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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1971
Page
6
A diarist watches daytime TV and recalls a string of low quality shows from a hospital soap to game shows. He notes the clumsy dialogue of soaps and a 1940s film while criticizing the glut of ad driven programming. He reflects on illness, attention seeking, and a call from Fremont Unified School District.
The county faces rising costs and staffing as animal control aims for same day service. Hildebrand defends higher SPCA staffing while noting increased personnel and trucks, and cites a 236 percent rise in citations this year. Residents report delays and uneven city funding amid plans for a county wide district.
Thelma Frias the Dominican Consul-General was found alive early Sunday in a Caracas apartment after a bank visit and ransom notes. Dominican ambassador Ra fel Bonilla Aybar said no payment was made and Venezuelan police are investigating alongside Dominican authorities. Castellanos, Frias’s associate, reported the note and alerted authorities.
California will receive 7,428,000 in federal aid for special education programs for migrant agricultural workers' children during 1971 72. The grant from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare goes to the State Department of Education to assist migrant children in seven major California crop areas including the San Joaquin Valley and Sacramento Valley.
Police Chief Ray Garcia 26 and elderly monk Leo Vitalus McInerny 80 died after a night gun fight during a traffic stop. Officers said 13 shots were fired, Garcia hit by two chest bullets, McInerny by a head wound. A suspect pistol and vehicle damage were reported.
Fremont police arrested five persons Sunday in a case involving kidnapping and robbery. Charles Laswell, David Bacca, Sherry Soto allegedly detained two girls at Laswell’s home and fled with two portable color TVs, a rifle, stereo, clock, and radio. Police stopped a car with Valdez and others, recovering most stolen items and more found nearby.
In Beverly Hills California a mysterious gunman who claimed to search for Elizabeth Taylor shot a man at a former Taylor residence. The victim, identified as Lee, was seriously wounded at UCLA Medical Center. The assailant shouted for Taylor on a balcony and then fired after being told she no longer lived there. Police said the incident followed a prior inquiry at the scene.
The University of California Seismograph Station logged a moderately strong tremor in the Solomon Islands region Sunday about 6 000 miles southwest of San Francisco. It measured around 6 5 on the Richter scale and could be damaging if in a populated area. The record times were 7 4 pm PDT and 9 43 am EDT, with another reading at 4 38 am PDT.
UPI reports Raymond P. Shafer chairing a three day meeting with Malaysian drug control officials. Acting prime minister Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman attended with other officials as part of the summit.
Rep Paul N McCloskey Republican California candidate for president urged repeal of most abortion laws at the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws meeting in Washington He said Nixon will not win the 1972 nomination over his stance and urged federal financing of abortion for the financially unable and broader repeal to allow abortions during pregnancy He advocated more public funds for population research and education and supported a woman’s right to choose while recognizing the rights of a potential child.
UPI reports University of California researchers say only one farm worker poisoning case has occurred since reentry rules for pesticide treated areas began. Blood tests still show symptoms of illness, with exposure possible even when fruit is deemed safe, due to prolonged cooking and not changing clothes daily.
Benicia, the first California state capital, protests the Navy plan to gift the gunboat Benicia to South Korea. Mayor James Lemos calls the move a great injustice and low blow, citing 1970 commission and $2,500 in local plaques and gifts as evidence of the town’s attachment.
David Ralph Clutts, 34, arrested by police during a disturbance at a wedding reception in Peoria Heights, Illinois. He was found hiding beneath a bed and armed with a pistol. Clutts escaped from San Quentin on July 30 during a parole-release period and had a prior escape in 1966.
Two people died and three were injured in separate early morning crashes in South County. Ronald J. Young, 16, died at Eden Hospital after a Lake Chabot Road crash left him and a Castro Valley driver pinned. Alec P L Pergakis, 35, was killed after a head on collision on Stamey Boulevard near Pleasanton, with passenger Tom Baswell, 28, seriously injured. The other driver Daniel S. Allen, 21, from Livermore, had moderate injuries.
Firemen fought two second-alarm fires over the weekend causing thousands in damage to structures and contents but with no injuries. One blaze at 3866 Almond Ave. started by a short circuit in a television set caused 8,000 in structure damage and 1,000 to contents, with 4,000 damage to the apartment. The second fire at Reagan's Rooms, 155 St., started from a cigarette dropped into a stuffed chair, causing 45,000 damage to the structure and 1,000 to contents, plus smoke damage to nearby Bennett's Tailor Shop.
Two CHP officers were involved in separate accidents Saturday night in Newark causing traffic delays. A CHP vehicle with siren hit a car near Ruschin Drive and Thornton Avenue, then a second CHP car reportedly struck a pole by Newark Boulevard at Jarvis Avenue. Police reported northbound Newark Boulevard remained blocked at 7:32 a.m. today due to the second crash.
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