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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1971
Page
1
Weather forecast predicts fair conditions through tomorrow with warmer temperatures. Highs will range from the mid sixties to mid seventies, and lows tonight will be around 45 to 50 degrees. Winds are decreasing as the pattern shifts. Details on Page 14.
Elizabeth Spore, a longtime first grade teacher at H. A. Snow Elementary in Newark, retires next month after more than 25 years in the classroom. The Irvington Area Plan is sent back to Fremont planners for redraft with new instructions.
The California Judicial Council unanimously approves drastic statewide rule changes aimed at speeding jury selection. The move, reported on page 7, follows a push to streamline court proceedings and reduce delays in trials.
Two patrolmen, one white and one black, are killed minutes after leaving duty. Both pronounced dead on arrival at Harlem Hospital. The incident occurs as part of a daymark of rising crime and tension in New York City.
Officials say Israel consul general Ephraim Elrom is still alive and report arrests or searches of about 504 people in Istanbul as part of the hunt. The Soviet Union hints Mars 2 probe may attempt a soft landing to seek signs of life.
Communist artillery strikes on three U S Army outposts near the DMZ and Hue and Hoi An killed 30 Americans and wounded about 40. Most casualties occurred at Fire Base Charlie Two, with hundreds of mortar rounds at other bases. Allied forces reported hundreds of guerrilla deaths across southern Vietnam and Cambodia, including a depot seizure and ammunition caches. A Kiowa helicopter was downed in one engagement, with crew wounded.
In Fremont a 35-foot palm was uprooted for a housing project. Workers freed trapped pigeons while debates with owner Manuel Freitas questioned saving remaining palms. One palm cracked. officials plan replacements. Students protested, then the contractor agreed to replace losses with mature palms.
Detroit UPI Major shareholders rejected proposals to reshape General Motors and end South Africa operations. Campaign GM failed to win more than 4 percent support on its measures for pollution, safety, minority hiring and recalls as protest leader Dr. Leon Sullivan urged action against apartheid.
The US dollar fell to its lowest in 22 years on the West German money market amid expectations the Bundesbank would sell dollars. Frankfurt fixed 3.5030 marks per dollar, with interbank trading slipping below 3.50. Bank officials noted the central bank had not yet intervened or reduced holdings, while authorities pledged to restore the official rate to 3.66 when dollar supply permits.
Newark council, amid rancorous testimony on the Cedar Boulevard eucalyptus grove reservation, sent the issue to recreation commissioners with a reservation only interim rule. The 3-2 vote backed by Mayor Lewis and Vice Mayor Baker, opposing Plowright and Kincaid, and hinted at possible park opening in the future.
The $125,000 Irvington Park Library opens today from 1 to 4 p.m. The library began serving the public on May 7 at Blacow Road and Grim mer Boulevard as part of the city library expansion to separate Irvington and Central libraries in Central Park. The ceremony is sponsored by the American Association of University Women and the county library staff.
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