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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1972
Page
3
Ray Orrock reflects on television coverage of conventions where delegates chatter while speakers deliver. He argues people hear the speeches but do not listen, distinguishes listening as a discipline, and recalls personal failures to listen while working with delinquent youths. Reading is described as private listening practice.
Castro Valley County Fire Commissioners narrowed the eligibility list for the vacant fire chief post to three: Arthur Lawrence Toellner marshal and chief of the Fire Prevention Bureau in Oakland, Daymon Lee Orr captain of the San Leandro Fire Department, and John Richard Basted battalion chief in Campbell. Paul Rhodes, fire protection district director, said he will seek a board of supervisors move to set a resignation date for Chief Newton Meare.
Buddy offers comfort as a South Vietnamese soldier mourns a fallen comrade after a North Vietnamese rocket attack in Hue. Hue serves as rear headquarters for a 17 day drive to retake Quang Tri City and has endured three straight days of Communist rocket strikes.
Washington AP reports AFL-CIO leaders including George Meany weigh endorsing George McGovern or remaining neutral ahead of next Wednesday's executive council meeting. A split could reshape labor politics as COPE critiques and internal tensions surface, with some unions urging neutrality while others push McGovern.
Commerce Secretary Peter G. Peterson announced a temporary freeze of cattlehide exports at last year's levels to blunt anticipated fall price hikes in shoes and leather goods. A new export ticket system will control shipments and ensure proceeds lower meat prices or benefit cattlemen.
In Laguna Hills California a crowd watched Frasier the lion, aged 18 or 20, buried after a shingle ceremony. The lion, famed for eating and mating with multiple mates, died after pneumonia days earlier. Veterinarians noted a healthy internal state despite prolonged illness. Lions from the park and Bagpipers attended, with Safari vice president William Dredge describing the scene as solemn though not overly emotional.
A 22-year-old man leaped to his death from a Long Beach bridge after his car collided with another vehicle killing its driver Frederick Parker, 21. Passengers Patricia Cavenah, 9, was only slightly injured. Police later recovered the suspect’s body under the bridge after he fled the scene.
Final day events at Pleasanton fairground include Junior Livestock Auction at 12 08 PM, Destruction Derby at 2 PM, Miss Terry's Royce Count of Four Seasons at 4 PM, and All Star Professional Show with the Le Garde Twins at the amphitheater. Admission two dollars for adults, one dollar for children under twelve.
President Nixon interrupted a working vacation to attend the funeral of his aunt Edith Timberlake in Riverside California. After the service he met with Secretary of State William P. Rogers who expressed cautious optimism about the Paris peace negotiations and said Nixon’s proposals were reasonable and supported by other nations. Rogers noted world leaders viewed Nixon as a peace figure and discussed the impact of McGovern’s proposals on the negotiations.
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew said his large write in vote in the New Hampshire primary helped him decide if remaining on the ticket could help the President's reelection. He noted in a Manchester Union Leader interview that if he ran for vice president he would keep options open about a possible later presidential bid. He received 45,000 write in votes in the March 7 primary, the largest in New Hampshire history, and said the vote came during a period of self examination on whether he could assist the President most. He claimed the write in news was frozen out in national media and that he would keep his options open about a future presidency or reelection as vice president.
All postal trains start daily service between the Bay Area and Chicago. The new all post trains carry up to 60 cars and cut two hours from Oakand Chicago mail movement. They haul over a million pounds of mail daily, mainly parcel post and first class, with some public mail. Trains run year round, eastbound and westbound, passing near western Nebraska daily, stopping at Omaha, Ogden, Cheyenne and other points.
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