Commuters rebuff SP van replacement plan on Peninsula
Southern Pacific offered up to 1,000 eight passenger vans to replace trains as a cost saver. Commuters from Palo Alto to San Francisco rejected the plan calling it impractical and inconvenient. SP argues fares would fall for riders, but skeptics warn of crowding and road traffic.
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San Francisco
State Public Utilities Commission
DeMass
PUC
Leonard “Ross
PAC
Frank Waters
Menlo, Park
James Holmes
Pacific Telephone
Joanne Cheverton
Redwood City
Lou Varron
Railroad
DeMoss
Five men charged with fraud in Irvine toy company
Orange County Grand Jury indicted five men in a fraud and grand theft case tied to Bixcaliber Toys Inc of Irvine. Four appeared in Santa Ana Superior Court with arraignments continued to Sept 27. a fifth, James Jasas, is being sought. Per the indictment Excaliber Toys allegedly misled investors about boat kit buyback plans and Iran sales, with 1000s of boats bought and stored in Irvine.
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Bixcaliber Toys Inc
Irvine
Santa Ana Superior Court
James Jasas
James H. Walsworth
Hugh Brian Weber
Heliotrope
Santa Ana
James Graham Ritchie
Kingston Road
Placentia
Richard Roy McGregor
Hugh R. Ritchie
Riley Wilson
San Marcos
Grand Juty
Excaliber Toys
Iran
Arnie Westra
San Francisco grand jury faults Alioto in late term actions
The San Francisco Civil Grand Jury criticized former Mayor Joseph Alioto for his last six months in office. It accused him of delaying hard fiscal decisions for successor George Moscone, interfering in police and firefighter matters, and backing the Yerba Buena convention center despite fiscal concerns. Alioto dismissed the charges as biased and politically motivated.
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Mild earthquake rattles Redding and Red Bluff area
A light quake struck the Redding Red Bluff region of Northern California on Wednesday afternoon at 3:43 PM. No damage was reported and Roy Miller of UC Berkeley seismograph station confirmed the epicenter between Red Bluff and Redding.
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Redding
Red Bluff
Seven seized in incidents at struck grape ranch
Delano area grower Steve Pandol among six arrested as Teamsters pickets clash with grape and rose growers at the V. Zan invich ranch in Tulare County. Four pickets booked for assault or malicious mischief. a ranch worker held for weapon brandishing. One youth burned hand reported. another window damaged. Legal action seeks $1 million damages against 41 growers amid ongoing strike over wage rates.
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Delano
Tulare County
Teamsters Union
Forrest Barnes
Steve Pandol
AMA to hold December meeting in Philadelphia
The American Medical Association said the Philadelphia Legionnaires outbreak does not alter plans to meet in December. AMA executive vice president Dr. James H. Sammons announced he will not urge moving the Dec. 47 session, after consultations with Pennsylvania officials and Philadelphia medical societies and health commissioners.
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American Medical Association
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