Watermelon episode sparks library purge in New Haven District
A televised interview with New Haven School District trustees recounts a 1970s purge of books and materials, sparked by a watermelon episode and debates over academic freedom. The ban extended to Shakespeare, Alice in Wonderland, and biology texts, shifting to a Newspaper in the Classroom approach before backfiring and boosting reading among students.
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Alameda
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Alameda County
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Chaucer
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Jack Sprat
Ray Orruck
Linn Brown
Lrustees
Brown
Grange County
South
Garant
I America
Fremont man pleads innocent to mescaline sale charge
Stephen M. Southworth, 20, of Fremont, pleaded innocent to selling mescaline after an undercover operation in a Hub Shopping Center parking lot led to his arrest earlier. Police observed him selling to a teenager and reported boasting about 150 mescaline tabs. Preliminary hearing set for Nov. 16, bail set at $2,000.
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Fremont
Stephen M. Southworth
Fremont Blvd
Southworth
Washington High School
Alameda Creek Trail Construction Plans Outlined
Fremont approval required for the Alameda Creek trail project. A 25 foot wide 1,900 foot corridor along the creek will suit hiking biking and horseback riding. The Old Adobe landmark status and matching funds from sources like LWCF or housing department grants are being considered for direct transfer to the Inter County Parks Foundation.
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Fremont
California
Inter-County Parks Foundation
Land and Water Conservation Fund
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Alameda Creek Recreational Trail plan outlined by officials
The park district and authorities discuss the Alameda Creek Recreational Trail from Coyote Hills to Niles Canyon. Officials indicate hearings will focus on dry land areas with decisions on land acquisition and project details after confirming historic status and trail linkage. Public presentations are planned in Fremont Union City and Newark.
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Park District
Hornbeck
Alameda Creek
Coyote Wills
Niles Canyon
Trudeau Tell Park District
Alameda County
Coyote Wills Aquatic Park
Saint
Fremont
Union City
Newark
Four indicted on dope charges in Alameda County
A federal grand jury indicted Gordon R Lux Nancy Lux Patricia Stark and Richard Calton on nine counts of selling dangerous drugs and four counts of aiding and abetting illegal transactions. Arraignment set for November 18. Arrests on June 3 yielded four hundred thousand amphetamine and barbital pills, the largest drug haul in Southern Alameda County to date.
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Sa&n-Trancisco
Gordon R. Lux
Nancy
Bellflower Drive
Newark
Patricia Rosemarie Stark
Mano Ave
Hayward
Itegal
Richard F. Calton
Alameda
Alameda County
Mexico
Tree cutting probe slated in Fremont California
CAN representative Kay Just accused Singer Housing Co. of useless cutting at the California Nursery site. She will walk the site with city officials to verify adherence to the clearing plan. Ted Harpainter and Lincoln Fong will compare plats with CAN representatives. A demonstration was planned but depended on the tour results.
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Fremont
He Adobe
Cam- Miller
CAN
California
Kay Just
Singer Housing Co
Eustis
Paris
Ted Harpsinter
Lincoln Fong
Harpainter
Fong
Fremont sets lire station dedication
Fremont will dedicate its eighth fire station this Sunday at the temporary $39,000 facility on 3728 Darwin Drive. The station serves the northern city area for 10 to 12 years until a permanent station is built at Fremont Boulevard and Darwin. Eight personnel will handle bicycle licensing dog licensing voter registration and first aid fire extinguisher use and fire escape planning. Mayor William van Porn will attend the 2 p.m. dedication events.
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Fremont
Darwin Drive
Fremont Boulevard
Darwin
William van Porn
Retroactive pay hikes spark House action and protests
Washington policy clash as the House Banking Committee moves to require retroactive wage boosts denied during a current freeze. President Nixon and Cost of Living Council head Donald Trumpsfeld denounce the plan as piecemeal. Labor defends existing contracts while forecasts seek noninflationary guidelines.
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UPT
House Banking Committee
Nixon
Donald Trumsfeld
Cost of Living Council
Congress
Two nabbed in robbery case in San Lorenzo area
San Lorenzo residents Paul M Aguaro and John W Lauterjung were arrested in Los Angeles and returned. They pleaded not guilty to armed robbery before Hayward Municipal Judge Robert Fairwell. Bail was set at 5400 each with a preliminary hearing scheduled for November.
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San County
San Lorenzo
Los Angeles
Paul M. Aguaro
John W. Lauterjung
Jake Weaver
Wellington Place
Fremont
Hayward
Robert Fairwell Wathesson
Fairwell
Spaghetti Feed Slated at Premont School
A spaghetti feed sponsored by the Fremont marching unit will be held at Walters Junior High School located at 39600 Logan Drive from six to ten p.m. tomorrow. Donations of 1 are requested.
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Fremont
Walters Junior High School
Logan’ Drive
Fremont sues Indian Hills developers over road upgrades
The City of Fremont filed a breach of contract suit for $70002 against Brodrick Flames executives Lloyd B Bradhall and Lawrence D Qanisay over failures to complete street improvements on Paseo Padre Parkway Mission Boulevard and five local streets per a 1969 agreement. Estimated cost for the improvements is $306,380 says City Attorney Allen E. Sprague. Bradrick Hornes has built several tracts but Warm Springs project remains unfinished.
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Oakland
Fremont
Indian Hills
Warm Springs
Brodrick Flames
Lloyd B. Bradhall
Lawrence D. Qanisay
Paseo Padre Parkway
Mission Boulevard
Allen E. Sprague
Bradrick Hornes
San Leander
Soul County
Laird to Advise Shrinking U S Forces in Vietnam
Defense Secretary Laird is expected to urge reducing U S forces in Vietnam to about 40 000 troops over the next six to eight months while decisions on air war forces remain unclear Nixon ordered the overall count to fall below 184 000 by December 1 1970 Casual talks with South Vietnamese leaders continued Including Nguyen Van Vy and possibly Nguyen Van Thieu during Lairds visit A helicopter mission from the 101st Airborne Division hit a Communist convoy in the Veg Shay Valley killing the crew and destroying the train
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Laird
Nguyen van Vy
U.S
Nguyen van Thien
Defense
Saigon
Inhal’ng
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
101St Airome Division
Truick
Wig A Shay
South Vietnam
Tiquervillas
Aid bill revived by Senate unit
Senate action revived a foreign aid package after a split committee vote. Mundt provided a proxy to back a key decision, while Muskie’s presence helped tilt the outcome. The plan envisioned 2.3 billion in humanitarian, economic, and military aid, with the humanitarian and economic bills facing opposition from liberals and isolationists.
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Senate
Fulbright
Karl Munill
R-S
George Makin
D-Vex
House Approciations Committee
House
Congress
Mansfield
State Department
William P. Bogers
Ahe
Defense
David Packard
U. S
Broken neck and spirit drive youth counseling efforts
Gambina cites peer pressure and drug experimentation as factors while noting youths need to reach a point where they can rap. He uses verbal contracts and weekly eight week sessions to address youths problems. Before his boating accident he worked as an appliance buyer and holds a degree from St. Marys College. He and his wife have three children.
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Gambina
St. Mary's College
Moraga
Byron Boys’ Ranch
Contra Costa County
Burglary suspect captured after chase and surrender
Fremont officer Bobby Marey and Richard Dart pursued a burglary suspect behind Kelly's Redlats. The man surrendered after declaring he was too old for this, while a search found missing power saws, a pry bar and bolt cutters removed from a storage shelf.
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Palace
Bobby D. Marey
Freaoul
Roe
Kelly
Redlats
Warm Springs
Richard Dart
Massey
Dart
Kelly's
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