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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1971
Page
6
A consumer reflects on receiving a water bed as a gift and explores setup fears and safety concerns. He weighs costs, floor-support worries, heating options, and the prospect of moving or draining the bed, while humorously noting double entendre in sales literature and sharing a prankish ending.
Typhoon Trix battered Kyushu Island and nearby areas in Japan injuring and killing several. Five people were reported dead as fire hit a shopping district in Yamaga city and two structures were destroyed. Winds reached high speeds, lashed coastal areas, and flames swept the business district late Sunday.
West German Chancellor Willy Brandt defended the Four Power Berlin pact, listing four benefits for West Berlin. He argued the agreement ends world friction, clarifies outside administration, ensures free passage, and allows separated families and visitors to return across the city.
Evidence from the sixth floor of the California Department of Corrections building was sent to federal laboratories for analysis. About 700 miscellaneous items were forwarded to the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Division in Washington. The blast damaged offices in Sacramento and San Francisco, linked to the underground Weatherman group in anonymous letters. George Jackson, a noted revolutionary, was killed during a San Quentin breakout a week earlier. Investigators plan to question 17th floor office employees as the search continues.
Investigators from the Hall of Justice and multiple stations rushed to the scene after a gunman killed a San Francisco police officer. Chief Alfred Nekfer ordered strict security as patrols tightened around the park and searchlights aided the hunt. Police say the attacker fired once near the doorway then four more times inside the station.
Washington officials including Maurice H. Hage and James D. Hodgson signaled that organized labor’s demand for relief on corporate profits might be addressed in Nixon’s Phase II after the wage price freeze. They cautioned Congress could be asked to grant authority for profit restraints as part of broader tax and policy measures.
President Sadat disclosed a sit-in at Helwan Iron and Steel Works where thousands of workers were confined for hours. He blamed management, the union bureau, and the factory’s trade unions for the action while noting some demands remained unmet.
At an Italian rescue center in Brindisi a year-old Greek girl Destina Krimisu and other survivors recount the Greek ferry fire. A German doctor and Italian rescuers describe chaotic scenes as people searched for missing relatives and tried to reach lifeboats amid flames and surf.
Jackson's burial proceeded with limited family objections to photographers as his mother denounced newsmen as enemies. The service was held near his brother Jonathan 17, killed in the Marin County Courthouse shootout tied to Soledad Prison events.
Gus Hall, head of the U S Communist Party, denounces President Nixon planned trip to the People's Republic of China as a maneuver by Nixon and big business to divide the Soviet Union and China. He links it to wage price policy, San Quentin events, Angela Davis case, and four power accords as a retreat by the United States.
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