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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1971
Page
1
Congress passes a broad tax cut measure claiming benefits for most taxpayers. Personal exemptions rise from 650 to 675 and then 750 for 1972, with higher standard deductions. Business credits apply 47 percent for equipment. exporters defer export income taxes. working families gain child care deductions. auto taxes are cut.
Alameda County Water District directors moved to prepare legal documents for a second general obligation bond measure to fund improvements via water rates, not taxes. A $193,600 pipeline project along Durham Road in Fremont was approved, tied to the district’s Hetch Hetchy supply, amid fears of growth restrictions and local campaigns for moratoriums.
Newark reports a Christmas package on the Leslie Salt refinery roof, a new anti air pollution scrubber installed by a jet propelled helicopter. Manufactured by Ento Corp of San Rafael, the unit aims to reduce salt dust from refining and meets Bay Area Air Pollution Control District standards set November 5. The helicopter hoisted the scrubber in 20 minutes, saving crane time and costs.
Newark city officials lauded a new five member STOP team aiming for a 50 percent drop in burglaries. Sgt Paul Dubois outlined a $16,000 program combining saturation patrols in high crime areas with a public information drive to recruit neighborhood alert groups.
Campbell an associate of Jayami Perley and Joseph W. Jay died in his Fremont apartment after an Oakland firm colleague checked on him following his absence in court. An autopsy will determine cause, Campbell was 47, a WWII Army Air Corps veteran, Hastings graduate who practiced in the Bay Area since 1960. He is survived by his brother Warren Campbell and his Southern California parents.
A bill to establish a 21,662 acre South Bay National Wildlife Refuge won a key step as the Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation Subcommittee approved it and sent it to the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee. The sponsor, Don Edwards, expects House floor hearings next spring and an appropriation follow in 1972.
Fremont city planners have rejected what they view as an interim change to construction plans by former Mayor Jack Stevenson for the 18 acre Los Arboles Shopping Center at Mowry Avenue and Farwell Drive. The decision blocks Stevenson's building permits while noting the interior design details were not provided, with a possible appeal to the planning commission.
Morning forecast shows rising cloudiness and a chance of rain this morning, then possible sprinkles as skies clear to partly cloudy this afternoon through tomorrow. Temperatures steady from the upper 40s to mid-50s with nights in the 40s. West to northwest winds 20 to 35 mph. rain chances 40 percent today and 30 percent tonight.
The federal Pay Board will be asked to approve retroactive raises for 2,000 Fremont school district employees. Page 2 notes potential new residents and a double‑check of qualifiers for a Fremont City Council special election on either February 29 or March 7. Page 4.
An eight woman and four man jury deliberates if John Linley Frazier was legally insane when he killed Dr. Victor Ohta and four others. If found insane, Frazier would be committed to a state mental hospital until free of mental illness.
A quiet trading day sees the Dow Jones off 2.70 to 852.15 with 707 declines and 646 advances. The Pay Board grants 25 percent raises for railroad signal men and tentatively approves about 20 percent raises over the next 18 months. Page references include Memphis police indictments and the death of Dr. Ralph Bunche.
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