Pork barrel charge hangs over Fremont police study proposal
Fremont officials face accusations of pork barrel tactics after approving two special police studies totaling 273,898 dollars with little public disclosure. Rollin Cunningham, a former councilman, argued the city could conduct the manpower utilization study for far less, while City Manager Don Driggs defended the in kind funds and public reporting as necessary for federal grant opportunities.
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Jim Wilsom Fremont
Rollin Cunningham
John Fabbrl
Driggs
Steel
Cunningham
15 year old says heroin easier to get than booze
In Washington a 15 year old Queens girl Lynne Bongiorno told a Senate subcommittee that heroin is easier to obtain than liquor in her neighborhood. She began using at 11, shot heroin until nine months ago and entered rehabilitation. Louis Rivera, also 15, described a year and a half of heroin use before treatment seven months ago.
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Hiquor
Lynne Bongiorno
Queens
Nly
Senate
Louis Rivera
South Brank
Abraham A. Ribicoff
D-Conn
Senate Government Operations Subcommittee
Lynne
Albert B. Linder
Harlem
Linder
Vietnam
States
Eeasier
South Bronx
Nixon goal for economy unattainable
Washington UPI reports the Nixon administration conceded that its January targets for 1971 growth, inflation slowdown, and unemployment are unattainable. Council chair Paul McCracken said unemployment and inflation proved more stubborn, noting the 5.6 percent jobless rate in June and higher inflation than planned.
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UPI
Nixon
Paul W. McCracken
Council of Fhconomic Advisers
House
Senate
McCracken
Paul W. Sartiueison
Jannien
Ten States Target Welfare Payments Cuts
A private Nixon Administration study shows at least ten states will cut welfare payments this year with twelve more weighing similar cuts. Alabama Georgia Kansas Maine Nebraska New Jersey New Mexico New York Rhode Island and South Dakota are listed as reducing payments, while Arizona California Connecticut Delaware Idaho Illinois Minnesota Oregon Pennsylvania Texas Vermont are possible cut candidates. Five states and DC plan increases, with Hawaii Mississippi Nevada Ohio and Oklahoma confirmed. Maryland and Wisconsin also weighing boosts as Nixon's reform bill advances in the House.
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Oregon
Pennsylvania
Texas
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District of Columbia
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Senate
Three area child deaths from accidents and fire
Three South County children are hospitalized after car crashes that killed two cousins and another child, while in Dublin a 6 year old boy died in a house fire. Brian Bellinger 6 remained in grave condition after an accident injuring his brother James 7 and killing their cousin Michelle Halstead 7. Steffen Bail 8 and sister Doris 4 were in critical condition after the Newark crash that also involved their parents Elvis and 7163 Maine Place Newark. In Dublin Austin Stanfield 6 died when a playhouse fire trapped him. babysitter Steven Rigney 13 heard him calling for help and notified neighbors. The driver Hazel Wagner 31 was jailed on manslaughter charges.
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Valley Memorial Hospital
Livermore
James Bellinger
Washington Hospital
Fremont
Valley Memorial
Brian
Washington
Steffen Bail
Doris
Newark
Elvis Bailes
Maine Place
Bellingers
Gerald Bellinger
Pleasanton
Hopyard Road
Valley Avenue
Hazel Wagner
Seventh St
Hayward
Wagner
Austin Stanfield
Carlow Way
Steven Rigney
Kimble St
Rustin
Rignay
Austin
Fremont policeman faces firing despite board’s recommendation
Fremont Police Officer John R. Schlim may be fired despite the Civil Service Board’s June 22 recommendation of a 30 day suspension rather than termination. City Council action next Tuesday could direct City Manager Don Driggs to follow the board or leave the decision to the courts.
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Fremont
John R. Schlim
Fremont Civil Service Board
Teasday
Don Driggs
Schlim
Toa Atvere
Driggs
Scil
al Sprague
Sue
Sprague
Cil
Schum
Anges
Weekend Weather Forecast for Atom Area
The forecast calls for fair weather through tomorrow with night and morning low clouds. Highs are expected in the upper 60s to upper 70s both days. Tonight’s low will be in the 50s with westerly winds at 10 to 20 mph. Details on Page 14.
Year round school eyed for Fremont and Newark
Local readers see renewed nationwide interest in year round schooling as the idea, tried in several U S communities since the century’s turn, gains attention here. Page 7.
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Fremont
Newark
U.S
Reagan Budget Cuts Threaten Education For California Students
The governor cuts potentially end study for about 5,000 foreign students at California’s 29 state colleges. A page 12 note mentions a nuclear explosion test. a separate item reports a teacher in Alameda County earning 11,402 dollars yearly would lose welfare eligibility. The Davis Jackson embrace occurs in Marin County jail in a court ordered meeting.
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Ronald Reagan
California
Angela Davis
George Jackson
Worcester apartment fire killed four injuring eleven
Police say a drunk resident set the Worcester blaze. The disaster followed another deadly fire earlier in the year near the same area. Mourners passed the national guard armory to honor Louis Armstrong as fans recall the jazz great. Ralph Nader campaigns for warning labels on stannous fluoride toothpaste. John Kenneth Galbraith says Bank rescue for Lockheed would boost Treasury Secretary Connally. Harley Staggers seeks contempt charges against CBS for film used in a news documentary.
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Mass
Ralph Nader
Harvard
John Kenneth Galbraith
Lockheed Aircraft Co
Treasury
John B. Connally
Harley
Staggers
K-W. Va
House
CBS
Frank Stanton
Network
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