Thornton Avenue plan eyed to boost Newark business district
A Newark memo by Turnlund outlines a Thornton Avenue redevelopment plan focusing on storefront facades and streetscape to attract shoppers and improve property values. The proposal favors an assessment district with minimal remodeling and may seek community or service club support, while noting opposition from absentee landowners and legal hurdles.
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Thornton Avenue
Newark
Thornton
Dumbarton Bridge
Turlund
Federal appeals court rules group may sue Leslie Salt
The federal appellate court majority ruled the conservation association lacked standing since it did not own land along the bay despite claiming to represent public interest in the baylands.
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Federal Appeals Court Rules Group
Leslie Salt
Federal
Conservation Association
Bay
Club
Baylands
Leslie
Frederick G. Hamley
San Francisco Bay
Hamley
Override CRLA veto urged by ABA leader to Nixon
A leader of the American Bar Association urged President Nixon to override Governor Reagan's veto of California's Rural Legal Assistance program. The ABA supports the program, arguing Reagan's criticism is unjustified. The plea was conveyed via telegram signed by 20 lawyers, including former ABA President Bernard Siegal.
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Washington
UPI
American Bar Association
ABA
Nixon
Ronald Reagan
California
White House
John J. Robb Jr
Albuquerque
N. M
ABA Standing Committee On Legal Aid
Reagan
Lawyer's Committee For Civil Rights
Bernard G. Siegal
Philadelphia
William B. Spann Jr
Atlanta
ABA House of Delegates
Newark trustees hire professor to head superintendent search
Newark Unified School District trustees voted to hire Dr. Harry McPherson, retired Napa superintendent and UC Berkeley education instructor, to lead the district in selecting a new superintendent after John J. MacGregor announces retirement. The plan includes a five step process, a screening committee, community input, and confidential candidate names until a final choice. Board retains final authority, outside groups not involved in selection.
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Newark
Newark Unified
John J. MacGregor
Harry McPherson
Napa
University of Cali
Fornia
Berkeley
Dy McPherson
California Association of School Administrators
Wth McPherson
Lee Keith
Yce
Newark Teachers Association
McPherson
Model home designs win fast approval
Newark planning commissioners quickly approved three new Transamerica Development model homes for The Lake subdivision. Homes range from 1,144 to 1,844 square feet with prices between 324,000 and 320,000, down from earlier models at 330,000. In other action, Buford Barks criticized December’s gasoline pumps decision for Shar Stop Inc. saying insufficient discussion occurred. City council will review tomorrow as pumps began excavating before a review.
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Newark
Transamerica Development Company
the Lake Subdivision
Transamerica
Buford Barks
Shar Step, Inc
Central Ave
Barks
Thomas Estrada
Estrada
Commission
Tony
Angelo
Fremont man pleads innocent in fatal parking lot attack
An Alameda man, 27, of Woodridge Drive, pleaded innocent in municipal court to charges of manslaughter for striking James P. Ragan, 9, during an argument over auto parking. Ragan died two days later. a preliminary hearing is set for March 16.
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Fremont
Hayward
Fremman
Ala Anoia
Woodridge Drive
Ansia
James P. Ragan
San Juan Ave
Ragan
Fremont man sentenced on narcotics charge in court
Union City man Mani Sanchez, 21, pleaded guilty to narcotics counts and was jailed six months. Raymond Aguirre, 22, of Ninth Street, admitted marijuana possession in municipal court, with sentencing set by Judge Roy Pucci.
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Fremont
Yesters
Amny Sanchez
Washington Hoxpral
Sanchez
Raymond M. Aguirre
Ninth St
Roy G. Pucci
Tebero
Aguirre
Council Discusses Park Vote and Train Blockage Regulation
The council backed establishing an assessment district to acquire additional park land for Central Park. In other business City Attorney AL Sprague defended a brief to the State Public Utilities Commission opposing railroad overreach at city street crossings, calling Thompson’s report a whitewash. Mayor Rhodes praised Sprague and urged continued firm action.
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Central
AL Sprague
State Public Utilities Commission
Sprague
PUC
Jack E.thompson
Ohlone trustees weigh district plan for 6.2 million campus work
Fremont-Newark Community College District trustees will consider forming an assessment district to fund 6.2 million dollars of exterior construction at the new Mission Boulevard campus. The plan outlines eligible facilities and a projected tax rate of 10 to 18 cents over five years, with bonds up to 7 percent and 25 years.
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Fremont
Fremont-Newark Community College
Mission Boulevard
Ohlone College
Stephen Epler
James Duke
Fremont Carr
Tata
Fremont Public Works
Larry W. Milnes
Ohlone College bonds marketed for hillside campus
Ohlone College moved to market 20 year bonds to fund land and utilities for a hillside campus south of Mission San Jose de Guadalupe. The 420 acre site cost about 2.8 million dollars, with several million local funds for outdoor utilities. Plans by Ernest Kump and Associates target completion in two months and state review in 3 months. Open by fall 1973 with construction over two years, after four bids in Oakland. Bank of America led at 4.91 percent, followed by United California Bank 4.976 percent and Crocker Citizens National Bank 4.9905 percent. Wells Fargo offered a 10 year term but was rejected.
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Lrst
Hochler
Mission San Jose de Guadalupe
Epler
Ernest Kump and Associates
State Department of Architecture
County Board of Supervisors
Oakland
Bank of America
United California Bank
Crocker Citizens National Bank
Wells Pargo
Ecology club to hold first meeting in Fremont
Enthusiastic response prompts Washington Township to form an ecology club. Meeting at 7:40 p.m. today in the Fremont Community Center to select an advisory board and open environmental projects. Dr Holger Rasmussen named temporary chairman. Mrs Dean A Olsen reports strong interest from schools and civic groups.
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Fremont
Washington Township
Dean A. Olsen
Alla
Drive
Tri-City
Holger Rasmussen
Olsen
$3.5 Million Plant Planned for Warm Springs
Fremont announces a $3.5 million manufacturing plant in Warm Springs to produce metal and wood shelving for supermarkets. Duro-Consolidated will move from Menlo Park to a 157000 square foot site, creating 125 jobs with initial annual sales projected at 3 to 4 million across 11 Western states and Hawaii.
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Fremont
Warm Springs
Robert Guro
Duro-Consolidated, Inc
Menlo Fark
Guio
Haussmann California _ Co
Menlo Park
Worm Spring Boulevard
Warren Avenue
Ager
Joe Rondeau
Hawaii
Faulty furnace blamed for deadly depot blast at McAlester
An explosion at the McAlester ammunition depot killed three men and injured two others as 20 millimeter projectiles were being burned in a furnace to destroy bombs. Navy officials cited a faulty furnace as the possible cause while Captain Joe Chambliss ordered an investigation. Victims were Sammie D. Lame Samuel G. Agee Jr. and Herman L. Roop. Rescue crews took nearly three hours to recover all the victims.
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Mcalesten
Okla
Navy
Joe Chambliss
McAlester
Washington
Chambliss
Sammie D. Lame
Savannah
Samuel G. Agee Jr
Herman L. Roop
Phillip Millner
Harry Goodman
Fred Kokl
Ab Teal Cmar
Vana Peckworth
Ian Anderson
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US. District Court
Mani
Rhodes
Granite Falls
Wash
Pilchuck River
Ecology Club
Guid
Harbison Walker
Ed Massa
Fremont Chamber of Commerce
Valley Tire Co
Great Western Pipeline
Hussman Co
Bridgeton
Miss
Pet Foods, Tne
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