Vietnam still a flesh and blood war for Hayward families
By Lance Williams three Hayward residents reflect on the Vietnam War as the 1989 end brings mixed feelings. Steven LeBars’ mother questions sacrifice after her 21 year old son was killed near My Lai in 1970. Russ Paige, paralyzed from a 1989 Saigon northwest crash, and Collin join others describing grief, loss, and unresolved sentiment. The Review notes at least 148 local men died in Vietnam with many wounded and thousands served.
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Marcell LeBars
Hayward
Steven LeBars
My Lai
Russ Paige
G.I
Saigon
Paige
LeBar
Collin
Vietnam
Ocal
County budget would up taxes in Alameda County
Alameda County supervisors weighed a $329.262 million budget raising the tax rate 13 cents to 3.03 per 100 of assessed value for next year. Net costs climb to 155.2 million, with proposals to divert 6.1 million from federal revenue sharing to tax relief, amid inflation and wage pressures. Public hearings set, budget due by June 30, with inhabitants facing higher bills.
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Alameda
Loren Enoch
Enoch
Alameda County
Senate Bi
Diocese imposes youth marriage cooling off period
Orlando AP reports the Retgan Catholic Diocese of Orlando adopts Youthful Marriage Policy to slow rising divorces. Teens under 19 must prove maturity and financial stability before church weddings, with 100 to 120 cases affected yearly.
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Orlando
Fla
John Bluett
Florida
Father Bluck
Law Reignites Pupil Smoking Issue in County Schools
Gov. Edmund Brown signed a law allowing districts to designate campus smoking areas for high school students. Fremont and Hayward officials anticipate public debate and student input before boards set guidelines, likely for next fall. Trustees previously endorsed similar measures, while a student speaker cited lounge use of restrooms by smokers.
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South County
Edmund Brown
Fremont
Phillip Brazil
Hayward
Raymond Arveson
Dolores Wagner
Beard
Arveson
Hayward High School
Gunfire at Castro Valley High in kidnap attempt
A man entered Castro Valley High School art class and forced Janet Lynn Blackman 17 to leave at gunpoint. He exchanged shots with a highway patrolman in the parking lot, was subdued by police and the principal, with no injuries reported. Marshall Lee Field 21 was held on kidnapping burglary and assault with intent to murder charges. the .357 pistol had been stolen earlier in the day.
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Castro Valley
Marshall Lee Field
Bonzai Court
Sheriff's
Field
Field's Street
Santa Rita County
Roy Leaf
Castro Valley High
Don Sobieske
Janet Lynn Blackman
Yee Beck
Cal
California farm labor bill gains broad backing from Chavez and growers
Governor Brown reports a breakthrough in the farm labor dispute as Cesar Chavez and major growers endorse his secret ballot bill. The approval would create a state agency to oversee elections, allow limited secondary boycotts, permit harvest time strikes by unions with elections, and aim to end decades of rural conflict in California agriculture.
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Sacramento
Edmund Brown Jr
California
Brown
United Farm Workers
Cesar Chavez
Western Conference
Teamsters
Andy Anderson
Chavez
Capitol
Labor
State Chamber of Commerce
UFW
Comsay Pika Paz
Bakersfield
Democratic
Cesar
Blue skies will be sandwiched between
A fragmented clipping notes changing weather outlook with mentions of clear skies and pockets of clouds. The reader is left with a sense of shifting patterns and potential temperatures, suggesting a calm but variable forecast ahead.
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Lance Williams
Severa
San Leandro
Noch
Pines
Betsy Lira
San Leandro High
Williams
Nat Kleinstein
W. Joaquin Ave
Ethan Johnson
Johnson
Pacific
Paul Meier
Cotation
Kleinstein
AL Loyd Williams AM
Bach
Supt
Thomas Hedden
New Haven
James Logan
Phanae
Bich
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