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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1971
Page
1
Fair today with increasing cloudiness tonight and a chance of rain tomorrow. Highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. Tonight's lows from the upper 30s to upper 40s. Northerly winds 12 to 20 mph, easing today.
The Senate Finance Committee advances a gas tax raise despite sponsor doubts. California counties report a 31 percent rise in property tax levies for 1970 71. Reagan resists gas tax increases for quake road repair while Davis faces Marin County charges.
In Beaufort two vehicles stopped for a minor traffic offense, police search uncovers 1.2 million dollars worth of marijuana. Authorities say the haul was recovered after routine roadside stops along a rural coastal road.
The Liberian tanker Wafra ran aground six miles off Cape Agulhas and officials fear a severe oil spill rivaling Britain's 1967 disaster. All attempts to refloat the vessel have failed. Archbishop Casaroli, Vatican envoy to the Soviet Union, returns to Rome hopeful for gradual religious life normalization for Soviet Catholics, saying a Kremlin solution will take time.
Ten suspects, five men and five women, were arraigned in federal court on charges in a major heroin smuggling operation in Northern California. U.S. Magistrate Richard Coldsmith scheduled a preliminary hearing for March 11 with bail set from 5000 to 50000 dollars. Police say raids by the Organized Crime Strike Force in Hayward Union City and Fremont yielded over 2 million dollars in heroin plus guns and 40000 dollars in cash.
Ralph Fairchild, editor of The Argus, urged Fremont's city council committee to reform police information handling. He warned the current system could invite corruption, noting delayed or missing reports and inadequate logkeeping. Journalists across area papers echoed fears of suppressed arrests and late releases.
President Nixon toured Des Moines Iowa amid thousands of demonstrators while promoting a rural development program boosted by 400 million. He greeted crowds, shook hands, and urged passage of revenue sharing and executive reorganization plans. Police clashed briefly with antiwar protesters outside the hotel as Nixon met governors and farm editors.
Fremont Planning Commissioner John Herrera leads a union backed effort with John Lavely to form the Organized Labor Housing Committee. The group seeks to urge Fremont Newark and Union City to add a housing element to their general plans to ensure affordable housing for workers earning six to twelve thousand dollars a year.
Fremont City Council will weigh authorizing a consultant to draw a master Civic Center site plan. City Manager Don Driggs seeks a joint effort with Alameda County to house federal state county and local agencies in a large complex. The proposal follows earlier space projections and a 1971 72 funding outlook.
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