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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1968
Page
1
Crowd at public meeting protests high cost of bond plan as officials outline a downsized proposal. Land valuation formulas, condemnation tactics, and park funding are debated with no tax increase for bond retirement. City aims to secure April ballot approval and possible federal grant.
The nuclear powered carrier Rotorprize remains off the North Kayes area as talks continue for the return of captured crew. Officials indicate it will stay in the western Pacific and not return to its Vieam post despite the Pueblo incident.
Alameda County Sheriff's deputies removed blasting caps and dynamite from a house near Altamont Pass after a theft at Highway 50 construction site. Two Army demolition experts moved the explosives to cardboard boxes with sawdust cushions and took them to a fire for safekeeping. Fifty families were evacuated to Mission San Jose High School while police and a women’s reserve aided evacuees. Investigators believe the haul may total 30 sticks and arrest warrants could follow within a week.
The government tabled a bill to close a loophole in apartheid laws. It would void in Holland Belgium and Luxembourg any marriages between South African men and women of other races performed abroad. Thant to Holland visit noted.
City manager Don Driggs said Orlin Stearns who worked for Fremont and was paid by the Economic Opportunity Agency did not get a permanent city post due to funding limits. The program has placed 17 people in new posts with three agencies, financed at $68,000, with several trainees quitting or moving to higher paying work.
Memorials honor Nellie row and Nellie Vieux with Rosary, Requiem Mass, and private burial in Fremont. Marine Lance Cpl Daniel H. Escobedo to be buried at Fremont Chapel of the Roses Mortuary with services. Obituary details list families of Vieux, Vegas, Parry, and Escovedo with survivors across Fremont, Union City, Hayward, Newark. Parish events include Tri-City EGA meeting to discuss agency programs.
The Arcus from The Daily Review with circulation data and postal filings. It lists Jack Moorhead as business manager and references Order No. 314654 from Alameda County Superior Court. Details include Fremont post office entry and subscription rates, with publishing location in Fremont California.
UPI reports Marine forces recaptured the provincial headquarters in Hue after weeks of intense street battles. The stance and numbers indicate heavy combat as U.S. air cavalry and paratroopers move to press the offensive while North Vietnamese units retreat and casualties rise. The strategic shift follows a broader wave of Communist attacks across Saigon and Khe Sanh corridors.
The Fremont Recreation Commission meets tonight at 7 30 in the Niles Community Center to hear a request for 2168 to support the Joe Dimaggio Baseball League of Newark and Fremont. The board will also review golf courses and historical resources as part of the master plan and several changes to objectives and standards.
Ohlone College trustees plan to decide today if the district should join a $300,000 study at Huddleson Ranch for a search program with 28 junior colleges. The board also weighs a new 1968-69 calendar including summer classes starting July 1 and a focus on student dropouts.
Readable portions indicate Fremont and Alameda County fire calls and police notices with scattered names and addresses. The fragment mentions personnel, hiring actions, and a spring term course reference alongside scattered location cues in Newark and Duplin, creating a jagged public notices snapshot.
Bray campaigns against a hospital land purchase claiming the price set a dangerous precedent. He accuses the public agency of overpaying and lectures residents on taxpayer burden while critics warn the issue is not yet a formal bond proposal.
UPI report says Lord Kemsley, 74, longtime publishing magnate and former chairman of Kersley Newspaper Ltd., was found dead in his Monte Carlo hotel suite. He retired in 1959 and had wintered abroad for health reasons. FBI study notes about a different case involving Gilberto Garza in Hayward are referenced but not detailed.
Alameda County sold 2 985 000 dollars in Fremont Unified School District bonds to Crocker Citizens National Bank at about 4 5753 percent. Four other bidders ranged up to 4 657 percent. The FBI was asked to review the case after police shooting allegations involving a suspect resisting arrest and civil rights concerns.
Florence and Terni residents fled after a separate Florence earthquake scare, with no casualties reported. Scientists said there is no connection to last month’s Sicily disaster, clarifying the two events are unrelated.
Los Angeles reports a federal sale of oil and gas leases along a geologic coast stretch in Southern California. Bids totaled $604 million, double the expectation, with winning companies paying annual rents and royalty to the federal government.
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