Niles Air Tragedy Beams Spark Ceiling of Dispute
Forty six days after the Niles canyon crash that killed 40, officials debate radio beam faults and pilot error. Navy findings await, while pilots push for VOR use and new runway glide path shifts to reduce hazards from hills.
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Marine Corps
Niles Canyon
Navy
Alameda County
Viance
Badweather
Newark
Oakland
Lone Tree Cemetery
Hayward
Eastshore
Mt. Eden Road
Eest
Bay Area
Whale Stages Show on Bay. Airliner Ditching Probe
A Northwest Airlines Stratocruiser ditching in Puget Sound after takeoff sparked a Civil Aeronautics Board inquiry into the vibrating craft described as shaking like a wet dog. Investigators awaited salvage orders while a Foss Tug and Barge crew prepared to pull the hulk. In Redwood City a whale disrupted traffic near Dumbarton Bridge, prompting search for a missing crew member and a public safety response as the CAB mapped plans for further investigation and sifted wreckage details.
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Northwest Airlines
Puget Sound
Foss Tug and Barge Company
Civil Aeronautics Board
Redwood City
South Bay
Dumbarton Bridge
Aafety
Fou
Charles Frey
Tornadoes Hit Midwest Death Toll Seven
DRUMRIGHT Oklahoma reports seven dead from tornadoes sweeping Oklahoma, southern Kansas and Missouri. Four from the Bill Bevel family died in Drumright, with others killed near Toronto Kansas Grenola and surrounding areas. Dozens injured, hospitals listed in Cushing Davenport Pond Creek Hopetown Miami and nearby towns.
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Drumright
Okla
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Bill Bevel
D Wight
Ole Leek
Toronto
Kan
Ethel Whited
Grenola
Miami
Cushing
Davenport
Pond Creek
Hopetown
Baxter Springs
Pen Pal Letters Targeted San Francisco Schools
San Francisco elementary principals were urged by a subversive list to have students write Soviet pen pals. Legal counsel Ping G Breyer confirmed the letters came from Harland Roberts, head of the American Russian Institute for Cultural Relations, listed as subversive. Supt Harald Spears asked for guidance. Brewer advised to ignore the letters.
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San Francisco
Ping G. Breyer
Harland Roberts
Brewer
Spears
Nine-County Tax District Proposed for Bay Area Transit
A proposed nine-county taxing district would finance an 875 million Bay Area rapid transit project. The Assembly approved funds to study the plan, envisioning an 18 member committee of state senators and assembly members from the nine counties and a start of 5000 dollars for initial work. Knight Allen of the Stanford Research Institute urged a regional organization with taxing power to back the system, speaking before the San Francisco Board of Supervisors where he oversaw related studies.
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Bay Area
Assembly
San Francisco
Knight Allen
Stanford Research Institute
Allen
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Hayward Council Agenda Sets 40 Items For Tonight
More than 40 items fill the Hayward City Council agenda for tonight's 8 o'clock meeting. Annexations of Hayward high and Kimball schools will be initiated with hearings planned for two other annexes. A hearing on a zoning report may permit commercial development on Tennyson road between the Southern Pacific railroad and Rous roa.
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Hayward
Hayward High
Kimball
Baywood
Frouing
Tennyson Road
Southern Pacific Railroad
Castro Valley principals seek higher salaries in next budget
Castro Valley school principals urged a wage raise to match nearby districts as trustees discussed the coming year's budget. Spokesmen James Kerr A B Morris Larry Miller and Robert Hayden compared Castro Valley salaries with La Vista San Lorenzo and others across several school years. A $6450 starting salary and higher later years were proposed with extra amounts for advanced degrees and a proposed bond issue.
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Castro Valley
San Lorenzo
la Vista
James EF. Kerr
A. B. Morris School
Larry Miller
Marshall School
Robert Hayden
Parsons School
la ‘Vista
Clifton School
HUHS Sets to Acquire 34 Acre Cherryland Site
Hayward region officials outline a five step plan to acquire 34 acres in Cherryland for a new HUHS school. The process includes securing legal descriptions, filing friendly condemnations, and hiring two appraisers to determine fair market value. Appraisals proceed May through July with court actions possible, and a summer 1957 site clearance goal. Negotiations continue through the year until all property is acquired.
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Cherryland
Hayward
Pit Bengaenes
Pnonth
Flor
Rae
State Department of Finance
Laurels
Princeton Street
Eee
Everett Silver to Quit Post as Cherryland Water District President
Cherryland Water district board president Everett Silver announced he will resign from the presidency next month due to health reasons though he will remain on the board. He plans to recommend director Arthur Stewart for the role, believing he has the capability to continue the district’s growth and service for East Bay Municipal Utility District area.
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Cherryland
Everett Silver
Cherryland Water District Board of Directors
Silver
Arthur Stewart
Gri Iver
Cherryland Water District
East Bay
Dis- Feist Water
Nt T
Lorenzo Coach Lawson Selected For Cal Staff
San Lorenzo coach Lorenzo Ralston and ex Stanford star Jim Lawson are poised for assistant coaching roles on Lynn Waldorf's California staff. Berkeley hints and a late executive committee meeting point to a probable double appointment. Ralston, PE instructor at the San Lorenzo high school, led the Rebels to the Alameda County Athletic League title in 1955. Continued on page 2.
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Epouia
John Ralston
San Lorenzo
University of California
Berkeley
Ralston
Stanford
Jim Lawson
Lynn (Pappy) Waldorf
Associated Students’ Executive Committee
California
Bob Rubin
Daily Review Today
Ralston-Lawson
Alameda ‘County’ Athletic League
Rebels
Eden
Valley Boy 3 Struck by Car in Castro Valley
A three year-old boy, son of Mrs. Virginia diragak, was in critical condition after being struck by an eastbound car at noon on William Street. Edmund A. Steinberg, 34, a Southern Pacific railroad ticket clerk, lives at 8398 Audrey Drive. A witness said the child ran into the street and the car could not be stopped.
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Castro Valley
Eden Hospital
William Street
Tyrone Lou’ Mrassk
Willam Street
Oakland Navel Hospital
Virginia Diragak
Edmund A. Steinberg
Southern Pacific Railroad
Audrey Drive
Berkeley Girl Ready For Germany Foot Surgery
Sixteen year old Elma Camp of Berkeley prepared to travel to Germany for corrective surgery on club feet. Alameda County Superior Judge Ralph E Hoyt approved the trip yesterday on condition that her mother Rhoda Camp accompany her, after a court ward was named amid a welfare dispute over the arrangements.
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Berkeley
Germany
Alameda County
Ralph E. ‘Hoyt
Rhoda Camp
Welfare Department
California Senate approves largest state budget ever
The California Senate backed a record $1.779 billion budget sending it to Governor Knight. It includes 3.5 million to start the Four County Aqueduct to serve Southern Alameda County and 363,200 for nine alcohol treatment clinics with matching funds required. The plan totals far above prior requests and current-year spending.
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Sacramento
U.P
Senate
Alameda County
Goodwin J. Knight
Assembly
Knight
Ernor
Mary
Wisconsin
Eisenhower
Stevenson
San Luis Reservoir
Feather River
Wisconsin Primary Observers Watch Kefauver in Open Vote
Washington observers monitor the Wisconsin primary to gauge Kefauver strength against Eisenhower in a Republican leaning state. Results may reveal farmer discontent with farm policy as voters consider Democratic support. Kefauver faces no formal Democratic challenger, while Eisenhower faces limited opposition from an Ashland editor. The open primary allows cross party voting.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Estes Kefauver
Tenn
Eisenhower
Ketauver
Ashland
Wis
Kefauver
Stevenson Refuses Florida Primary Forecast
Chicago report states Adlai Stevenson refused to forecast the Florida primary outcome against Estes Kefauver. He replied no comment when asked about predicting results on May 29 and said he did not believe anti segregation sentiment would improve his chances in Florida as he campaigned in the South.
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Chicago
Adlai
Stevenson
Sen
Estes Kefauver
South
Florida
United States calls for world disarmament agency
The United States urged the creation of a world agency to pursue disarmament step by step and achieve a full freeze on nuclear weapons production through conventional measures.
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London
United States
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