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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1972
Page
2
Swiss Air Rescue Service helicopters saved 70 people trapped overnight 800 feet above Mt Schutharn after a cable car breakdown. Another group of 25, including US Ambassador Shelby Sakson Davis, spent the night in a mountain-top restaurant. Most aboard were Swiss ski club members. a Princeton Club figure joined dinner Saturday.
UPI reports photographer E. Mikver, 44, fell from Sandstone Bridge in Arches National Park while attempting a sunset shot. He plunged about 60 feet to a ledge below as companions hiked near the rugged back country. A Jeep posse recovered the body. no external marks were evident.
Berkeley UPI reports the American Federation of Teachers accuses University of California President Hitch and the Coordinating Council for Higher Education of secretly agreeing to eliminate many foreign language programs. The OCHE report last October urged cuts citing low enrollment and criticism that policy serves cost-cutting over education.
Minority students at St Mary’s staged a water only fast Sunday on campus to press for greater minority admission. They delivered a two parttime faculty complaint against professors Richard Figueroa and Lorena Avie and demanded a 90 percent increase in Black and Chicana seniors for the next academic year.
Rebuttal testimony resumes Monday as the Allote trial nears final phases in Vancouver Washington. The $2.5 million civil suit accuses San Francisco Mayor Joseph Allote and others of improper fee sharing in antitrust cases from 1960s. Washington state and 12 publicly owned utilities seek about $2.3 million refund for his former attorney fees. A 12-member jury is seated.
Nancy Reagan, in a Sacramento Union column, states opposition to legalizing marijuana. She cites scientific evidence suggesting the drug is unpredictable in effect and permanently damaging to mind and body and warns producers and sellers will push to expand the market if legalized. She notes names registered with government as a precaution.
The Newark Parks and Recreation Commission meets at the Newark Community Center at 8 p m to discuss the March Easter egg hunt the April 28 Arbor Day event and the May 2 pet parade. The landscape parks supervisor will report on Birch Cove Community Park efforts and volunteer work while the group considers strengthening the cultural committee and forming an outdoor recreation committee.
Fremont main library hosts three free performances of The Troll Bridge Puppets show The Great Ice Cream heist tomorrow at 39770 Paseo Padre Parkway Fremont. Shows run 1 a.m 3:20 p.m and 7:30 p.m each 30 minutes. Puppeteer Bruce Vogel notes the program suits pre school and school aged children.
Report from Dania Florida notes black voters, about 15 percent of Democrats, may shape the state primary results with strong support for Hubert Humphrey and other candidates. Local organizer Belsy Waiters cautions Florida’s reflection of national civics, while residents recall past civil rights battles and party loyalties.
In San Jose UPI reports the third week of jury selection begins as defense and prosecution press for a favorable panel. Davis, 23, a former UCLA philosophy instructor and admitted Communist, is charged with murder kidnapping and conspiracy in a 1990 Marin County courthouse escape that left four dead including a judge.
A nationwide Soviet TV documentary titled The USA Danger from the Right portrays the Ku Klux Klan as a strong political force in the United States. commentator Valentin Zorin cites alleged documents claiming former presidents Truman and Harding were Klan members. The program airs depictions of Klan activity, crosses, hooded marchers, and victims, arguing racism and corruption define American life.
John I. Mac Gregor Intermediate School in Newark runs a paper drive from today through Friday to fund student activities. Newspapers may be placed in a van near the basketball courts at 35753 Cedar Byrd.
A letter released Sunday claims Senator Edward M Kennedy aided a political conspiracy to discredit government officials amid the ITT antitrust settlement probe. The missive from Senator Mexen W. Cosk accuses Kennedy and others of pressuring for a stalled Senate vote as investigations proceed.
A quirky birthday notice from Portland lists several people with dates and ages. The text mentions Lawrence Buchanan, Fangorn Jane, and Joyce Den Kai ser, tying them to the city and a social tour, with March dates referenced in a fragmented way.
Government military sources said North Vietnamese forces resumed attacks on Long Cheng and Sam Thong in north central Laos. On Saturday night mortar and 130mm artillery struck the bases, with fighting continuing Sunday and no immediate casualty report. Air strikes in the area northeast of Vientiane were limited by bad weather.
Heavy flooding along 600 miles of Peru's coast caused at least five deaths and forced thousands in the port city of Callao to flee. Lamayeque La Libertad and Ancash states reported widespread inundation. The Sactamarca river swelled near Callao, alarming officials and prompting emergency aid coordination.
Coast Guard towed the dead gray whale from Stinson Beach to the Farallon Islands 30 miles off shore for disposal by Navy demolition teams. Officials said it was the same whale surfaced in San Francisco Bay last week and towed out to sea twice, with anchor line marking the carcass.
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