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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1976
Page
10
A Newark fire damaged a living room when a Christmas tree ignited, with total losses estimated at 6.10 dollars to the structure and 1.99 to contents. Firemen from eight men spent about an hour at Ravenwood Avenue scene. cause to be determined.
A chaotic blotter reports numerous burglaries and thefts across Hayward and nearby towns. Items stolen include cash, electronics, radios, a stereo, tools, and prescription medications. Several residences show windows or doors pried, with suspects targeting vehicles, garages, and bedrooms. weekend activity also notes a counterfeit bill incident and multiple vehicle-related break ins.
A state study of Fremont Unified School District calls for raising the priority of district management staffing and proposes reorganizing administration. It notes Fremont spends substantially more on teacher salaries than comparable districts while spending less on administration and suggests consolidating departments for efficiency. The nine member study team interviewed board members, top officials, and nearly 200 district employees, offering 47 recommendations as planning tools for years ahead.
Joseph Swindle 46 Mayfield Drive Fremont was killed when his westbound motorcycle struck a station wagon driven by 17 year old Kennath B. Francis Fremont as the car turned left to enter Fremont Glen apartments. Swindle's wife Margie suffered a broken leg and pelvis and was hospitalized in satisfactory condition at Washington Hospital.
Census Bureau figures indicate 89 percent of registered voters voted in the November election, with turnout higher than four years ago among those registered. The report notes 18 to 20 year olds had the lowest participation at 47 percent, while ages 15 to 64 saw about 77 percent turnout.
In Petersburg a school was broken into on Christmas Eve breaking into a Christmas clearinghouse stash and destroying gifts and food meant for hundreds of needy families and the elderly. Boston reports a Winthrop Elementary student teacher was robbed of gifts and cash. Massachusetts officials cite misused funds from a foster toy program and plan safeguards including countersigned checks and direct store payments.
In Dyersburg Tennessee a 76 year old Archbald Ohio man known as Santa Clabs came to town to aid three West Tennessee children. A local pastor organized help for two brothers aged 7 and 8 and their sister, donating 115 dollars worth of shoes clothing food and dinner. The gifts were paid with checks that bounced and the man was arrested on fraud charges in Mt Pleasant Iowa and returned to Ohio. The Rev Phillip Cook of the Dyersburg First United Methodist Church said the man hoped to honor his late wife and daughter by bringing joy to children in his family’s memory.
Albert Vice, a regular in the city jail for public drunkenness, faced a Christmas in custody again after a November sentence. Judge Eddie Sapir noted Vice had spent Christmas outside jail for 25 years and suggested release could be best for all, with a Jan 4 expected release.
Daily news brief reports a Navy reconnaissance jet crashed near Burnt Mountain on Thursday, starting a 25 acre brush fire. The pilot died, body recovered near the wreckage and identity withheld until family notification.
A Canrail freight train derailed today on the sole Washington area rail link across the Potomac, derailing twelve cars and halting all northbound and southbound services. The incident snarls Christmas travel as crews assess damage and clear the line.
In Walton New York Delaware County sheriff reported the newborn boy left on a car seat during shopping drew many adoption inquiries. The infant about nine pounds was born hours earlier and had his umbilical cord clipped with a clothing pin. He was taken to Delaware Valley Hospital for care.
Dom Duarte Nuno, 69, head of Portugal's monarchist party and claimant to the throne, died in Lisbon. He became pretender after King Manuel II, last reigning monarch, died without a male heir in 152. The king spent his final years in England after Portugal became a republic.
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