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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1971
Page
2
A humorous account of attempting to hang a shelf on Labor Day. The narrator buys a magnetic stud finder that misleads him, as plaster and nails ruin holes. after multiple attempts and 20 screws, he yields to reality, leaving a perforated wall and bruised hands. He offers the malfunctioning tool for sale at 50 cents and reflects on the chaotic "frontier furnace" of DIY.
An associate of Ralph Nader urged the FDA to prosecute Campbell Soup Co. for shipping canned chicken vegetable soup contaminated with botulism. Campbell recalls followed tests showing botulism in 200,000 cans and earlier 59,280 cans with spores. no deaths reported.
Sacramento lawmakers press Reagan on payroll withholding and tax reform as assembly leaders demand broader reform. Moretti says withholding should not stand alone. Mills backs him. House and governor to resume talks while extending a tax notes deadline looms amid budget pressure and welfare reforms.
A 47 year old man Robert Ailes Johnson surrendered after allegedly killing four of his children with a crowbar and seriously injuring the fifth, saying his wife left him due to too many children. Police reported the family ranged in age from one to ten, with Burl, age three, critically injured. The bodies were discovered at the Wilmington area residence and transported to the hospital.
Physicist William Shockley at a convention proposed government funded voluntary sterilization with bonuses for hereditary diseases and low IQ to reduce welfare costs. He argued that racial differences justify policy, claiming whites are superior and that welfare may encourage the less intelligent to have more children, a view he says is not racist but a scientific assessment.
At the Geneva disarmament conference Canada urged the five nuclear powers to halt all nuclear testing to prevent further weapons growth and ensure nonproliferation. Foreign Minister Mitchell Sharp warned continued testing endangers the treaty and risks other nations gaining weapons, citing a planned US underground test in Amchitka. Soviet negotiator Alexei Reschchin countered that halting tests would be a half measure and insisted on verification and a Russian proposal for a total ban verified by national means.
About 30 disabled South Vietnamese veterans demonstrated in Saigon to press the government, with one man cutting off his thumb and others shaking artificial limbs. The protest in front of the Veterans Ministry and near Deputy US Ambassador Samuel D. Berger’s residence lasted hours as officials maneuvered on the Oct. 3 presidential ballot and Duong Van Minh’s shadowed race for power.
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