police officers family dynamics
Morrison, Newark High School graduate, will end four-year Air Force duty in Saigon and start as a police officer in Concord after skiing injury cast comes off. He aims to work with juveniles and in narcotics, guided by his father Chief Morrison’s humane approach, while his fiancé and fiancé’s family express mixed emotions.
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Vietnam
Newark High School
Air Force
Saigon
Concord
Diablo Valley College
Bill
Chambers
Morrisons
Cambodia curfew tightened amid terror bomb scares
Communist troops prowling the Phnom Penh ridges harassed positions 15 miles northwest of the capital as U.S. aircraft were called in to silence them. The curfew was tightened amid new terror bomb scares. U.S. and South Vietnamese forces ended a 12 day offensive along Highway 4 to Kompong Thorn, declaring the road open. Communist units were routed from Pich Nil Pass as American and South Vietnamese troops withdrew, leaving Cambodians in command.
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UPI
Phnom Pent
U.S
Cambodia
Kompong Thorn
Pich Nil Pass
Newark marina issue sparks dredging cost debate
Continued from page, the Newark marina plan would require extensive road work for access and includes estimates of $2 million to dredge Newark Slough and $100.08 annual maintenance for the channel. Docks and recreational facilities lack cost estimates, with the Corps expected to cover about $1 million of dredging under current federal programs and the city to fund the rest.
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Newark
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