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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1971
Page
2
A collage of light local items spans Hayward and nearby towns. A 12 year old returned missing checks and bonds from an armored car. San Leandro and Oakland anecdotes feature a long time baseball spectator award and a dog licensing misstep.
A gasoline tanker lost control around a curve and overturned near a power pole support, causing a spill that led to Niles Canyon Road being closed for about six hours. Emergency crews responded to contain the fuel spill and secure the scene, with traffic detoured during the closure.
Rank and file members of Cemetery Workers Local 265 vote on ratifying a tentative contract ending a 12 week strike by 25 groundskeepers and grave diggers at 11 cemeteries in Colma and one in Palo Alto. Return to work hinges on current wages amid a national wage price freeze.
FBI agents nabbed Kenneth Parnell Rose, 35, and Werdy Loreen Haleworth, 2, in a Palo Alto motel after a cross country kidnapping and double murder on an auto trip. They surrendered and faced federal charges of interstate flight to avoid prosecution as arraignment looms.
Fairfax and Sylvia Cook report one third of their Pacific crossing aboard Britannia IL, about 2200 miles from San Francisco. They navigate with 15 hour rowing shifts, plan to stop at Christmas Island, face water distiller issues and heavy showers, as they sail toward Australia from California.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a local notice header with garbled words and missing details. Core elements unreadable. no clear date, place, or actions determined from the legible portion.
Maj James W Barrie of Fremont has been named recruiting and retention officer for the California National Guard. He will develop statewide programs and encouragement for retention as he serves as pension supervisor executive officer of the 1st Battalion 250th Artillery, an air defense battalion. A native of Payette Idaho, he spent 12 years with the 1st Squadron 116th Armored Cavalry in Hawaii before transferring to the 115th Artillery in 1960.
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