Truce teams press to end Korea standoff
United Nations and Communist truce teams in Kaesong resumed talks amid a dispute over a buffer zone along the 38th Parallel. UN delegates led by Vice Admiral Joy argued for lines existing on the battlefield. The Communists demanded a buffer zone back to the 38th. Secretary Acheson said the 38th Parallel as a buffer is not acceptable. Joy delivered the longest UN address yet, explaining the military logic of defending current positions.
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United Nations
Koorea
United Press
Peng Teh-Huai
Korea
Peiping Radio
Washington
Acheson
38Th Parallel
Adm
C. Turner Joy
U.N
Reds
Kaesong
Hiprea
Joy
Red
Lnes
Wiliam P. Nuckols
Namel
Nuckols
Mosquito Battle In Marin District Cuts Pests Significantly
The Marin Mosquito Abatement District fights a historic infestation that blanketed San Rafael streets in 1912 1915. Manager G Paul Jones notes the program costs less than 1.50 per taxpayer and uses fogging and drains to prevent breeding. Two workers in Santa Venetia battled a flooded marsh amid a rising tide, revealing how quickly dry ground can harbor eggs.
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Oredia
Marin
Eugene Smith
San Rafael
Smith
G. Paul Jones
Jones
Santa Venetia
Charles Percini
Vaughn Nunwesser
Novato
Periolini
Marin Musings: Televised Hoax Warns San Rafael Readers
Rafaat Marin reports that local residents including Charles Walsh and several Mill Valley residents received calls claiming they won a television set. The hoax prompts caution and a note on attempts to uncover personal information. A separate call to San Rafael City Hall questioned housing a Chinese family near a white family, highlighting bias similar to other prank inquiries.
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Chales Walsh
Television Center
Fourth Streel
San Rafael
Tixlay
Mill Valley
Tury
San Rafzel
Atora
Walsh
San Rafsel
Peram
Car Hits Woman In Sausalito Injures Pedestrian
A Sausalito car struck Mrs Hallin yesterday afternoon near Second Street. She sustained cuts and bruises but escape serious injury. Driver William Glyde A 64 of Matin Dorn Tartes Sausalito was cited for failing to yield to a pedestrian. Separately Santa Clara University named Rev Herman Kauck as new president, effective immediately.
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William Glyde
Matin Dorntartes
Sausalito
Matin Street
Hallin
Santa Clara
University of Santa Clarata
Herman Kauck
Two More Marine Vets Of Korea Arrive At Home
Two Marin Company C Marines returned home yesterday Corporal Tom Griffith Jr 22 son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Griffith Sr 3 Jones Place San Rafael will be discharged following a 30 day furlough Pfc Jim Gilmartin Independent Journal sports editor was the second returnee further details on Gilmartin on page 10
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Marin
C” Marines
Bsath
Montrail
Korea
Japan
Tom Grifith Jr
Thomas Griffith
Jones Place
San Rafael
Griffith
Tom
Marine Corps
Pfc
Jim Gilmartin
Independent- Journal
Gilmartin
Louis and Brion Set For 10 Round San Francisco Fight
Big Joe Louis weighed 267 pounds and Cesar Brion 196 pounds for their ten round bout in San Francisco. The tally was reported ahead of the title fight with Brion from Argentina.
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San Francisco
Big Joe Louis
Cesar Brion
Novato to Power KCBS Transmitter On Air August 9
CBS announces the new 50 000 watt transmitter near Novato to boost KCBS reach across Marin and Northern California. Eight engineers will operate the facility costing about five hundred thousand dollars with broadcasts switching to San Francisco area while the station rebrands as KCBS San Francisco starting August 9 at 7 30 p m.
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Novato
KCBS
Columbia Broadcasting System
Marin
California
San Jose
Arthur H. Hayes
CHS
San Francisco
CBS
Hayes
Peninsula
Blood Bank Holds Mill Valley Drive Tomorrow
Mill Valley plans a blood bank drive at the American Legion Hall from noon to 7 p m to aid wounded and sick in the armed forces. Volunteers include Mrs. Herbert Marsh and other club leaders with Red Cross representative Miss Jean Pierce handling appointments by phone.
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Mill Valley
American Legion Hall
Herbert Marsh
Outdoor Art Club
Alfred Stoye
Homestead Progressive Club
Gruffyd Partridge
Almonte Improvement Club
Native Daughters of the Golden West
Jean Pierce
Red Cross
St Vincent's Boys to Visit Carnival Field Trip
One hundred St Vincent's schoolboys visit Foley and Burk shows and Sheriff Walter B. Selister on Friday afternoon. They will spend the afternoon at the carnival grounds in San Rafael.
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St. Vincent's
St. Vincent's School
Foley and Burk
Walter B. Selister
San Rafael
San Anselmo Fiesta Promises Three Day Coastal Revelry
San Anselmo hosts the fourth annual fiesta this weekend with a grand Sunday parade, Kiddies parade Saturday, free nightly entertainment, rides, prizes, and a Bay Area talent lineup. Opening ceremonies will be led by Mayor Carmel Booth and Rass Valley Post commander GS Lund.
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San Anselmo
San Advelmo
Mitay
Toom
Hub City
Testa
Carmel Booth
GS. Lund
Rass
Valley Post
V. Flw
At & Yp
E. C. Brown
Entertainment
Marln
Sleepy Hollow
T-11
Halprin-Lathrop
Richard Porde
Jinsup
Carmelita
San Rafael
Mill Valley
Bay Area
McKay Dance Studio
San Rafel
al McKay
Brown
California
Bolinas Avenue
San Anselmo Avenue
Center Boulevard
Fiesta Grounds
George W. Hall
San Anselmo City Hall
Fiesta Committee
C. S. Lund
RB. B. Fickering
G. F. Douglas
M. &. Dahlquist
L. ¥. Walsh Jr
William Mexwell
Les Lund
Wally Anderson
A. Mannella
P. Bellucci
G. Ord
John Croaler
William McAlwee
Tips for Mild Car Sickness on Family Trips
Authorities advise soothing a sick child during travel by offering a carbonated drink slowly after vomiting. They warn against fatty foods and emotional upset and suggest using Independent Journal Classified ads to cover holiday expenses, sell items, rent spaces, and find work. contact Rachal 111 for an ad-writer.
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Independent-Journal
Ralach 111
Marin Road Work Eyed But Details Kept Secret
Seventeen year old Donald Davies of San Anselmo was injured riding a bicycle on Glenwood avenue Ross when he collided with an auto driven by Joan McCormick also of Ross. Davies suffered a broken ankle and bruises and was treated at Ros General hospital. McCormick said she was turning a curve when the crash occurred. No citations issued yet as investigation continues.
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Donald Davies
Oak Avenue
San Anselmo
Glenwood Avenue
Ross
Young Davies
Ros General Hospital
Leslie Flowers
Joe Regoni
Joan McCormick
Sleepy Drivers Escape After Cars Roll Off Road
Two servicemen escaped with minor cuts as cars rolled over after they fell asleep at the wheel along US 101. Cpl. Charles R. Wood, 22, of Petaluma, survives a 30 foot embankment plunge and is treated at Hamilton AFB hospital. Cpl. Chester Greene, 14, of 78 Air Police Squadron, walks away unhurt after his vehicle flips near Corte Madera. Police investigate.
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California Highway Patrol
Charles R. Wood
Petaluma
Forbes
Wood
Hamilton Air Force Base Hospital
CHP
Wond
Chester Greene
Air Police Squadron
Hamilton Air Force Base
Teacher Hiring Up At L A Meet Tonight
San Anselmo school board will meet at Wade Thomas school tonight to decide on Miss Lyndall Schiller a 26 year old British teacher. Three civic groups oppose her appointment despite Superintendent Rickless calling her qualifications superior. Miss Schiller recently taught in London and will need citizenship papers after arrival.
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San Anselmo
Brookside
Wade Thomas School
Lyndall Schiller
Robert P. Rickless
U S Stockpile Reaches One Third of Target
The munition’s board reports the nation’s stockpile of strategic materials now totals 3 billion dollars versus an 8.3 billion dollar objective. The board notes the objective may be revised to fit mobilization plans.
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U.S
Washington
Munitions Board
Congress
Italy backs return of Luciano to finish jail term
Italian police voiced approval of a U S plan to hand over Charles Lucky Luciano to complete his sentence. The idea was proposed to a U S Senate crime investigation committee this week by former Congressman W Kingsland Macy of New York.
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Italy
U.S
Luciano
Rome
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
New York
United States
Senate
W. Kingsland Macy
N.Y
Romance Of 100 Years Church History Told
The 100th synod of the Presbyterian church in California was discussed in a lecture by Dr. Clifford Drury of the San Anselmo Theological Seminary. He traced the church’s growth from 1852 across the Pacific to the Rocky Mountains and noted relics now stored at the San Anselmo school.
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Asilomar
California
Clifford Drury
San Francisco Theological Seminary
San Anselmo
Continental Divide
Pacific Coast
Utah
Rocky Mountains
Drury
Synod of the
Pacific
Synod of
Oregon
Far West
San Anselmo School
Presbyterian Church
Supervisors Ponder Quarter Million Levy In Marin County
Marin County supervisors weigh a roughly 607 702 budget for the road department and consider a county road tax to raise about 228 941 needed to complete the planned 607 000 program. County Road Commissioner Carl Clow notes two projects in progress and hints at more pending final budget approval.
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Maiin County
Board of Supervisors
Seemsee
Carl Clow
D Street
San Rafael
Miller Avenue
Mni Valley
Leon DeLisle
Wiliam Fusselman
Marin Draft Test Pass Rate Near National Average
Marin draft board reports 118 of 185 tested students passed the deferment test with 70 or higher. The share, about 60 percent, aligns with the national average. Officials note results will be considered after August 20 as directed by National Draft Board headquarters.
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Marin
Marin Draft Board
Draft Board
San Rafael
National Draft Board
Grass and Brush Fire in Mill Valley Causes No Damage
Mill Valley firemen fought a small grass and brush fire at Tamalpais and Summit avenues burning a 20 by 20 feet strip. The cause was listed as unknown and no property damage occurred.
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M.Y
Mill Valley
Tamalpais
Summit Avenues
Utility Tax Cut Delayed in San Francisco
Attorney Edmund G. Brown ruled that equalization of public utilities tax assessments or cutting them below current values must be postponed for two years. The decision affects ratepayers and utility firms in the city.
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Bulletin
San Francisco
Edmund G. Brown
Hallinan Trial Date Set For September 17
Attorney Vincent Hallinan of Ross and eight other defendants are scheduled for trial September 17 in San Francisco federal court on charges of income tax evasion conspiracy. They face conspiracy charges tied to Steffen’s alleged tax evasion and drug trafficking case, with Judge Louis E. Goodman denying requests for separate trials.
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Vincent Hallinan
Ross
Hallinan
San Frenecisco
Stevens
Louis E. Goodman
Steffen
Goodman
Bridges
Auto Crash in Santa Venetia Injures Driver
Deputies and an ambulance rushed to Santa Venetia around 2 p m after a passenger car overturned on San Pedro road near the airport. The driver was injured and no further details were available at press time.
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Santa Venetia
AB Pessenger
San Pedro Road
Heart Attack Fatal To John Gonsalves Garageman In SR
John Gonsalves a 47 year old lifelong San Rafael resident and co owner of Biancos garage died this morning of a heart attack in his Bayside Acres home. He was active in Marin Rod and Gun club and San Rafael Lodge No 1108 BPOF. Survived by brother Tony Gonsalves of Richmond. Found by neighbors after complaining of indigestion. Dr Homer Marston pronounced death. Funeral arrangements are pending at Keaton's mortuary San Rafael.
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John Gonsalves
San Rafael
Bianco
Bayside Acres
Gonsalves
Marin Rod and Gun Club
Tony Gonsalves
Richmond
Homer Marston
Keaton
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Blood Bank
Veterans’ Fiesta
Boss
Corte Madera
Greene
Air Force Base
L. A
Alto
Pusselman
Ross Valley
Michael and
Arnall
Vogue
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