Word: jose
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...safety question was inevitably raised, however, by the first midair collision since the start of the walkout. Two small planes approaching the San Jose, Calif, airport smashed into each other two miles short of the runway, killing one person and injuring two others. Both pilots were flying under visual flight rules (VFR) and thus were responsible for keeping a safe distance from other aircraft. A PATCO official claimed that a San Jose controller had not informed the pilots of each other's positions, but a preliminary NTSB report absolved the control tower of any responsibility for the crash...
...Jose, Calif., an imported-car dealer offers a cash bounty of $100 to any customer who brings in a Mediterranean fruit fly, dead or alive. The hot novelty item in San Francisco gift shops is a Medfly encased in a clear plastic apple. From Silicon Valley's computer whizzes comes a new video game called Medfly Mania: to stem a tide of electronic insects, the players must choose among competing insect-killing strategies while dealing with such all too real obstacles as bad weather, helicopter failures and the accidental release of fertile male flies...
Most affected by the high interest and slow sales are the California homeowners who cashed in on the sharply rising value of their property in the 1970s by taking out second, third and even fourth mortgages. In one fairly typical case in San Jose, a $34,000 first mortgage was followed in quick succession by two others of $15,000 and $10,000, the latter a six-month one with an annual interest rate of 25%. The failure of the last mortgage triggered a foreclosure on the house, one of hundreds in California in recent months. The rate of delinquent...
Though Warner's management permitted Bushnell to open an initial Pizza Time Theater restaurant in San Jose in 1977, the parent company never saw much future in the idea. In 1978 Bushnell resigned his chairmanship, put up $500,000 to buy back the Pizza Time concept from his old employer, and went into business for himself...
Callahan says his union is "not planning to bring San Jose to a halt." Indeed, less than half of the unionized workers are striking, and only the city's libraries and recreation programs are shut down...