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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1968
Page
1
Homecoming Dinner Honors Congressman Edwards
Fre mont campaign chairman announces a homecoming dinner in San Jose to honor Don Edwards. The event highlights Edwards long service as a Democrat from San Jose. Page 5. Special education students at Horner Junior High use The Argus in class with notable results. Page 3. Newark’s 1968 street deficiency study shows 66 miles of streets needing 12 million dollars in repairs over the next decade. Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Con
Erg
Don Edwards
D-San Jose
Friy
San Jose
Fremont
Horner
The
Argus
Newark
Eisenhower Sidelined by Heart Attack at March Air Force Base
General Dwight D. Eisenhower has suffered a heart attack and will remain hospitalized at March Air Force Base for several weeks. The report appears on Page 3. Also noted Reagan tax stance and Rockefeller candidacy talk, with details on Page 14 and 21. A kidnapping case in Contra Costa County involving a ransom of $250,000 is described with the victim’s hostage ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight D. Eisenhower
March Air Force Base Hospital
Margaret Louia
Contra Costa County
First fatal X15 crash tech briefing and market rally notes
Congressional testimony reveals the rocket powered X15 broke up in flight at 4000 mph near Earth atmosphere. Stock prices rise for the sixth straight session on the NYSE with selective gains and heavy profit taking. Campus unrest at Columbian University prompts calls for strike and Kirks resignation. Kennedy tours Indianapolis area before key Democratic primary. Cincinnati high schools see sit ins and walkouts by over 1000 Negro students protesting suspensions of four seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York Stock Exchange
Cincinnati City
Purging of Jews in Lodz signals Polish anti Jewish drive
A dozen more Jews expelled from the Communist party in Lodz marks a grim sign of Poland's anti Jewish campaign centered in the textile town, about 60 miles from Warsaw. Europe reports a heart transplant recipient dying from brain hemorrhage after a heart implanted to aid his failing circulation. Two thousand elite South Vietnamese troops strike into the A Shau Valley, disrupting North Vietnamese supply lines while facing a Communist ambush. North Korean forces assault a South Korean patrol in the DMZ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Communist Party
Lodz
Warsaw
Poland
Europe
North Vietnam
A Shau
Quarries blamed for road costs in Fremont
Fremont officials blamed unregulated quarrying for added road costs as Local Improvement District 12 plans extend Paseo Padre Parkway. Mayor Geoffrey Steel cited a $125,000 right of way expense and a $1.69 million project portion with $253,300 city share. Discussion touched on road alignment, channel relocation, and potential parkway extensions to ease traffic, with officials noting quarry activity affected BART line and future freeway plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
Paseo Padre Parkway
Geoffrey Steel
Thornton Avenue
Decota Road
Corps of Engineers
Parkway
Steel
Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Peralta Boulevard
Fremont Boulevard
Milnes
Ely
Attempt To Open Center In Union City Faces Sprinkler Hurdle
Union City council urged City Manager John Geoghegan to meet with the state fire marshal to seek a ruling change on a required 48000 dollar sprinkler system for the Holly Community Center second floor. The first floor opened two months ago but the second floor remains unused due to fire safety rules. The council also extended a sprinkler bid by 20 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holly
Union City
Union City City
John Geoghegan
Consid
Rockefeller wins write-in in Massachusetts GOP primary
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York pulls a surprise write-in victory in the Massachusetts Republican primary, leading Richard Nixon by about 4,800 votes and placing Volpe second on the ballot. In the Democratic race, Eugene McCarthy wins as expected while Kennedy and Humphrey show strong but uneven support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Massachusetts
Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
John A. Volpe
Eugene J. McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert H. Humphrey
McCarthy
Kennedy
Humphrey
Volpe
Candidate Stymies District Incumbents
Emmett Nannery of Fremont launched a write in candidacy that halted the June 4 Sanitary District election by acclamation. Alameda County Supervisors delayed canceling the election and seating incumbents Sam Scott Ed Enos and Alwin Searles. The board had previously considered wiping out the election amid filing gaps and notices, with Nannery criticizing date confusion and notice adequacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Sanitary District
Emmett Nannery
Fremont
Alameda County Board of Supervisors
Sam Scott
Newark
Ed Enos
Alwin Searles
Union City
Nannery
Marilyn Blache
Robert Hannon
San Leandro
Hannon
Fremont mother fumes at Army over wounded son
A Mission San Jose mother, Mrs. Tony Souza, whose three sons all served in the Army, criticized DoD while praising Vice President Humphrey who phoned to help. Her youngest, Jeffrey Souza, 19, was wounded in Hue and treated at Letterman General Hospital. She battled Army telegrams and officials for details on his condition and location, writing to the Presidio, Fort Ord, Washington casualty office, the Red Cross, and even the Navy hospital ship Sanctuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
Department of Defense
Mission San Jose
Tony A. Souza
Souza
Vietnam
Jeffrey Souza
Hue
101St Airborne Division
Mission San Jose High School
Letterman General Hospital
Presidio of
San Francisco
Army
Canada
California
Washington, D.C
Gulf of Tonkin
South China Sea
Bryant
Sanctuary
Humphrey
Thomas Kuchels
Hospital Directors Set Report On Unsuccessful Separation Attempt
Washington Township Hospital District seeks to sever as a distinct hospital service area to gain federal funds. Amsbaugh Haun and Taylor faced the California Public Health Council after which the plan was deemed to harm the Hayward Service Area hospitals. Alameda County Health Planning Commission backed redistricting but state officials warned against creating extra districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin G. Haun
Robert Taylor
Hayward
St. Rose, Eden
Levine
San Leandro
Amsbaugh
Alameda County Health Planning Commission
Newark Delegation Seeks Bridge Bill Support in Sacramento
Newark’s 10 member delegation traveled to Sacramento to back the 1.7 million Dumbarton Bridge bill. Mayor Harry Lewis said the effort aimed to rebuild the bridge to aid local economy, but the agenda held many items and the presentation was postponed per Assemblyman Carlos Bee’s guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Sacramento
Charles Cashmark
Harry Lewis
Bee
Lewis
South County
George Kincaid
Campus Report On Huddleson Ranch Site Released
A geological study on the Huddleson Ranch site for the Oh lone College campus will be unveiled at 4 p.m. in Fremont, with Fremont Newark Junior College District trustees to review the report at an 8 p.m. meeting at 650 Washington Blvd. The analysis, by Woodward Clyde Sherard and Associates, addresses a proposed fault through 20 acres of the 4.7 acre site and costs $18,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huddleson Ranch
Ohlone College
Fremont
Fremont-Newark Junior College
Washington Blvd
Woodward, Clyde, Sherard and Associates
Argus raises rates amid cost pressures in May
The Argus increases home delivery from $1.25 to $1.50 monthly and street price from 5 to 10 cents effective May 1. Management cites higher newsprint and labor costs, but promises more value with expanded women's news coverage weekly sports columns on bowling and drag racing, and a forthcoming horsemanship column.
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The
Argus
California Newspaper Publishers Association
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