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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1971
Page
1
Ten predicts rain likely today with 70 percent chance and showery tonight. Highs reach the low 50s to low 60s, with lows mid 40s to around 50. Westerly winds 10 to 20 mph, turning southerly briefly as The State Health Department issued a notice.
Twenty horses enter the Derby as a you pick em affair with a record purse of 188000 dollars. Morning line favorite Unconscious, fresh off the California Derby win at Golden Gate Fields, headlines the nationally televised race.
About 40 hard core leaders of a hunger strike begun Wednesday at Santa Rita have been confined to maximum security cells and continue to refuse meals, according to Capt. John Moore, commanding officer of the prison. Fremont Chamber of Commerce directors endorse a 50 cent per can rate increase for home garbage pickup in the Tri city area.
Stanford University posts a five thousand dollar cash reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for bombings on April 23 at the president’s office and April 26 at the di ipera House. Details on Page 14. Mercury in fish warns at Calero Almaden and Alamitos Creek with eight to ten times federal limits. A young blond youth fatally stabs an Air Force sergeant at a recruitment station shouting he’s sending people to Vietnam. Page 2.
Tom, attorney for Leslie Bacon, describes her fear before a federal grand jury inquiry into the March 1 bombing of the U8 Capitol. The report notes a Greek tragedy adaptation opening four days of Kent State memorial services for the four students killed last spring by Ohio National Guardsmen.
President Thieu reaffirmed his opposition to Communist participation in South Vietnam politics as a method to end the war, part of a May Day address. Two days earlier Vice President Ky reportedly urged Communist involvement in the October presidential elections. The speech names no proponents.
Judge James Perley Jr. was sworn in as judge of the Fremont Newark Union City Judicial District amid humor and a crowded courtroom on Peralta Boulevard. Judge M G Sabraw administered the oath as deputies and state officials lauded Perley before about 200 people including his family.
J Gordon Knapp of Atherton and his brother William Knapp of San Francisco donated a 61 acre strip of bay marshland at the southern mouth of Coyote Creek to Nature Conservancy for the proposed South Bay National Wildlife Refuge. The gift confirms months of rumor and ties to a 460 acre Alviso parcel owned by the brothers, with access likely five years away due to safety and road concerns.
Pacific Telephone and the Communications Workers of America extended their three year contract to avert a Friday midnight walkout. The deal allows 24 hour termination notice and extends bargaining into the weekend with the Federation of Women Telephone Workers of Southern California and the Order of Repeatersmen and Toll Test boardmen. The offer includes wage raises starting at 4 to 22 dollars and cost of living adjustments in years two and three, plus a 2.5 percent wage rise in those years.
Amtrak assumed control of 184 trains serving 19 cities at 12:00 am Saturday, marking the end of an era. A group of 22 passenger service representatives began boarding trains systemwide as courts upheld the government takeover of 49 long haul routes amid posturing and legal actions.
Fremont faces a major civil action filed by John Trump against Chesapeake and Isola Corp over a 32 acre development in Fremont's central business district. The complaint targets a conspiracy to defraud and claims liens totaling about 1.225 million dollars tied to the Town Fair Shopping Center Gaslight Square and related properties.
The Reagan administration proposes a 21.4 percent rise in maximum AFDC grants to aid about three of five recipients, with a plan to drop about 27,509 from relief rolls to avoid a threatened federal funding cutoff. The action, tied to Alameda County court orders, would take effect June 1 and reshape the program’s June caseload.
UPI reports Catherine M. Webb, UPT Phnom Penh bureau manager, believed killed after capture April 7, was freed Saturday. She telephoned CPL from Kampong Speu saying she is alive and on her way to Phnom Penh. Webb did not disclose details of captivity or release. An automobile was sent to Kampong Speu to bring her back to the capital.
A government news conference outlines tighter nationwide air standards aimed at reducing sulfur oxides particulates and hydrocarbons. Officials explain cost impacts and compliance paths for industries, with the plan requiring EPA approval and implementation timelines.
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