24 May 1973
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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1973
Page
1
Sammy Millard and friends spent a summer day on a grassy slope at Lale Chabot making a toboggan from a cardboard box. They slid on dry grass, got it smeared on clothes, and chased simple play with inexpensive toys, savoring the moment over expense.
Three of eight vacant storefronts on Foothill Boulevard worry business but executives from Bedfard Associates and Fidelity Savings & Loan voice confidence. They cite rising loan activity, planned entrances near CLV Center, and neighbours like Barnett expanding branches as signs of renewal amid competition from malls and traffic.
Partly cloudy skies cover South County with no rain expected. Temperatures hold near current levels with highs in the mid 40s and low 70s and overnight lows around the mid 50s. More weather on page 37.
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission plans to ask the State Legislature for increased funding and regulatory authority. Proposals include higher gasoline taxes, parking lot fees, and vehicle registration fees tied to horsepower. The panel seeks powers like those of the Public Utilities Commission to control transit fares service quality and routes. A June 30 plan deadline looms.
In San Francisco a group of creature hunters claims a photograph shows Bigfoot near Spokane Washington and traces a decades long chase. They describe a hairy teenage monster with gray fur and a Roman plume, taken in Gather Washington in 1987, amid growing weekend expeditions and claimed multiple sightings.
The Senate Watergate committee heard testimony that Barker said the spy squad sought documents on Democratic candidates including Senator George McGovern and Senator Edward Kennedy. He linked the operation to Cuban aims and a hope to gain support from high officials. Three more days of hearings were added to the schedule after Memorial Day.
A flood of spoof items and entertainment tie ins hits as Watergate dominates public life. Ads offer “Free the 700” cashing in on the scandal while songs, comedy routines, and novelty merchandise lampoon the hearings and figures like the attorney general. Critics warn of a media fueled frenzy around the Watergate saga.
Lord Jellicoe and Lambton resigned amid a sex scandal involving young women and alleged rings. Heath faced pressure as newspapers linked top names. Jellicoe admitted casual affairs though denied wider wrongdoing. The episode echoes the Christine Keeler affair that toppled a government a decade earlier.
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