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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1975
Page
5
Vernon Elton Bass a 33 year old El Cajon man was found dead in his white Pinto station wagon by a passerby at 7:40 a.m. Saturday in Fremont. Police found three dryer hoses connected from the exhaust to a window with Bass’s jacket tied around the hose. The ignition was on but the engine was not running.
A dawn fire at 8 43 a m damaged four apartments at 38000 Hastings St Fremont causing about 10000 in damage. Fire Chief Melvin Seal said a child playing with matches started the blaze in Christine Lilly s bedroom closet. The bedroom and rest of Lilly s unit suffered heavy smoke and fire damage. Ten firefighters and three vehicles responded with no injuries reported.
UPI reports Hurricane Olivia slammed Mazatlan on Friday night causing nine deaths and many injuries. The strong storm with winds above 100 miles per hour hit the Pacific coast port, a popular resort destination nine
New York dispatch reports the Justice Department will investigate CIA and FBI mail opening programs to determine what occurred who ordered it and whether criminal prosecution is warranted. Newsweek notes the FBI will probe the CIA's mail opening ending in 1973 while the department investigates the FBI operation.
Orlando Wilson, 37, a Ghanaian national residing in Brooklyn, was arrested at Kennedy Airport after U S Customs agents found about six pounds of marijuana in his suitcase aboard a Pan Am flight from Ghana. He was booked on felony marijuana possession charges by Port Authority police.
Five off duty Buenos Aires police guards were killed in a coordinated ambush in San Isidro. Gunmen rammed one patrol car with a pickup, cut off a second, then fired on both cruisers. A wounded guard was forced from his car and killed with a machine gun. Four officers died at the scene and a fifth died later in hospital.
Policemen voted to accept a city contract ending a three day walkout. The agreement provides a 9 percent pay raise with fringe benefit reductions. City Manager Howard McMahan said officers would return to duty as scheduled. FOP President Jim Parsons called the proposal very good. Highway patrol and sheriff deputies remained on duty until relieved.
Police blotter lists multiple break ins including entries at an apartment on Campus Street and a Newark address. Items stolen include watches locket firearms ammunition projector and a pillow. Several incidents mention Friday and Saturday night activity with rear patio access and vehicles involved.
The Soliah traffic ticket near Redding provides FBI with new leads in SLA probes. A San Francisco nurse who drove the car Soliah was stopped in is being sought for questioning along with others who used the vehicle in the past eight months. Kilgore and Soliah's sisters are also sought as investigators pursue potential SLA links to the Bank of Sacramentos robbery and Hearst family ties.
Frank Zielke campaigns as a write-in for the Newark board of education for the November election. He opposes tax increases, calls for better standards and basic education, professional conduct, improved facilities, and fiscal responsibility while stressing day to day decisions by trustees. He is a marketing executive, seven years a Newark resident, father of two, and motivated by concerns for his children's education.
A Senate Intelligence Committee probe considers eight of ten airmen from a 1990 Baltic Sea crash could have survived and been imprisoned in the Soviet Union. A Grand Rapids private investigator cited testimony from Siberian inmates. officials say no current active inquiry has been pursued.
CIA Director William Colby and DIA chief Lt Gen Daniel Graham told Congress that China struggles to build a Polaris type submarine and long range US capable missiles, with a late 1970s shift expected. The Soviet Union is seen pursuing rapid missile development and a stronger navy, with new missiles by 1978–79 and expanded reach to the Caribbean Indian Ocean and South Atlantic. Sen. William Proxmire released a seven page summary of the meetings amid debates over defense spending.
Rolling Stone reports on Wendy’s evolving views within the SLA orbit as Miss Hearst and Miss Yoshimura grow closer. It notes her feminist awakening, shifts away from the Harrises, and discussions about her father and boyfriends. The piece covers Hearst’s armed robbery charges and alleged participation, including the Carmichael bank robbery and the Marcus Foster killing.
In Marrakesh King Hassan II addressed 20,000 at Sidi Cheho dam near Casablanca saying Morocco would pursue a harmonizing path. He did not confirm the march to Spanish Sahara, while MAP reported 70,000 volunteers mobilized and 350,000 Moroccans prepared to reclaim the phosphate-rich territory. U.N. Secretary General Waldheim arrived to defuse the crisis as reporters were barred from Tarfaya.
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