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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1972
Page
9
Newark officials debated lowering the minimum age for city appointments to 17, potentially making about 750 students eligible. The council split 2 to 2 on posting notices at youth venues, delaying final action while research on the ordinance continues, with July as the earliest possible change.
chaotic battle reports describe Communist forces advancing toward An Loc and Chon Thanh, with U S advisers killed. Amid air and artillery bombardments, U S Navy and Air Force jets conducted heavy raids as Soviet and Chinese ships moved in distant theaters.
In Union City a jury found Mrs. Chatela Gomez guilty of disrupting a December 14 New Haven school board meeting and assaulting Trustee Lester Clark. Co defendants Para and Gonzalez were acquitted of assault on officers. Sentencing set for June 9. Gomez faces related charges and a civil suit seeking reinstatement as a teachers’ aide.
Thirty acres of rain and scrub burned in Coyote Hills Regional Park in Fremont. A two alarm fire reported at 2 37 pm drew four Fremont units and three from East Bay Regional Park District. A Newark tank rack assisted with water, but not needed. Firefighters kept the blaze to the hill’s western slopes and fought it for two hours.
Greyhound bus drivers in ATU Division 1225 voted to strike on May 23 if no new contract is agreed. Nearly 500 Bay Area drivers could be affected, with service impact tied to a regional transit district takeover.
An unidentified young man was taken to Washington Hospital after his car struck a parked steel load on Blacow Road near Stevenson Boulevard. The vehicle was crushed in half and witnesses described heavy steel rods protruding from the rear of the truck. Police had no ID at once.
A blue eyed man with stubble robbed an adult bookstore at 3864 Washington Blvd yesterday around 2:40 pm. Mrs. Ann Webt told police the suspect put a gun in her back as he entered the store, wearing a red orange baseball cap before escaping.
Eugene C. Rathfon Jr. and Roy Hernandez were each sentenced to one year in county jail for burglary in Fremont. Judge James F. Perley ordered continued participation in the methadone program due to long standing heroin addiction. The defendants, both Union City residents, admitted stealing $38 worth of electronics equipment, a lift, and a motorcycle transmission from a Union City home on April 12.
City planners clash with Singer consultants over park and street layouts in the Borderline tract project. Talks on two 12 to 15 acre parks continue despite disputes about the Northgate home designs and need for coordinated street surveillance near park edges.
Across several sites in lateApril and early May police and National Guard faced mass protests. Hundreds of demonstrators, including high school students, clashed outside universities and facilities like Westover Air Force Base gates, Institute for Defense Analyses, and Carnwell University. Dozens arrested. local towns seek help covering overtime.
Public hearings on Citizens Utilities proposed 42 percent rate increase will be held in Fremont from Oct 24 to Oct 27 with possible Oct 30 and 31 continuation. A PAC hearing examiner set the first hearing date at the Niles Community Center after a prehearing conference in Miles. Local opponents may seek an interim decision, while residents may give verbal testimony as written testimony is sought from all parties. The case, seen as precedent for three other pending filings, will be reviewed by the State Public Utilities Commission without a direct recommendation from the examiner.
A retirement dinner honors Thomas P. Maloney associate superintendent of Fremont United School District. After 42 years in Centerville and Fremont Unified School Districts he served as teacher principal and superintendent in Centerville and as assistant superintendent in Fremont before his current role. Attendees may mail $7.50 to Mrs Raymond Rodrigues Fremont by May 24 for the event at Sunol Valley Golf Club on Meson Blvd.
People for Peace in Fremont will meet at 7 30 p m tomorrow at the Fremont Congregational Church 28265 Blacow Road to organize a nonviolent witness for peace. The initiative was led by local high school students according to Rev Kart E Olson the group spokesman.
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