GOP Leaders Promise To Uphold Ike's Veto
President Eisenhower gains GOP assurances Congress will sustain his veto on the farm bill. White House aides predict strong support for a soil bank measure if brought to the floor, while Democrats privately doubt a five thirds override. Ike urged immediate payments to farmers, proposing up to 350 percent of support starting as early as July.
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White House
Congres
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Congress
Hagerty
Soi) Bank) Legislation At This Session.” Hagerty
Soil Bank
Ex Councilman Musson Dies in San Leandro at 58
Richard H. Musson, 58, former San Leandro councilman 1948 to 1954, died of a coronary condition in Fairmont Hospital after collapsing at 4 30 am. He lived at 655 Pershing Drive with wife Evelyn. A Kansas native, he was an insurance salesman for New York Life and active in civic affairs. Funeral services are pending at Santos and Robinson Mortuary in Estudillo Avenue.
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San Leandro
Richard H. Musson
Pershing Drive
Evelyne
Kansas
New York Life
Musson
Polite
Fire
Fairmont Hospital
Santos and Robinson Mortuary
Estucuilo Avenue
Hayward Council to seat trio at tonight's meeting
Three new members Floyd Attaway Rudolph Dettenrieder and Dr Michael Sheridan plus incumbents Frank Biges and Art Phillips will be seated at the Hayward City council meeting. Installation follows canvass with a new mayor to be chosen per charter. W C Wilson and Helen Alves receive plaques. 28 item agenda covers replacements on Planning and Library commissions.
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Hayward
Floyd Attaway
Rudolph Dettenrieder
Michael Sheridan
Victors
Frank Biges
Art Phillips
Phillips
W. C. Wilson
Helen Alves
Farm Bureau Praises Ike Veto of Farm Bill
BERKELEY California Farm Bureau federation praised President Eisenhower's veto of the controversial farm bill calling it sound statesmanship for agriculture and sound economics. Secretary treasurer Richard W Owens said the measure would have required mandatory high price supports incompatible with the soil bank program which aims to reduce production.
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Berkeley
California Farm Bureau Federation
Eisenhower
Richard W. Owens
California
Soil Bank
Parolee Dies in Car Train Crash Near San Pablo
Edward Upchurch, paroled from San Quentin, died when his car hit a freight train near San Pablo early today. His passenger, 27 year old Edna Lawson of San Pablo, sustained serious injuries.
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San, Pablo
San Quentin State Prison
San Pablo
Edward Upchurch
Edna Lawson
Father Slays Wife in Columbus Home Tragedy
A 48 year old father surrendered at the Columbus police station after shooting his estranged wife Dorothy Jones 36 to death at close range with a 12 gauge shotgun. The dying mother dropped her four month old twins Tiny Dora and Alice. The couple’s two other sons James 10 and David 7 witnessed the event. The gunman, Theodore Jones, was later brought to police by his brother in law Orville Stater. He confessed to the shooting and said he did not know there was a shell in the gun.
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Columbus
Ind
Dorothy Jones
Theodore
Dora Jones
Orville Stater
Jones
Dulles Sees Chance to Avoid Mideast War
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles told reporters in Washington that war in the Middle East might be avoided though risk remains. He praised UN leadership and Hammarskjold’s start on issues like movement for UN inspection teams and force separation along armistice lines, while noting no US plan for arming embargoes.
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INS
John Foster Dulles
Middle East
Dulles
U. S
United Nations
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
Israel
Theu. S
Trials Ordered In Riot Cases
Edward J. Lemos of Oakland was ordered to stand trial June 13 on three charges including interfering with an officer and battery following the March 17 drive-in riot. He is free on bail. John Dillard of San Leandro faces trial May 29 on a lesser charge of remaining present amid the riot.
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San Leandro
Edward J. Lemos
Graffian Street
Oakland
Brial
Gerald P. Connitt
Lemos
John Dillard
Laura Avenue
Fremont Council To Get Bus Plan
Fremont Council will hear a proposed bus line linking Fremont with Newark Decoto and Alvarado at an 8 o clock meeting in the county offices building. John Wales of Blackwood Transportation Co of Oakland will present the plan and noted 17 buses are available for use. Trial runs tested possible schedules.
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Fremont
Newark
Decoto
Alvarado
John
Wales
Blackwood Transportation Company
Oakland
John L. Stevvenson
Festival of Progress marks 50th quake anniversary in SF
San Francisco festival opens tomorrow to celebrate the 1906 quake and fire's 50th anniversary. The program includes personal accounts of the Hayward and San Leandro earthquakes and other San Francisco memories, with events running through Sunday under the South of Market sponsorship.
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San Francisco
Hayward
San Leandro
Third and Market Kept In Memory Of Quake Victims
An invocation by Msgr. Vincent McCarthy will open ceremonies at 4 12 a m the quake’s moment. Three luncheons are planned including at the Commercial Club with sponsorship by the chamber of commerce the board of five underwriters of the Pacific and the Commercial Club. An Ashes to Glory luncheon by the San Francisco Advertising Club at the Mark Hopi hotel and a Pitty Years After luncheon at the Whitcomb hotel by the 1906 club survivors of the quake. The California Historical Society sponsors a display of old fire equipment at Union Square amid the festival.
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Msgr. Vincent McCarthy
St. Patrick’s Church
Commercial Club
Chamber of Commerce
of the Pacific
iCommercial Club
San Francisco
Whitcomb Hotel
Cancer Truth Drive Delivers Doorbell Campaign Tonight
Hundreds of women volunteers will ring doorbells in Eden township from 7 to 9 PM to spread cancer facts in the Hayward San Leandro area. The effort, part of Cancer Control month, seeks new American Cancer Society members and emphasizes early detection. The Hayward office at 920 A Street coordinates the drive.
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Eden Township
Hayward-San Leandro
American Cancer Society
Eisenhower
Society
Hayward
Crippled Clipper Lands Safely in San Francisco
Pan American World Airways Strato-Clipper with 54 passengers and nine crew members landed safely at San Francisco International after the final 80 miles from Honolulu on three engines. Engine No. 2 was feathered at 4:48 a.m. due to an overheated generator. Coast Guard escort met the Clipper at sea and guided it in as the last leg of an around the world flight.
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San Francisco
Pan- American World Airways
San Francisco International
Honolulu
Coast Guard
Jewel thefts hit Monaco amid royal wedding pageant
In Monaco during Rainier’s wedding festivities thieves struck the Hotel de Paris stealing gems from guests including Mrs Maree Pamp and Matthew McCloskey. Detectives from France halted the thefts as a 60,000 dollar jewelry spree unfolded among gala visitors and wedding guests.
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Monaco
Frank Creschi
Gieves
Perpe
Maree Pamp
Philadelphia
Grace
Hotel de Paris
Rainier
Matthew McCloskey
McCloskey
Philadelphia News
Democratic National Committee
Train Crash Kills Car Pool Rider
A Santa Clara County car pool member was killed and three others injured when their car struck a locomotive of a Southern Pacific commuter train near CUPERTINO. The dead man was John R. Welch, 36, of Palo Alto. Critically injured were William C. Jensen, 59, Palo Alto. Monce Martinez, 59, Mountain View. and Harry Burke, 57, Mountain View, the driver. All were en route to work.
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Cupertinos
Santa Clara
Southern Pacific
John R. Welch
Palo Alto
William C. Jensen
Monce Martinez
Mountain View
Harry Burke
1400 MPH Jet Plane Unveiled in Palmdale California
Palmdale California. The U S Air Force unveiled the F 104 Starfighter a jet fighter claiming speeds up to 1400 miles per hour. Gen O P Weyland described it as unmatched, with Lockheed producing it for near term service. The craft is praised for its speed potentially giving the U S a strong lead in airpower.
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Palmdale
Calif
U.S. Air Force
O. P.weyland
Desert Test Center
Lockheed Aircraft. Corp
United States
New ‘York
West Coast
Nat King Cole Drops Atlanta
Promoter B. B. Beamon says Nat King Cole cancelled a planned Atlanta show, citing fear after an assault on him by segregationists in Birmingham. Cole reportedly told Beamon he would not perform for a million dollars, deeming Atlanta too close to Alabama tensions.
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Nat King Cole
B. B. Beamon
Cole
Birmingham
Alain
Birmingham Municipal Auditorium
Beamon
Winston-Salem
N.C
Ted Heath
Alabama
Abbott Counsel Switch Studied
Oakland report states California Supreme Court may decide if condemned youth Burton W Abbott can switch attorneys. Alameda County Superior Judge Wade Snook expresses lack of jurisdiction over the request, transferring care to Sullivan. Deputy sheriff notes 16 year old Niles resident in hospital after being crushed between trailer and jeep. injuries include leg and head lacerations.
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California, Supreme Court
Burton W.abbott
Charles Wade Snook
Alameda County
Ore
Ak Lance O’ S Sullivan
Ceu
Niles
Abbott
Harold Sden
Howe
Stadley D. Whitney
Hayward High - School
William A Stinson
Streat
Fairmont Hospital
Edwin Mueller
Hermann
San Lorenzo
Hayward High School
Fairmont ‘Hospital
Children’s Hospital
Weather outlook warms after foggy morning tease
The weather forecast predicts rising temperatures after morning fog with continued fair conditions. Expect tomorrow’s warmth with a high near 70 as overnight lows remain mild amid improving skies.
Fremont Names Coop Manager For New City
F. Robert Coop, 42, current Inglewood city manager, will head Fremont as its first city manager starting June 13 at a salary of 17000. He led Southern California’s 50000 population city for seven years and previously served as Pasadena official. Coop, a Berkeley graduate with an MPA, is married with four children and Navy veteran. The announcement coincides with East West talks involving Soviet leaders Khrushchev and Bulganin and a Russian move declaring the Cominform dissolved.
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Fremont
F. Robert Coop
Inglewood
Coop
Southern California
Moscow
INS
Communist Information Bureau
Cominform
Anastas Mikoyan
Poland
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Stalin
Marshal Tito
Bucharest
Romania
Cominform Is Dead
City
American Society
Pasadena
University of California In
Berkeley
University
Navy
Britain
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Foreign ‘Ministry
Middle East
Comintern
Ence
Crs
Fourth Oakland Cop Suspended
OAKLAND An Oakland police lieutenant began a 60 day suspension today for drinking while on duty. Lt. Keith Brown was suspended yesterday after admitting spending several hours Saturday morning drinking with friends. He was the fourth member of the Oakland police force suspended on the same charge during the past month.
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Oakland
Keith Brown
Assassin Plot on Mendes-France Fails in Rabat Shootout
Two French men attempted to assassinate Pierre Mendes-France at the French residency in Rabat Morocco wounding a guard. Mendes-France who then was minister of state had left the building to return to Paris before the shooting.
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Rabat
INS
Pierre Mendes-France
Morocco
Agence France Presse
Paris
South Span Bill Signing Date Set
Sacramento reports a tentative signing date of April 27 for the compromise Southern Crossing measure. Gov. Knight has 30 days after the budget session to sign, with the toll set at 25 cents. Douglas Barrett, Knight's press secretary, described the date as tentative.
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Sacramento
Goodwin Knight
Mesgsure
Douglas Barrett
Knight
Dazed Woman Identity Sought In Marin County Case
San Francisco officials and military personnel sought the identity of a young woman found dazed along Highway 191 near San Rafael. The uninjured amnesia victim, about 27 years old, six feet tall and 180 pounds, wore a pink dress with a ballerina skirt and had brown hair and gray eyes.
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Marin County
San Rafael
Joe
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