The Powder Room Dilemma At A Social Gathering
A narrator recalls the social pressure around asking for the bathroom at a party. The essay explores unspoken etiquette, naming variants like washroom and john, and ends with a personal story of feigned wit to reach the washroom.
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Fremont Day at Alameda County Fair Set for June 30
Fremont Day at the Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton has been scheduled for June 30. Fremont Chamber of Commerce President Larry La fleur says plans include a Fremont Stake Race a special exhibit a 5 PM barbecue and a 6 30 PM one hour talent show. Tickets cost 2 50 and include fair admission with options of hamburgers or hot dogs available from organizers.
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Edwards AFB fighter prototype crashes during training flight
Two crewmen parachuted to safety after an FY12 prototype aircraft assigned to the 4786th Test Squadron crashed during a routine training flight at Edwards Air Force Base. The incident marks the second Edwards crash in as many days following a B57 bomber disaster that killed one crewman aboard the previous day.
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Union City Free Clinic Faces Freeloaders Epidemic
Union City efforts to curb freeloaders at the Ti bureto Vasquez free clinic on E Street Decoto include a sliding scale fee plan, income screening, and clarified service boundaries. The clinic, now offering dental and optometry, will refer overflow to local volunteers and expand with grants of 20000 from the State Department of Health and 5600 from the Rosenberg Foundation.
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Tibureto Vasquez
E Street
Decoto
Ben Torres
Union City Health Commttee
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Sunol
Tennyson Road
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Inheritance referees to replace appraisers
Alameda County will gain two net inheritance tax referees on July 1 under a new law that replaces state appraisers. James A Kennedy and Richard Schacht of Oakland are among the county’s eight appraisers. six will become referees. The referees were chosen from state exam lists and appointments run to 1972 1973 1974.
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James A Kennedy
Richard Schacht
Oakland
Houston 1 Flournoy
Tim Abel
Hayward
Arnold Anderson
Castro Valley
Claude Daughtry
Berkeley
Evelie Grille
Hon Chew
Donald P. McCullum
Flournoy
Aly
State Personnel Board
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Daughtry
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Lame ducks plan special meetings in New Haven board saga
The outgoing New Haven school board schedules nine special meetings for early next week to push through items before July 1. Items include a 3 percent raise for non teaching staff, two year admin contracts, a new junior high design contract, and salary hikes for the superintendent and business manager. The new board takes office July 1 with Margaret Stone Harold Strickland and Les Clark joining, while S R Richards and Syd Furman remain.
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Sue Mills
New Haven
Syd Furmin
Julia Denney
Gail Pagan
John Samarrow
Margaret Stone
Harold Strickland
Les Clark
S. R. Richards
Furman
Ofice
Nine meetings set as board clash foes schedule
Furman confirms a Monday night agenda with nine meetings to follow the standard sequence. Richards denies receipt of papers and questions service while notices have been mailed to trustees and newspapers amid ongoing dispute over legality of previous actions. Meetings run from Monday 8:30 p.m. with contract awards and personnel items, then nine additional sessions at various times Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Fremont Wrestler Carl Stevens Fined and Probated
Fremont wrestling star Carl Ray Stevens 35 was fined 125 dollars and given a suspended 60 day jail term after pleading guilty to battery and disturbing the peace stemming from a May 1 incident at the home of his estranged wife on Niles Boulevard. Judge Roy G. Pucci also placed Stevens on one year of court probation.
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Carl Ray Stevens
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Niles Blvd
Roy G. Pucci
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