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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1968
Page
1
Grants totaling 214,344 will fund new youth run centers focusing on community discussion. The program targets low income youths and will hire youth to operate centers and provide workshops on skills, drugs, police relations, and community dialogue.
Area assesses notable miscalculations impact several cities. Newark shows an 18 percent rise in assessed value while Union City surges 40.7 percent. Fremont and county unsecured rolls change with mixed results. Data reveal omissions and downward adjustments in personal property figures across Newark and Union City.
District trustees will convene at 8 pm in the Choral Room to discuss the upcoming $4 million school bond election. Harris from the Office of Local Assistance will explain costs and implications while Garcia reports on progress. The meeting covers an education and professions development proposal, a Made Cities program, and a proposed city purchase of part of Manuel White School land.
UPI reports four days of heavy fighting along Hill 689 near Khe Sanh with North Vietnamese attackers driven back by Leatherneck forces. a junior Marine unit fortified the hill as the enemy suffered at least 200 killed, including 70 in Monday’s combat. Meanwhile Thieu postponed a Washington trip, suggesting a Pacific meeting with Johnson.
The Newark Planning Commission meets tonight at 7 pm in Newark City Hall. A short meeting is planned. The commission will hear a set of items regarding the Bay Conservation and Development plan and may extend the commission's life by three months.
Singapore’s Ministry of Communications announced on Monday that a $13.3 million earth satellite station for communications and television will be constructed here by the United States within the next two years.
James E Swartz 4 died Sunday. Funeral services led by a delegation of eight parliament members to be held at Chimes Cemetery in Germany and Westchapel. Native of Colorado, former member of Golden West Lodge and Boy Scout leader. Widower Consuelo Swartz, children Jean Whitney Norma Machado Dorothy Lewis Joyce Swartz Robert Swartz, brother George John Gerald Alice, 11 grandchildren. Friends may call Fremont Chapel of Ste Roses until 9 avin. ignarcow
An OCR damaged notice references a court matter in Alameda County California. It mentions a judge or clerk and a date near June, with a description of proceedings under a March statute and a district or county court in a formal notice format.
A Newark man accused of attempting to drag a 9 year old girl into his car last week will enter a plea Wednesday in Fremont Municipal Court. David H. Granville, 29, of 07898 Manzanita Drive, is jailed on 3000 bail after being arraigned on assault with intent to commit a felony. The victim, walking on Cherry Street at about 10 p.m., said Granville stopped, forced her toward his car with a razor at her throat, dragged her, then released her before fleeing. He was later charged with kidnapping by Newark Police.
Newark City Council meets at 7 40 PM in Newark Community Center to review an 11 000 Chamber of Commerce request for the coming year. The plan includes 1 500 for an industrial and commercial development program and projects police and fire expenditures. The proposed total budget of 1 624 686 is up 16 percent from last year.
Sen. Lewis F. Sherman announces a Fremont district office at 3100 Mowry Ave Room 308. The office will be open Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and reachable by calling 797-9373 during office hours.
The Senate on Monday approved and sent to the House a measure to establish Fort Point in San Francisco as a national historic site.
Dale Reed Warren, 32, Oakland, California, was convicted by a Tashkent court of smuggling hashish and foreign currency into the Soviet Union and sentenced to up to five years in a penal colony for foreigners. Two other Americans, Pedra Generalac and Stephen Kr Abney, are being held for investigation. The embassy said Warren may appeal.
The Senate voted 27 to 11 to approve a second phase of constitutional revision in Sacramento, with 20 Democrats and 7 Republicans backing it. GOP opposition cited the need for more study while the deadline extension to July 22 narrowly passed to prevent automatic death of the merit-based judicial selection plan. Senator Bernard Dolwig defended four months of consideration.
Mrs. Jerry Jones of 37135 Alexander St Fremont received on the spot first aid for a scraped arm after firefighters Jerry McCormick and Richard Neves helped her lift her 18 month old daughter Donna from a burning residence yesterday. The blaze was knocked down with a garden hose by neighbor William Westherford of 37121 Alexander St as Mrs Jones handed the child out a rear window and crawled to safety. Firemen estimated the damage confined mainly to the kitchen.
Union City's council approved a 20 cent tax increase as part of a 1.244 million budget with total outlays exceeding 2 million dollars. The rise funds 11 new employees including a reefer, plus three police hires, drawing criticism from former councilman Willard Davis who argued the plan shifts extra burden to taxpayers and questions industry-friendly policies. Council member Irving Williams opposed the measure citing high allocations and pay raises.
Fremont city council meets at 7:30 p.m. to consider a general plan amendment opening a flood-plain section near Coyote Hill Aquatic Park for residential, industrial and commercial use and a second amendment to allow Silva Brothers to create the citys first park under the new trailer court ordinance. The rezoning would enable Proud Homes Inc to build about 800 homes in an 30 acre flood plain subdivision near Deesto Road and the Newark boundary, marking a major westward development. The trailer park project envisions a 13 unit park north of Western Pacific Railroad east of Mission Boulevard within the Niles area.
SACRAMENTO WPT The Assembly passed 58 to 15 a measure to uniform the tax assessment of publicly owned lands outside district borders. The constitutional amendment would base valuations on statewide land value increases, affecting properties like the San Francisco Airport but taxed by San Mateo County. Critics warned it could force public landowners to sell if taxes rise while supporters said it aids San Francisco. amendments must go to voters in November.
Washington reports that Pan American World Airways and Aeroflot plan to begin Moscow New York service soon under an agreement signed Nov 4 1966. Technical delays have postponed the start. inaugural details and possible American officials on the flight remain unclear.
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