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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1969
Page
3
A two trailer rig owned by Pacific Intermountain Express overturned on the Nimitz Freeway ramp at Thornton Avenue due to a weak spring, with a broken hook connection and imbalanced load. Driver John MacKenzie, 47, of Concord, remained with the tractor upright and no injuries were reported. CHP cited the trailer owners for operating unsafe equipment.
General Motors Assembly Division plants in Fremont and five other cities will be closed for two days on January both the Fremont passenger car department and six other plants in Doraville Georgia Fairfax Kansas Framingham Massachusetts and Wilmington Delaware will suspend operations January 12 through January 14 while truck production remains unchanged adjustments aim to match market demand and shifting model preferences.
Vandals entered a New Haven Unified School District bus parked in the corporation yard, started the engine, backed into another bus, then shot out all windows of three buses. Police estimate damage at $200. the incident was discovered yesterday.
California State College Hayward will be closed Friday with limited admissions and library staff. Chabot and Ohlone colleges close for the four day weekend. Alameda County library ends operations at 5 p.m. tomorrow. Police, fire and emergency services run on regular holiday schedules. Garbage collection shifts by one day.
A nervous youth armed with a pistol attempted a stick-up at Dick Bartell's Liquor, 15341 Washington Ave., Leandro. He grabbed a 37-cent root beer, fled toward Fargo Street as clerk Tony Simas and owner Bartell moved to counter and alarm, describing the suspect as pale with long brown hair.
AC Transit directors approved an $8,000 test on four GMC buses for a diesel engine converter kit aimed at reducing pollutants smoke odor and noise. The package includes vertical exhaust fuel injection new muffler rear window air induction dampening immobilizer and GMC claims hydrocarbons CO and NOx reductions with a near pollution free gas turbine engine by 1972. The board also backed a $762,000 joint study with BART on future local and feeder transport needs in Fremont Newark Union City Livermore Amador Valley and Contra Costa County with federal and local cost sharing.
Four juveniles, all 15, were booked at Juvenile Hall for burglary after police found them inside the Manor Launderette at 512 Manor Blvd shortly after 11 am. Officer Robert Ginnis observed them during a nearby armed robbery check and later units found three inside, a fourth entering soon after. Pry marks appeared on a soft drink machine and the office door was pried open with keys removed. A fire iron used to force entry was recovered as one youth attempted to conceal it.
American lawyer Melvin Belli said the Zodiac killer might already be in his San Francisco home when he returns from Europe. He noted the suspect has phoned him often and talked with Belli's housekeeper, seeming calm and well. Belli, returning from Munich, spoke at a Rome press conference and is due in Naples.
A one percent boost in the FHA-VA mortgage interest ceiling to 84 percent sparked mixed reactions from industry groups. The Mortgage Bankers Association hailed the move as a crisis aid, while the National Association of Home Builders warned of higher costs and potential housing shortages as rates push monthly payments higher and influence discount yields on new loans.
Torrents from days of rain and melting snow push rivers over banks in Virginia West Virginia Tennessee and Kentucky. National Guardsmen evacuated about 200 people along the Cumberland River while authorities reported three dead in Tennessee. Rescues continued in Pennington Gap and other flooded areas as dikes and sandbags went up. Coal mines closed as water cascaded from mountains and Clinchport saw streets flooded over six feet with river rising seven inches per hour.
Danish AP report notes Texas billionaire Ross Perot ends attempts to send 5 000 gift packages to Moscow. No further action expected from the Perot initiative, with implications for U S Soviet aid symbolism amid Cold War tensions.
Texas billionaire Ross Perot halted his last minute effort to secure releases of U S and other prisoners. He phoned Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin and Communist Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev in Moscow Wednesday night but could not reach them. Their secretaries said the leaders were unavailable and government offices were closing.
Generalissimo Francisco Franco declares Prince Juan Carlos de Borbon as next king amid dismissive of rumors. Meanwhile Perot pursues a private mercy mission, contacting the U S embassy in Moscow and negotiating with Soviet officials to deliver aid by a North Vietnamese deadline.
Envoy Habib handed North Vietnamese negotiators a list of 1406 American servicemen missing in action in Southeast Asia and urged Hanoi to indicate which are prisoners or dead. U.S. officials say more than four are held captive, mostly downed pilots from the U.S. bombing of North Vietnam. Vietnam has not supplied a prisoner list or allowed outside inspection. Reports from Hanoi say families may send a letter monthly and a package under six pounds every other month, addressed to the prisoner by name and serial number, care of Camp of Detention for US Pilots Captured in the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam Hanoi DRVN, with notation Vie Mosvo.
Bay Area real estate groups split on the 1 percent rise to a 7.5 percent ceiling. Bill Leonard of the Home Builders Association warned of higher monthly costs and slower buyers, while Ed Powell of SACBOR praised the change as a national equalizer and noted it could help sellers move homes. Powell cautioned lenders might hold high ratings despite rate shifts, tempering the impact.
Pappas says decision will be a personal evaluation after family discussion and public urging. Blichfeldt says he is inclined to run but will avoid a bid if he fears defeat, noting political waters since his last campaign and the need to gauge temperature. Filing for the April 14 election opens January 28 with February 19 as the final deadline.
A Senate subcommittee estimates outstanding shipyard claims exceed 1 billion as costs rise from 1.23 billion for 46 ships to about 1.396 billion. Navy officials cite inflation and spec changes while proposing reforms including new bids advertising rules, realistic delivery schedules, and should cost contracting though the latter faces implementation hurdles.
Lt William L Calley of Miami faces a court martial at Fort Benning Georgia next month over a March 16 1968 alleged massacre charge involving firing on a group of about 30 Vietnamese nationals with an M16 rifle. Calley says memories of Vietnam duty have faded and denies involvement.
Five men matching Lucas and Layton were seen in a blue Mustang near the Castro Valley bank as deputies tracked possible routes toward Livermore or the Hayward-San Mateo Bridge. Escaped prisoners Murtaugh and others were held by investigators in San Francisco after the Las Vegas and Houston cases.
Three Washington State officials returned home from San Francisco with copies of documents from Mayor Alioto's law firm amid an inquiry into a $521,000 legal fee paid to former state attorney general Donald Brazier. Brazier said he was interested in former attorney general John O'Connell's conduct, not Alioto, as the delegation inspected records tied to O'Connell and his special assistant George Faler who received $272,000.
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