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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1968
Page
2
The editorial denounces high campaign spending and oaths of donor disclosure gaps. It urges strict adherence to campaign finance law, naming requirements for reports, and calls for transparency in city council races and primaries to curb corruption rooted in local fundraising. It condemns developers and firms for large contributions and asks candidates to declare all donors.
A terse report notes the President gets the Joint Chiefs of Staff to sign a defensive statement for the Viet outpost at Khe Sahn. The move aims to prevent a repeat of Dien Bien Phu and signals a hard to abandon military sector. Also, a man long on the run for 15 years in Los Angeles rejects $39,000 from a property settlement, reflecting surprising self respect amid adversity.
A Fremont reader lauds Councilman Bill van Doorn for guiding city policy and calls for clear discussion of Getchell land deals and the General Plan amendments. The letter references past negotiations, hospital expansion land needs, and a $7 percent interest claim while urging voters to weigh credit on April 9.
Fremont residents condemn council actions that raised land costs, delaying hospital funding and risking a 410000 payment for a five acre parcel. The letter urges voters to review council minutes, credit Mr van Doorn, and hold officials accountable for zoning that spurred land speculation and higher taxes.
In a reflective column Paul Harvey argues that ending the Vietnam War would reduce national ferment. He suggests a return to American unity, diminished demonstrations, fewer draft anxieties, and a stronger home economy as dollars recirculate domestically.
Washington weighs shifting priorities from foreign aid to domestic problems as Sargent Shriver argues Americans favor spending at home. A National Geographic bulletin warns of coastlines eroding from Maryland to Alaska and California. The piece endorses disengagement in Vietnam and urges limiting overseas commitments while stressing the need to secure home welfare.
A critique argues that the so called new Nixon is a continuation of the old, noting critics only see superficial changes. It cites Serafino Romualdi’s posthumous book and Galbraith’s letter as examples of efforts to paint Nixon as anti democratic while highlighting labor and Latin American perspectives that praised his steadiness amid riots.
On this date in 1770 British soldiers killed five civilians in the Boston Massacre. In 1933 German election returns gave the Nazis 52 percent of Reichstag seats. In 1959 Stalin died at 74 from a cerebral hemorrhage. In 1966 a British airliner crashed Mount Fuji killing 124. Izaak Walton quote ends the note.
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