Fremont district faces looming school crisis over insurance and fire alarm bids
Fremont schools brace for a potential insurance shortfall after cancelations and a possible tax increase. Trustees plan bids for a multi million dollar fire alarm system across 50 facilities, with annual premiums and raises in doubt as negotiations hinge on insurance. Possible strike risk looms if coverage erodes, while funding would stretch over a decade from district funds.
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Blizzard in the Rockies and Plains snarls Thanksgiving travel
A severe winter storm, described as a major blizzard, dumped two feet of snow at Lead South Dakota and produced ground blizzards across Colorado passes. Denver and eastern Colorado faced blizzard warnings as north winds, cold air, and heavy snow disrupted travel from Nebraska to Oklahoma and northern Texas.
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Toll rises as holiday traffic proves deadly nationwide
United Press International tally reports at least 223 deaths from traffic crashes during the Thanksgiving period across the United States. Accidents included a Tennessee home fire killing five children, a fatal Houston area car crash on a rain slicked highway near Elgin Texas, a crash involving Cambodian emigrants, and a fatal light aircraft wreck near John Day Oregon.
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Weekend Weather Forecast From Fremont
The morning report notes fair conditions through tomorrow with strong gusty winds today. A cooling trend follows, yesterday’s Fremont high reached 71 and low 45 as temperatures ease tonight and into the weekend.
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Missing man found safe after Wyoming blizzard travel chaos
Seventy nine year old Elmer Connley of Sheridan Wyoming, reported missing after Thanksgiving travel, was found safe at a ranch house fifteen miles west of Sheridan. He had spent the night in his car after veering off the road. Blizzard conditions forced highways closures across Wyoming with over a foot in Casper Mountain and the Big Horns stranding travelers in motels and county jail lodgings.
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September Retail Sales Dip 1 Percent
Washington reports September retail sales fell one percent due to weaker auto demand totaling about 3.9 billion dollars in sales. Excluding autos, August and September were nearly flat, while car sales slumped seven percent from August but remained above 1975 levels. overall quarterly sales rose 1 percent versus March-June and 9 percent from 1975.
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Fog and teargas envelop Golden Gate Bridge area
A large mysterious teargas cloud spreads over the Golden Gate Bridge area for five hours, mixing with fog and burning eyes and noses of motorists. Three people are hospitalized due to exposure.
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CHP acquires four short takeoff planes for California use
In Del Schulte, an airborne California Highway Patrol officer, needs only 300 feet to get his plane in the air and can land in 600 feet even on irrigation ditch banks. The department now uses one of four such aircraft throughout the state.
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Souths cycle life spans trips across the country
Charles South, longtime AC Transit driver, and his wife Priscilla parade Bicentennial sweatshirts as they tour 7500 miles across 14 states in a camper behind a Honda GL 100. Their nomadic trips began in 1969 and grew from bike journeys to trailer camping, embracing spontaneous routes and back roads while meeting fellow travelers along the way.
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Man threatens police with ax. shot dead during theater and shop breakins
A man wielding an ax threatened police amid windows broken at a theater and multiple shops along the Boulevard. He was shot and killed. The report appears on page 11.
Condemned Gilmore enters second hunger week
In the nation Gary Gilmore begins the second week of a hunger strike amid his bid to phone his fiancée from a mental hospital. A civil liberties activist accuses the FBI of involvement in a 1969 Black Panther leader murder and seeks congressional inquiry. President-elect Carter hunkers down for cabinet picks during Thanksgiving weekend. A NYC officer faces murder charges for firing on a boy in Brooklyn. Amin claims an uncrowned Scottish king status and plans to attend Scotland’s independence celebrations.
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