Joint BART Study Drafted Amid District Differences
AC Transit and BART weigh approaches for an initial operations study. Alan L. Bingham backs using actual BART operations at Southern Alameda County for evaluation, while BART requests updated engineering projections on routes headways hours of service and finances. The $181000 study seeks federal grant coverage of about $120000 and involves AC Transit the two districts and the new Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
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al Ccna
Alan L. Bingham
Alameda County
BART
B. R. Stokes
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
AC Transit
Fremont man found dead in apartment suicide
Fremont resident Harry Button, 46, an letter carrier, was found dead in his Blacow Road apartment with a gunshot wound to the head and a 30 rifle nearby. A fellow tenant alerted the manager after not seeing him since Friday. Button had recent health issues and had been disarmed.
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Blacow Road
Sullon
Batton
Elderly hiker found safe after weeklong trek near Monterey
Paul Feiffer, 71, of Santa Cruz, was located late Monday along the coast highway after vanishing on a hiking expedition in the mountains south of Monterey. Deputies began the search when he did not return on schedule and found him in fairly good condition. Feiffer is an experienced hiker.
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Monterey
UPS
Paul Feiffer
Santa Cruz
Feiffer
Sheriff's Deputies
Mammoth body found frozen in Siberia
Tass reports a Soviet farm worker uncovered a frozen mammoth carcass near the Indigirka River tribuary. The mammoth, with bones skin and hair intact, is one of about 30 such finds in Siberia and Alaska and will be studied in Siberia as permafrost keeps it preserved.
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Moscow
UPI
Siberia
Tass
Tess
K_ Struchkov
Tri
Indigirka River
Alaska
Coast Guard to search for rowers sighting off Monterey
A Navy pilot reported he may have seen British adventurer John Fairfax and Sylvia Cook aboard the 25 foot Britannia II while heading from San Francisco to Sydney. The sighting, near Monterey, was last Friday around 5 am, raising concerns after missed radio checks.
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San Francisco
Coast Guard
John Fairfax
Austra
Britannia
Monterey
Airfax
Sylvia Cook Jett
Sydney
Jews on Trial for Soviet Hijack in Leningrad
Nine Soviet Jews accused of complicity in an airliner hijack last June go on trial in Leningrad. They are charged with anti-Soviet agitation and propaganda as part of a broader purge targeting Jewish activists.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Sheriff Takes Over Stanford Campus Police
The Santa Clara County sheriff's office assumes full policing of Stanford University, lifting the campus force of 51 officers amid arson and bombings. Eight sheriff's deputies will be assigned to ride patrols full time, while unarmed campus officers report fires and suspicious persons. Stanford's police chief Thomas Bell resigned amid criticism of campus cooperation.
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San Jose
Santa Clara
Stanford
Thomas F. Bell
Apollo 15 Rocket Moves to Pad at Cape Kennedy
The Apollo 15 moon rocket moved to the launch pad under watchful eyes, with astronauts Alfred Worden James Irwin and David Scott nearby. The 34 story tall vehicle began its six hour journey atop an eight track tractor toward the oceanside pad for final two and half months of prep and a historic scientific expedition.
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Cape Kennedy
Upt
Toway
Guidr
David Rscolt
Walls of ditch collapse buries three at Euless site
Rain weakened walls of a 70 foot deep ditch under construction at Dallas Fort Worth Regional Airport caved in Monday night. Three workers were buried under 10 to 20 feet of mud and were presumed dead. One survivor, Alone Vega of Laredo, said some escaped and others did not as the collapse trapped workers near Golmal in the ditch.
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Tex
UPI
Dallas-Fort Worth
Vega
Laredo
Gomal
Collapge
GOP contest over tax plan stalls revenue sharing push
In Washington Republicans face a major test against Democrats over a $5 billion revenue sharing and manpower training proposal. The House Rules Committee weighs altering tactics as Democrats push the Emergency Employment Act to fund state and local jobs, while Republicans offer a substitute tied to unemployment benchmarks. The clash could delay or derail the administration’s revenue sharing aims and affect job programs.
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Washington
UPI
House Rules Committee
House
Rules Committee
R Oy
Wao
Education and Labor Committee
Dempersts
Secretary of Labor
Army OK'd jet plane for general
The Army confirms Maj. Gen. W. B. Latta of the Strategic Communications Command leased a jet from Gales Lear Jet Co. of Los Angeles for 200 dollars under approved procedures. The general says the flight saves time and protects staff and classified papers from hijacking risks while enabling rapid contact with Washington and other commanders.
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Washington
United States
Night court humanizes justice by tailoring fines
Night court in February handles cases with flexible options such as reduced fines or community labor through the Volunteer Bureau. Judge Fairwell quotes as addressing extenuating circumstances and aiming to apply justice to each individual, including traffic school for speeding and welfare concerns for fines.
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Dans We & i
Mal
Volunteer Bureau
Sandra
Robert
Howard Hughes
Bill Callaway
Trial probes operation of GI clubs
Defense lawyers examined a Bangkok firm's promotional practices tied to clubs for servicemen in Vietnam. M. Sgt. William Higdon, 41, faces larceny, bribery, and graft charges over club operations. Witness Glenn Faulks testified the firm paid Higdon 7200 dollars for orders of 608 cases of Liggett and Myers tobacco in 1987.
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Redstone Arsenal
Ala
Clube
Vietnam
William Higdon
Higdon
Edward Hopper
Glenn Faulks
Faulks
Envoy International Asia, Ltd
Liggett and Myers Tobacco
Long Binh
Liggett and Myers
Reagan not to run again says Nancy in candid remarks
Nancy Reagan says she does not think her husband should seek public office again and hopes for a breath of fresh air. She recalls his transition from show business to governor in 1965 and notes politics is a dirty field she found unsettling. She adds Mr Reagan has never avoided taxes or taken unfair advantage.
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Reagan
Kcra-Tv
Mike Boyd
Hig
U.S. Senate
Alan Cranston
Show Business
Hollywood
Lawyers sue over welfare denials for disabled alcoholics
Alameda County and Sonoma County plaintiffs claim State Welfare Director Robert Carleson arbitrarily denied aid to five applicants under the aid to the disabled program. Referees found qualification, but Carleson reversed without stated reasons. Suit seeks injunctions and case by case review to align with law.
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Alameda County
Robert B. Carleson
James Cameron
Carleson
Sid
Sacramento County Superior Court
Alameda County Legal Aid Society
Faport
Cameron
Sonoma County
Kennedy Favored Statewide Across Democrats in Poll
Poll results show John F Kennedy as popular in the state with Democrats mostly favorable and fewer unfavorable views than Humphrey. Richard Yorty is viewed more negatively while Lindsay has a well defined and favorable image among Democrats.
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Kennedy
Kennedy Humphrey
Yorty
Lindsay
Edward
Hubert Humphrey
Edman Muskie
Samuel Yorty
Dehn Lindsay
George McGovern
Willem Praxmira
Henry Jackson
Birch Bayh
Muskie
Ince
California
Edmund Musie
Edward Kennedy
Fire Reveeree Corp
Hannon urges CV official to propose grand jury unit names
Hannon asks a CV man to submit proposed persons or classes for a committee. He would present the list to the board for a vote after a full hearing. He notes the charter is needed to expand the board and discusses districts versus at large seats and the issue of full-time supervisors.
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Hannon
Grand Jpry Thacter Review Committee
Haonon
Nixon initiates Cancer Cure Program amid personal concern
Nixon announces a focused effort against cancer through a new Cure Program. He cites a personal tragedy with Aunt Elizabeth at 32, and mentions cancer victims including Robert A. Taft and John Foster Dulles to illustrate the widespread impact on Americans.
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Nixon
Elizabeth
Robert A. Tefl
John Moster Dulles
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