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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1975
Page
2
City officials revive youth employment drive with focus on part time home based work. Job bank lists skills from bookkeeping to babysitting and painting. Program runs May 32 through Aug 23, funded by city district and chamber. Four students win Voice of Democracy scholarships from VFW post.
John J. Walsh a Kennedy High School teacher is elected the 1975 76 president of the Mission Valley Industrial Magcation Association. Other teachers elected to office include A Elon Ormsby Mission San Jose High president elect Robert Quigley Thornton Junior High School vice president and Robert Wheeler Washington High School secretary treasurer.
Merit Scholarship winner FHEMONT-Charles Blansett, senior at Washington High, named winner of a University of Santa Clara Merit Scholarship under the 1975 Merit Scholar Steps Competition. Blansett, of 81400 Selma Avenue, active in school affairs as student representative to the Fremort board of education, plans a fiber arts major. Scholarship amount not revealed. Merit Scholarships range from $400 to $6,000 for four years.
Alfred Fies, a Fremont Hills preengineering student and Irvington High School graduate, received a $100 scholarship from the Fremont chapter of the American G.I. Forum. The organization honors Chicana veterans with several scholarships annually.
Gloria Villasana, named assistant vice president at Fremont Bank, will oversee administration of the security portfolio, public securities, public funds, and regulatory reports to the board of directors. The 3 lifetime Tri City resident and Ohlone College alum takes on banking leadership duties.
Sacramento UPI reports defeated gubernatorial candidate Houston I. Flournoy weighs a run for the Republican nomination to challenge Democrat John V. Tunney, who seeks a second term. Flournoy, who lost to Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. last November, indicated Tunney can be beat and did not rule out running.
Evelyn Brent 73, silent film star on two continents, died Wednesday after a heart attack in West Los Angeles. Funeral Saturday at St Paul’s Roman Catholic Church with interment at San Fernando Mission Cemetery. She shared an apartment with Dorothy Conrad and briefly returned for a Wagon Train appearance. Her husband Harry Fox died in 1959. no survivors listed.
Tracy, eight, crowned Union City royalty by Mayor Tom Kitayama and Arland Keller. She will visit Fairyland in Oakland on July 19 as a princess for a day. Ten candidates competed in each contest, sponsored by the Union City Chamber of Commerce. first runner-up was Saundra Lynn Juarez, and Tami Jones was named Miss Congeniality.
Meeday Italian spaghetti bread salad with dressing and pineapple. Tuesday fish sticks with catsup potatoes cinnamon puff crispy slaw applesauce milk. Wednesday pizza bul lad with clear dressing chocolate cake milk. Thursday beef patty with lettuce pickles French fries carrot coins fruit fudge milk. Friday elementary only hot dog bun buttered corn tossed salad orange juice milk. Newark district Harbecued beef on bun buttered green beans tossed salad pear peanut butter cookie milk. Silva special picnic menu Manager's Wednesday garden salad buttered bread orange freeze milk. Tuesday Latiby of school lunch
The Senate confirmed Paul Webster MacAvoy of Massachusetts to the President's Council of Economic Advisers. Also approved were James H. Blair of Michigan as assistant secretary of housing and urban development and William N. Walker of Mississippi as deputy special representative for U.S. trade negotiations.
The measure SH574 unanimous approval removes jury caution on rape testimony and bans probation for repeat rapists while mandating stricter sentences. Sen Alan Hobbins hails it as a second step in rape law reform though Assembly prospects are unclear amid a criminal justice committee dispute.
Richard Wood, chairman of Fremont's recreation commission, criticized the preliminary budget allocating 1,085,135 for recreation and cultural activities. He said it is the lowest in California, covers only 5.5 percent of the 13.4 million total, and leaves many programs unaffordable for poorer residents.
New York report outlines a proposed US economic policy linking high unemployment to curb inflation. MIT economist Samuelson suggests power rests in Washington with policy that keeps joblessness elevated through the decade despite recovery.
Six people die and 38 are injured when the Night Caledonian derails at Nuneaton, 90 miles north of London. The London to Glasgow service jumped the rails after an engine failure, trapping passengers in twisted metal as rescuers used torches and jacks to reach them. An eyewitness described the scene as like Dante’s Inferno with cries of trapped children.
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