BART must file by June 4 to begin service Sep 24
AP reports San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit must submit its application to the California Public Utilities Commission by June 4 to start Oakland to San Francisco service on September 24. Hearing examiner J W Mallory set a schedule to review safety and reliability of the automatic train operations system, with evidence due by June 26 and readiness for hearings beginning July 16.
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Bay Area Rapid Transit
Oakland
San Francisco
BART
Yolying
Mallory
PUC
BAR
Youth hurt in fall from glider at park
An 11 year old boy fell from a bang glider while flying at Coyote Hills Regional Park yesterday. He is in fair condition at Washington Hospital with possible skull fracture after surgery around 3:30 p.m. John Burnaford of 39800 Blacow Road is named in the report.
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Fremont
Washington Hospital
Coyote Hills
John Burnaford
Blacow Road
Fires blamed on cigarette and pots in South County homes
Two South County houses were damaged by fires blamed on a cigarette left burning in a couch and pots on a hot stove. In Hayward, David Graham’s 134 Highland Blvd home suffered $2,000 damage while investigators cited a couch fire. In Fremont, Wehard Taylor’s 9942 Lake Drive residence also sustained $2,000 interior damage as plastic utensils and cabinets burned.
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South County
Hayward
David Graham
Highland Blvd
Graham
Fremont
Wehard Taylor
Lake Drive
Taylor
Silence ends in Berkeley murder spree standoff
BERKELEY AP Silas Er nest M. Silas, killed after fatally shooting a policeman and a sleeping 4 year old girl, may have killed his wife and two adult hostages if bullets hadn’t run out. Inspector Barr Bergfeld said Silas fired his last round at Magic Wolff before turning on his wife Martha. Diane Linkus and Richard Priddy, the dead girl’s father, fled as Silas pursued. Police gunfire mortally wounded him as he was described as a “piet” and a “gentle” man. Friends said the part time musician with a prison record was troubled by his sister’s death.
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Silas
Bergfeld
James Rutledge
Steve Levine
Rutledge
Praver
Priddy
Air safety bag earns good grades in real world tests
GM reports on road tests of the air safety bag installed as an option on 1974 models under a plan for 100 000 units. A two year old man sustained minor chest injuries after his car struck safety island tires and overturned near Philadelphia early Sunday morning.
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UPT
General Motors
Tires S
Nursing home funds sought in California letters
Monst. Zion Hospital staff urged Gov. Reagan and state legislators to boost funds for nursing homes. In letters to Reagan and lawmakers they warned that care levels in San Francisco area nursing homes accepting Medical patients are generally poor due to inadequate state reimbursement.
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San Francisco
UPI
Monst. Zion Hospital
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
American businessman's Madagascar jail protest gains plea
George Reppas of Hillsborough California, jailed since October 4 in Madagascar over a failed meat packing plant deal, denounces the unjust detention as his lawyer Bradford Jeffries cites credit and political upheaval. The family and US State Department seek relief.
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San Francisco
UPI
George Reppas
Hillsborough
Calif
Malagasy Republic
Marion
Bradford Jeffries
Keppas
Madagascar
Fru
State Department
Dolfries
Reppas
United States
Greeve
Morondego
Malagasy
George
Moise
Nixon signs law ending airport head taxes nationwide
President Nixon has signed legislation to end head taxes at more than 40 U.S. airports and authorize grants over a eleven year period for airport and airway development. The bill eliminates head taxes for most airports immediately, with a registration ban affecting New Hampshire and Washington airports that may levy fees. Some airports had already taken steps to replace the revenue. A prior veto stalled similar plans.
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Washington
Union
Nixon
Bil
Manichy
New Hampshire
Satusol
Ali Dee
Park district unveils preserve plan for Alameda County lands
The park district presents a master plan to accelerate land acquisition amid inflation. A citizens task force will review before year end as officials eye 30 of 100 parcels, with financing options including borrowing, a bond measure, or tax increases. Udall warns next decade crucial to buy parklands or lose them to development. Public hearings are planned in July and August.
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Suils
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Distrit
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Stewart Udell
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Udall
Udall Algo
Alameda
Lake Chabot
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Alameda County Board of Supervisors
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Magruder disputes report on Nixon Watergate cover up
Magruder denied a claim that Haldeman was fully aware of Watergate planning and cover up. The article notes Haldeman, Dean, Cox, and key witnesses, as well as the Senate Watergate hearings delayed to accommodate Nixon Brezhnev summit talks.
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Haldeman
Nixon
Magruder
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Senate
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Sirica
Dean
Leonid J. Brezhnev
FBI chief nomination eyed by Byrd in Senate hearing
Sen. Robert Byrd forecast swift Senate Judiciary Committee support for Clarente M. Kelley to become FBI director replacing J. Edgar Hoover. Kelley, former Kansas City police chief, faced questions over racial disturbances after Martin Luther King Jr. death and Watergate fallout. He pioneered computerization of police records and rapid information sharing.
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UPL
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Clarente M. Kelley
Senate Judiciary Committee
TBE
Kelley
Kansas City
Nixon
J. Edgar Hoover
Byrd
Senate
L. Patriich Gray III
Ant Bik
Kansas
Martin Vauther King Jr
Memphis
City
FBI
University of Kansas
PLE
Tf Kelley
PBI
Gray
North Beach Club Ordinance Targets Dancer Exhibitions
San Francisco officials approved an ordinance to curb topless performances in night clubs serving alcohol and food. The measure bars such entertainment, with dancers required to remain six feet away from patrons and staff.
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Francisco
North Beach
Board of Supervisors
Hill
Property taxes to vet short shrift in revenue sharing
A Treasury Department survey of 40 states and 330 local government units shows 8 percent will use revenue-sharing funds to reduce property taxes and 27 percent for lowering income taxes. The study, conducted by Technology Management Inc, finds capital projects as the dominant use, with 72 percent of local governments funding buildings roads sewage and equipment.
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Aydi's
Two Navy crewmen declare dead after sub rescue attempt
The Navy announced about 10:30 a.m. that two crewmen were dead following a tense night of rescue efforts for the tiny sub Sea Diver. Their fathers, Edmvin A. Link and relatives, had helped with undersea research and hoped for survival as medical teams worked to decompress and save the others.
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Daetors Hast
Tine
Clayton Link
Edmvin A. Link
Link
Maurer
Key West
Wwo
Tringa
Ken
Adm
Yosemite climber dies on Steck route in Cathedral Spires
A Sacramento youth, Charles Stanbrough, is identified as the third climber to die in two weeks at Yosemite National Park. Spokesmen say he apparently fell about 100 feet Sunday while attempting the Steck route on Cathedral Spires after his rope broke. Rangers estimate he died before or during the fall. Chief Ranger Morehead notes the route had never been attempted in a solo climb. Two other Californians also died in park climbs this month.
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Yosemite National Park
Sacramento
Charles Stanbrough
Stanbrough
Steck
Cathedral
Jack Morehead
Bay Conservation Panel OKs Diner Over BART Shaft Site
A Bay Conservation and Development Commission advisory panel approved construction of a restaurant atop a BART rental shaft near the Ferry Building in San Francisco. The full commission must sign off, with prior approvals from the San Francisco Port Commission. Barbary Cons Development Corp will operate the restaurant and invest about 1.7 million dollars in the project, including a ferry landing and ventilator landscaping.
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UPI
Bay Conservation On Development Commission
BCDC
San Francisco Port Commission
Barbary Cons!. Development Corp
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