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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1971
Page
21
Weather forecast calls for fair conditions overall with patchy night and morning fog and low clouds. Temperatures will rise from the 60s to the mid-70s during today and tomorrow, with tonight’s lows in the 40s to low 50s. Details on Page 12.
The Federation of Fremont Residents urges the Fremont Unified School District Board of Trustees to disregard the recent survey of students teachers and parents that assessed educational priorities as reported on page 11.
A California Republican congressman proposes a national student dialogue to pressure President Nixon over Indochina and impeachment. The idea appears amid a broad mix of headlines on regional politics and disasters.
Apollo 14 astronauts, nearing home after a 1.2 million mile moon voyage, board a Houston-bound Air Force jet amid a festive Pago Pago welcome by hula-dancing performers. Nixon names David M. Kennedy ambassador at large for a wide-ranging postwar Vietnam economic recovery tour.
Murra U S headquarters reports 24 Americans killed in Vietnam last week the lowest seven day toll this year. South Vietnamese combat deaths rise sharply as fighting in Cambodia intensifies. A Liverpool Women’s Lib chapter highlights fairy tales portraying women as sex objects and calls for change.
An 11 year old man, later identified as Frank Carbonara, crawled feet first from beneath a metal sink after being trapped for two and a half days in the San Fernando VA Hospital collapse. He suffered multiple injuries but was in painfree and eager to see his family. Four dozen bodies were recovered from two hospital wings, with 5 people still missing as the death toll reached 59. An adjacent dam area threat eased as evacuees began returning home.
Nine big city leaders meeting in San Francisco decry President Nixon's budget as a setback for urban needs. They cite over 1 billion dollars in current urban renewal and housing funds held up by the administration and demand immediate release for cities. Mayor Joseph Alioto notes 3,000 housing units ready for funding once congressionally approved funds are released.
Fremont Planning Commission weighed a multi million dollar Kassuba Development project near city hall. The plan includes 1900 apartments four office buildings a convention center and more on 127 acres. Seismic evaluations were urged as a condition for approval amid fault line concerns near Hayward Fault.
Police used ricochet rounds and stun devices to disperse about 400 antiwar demonstrators at Berkeley during a protest over a peace ballot measure. Three arrests were reported as shots were fired between City Hall and the Air Force Recruiting Center. deputies also used stun rounds with a padded disc and beanbag.
Sierra Club asks a congressional subcommittee to investigate why the Army Corps redefined its navigable waters protection to exclude bay marshlands. Kent Dedrick says new maps and statements show the corps boundary may extend only to the edge of marsh grass, possibly excluding 313 square miles of baylands from protection.
Fremont city officials consider facing the San Francisco Playboy Club bunnies in a March 11 game at Kennedy High School. City Clerk Robert Nelson notes Councilmen van Doorn, Steel, and Pimentel may compete, with Don Dillon attending and Mayor Gene Rhodes absent.
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