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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1971
Page
1
In San Jose a county jail farm escapee, James E. Jackson, was shot and killed by Patrolman Paul Tomlinson after Jackson attacked him with a garden rake during a pursuit in a black neighborhood. Three shots were fired, with one striking Jackson in the abdomen. he died soon after at a hospital.
In Sacramento nine Roman Catholic dioceses unite to form the California Catholic Conference to coordinate health education and welfare services for Californians. Archbishop Timothy Manning of Los Angeles becomes president with Bishop Floyd Begin of Oakland as vice president and Bishop Alden Bell of Sacramento as general secretary treasurer. Msgr John Gwnmins of Oakland is executive director, linking legislative counsel education and Catholic health facilities offices.
In Palmdale the Ante lope Valley shift of more than five sheriff's deputies scoured fields for evidence after the stabbing death of 9 year old Jennifer Ann Flowers. Autopsy found two stomach wounds and no sexual abuse. The body lay about one and half miles from her home as detectives questioned her mother who said she last saw her at 12 30 p m.
Riverside County supervisor Norman Davis faces a bribery trial over a housing project vote. Prosecutors say he took a $3,500 campaign contribution from Great American Land Company of Anaheim in exchange for favoring the Garner Valley project. Davis testified he knew the money existed but not its source before voting. Indicted but未 tried are James Edmondson, David Seager, and Michael Rakery.
A Bank of America guard was shot in the chest and critically wounded Thursday when he approached a suspected check forger in Compton. Joseph Westbrook, 63, was listed in critical condition at Harbor General Hospital after the confrontation. The teller grew suspicious of a check and the manager confirmed it was stolen before the suspect fled without the check.
Friends of Angela Davis opened a San Francisco headquarters on Fillmore Street to raise a $1 million defense fund. Terence Hallinan announced the drive for murder and conspiracy charges while James Bonds, San Francisco chairman, outlined nationwide programs and demonstrations in support. Bonds, a Young Workers Liberation League member, cited ties with the Communist Party as Davis, an avowed Communist, remains jailed in Marin County awaiting trial for complicity in a deadly shootout at the Civic Center.
A suspect in auto theft was shot and killed in a gunfight with police at an apartment complex in Sacramento. Richard C. Ridge, 26, was pursued after being spotted driving. officers Richard Woods and Robert St. Amant confronted him as he fled on foot. Witnesses said Ridge fired at officers. they returned fire, killing him instantly.
The California Highway Commission approved a project to relieve traffic around Candlestick Park in San Francisco. It includes southbound on and off ramps on the Bayshore Freeway at the county line and an undercrossing to Harney Lane. Total funding includes 890000 from the state and 150000 from San Francisco, with final approval pending from the Federal Transportation Agency after a November hearing.
A federal atomic energy commissioner told the state Environmental Quality Council that nuclear plants are safe, noting minimal radiation releases. council member Helen Reynolds pressed how safety for humans is established given cancer latency. Ramey cited long history of licensed plants with no significant accidents while monitoring shows radiation levels remain near natural background.
Ramey stressed low radiation fears from plants but warned energy shortages could outstrip capacity amid tightening air quality rules. He noted energy use may rise from 34 million kilowatts to 1.2 billion kilowatts by Ten and cited two operable packcar plants in California with more underway.
Sacramento reports state approval to resume methadone treatment at Stockton State Hospital after meeting safeguards. 25 patients to begin Saturday. prior halt followed shutdown by the Research Advisory Panel for missing details.
Sacramento audience heard Republican State Chairman Jennifer Carpenter urge U.S. Senator Edmund Muskie to fix Maine’s water problems before advising California. Muskie, seen as a possible Democratic presidential contender, plans to address California Democrats in Sacramento, focusing on pollution stance.
About 20 aerospace workers from Experience United urged California to raise unemployment benefits from 65 to 150 per week and to push Washington for more federal help. Lt. Gov. Ed Reinecke warned the plan could cost employers millions and pledged to press to keep contracts in state. He criticized HRD and said the group sought state intercession with federal contractors.
In San Francisco the University of California Regents approved campus newspaper guidelines aimed at excluding obscenity and political advocacy. The committee added four provisos directing rapid issue review and giving content responsibility to campus chancellors, prompting debate over editorial independence. Berkeley's bylaw on obscenity was rewritten and the campus announced a shift toward self funding via ads and subscriptions while selling papers to students.
In Tacoma Washington officials said Ethel the Point Defiance Park sea otter is not pregnant after a miscarriage. Aquarium director Cecil Brousseau noted she showed pregnancy symptoms last fall and separated from her mate Gus. He hopes a historic offspring may come next year.
In Los Angeles Senator George McGovern announced his 1972 bid and denounced Defense Secretary Laird’s Cambodia claim as widening Nixon administration credibility gaps. He urged withdrawal from Vietnam, freeing POWs, and said the race remains open with small donations likely. He spoke at a news conference before events in Sacramento and Stockton while reflecting on Senator Russell’s death.
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