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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1975
Page
9
An apartment resident at 2178 Decoto Road reported a loss of 2,080 dollars in stereo gear after a burglary Monday. The items stolen include four speakers a turntable a tuner an amplifier and a jar of quarters reported by Paul Lusk.
Police tried to take the younger 18 year old into custody after he pushed an earold girl off a bicycle. The 17 year old was found resisting arrest and placed on probation with a $75 fine. A juvenile court referee continued sentencing until the next month.
Federal grand jury returned six indictments including John F Grismore of Bountiful Utah. Grismore charged with printing counterfeit ten and hundred dollar bills. He was arrested in Denver last November and bound over for trial on offenses involving possessing and passing counterfeit currency. Grismore 42 ran for Davis County Sheriff last November and is serving a six day sentence from District Court Judge Alden J Alderson for injuring a federal officer in the line of duty.
Two mild earthquakes struck a rural area just north of the border without damage. The first quake registered 4.4 on the Richter scale at 8:47 a.m. PST, described by residents as very light, and the second followed at 9:14 a.m. at about the same location three miles southeast of the agricultural community.
San Francisco reports a 25 percent rise in new car sales during rebates, with National Automobile Dealers Association President William Hancock Jr. stating sales gains between 10 and 25 percent signal impact. He notes big car buyers stay active while lower income buyers trade in older autos for newer models as rebates influence decisions.
Los Angeles municipal court set March 3 for a preliminary hearing on Merlin R. Adler, a Rosemead projectionist charged with vandalizing nine Southern California theaters. He faces conspiracy to commit arson, deadly weapon, grand theft, and related counts after allegedly breaking into venues, damaging screens and projectors, stealing lenses, and in some cases bombing theaters. Adler's arrest followed union strike authorization in a wage dispute with theater owners and includes additional counts involving a theater official's car.
David Fowler age 22 was arraigned in Justice of the Peace Court on an attempted criminal homicide warrant. Tron County deputies arrested him in Parowan Monday night after the shooting of Steven A. Coutts 24 of Oakland California at his apartment near Southern Utah State College. Coutts was in satisfactory condition at Valley View Medical Center Cedar City with four bullet wounds to the right shoulder.
Assemblyman Fred W. Chel proposes a measure to make it a misdemeanor for retailers to raise prices after an item is displayed for sale. The plan targets price hikes after display, asserting current law does not prohibit such increases.
Senator Nicholas Petris proposes that California allocate 10 million dollars to build bicycle paths in cities. He argues one mile of freeway costs far more than a mile of bike lanes and that many car trips under five miles could be replaced by bike trips, citing urban travel types and savings.
A Federal Grand Jury in Ogden Utah indicted Larry K Nicholson on two counts of attempting to evade paying federal income tax on more than 123 000 The indictment alleges failure to report income in 1998 and 1980 and names Nicholson among six indictments returned by the grand jury The case charges are described as federal income tax evasion attempts with substantial alleged underreporting of income.
Alameda County supervisors approved a plan to create a Status of Women Commission, but split over its composition including whether to add non voting members from other bodies. Debate centered on whether to include Human Relations Commission appointees and the handling of babysitting reimbursements for county commissioners.
Health department finds manganese and iron sporadically in Citizens Utilities water across Decoto and Niles. Citizens Utilities faces six month deadline to fix. critics cite inadequate testing and ongoing contamination while officials downplay health risks and emphasize aesthetic concerns.
President Ford pledged to veto any mandatory gasoline rationing if Congress passes it. He argued rationing would last five to ten years and unfairly burden commuters and rural Americans while urging energy policy changes and tax rebates to curb consumption and raise prices.
Transcripts from conversations are being processed and will take a couple of days. The discussion centers on hourly workers alleging a trick related to a crash involving a Santa truck entering the scene.
The December inflation rate slowed while 1974 consumer prices rose 12.2 percent, the largest jump since the 1940s aside from World War I and II eras. Treasury Secretary William Simon warned the rate would take years to reduce, with effects on wage earners and retirees due to cost of living pay raises. The report cites ongoing pressures from 1974 inflation across the economy and notes changes in the consumer price index, where a $100 basket in 1967 would cost about $155.40 by December.
Ron Keister of 4428 Osgood Road urged Irvington businessmen to keep doors open amid tough economy. Councilmen took action on the issue during oral communications.
School board warns wage conflict could cancel driver education. The board cites unresolved pay raises and funding issues as the cause, with no immediate resolution in sight, leaving drivers ed programs at risk of suspension or postponement.
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