09 Dec 1976
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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1976
Page
1
Fremont residents clash over water use as Council discuss conservation. City Manager Don Driggs confirms plans to cut back on excessive watering as part of a citywide water conservation effort. Cowardin criticizes street and median watering, urging focus on reducing evaporation and waste.
Thursday brings a light rain chance early then clearing and fair weather into tomorrow. Fremont reports a high of 71 and a low of 43. A prominent scientist cautions unusual animal behavior, including pets, could signal impending earthquakes.
In Sacramento River area politics, Assemblyman Daniel Boatwright warns five state agencies that failure to grant Dow Chemical Co. permits could trigger new legislation to authorize the petrochemical plant. Freshman Assemblywoman Maxine Waters faces backlash after a bid to credit women lawmakers leads to friction. Tuolumne Telephone Co. seeks PUC support to serve about 600 residents in northwest San Diego County. Ohio will withhold Carter’s electoral votes pending federal civil suit. New York City's police face a fresh crisis as 2,000 black officers resign from the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association over support for a white officer in a fatal youth case.
Condemned killer Gary Gilmore asked for habeas relief claiming he was not executed within 60 days of sentencing. His attorney argued he is illegally restrained and must be released if the stay of execution is not lifted. The U.S. Supreme Court debated the case with no action taken, while Gilmore remains on death row with a second murder charge and Oregon parole status.
Fremont city council unanimously approved tapering Paseo Padre Parkway from four lanes to two lanes at its southern end. The plan covers construction from Fremont Boulevard and Nimitz Freeway to Washington Boulevard in Mission San Jose, with possible future extension south to Warm Springs and Scott Creek Road. Cost savings of about 5 million cited, but local business leaders oppose smaller design citing traffic concerns on Mission Boulevard.
Friend evidence places Dale Lee Clark at center of Basseri murder. Deloris Aubry testified Clark confessed shooting Basseri in the chest and burying him in a shallow grave near Lexington reservoir after last seeing him at a Centerville bar. Proceedings noted Clark to face Superior Court on December 22 with bail set at $100,000.
Fremont school bus drivers renew sickout as unions press the district in contract talks. Aware of potential disruption, Local 390 SEIU spokesmen said drivers have been under strain and feverish, with Local President Maria Madrid unsure if drivers will return Monday.
Fremont Unified District Teachers Association FUDTA won the right to represent about 1600 classroom teachers in collective bargaining, defeating Fremont Federation of Teachers AFLCIO local BUD 575. FUDTA plans immediate negotiations.
The Tricity Volunteers sponsor a 3 km Miles for Meals Walk-a-Then on Saturday with home-front aid for about 30 families. Rosann Wilson says the group faces a $75,000 yearly budget gap during Christmas. funds raised will buy hoodies and meals. Route runs through Fremont Newark and Union City starting at Central Park pavilion. Local taverns and venues collect donations, aiming to surpass initial goals.
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