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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1975
Page
6
Alameda County Water District earns 273000 in damages after a five year legal battle with Niles Sand & Gravel Co. over underground water table rights. Judge Lxie Cook ruled for the water district, awarding the full amount requested for estimated water loss and expenses.
Police described a 20 year old white male about 5 foot 10 and 150 pounds as the suspect in last night’s holdup at Niles Shell station. The robber wore a red and blue striped ski mask, brandished a handgun, and fled on foot toward the railroad tracks from Niles and Sullivan underpass after stealing about $100.
Houston reports the trial of David Owen Brooks for four slayings in a 1973 case will proceed with jurors sequestered. Brooks, 19, is charged with killing four boys whose bodies were found in southeast Texas graves. Corll allegedly led the operation. Henley later confessed and was convicted of slaying six youths.
Banda Island residents flee as Mt Banda threatens eruption while volcanologists assess the scene. Antara reports ongoing tremors, smoke plume, and local relief supplies on standby. a separate Connecticut case concerns a Gainsborough theft where a suspect was jailed after a courtroom reversal.
Three men arrested in a Palos Verdes Estates home raid face charges including pandering pimping and receiving stolen property. Peter Munroe Smith 35 rented the home and faces multiple counts. Vernon Evans 26 faces marijuana and related charges. John Pine 22 charged with prostitution. Two 17 year olds face juvenile petitions. Jurisdiction set for preliminary hearing February 24.
A napalm laden trailer overturned four miles east of Fallbrook after leaving the U S Naval Weapons Center annex. One bomb damaged, negligible public hazard cited by U S Navy spokesman. Navy ordnance disposal teams and California Forestry crews assisted as napalm was moved to another vehicle.
A former dealer testified about a cocaine ring linked to Montenegro Karr and Webb operating across Fremont Newark Oakland Hayward Union City San Jose with a split sales territory and a multi step distribution chain. He described purchases of coke for tasters and a brutal murder connected to the case.
The KOHL radio station at Ohlone College faces student uproar over programming limits and control. Students describe an authoritarian structure under Hurst with limited access to music and record selections, prompting calls for a democratic, advisory committee and reforms to church the station’s management.
Citizens Against the Dumbarton plan to circulate petitions in Menlo Park to put the issue on the ballot. Officials in Menlo Park and Palo Alto may shift positions when they see potential for adding community improvements to the bridge package while opposing the bridge itself. Dudley cites state legislation on toll revenues for mass transit and potential federal aid, arguing against spending $70 million if mass transit funds could be used instead.
A six inch python, a constrictor with tan and brown diamond markings, is being kept in a Union City home after a call to animal control. Exotics Unlimited member Dan Warden plans to donate it to the Steinhart Aquarium if unclaimed in five days. Authorities note pythons are nonpoisonous but dangerous constrictors.
An independent survey shows January inflation easing but weak demand hurts orders, production, and jobs while retail sales rise only 1 percent from December. Treasury Secretary Simon warned of hefty borrowing to cover deficits as Ford tours Texas and Kansas to rally support. The National Association of Purchasing Management notes price increases slowed for the 10th month.
One of the two day old quintuplets died at Resurrection Hospital from hyaline membrane disease. The remaining four babies, two boys and two girls, were listed in stable condition as parents and doctors noted treatment including incubators and intravenous feeding. The death occurred at 7:55 p.m. and was confirmed by hospital officials.
Union City officials conclude the grand jury review without action after recommendations to engage residents on housing and community concerns. William Zaner notes the junior high incident as a probable cause but questions it as root cause while legal aid criticizes the scope as insufficient.
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