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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1972
Page
1
Fair weather continues through tomorrow with highs from the upper 60s to near 70 and a tonight low in the 40s. Tomorrow’s high near the upper 70s. Small craft warnings issued for northwest winds 15 to 40 mph. Yesterday in Fremont, the high reached 69 with a 54 low.
About 250 antiwar demonstrators protested an exhibition table tennis match featuring Ching's championship team at Stanford University's Maples Pavilion, drawing attention to campus activism during the event. A Lawrence Livermore Laboratory scientist proposed a hypothetical Planet X, three times Jupiter's mass and about six billion miles from Earth, in a separate science note.
About 150 to 200 supporters of accused mass murderer Juan V. Corona gather on the State Capitol steps with his wife and young daughters. The same page notes Mark Twain’s supposed pioneer frog fantasy and a former deputy sheriff testifies about alleged rights abuses in East Los Angeles versus Malibu.
Vice President Spiro Agnew charges Nixon detractors as defaming America’s system for opposing Vietnam policy. The report notes Muskie on sidelines Kennedy denying candidacy Humphrey campaigning hard for Ohio Indiana primaries. Also mentions Budenz death and stock market gains.
British and Irish prime ministers may meet soon in a renewed bid to ease the Northern Ireland crisis. Irish government sources report. Page 2.
The Senate Finance Committee killed Nixon’s welfare bill and advanced a plan to require employable recipients to work or lose federal benefits. Up to 2 million people could be affected, with payments, work bonuses or wage subsidies. Critics call it a step back to 1930s era welfare, while officials pledge to fight to revive the president’s plan.
North Vietnamese armored thrusts push toward Quang Tri and Hue as 40,000 troops surround the northern provincial capital and shell Bastogne and Checkmate. UPI reports say tanks and artillery press toward Hue while American bombers strike to blunt the advance.
Fremont Unified trustees will review a teachers' salary proposal and fringe benefit package potentially exceeding 1 million dollars. Teachers seek raises to 7 650 to 16 570 with administrators tied to the top scale, plus a cost of living increase of 3.2 percent. Summary notes caution on fund availability and ongoing prior promised increments.
A Sacramento area report states Governor Reagan approved the 591000 Southern Alameda County Economic Opportunity Agency re funding on a six month basis with no official word by late yesterday. The decision hinges on state objections and board action while local anti poverty staff await fate amid political tensions in an election year.
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