Weather Corner Forecast Lays Out Daylight Skies
Weather summary notes overcast night and morning, with fair skies expected tomorrow. Afternoon winds shift to westerly, from 32 to 22 inches noted as a local measure.
07 Apr 1961
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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1961
Page
1
Weather summary notes overcast night and morning, with fair skies expected tomorrow. Afternoon winds shift to westerly, from 32 to 22 inches noted as a local measure.
Statewide forecast shows mostly fair conditions through Saturday across Northern and Central California with brief showers or snow in the southern Sierra Nevada. Coastal areas have variable low cloudiness and little temperature change, with winds mostly light to moderate.
Tidally computed data for Ft. Penny showing sunrise at 5 44 a m and low tides around 3 30, with 4 44 and 7 01 highs. Includes dawn darkness and light phase notes for Saturday reading.
State lawmakers consider a bill curbing use of labor injunctions. Governor appoints Wyatt Jr. to State Personnel Board and Lilienthal to Public Health Board. Bills also set rules on emergency vehicle lighting, nurse records, and drug enforcement, with various committees and votes noted.
Robert McCann from Pasadena Calif spent a decade in a Red Chinese prison near Hong Kong and Manila after cancer ravaged his body. His wife traveled 9000 miles to Tientsin begging for his release and said doctors gave him only days to live. He was rushed to Clark Air Base Hospital awaiting a US flight home with no clear arrangements yet.
Wide areas face cold wet conditions with rain and snow across the Great Lakes region and Ohio Valley. Showers reach New England while the West experiences a rain snow belt east of the divide. Scattered showers touch Nevada Utah and northern Arizona with light rain along the California Mexico border and persists into Georgia and North Carolina. Pacific Northwest remains mostly fair.
Boston AP report notes Mrs John F Kennedy selected 11 artworks from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts for the White House. The choice includes a Daniel Webster portrait by George P. A. Healy, New England scenes by Winslow Homer and Maurice Prendergast, watercolors by John Singer Sargent, and a contemporary work by Edward Hopper.
London coroner hears evidence from two girl witnesses Joan Taylor and Linda Marker about two 17 year olds Belan Marley and Arthur Oddy who used a whistle while riding a motor scooter on Thursday. The whistle caused them to swerve and collide with a bus, leading to their deaths.
In Sacramento the Assembly floor moves a bill restricting judicial power on labor disputes. The bill, backed by unions and opposed by employers, would bar temporary injunctions against strikes picketing meetings and boycotts unless a property injury is imminent. It would repeal bans on jurisdictional strikes and hot cargo terms.
In Sacramento AP report, civil rights advocates claim gains as the State Board of Education and Attorney General restore teaching credentials. A bill to bar public-school meetings and other measures faced opposition from business groups and unions. Open debates included minimum wage and extending wage regulation to youths under 18, with votes delayed to April 13.
SACRAMENTO AP The Senate unanimously approved a resolution urging state agencies to collaborate with the State Planning Office on a statewide scenic highway plan. The measure goes to the Assembly with a report due for the 1962 legislature. Farr reported Senate support for related authority bills while timber opposition warned of private land takings before compensation.
In Sacramento a four year old girl fell into a 50 foot well soon after her family arrived to visit friends. Firemen used a rope to lift her to safety with only scratches and bruises. Her mother expressed gratitude while noting the family’s temporary visit. Nearby, reports from Rayne Louisiana tell of a dramatic blood transfusion record and medical cases involving a laborer and a patient with undiagnosed ailments.
Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard told the Federation of Federal Land Bank Associations in Kansas City that free market and unrestricted agricultural production could bankrupt farmers and erode the nation. He urged self-control in production and strong price supports in the speech Thursday night.
The price of both St Louis daily newspapers will rise to seven cents per copy effective Monday. The afternoon Post-Dispatch and the morning Globe-Democrat cited rising costs as the reason for the 2 cent increase. The Sunday editions, the Post and Globe, will stay at 2 cents and 5 cents respectively.
Naval Research Reviews reports on theories about porpoise speed and skin control in 6 foot 18 pound female porpoises studied by Naval Ordnance Test Station personnel near Ching Lake California. The piece notes a station commission of Marineland of the Pacific at Palos Verdes to train a porpoise and references early work by AGI and others.
A Navy study notes a porpoise named Knotty around its nose may alter drag and sound concepts for torpedo design. Researchers say smooth flow skin and tail movements could guide deeper dives and anti submarine advances, helping detect and evade submarines with less need for decompression.
The proposal includes six measures, five of them urged by Kennedy, with roots in William Rog ers era. They aim to curb gambling information and equipment crossing state lines and to curb certain federal authorities in specified areas.
The captain of a Soviet tanker sailed into Swedish waters Thursday night and asked for political asylum, police said. The vessel entered Hemsen Swedish area prompting authorities to intervene. A crew member sought refuge amid rising tensions between the two nations.
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