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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1968
Page
1
GM Fremont Plant Hires and Purchases Hit 113 Million
A year end report shows the General Motors plant in Fremont paid 113.4 million dollars in wages and purchases during 1868. The release came yesterday, detailing payroll and supplier outlays for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Motors
Fremont
Sirham cleared of theft charge in $81.57 check case
Los Angeles Police report Sirham B. Sirham is cleared of wrongdoing in the two year old theft of a check for $81.57. Two USS Pueblo crewmen in San Diego recount beatings allegedly by North Korean captors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sirham B. Sirham
Los Angeles
San Diego
Kennedy rivals Long for Senate leadership
Tamna Sen backed by Hubert Humphrey announces in Washington his opposition to Sen. Russell Long of Louisiana for the Senate Democratic leadership. A federal grand jury indicts Theodore A. Jones, Illinois Revenue director, on income tax evasion charges. Wayne Marse relinquishes his Senate post in Oregon as Agriculture Department scans large cities for an experimental school lunch program. David Packard named deputy defense secretary as Nixon Administration reshuffles. Hong Kong flu dampens New York New Year plans, raising costs for diners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Hubert H. Humphrey
Washington
Russell D. Long
Louisiana
Senate
Theodore A. Jones
Tlinois Department of Revenue
Chicago
Wayne Marse
U.S. Senate
Hugene
Ore
Agriculture Department
Global recaps mix of politics and tragedy in midcentury era
A batch of brief items covers Kisaku Sato’s wife alleging abuse, Czech fate debates over Josef Smrkovsky, Pope Paul VI condemning Beirut attack while blessing Lebanon, San Francisco’s mayor seeking a Vatican cardinal, Israeli Arab clashes after Beirut raid, Hebron curfew, and Trygve Lie’s death at 72 in Norway, signaling UN’s early postwar drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Pope Paul
Vatican
California
Israel
Beirut
Hebron
Argus Staffers Take A Holiday
The Argus will not publish on New Year s Day so staff may spend New Year s Eve with families and friends. Normal schedule resumes Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Argus
Newark Aid Plea Reached for New High School Funding
The Newark Unified School District seeks 42 million dollars from the state to finance core construction of a second high school. An application was approved at a special meeting and will be submitted to the State Allocations Board in early February. Architect Ron Martyn said the 1,000-student first phase targets a fall 1970 completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark Unified
Busters
Ron Martyn
Darwin Booth and Associates
San Francisco
Martyn
Cedar Boulevard
Mowry West
MacGregor
Tembleton, Inc
Salinas
Donation Boosts Deodar Tree Rescue Plan at Fremont Hall
The Fremont Living Christmas Tree Committee won support for relocating 26 deodars to a site beside Fremont city hall after a $3,000 grant from the Brooks Mathews Foundation. The Gomez family seed fund provided $165 per tree, inviting service groups to contribute similarly in exchange for a plaque bearing their name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont City Hall
We Brooks-Mathews Foundation
Jay and
Ruthe Gomez
Fremont Living
Deodars
Roberts Ranch
Ivy Cuenca
Fremont
Brooks-Mathews
Record Cold Grips Nation Amid Severe Winter Storms
Bitter cold and a sprawling winter storm paralyzed much of the North half of the country on Monday. Temperatures plunged below zero from Washington to Texas, with blizzards in Wyoming and Colorado. Two ranch hands died in Washington’s Okanogan area, one of heart attack from cold, another found frozen. Across the West and Midwest, power failures, closed offices, and halted traffic strained communities as far south as Oklahoma and Arkansas. The Bonneville Dam logged record electricity demand while Des Moines and Sioux City tied or broke cold records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Arkansas
Midwest
New England
Okanogan
Washington
Pacific Northwest
Central Plains
Towa
Wyoming
Colorado
Denver
Cheyenne
Wyo
Colorado Mountain
Sioux City
Bonneville Dam
Pendleton
Ore
South Dakota
Crash Causes Blackout on Mowry School Road
A truck struck a Wilby pole on Mowry School Road in Fremont knocking wires together and shorting a 12,000 volt distributor. Portions of Fremont and Newark lost power yesterday. PG and E spokesman provided brief details before continuation on page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
Newark
Mowry School Road
Frormont
PG & E
Chamber Panels Set To Probe Area Needs
Fremont Chamber of Commerce outlines actions for 12 committees covering hospital expansion air pollution reduction and a bus system in Fremont Newark and Union City. President Raymond A Boege notes the motto Continue to Climb as the 69 goal for the year with chairs listed for education finance public health and safety and transportation among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
Newark
Union City
Fremont Chamber of Commerce
Raymond A. Boege
Gil Johanhossen
Marge Montgomery
Elwood Weitmann
Bob Waples
Richard Prentice
Vince Wallace
Robert Hall
Ken Weiss
Marvin Hawn
Michael Kaek
Mark Seaver
Don Emerson
A Look Backward 1968 Fremont Years of Turmoil
A 1968 year in Fremont recapped with key events from January to April. Leslie Salt Co transferred land to the state to clear title, and Forum of The Future began as a $43,000 feasibility study. The hospital land dispute and rising land values sparked large debates. General Motors shut down during a two week strike affecting 4,800 workers and Capwell's opened a $5 million department store. Washington Hospital faced a costly land purchase and bond plans. A county grand jury probed the Central Business District and land assessments as April elections brought council incumbents back and a $2.1 million park bond passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
Newark
Union City
Forum of the Future
Washington Hospital
Hospital
M. D. Sab- Taw
Fremont-Newark
General Motors
City
Association of Bay Area
Thomas Truax
Capwells’s
Washington Hospital Board
Kaiser Hospitals
March Warner A. Andrews
Fremont Unified School District Board
M. O. Sabraw
Framont
Dumbarton
Alameda County Grand Jury
Geoffrey Steel
Gens Rides
William van Doorn
Central Park
Henry A. Avon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tamna
Justice Department
Federal Communications Commission
Cheyenne, Wyo
David Packard
Hong Kong
New York
Ana
Kisaku Sato
Prague
Josef Smrkovsky
Czechoslovakia
Paul VI
Huropzar
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Norway
Trol
Helen
Dr. Steinerohn
Women’s News
UPI
Lebanon
Jordan
Egypt
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Amman
Jerusalem
Moshe Dayan
Jerusalem Post
United Nations Security Council
Carl Roberts Ranch
Choelenius
Magalhaona
Magalhaona A
Colombo A
Goclenius
Jack Frost
Worth Branch
Mich
Red Cross
North Nich
Postumus
Horace
Washington Township
Leslie Salt Co
Framont-Newark Bay
Pansion Land
Fremont Meadows
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