Word: sacramento
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first president of the co-op, Richard Segal '60, told of amusements in the early years. "We would shut off the water in 1705 [Sacramento street, the other co-op house] around 5:00 p.m. on Saturday afternoons. We would decorate the house for Halloween with skeletons, because this was a residential neighborhood then and kids would come to trick-or-treat here...
Though more people are asking for sleeping quarters than ever before, Amtrak simply does not have the equipment to accommodate them and Washington does not appear ready to provide any additional ones. "It takes political support, public support to maintain a viable rail system," says Michael Barosso, a Sacramento farmer and frequent rider. Since it came under the leadership of W. Graham Claytor Jr. in 1982, Amtrak has reduced its subsidy and improved its service to the point that the system is operating at just about capacity. But without new equipment and restoration of the tracks, Amtrak will...
...California Governor George Deukmejian, 59. Appeal: the other Duke has some clout as an effective chief executive in the largest and most pivotal state. His Armenian background could help counter Democratic strength among ethnics. Handicaps: he is a wooden personality without impact outside California. Also, his successor in Sacramento would be a Democrat...
...York University dropout, Downey once spent two months in jail for passing a bad check, an incident he mentions freely on the air. In 1982 he answered a newspaper ad and landed a job as talk-radio host in Orlando. He later honed his act in Sacramento, Cleveland and Chicago...
Agnos, whose sponsorship of AIDS funding legislation in Sacramento earned him strong gay support at the polls, says bluntly, "The city has to get help from the state and the Federal Government, period." The costs of the epidemic to the city have grown from $184,000 in 1981 to $17.5 million this year. | Fortunately, San Francisco seems better prepared than other U.S. cities to cope with the coming flood of medical needs. Organizations such as the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Hospice and the Shanti project have developed nationally renowned networks of volunteers to care for the afflicted...