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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1968
Page
1
Forecast calls for rain across the region tonight and Saturday with heavy showers. Temperatures in the 40s to 50s, breezy westerly winds, and high precipitation chances up to eighty percent. Mountain areas may see lingering wet conditions into Saturday. travel warnings issued for heavy sun and rain.
In a closely watched vote the board ended a protracted deadlock to elect Doherty as president. The reconstituted board, led by George Silli man, pledged a new approach and aggressive reforms to advance BART business while negotiations with unions continued. San Francisco officials and Bay Area leaders hailed the selection as a brokered compromise amid a split on the board.
Over a 14 hour period ending at 4 14 p m crews responded to car fires washdowns and a house blaze at locations including Castro Valley Thornton Avenue and Castro Valley Boulevard plus incidents along Hesperian Avenue Fremont street and Tyrell Road. Damages cited at several sites with scattered vehicle and structure fires and dust or debris fires noted. Local units from Alamedan County Fire and Castro Valley stations fielded calls throughout the day.
A compiled list shows numerous marriage licenses issued in Hayward, Fremont and surrounding districts. Couples include Stephen Wayna Homes and Linda Margaret Pricilita Blardin, and others with varied residence addresses across Hayward, Livermore, Castro Valley, Oakland, and San Leandro.
Los Angeles AP reports Governor Reagan will not testify at an assessment appeals hearing on the Malibu ranch property. A subpoena was quashed after Reagan’s attorney said he sold 1236 acres to Fox Realty Corp in December 1966 for 1.9 million dollars.
UPI reports scientists triggered a sealed device at the Pachem Mesa site that released a radioactive dust cloud nearly two feet into the cloudy sky, creating a localized radiological plume during testing.
The hospital seeks adjacent land owned by Fremont Meadows behind the hospital along Civic Center Drive for expansion tied to a planned Bay Area Rapid Transit station. Demolition talks began in March 1987 but trial is pending as negotiations continue. A 5.28 million bond would raise capacity from 151 to 220 beds with immediate upgrades to kitchens records admin areas lobby stairs and elevators for future 400 bed use. Interim steering chair will be Boyd Crowe with Len Gelhaus finance chair. Newark Chamber aid offered. Special meeting set to place bond on April 9 ballots in Fremont Newark and Union City.
Two men in their mid thirties robbed the Parker House bar at 11 p.m. taking about 450 dollars from the register and 450 from seven wallets and four purses. An armed suspect fired a shot at a laundromat customer who peered out, but no one was injured. The pair fled toward their getaway car along Dutton Avenue.
The United States warned North Korea that labeling Pueblo crewmen as criminals would heighten an already tense crisis. Pyongyang demanded punishment for the eightyseven crew members after Tuesday's hijacking, while a Rodong Shimoon editorial called them criminals to be punished, a view Washington rejected as baseless.
The report urges six options for future Bay crossings to prevent unnecessary intrusion by new freeways. It favors bridges over roadways, bay water flow, and telecommunication access, with toll plazas on land and aesthetic design. The panel will discuss the plan at a San Francisco meeting next Thursday.
A Fremont incident at 46877 Bradley Street began when a blaze spread to a vent area. A miniature Airedale dog died in the fire while a Fremont family, including a sleepwalking child, escaped unharmed. Authorities investigated the early morning fire at the Lester Parker residence.
Area students from California State College Hayward and Chabot College protested outside the Selec tive Service office at Mission Boulevard. The anti draft demonstration coincided with inductees departing Hayward to Oakland and involved about 22 participants.
Professor Dale McKeen of San Francisco State warns the 1,100 faculty may strike unless the board rescinds its tough policy. The policy passed December 9 by 14 to 6, and a Thursday vote of 10 to 7 returned suspension and dismissal decisions to college presidents. The board met on the Sonoma State campus.
Crown Zellerbach Corp reports lower earnings in 1967 at 46.7 million versus 53.61 million in 1966, despite higher sales, blamed on a 2.6 million writeoff for obsolete materials in a modernization program and reduced earnings from a Canadian subsidiary.
The record shows Gifford indicating continued support for U.S. forces in South Vietnam and a willingness to halt bombing if productive. He noted Johnson’s policy of restraint but suggested the enemy did not exploit it previously and implied possible limits on infiltration without official statements.
United States considers UN action after North Korea detains Pueblo crew as Soviet pressure grows. President Johnson faces congressional scrutiny amid air reserve callups and naval task force moves toward Korea. The incident heightens tension as Moscow rebuffs Western calls and Pyongyang pushes for punishment of the crew.
SAN FRANCISCO AP The Defense Department calls up air force and navy reservists affecting more than 1100 men in the San Francisco Bay Area and 96 near Los Alamitos. The 938th Military Airlift Wing at Hamilton Air Force Base north of San Francisco will activate Attack Squadron 873 with 14 A4 Skyhawks. College seniors will be deferred until graduation. undergraduates wait until term ends. Los Alamitos crew prepare for training and deployment Near Vima rit. Reservists face up to 24 months in service with the airlift wing as the command element.
North Vietnamese forces threaten Khe Sanh as Viet Cong attacks intensify ahead of a Tet truce. Senegalese and Hungarian forces rush ammunition, food, and fuel to Marine defenses while C130s are diverted to combat essential airlift.
A winter storm moved northward through the Atlantic states bringing heavy snow to New England while freezing temperatures spread southward. Boston saw more than inches of accumulation as northern Maine faced potential heavy totals. temperatures dropped to the teens in many eastern coastal areas.
A 15 year old Hayward boy was arrested by Hayward police on a charge of making obscene phone calls. Police traced the calls to his home and say the youth admitted making between 60 and 168 calls in December and January. Victims recognized his voice. most calls came in the afternoon or evening.
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