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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1971
Page
2
A father recalls guiding his son to find a newspaper boy job while debating age limits. The scene shifts to a noisy living room and a humorous, chaotic awakening as kids yell at the TV. A jab about a city workers group ends with a practical Vaseline on the doorknob tip.
A trio of Soledad prisoners John Cluchette George Jackson and Fleeta Drumgo filed a brief demanding a jury drawn from nonprisoners. They face murder charges in the killing of a prison guard at Soledad State Prison. They claim a jury of fellow inmates would deny due process and equal protection.
Fremont line agent Frank Man To of M14 Vernal Ave and Eugene F Rinaldi of 42668 Ler wick Sh have qualified for New York Life Insurance 1971 Top Club based on sales records. General manager W Reed Geverson at the Fremont office says they are invited to an educational conference in Seattle Wash.
Mrs. Fred B. Reis of Contra Costa Blvd Fremont joins about 400 delegates at the 64th Annual National Auxiliary Convention of CARSH the Children’s Asthma Research Institute and Hospital in Denver this week. Reis is president of Hope Chapter. Delegates represent more than 25 000 CARSH volunteers across the United States and Canada who raise two thirds of the funds for the national asthma center’s child care and treatment program.
Berkeley UC entomologist Dr. Robert van den Basch said public health officials are virtually at their wits ends trying to control a mosquito thought to spread a sleeping sickness strain to horses and people. He warned there is no chemical method to kill this resistant variety.
A Chinatown garment shop worker, Mrs. Ginnie Wong, was awarded 4310 in back wages and damages under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the first successful prosecution of a garment worker under federal minimum wage laws. She testified about 10 hour days six days a week and piece-rate pay from June 1967 to June 1969. The defendant was Kim Wah Lew.
A fire tore through the cockpit of a Hercules C13 in Oakland trapping three men before they were dragged to safety by a spokesman. The aircraft was later sealed for FAA inspection. Injured pilots William Chappell, 48, Dallas, and instructor Alan Pettit, 49, Newcastle, Del., were transported to St. Francis Hospital in San Francisco for burn treatment.
James M. Burns is named installment credit officer at Crocker Bank Centerville office in Fremont. A native Californian, he joined Crocker in 1968 as an installment credit trainee and has worked at the Oakland main office and Hexpalin presbyterian Hayward office in installment credit posts.
Fremont’s Horner Junior High hosts an end of summer school fair starting 10 30 a m Friday in the school courtyard with 300 plus students displaying projects in areas such as sewing shop wood shop metal shop band art crafts drafting typing geography science reading arithmetic and more Exhibits move to the multi purpose room from 11 00 to 12 30 with first second and third place ribbons awarded in each subject Cochairmen Howard Neely Lonnie Smith oversee the event.
The Senate Finance Committee faced a hostile reception from conservatives and liberals as it opened hearings on President Nixon’s family assistance plan. Secretary Richardson urged swift action while Chairman Long questioned its efficacy and cost. The bill would guarantee a $2,400 annual income for a four member family and expand training, jobs and Social Security benefits, but opponents warned it could subsidize unwed or nonworking families and fail to address the real problem of work incentives.
Senate moves to vote on a Stevenson amendment delaying a federally guaranteed 250 million loan to Lockheed Aircraft until late September or October. Supporters and opponents expect a very close result as the bill also faces a no-debate vote on the broader package. Lockheed warns of bankruptcy if funds are withheld and Rolls Royce engine funding stalls. The British government backs Rolls Royce actions and a prolonged stalemate risks the Tristar project and investor losses.
John McConaghy of San Lorenzo marks his centennial today in the home he has occupied since 187? establishme nt at 18701 Hesperian Blvd. He recalls the 1906 earthquake and fire, early village development, and a life long as a farmer and steamer trader. He remains in good health with a companion, widowed since 1939, and proud to be among the area’s oldest residents.
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