Puerto Rican merchant linked to eight family slayings near death
Rafael Torres, 42, awaiting trial for a prior murder, lay in a coma after an apparent overdose of drugs. In a dawn attack on his Jersey City home, eight relatives including his wife and six daughters were killed, with a 15 year old son and a younger boy wounded. Detectives noted pills found at the scene and suspicions of drug influence.
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Jersey City
N.J
UPI
Rafael Torres
Torres
Ramon
Rafael
Beeen
Patrotman
William McKenzie
Ramon Torres
U S Navy transfers 64 river boats in Saigon ceremony
In Vietnam war progress, 64 river boats were transferred to the South Vietnamese Navy during a Saigon ceremony. Gen. Creighton Abrams called the move a significant step toward Vietnamization as U.S. sailors return home from the Mekong Delta operation.
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Saigon
UPS
U. S
trans-jAbrams
Creighton W. Abrams
U.S. Army-Navy
U.S
Mekong
Salt Ranch Sale Expected Soon
HAYWARD The 450 acre Salt Ranch in south Hayward is expected to change hands soon in a major industrial real estate sale. An eastern firm will purchase the land valued up to 5 million for development as an industrial subdivision over 40 years. Local officials reported the sale process and anticipated bid competition.
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Hayward
Hayward Chamber of Commerce
James Araujo
Chamber Industrial Committee
Salz
Milton Salt
Nimitz
Whipple Road
California State College
State Public Works Board
Pleasanton
City of
Hauschildt
Araujo
Annd
EBMUD Strike Ends After 12 Days of Picketing
Local 444 AFSCME members ratified a settlement with East Bay Municipal Utility District after a 12 day strike. The pact offers a 6.784 percent across the board wage increase plus 0.616 percent in fringe benefits and sets aside 1 percent of payroll for a potential cost of living adjustment next fiscal year. Amnesty for strikers was granted if they return to shifts, with a joint study planned to address salary inequities.
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American Federation of State
East Bay
Pickets Back At City Hall In Livermore Strike
Public works employees in Livermore resumed picketing outside city hall in the area’s first strike. About 12 to 15 workers stood on duty, with 2 inside once the day began, representing under half of the department’s 70 members from Local 675 of the State County and Municipal Employees Union AFL-CIO. Mayor Goth Goth issued a statement saying wage demands were excessive and beyond the city’s ability to pay.
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Livermore
City Hall
Public Works
Dan Lee
Lee
Department
AFL- Clc
Gib Margoth
White Front Picketed Newark
Newark retail workers picket White Front on Mowry Avenue near the Nimitz Freeway as Local 870 seeks recognition as bargaining agent. Pickets say lines exist at White Front stores statewide.
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Newark
Engineer Joseph Korte joins Morton Salt Newark plant
Morton Salt Co. announces the hiring of engineer Joseph Korte at the Newark plant. He formerly served in Kaiser Aluminum's chemical sales development engineering staff and is a University of Virginia graduate who spent seven years in the U.S. Navy submarine service.
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Joseph Korte
Morton Salt Co
Newark
Korte
Kaiser Aluminum
University of Virginia
U.S. Navy
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BANK
Austin America Road & Track Magazine
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Foothill Boulevard
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