State team to examine ailing Fremont school system
Fremont Unified School District will host a four member management assistance team from the state Department of Education. Supt Wayne Ferguson requested the visit to gain expert advice on reviving the struggling district. The study should occur late this year or early next year after Ferguson has six months in leadership.
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State Department of Education
Fremont Unified
Wayne Ferguson
Ferguson
Argus
Board of Education
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Wednesday Weather and News Highlights Across Topics
Wednesday’s forecast shows patchy low clouds near the coast tonight and tomorrow with slightly warmer days ahead. Lows in the 30s and 70s highs on both days, northwest winds 15 to 30 mph. Reports also cover demographics of Japanese Americans and a UC Berkeley solar energy study, plus notes on 1976 car model introductions and a CIA-related case dismissal. President Ford discusses nuclear strategy while honoring Auschwitz victims.
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Fremont
Burns warns grain sale to Russians may lift US food prices
Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns told Congress the amount of grain the USSR will buy could push American food prices higher. Senator Kennedy and Burns clash over inflationary impact while agriculture officials expect only a small rise. Russian purchases total about 9.8 million tons with four to five million more anticipated, versus 19 million tons in 1972.
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Washington
UPI
Arthur F. Burns
Federal Reserve
Burns
Joint
Congressional Economic Committee
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Agriculture
Earl Butz
Agricultue Department
Detroit violence erupts after teen slaying in West Side
Scattered clashes erupted Tuesday night in Detroit after the fatal shooting of a black teenager by a white bar owner. Police reported arrests, tear gas, and fires as rioting flared near Livernois Avenue. Mayor Young faced jeers while urging calm and the bar owner was re-arrested after being released on bond. Authorities prepared state police if needed.
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Detroit
UPI
West Side
Riore Ready
Livernois Avenue
Susan Cooper
Prat
Coleman A. Young
Recorder’s Court
Donald S. Leonard
Leonard
Lansing
Gev
William G. Milliken
Ent
City adopts affirmative action plan with goals and timetable
FREMON A proposes an affirmative action plan to city councilists aiming to increase minority and female hires without reverse discrimination. It bases five year goals on city demographics and notes the merit principle remains. The plan cites current city hall staffing and questions how to expand the pool of qualified minority applicants.
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Fremon
Senate approves automatic pay raises for Congress and officials
The Senate voted 58 to 29 to grant annual automatic cost of living pay raises to Congress members, federal judges, and top officials, despite defeated amendments to block raises. President Ford supports the bill tying salaries to inflation under a federal pay scale.
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UPI
Senate
Congress
Nelson A. Rockefeller
House
Ford
James B. Allen
Ala
Allen
Robert Taft
Ohio
Dial-a-ride clash as AC Transit faces officials today
Fremont Newark officials confront AC Transit General Manager Alan Bingham over a planned dial-a-ride service. The Transit Advisory Board grilled AC Planner Gene Gardiner for hours, pressing for alternatives as lawmakers demand a timely, limited dial-a-ride option instead of delaying or scrapping the program.
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Fremont-Newark
AC Transit
Alan Bingham
Transit Advisory Board
Gene Gardiner
Fremont
Don Dillon
Jean Holmes
Newark
Tony Nelson
Ing
Gardiner
Bingham
PG&E Wins Gas Rate Hike With Household Safeguards
California Public Utilities Commission grants Pacific Gas & Electric a 5250 million gas rate increase while shielding the average household from charges below 200 therms. San Francisco rates rise 83 cents to align with regional pricing, with two-step implementation set for August 1 and November 1.
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UPI
California Public Utilities Commission
Pacific Gas & Electric
PUC
Pg&e
San Francisco
San Franciscans
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