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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1970
Page
5
ACWD directors voted to hire a firm at 30 dollars per hour to help implement the new Meyers Milia Brown Collective Bargaining Law for public employees. The district will use the firm to assist pay scale formulation as budget time nears.
Newark City councilors unanimously approve posting residents only parking signs around Newark High School to curb interference with homes. Mayor Balentine cites high non student youth exchange, fights, and smoking near homes as justification for action.
Critics from San Jose State biology and engineering faculties questioned the Santa Clara Valley’s carrying capacity and warned the site’s geological weaknesses. Professors Skapinsky and Johran warned of construction problems, with Skapinsky predicting a resulting “broken ankle” from dangerous land, while Johnson urged a full study. Acoustic consultant Wilson demonstrated noise factors as about 400 residents attended the briefing sponsored by local civic groups.
Stanford suffered a major campus blackout beginning at 10 15 am ending at 1 30 pm after PG and E crews found a charred rodent in a circuit breaker. Officials said the outage was the worst since World War II and that the hospital computer center Ling and accelerator centers were not affected.
Residents and a Mission Chamber of Commerce representative pressed for an alignment to ease residential traffic flow as the plan for two story Parsons Cell Town houses on two acres between Michael Avenue and Delaware Drive faced appeal. The parcel owned by Municipal Court Judge Sabraw and Joe Costa was approved for rezoning and PLT.
BART directors awarded three major contracts totaling 9.47 million for the Hayward to Fremont segment. William A. Smith Construction Co. got track installation for 1.51 million, Newbery Electric Corp. won electrification for 737,925, and Pacific-MGC Co. secured 1.224 million for Union City Station. Completion expected by June 1971 with Fremont Station bid openings in March and May, while a joint powers study on extending to SFO faced delay by new director.
Funeral services for Tammy J. Galion, 7 months, who died Wednesday in Fremont, will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Fremont Chapel of the Roses Moruary on Peralta Boulevard. Burial will follow at Irvington Memorial Cemetery. She was the daughter of Lanny R. and unnamed mother, granddaughter of Earl Gallion and John Driggs of Fremont.
Manuel Martinez Jr. 62 died yesterday in Livermore. Funeral rites begin 8:30 a.m. tomorrow at Fremont Chapel of Roses Mortuary 1940 Peralta Blvd Fremont with a Requiem Mass at 9 a.m. at Corpus Christi Church. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Baynard. He was a Fremont native husband of Leona Martinez.
The Azusa case centers on two children missing since 1951. Detectives pursue Mack Ray Edwards for murder of a different child as searchers comb the San Gabriel Mountains north of Azusa Canyon for remains. Officials say a skeleton found near an offramp on the Santa Ana Freeway may be Stella Nolan.
Hakola of the Fremont Unified District Teachers Association said members met to decide their next move against proposed school program cutbacks. He predicted a shift toward militancy if trustees do not credibly address concerns. An audit was estimated to cost six to seven thousand dollars.
Civil Air Patrol found a red and white Piper Cherokee at Bear Mountain summit between Bakersfield and Tehachapi at 6,500 feet. Victims include John C. Rosenthal, 22, of San Francisco and a 23-year-old Minneapolis man. M. J. Maffei, 39, of Fremont, also died in the Phoenix flight crash. The plane went down earlier this week en route to Phoenix.
A new two story Lakeview Apartments building at 26 Mowry Ave Fremont sustained 33 200 in damage after a noon fire. Firefighters arrived from Central Irvington and Grimier stations with four engines and 24 men to control the blaze by 12 44 p.m. Investigators suspect two Berkeley plumbers used a propane tank while soldering a pipe in Apartment 13 and may have sparked the fire in Apartment 14 causing major structural, roof and attic damage to multiple units. The complex is owned by L H Nelson Corp Pal Alto.
A pair of candidates seek spots on the USC board. One contender hails from England with 20 years in newspapers, born there and later based in Louth County. He leads the Fremont Youth Theatre Guild, serves as vice chairman of Fremont Soccer Association, and chairs the chamber publicity subcommittee.
Fremont forum executives drafted the agenda for the forum board meeting set for Thursday. Inter district school programs may allow outside district students to join occupation programs elsewhere. The Community Drug Council may send a rep to discuss its program, while task forces on transportation, public facilities and data processing will report.
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