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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1969
Page
5
San Lorenzo residents and families earned prizes in the Christmas decorating contest run by the San Lorenzo Junior Chamber of Commerce. Annette Ze nezski led overall with grand sweep honors, while Jack Geyer and Mrs. William Ludetich took general category prizes.
Newark police report a 19-year-old youth named Truben Torres of 6084 Wair Ave found dead by his brother at about 6 45 pm Saturday. The body held a photograph of his girlfriend. he apparently hanged himself with a rope tied to a waterpipe in the garage after other family members left earlier in the afternoon.
Over the weekend in Fremont thieves hit three sites stealing firearms, electronics, and holiday gifts worth about 1 800 dollars. At the Hellman Duck Club three shotguns a portable TV and coins were taken. Chauncey Lew’s home lost a portable TV and Christmas gifts including an electric shaver and colognes. Henry E Chandler reported about 400 dollars in steaks and roasts from a garage freezer.
Gary Edward Brewer, a 22 year old San Francisco carpenter, was arrested on a Foster City police warrant charging possession of marijuana and narcotics paraphernalia. He was stopped near Mission Boulevard and Fletcher Lane and held on $12,500 bail.
An additional performance of Hayward's Singing Christmas Tree is set for eight tonight before the City Center Building on Foothill Boulevard. Director Rev. Les Taylor notes poor weather dampened the tree concerts last weekend and Friday’s show was canceled. About 1,800 people attended Saturday and Sunday performances, and tonight aims to compensate for Friday.
A gunman wearing a white towel mask robbed Ar chey's Richfield service at 2770 Castro Valley Blvd yesterday. He knocked Eugene Barr unconscious, forced him to a knee, took keys, broke a padlock, cleared a safe, and fled with 40 dollars, leaving 3.89 in change. Deputies described the assailant as armed and escaped with cash from the station’s filing cabinet safe.
Hayward resident Henry C. Schulz, 443 Ginger Ave., was arrested at 609 Umpire St. on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and assaulting an officer after a family dispute in which he allegedly rammed a car into a friend’s home. Deputies reported Schulz kicked Deputy Merle Kemp as Kemp opened a gate.
An elderly couple Daniel and Marle O'Sullivan, about 70, perished in a West Sand Street rooming house blaze in Manhattan early Sunday. The fire left 20 injured and seven homeless. cause undetermined per fire department. Earlier, nine died in a Bushwick Brooklyn fire and three in a Bronx apartment blaze.
Hayward police and Redlands officers arrested two men tied to a Stanislaus County Jail breakout after a high speed chase through downtown Redlands. The suspects Nash and Griffin, both armed, forced a woman and child from a car before fleeing in a stolen vehicle. The case also involved Raeford Lane Starnes, a 28 year old escapee from North Carolina, stopped after a brief chase on Mission Boulevard, and Columbus Varnell, a San Quentin escapee nabbed near Foothill Boulevard.
Alameda County Supervisors won the first round in a quarry dispute over William Apperson and Utah Mining and Construction Company. Judge Spurgeon Avakian ruled Apperson may seek only a judicial review of records supporting the board’s denial of a permit to mine 160 tons of rock on Apperson Ridge at Diamond A Ranch.
OConnell hired Alioto in 1962 to represent plaintiffs. Contingency risen from 1 million to 16 percent as settlements exceeded expectations. Alioto collected 2.0 million from 11.2 million in settlements between 1965 and 1967. Alicia in New York released a statement from San Francisco office promising public documents on return. Washington audited all financial transactions. Utility districts praised Alioto for securing damages far beyond district expectations.
San Leandro sheriff deputies arrested Edward McKinney 35 after he hid in Henrys Market bathroom with keys and 2.50 in half dollars. Alarm tripped after he forced a back door and kicked an office door. Police also nabbed a 1-year-old Oakland boy linked to a Goodyear Service robbery with 1782 dollars of goods missing.
The United States and the Soviet Union announced that full scale negotiations will resume in Vienna on April 16, 1970, with further exchanges planned in Helsinki. Both sides expressed satisfaction with preliminary talks and with progress on substantive issues, despite a dispute over the next negotiating site.
Abel, a downtown Oakland news stand operator, woke at 4 45 am to a home burglary. He found most of the girls gone, with gifts still hidden around the tree and a laundry hamper blocking access. The culprit entered through an unlocked front door.
Dr Louis Ginsberg scolded Allen Ginsberg at Temple Israel as the poet urged legalization of marijuana and LSD. He warned that the speaker promotes drug use and endangers youths, while the audience applauded the exchange.
Legislators consider higher interest on remaining authorized bonds for the Oblune's frre manent campus project on the former Huddleson ranch. If marketed at 5 percent the annual interest would be about $380,000. at 7 percent, about $542,000, raising tax costs. A 1968 election had pledged interest not exceeding four to five percent, but lawmakers may seek a workaround in the current tighter money market.
Peral said a computer company funded a flight to help prisoners of war. He cited large donations totaling about $690.00 and noted he would not seek U.S. official advice, arguing the plan’s success would then be unlikely. The idea arose from meeting a 41-year-old man who has never met his father.
The Faison Information Center warned parents on Sunday about the dangers of mistletoe around children. The notice said mistletoe is poison and can cause illness or harm if ingested or mishandled.
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