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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1968
Page
7
Fremont planners voted to designate the Niles Quarry area for a future East Bay Regional Park. Walter District, Tony, and the chief of plans outlined the move after officials learned the site would serve as a city park for the East Bay region.
Fremont officials discuss the Niles Quarry area suitability for regional parks and rising costs. The city plans a 57.5 million park program with consultants split on land use. Castro Valley faces a parking authority presentation and calls for more city parks while officials critique drag and development policy. Charles Kahn leads Castro Valley discussion with Martineau urging firmer park expansion stance. Fred Stoltz named County Planning chairman.
Trustees of the San Leandro Unified School District plan a 7:30 p.m. meeting at 451 W. Doaquir Ave to formally seek a April 9 tax increase election. The 35 cent increase would raise the rate from 2.76 to 3.11 per hundred, adding about $21 yearly to a 24000 home, funding a 6 percent raise for staff next year and 4 percent annually for four years. Other items include teacher union negotiations, Lincoln School appraisal, a potential property exchange with Pacific High, and a progress report on the San Leandro High music complex and Pacific High instrumental room.
Harland Homer Bordeau, 30, of Castro Valley, was thrown from his flatbed truck when the vehicle lost control on Tassa jara Road near Pleasanton yesterday. He suffered fractured ribs and lacerations and is in serious condition at Valley Memorial Hospital, Livermore. The truck struck a tree and stopped with the flatbed extending down an embankment, spilling a load of fresh eggs.
Fire Chiefs Association of Alameda County will install Dean Holtz-i Jgrafe as president at the Fairview Fire Department in Hayward. He succeeds Fairview Chief Joe Ortiz. Three speakers will address the 9 30 a m meeting with topics on interdepartmental coordination and radio tone alerting. Other officers to be installed include Livermore Finance Chief Jack Baird as vice president and Piedmont Chief Robert Hannon as secretary treasurer.
Randall Way presents a month-old 500 pound steer to a youth at the club. Tenbrink pledges to raise the steer as a 4-H project and complete the planned exhibit and competition.
South County Scene report on Hayward California dated January 16 1968 notes New Haven Unified School District trustees set to hear district wide reading score results and related program progress. Meeting at Baimaré School Union City begins with executive session. Reports cover Miller Unruh Reading Program Decoto program Continuation High School Adult Evening School Neighborhood Youth Corps special education and Barnard James Logan reorganizations.
San Leandro trustees meet at 7 43 p m in the community library center at 300 Estadilla Ave to elect officers. James Riley to finish his second one year term as president, with Ann Howell Dean as vice president and Joseph Smith as secretary. New board member James Herlihy to be welcomed. Board also considers joining a cooperative Alameda County library system tied to a state aid plan and reciprocal borrowing.
Union City Park and Recreation Commission will hold a 7:30 p.m. session at city hall 1154 Whipple Road to discuss three possible park sites for the West View Estates subdivision along Alvarado-Niles Road 21. Two acres near the school site was dedicated last year. the panel may shift the park to the southwest or southeast corners to allow future expansion and better traffic flow as homes are built on the 12 acre school site per New Haven Unified School District. Chuck Kennedy, Park Director, notes the district may not fund a new school.
Alameda County planning commissioners will study a 40 page staff report on the Association of Bay Area Governments Preliminary Regional Plan when they meet tomorrow at 1 30 pm in the auditorium of the county Public Works Building 929 Elmhurst St Hayward.
Assemblyman Carolos Bee of Hayward said coordinated research is essential to upgrade state and local government. He spoke at a national conference in St Louis where California officials praised the state’s professional staff, budget analysts, and district aides. He cited fragmentation among agencies as a major obstacle and urged joint committee work and staff research to unify efforts.
Union City Planning Commission approved two five year use permit renewals for Masahito Hiramine nursery on Alvarado Niles Road and a new use permit for a storage and distribution yard at 37700 Dyer St for gasoline and petroleum products. The panel also cleared residential development of the former Seacre school site at New West View Estates and recommended two acres for an area building. A Pulido nursery permit renewal was split 2 2 with Henry Franco absent and will go to the city council. A Bay Area Governments director urged formal association verification by Jan 3.
Warren J. Silva an installment loan officer at First Western Bank and Trust in Castro Valley is the community chairman for the March of Dimes fortieth anniversary campaign sheriff Frank J Madigan county chairman announced Silva a native of Alvarado has lived in Union City forty six years He is a member of the Union City Veterans of Foreign Wars Silva and his wife Irma are parents of a grown daughter Caral
Anna Hill and Emma Vargas propose a Saninr Citizens Club funded in part by Eden Area Economic Opportunities Organization. They invite the public to a meeting tomorrow at Mor eau High School Hayward 1 to 3 30 pm in the Thimbie Sewing Room. Plans include a 1968 club year with officer elections and activities such as recreation periods card parties music dancing birthday celebrations and special luncheons.
Ed O M a ra and the City of Newark face a renewed hearing before the Newark Housing Appeals Board tonight. The board, formed to review O Mara’s challenge to a substandard finding on his residence at 36899 Olive St Newark, will convene at 7 p m in city hall council chambers 37101 Newark Blvd Newark.
Obituary notices list funeral services for Fred W. Mantifel 2 died in Castro Valley Hospital. Visitation at Sorensen Brothers Mortuary Hayward and inurnment to follow. Also in SAN LORENZO William H. Jacobsen 47 who died Sunday to be memorialized with a service at 11 a.m. tomorrow. He is survived by Pauline M. Jacobsen and children Marc W Eric W Kristi A Jacobsen. Additional notices detail services and survivors for other local residents, including offerings for Memorial Chapel services and church affiliations. The entries reflect local families, multiple towns including Hayward San Lorenzo and Leandro, and affiliations with Machinists Union and local churches.
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