Mother rescues burning son in Fremont garage fire
Caroline Palfreyman saved her 1 year old son from a room fire in the Fremont home at 4535 Reed Court after fumes from gasoline reached a gas water heater in the garage. The child suffered first to third degree burns and was listed in critical but stable condition at Alta Bates Hospital. The blaze destroyed the garage and kitchen with an estimated $30,000 total loss. the family dog survived after a neighbor doused flames.
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Fremont
Bsily
Reber
Paifreyman
Jth
Alta Bates Hospital
Berkeley
Phil Soria
Firpenehaald Bote
Reed Court
Caroline Palfreyman
Ube Taenes
Jeffery
Gary Geret
Jefferey
Palfreyman
Robert
Geren
Dale Geren
Church Bias Stokes Fremont Store Zoning Fight
In Fremont, Catholics contend a home improvement store on church land spurs a political clash. A residents’ group seeks a referendum while church leaders accuse petitioners of misrepresentation. Council had voted to rezone Central and Blacow land, prompting mass flyers and heated replies from Monsignor Breen and a Jansen-led group.
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Fremont
Central Avenue
Blacow Road
Central
Blacow
Home Improvements
Glenmoor Gardens
Committee 1
Holy Spirit Catholic Church
Tom Jansen
Vincent Breen
Msgr
Breen
Jansen
City Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Napa hospital birth amid psychiatric ward scene
A woman gave birth to a baby in the acute psychiatric ward of the state mental hospital in Napa, attended only by four other mental patients. Also notes Fremont weather and a remark by Rose Ann Vuich on women's voice in the Legislature.
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Napa
Rose Ann Vuich
State Senate
Real estate market buoyed by financing and down loans
A California mortgage banker cites abundant mortgage financing and the 10 percent down loan as driving this year’s real estate uptick. Dr. Sheila M Katz feared she had Legionnaires disease while studying the illness. The United States vetoed Vietnam's UN membership bid. An American engineer in Southeast Asia says 250 to 300 Americans are missing in action. The Soviet Union urges NATO to boost defense spending. Admitted killer Gary Gilmore seeks more time before execution.
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California
Mount Clemens
Mich
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
Quebec vote signals potential Quebec separation from Canada
UPI reports separatist Rene Levesque and Parti Quebecois won a large lead in Quebec's election, securing 42 seats with 26 leads, while Premier Bourassa's Liberals trailed. Analysts warn that even with a PQ mandate, secession would require approval from the federal government and Britain's Parliament under the British North America Act.
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Quebec
Canadian Union
Murnl
PST
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Parti Quebecois
National Assembly
Levesque
Canada
Montreal
David Kirshenblatt
ACWD threatens suit to halt water pollution
Alameda County Water District warns Livermore and VCSD discharges into Alameda Creek must be stopped to protect the Tri City drinking water supply for Fremont Newark and Union City. Board President Brumbaugh cites defeat of a revenue bond and threatens legal action including stopping any increase in discharges. Both VCSD and Livermore face Regional Water Quality Control Board hearings on related permits.
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Tri-City
Alameda County
Alameda Creek
Fremont
Newark
Union City
East Bay
Hubert C. Philcox
Pleasanton
Lerner Arar Way Water Yaragement 5Ers
Tate
South County
San Leandro Marina
Brumbaugh
Valley Community Services District
VCSD
City of
Livermore
Santa Claus in Dallas Faces Smirks to Love
Reynolds, a 38 year old 230 pound Santa in Dallas, endures shins kicked and beards pulled. He has hugged 6,000 children, posed with dogs, and heard many Rudolf questions while sweating in a red velveteen suit. He says the role revealed a new love for children and world peace, despite occasional abuse from kids and adults.
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Dallas
UPI
Dean Reynolds
Reynolds
Santa Claus
Rudolf
Santa
Night Rain delays last junior game at Tak Fudenna
In a drizzly Fremont evening the Washington vs James Logan junior varsity game nears its end at Tak Fudenna Stadium. A Logan player lies stunned in the mud after a big hit as coach Bob Landucci surveys the scene and Freman physician, one of few medical volunteers, tends to the injured.
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Bob Landucti
Loge
Landucci
Freman
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Dubiey
Sheila M. Katz
United States
United Nations
Soviet Union
NATO
Joseph Lams
North Atlantic Assembly
Gary Gilmore
Argus
Ray Orreck
Worry Clinic
ACWD
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