Toll Hike Still Best BART Bet
East Bay voters favor an 18 cent Bay Bridge toll increase to fund BART with a 5 to 4 endorsement from 5 300 respondents. Opposed are auto registration fee hikes and gasoline tax earmarks by large margins. Legislative foes Crown Mulford oppose the measure, but support could grow with continued backing from Assemblywoman Match Fong.
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Ihe
East Bay
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
Bay Area
Match Fong
BART
Assemblywroman
Scontra Costa County
George Miller
Robert Crown
Alameda
Fong
Prayers Over Welfare Policy Stirred in Alameda County
An Alameda County social worker protests a Salvation Army contract to feed and shelter transients with prayers before meals. County supervisors reject the demand to bar religious messages, praising the Army's welfare work and noting the small funding extends far.
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Alameda County
Salvation Army
Bleeding Heart
Morale Ryskind Questions Academic Infallibility
In a reflective piece, Morale Ryskind revisits childhood blocks in New York and later Los Angeles, arguing that teachers are fallible and that academic freedom requires hearing both sides. He cites UCLA events with Powell and McCarthy, critiques testing, and recalls immigrant families learning English and phonics.
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UCLA
Adan Clayton Powell
Eugene McCarthy
This Day Through Time Notable Political Moves
In 1861 Jefferson Davis resigned from the U S Senate twelve days before Mississippi seceded. In 1918 the Soviet council voided debts of the czarist regime. In 1954 the Nautilus launched from Graton Connecticut. In 1965 Indonesia resigned from the United Nations. A Truman quote urges states to serve.
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Jefferson Davis
U.S. Senate
Mississippi
Union
Soviet Council
Graton
Conn
Indonesia
United Nations
Harry Truman
Rafferty Hones A Political Axe in Alameda County
The piece chronicles local political maneuvering around state and federal races. It notes Friends of Sen Tom Kuchel organizing with 800 to 1 000 members, Alameda leadership including Arthur Breed Jr and Marlin Haley, and Ted Kuhlkin resigning from the Castro Valley Fire District Board to focus on business. It also hints at potentialcounty planning appointments and rumors about Howard Kuder.
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Max
Washington
Potomac
Sen
Rachel
Friends
Tom Kuchel
Arthur H. Breed Jr
Piedmont
Hayward
Marlin W. Haley
Alameda County
Friends of Tom Group
Ruchel
Ted Kublkin
Castro Valley Realtor
Castro Valley Fire Protection District Board
Kuhlkin
Alameda
Sway
Lewis Sherman
Berkeley
Sacramento
Don Grunsky
Watsonville
Senate
Sherman
Capitol
Grunsky
Silence on Hayward Supt Cunningham GOP bid lingers
Hayward Unified Supt William Cunningham delays decision on a possible candidacy for the South District GOP nomination. A leave of absence from his school post remains undecided as Santa Clara County Republicans plan a candidates' development workshop in San Jose.
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Hayward
William Cunningham
Sth
Cunningham
Santa Clara County
San Jose
Don Sherwood
Éth
Livermore
Milo Nordyke
Nordyke
Operation Plow Share
Lawreme
Petris Rumford primary fight looms in Alameda County
Nicholas C. Petris of Oakland faces possible primary clash with Byron Rumford of Berkeley as Southern Alameda County potential opponent emerges. Fremont City Councilman Gene Rhodes, who sought the state senate in 1962, is discussed as a foe or possible re election bid.
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Sea
Nicholas C. Petris
Oakland
D-Alameda County
Demcratic
Byron Rumford
Berkeley
Alameda County
Petris
Fremont
Gene Rhodes
State Senate
John Holmdahl
Rhodes
Senate
Rumford
Council
Republicans weigh future candidates after Sacramento meeting
Republicans at the State GOP Central Committee gathering in Sacramento note Shirley Temple Slack is evident in discussions. Speculation grows that Mrs. Black will run again in the GOP primary for Congress while delays in State Bar Association recommendations slow the Fremont judgeship appointment. Paul Herle predicts a quick appointment, and attorney MM. Sabraw remains a strong odds favorite.
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GOP Central Committee
Sacramento
Shirley Temple Slack
Black
State Bar Association
Fremont
Paul Herle
Sabraw
Romney's New Hampshire Write-In Challenge Looms
The piece argues Gov. Romney risks faltering in the New Hampshire primary amid criticism of his rhetoric on civil war and race. It notes Rockefeller write-in pushes in New Hampshire could siphon Romney votes, possibly delaying or derailing his campaign as he courts voters in face-to-face sessions.
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George Romney
Big George
Michigan
Jong
New Hampshire
Gov. Romney
Detroit
Ith Street
Gov. Honmey
Harold Stassen
Rockefeller
New Mexico
David Cargo
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Rhode Island
Maryland
Gov. Rockefeller
Richard Nixon
Henry Cabot Lodge
Barry Goldwater
Romney
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George Washington
Ike Nordyke
Mark Nordyke
Robert Patterson
Russell Kirk
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