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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1971
Page
6
A writer recalls buying a $15 abstract nude from an San Francisco gallery, paying 67 cents tax, and framing it at home. He reflects on the artist’s attitude, the living room display, and how the experience reshapes his view of art while recounting a separate visit to an adult cinema.
The Newark school board will consider awarding a contract for the future Memorial High School. Barnhart Construction Co. of Santa Clara has a $3,064,006 apparent low bid within the state limit after rejecting a higher prior bid of $3,118,300. The board also weighs a district telephony news service and an accreditation report from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Meeting starts at 7:30 pm in district offices at 470 Musivk Ave.
After a two year delay developer George Oakes returns to Fremont to press plans for a major mobile home park at Durham Road and Grimmer Boulevard. He seeks to fund widening via an assessment district and low interest rates. Council will vote on bids for a Walnut extension linking Civile Center Drive to Mission and consider park dedication for Rancho Colorado. A public hearing on rezoning a wrecking yard at 4000 West Warren Ave is also planned.
In Rochester New York a black minister told 744 voting commissioners of the United Presbyterian Church Assembly that the Council on Church and Race had given 10000 to a legal defense fund for Angela Navis. Edler Hawkins announced the grant during the assembly. delegates sought microphones as the session adjourned before discussion.
President Reagan presses welfare reform as party lines sharpen. Senate Health and Welfare Committee has not cleared the measure, while Democratic Chair Anthony Bet Jensen backs a bipartisan reform bill drafted by the committee to shape the policy.
John C. Herrera, 18, of 457 Claudia Court Fremont, was recommitted 20 days after pleading guilty in Fremont Municipal Court to possession of dangerous drugs. A prior possession of marijuana charge was dropped after officers observed him near Washington High School and allegedly selling LSD. A quantity of pills was taken as evidence.
Communist commandos raked a U.S. Cavalry detachment with mortars, then struck through the night. In the clash near Highway 1 northwest of Saigon, one American was killed and 18 wounded, with an earlier toll revised downward. U.S. engineers clearing jungle for the highway faced heavy fire as helicopter gun ships and artillery attempted to blunt the assault.
Directors of the Union Sanitary District voted to join the California Sanitary and Sanitation Districts Association group workers compensation plan. The premium for the district will be 1800 dollars. General Manager Raymond Boege said it could yield future savings. The statewide group plans a 20000 dollar premium program for all sanitary district employees. The board also approved 3000 dollars for radio gear, 1280 dollars for a new sluice gate at Royce Run lift station, and 48 dollars for an electric crane attachment for trucks.
City staff anticipate another sales tax hike next year to offset a projected deficit. Council members prefer keeping the $1,271 per $100 assessed valuation rate for a third year. Driggs calls the outlook bleak unless new revenue sources emerge. The budget, with about a $1 million rise, hinges on federal revenue sharing proposals. The proposal will be officially presented June 1 with several budget meetings and public hearings before final adoption in late June.
Fremont man Cale M. Halbakken, 25, pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery in the death of Michael W. Tonini, 24, after a May 30 altercation outside the Bear Cat tavern on Peralta Boulevard. Tonini died two days later. Halbakken faces sentencing June 14.
A decomposed body of a man was found yesterday by Leslie Salt Co. workers a mile south of the Coyote Hills drainage canal in Fremont's salt flats. The coroner identified the man as Gysbricht Van Aardenne of Oakland. Police said he might have been dead over a month and high tides washed the body ashore.
Municipal court Judge Roy G Pucei issued a murder arrest warrant for Dorsey E B Miton 20 of Menlo Park in the Newark liquor store owner Gene Mendes killing on April 26. George McHenry 15 of East Palo Alto faces juvenile court today for murder and attempted robbery. A third youth was released after a failure to identify. Nathan Gardner 19, named as the getaway car owner, was freed.
In Pasadena UPI Len Alan Cranston protested that the federal government may permit automakers to perform spot checks on anti-pollution devices rather than inspecting every car on the assembly line. He questioned whether a motorist could be held responsible for smog without proof the vehicle had been officially inspected at purchase.
Newark planning commissioners resume consideration of a $1 million plus K Mart discount department store and commercial center on Thornton Avenue near the Nimitz Freeway. The plan includes a supermarket restaurant paving and a gas station with Cedar Boulevard access changes and a buffer townhouse development being pursued nearby. The meeting starts at 8 p.m. in city hall council chambers.
Union City pupils worry the New Haven district must house about 3600 new students from west of the Nimbz Freeway in two years. Trustees debate acquiring 26 acres beside Alvarado School or dropping the land option, with July as a breakpoint for the new board. Harald Strickland says a tentative pact would let both boards share the Alvarado site while leaving Hall Ranch Road as a second option.
Fremont viewers can see The Worship of Nature the 13th film in Civ Hist series at Ohlone College on Washington Boulevard. Sir Kenneth Clark argues Western civilization shifted from Christianity around 1740 to a belief in nature’s divinity with scenes from Tintern Abbey and Rousseau’s exile, complemented by Romantic-era music.
Tri City Ecology Action plans a 7:30 p.m. meeting at the Fremont Community Center to discuss water pollution issues in the Fremont Niles and surrounding area. Jill Ballard notes Alameda County Water District staff will cover agricultural pumping pesticides salt water intrusion fault impacts gravel pit pumping water softening the California Water Plan population growth percolation sediment filling storage projections and a potential merger with the local water supplier. A Q and A session will follow.
Funeral services for Henry R Campadonico ir died Sunday in Fremont will be at a.m. tomorrow Newark Memorial Chapel Mortuary 37600 Newark Blvd Recitation of the Rosary tonight at 8 at the mortuary He was a native of California husband of Jeral dine Campodonico of Newark father of Sharon Adams of Fremont and George Campodonico of Newark sister of Evelyn Isi Edith Poole Beverly Watson June Harchett Joan Wilkerson and Celeste Perry and Richard Campodonico of Texas grandfather of one Funeral services for LeAlice J Angus 6 who died Saturday in a Fremont hospital will be held at 2 pm tomorrow Fremont Chapel of the Roses Mortuary 140 Peralta Blvd Burial will follow at Cedar Lawn Memorial Park She was a native of Arizona a Newark resident for 12 years mother of Gretta Kellgreen of San Jose Frances Weeks of Tennessee and Eric Angus of Reno grandmother of 1 and great grandmother of five Friends may call after 7 p m today at the mortuary Death notice Angus Ladli¢e Newark Way 2 1971 Caring mother of Grane Kellgcaen of San Jose and Frances Weeks of Tennessee and Eric D Angus of Reno Caring grandmother of 15 grandchildren and a great grandchildren A native of Origens age 85 years Friends invited to attend Wednesday May 20th at 2 00 p m Fremont Chapel of The Rose Mortuary 740 Peralta Blvd at Temple Way Fremont with Rev Shelly W McSwain First Baptist Church of Newark officiating Prices may call after 2 90 p m at the mortuary Interment Cedar Lawes Memes Cemetery youre May 25 1971
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