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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1973
Page
10
A man about 50 was struck and killed by a car on the Dumbar ton Bridge at 9:25 last night. Coroner deputies work to identify the victim while the driver, Robert Anaya, 29, of Palo Alto, remained at the scene.
The San Leandro Library trustees voted to urge the city council to direct the finance officer to separate gifts and donations from other library funds and set up a dedicated accounting. A reciprocal services exchange with Oakland was discussed, with a decision due next month. Parking limits in the library lot and a Marina golf course parking site for a new library were also on the board’s agenda.
A federal official said new regulations will require court hearings before sterilizing a minor at government expense. A special review panel would assess requests, with findings reviewed by a court, and only voluntary sterilizations would be considered, affecting about 300 people yearly.
The House voted 400 to 0 to approve a training bill that authorizes 1.534 billion dollars over ten years for state and local governments and private agencies to run programs aiding the rehabilitation of the handicapped for employment. The Senate approved the measure Tuesday by a wide margin.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved Ellsworth Bunker and his wife Carol Laise for new diplomatic assignments in Washington. Also advancing were James Akins to Saudi Arabia Theodore Eliot to Afghanistan Hoyer Kirk to the Somali Democratic Republic and Robert Neumann to a Caribbean post.
Lee White, chair of the Consumer Federation energy policy task force, urged Congress to take firm action on the demand side of the energy equation. He called for a mandatory fuel allocation program to be implemented immediately at a convention of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.
At the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, surgeons John Dumbleton and Edward Miller implanted the first artificial thumb joint in an unidentified patient. The snail shaped device, made of vitallini alloy of cobalt chromium malytidenum, aims to help about 40,000 Americans with thumb injuries or arthritis. Outcome details remain preliminary as officials assess early results.
PG E asked the California Public Utilities Commission for a yearly $15 million increase to offset higher Southwest field prices. The request would raise about 15 cents per month for the average homeowner. The move comes after prior rate of return increases and several offset adjustments already granted or pending.
The House sustained President Nixon's veto of a bill raising the minimum wage from 1.60 to 2.20 dollars for upcoming years. Opponents failed in a sixth bid to override, while Labor leader George Meany urged Congress to act and a slower plan was proposed by Nixon.
Presidential energy adviser Love warned federal and state easing of Clean Air standards may be needed to prevent winter fuel shortages. New York officials, led by Henry Diamond, pressed against pollution rises and urged mandatory allocation of low sulfur fuels to meet air standards in New York City and the Niagara frontier. Sen. Humphrey criticized voluntary measures, calling for mandatory allocation to ensure adequate fuel.
Figures from the 1673 Juliet-Mar quest voyage arrive on Green Bay Wisconsin today. Ceremonies to mark the historic voyage wrap up this afternoon with local crowds and officials participating.
Berlin reports veteran modern dancer and choreographer Mary Wigman died after a long illness at age 86. A pioneer of expressionist dance she founded a Dresden school in 1926 later seized by the Nazis and rebuilt after World War II before fleeing to West Berlin in 1949 citing fear of communism.
A Reno based World Trade Center dissolved and reformed as World Commonwealth Corporation a profit oriented entity. Seventeen of nineteen directors of the Nevada International Trade Development Corporation resigned Tuesday. Former directors and a Reno man joined to form the new company with Edmond Barnette Frank Shattuck and Michael Roedinger. They report deals with Continental Merger Corp and Coldwell Banker for financing and construction.
The Alameda County School Board and regional districts show trustees receive differing pay and benefits. Some Hayward New Haven Say L Renax Fremont Newark and Castro Valley trustees get no meeting pay while others get mileage, conference costs, or health and life insurance. Mayfair trustees receive 85 monthly for fringe benefits plus 60 quarterly for mileage at 12 cents a mile.
President advocates replacing cash subsidies with a mortgage oriented system to expand private funding for home loans. He proposes a tandem plan where the government supports insured mortgages at below market rates, enabling private investors to buy FHA notes at 9.5 percent of face value. He argues credit is essential to broaden homeownership and calls for a 9.5 percent tax credit for lenders.
The Living Cost Council rejected Chrysler Corp's plan to raise 1974 model car prices by about 72 dollars per model. Council Director John T. Dunlop said Chrysler’s proposal resembled a series of bites not in line with policy and halted it, though future increases may be allowed if justified by higher costs and labor talks continue.
President Nixon accepted the resignation of Sidney P. Marland the government's highest ranking education official with deep regret and appreciation for his work in education. In separate markets news the dollar slumped against European currencies reaching a five week low in Frankfurt as prices fell.
The Senate rejected a 75 000 cap on tax deductible pension funding for executives by a 59 to 32 vote. Sen Gaylord Nelson criticized large corporate deductions while citing a Dow Chemical executive set to receive 337 000 over four years. The bill seeks federal standards for 200 000 company plans affecting 38 million workers.
Hayward voters face an average 18 percent rise in residential water bills as the City Council, with one dissent, adopts emergency legislation. A new water service facilities fee applies to new construction including homes, apartments, and commercial projects, with low income exemptions and a $210 per residential unit buy‑in.
County Supervisor Robert Hannon and Hildebrand discussed continuing some cat trapping in a garden setting. They called for authorizing field services officers to trap under specific conditions to check rabies and identify owners, while urging cats to stay off streets to reduce nuisance and danger.
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