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Last week the Defense Department struck back. Alameda County, which he ! represents, ranked No. 1 on the list of recommended military closings released by Defense Secretary Les Aspin last week. All five of the naval installations in Dellums' district will close, taking with them about 10,000 jobs and a $400 million payroll. The Alameda Naval Air Station, Alameda Naval Aviation Depot, Oakland Naval Hospital, the Oakland Naval Supply Center and the Naval Public Works Center in San Francisco are critical elements to the area's economy. The dense network of equipment and workers includes three nuclear-carrier berths, repair...
...shutdowns in Alameda are part of what Aspin has called "the mother of all base closings," the most sweeping proposals since World War II, and they show how devastating the job loss can be. Nationwide, the closings include 31 major military installations as well as the curtailment of 134 others -- a plan that is eventually expected to save more than $3 billion a year. Most will occur in California, where three bases in addition to those in Alameda will close. The Pentagon says 16,000 military and 15,000 civilian jobs will be directly cut in the state, but California...
Like other politicians whose districts are now threatened by Aspin's cuts, Dellums is mounting an effort to save his local bases. His argument: the Alameda installations, especially the nuclear-carrier berths, serve a specific purpose, and it would make no sense to close them if the military had to build new ones somewhere else to do similar work. The Pentagon analysis, Dellums says, "fails to take into consideration the synergism of having those bases clustered together...
Name Sport Hometown GPA (Major) Emily Buxton '94 Field Hockey Concord, N.H. 3.480 (English) Jen Garcia '94 Volleyball Austin, TX. 3.563 (Psychology) Alais Griffin '94 Cross Country Hanover, N.H. 3.221 (English) Sharon Olken '93 Soccer Alameda, Calif. 3.431 (Hist & Lit) Joe Bradley '94 Soccer Derry, lreland 3.155 (Economics) Robb Hirsch '93 Football New York, N.Y. 3.199(Government) Doug Lanzo '94 Cross Country Easton, Conn. 3.568 (Government) Chris Taylor '93 Football Clifton, N.J. 3.305 (Psychology) Jeff Zimmerman '94 Water Polo St. Louis, Mo. 3.479 (Economics...
...would preside at the trial, was offered a choice of three venues by the state judicial counsel. He rejected Orange County, a redoubt of white conservatives just south of L.A., because its court calendar was too crowded. The prosecution pushed for a location in the San Francisco Bay Area: Alameda County, home to Oakland, where the population, 15% African American, would be a near reflection of Los Angeles, which is 10% black. But Weisberg also rejected that option, citing the cost and inconvenience for all sides of a venue 387 miles from...