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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1974
Page
1
Mulkey, paralyzed from the waist down since 1945 from a tank battle in the South Pacific, celebrates getting a lift van to wheel into the driver's seat. The device completes a long sought independence milestone for the veteran.
General Motors said a first quarter program will idle at least 91 000 hourly workers indefinitely by January end, lifting total long term layoffs and signaling a deep production pullback across the automaker as sales slump. Chrysler also reports white collar furloughs through February.
About 750 truck assemblers face layoff as GM slows Fremont production effective Jan 13 joining 1,400 laid off auto workers. Regional director Stan Maddox says workers qualify for SUBI funds and state unemployment. Daytime assembly only, with some workers earning up to 95 percent of weekly take home pay. total US layoffs exceed 65 000 by month end.
A Newark city task force of 17 members must decide by New Years how to spend $540,000 in federal funds for community improvement. For Fremont the city council approves revised general plan language amid inflation cost increases.
Spectators were barred from a preliminary hearing for Marvin Lee Mutch 19 charged with the September 24 drowning murder of Cassie Riley 13 at Alameda Creek near Alvarado Niles Road. A school bus witness described Mutch’s uniform and a later statement change, while the pathologist cited drowning with neck injuries.
The Ford administration pressed for a rollback on Steel's 8 percent price hike amid recession and a worsening balance of payments. USS Steel planned to respond to the President's Council on Wage and Price Stability, while Edgar Speer and Albert Rees scheduled a Washington meeting. Commerce data showed record deficits and layoffs, with stock gains despite adverse news. The oil price rise and weaker dollar added to inflation pressures as unemployment rose.
Congress approved a $5.5 billion measure to create about 380,000 jobs for the unemployed, extending aid beyond President Ford’s earlier program. The bill funds state and local projects and aims to include workers not currently covered by existing unemployment benefits.
Fremont Ohlone College trustees met to address minority hiring and the role of the affirmative action advisory council. Debate centered on whether the council should monitor hiring and propose a full time affirmative action officer. No votes were recorded as two proposals were discussed but not voted on.
Newark residents will be able to hear arguments over the school board move to fire Ray deGroat, a Newark High School teacher, as his attorney claims the board’s charges are groundless and politically motivated. Stewart Weinberg says the actions are unethical and a misuse of the State Education Code.
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