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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1971
Page
5
Recreation commissioners propose opening the park on weekends while reserving weekdays for scouting and other groups, citing a 7.50 per day supervision cost. The plan aims to balance public access with supervision concerns and may pave the way for later sale to developers.
The piece notes Flag Day passed with waning display of flags as Tri-City streets showed Pew flags and fashion over patriotism. It questions whether style and thoughtlessness dull national pride and urges renewed display and reflection ahead of July Fourth.
A California woman described as Nixon’s second cousin writes to the President pleading for aid and sympathy, claiming she is ill and impoverished. The letter signals personal distress and public interest in presidential response.
Fremont readers fire off letters accusing Louis Maselli of bias in the June 10 Community Drug Council meeting, alleging a rushed 24 hour nomination process and suppression of Chief John Fabbri’s bid for a board seat. Another writer condemns Elks leadership over Flag Day hypocrisy, urging firmer patriotic standards.
Congressional hearing reveals officials know some USPS workers are associated with the Black Panthers and other groups. William Cotter of the Totgal Inspection Service says data on individual loyalty or subversive ties is not readily available and would require records to confirm.
Russell Kirk notes a 1971 Michigan Supreme Court ruling recognizing a fetus as a human being with rights at law after an injury case. The column critiques abortion, cites other states where rights have shifted, and laments paradoxes in legal protections versus reproductive choices.
The Supreme Court sided with Paul H. Cohen and held that vulgar language in public discourse is protected, overruling offensive conduct charges. The piece argues against suppressing words and predicts vulgar terms appearing in media and on signs, noting Nixon appointees' dissent and broader cultural shifts.
In a provocative study librarian Lawrence C. Wroth revisits the origins of discovery linking Vatican archives to Columbus and Vespucci. It highlights Columbus misperceiving Asia, Vespucci’s contested claims, and Verrazano’s 1524 voyage with reports later published in 1556.
This day recalls John Wesley born 1703, Amelia Earhart first woman to fly Atlantic in 1928, Senate panel ends McCarthy Army clash probe after 36 days, 5 million words. 1987 China announces hydrogen bomb, 1968 Supreme Court bars housing sales and rentals discrimination. Quotation from Sir John Suckling on women.
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