Local notables and oddities from Livermore and Hayward
A mixed row of brief items covers a burglary of 12 parakeets from the Lind home at 719 Oregon Way, a claim by Alice Holman about her dog Gus as a vigilant watchdog, and Hayward Police confirming the recovered stolen car. Parks Air Force Base announces flight operations halt with 25,000 accident-free hours. Livermore zoning tweaks remove outdoor lighting restrictions. and Livermore High School faces a pool fee hike dispute with the Recreation District, seeking a smaller rise than proposed.
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Livermore
Leonard Lind
Oregon Way
Linds
Alice Holman
Gus
Hayward
Frank Romero
Curtis DeHart
Romero
DeHart
Parks Air Force Base
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Bert Fullerton
Robert Kuenning
Fullerton
Small Citizen Turnout Frustrates Hayward Council
Hayward council members voiced irritation after a sparsely attended first public meeting. Mayor Mayer Frank Biggs criticized the event as unproductive, noting only about a dozen residents, staff, and council members were present. The session reviewed topics from a tennis clinic to zoning and development issues, with plans for future meetings in August.
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Leland Joachim
Biggs
Perimental
Hayward
Mayer
Frank Biggs
Matt Jimenez
Abenden
J. DP. Burke
Fremont Budget Hearing Prompts Civic Debate Tonight
Fremont citizens will speak on the proposed 1.28 million dollar city budget at a council hearing. The austerity plan draws scrutiny over department requests and a potential capital improvement fund use, with City Manager proposed parks and neighborhood projects and calls from several council members for a tax rate reduction.
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Carrol Clark
Fremont
City Mer
Robert Coop
Sheriff's Office
Capital Improvement Fund
Coop
Rollin Cunningham
Kenneth Steadman
Winifred Bendel
Yaven
The
Daily Review
Cougeilman
Fremont Demos Elect Stevenson as President
Fremont former mayor John L Stevenson was elected president of the Fremont Democratic Club. The club endorsed Dr Harald Schoenfeld for county superintendent of schools and urged a yes vote on the $36 million Union Sanitary District bond issue, with a voter decision set for June 24. The club also scheduled meetings at the County Offices Suite Fremont Ave.
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Fremont
John L. Stevenson
Pramont Democratic Club
Harald Schoenfeld
Decoto
Union Sanitary Dist
Bond
Fremont Ave
Fremont Irvington School Budget To Be Considered
The Fremont Irvington School District's 1968-58 budget is the main item at the trustees meeting at Irvington Elementary School. Also on the agenda is consideration of an offer to the Mission Ranch subdivider for a school site.
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Fremont
Irvington
Mission Ranch
Sailors to Face Theft Charges in Morals Case
Raymond San Leandro tavern owner and three sailors Gonsalves 44 of 832 Main St Bleed Knoll sailors Buford Fearing 21 Jercy A Lakin 19 face petty theft and morals charges in Municipal Court. They are accused of fostering a runaway and taking food and utensils from Idon's Drive-in last Tuesday night. Each is free on $500 bail and scheduled to appear July 3 at 10 p.m. before Municipal Judge T L Foley.
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Idon
Praliztinary
Newark Chamber Reconsiders Master Plan Protests
Newark Chamber of Commerce plans to neutralize a heated master plan battle at a general meeting in Sycamore Hall tomorrow. Directors will propose changes favoring city industries, including broader light industrial zones and keeping a 100 foot light industrial strip, while urging fewer restrictions and resisting wider shifts in the plan.
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Newark
Chamber of Commerce
Sycamore Hall
Cherry Ra
Iisailing
Halcyon Club To See Park Plans
Recreation Director Ross Cunningham will present Lifth Ave Park development plans to Halcyon Improvement Club members tonight at Halcyon School. The 17th Ave Park in Halcyon will receive proceeds from San Leendra’s Old Fashioned Fourth of July celebration this year as club members lead efforts to promote the event.
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San Leandero
Ross Cunningham
Lifth Ave
Halcyon Improvement” Club
Halcyon School
Halcyon Dr
17Th Ave
Halcyon
San Leendra
Cops May Have Scared Burglar In Pleasanton
Pleasanton police on routine patrol interrupted a burglar at Jack Fishers Drive-in on Main Street. A door was pried open and a window broken but nothing was stolen as officers patrolled the area. Police Chief Walter McCloud expanded night patrols to check commercial buildings, aiming to deter or help catch the burglar who netted $25 in two weekend break-ins.
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Pleasanton
Jack Fisher
Walter McCloud
Essignest
Six Month Term For Non-Support
An Oakland man, John Angel, 24, was sentenced to six months in jail for failing to support his child. All but one month suspended after he pleaded guilty and had been granted a divorce from his wife Jene in November 1856. He had not complied with a child-support order.
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Oakland
John
Angel
Jene
Golden Age Club Celebration Set in San Leandro
The Golden Age Club of San Leandro marks its fourth anniversary with a potluck lunch and entertainment. The event runs Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. at Farrelly Ride, 980 Dutton Ave, with former members and city officials invited. Hattie Wormell coordinates.
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San ‘Leandro
Golden Age Club of
San Teandro
Farretly Ride
Dutton Ave
Hattie| Wormell
Coroner Duty Rotations Set for Alameda County
Coroner duties will shift July 1 under the county rotation. Machado’s San Lorenzo mortuary becomes deputy coroner headquarters for San Lorenzo, replacing Hayward coverage. Leandra Santos-Rebir will take over from Chris Borba in Chapel, with Frat Flier moving deputy role in Hayward.
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Oakland
Machado
San Lorenzo
San” Torenzo
Hayward
Sar
Leandra
Santos-Rebir
Gon Chapel
Chris
Borba
Protest Grows On MacArthur Freeway Plan in Foothill Manor
A six member steering committee in Foothill Manor leads mass opposition to MacArthur Freeway interchange proposals between Fulton Ave and 150th Ave in San Leandro. Residents fear off ramps and traffic changes would divide school districts, endanger children, and devalue property. A public hearing is set for Tuesday at Veterans Memorial, 1105 Bancroft Ave, where leaders urge city input to state highway plans.
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San Leandro
MacArthur Freeway
Foothill Manor
Fulton” Ave
150Th. Ave
Robert Thorup
140Th
Avex
Veterans Memorial Holding
Bancroft Ave
Victoria Ave
Estudillo
141Th
Division of Highways
Kenneth .Dunn
Avi
Foothill
Manor Improvement Assn
Thames Jefferson Dads Club
Dion
Dunn
Thorup
Jim Rawlins
Wake Ave
Improvement Assn
Cy Webber
Valatde Dy
Dads. Club
al Sansoni
14Th Ave
Richard Moenich
142Nd Ave
Moenich
Vacationing Cop Wins Pistol Title in Reno
California patrolman William R. Thomas, a member of the CHP Alameda County squad, captured four first places, three seconds, and one third across divisions at the Nevada state pistol shooting championship in Reno. He is 39 and resides at 14844 Crosby Street.
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San Leandro
Californa
William R
Thomas
Nevada
Reno
Alameda County
CHP
Crosby'Sty
Knife Found Near Killing Sparks Alvarado Street Brawl
Police investigate a knife found near a fatal melee on Lovee and Smith Streets in Alvarado. Joe L Hernandez, 34, was killed. three men held for questioning, including Oscar Pena, Raymond Rojo, and another man. Victims include John P Martinez, 24, and Peter Mernandez, 25, with injuries ranging from stab wounds to critical condition at Highland Hospital. The fight reportedly stemmed from an insult to a woman bartender after a wedding party in Hayward.
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Alvarado
Suri
Tomas’ Diag
Lovee
Smith Sts
Joe L.’ Hernandez
Granger Ave
Raymond
Fear
Rojo
Oscar V. Pena
Decoto
Alvarajo
Peter Mernandez
Santa Clara Ave
Hayward
VFW Delegates Named for Encampment Meet in Long Beach
Members of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1882 and auxiliary are named as delegates to a VFW encampment opening today in Long Beach. Auxiliary president Ethel Curtis leads with Marie Lee, Joan Paddock, and Margaret Cobbier. Post commander Berry Eiper and others are listed among attendees. A separate case in Hayward Municipal Court reports a contractor with a suspended sentence after pleading guilty May 27 to operating without a license.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Long Beach
Ethel Curtis
Marie Lee
Joan Paddock
Margaret Cobbier
Berry Eiper
Harley. Talkington
Paul Azzry
Alvarador J.W. Stiarwalt
Vernon Merritt
Leslie Lee
Vallejo St
Tolalsa
Lorenzo Library Story Time Set for San Lorenzo Village
San Lorenzo Village youngsters will attend an eight week Story Time at the Lorenzo Library on Pasco Grande beginning tomorrow. In nearby San Leandro, an Oakland man, William J. Nash, 37, faced license suspension and fines after pleading guilty to drink driving charges. The event is co-sponsored by Alameda County Library and local Recreation Council with organizers Mrs. Griving, Avilla Morris, and Joan Goldsmith among those overseeing the program.
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San Lorenzo
Pasco Grande
San Leandro
Oakland
Alameda
William J. Nash
San, Lorenzo
Griving
Thomas
Lovell
Avilla
Joan Goldsmith
John
Morris
Doxatad Fuller
Tates
Added Time On Sewer Job OKd Pleasanton
Pleasanton city council held a special ten minute meeting to grant Fogelberg Brothers an extra 12 days to finish an 18 inch Bernal Ave sewer line. The $35,685 project links the county fairgrounds to the city sewage plant and now extends until June 27 for completion.
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Pleasanton
Fogelberg Brothers
Bernal Ave
Methodists Ordain New Elders and Deacons in Stockton Ceremony
In Stockton last Sunday a ceremony ordained Robert T. Melivenna Haywand and Robert Hardman Castroley as elder and deacon respectively. The event was part of the Northern California annual conference where 23 men and two women were ordained ministers.
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Robert T. Melivenna
Haywand
Robert
Hardman
Castroley
Methodist Church
Ceremny
Stockton
California
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State College For
Southern Alameda County
Tennyson Rd
Fremont Demos
Stevenson
Roger Elliott
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Reservoir
Eliott
Steve Rubiolo
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