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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1971
Page
6
A fragmented diary style piece recounts visiting a Chinese restaurant and fortune cookies, notes on weather and shopping, and a traveler’s impressions of a Californian city. It mentions sensory details, local streets, and attempts to navigate Fremont while shopping and writing in a casual, meandering tone.
Report details U S and South Vietnamese forces engaging Communist positions with air and ground strikes. Military spokesmen say raids targeted bunkers roads and supply lines near the frontier and highlands. Casualty figures include killed wounded and several missing as combatants reported heavy resistance.
Fierce high tides and 30 to 45 mph winds battered Oxnard Shores delaying the rescue of homes along the coast. A $85,000 beach house of Daleb Johnson and family, along with Dr. William Fox’s residence, teetered on the edge as walls and ceilings cracked under waves washing under the concrete slab. Crews moved structures back from the sea while boulders stabilized other properties and trailer parks faced threats four miles east at Sycamore Beach.
A Russian merchant tanker named Kegums, carrying two U S Air Force pararescuemen, was due to dock at the Canary Islands after they boarded off the Atlantic to aid a seriously burned sailor. The rescued airmen, Sgt. Joel E B Talley and Airman 1 C James L Tuck, parachuted from an HC130 over the Atlantic and were guided from Lajes by Maj. James A. Miller.
Indians said Pakistan artillery hit inside India at Bangaon about 5 miles northeast of Calcutta on Saturday morning. Rebels abandoned a border checkpoint after brief exchanges of fire as BSF prepared to respond. a BSF soldier was said killed April 14. Other incidents involved attacks on Taiwanese officials in the region.
Two boys discovered an unidentified woman’s body in the East Bay hills after a week, with a rambling note near the scene. Cause of death not yet determined. In Ankara, Turkish Foreign Minister said direct talks with Beijing aim to improve relations with Communist China.
A 150000 strong San Francisco peace march ended abruptly when Brown Berets seized the speaker platform. Participants including A la Raza contingents faced clashes as protesters shouted for peace. NPAC organizer James Lafferty called the event a huge success amid mixed reaction from speakers and attendees.
A posse of nearly four CHP officers reserve deputies and Redwood Park rangers hunted a pet baboon that bit a CHP patrolman. Found at 1:45 am near Lake Chabot in San Leandro, the baboon wore a collar and had a broken rope, shot down, injected, and slated for rabies testing. Patrolman Bryan was treated after the bite.
Port au Prince reports say Jean Claude Duvalier convened a Sunday cabinet session to signal he will not be a one man ruler. The 20 year old president for life visited his father’s vault at dawn and sought to project stability, with loyal forces on display during the funeral period and governance transition.
The three story building housed tenants when a early morning fire caused at least a dozen deaths. Fire Marshal Mac Pherson cited negligent smoking as the apparent cause and several victims died leaping from upper floors during the blaze. In Uppsala the seismological institute reported a 6.3 magnitude underground nuclear test at Semipalatinsk in Siberia.
The piece shows therapeutic abortion practice at Washington Hospital and nearby facilities, noting only about half of eligible doctors seek privileges. It traces where residents obtain abortions, from local hospitals to San Jose and Hayward centers, and cites a sharp rise at Washington Hospital from 1967 to 1970.
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