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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1971
Page
2
In San Francisco a young man fell from an 18th Moor lodge at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel and died on Sutter Street. Police described him as about 7 inches tall and 241 pounds. Identification pending.
The New York Times reports the Soviet Union agreed in four power negotiations to acknowledge responsibility for free civilian access to West Berlin, removing a key obstacle to a broader East West agreement. The Times notes Moscow seeks a reduction in West Berlin West Germany ties as a trade off, with further issues to resolve.
Senate leader Mike Mansfield said completion of action on the draft extension is likely in September as Congress plans a recess. Negotiations produced a watered down two-year extension with a comity end date dispute and possible White House assurances. Senator Gravel vows to filibuster to derail the measure, risking a late Senate vote before recess.
Gary Anderson of Bellevue Washington walked out of the Yukon Territory rugged mountains 38 days after his father Kenneth Ward Anderson 55 crashed on a flight from Anchorage to Juneau. The 23 year old said both survived the crash but were separated after the plane sank. He was picked up by bush pilot Okla Duffle and flown to Yakutat for treatment. Canadian forces said they would reopen the search for the elder Anderson based on the son's report, with operations focused south of the Tatshenshini River to the Alsek River basin.
In Sequoia National Park California colonel Edward Holle after 18 days of searching found his mentally retarded son David dead in a woods near Dorst Creek campground. Roving rescue teams including a 100 man Air Force unit had failed to locate him. Officials said death resulted from natural causes and exposure.
Three Mountain View men died when a Cessna 172 crashed near Bass Lake while attempting to land at a condemned airstrip owned by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. Pilot David Welham and passengers Dietrich and Gunn perished after the plane failed to clear a box canyon at the runway end. The FAA had condemned the field, which is marked closed with Xs and warning notices.
Melvin Williams, 63, died after leaving a stranded car on Interstate 605 while seeking a candy bar. He walked across the freeway, was struck by four vehicles, and dragged along the highway before his body was left on the shoulder, according to the California Highway Patrol.
About 5,000 San Diegans faced water outages as reservoir pumps failed amid the citys hottest demand ever recorded. Across Southern California a dry lightning storm sparked eight brush fires in Angeles National Forest, prompting evacuation of roughly 10 million recreation seekers.
A nationwide effort to vaccinate all horses against Venezue lan equine encephalomyelitis begins in California and Mississippi with other states like Texas Oklahoma New Mexico Arkansas Louisiana Florida Alabama Arizona and Georgia joining soon. The program aims to spray 8.7 million acres along the Gulf coast to curb disease carried by mosquitoes as cases remain centered in South Texas.
The Coast Guard escorted the 50 foot White Cloud from a Cuban port to Montego Bay Jamaica after intercepting it 20 miles south of Cuba. Dentist Berard Bender and his son Lawrence, both U.S. citizens, were among four Americans detained by Cuban authorities for allegedly entering territorial waters. Bender, cited in a grand jury probe, faced calls to testify. The White Cloud will be escorted to Jamaica and return to Miami.
Sacramento reports a tentative welfare reform accord backed by Governor Reagan and liberal Democrats could save over 200 million dollars annually. Negotiations spanned 22 hours in a secure conference room with armed guards as leaders from both parties aim to push the plan through two Assembly committees and two thirds in each house.
UPI reports Representative Ronald V. Dellums warned delegates at Alpha Phi Alpha awards that most lawmakers are mediocre and distracted by welfare costs for the wealthy. He contrasted campaign donations by Lockheed with small donations by the poor, urged Black Caucus unity, and criticized liberal welfare reform as expedient.
Fragmentary notice from The Daily Review listing staff and contact details. Mentions Ine Floyd Sparky as frasident and William Chilean as Publisher with possible business honors and post office information. Includes a call to mail communications to V8 Wy Winton Ave Fox 317 Neyward Calif and references a 1892 act.
Apollo 15 command pilot Alfred Worden, 39, orbited the moon every two hours and set a solo duty record during the mission. He maintained Eindeavour as an orbiting lab while gamma ray experiments justified the mission and he prepared for a potential spotlight moment Thursday.
Pope Paul VI expressed strong excitement about space travel during a visit to Castel Gandolfo. He recalled greetings to Yuri Gagarin and said he watched Apollo 15 with pilgrims and aides, sending a private message to astronauts David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden. The astronauts replied appreciating the voyage for all mankind and humanity’s progress.
Merritt Worden and his wife discuss the Apollo 1 flight while elder Worden, a Plaza Cinema projectionist, watches with their children in Nassau Bay. The family follows the moon mission via a ship squawk box as astronaut Alfred Worden and crew pursue the lunar steps, with church figures and relatives nearby during the historic event.
David R. Scott and James B. Irwin during a moonwalk at Spur Crater spotted a light colored rock they described as something close to anorthosite. NASA scientists at Mission Control noted the rock could be 4.3 billion years old, potentially the oldest lunar material ever touched by man.
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