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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1971
Page
1
Fremont negotiations between three major employee groups and the city council hit an impasse with a July 6 deadline looming. Assistant City Manager Garth Lipsky and Driggs warn a wage package may be delayed or retroactive actions extended, while union leaders fear a strike if talks fail.
Preliminary Alameda County assessor figures show Fremont could shave nearly six cents from its upcoming tax rate with a $148,345 boost in revenue, while Newark may gain $22,501 more. Fremont’s total assessed value rises to about $237.0 million, with state utilities still pending.
In a 6 3 decision the Supreme Court ruled against prior restraints and gave The New York Times and The Washington Post full freedom to publish a top secret Vietnam War Pentagon study. The unsigned majority noted the government failed to show justification for secrecy, while three dissenters urged returning the case to lower courts for more time.
Dennis DeBarr, a 6-2 left hander from John F. Kennedy High School, signed with the Detroit Tigers for a five figure salary after being drafted second by the club in the recent MLB draft. He plans to join a rookie league in Bristol Vermont and spoke of mixed emotions as he awaits his summer start. Bernie Deviveros hailed the signing as a major achievement, noting his history with the Tigers and past signees like Mickey Lolich and Les Cain.
Fremont impresario Ken Weiss, promoter for The Hub, touts staged stunts such as a world teeter totter record attempt. He orchestrated previous endurance events and hot pants contests to draw customers, while lamenting a Newark High School girls' record attempt that ended after five days and ten minutes.
In New Haven Unified School District the board chair Stan Richards sparked a chaotic turn by voting during a special meeting to ratify actions of the outgoing board. He clashed with trustees Julia Denney Gail Pagan and John Samarrow as contracts and teacher pay raises were approved amid confusion over minutes and legal counsel notes.
In San Francisco UPI reports longshoremen's union and shipowners halted talks Wednesday night and called a strike for Thursday at 8 a m PDT. ILWU and Pacific Maritime Association said they would resume negotiations soon to reach a new pact. A union spokesman said all work would cease except on Army passenger luggage mail and perishables on the docks.
The forecast calls for low cloudiness tonight and tomorrow morning with little temperature change. Highs near 70s and a low in the 50s. Westerly winds in the afternoons at 10 to 20 mph. Details on Page 16.
A stone bowl weighing 90 pounds and bones were found at a Union City construction site where an apartment complex is being built. Cal State-Hayward anthropology professor Burton Moyer identifies the bowl as a tool used by early area residents to grind acorns for soup, highlighting the discovery on page 16.
The legislature failed to pass a state budget by midnight, leaving California without a spending plan for the third consecutive year as the new fiscal year begins. Angela Davis supports a united stance against racism while Ruchell Magee’s murder kidnapping case hearings halt again.
District Attorney Jim Garrison, a 6-foot-5 former FBI agent who sought to link JFK’s assassination to a Washington conspiracy, is arrested on federal charges of taking bribes over nine years to shield illegal gambling on pinball machines. Republicans demand discipline for Sen. Mike Gravel after secret disclosures. Gravel, 41, boycotts the Senate and quarantines himself at home amid Pentagon papers controversy.
President Nguyen Van Thieu predicts an all-out clash between South and North Vietnamese forces in 1973 once U S and allied troops pull back. He warns the Communists will mobilize fully if the South holds back its own forces.
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