Newark’s image hinges on Thornton Avenue facelift
The city weighs a $29,000 plan to bury utilities, add lighting, landscaping, curbs, gutters, and sidewalks on lower Thornton Avenue while city funds $100,000. Only 35 percent of landowners have consented, needing a 51 percent valuation majority, with two major landowners’ signatures enough to meet the requirement.
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Newark
Lower
Thornton Avenue
Dumbarton Bridge
Thornton
City Hall
Thornton Property
Government urges conservation to avert summer power shortages
The administration announces a major program urging the nation to conserve electricity as the best way to prevent power shortages this summer. Officials warn the power supply could fail if the public does not cut usage. The report also notes the US balance of payments deficit hitting a first quarter record, signaling broader imbalances across fronts.
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U.S
Letters to the editor raise Niles water service concerns
Readers rebut a May article linking fire insurance ratings to Niles water service. The writer argues Niles shares Fremonts Class four rating due to ACWDs rating while criticizing water provision, storage, and improvements. They urge corrective action from officials and note a correction was sent to the Argus. The piece also includes letters from local residents on county planning, water use, and quarry water pumping.
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Jeter
Argus
Citizens Utilities Con
Niles Fire Insurance
Niles
Fremont
Nates
State Public Utility Commission
Sacramento
Errot
The
AL Redd
Sieg Witter
Alameda Creek
Mameda County
Letter Questions Delays in Hepatitis Exposure Notice
Roy McLeo objects to the school district for delays in notifying about his son’s possible exposure to infectious hepatitis. He cites mismatched dates between exposure and the letter, questions bureaucratic efficiency, and criticizes broad negligence. The tone is accusatory and skeptical of the school’s administration.
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Mission San
Bell
Roy McLeo Fremont
Reader praises editorial on Father Duryea and calls for realism
A Catholic reader commends the Chronicle editorial on Father Duryea and endorses realism in journalism. The letter notes a double life harms a priest, argues parishioners may overlook flaws, and urges humility and will in priestly vows. Name withheld.
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Father Duryea
James Kilpatrick
Chronicle
Sacramento legislators for Southern Alameda County districts
Representatives include Senators Petris Holmdahl and Bradley in coterminous districts covering Alameda County except Livermore Amador Valley and Castro Valley now in the 14th District. Assemblymen Bee Crown and Fong represent Hayward Union City Fremont Newark Livermore Amador Valley San Lorenzo San Leandro Alameda and Castro Valley with letters to dham at the State Capitol Sacramento 2014.
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Alameda County
Nicholas C. Petris
John W. Holmdahl
Clark J. Bradley
Livermore-Amador Valley
Castro Valley
Carlos Bee
Hayward
Union City
Fremont
Newark
Robert W. Crown
San Lorenzo
San Leandro
Alameda
Oakland
March K. Fong
Ashland
Dham
State Capitol
Sacramento
The Senate's finest hour in Mansfield fight
Holmes Alexander praises the Senate during the Mansfield Amendment debate. He lauds senators like Mansfield Symington Ribicoff and Stennis for leadership, argues NATO and Soviet threats frame the issue, and notes Stennis's compelling speech swaying the chamber.
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Washington
D.C
U.S. Senate
Senate
Muskie
Kennedy
McGovern
Hartke
Mansfield
Europe
Stuart Symington
Abe Ribicoff
Nixon Doctrine and US spending shift sparks isolationist stance
The piece argues the United States has loaned or given vast sums abroad since the end of a major war and faces insults and economic pressure. It advocates Nixon loosening ties abroad while tightening purse strings to protect domestic jobs and inflation. It cites specific troop withdrawals and calls for self-reliance and austerity to revive American industry.
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Nixon
Vietnam
South Korea
Japan
Thailand
Philippines
Okinawa
Finland Keeps Its Word as Debt Talks Highlight Solid Spirit
Henry J. Taylor portrays Finland’s fiscal discipline and wartime endurance. He notes Finland’s semiannual 307,660 installment on external bonds and its pledge to honor World War I debts, while contrasting Russia’s size and the Finnish spirit of sisu. He cites the constitution’s balanced-budget principle and self-reliance showcased by Lapland reconstruction, highlighting Soumenlinna and three harbor fortresses symbolizing national values.
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Finland
France
Netherlands
Republic of Finland
Suomen Tasdvalla-Republiken
Federal Republic of
Germany
Rovaniemi
Soumenlinna
Helsinki
On This Day in History From The Press Notes
This day highlights Julia Ward born May 27 199. the 1935 Supreme Court upheld the National Recovery Act as constitutional. the 1915 sinking of German battleship Bismarck west of Brest during World War I. Heydrich killed in 1942 by Czechoslovak patriots in World War II. 1968 loss of U S nuclear submarine Sorion with all hands. Mark Twain quote on fools and gratitude.
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Julia Ward
Supreme Court
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bismarck
Brest
Fragce
Reinhard Heydrich
Czechoslovakia
U.S
Mark Twain
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Ribicoft
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