San Francisco BART dispute fuels East Bay stake
East Bay leaders resist San Francisco plans to add a Montgomery Street area station and a fourth Market Street stop, arguing it shifts costs and delays onto East Bay riders. Local directors like George Silliman press for neutrality as San Francisco pressure grows, with Livermore Pleasanton Dublin courting annexation and Alameda County officials urged to protect their residents.
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Ene
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San’ Francisco
Hast Bay
Newark
George Silliman
Horatio
San Francisco
Silliman
Livermore - Pleasanton - Dublin
South County
San Francisco Extra
Alameda County Board of Supervisors
Alameda County Mayors Conference
Emancipation Era Ration Fashion Sparks Debate
A fragment questions if ration waste trends among women signal a shift toward emancipation era autonomy. The text contrasts dwindling supplies with evolving fashion, implying tensions between traditional gender roles and modern consumer desire.
Reading aids and crowd psychology noted in Paul Harvey column
Paul Harvey discusses reading less and using Angela to summarize sources for depth. An interview excerpt with Dr Marvin Sussman notes crowds diffuse responsibility in emergencies and implied hesitation to act.
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Marvin Sussman
Western Reserve University
Laughs From Europe Psychologists Explain bystander effect
A passage notes psychologists John Darley and Bibb Latane of NYU and Columbia studied bystander responses. It suggests people are slower to help when multiple observers are present. The piece ponders whether this could explain Americans not rushing to rescue when facing domestic danger.
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John Darley
NYU
Bibb Latane
Columbia
Urban renewal displaces renters in California letter
A California reader named Mr X warns that urban renewal harms the poor by demolishing old rooming houses for new apartment blocks. He recalls paying 25 dollars for a room and 10 for a garage, then facing a 135 dollar rent after relocation, while living on a 132 dollar monthly pension. He notes libraries packed away and criticizes progress he once supported.
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Povertty
California
Government Montey
Baroody’s U N transcripts spark late night debate
Jamil Baroody, Saudi Arabia’s U.N. ambassador, drew laughs with sharp remarks about Kennedy, the Rockefellers, and Western culture during a Security Council session. The U.S. broadcast aired around 1 a.m., and the transcript revealed pointed jabs at Kennedy and Goldberg amid questions about U.S. foreign policy and the Baroody view of the Mediterranean.
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Bobby Kennedy
Rockefellers
Arthur Goldberg
Jamil Baroody
Saudi Arabia
United Nations
Baroedy
U.N. Security Council
Baroody
6Th Fleet
Goldberg
Kennedy
U.S
Bobby
Crime figures ignore human misery in rising crime rates
The piece contrasts Attorney General Ramaley Clark with Katzenbach, citing FBI data showing a 20 percent crime rise in early 1987. It argues poverty is not the sole cause and highlights testimony from a Senate Small Business Committee hearing where shopkeepers describe fear, police inaction, and robberies.
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Clark
Justice Department
FBI
George Smallers
D-Fla
Senate Small Business Committee
This Day In History 1900 1917 1944 1948
The record notes key events: 1900 Dr Walter Reed leads a campaign against yellow fever. 1917 American Expeditionary Forces reach France in WW1. 1944 Cherbourg liberated by Allies from Nazi control. 1948 Berlin Airlift begins to bypass Soviet blockade. A thought cites Schopenhauer on female justice.
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France
Cherbourg
United States
Berlin
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