Dublin Man Named 1971 Man of the Year by East Bay Labor
Dublin resident Richard K. Groulx executive secretary treasurer of the Alameda County Central Labor Council is chosen 1971 Man of the Year by East Bay organized labor. He will be honored March 3 in Oakland at the Man of the Year dinner. Groulx has long served Alameda County Labor Council since 1967 and is a California Labor Federation vice president.
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Richard K. Groulx
Alai County
Central Labor Council
Organized Labor
East Bay
Building Trades Council
The
Oakland
Labor Council
Alameda County
Groulx
California Labor Federation
Council
Hawaii
Bay Area
Gunmen rob Fremont liquor store at State Street
Two young gunmen held up Town Fair Liquors at 39116 State St in Fremont last night. They demanded cash register receipts, took about $180, then tied and gagged owner Loren Morris Pruitt in a back room. The men fled in a white Chevrolet after about five minutes. A customer heard the struggle and notified police.
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Fremont
State St
Loren Morris Pruitt
Prutt
Pruitt
C V man held on drug charges in Castro Valley
Darryl Eugene Spraggins, 23, of 8262 Crest Ave Castro Valley, was arrested by Alameda County sheriff deputies early today on marijuana and drug paraphernalia charges after a traffic stop at East 1th Street and Bancroft Avenue for a bald tire and a tail light. Officers found marijuana items, 230 amphetamine tablets, two barbiturate tablets, and a tape deck with serial numbers removed. He is jailed at Santa Rita County Jail.
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San Leandro
Darryl Eugene Spraggins
Crest Ave
Castro Valley
Spragelas
East 1Th
Bancroft Avenue
Spraggins
Santa Rita County
Fire damages painting firm in San Leandro
A fire at Webb Paint, 2151 Wayne Ave, San Leandro caused about 20000 dollars in damage yesterday afternoon. A fire department spokesman said fumes from paint could have ignited by a heater pilot. The blaze confined to a spray booth, destroying a truck inside. No injuries reported. the booth was unoccupied when the fire started.
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San Leandro
Webb Paint
Wayne Ave
Burglars Roll Safe From Fremont Cafe
Police learned that burglars pried an outer door to enter the Hub shopping center restaurant. A safe containing 1326 dollars was taken from an office, with Lew Chancey owner of Chanceys Restaurant reporting the incident.
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Fremont—D
Lew Chancey
Chancey
Homicide ruled in UT student methadone death
Municipal Judge Ronald D. Earle ruled homicide in the death of 18 year old University of Texas student James Andrew Knox who died after an oral methadone prescription. The case will go before the Travis County grand jury. Autopsy showed pulmonary edema.
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Austin, Tex
UPI
Ronald D. Earle
University of Texas
Travis County
Earle
James Andrew Knox
Houston
Fort Worth
W.E. Raburn
Knox
Texas
Farle
Three hurt as train collides with asphalt truck at Union City crossing
Union City police report a Southern Pacific train struck a truck hauling asphalt at Fair Ranch Road crossing just after 8 AM. The driver Baddie Thomas, 41, Oakland, escaped with minor injuries while three crew members, brakeman Clifford Cowa y, 37, Pleasanton, and engineer David Donahue, Oakland, were listed in satisfactory condition at Washington Hospital after burns from asphalt spill. The trailer split and the train stopped across Alvarado Boulevard.
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Southern Pacific
Fair Ranch Road
Baddie Thomas
Oakland
Alvarado Boulevard
Fremont
Washington Hospital
Clifford Coway
Blackbird Way
Pleasanton
David Donahue
Castro Valley psychologist Myra Nebel dies at 43
Myra Nebel 43 a Castro Valley Unified School District psychologist died after a long illness. Berkeley resident former Project Mien director she also served as counselor and teacher of handicapped children in Stockton Oakland and San Francisco. Survived by husband Curt and two sons Mark Sobers 16 and Robert Nebel 4. Graveside services set for Home of Peace Cemetery Oakland Sunday at 4 30 p m.
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Myra Nebel
Castro Valley Unified
Stocklon
Oakland
San Francisco
Curt
Mark Sobers
Rober Nebel
Home of Peace Cemetery
S.F. school bus monitors protest against contract terms
More than 10 percent of monitors, bus drivers, and parents organized in San Francisco to oppose a Board of Education plan to drop monitors from buses serving integrated elementary schools. Patricia Harrison accused Superintendent Thomas Shaheen of violating the monitors’ contract and said she was hired for the year, but Shaheen indicated monitors could not be kept past February due to money shortages.
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San Francisco
UPT
Board of Education
Patricia Harrison
Thomas Sheheen
Shaheen
Alioto dismissal bid eyed in Seattle civil case
In a $2.3 million civil suit over alleged improper fee sharing, Alioto now San Francisco mayor and former Washington officials OConnell and Faler push for dismissal. Judge Gaines to rule Friday on three key claims including lack of conspiracy proof and no coercion to disclose fees. The case centers on $2.3 million paid to Alioto from price fixing suits yielding about $16 million, with plaintiffs alleging covertly shared $860,000.
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Seattle
Joseph Aliota
Washington State
Washington
Aliote
San Francisco
Alicia
Milion
Alioto
Aldrin to retire from Air Force announces aim at science posts
Col Edwin E. Aldrin Jr the second man on the moon says he will retire from the Air Force this summer. He notes his ten years in the space program hinder career prospects and has led Edwards Air Force Base test pilot school since returning to active duty last July.
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Wasiington
Edwin EB. Bugz" Aldrin Jr
Air Force
Aldrin
Pentagonews
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Planters vote for tall towers on Russian Hill
San Francisco planners approve two controversial high rise apartment towers on Russian Hill after a five hour meeting. A Kansas City developer Willary C. Tina will oversee construction of the 300 foot and 239 foot towers despite boos and jeers from attendees.
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San Francisco
UPN
City Planning Commission
Russian Hill
Kansas City
Willary C. Tina
Beloved Livermore Bulb Chronicle of a 1901 Glow
Resident memories recount a power business owned by Dennis Bernal around 1802 and sold to Contra Costa Water Co in 1911. The era’s bulb and globe lit Livermore firehouses, kept on to aid volunteers, despite dim light. Fire Chief Jack Baird and 75-year veteran John Anderson recall its moves from L Street to Second Street and then First Street, enduring power outages and remodeling.
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Zylpha Beck
Bernal
Livermore
Contra Costa Water Co
Livermore Fire Department
Tisha
Globe
Fort Worth
Jack Baird
Roosevelt
PWA
John Anderson
Anderson
ald_bush
L Street
Second Street
First Street
Smoking and Birth Weighs Link Questioned in Kaiser Study
The Kaiser Hospital study in Oakland 1941 67 examined four groups of women based on smoking during pregnancy and found similar rates of low birthweight among continuous smokers and those who never smoked but began after birth. It also noted lighter births among those who quit during pregnancy. The author argues for larger samples and more variables to resolve whether smoking directly affects fetal development or if higher low birthweight is linked to the smoker.
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Kaiser
Yerushalmay
Post urges smog plan to cut emissions and costs
Post directs study of existing smog programs and argues a dis connected spark advance can cut oxides of nitrogen by 30-80 percent and hydrocarbons by 50 percent at freeway speeds. Heat issues and a $25 fix are noted. Proposes 0 annual inspections in LA basin with 9 basic connections, $14 million setup, $7.5 million yearly ops funded by fees, and notes administrative challenges but optimism.
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Post
GNP growth rate dip reported in 1971 data
Washington AP reports the Commerce Department revised 1971 GNP figures showing a 2.7 percent growth in July to September, down from 3.9 percent. Revisions reflect late data and the repeal of the automobile excise tax. Inflation eased to 2.5 percent in Q3, amid wage price controls.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Congress
Nixon
Children relate evils to West Virginia black bear
In Charleston, West Virginia, children write 1,000 letters to state legislators about hunting the black bear, urging a ban on jeeps, motorcycles, walkie talkies, mounted platforms and dogs. Congressman Freda Paul backs a bill to protect the bear, WV's official animal, believed to number about 500 in the state.
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Paul
Utility tax exemption eye proposal for low income families
San Leandro eyes a utility tax exemption for families earning $3,600 or less, potentially saving each under $12.60 yearly and reducing city revenue by 6000 to 12000 dollars. McClure favors a straight exemption with annual income verification and an April 30 deadline for applications, while noting other cities use refunds.
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San Leandro
Welfare Agency
California
Fresno
Modestro
Riverside
Chico
City of
Pomona
Glenn Forbes
Vietnam peace move nears as troops withdraw more quickly
Westmoreland nears completion of a four year tour in June while Secretary Laird downplays loss of ground fighting power for remaining U.S. troops. Nixon credits planned air and ground pressure to hit North Vietnamese supply lines and Laos and Cambodia operations, with a residual force kept until all prisoners are released. May 1 levels mark the smallest U.S. presence since June 1985.
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U.S
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Thailand
Gulf of Tonkin
United States
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Nixon
Vietnam
FAO
Pay Board approves raises and rate changes
The Pay Board rolled back a wage settlement effective since Nov 14 by voting 9 to 2 to give autospace workers a 4 cent an hour raise instead of 1 cent. The other 17 cents would be added in year two of the three year contract. Labor members abstained. unions vow to sue to overturn. Actions retroactive to last summer affected North American Rockwell, McDonnell Douglas, Boeing, Lockheed, and LTV Aerospace workers. The Price Commission revised rules for rate increases, limiting advance notices to firms with 100 million or more in annual business and enabling spot checks on many industries. The Justice Department filed its first criminal suit over economic controls in Tallahassee against a landlord overcharged rent. Court appointees to a wage-price appeals court were named, and Commerce Secretary Stans predicted a strong economy with gains above six percent this year.
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Tutm
United Rule Workers
Marchinists
North American Rockwell Corp
McDonnell Douglas Corp
Boving Aircraft Corp
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
LTV Aerospace Corp
Catehway
The
Price Commission
Justice Department
Tallahassee
Fla
Siuation Wagrety
Burger
Federal Appeal Court
Edward A.tamm
Four poster bed dreams collide with cottage size
In Haustead England Ted and Jean Smith chased a Victorian four poster bed for years as the perfect night’s sleep. They finally bought one only to find it would not fit in their 17th century cottage and were forced to sell it after one last nap in the yard where Mrs. Smith recalled it felt wonderful before it became unusable.
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England
UPI
Ted
Jean Smith
Lael
Jae
Mrs. Smith
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