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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1971
Page
1
The forecast shows a Ute RAL Fair through tomorrow with a slight warming trend. Highs today range from the 60s to low 70s, rising tomorrow from the mid-60s to mid-70s. Tonight's lows in the mid-40s to low 50s. Northwest winds 12 to 13 miles per hour today. Details on Page.
Governor Reagan tells 400 state employees their pay and job security depend on his budget. The State Board of Equalization rejects a consumer group petition to reassess utilities after claims of board bias. University editors threaten to fire three editors and defy publishers board over authority. Huey P. Newton says Black Panthers lost favor but aims to mend relations.
President Nixon says Americans may freely exchange visits with people on the Chinese mainland within ten years. The report covers other events including steelworkers seeking substantial pay raises, railroad signalmen planning wage bids, a prison kidnapping thwarted, Ogden Nash’s death, trains resuming after a strike, and a stock market uptick amid light volume.
Ephraim Elrom, the Israeli diplomat kidnapped two days ago, has told his wife Elsa he is all right according to Israeli sources. His execution deadline remains under 24 hours away as the crisis deepens.
Fremont reports delayed by inflated land values for the 22 000 acre San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Marc Poche told recreation commissioners that early Interior Department land prices could have made the project prohibitively expensive but hearings are planned this year. Bill Hurd and Interior officials push the refuge while local Fremont actions shape land use near the proposed preserve.
Ohlone College gains state budget boost as Senate and Assembly Ways and Means committees approve increased allocations for community colleges. If enacted, Ohlone would receive about 6.6 million in state funds matched by 2 million local, financing early phase construction on the 420 acre hillside site near Mission San Jose de Guadalupe.
In the A Shaw Valley campaign a five regiments battle rages as South Vietnamese Marine and infantry units clash with Communist forces. Reports say 14 Communists and 6 Americans wounded, with heavy artillery and air support active.
In a late night Senate vote, lawmakers killed the government backed SST project for good, deleting 85.3 million for development and ending federal subsidies for the 1,900 mph plane. The action followed a 58 to 37 vote to strip the funds and a separate effort to restore the money for termination costs. The House previously revived the funds, tying them to development, but the Senate move ended prospects for federal support.
The Senate rejected a 50 percent reduction proposal for U S troops in Europe after an all day debate. Mansfield insisted on halting defense drain while supporters pressed for rapid withdrawal. Final roll calls: 68 to 29 against the Mansfield amendment and 61 to 15 against a 5,000 troop withdrawal option. Mansfield vowed to keep fighting the policy.
Blonde activist Leslie Bacon was sentenced to jail in Seattle for contempt after refusing to answer federal grand jury questions about the March 1 bombing of the U S Capitol and May Day protests in Washington D C. Her attorneys plan an appeal and she argued the government aims to frame innocent people.
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