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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1971
Page
8
Unofficial results from Tuesday school board and junior college district races across South County show Fremont Unified Trustee Area 1 with Carr at 3,974 and Glankler at 4,084 votes after all precincts reported.
The Supreme Court upheld a citizen suit against Leslie over illegal diking and filling of tidal areas. The case seeks to curb future noncompliance with Army Corps of Engineers rules, demand permit investigations, and determine which acreages should be returned to navigable waters. If successful, the action could trigger a comprehensive survey of Leslie’s 55,000 acres to identify dikes to remove and marshlands to restore. The suit narrows to public use regulations and historic bay marsh boundaries, with potential involvement from the Sierra Club though not from the Save San Francisco Bay Association.
Attorney Donald W. Drollman led with 9,286 votes in the Fremont Newark Community College District trustee race, beating incumbents and a fourth candidate. Incumbents Joseph McCord and Abraham Hochler won 8,722 and 8,217 votes respectively. Drollman vows to hire more faculty and push campus development while engaging the public on the college's offerings.
Alameda County supervisors agreed to replace promised state funds rather than cut mental health services for South County residents. They faced a deficit forecast, debated hospital payments, and considered closing several psychiatric and child care programs while preserving some private contractor positions.
Newark council weighs the five recommendations for Coyote Hills Regional Park aimed at protecting hills from overuse, preserving natural areas, prioritizing a swimming beach with a marina, and acquiring land to meet growth. Council also considers speeding remedies on Cedar Boulevard, a Legion letter to Paris talks, leaving the traffic records system, and a Veterans Day commission request. The session starts at 8 p.m. at 3710 Newark Boulevard.
In Newark, newcomer Al Berkowitz won a seat on the Newark Unified School District board with 997 votes. Incumbents Anneraf and Elwood A Ballard followed with 196 and 867 votes respectively, while Lewie Roche was fourth with 774. Other candidates included True 636 Zielke 461 and Richter 34. Berkowitz cited district fiscal concerns as the motivation for change and aims to work with the board and staff on budget issues and staff cuts. Ballard expressed confidence in reelection and called for improved district community communications.
City hall backs a bond plan to extend Paseo Padre Parkway and Stevenson. Bonds would start contracts, with park land purchase to begin and a projected July sale finish. City funds repay bonds via a roughly 7 cent per $100 tax rise, about $4.20 yearly on a $24 000 home.
Camara predicted victory though surprised by margins. He cited broad dissatisfaction with Fremont Unified School District leadership and administration as driving the election and urged teamwork and efficiency. Carr echoed calls for board conduct reforms and cost cuts benefiting students. The race drew strong support from the Committee to Elect a Responsible School Board amid controversy over reassignment decisions.
Funeral services for Elsie Banks aged 85 who died in Fremont will be held at 2 p.m. at the Chapel of the Roses Mortuary Fremont. Funeral services for Walter Papazian aged 66 who died in Fremont will be held at 12:30 p.m. at St Johns Armenia Apostolic Church San Francisco with interment at Cypress Lawn Cemetery Colma. Papazian is an Alameda County resident for 16 years and a native of Turkey. he is survived by a wife Za belle Papazian of Fremont and children Gloria Amatal Newark Jacquline Kazarian Newport Beach Barbara Pipia Millbrae Gilbert Papazian Hillsborough Arnold Papazian Salinas and siblings Diane Nordan Marjorie Roothanse Varson Aaronian and many grandchildren.
The Vallejo proposal for mixed apartments townhouses and a small market hinges on a commissioners vote. Key issues include preserving 21 acres of the nursery, widening Niles Boulevard, and access to the apartment area with a possible public street to Rock Avenue.
Hayward officer Joseph Smith was hurt with head injuries and listed in satisfactory condition after a car rammed his parked patrol car, triggering a four-vehicle crash on Mission Boulevard near Tennyson Road. A passenger, Jose Roberto Garcia, 23, of Union City, was in critical condition at Kaiser Hospital. Driver Porfirio Villa, 19, also of Union City, faced drunken driving charges.
Alameda County Supervisors on Tuesday backed a plan to convert Fairmont and Highland Hospitals into community hospitals serving all income levels. A $100,000 study by Griffenhagen-Kroeger Inc. will be reviewed next month to guide the conversion, with occupancy gaps noted at Highland and Fairmont.
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