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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1968
Page
1
Delegates and leaders discuss a potential Kennedy draft as a downtown Chicago rollout expands with headquarter activity. DiSalle signals deference to Kennedy while cautioning momentum may be hard to stop. Protesters march near the Loop as convention activities begin.
The Gypsum operation enters its sixth week as a pension dispute stalls negotiations. Union rep Norris Casey notes no progress while some workers take permanent jobs with other firms. Plant manager Harold Deutschman says talks are not in sight and production remains nearly normal with a skeleton crew. The Fibreboard Plant strike is the third within a month, following a compromise at Tarler Webster and Johnson in Newark where a three year pact reportedly includes a pay raise.
The Fremont City Council is expected to officially set the 1968-69 tax rate at 1,381 per 100 of assessed valuation, up 17.9 cents from last year, with an average $69.05 city bill on a $20,000 home. A police building bid came in about 246,000 over the 1,138,000 authorized, and Barnhart Construction Co remains the low bidder as staff and architects seek reductions. The council will also see the first ordinance regulating use of parks and recreation facilities, with changes from the recreation commission.
The Fremont Chamber and Haley owner representatives appeal a planning commission denial of a 225 trailer park project. City attorney Raytt backs changes to ordinance wording to avoid undue park usage restrictions as noon public hearing set near Alta Boulevard and Beards Road beside Nimitz Freeway.
The fragmentary OCR shows a Daily Review item from Teck Moorhead with court and circulation details, referencing Superior Court of Alameda and a publication act. The legible parts note subscription rates of $1.50 per copy and $18.00 per year, with printing and circulation descriptors.
Newark planners will review two residential variance requests for a patio and a structural addition. The meeting at City Hall on 37101 Newark Blvd will also consider a zoning amendment to extend non conforming uses and signs for one year.
Czechoslovak leaders and Soviet officials wrap four days of talks in the Kremlin. Tass says an agreed compromise keeps Dubcek’s regime in power but troops stay for now, with a slow withdrawal plan. Prague and Moscow aim to curb anti-Soviet sentiment and align policies under COMECON.
Yeasumeg notes openings in federally funded growth program as district halts new kindergarten hires. Brazil urges Senate passage to avoid limiting parent-teacher meetings and early testing. SB 595 could aid remedial readers and reduce dropouts if enacted, with district planning meetings with kindergarten teachers after September before assignments.
Thomas Sherrod, administrator of the Fremont based Legal Assistance Center, receives an ABA Award of Merit from Fred Avera of the Washington Township Bar Association as recognition for notable service in legal aid.
Communist forces launched three dawn attacks along the Cambodian border toward Hua Nehia province and Duc Hoa. Allied troops met the assaults, with dozens of enemy dead, while U S units clashed near Tam Ky for a third day, raising total Communist fatalities to 411 with higher numbers likely.
An oversight committee considers prohibiting hillside quarries while allowing existing operations if public benefit is shown. Quarries owners Silva and Bellini challenge the plan, arguing permits are unsettled and costs to Fremont residents could rise. Silva cites a past BART contract and warns legal trouble if shut down, while Miller urges flexibility for future hillside quarry activity.
Funeral services are planned for Joe C Waddell 70 of Fremont who died Sunday. A native of Tennessee he lived in the area three years was active in scouting and World War I and II veteran. Burial is in Irvington Memorial Park Cemetery. A Requiem Mass for John Mello 81 native of Alvarado who died Sunday in Hayward convalescent hospital will be offered Wednesday at Corpus Christi Church Fremont. Recitation of the Rosary is tonight. Burial in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Hayward. A Requiem Mass for Darrel D Young 21 of Newark who died Saturday after an accident at a Fremont carwash will be held tomorrow at St Edward's Church Newark. He was Hawai I native and son of Mr and Mrs George Young Newark. Rosary tonight at Chapel of the Palms Mortuary and burial in Chapel of the Palms Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 pm today.
New Haven Unified School District trustees meet tonight at 8 PM in the Barnard Junior High Choral Room Union City to review district policies and decide which to retain or designate as administrative regulations. They will consider plans for 189000 in retraining projects running 13 to 26 weeks to train adults as production assemblers clerks groundskeepers and farm equipment operators under the Manpower Development Training Act. Further, the State Department of Education has requested program outlines for approval for the next calendar year.
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