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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1971
Page
1
A long-simmering dispute in the Bay Area Air Pollution Control District escalated as a committee recommended the ouster of district attorney Matthew S. Walker. Walker demanded a public hearing on January 5 to contest the charges after a nine member committee pressed for a formal written statement of charges by December 1.
The forecast calls for a fair day with little temperature change. Highs will range from the mid sixties to mid seventies, cooling to the low forties tonight. Light winds are expected.
Two $1 million damage suits are filed in San Francisco federal court accusing the Oakland Raiders and the San Francisco 49ers of violating President Nixon s August 15 price freeze order. The actions name the teams and seek redress for alleged violations tied to player and equipment pricing during the freeze.
Alameda County Water District votes against new construction following defeat of a $7.9 million issue. The district seeks ways to conserve funds amid a statewide push, with observers noting the move could slow projects and affect service plans.
Page 24 reports two small tax bills to cover a 300 million deficit and provide property tax relief for seniors stall in the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee. Mayor Joseph Alioto rejects a Look Magazine libel settlement offer of 12.5 million as ludicrous after his re election win. Page 245 notes three prospective jurors are dismissed at the trial of the two surviving Soledad Brothers charged with killing a guard.
In a chilling incident at a local high school 23 year old former student Michael O Hearn barricaded himself in a storage tower and fired on police before taking his own life. Meanwhile U Thant reportedly suffers a bleeding peptic ulcer as UN aides announce updates.
A confessed murderer, seeking attention, admits to abducting a 14-year-old American schoolgirl for 10 hours, firing at her mother, and aiding the killing of a maid in Manila. The statements come from Page 25 of the report.
Eminent seismologist Dr. Charles Richter told about 300 people at Ohlone College that fears of earthquakes or tidal waves from a five megaton A bomb near Amchitka Island are unfounded. He urged restraint in the arms race and noted no basis for environmental wave fears.
Fremont Unified School District Trustee Camara Jr faced a dispute over retirement payments and a claimed overpayment of a teacher’s salary. District officials said state rules require forwarding papers, while Camara argued retirement payments are separate and should not be tied to the overpay claim.
Hospital directors welcomed a bounce in patient load after a summer low. Administrator Richard M. Warren reported last month’s average occupancy at 71 percent, up from 65 percent in September and 60 percent in July, with three days this month hitting 86.5 percent. He credits wage-price freeze induced confidence and explains a 5 percent average occupancy needed to break even. The hospital has cut expenses by 242000 to date as hiring and programs were restrained. The Joint Commission accreditation was received for two years. The $10 million building program is 26 to 30 percent complete and on schedule for 1974 completion. an officers’ meeting is set for Nov. 13 to review finances and construction progress.
Trustees and staff confront a dispute over including Richard Brautigan’s In Watermelon Sugar in a high school poetry elective. A three member review group approved the book, while two protesting parents and board leaders push to reject it citing gore and sexual references.
Alameda County Water District officials say fluoridation will require months for equipment procurement and contract finalization. Pumps and metering devices must be ordered from specialized firms, with delivery delayed by several months after a contract is awarded. Aiming to begin in the district’s water system by April or May, the program will exclude certain areas and relies on injections of hydrofluosilicic acid to achieve one part per million concentration.
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