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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1977
Page
1
A group seized a passenger jet and released 18 passengers including Russians and a8 Am eaving aly, after freeing 41 others. Women and children were sent out in the first groups, while six Russians escaped. Troops surrounded the plane as the crew remained aboard, unable to refuel or operate the jet.
Fremont residents and environmentalists oppose the Dumbarton Quarry expansion near Coyote Hills Regional Park. San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge officials warn of increased air and noise impacts from a planned asphalt plant tied to the project. Council considers second reading of rezoning and use permit for expansion, with bridgepoint residents fearing downwind effects and a land donation to East Bay Regional Park District in 15 to 20 years.
The Senate rejected President Carter's plan to discontinue the Clinch River breeder reactor project and pivot funding toward other reactors. The vote compounds earlier decisions, with Johnson and Matsunaga warning on proliferation, while Bumpers defends the policy as essential to global security.
Washington Hospital directors meet tomorrow to discuss paramedics amid Newark and Union City concerns. Hospital administrator Richard Warren proposes a multi agency joint powers authority as a long term solution to EMS in the district which includes Fremont Union City Newark and South Hayward. Union City urges leadership cost studies and voter approval while Newark calls for an emergency medical care program with equitable service across the district.
A pump valve explosion at NL Industries chlorine plant near Tooele released poisonous gas. Glenn E. Holden, 25, of Tooele, was killed. James Van Behren of Salt Lake City is in critical condition with leg injuries. John Bryant and Franklin Anderson of Tooele were treated for gas inhalation. Investigators probe cause as a cloud of chlorine drifted away from the remote desert site.
Fremont writer Laurel Lee recounts her path from a past persona as Laurel Moore at Wash ington High to becoming a novelist and mother of three. She battled Hodgkin’s disease during pregnancy, endured a broken marriage, found faith, and signed a 30,000 copy book contract with E P Dutton plus a movie deal with producer David Suskind.
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