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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1954
Page
1
The Commerce Department reports unemployment increased by 54,000 to 3,725,000 while employment rose by 45,000 to 60,100,000. The civilian labor force grew to 63,825,000 with industrial workers bearing the rise, and weather and late seasonal factors cited as causes.
Reports from Hanoi say Vo Giap’s 1st Corps hurled three divisions into Dien Bien Phu as dawn attacks pushed against western defenses. Fresh forces struck the western front while two more divisions renewed assaults on eastern fortifications and Viet Minh columns pushed toward Cambodia, with French lines under heavy pressure.
Senators heard Assistant Attorney General Stanley Barnes disclose that of 149 antitrust suits pending last year, 51 were dismissed or settled out of court. He warned that about 80 percent of remaining cases could be terminated similarly, signaling broad implications for administration policy and upcoming political campaigns.
Civil Defense officials expressed renewed confidence that Americans can endure a hydrogen age after the Operation Ivy film described the 1952 H bomb test. Officials noted the fireball size and power, and urged defenses against future nuclear threats amid calls for broader use of atomic energy in agriculture and weaponry.
A Niles car salon worker Carl Conred Carlson aged 29 was found dead in his car on Lincoln Avenue Irv ington. Deputies said a garden hose connected to the exhaust indicated suicide. Irvington fire department attempted resuscitation for an hour. Coroner's report found he had been dead several hours before discovery.
Ashland group formed to oppose incorporation plans of the Ashland Area chamber of commerce holds its first meeting at Halcyon School on April 13. Led by John Boomer, the nine member committee will consider forming a new city, annexing to San Leandro, or remaining as is, with members Virgil F. Smith and others listed on a mimeo sheet. The Halcyon area is described as bounded by Washington and Hesperian, the freeway, and East 14th Street.
The state public works department announced in Sacramento that Transocean Engineering Corp. Hayward was the low bidder for grading and seal coating 1.4 miles of Sign Route 29 just north of the Napa Lake county line. The bid totaled $227,764.
San Francisco sees a 24 percent rate cut on dwellings and smaller apartments, with Bay Area and northern California reductions from 15 to 24 percent. Pacific Fire Rating bureau general manager Al Gilbert cites fire protection facilities as key to premium changes, noting San Francisco is well protected against fire. Major insurers align with the bureau. Insurance Company of North America first announced the reductions.
In Washington Boston attorney Samuel P Sears named special counsel for the McCarthy Army investigation faces grilling from Sen Charles Potter and other lawmakers amid a heated partisan clash Sears had urged for the inquiry Boston professors and critics question his impartiality while Sears defends his qualifications and vows to do his best Potter says the inquiry will be open with six senators and a legal expert overseeing the proceedings
Gen Hoyt S. Vandenberg former Air Force chief of staff dies at Walter Reed hospital at 55 after a long illness. He is survived by wife Gladys, son 1st Lt. Hoyt S. Vandenberg Jr., and daughter Mrs. Robert L. Miller. He stepped down as air force chief amid budget-funding battles and health declines. He was noted for stature, grey hair, and formal bearing.
Hayward police arrested John S. Barnes age 24 at Clayworth's drug store on a forged morphine prescription. Federal officers joined the probe into illegal narcotics possession. Barnes admitted addiction and falsification, held for further questioning at Hayward city jail.
HAYWARD Arlene Rae Golambos pleaded innocent in Judge T L Foley s court this morning to grand theft charges after Parker Smith 38 reported $1500 to $2500 worth of household goods missing. Police recovered some items as inspectors followed leads along Alameda and Santa Clara county highways and questioned Golambos uncle Claude Buddy Stockstill who admitted she stored some missing items. Preliminary hearing set for Wednesday at 10 am.
Oakland judge imposes five years to life on Ralph J. Maria 22 for armed robbery and kidnapping involving a Niles school girl and her soldier companion Norman Correia 27 on February 14. Maria robbed Correia of 35 dollars, a probation report notes a drift from model behavior after Army service and heavy drinking after 1952.
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