14 Aug 1975
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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1975
Page
1
Kathy becomes the first woman in Ohio to wear a beard made of honey bees. She explains the stunt aims to show bees are safer than many people think and to challenge assumptions about danger.
An eleventh hour compromise salvages the fall sports program in the Frere school district. The plan keeps football on schedule while funding for fall, winter, and spring activities is debated amid the district’s financial outlook.
Millionaire brewer Joseph Coats defends his nomination to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting against critics citing his conservative politics. In Boston Roxbury sees fourth day of racial unrest as roving gangs attack cars carrying whites. Auto makers report August sales drop 29 percent to a year low as price-rush fails to materialize. Gen. Anthony McAuliffe, famed for saying Nuts, dies of leukemia at Walter Reed. Portugal's leftist security chief targets major political forces, including Communists and moderates.
The FBI placed identical classified ads in The New York Times Daily News and The New York Post to set up ransom talks for missing whiskey heir Samuel Bronfman I. The notices referenced a $4.5 million demand and urged a kidnapper to contact. Officials declined further comment amid ongoing investigations and leaks.
Fremont reports no additional worms found in the Citivens Utilities Co water system near Montecito Drive and Rancho Arroyo after two weeks of sampling. Sanitary engineer Richard Hee said authorities will continue tests on water pressure, manganese, and turbidity and remain open to consumer complaints about Citicene Utilities Co. water.
Montreal based report notes Attorney General Edward Levi proposing safeguards to curb FBI domestic surveillance. Guidelines would limit domestic intelligence to violent or law violations and restrict broad wiretaps to full scale investigations. Levi says safeguards aim to balance rights with security, while noting foreign security probes differ.
A U S Court of Appeals in the Ninth Circuit ruled Petaluma may limit growth to protect its small town character. The decision overturns a 1974 ruling that growth restrictions violated the right to travel, upholding the Petaluma Plan limiting annual new housing and aiming to ease water and sewer strain while keeping density low.
William DePalma, 37, of Whittier, walked from a federal courthouse with his family after accepting a $750,000 damages award for 24 years of wrongful imprisonment for a bank robbery. The conviction was overturned due to forged fingerprints, prompting a large settlement as he prepared to file suit against Buena Park.
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