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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1971
Page
2
A reflective vignette on how word sounds shape perception. The piece ponders Montevideo and Majorca, explores how syllables yield emotion, and questions links between sound and meaning, from hunky dory to cellar door with playful humor.
Union City faces a long council agenda with two key issues. A neighborhood dispute over fence heights in Casa Verde tract and the McKeon Company’s request for multi family and commercial zoning are on the docket for tonight.
Gov. Wallace cancellation of a Dec dinner drew mixed accounts with Alabama officials citing a special legislative session while a Louisiana sponsor blamed lack of tickets. The event was moved to Shreveport, and a fence height dispute on Santa Fe Way prompted council review of a six foot limit and variances at an 8 p.m. meeting in council chambers.
In Sacramento a Democratic leadership split hinders a special session on taxes. Governor Ronald Reagan demands action on a budget-balancing plan as a 310 million deficit looms and warrants may be issued for bills. Reapportionment bills died, with both chambers failing to reach approval margins.
Sierra Club executive director Michael McCluskey told the board that the organization has grown to about 135,000 members but its agenda has multiplied five to tenfold. He urged massing forces, creating a five year plan, and possibly forming a committee to state new goals and priorities. Directors approved two resolutions emphasizing wild land protection and a focus on the Nation's centennial era.
Eleven striking parochial school teachers attended Mass in City Jail after being held on trespassing charges for occupying the Roman Catholic Archdiocese chancery. Twenty two were arrested in a Friday sit in, as the Secondary Teachers Association plans unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board claiming the archdiocese can fund higher salaries. The archdiocese refuses negotiations, citing budget limits and a 4 percent pay hike cap next year. Outside allies protested, carrying signs such as Millions for cathedrals, but not one penny for teachers, as 100 lay members joined in solidarity with the jailed staff across four Bay Area counties.
A 19 year old East German woman fled to West Germany at the Munich border with Czechoslovakia, border police said Sunday. They did not reveal her motive or why she had been in Czechoslovakia before escaping.
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