Fremont BART parking expansion moves toward approval
Fremont officials and John Glenn predict a near unanimous BART vote to expand the Fremont station parking lot by 361 spaces, bringing total to over 1,100. The $1.122 million project would use federal urban highway funds and Transportation Development Act funds, with a temporary lot ready by July and a permanent lot possible in 1977 once settling fill dries.
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Santa Clara County
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Fremont tax election pondered by school board
Fremont officials weigh a June tax increase to save the ailing district. A 30 to 00 member citizen committee will study eight finance questions with a February 2 deadline for a preliminary report, while trustees debate timing and focus on inflation enrollment and district needs to justify any tax or bond election.
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Sylvia Cornell
Tomey
Dick Arey
Fred Weibel
Glad handers field day in Fremont blooms end
Hundreds of passersby thronged Fremont as free gladioli were handed out from a mature crop outside the City Government Building. Glad-A-Way Gardens, a Hayward grower leasing city land, let people pick the last blooms before florist sales. Field hands said the giveaway would continue today.
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Inflation pushes wholesale prices up sharply in Octob er
UPI reports the Labor Department data showing a 1.8 percent rise in wholesale prices in October the largest monthly increase in a year driven by steel and 197 car models and other industrial goods. The measure implies a 21.6 percent annual rate and hints at higher retail costs ahead.
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Crash kills area Viet airlift vet in Contra Costa County
A fog shrouded light plane piloted by Marvin Bizek 45 of Newark struck a high tension line near the Caldecott Tunnel crashing during rush hour. Hoyt 41Oakland trainee aboard may have been at the controls. Bizek flight engineer for World Airways participated in the Vietnam orphan airlift and rice drops under fire in Thailand. He is survived by his wife Leela and two children Joan and Jerome.
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Contra Costa County
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World Airways
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Joan
Jerome
Newark Soccer Club Paints Curbs for Bicentennial
Newark Bjax Soccer Team members will paint house numbers on curbs across the city in red white and blue as part of Newark's bicentennial celebration. Volunteers pay 2 dollars and donations go to the soccer club the city bicentennial committee and the Young American Bicentennial Promotion Agency which supplies materials and training.
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Friday Weather and News Snippets from the Day
Increasing clouds with a chance of showers today and tomorrow. Lows in the mid 50s, highs in the 60s. Rain chances 30 percent today and 40 percent tonight. Breast cancer study links birth control pills to higher risk in some women. Hearst defense argued by brainwash experts. Lynette Fromme juror challenge described. California voter registration fraud inquiry yields little evidence. Secretary of State Eu fines lobbyists $73,410 for late reports. Transportation lays off 800 as revenue falls, delaying until after Christmas.
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California
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