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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1971
Page
3
A rhetorical critique warns that postwar navel gazing feasts on fear and hysteria. It argues the nation acts like flagellants, condemns media coverage, and questions holding leaders accountable for wartime actions while facing a godless foe seeking to erase civilization.
A California housewife who planned a Baja California trek recounts her desert ordeal in vivid terms while a broader public safety debate emerges over 1974 model cars. Transportation officials question whether automakers will install devices to protect front-seat occupants in high speed crashes, up to 300 mph, challenging industry to respond.
The article contrasts Soviet Lunokhod lunar rover progress and a shift in American mood toward nostalgia and human-centered society. It cites Lunokhod’s moonwalks and a new Soviet nuclear converter, notes SST race tensions, and reports Ohio State University president Dr. Novice G. Fawcett urging containment of runaway technology as public weariness grows.
A letter argues if White House comments mirror public feeling, President Nixon should withdraw all U S troops from Vietnam. It claims 99 of 100 replies oppose Calley’s conviction and ponders the deaths of 22 and 45,000 Americans, urging readers to speak out against the war.
Representatives in Sacramento include Senators Nicholas C. Petris John W Helmdale and Clark J Bradley with districts coterminous to most of Alameda County. Assembly members Carlos Bee Robert W Crown and March K Fong serve Hayward Union City Fremont Livermore Castro Valley and surrounding areas. Letters may be addressed to them at the State Capitol Sacramento 614.
Russell Kirk argues the Baltic states Lithuania Latvia and Estonia deserve UN backing as nations under Soviet conquest. He notes Lithuanian centenaries 1251 and 1918, recounts Kudirka’s escape attempt and harsh reprisals, cites dissidents jailed or killed, and urges a UN ambassador to press for Baltic rights before century's end.
A list of U S representatives and senators with district areas in South County. Included are Senator Alen Cranston and Senator V Tunemy, plus Congressman Don Edwards. Addresses are given in Washington D C and note district coverage includes parts of Alameda, Hayward, Oakland, Livermore and surrounding areas.
President Nixon awoke with a sense to intervene in Lt. William L. Calley Jr. and signaled he would have the final word, though military and legal procedures do not require it. The intervention, while met with sympathy, sparks debate about military values and the Vietnam era’s endgame and suggests broader doubts about American military leadership and honor.
A tribute extols Thomas Jefferson born April 13 1743 as a timeless statesman and thinker. It praises his Declaration of Independence Monticello and the University of Virginia while noting his enduring influence on liberty and culture and Monticello as a life focal point with 400000 annual visitors.
A whimsical item notes a phantom figure resembling Paul Bunyan chopping down road signs along a Michigan highway. The fragment references Italy's prime minister reassuring Nixon about Chilean matters and ends with a garbled question about red noodles, reflecting satirical micro-scoops.
United Press notes celebrate Henry Clay born in April 1777 and the Civil War start in 1861 with Fort Sumter firing. Roosevelt dies in 1945, Truman sworn in hours later. Oppenheimer suspended in 1954. a 1960s Soviet space milestone. plus George Curtis on imagination as voyage and cost.
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