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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1968
Page
1
A brief weather summary reports fair conditions across the San Francisco Bay Area Sacramento Valley and Nevada through Saturday. Slightly warmer days with Friday night lows generally 45 to 60 and daytime highs from the 70s to near 90s. Winds shift from southerly to northerly 6 to 25 mph varying by region.
Nine whooping crane eggs hatched at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel Maryland after being brought from Canadian nesting grounds. Weather for Friday through Saturday expected lows mid fifties to highs near ninety with northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
Newark leaders call for calm following a disruptive altercation known as Allman Row. The piece notes 22 whoppers in captivity and cites Udall praising the hatching as a major conservation achievement. Eggs were sourced from Canada by the Canadian Wildlife Service and the U.S. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife.
Mrs. Mary Alemida of San Leandro filed a 200000 dollar damage suit in Alameda County Superior Court accusing the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Inc and the Detroit Tigers of willful malicious actions after a baseball was hurled into the crowd during a sixth inning brawl between the Oakland Athletics and the Tigers. Alemida suffered a three inch gash above her eye a fractured cheek and a concussion. The suit seeks 50000 in general damages and 150000 in punitive damages and names six unnamed companies and 100 John Does among defendants.
The article notes unrest in France as De Gaulle era politics resurface with rightists and former extremists clashing in eastern towns while authorities vow to quell violence. It mentions Pompidou condemning extremists and police deploying to prevent new alignments as Algerian independence debates stir tensions.
Washington reports GOP leaders in both houses backing strict gun controls as Congress moves toward tightening laws on handguns rifles and shotguns including prohibiting mail order sales and narrowing sales channels. Senate and House committees plan meetings to reconsider the measure amid ongoing administration push and rising constituent support.
Reported statements describe continued shelling and political maneuvering in the war, with U S lawmakers debating gun control and Viet Cong activity. Senate cosponsors rethink positions while discussions on Viet Cong movements and proposed Viet Nam administration measures unfold amid other political and legal actions in Paris and Saigon.
Alameda County Water District directors voted to delay paying 51,697 to Chemical Separation Corp for the district's new water softening unit. The hold followed stop payments from three Chem-Sep subcontractors and a bonding company request to clarify financial matters. The contract requires district approval before Chem-Sep can sign over payments, amid reports Chem-Sep borrowed funds and an assignment of 408,090 from Hamilton National Bank.
Fragmented OCR notes indicate a newspaper notice from The Daily Review about a court matter in Alameda California. It references Post Office Tom California and a subscriber rate section with subscription rates per copy and per year, but details are unreadable and disjointed.
Storms hit southern Florida, the Northwest, and parts of the Midwest with thunderstorms and record low temps in the Great Lakes. The Weather Bureau issued a tornado watch and forecast severe storms, large hail, and damaging winds for northeast Nebraska, southeast South Dakota, and southern Minnesota and northern Iowa. Two funnel clouds were sighted near Pelican Rapids in Minnesota.
Fourteen Newark and Fremont firefighters with three engines battled a wind whipped blaze at Swiss Park for about twenty minutes. Smoke rose hundreds of feet and drifted across Mowry Avenue halting traffic. No homes were damaged, fire officials say the fire started behind a housing tract.
Fremont recreation commissioners blasted a proposed 1968 69 budget as unrealistic and a backward step. They questioned cuts to recreation and parks, urged a tax increase discussion, and called for a public vote on whether residents will back higher taxes to keep the city attractive. A special meeting is set for June 20 at the Niles Community Center.
Washington UPI reports Ned D. Bayley a Battle Creek Michigan native aged 49 was appointed by the Agriculture Department to lead the science and education department.
The Newark Chamber of Commerce seeks 6650 from Alameda County Supervisors for 1963-69, matching last year's grant as the chamber's total budget rises to 35775 up 1695 from 1967-68. George Cheever cites 3700 for an economic development program to lure new industry, while the group also requests 11000 from the city for industrial relations.
A blue ribbon committee from Southern Alameda County asks the Alameda County Superior Court to pause a plan to discontinue duplicate filing in Hayward while study continues. The Hayward branch, serving South County with one judge, handles a fifth of county cases though only one magistrate sits there. Fremont attorneys Charles McCrory Walter Aylward former Judge Alton Norris James Perley and Charles Snaw formed the panel.
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