Reflections on a $40 Apartment Cleaning Deposit
A humorous memoir-like piece recalls renting an apartment in Fremont and losing a $40 cleaning deposit. The narrator, an “idea tenant,” describes cleaning zeal, awkward manager replies, and the absurd persistence of deposit policies as they migrated from local to postal eras. A light social conscience thread runs through memories of apartment life and public service changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Happy Acres
Mr. Tidy
Fremont
Newark Council Approves 3.349 Million Budget and Cable Lease
Newark council approved a 3.349 million dollar budget for 1971 72 after a brief hearing. They granted a 10 year TelePrompter cable TV franchise with initial 10 000 payment and 6 percent gross receipts tax. City faces tighter reserves and calls for more revenue. A public hearing set for Aug 26 to discuss a third underground utility district along Thornton Avenue.
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Newark
TelaPrompter Corp
Cit
Richard ‘Turnlard
Finn
Fremont Newark Philharmonic Society
Harry Lewis
Thornton Avenue
Newark O Cedar
Olive Avenue
Newark Boulevard
Ecologists in Action Clean Up Niles Canyon
Ecologists from the 3 Chabol College ecology class spent a day in Niles Canyon cleaning litter. They carried litter bags and worked to improve the area, focusing on tidying refuse along the trail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Ecology
Niles Canyon
Alameda County 25 Percent Property Assessment Mentioned
Assessors report Alameda County taxes at 25.1 percent of full cash value this year. Only Mono and Siskiyou counties meet the 5 percent target. Statewide average stands at about 29 percent. County assessment levels affect school equalization funds and prior underassessment triggered state aid adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Hutchinson
Alameda Goonly
Skite Board of Equalization
Teparlan
Mono and
Siskiyou
Alate
Alameda County
Concert agenda at Hayward Park amphitheatre this weekend
On the agenda a Students International Society concert featuring Natural Tendency, presenting transcendental meditation as taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at 3:20 p.m. tomorrow. Also a Wayward Municipal Band concert at Mayward Park and a Day Camp for the Boys Club of Hayward running July 26 to July 3 with signups open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayward Plunge Park
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Wayward Municipal Band
Mayward Memorial Park
Boys Club of
Hayward
Jly
Lola Rord
Planners delay townhouse plan in Fremont
In Fremont, planners halted a 156 townhouse project near Overacker and Wes Pickering avenues after hours of public debate. Residents called the Marin Master Builder row of barracks while a separate dispute over a pedestrian easement near Cottonwood Drive led commissioners to push for a temporary closure until the nearby park and school are developed.
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Fremont
Overacker
Wes Pickering
Marin Master Buller
Edmund Backman
Flair Townhouse
Starlite Hills Subdivision
Cottonwood Drive
Council
Phil Jones
Robert Mille
Miller
Adam Pietras
Coftonwood Drive
Wopen
6000 Point Score In Mattos Marathon Benefit Game
Keith Waitve reached the 6000 point milestone for the Skins in a charity basketball event at Glenmoor Park, aiding Kelly Hinds daughter of Rex and Me Hinds who battles a brain tumor. Mission Peak Kiwanis donated 30 dollars after a pledge from Glenn Merchants Association for each hour of play as 10 players filled the court. Lance Miller, Mattos School teacher, organized the event with shifts noted as the most difficult to staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinds
Royal Palm Trive
Azevedo Schoal
Mission Peak Kiwanis
Glenn Merchants Association
Lance Miller
Mattos
al Wie Aurk
Ventilation Woes Plague Fremont Police Firing Range
Fremont officials report the indoor firing range in the 10 month old police building lacks proper ventilation. A sub-basement airflow deficiency caused smoky conditions during tests, prompting health officials to classify the range as a health hazard. A contractor’s miscalculated airflow led to corrections, with a second state test pending to certify safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
Prenmant
Department of Public Health
Stile
Kinney BE. Griffin
Griffin
Sale Health and Industrial Safety
State Division of Industrial Safety
State Health Department
New City Incorporation Effort Advances in Nanville Area
Residents from Nanville Danville and San Ramon join an organizational meeting marking a major step toward a third incorporation attempt. Gene Rolandelli led the inc-proceedings as petitions circulate for signatures from registered landowners. If approved by the equity commission, the measure heads to polls. the proposed city would serve about 23,200 residents with police and public works contracted from the county. The prior attempt in 1967 failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanville
Alamo
Danville
San Hamon
Gene Rolandelli
Equiti Sion
District Unification Proposal Placed Before Voters
Alameda County Board of Education proposes unifying four districts Murray Pleasanton Sunol Glen Amador with a public hearing set Sept 6 at Amador Valley High School auditorium. The plan would place the issue before voters July 1 1972 if approved, forming a five member board elected by the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plasanton
Alaredo County
At & Pan
Amador Valley
Camoulins
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By Linn Brown
Brown
Ube
Pike
Haves
Postal Service
Tds
George Kinald
Varnlimd
Lewis
Robert Plowright
Carneil
Joan
San Jose
Ecologists In Action
Heiman
South County Scene
Tre Daily Review
Maynard
Cult
Hott Homes
Richard Vollbrecht
Uial
Orhe Park
Camimisaianee
Carolyn ‘Visso
Crack Pre Mop
Theteit
Fharhee
Mvehiical Maloknance Corp
San Francisco
Ramnhael
Georgane
Licorporation
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