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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1971
Page
7
A reader recalls toll booths on Bay Area bridges with grudging humor and sharp critique. The piece contrasts lively East Coast toll style with San Francisco’s sleepy, inefficient toll takers. The author laments the slow, inattentive service and questions tolls financing future bridges.
A workshop at Chabot College Student Center in Hayward runs 7 to 10 p m and continues each Tue and Thu through August with sessions on Filipino culture including folk dance, crafts, lectures, art and music, plus a puppet show and party for Alameda County Library summer program children. A second event tomorrow at Irvington Library in Fremont invites children and parents to join activities and readings.
Fremont Recreation Commission faces possible loss of Alice Cline over a residency rule as she moved to Pleasanton, while Joan Heger supports Fremont residency. council also debates population density methods and considers licensing a Watermelon Sugar Experience Corporation school project. zoning changes for billboards and funding requests share the agenda.
Gerry Tyst teaches a traditional native dance in Portuguese at California State College Hayward. The final two classes run tonight and August 24 from 7:30 to 9:20 p.m. Phata by Jim Chapman.
The Rev Harry A Ellegood of Farhway Baptist Church said 13 families evacuted after the Niles train derailment received overwhelming community support Over the weekend the church collected furniture clothing and some cash while Red Cross food funds covered meals Most families are staying in Fremont motels as officials seek settlements with Western Pacific Railroad for losses and the church notes housing is now the biggest need.
San Lorenzo Unified School District trustees vote to restore type A lunches district wide after discovering an experimental program ran nearly $90,000 in the red. The board also approves a new philosophy goals policy, relaxes kindergarten admission hours, and revises district standards while debating junior high lunch participation and staff policy.
Caterpillar Tractor Co plans to abandon a stub of Alvarado Street north of Davis Street in San Leandro to extend its plant across the right of way. The city will hold public hearings. Caterpillar offers a $150,000 street widening and utility program in exchange. Public Works Director Ward outlined widening on Martinez Street to 36 feet with a sidewalk and landscaping, plus a large expansion that could create a two-block structure. The council discussed Sybil Avenue resurfacing and other local issues, with varied public opinions on Casa Peralta, regional government, and funding for a golf course project.
A faulty coupler on a Western Pacific freight train near Niles caused a separation of two cars bound for San Jose from Stockton. The incident, noticed shortly after dawn, disrupted traffic as crews inspected the line and residents reported bells ringing from nearby railroad signals. The WP spokesman in Milpitas confirmed the breakage occurred at the knuckle connecting the cars and the damaged car was detached.
Dan Silva, 41, communication specialist at Pacific Telephone, announces another run for Alameda County Water District board in the November 9 election. He was a 1969 candidate, polling 1,946 votes for one of three seats, and cites conflict of interest concerns with current management. He alleges issues with ACWD general manager Matt Whitfield and notes his Fremont Bank connections. Silva emphasizes public inquiry and prioritizing residents over private interests. He resides at Bank Park Court, is a World War II Pacific veteran, graduated from Washington High School, and pursued college studies in Samoa and Oakland. He previously worked 19 years with PRS.
Voters in Pleasanton determine a historic referendum affecting rural preservation and city growth. Rural Foothill Defenders urge defeat of measures tied to a Sunny Sunol to Interstate route, commercial zoning, and council actions seen as limiting government by elected officials.
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