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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1974
Page
2
In Lauderdale Lakes, Walworth County, a North-West Telephone Co official investigated odd chatter heard on a party line. A monkey at a private home was found on the phone, causing outages. the owner planned to tether the animal to prevent future interference.
Washington reports the SA aircraft, the successor to the U2, seeks to break the transatlantic record from New York to London this Sunday. The plane cruises above 15 miles at 2,000 mph, faster than a .30-06 rifle bullet, and is noted for unarmed reconnaissance over several regions while avoiding Soviet airspace.
A hijacked panel truck exploded near the BBC Northern Ireland headquarters in Belfast causing minor damage and no casualties. The blast, the second attempt this year, damaged windows as troops sealed the area and sports news crews were stranded. Army says about 200 pounds detonated, roughly half causing harm before remainder was disabled.
The report alleges Mikhail Sholokhov plagiarized major sections of a 19th era novel and cites Solzhenitsyn noting a Paris publishing dispute. Aftenposten and a Moscow correspondent quote sources about an unidentified deceased researcher "D" tied to the manuscript analysis. The Swedish Academy reportedly faced controversy over Sholokhov's Nobel Prize selection in 1965.
LINCOLN Nebraska August 1 1974 Uli Wren of Northern's No 1f pulled into the railroad yards as a year old Lindy Borow jumped off the train then back on She becomes Burlington No 1 brakeman in training, eager to move to fireman or engineer. Borow said she got interested after painting numbers on bux cars at her family business in Trumboldi Neb She faced initial resistance but remained persistent, noting Burlington Northern as the No 1 railroad and aiming to prove women can work alongside men.
George Meany cautions AFL-CIO on Ford era, predicts a tough 1976 unless a catastrophe hits. He complains many Nixon advisers remain, opposes wage guidelines, and notes a weakened push for veto-proof Congress. Also criticizes Brennan's labor secretary pick and Burns for the economic strain.
Motorists packed roads on the holiday weekend urging caution and stricter patrols. Officials noted lower projected traffic deaths than last year, with estimates around 45 598 across the 78 hour period. States deployed extra patrols, radar, and aerial surveillance to curb accidents. Kidney donations from living donors rose in early 1975, with 038 donors contributing to transplant slots.
Fremont resident Carol A. Quinnon has been named operations officer at Wells Fargo Bank on University Avenue Bay Street Palo Alto in an announcement Wednesday. Quinnon joined the bank in 5 and previously worked in the training department of the East Bay Division Headquarters in Oakland. She lives in Fremont with her husband Lynn and their four children.
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