Insulation Truck Crash Closes Highway 50 Near Airway
A truck from Campbell driven by Richard Orlowski crashed into a parked car on Highway 50 near Airway Boulevard, spilling 20 tons of fiberglass and causing a fire that kept the right lane closed through the night. Orlowski escaped with minor injuries and was treated at Valley Memorial Hospital. Fire crews from Livermore and Alameda County battled the blaze until early morning.
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Livermore
Utxk
Highway 50
Airway Boulevard
Aleas
Highway Patrol
Richard Orlowski
Campbell
Orlowski
Alameda County
Seine
Livermore Fire Department
Alway Boulevard
Trafic
Orlinski
Valley Memocial Hospital
Hunt hints Baldwin acted as double agent in Watergate plot
Washington based testimony by Howard Hunt Jr alleges a double agent with Democratic ties tipped off police to the Watergate burglars. Alfred Baldwin III, posted as lookout, denies the accusation. Sen. Weicker counters Baldwin’s Republican ties and denial. Hunt’s remarks come amid questions on CIA involvement in domestic operations and prior warnings during the June 17, 1972 raid.
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Washington
UPI
Howard Hunt Jr
Senate
Hunt
Alfred C. Baldwin III
Baldwin
Caldwin
Robert C. Mirto
West Haven
Conn
Lawett P. Weicker
R-Conn
Watergate Committee
Mirto
Weicker
Connecticut
Democrats
Watergate
Edward J. Gurfey
Fla
Hue Totility
Sen. Gurney
Gurey
Alfred Baldwin
FBI
Nixon
Martha Mitchell
Howard Johnson
Watergate 10
Democratic
Watergate Tria
Senate Committee
Hurt
CIA
White House
Howard H. Baker
R-Tenn
Communitie
CEA
John Bailey
Riend
Fire hits Castro Valley apartment
A fire swept through an unoccupied Castro Valley apartment at 10:57 a.m. causing about 7000 in damage to the unit and contents. Firefighters battled flames for 99 minutes, one firefighter was overcome by smoke and another injured, while nearby units had minor damage. Cause undetermined by inspectors.
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Castao Valley
Castro Valley
Riresnen
Steven Schall
Marshall St
Schaff
Oil spill after freighters collide near Vancouver Harbor
Two freighters collide just outside Vancouver Harbor in pre-dawn darkness spilling an estimated 250 tons of oil into English Bay. No injuries reported. Initial reports say Diamond Sun struck Brewan on the starboard side, nearly shearing it in half. About 200 tons of bunker oil and 50 tons of high oil released, moving toward West Vancouver as cleanup starts at dawn.
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Vancouver
B.C
UPI
Vancouver Harbor
English Bay
Diamond Sun
Brewan
West Vancouver
Arabs offer U S oil deal to boost exports for industrial aid
Hisham Nazer of Saudi Arabia told the Los Angeles World Affairs Council that Saudi Arabia would increase oil shipments to the United States if Washington helps industrialize and stabilize the Middle East. He said higher prices would come from keeping production down and warned oil will eventually run out, urging an industrial base before then.
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Los Angeles
UPC
Saudi Arabia
United States
Middle East
Hisham Nazer
Saudi Cental Planning Organization
Nazer
East Bay Developer Eyes 700 Acre Lake Tahoe Land
Robert T. Nahas of Castro Valley says he has an option to buy 700 acres near Lake Tahoe from William Bliss. Plans envision 500 homes beyond the 55 existing, with safeguards to avoid beach front and meadow, preserving the site’s historic venues.
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Glenbrook
Nev
UPI
East Bay
Uplina
Albone Lake Tahoe
Robert T. Nahas
Castro Valley
William Bliss
Nevada
Nahas
The
Urban Land Institute
Oakland Coliseum Board of
Mayor Aliotos Wife Purse Stolen Then Recovered
The purse of Mrs. Alioto, wife of Mayor Joseph Alioto, disappeared from a Union Street dress shop in San Francisco. It was later found with all contents intact, including $510 in store receipts. Police reported no arrests and the mayor noted the household hadden negligence.
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San Francisco
Joseph Alioto
Angelina Sliolo
Union Street
Jury selection begins in Stennis shooting case
U S District Judge Joseph Waddy rejected defense motions for Tyrone Marshall 19 and ordered jury selection to proceed in the January 30 shooting and robbery of Sen John Stennis D Miss Marshall brothers John 22 and Derrick Holloway 20 are charged John Marshall has pleaded guilty Holloway awaits trial Stennis was attacked outside his Washington residence after an engagement ended with a shooting and robbery of 25 cents
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Washington
U.S. District Court
Joseph Waddy
Tyrone Marshall
John Stennis
D-Miss
R. Kenneth Mudy
Congress
Marshall
John
Derrick Holloway
John Marshall
Holloway
Stennis
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Union City Turnkey housing plan faces council objections
The council weighs a HUD funded Turnkey plan for 300 housing units in Union City amid resident opposition over site selection and costs. Residents urge affordable options while some back Turnkey proposals and a park development on adjacent acreage as debates continue.
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Terry Belanger
Office of Housing and Urban Development
Union City
Central Business District
Homeowners Association
J Ralph Bolton
Bolton
Olken
John DeLalla
McKeon Townhouse
Stong Alvarado-Niley
Road Coast
HUD
City Planning Commission
Walter Baxley
Baxley
DeLalla
Gail
Yeu
Hall Ranch Head
Ed Spencer
Kennedy Avenue
John Walsh
Walsh
Planning Commission
Din Miller
Dick Oliver
Mariel
Garcia
Lea Alvelais
Security guard shot to death in Oakland
A security guard Gordon R. Winford, 51, of the Tom King Detective Patrol Service was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head in his car on Peralte Street about 1 a.m. Police said his weapon remained in his holster and a flashlight was in his hand.
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Oakland
UPI
Gordon R. Winford
Tom King
Patol
Peralte Street
Swinford
Watergate hearings reveal CIA operative links to break in
Former CIA agent K Harvard Hunt Jr testifies he helped bug Democratic HQ at Watergate and discusses the Elisberg psychiatrist burglary. He says White House aide Colson knew of the Gemstone plan and details money passed to an agent in Muskie’s campaign. He mentions recruitment schemes targeting McGovern supporters.
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CIA
K Harvard Hunt Jr
Watergate
Daniel Elisberg
White Horse
Charles W. Colson
Hunt
Fat Jack
Edmund S. Muskie
Dmaine
Muskie
Las Vegas
H. M. Greenspun
George McGovern
D-5
Stroke hits Tony Boyle ahead of murder hearing
Tony Boyle former United Mine Workers president collapsed at home in Washington suffering a possible stroke and slipped into a deep coma hours before a court hearing on federal charges related to the Yablonski murder. He remained in critical condition at George Washington University Hospital with life support and unstable vital signs.
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Washington
Tony" Boyle
United Mine Workers Union
George Washington University Hospital
Boyle
Joseph A
Jack” Yablonski
UMW
Milton Cusack
Cusack
Doyle
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Yablonski
Pennsylvania
Arnold Miller
Boyler Yablonski
Opposition to ethnic ads faces homeowner association pushback
Associations oppose a yearlong San Leandro program ending in November. Several groups say the plan will burden homeowners and managers while others, including city leaders, view it as a needed step to address socio economic issues. Green defends the effort as only a start toward broader solutions.
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Green
Pogram
Mike Kanalakis
Associated Apartment Owners
Alameda County
Haywand
Kavalakis
Kanalakis
San Leandro
Jack Maltester
Kana- Jakis
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