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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1971
Page
1
Diplomatic sources said on Monday the White House is weighing increasing the pace of U S troop withdrawals in Vietnam from about 14 000 to as many as 20 000 men per month. A larger drawdown possibly would continue until a residual advisory and support force remains.
Creighton Abrams and Henry Kissinger advance a U S withdrawal option from Vietnam. With 239 500 troops in country, a pullout pace of up to 20 000 monthly could leave a residual force by November 1972 election day. No conclusions reached. aim partly to ease U S antiwar pressure and morale issues.
The forecast calls for fair weather through tomorrow with low cloudiness at night and morning. Temperatures will be slightly cooler with highs in the upper 60s to around 70s both days. Nights in the 50s with westerly winds 12 to 25 mph. Details on page 10.
A single day pari mutuel wager record was reached at Alameda County Pair with $1,175,838 wagered, surpassing last year’s closing day mark of $1,126,368. Details in Sports.
After five years of rock concerts and three million fans promoter Bill Graham padlocks Fillmore West, the place where the San Francisco sound was born. The hall closes with a blaring wake attended by about two thousand fans as the crowd marks the end of an era.
The inquiry into 39 Marine recruits hospitalized after allegedly being forced to endure tips and other exercises far beyond allowed limits nears its end at Parris Island. The incident involves recruits with under two weeks of service.
A high Vatican official defends the Roman Catholics proposed constitution on Monday amid charges it is triumphal legalism that could push the church toward authoritarianism. Initial test results to weed out heroin addiction among homeward-bound GIs show a 2 percent rate according to male sources in Saigon.
President Nixon witnessed official certification of the 26th Amendment lowering the voting age to 18 as Ohio’s ratification gave the needed 38 states. Robert Kunzig signed the ratification order and four witnesses, including Nixon and a youth choir, followed with signing and a patriotic Battle Hymn of the Republic performance.
Fremont city council reconvenes after a two week layoff to tackle 21 items including a second reading on the $10.4 million 1971 72 budget and a potential tax rate shift. They aim to settle an employee salary impasse, review plans to abandon a Brookvale pedestrian walkway, dezone a 43.8 acre site at Rock Avenue and Niles Boulevard, and discuss the Singer Housing Co California Nursery development with 22 acres preserved. Also on tap are a Local Improvement District hearing for Central Park expansion and stricter rules on private tree removals.
Chief Justice Warren Burger urged the American Bar Association that Supreme Court quality will decline if workload is not reduced. He noted nine justices face about 4,000 filings annually versus 1,100 in 1950 and 1,900 in 1980, urging self regulation and stricter professional discipline.
A tentative Detroit garbage workers deal ends a week long strike while longshoremen and port workers on the West Coast remain far apart in wage talks. President Nixon convened steel industry and union negotiators at the White House to address inflation as talks resume Wednesday.
Tropical storm Arlene, first of the season, roars off the Virginia North Carolina coast with high winds. The National Hurricane Center reports the storm near 37.2 N 72.5 W at 6 p.m. EDT, about 180 miles southeast of Atlantic City, moving north-northeast at 12 mph.
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