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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1971
Page
4
Amid shattered homes and businesses in Southern California, the quake’s death toll rises to 62 with 84 homes destroyed and 750 seriously damaged. Evacuees return as SB loans aid hard hit owners. Van Norman Dam water drained, and San Fernando Veterans Hospital finds another victim.
A Fremont man, William R. Stone, 33, died early yesterday when his motorcycle collided head on with an eastbound car driven by Herman E. Chaney, 39, on Decoto Road near Perry Road in Union City. Stone was dead on arrival at Washington Hospital.
David Harris, husband of singer Joan Baez, was found with marijuana in his pocket during a routine check at La Tuna Correctional Institution. Warden Bill Zachem said the stash was discovered and authorities referred the matter to the U.S. Attorney’s office, though no prosecution is planned. The FBI provided evidence for the case.
San Francisco weather notes the Bay Area has not had rain for 28 straight days, breaking a January February dry record from 1606. The drought would need 20 more days to surpass the all time dry winter stretch of 48 days from December 18, 1962 to January 28, 1963.
In Los Angeles a car lost control on Pico Boulevard and struck a sidewalk bench, killing two women aged about 35 and 25 and injuring three others including a 18-year-old youth, a 19-year-old man, and a 6-year-old woman. Witnesses say the vehicle sped westbound, jumped the curb, hit a building on Alvarado Street, then struck the bench and fled on foot.
U S Steel plans a recycling operation to turn galvanizing acid wastes into ferric chloride for water purification. The Bay Region Water Quality Control Board halted sea disposal of pickle liquor by year end, with ten million gallons annually neutralized and stored for conversion. The ferric chloride could serve sewage plants in San Francisco and other Northern California cities.
Lon Nol, Cambodia's ailing prime minister, 58, arrived at Tripler General Hospital near Pearl Harbor after a stroke. U.S. Army doctors said he was alert cooperative and cheerful Sunday, slept intermittently and comfortably last night his first in Hawaii as security kept him under close guard.
A water main break flooded the White Plains central office just after midnight, flooding the power room with four feet of water and cutting telephone service for about 42,000 subscribers across the White Plains 1 8 and 9 Rockwell 1 and 42 exchanges.
The forecast indicates rain and showers likely in the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys with some shower activity expected in the northern Rockies. Weather conditions will vary by region with periods of precipitation and mild temperatures.
Long Cheng under pressure as Communist forces reportedly seize a ridge overlooking the base. Lt. Gen. Lam says Saigon troops will stay long, contradicting a brief Laotian cap campaign denial. Ed Van Kan reports thousands of refugees fleeing toward Meo posts while US officials limit photo access to Gen. Vang Pao. Saigon says two major arms caches found in Laos, one bunker huge. Mortar bombardment against Hoang Ha II kills three, wounds others. Lam claims 16,000 South Vietnamese inside Laos with 30,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong nearby.
In Qui Nhon South Vietnam a 24hour curfew and mobile restriction kept the city quiet after two days of anti American rioting sparked by the accidental death of two Vietnamese children. Three American soldiers were hospitalized Friday after being attacked by students who destroyed vehicles and attacked a U S contracting firm. One group set fire to buses cars a jeep and a guard shack while another damaged five vehicles and seven more were harmed by rocks and bombs. The violence followed an incident when an American soldier firing a flare misfired exploding near a home injuring four people including three children.
United Nations mediator Gunnar Jarring presented a two page memorandum urging Egypt Jordan and Israel to honor UN Security Council Resolution 242 from November 1967. Egypt appeared poised to accept while Israel rejected the proposals and accused Egypt of ceasing fire violations amid a renewed ceasefire.
Sanday of the National Education Association Center told 200 delegates at a Midwest urban conference that American schools treat minority youths as inferior. He urged government funding cuts to discriminatory districts and targeted action against entrenched power structures. The NEA seminar gathered representatives from eight states including Iowa Wisconsin Oklahoma Kansas Arkansas and Missouri and runs through Friday.
Sacramento senator Mervyn Dymally charges abusive mortgage loan practices ensnare low income families in endless debt. He cites a 60 page subcommittee report blaming broker firms for violating the Mortgage Loan Brokers Law of 196. He calls for tighter enforcement and funding for anti poverty legal aid to help victims avoid costly loans.
Senator Mike Gravel of Alaska says he will introduce legislation to create a national energy commission to halt construction of nuclear power plants indefinitely. He argues funds should go to other energy sources and coal and oil plants should be cleaned up. he cites jobs and compensation plans for affected workers. Joseph Swindler of New York State Public Service Commission counters that only nuclear energy can meet future needs and risks of accidents are tolerable.
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