21 Oct 1976
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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1976
Page
1
Visitors face a confusing dilemma regarding where to park and how to obtain a permit as the school re-designates curb space for visitors. The issue centers on locating the correct lot and understanding parking enforcement while awaiting or needing a visitor permit.
Attorney General Levi refused to widen the Watergate inquiry citing lack of grounds to review unpublished Nixon tapes. Ford defended his testimony while Dean reiterated White House contacts with Ford amid House hearings. The Justice Department declined to pursue further probe or appoint a special prosecutor.
Disaster unfolds near Destréhan Louisiana as the ferryboat George Prince and the 124 foot freighter Frosla collide in the Mississippi. At least 22 bodies recovered with many missing. officials fear higher death toll as divers search inaccessible compartments. Coast Guard to open inquiry. vessel carried chemical plant workers and passengers.
About 100 residents attended a forum explaining Measure W the 10.8 million revenue bond to finance Union Sanitary Districts Super Sewer a South County project to build sewage processing and a common transport pipe to a deep water discharge off San Leandro Bay The plan backed by federal and state grants would end dumping in the shallow South Bay while studies show reuse is costlier with limited markets
The first American known to have fought as a guerrilla in Argentina, Chris Alin Olson Oliva, 30, daughter of Kaiser Industries official Carl Olson of Danville, was killed in a Cordoba shootout after police surrounded a house. An army communique said officers were attacked, a grenade drawn, and a man named Jorge Luis Rios was captured. The Olson family had ties to Kaiser Engineers and Kaiser headquarters in California.
Ray describes the 1976 Chowchilla kidnapping in which 26 people including 25 children and a bus driver were hidden underground for hours. He recalls heat, fading food, a lone flashlight, and a makeshift escape after digging through an iron plate with a wooden lever. Authorities later charged three California men with kidnapping and robbery.
Variable cloudiness and a 4 chance of sprinkles give way to fair skies tonight and tomorrow. A cooler day follows yesterday’s Fremont high of 1 and low of 6. In politics, US Senator John Tunney launches a sharp attack on opponent Hayakawa at San Francisco State, linked to 1968 campus events. The Health Department reports 39 California drug stores investigated show significant findings related to needy prescription programs.
In New York a district court judge lowers the NAACP bond from 31.6 million to a figure labeled FAMLOH0 as it appeals a 1.25 million judgment for alleged illegal boycott in Mississippi. Finland expels four North Korean diplomats amid actions against DPRK envoys for drug and liquor trafficking. The United States reportedly uses a Thailand airbase long believed abandoned for military and spy flights, per an American spokesman.
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