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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1971
Page
2
Debris from moored ocean vessels litter the Hong Kong shoreline after a violent storm. Victims of Rose’s fury are presumed dead as their ship capsized, marking the region’s fiercest storm in a decade.
Six more witnesses testified at the Medina court martial in Atlanta, none placing Capt. Ernest Medina at the My Lai massacre scene during the killings. Witnesses Calley’s radio operator and platoon members testified they did not report orders or see Medina on site, with some saying Medina fired near a prisoner but not tied to the slaughter.
Alabama Governor George Wallace called federal Judge Sam Pointer Jr. a man with no brains to try a chicken thief after Pointer overruled Wallace on school desegregation plans. Wallace warned of a September mass civil disobedience to protest busing, while observing the VFW awards and a center drive in Birmingham. He urged Nixon to curb busing and tax exempt property, and drew a vague parallel to the Pentagon Papers case.
Hardware store owner Harry W. Hil Smith poses with staff at the opening of Dale Hardware at 110 Center Square Shopping Center. The former rear location has closed and a larger 18000 square foot front store replaces the Lucky Market space. The shop, now 16 years old, expands almost every department.
The dollar slipped in Europe as markets stayed closed for the second day after Nixon's actions. Britain proposed a nine-nation talks on currency, while Japan's Bank of Japan kept its rate, buying 600 million dollars as the IMF range held. European leaders eyed cooperation to avoid a global trade war amid warnings of possible blocs and shifts in trade.
New York police officer John Gardellis aged 26 was arrested and charged with selling marijuana he allegedly grew behind the police station near Central Park. His brother Arthur, also with a narcotics record, was implicated. Authorities said undercover officers learned of the operation after a lengthy probe. Gardellis, a three year veteran, admitted growing several plants behind the station and possessing drugs and LSD in his apartment.
Newark will pause traffic on multiple streets from Aug 19 to Aug 26 for an $18,875 slurry resurfacing project by Bay Slurry Seal Co. Neighbors will be notified which days their streets are closed, and all parked vehicles must be removed. The seal is sticky and may track indoors. pets and children should stay off until dry.
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