Two major park plans unveiled in regional master plan
The final 20 year plan for the East Bay Park District proposes nine sites and two regional preserves in South County. It calls for Wauhale Valpe Ridges Regional Wilderness between Sunol Valley and Del Valle Park and the Coastal Range Peaks Regional Preserve including Mission Peak Mt Allison and Monument Peak near Fremont. It also suggests sites for a motorbike park at Deaver Canyon or Daolu Canyon, and preservation projects like Arden wood Regional Recreation Area and Alameda Creek Quarries Recreation Area. Expansions are planned for Coyote Hills Shadow Cliffs Anthony Chabot Garin Las Trampas and a shoreline park Alameda Creek Marsh Regional Preserve.
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Wast Bay
Sunol Valley
del Valle Regional Park
Mission Peak
Mt. Allison
Monudnent Peak
Fremont
Devar Canyon
Daolu
Asa
Historia Patterson
Ardenwood
Niles
Alameda Creek
Vargas Road Plateau
Coyote Hills
Premont
Shadow Cliffs
Pleasanwir
Livermore
Anthony Chabot
Casra Valley
San Leandra
Garin
Hayward
Las Trampaz
Matly
Alameda Creek Marsh
BART Talks Continue on Pay Gap and Strike Authority
Oakland unions representing about 1100 BART workers won strike sanction from the Alameda County Central Labor Council. The dispute centers on pay scales with workers transferred from other districts currently earning less. leaders say negotiations aim to equalize wages, with higher scale frozen pending resolution.
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Alameda County
Cen Iil Labor Council
United Pulsliy
Amalgamated Transit Union Division
BART
Paul Varacalli
Mher
Varacalli
Stokes
Anton
Key West midget submarine tragedy claims two lives
In Key West a 21 foot Smithsonian submersible entangled near a sunken destroyer left two crewmen dead after 11 hours of entrapment in the aft pressurized section. Archibald Menzies and Robert Meek survived the others were rescued in good condition.
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Key West
Fla
David Youngblood
AL Stover
Io Beach
Clayton Link
Binghamton
N.Y
Nein
Minisub
Archibald
Jock’? Menzies
Vero Roach
Plas
Robert Meek
Santa Barbara
Smithsonian Institution
Kteseuurs
Menzies
Meek
Navy
US Soviet culture pact seals broadened exchange
The United States and the Soviet Union signed four five year pacts to increase artists scholars and joint research in oceans forging and transportation. Nixon and Brezhnev led the ceremony with Rogers and Gromyko present as the first concrete result of their summit. The deals aim to expand cultural exchange and set up annual committees for joint research and information exchange while signaling progress toward broader trade talks and nuclear disarmament efforts. A peaceful demonstration occurred near the State Department during the celebrations.
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Nisan
Brezhnev
Moscow
Nixon
Magruder testimony disputed in Watergate hearings
Washington based report notes lawyer John J. Wilson disputing former White House aide Haldeman’s claim of receiving no Watergate reports in early 1978. Wilson says Haldeman would not have talked with Magruder about Watergate until March of that year, countering Magruder’s explosive Senate testimony.
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Wasilington
UPI
Inp
Magender
Wouse
Afatolt LA
Bob” Haldeman
Haldeman
John J. Wilson
Aaldeman
Magruder
Magrivlay
Skylab astronauts repair with hammer and photos surge
Skylab crew led by Charles Conrad and Pat Weiss conducted a long spacewalk to fix a jammed charge switch and clear a solar wing. They retrieved 30,242 historic pictures and captured the first solar flare images from the station while testing and adjusting equipment. Kerwin remained aboard monitoring systems as the crew faced sunshield debris and exterior challenges.
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Houston
Skylab
Charles
Pete” Conrad
Pat J. Welty
Uth
Jilly
Joseph P. Kerwin
Conrad
America
Kerwin
Earth
Skyhab
Wuilz
Skyab
Selantists
Space
Sehweickart
Garth
Indonesia
Conmanien Iso
Ats
Weiss
Newrly
Skylib
City council rejects scaled down housing plan near city hall
Hayward leaders nixed a four story civic center housing project amid financing woes. Developers must present a new plan within three months, with density to be cut from 30 to 180 units and street utility improvements at stake.
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Hayward
Richard Oliver
John Erving
Centei
Ant
Jon Neveau
Jonuy Pappas
Coderate
Hart
Willian Haley
Civic Center
Hanley
Fimed
First Committee survives probe
Hayward council reopens debate on disbanding the First Committee amid budget clash. Five councilors discuss a $48,000 operating request for civic projects, with Birchfield and Pappas proposing changes rather than a shutdown. They criticize committee links to community groups and specific events, questioning the need for administrative funds.
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Wayward
Hayward
S48
Leo Horwell
Howell
Kenneth Birchfield
del Pappas
Birchfield
Sunny Warm Weather Forecast for South County
Sunny and warm skies expected for South County over the next couple of days with highs in the mid to upper 50s and lows in the 30s to 40s. More weather details on the page.
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Suny
Grace South County
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