Kefauver Seeks Youth Vote in California Swing
Tennessee senator Estes Kefauver urged support in San Leandro Hayward Decoto and Freemont as he campaigned for the June 5 Democratic presidential primary. He said he has no alibis or excuses and pressed labor and youth to back his bid, arguing for federal school aid and 18 year old suffrage.
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Herb Levy
New Jersey
Estes Kefauver
Alameda County
Tennessee
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Hayward
Decoto
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Adlai Stevenson
Pelton Center
Wall Street
Kefauver
Red Tag Days Start Tomorrow in Hayward
Red Tag days begin tomorrow in Hayward with three days of bargain prices across merchants citywide. Stores will open as usual and feature fat prices through Friday and Saturday, offering shoppers extra opportunities during the city-wide event.
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Hayward
Meyner Wins Large Victory in New Jersey Primary
Governor Robert B Meyner secured a near shutout over Estes Kefauver in the New Jersey Democratic primary for 36 national convention votes. Kefauver was assured only a single delegate with half vote as Kefauver trailed in presidential preference voting with 104 474 votes to Stevenson 2850 write ins Eisenhower led the Republicans with 310 382 votes.
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Robert B. Meyner
Estes Kefauver
New Jersey
Kefauver
Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Leandro Safe Defies Thieves Across Bay Courts
In San Leandro police report a fourth attempted safe robbery at the San Leandro Municipal Court offices on 216 California Street. The safe had its dial knocked off and was moved to the rear. entry is blamed on a window break. Detectives link the suspects to prior break-ins at Albany, El Cerrito and Sunnyvale courts this week.
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San Leandro
Bay Area
Don Putman
California Street
Putman
San Francisco Doorman Files $5000 Kidnap Reward Claim
A San Francisco theater doorman has filed a formal claim for a $5000 kidnapping reward. George McComb says his information aided the arrest of Mrs. Betty Jean Benedicto and the safe return of baby Robert Marcus, with the San Francisco county clerk receiving the claim yesterday.
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San Francisco
Stockton Theater
Robert Marcus
George McComb
McComb
Betty Jean Benedicto
Grace Kelly Marries Prince Rainier in Monaco
Grace Kelly became Princess Grace as she wed Prince Rainier II in a formal ceremony at the castle on the Mediterranean coast. The event drew attention to the new royal couple, with Grace pledging her heart to Rainier in front of a grand crowd and a waiting nation.
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Grace Kelly
Mediterranean
Prince Rainier II and I
Marcel Portanier
Mademoiselle
Grace Patricia Kelly
Prince Rainier II
Rainier
Grace Pastricia Kelly
Philadely Phia
Old World Toysity
British Welcome Top Reds Coldly
Soviet Russia's leaders arrived in Britain for a 10 day visit amid a cold welcome as anti Communist protests and formal receptions marked the start. In Washington the Farm Bill veto by Eisenhower remained upheld as political tensions rose, with Khrushchev and Bulganin planning their transcontinental schedule.
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England
Russia
Washington
Ims
San Francisco
Britain
House
Nikolai Bulganin
Eisenhower
California
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Nikitas
Khrushchev
Mystery Death in Hayward Room Leaves Questions
Hayward police report the decomposed body of 58 year old Principado Feliciano found in a blood spattered room at 801 Castro Street. Police say he likely died by his own action after slashing his throat with a carving knife and wandering the room for hours before collapsing. Coroner’s autopsy planned for today. murder remains a possibility due to blood in the room. Feliciano, once a nursery worker in Hayward, is survived by siblings in Hayward Pleasanton Puerto Rico and Pittsburg plus two brothers in San Francisco. Services set at Sorensen Bros. chapel with burial at Lone Tree cemetery.
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Marchand
Hayward
Felicita Santiago
Iberia Santiago
Gloria Santiago
Pleasanton
Eueleccia Velazquez
Puerto Rico
Pedro Feliciano
Pittsburg
Julio Feliciano
San Francisco
Morman
Sorensen Bros
Lone Tree
Slayer Seeks Death Penalty and Body for Science
A 30 year old Minneapolis slayer, James P. Taylor of Detroit, reportedly requests execution and to be donated to science rather than bear lifetime costs. He allegedly spoke of this wish to Rev. Arnold Lowe of Westminster Presbyterian church in Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis
James P. [Taylor
Detroit
Arnold Lowe
Westminister Press Byserian Church
Quake Fractured Pleasant Spring in 1908 Earth Shake
A 1908 San Francisco quake shattered a calm April week. On April 18 at 5:15 am the city woke to a violent tremor that rattled Fort Ord to Salinas, ending a spell of balmy, fogless weather and mock summer warmth.
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San Francisco
Fort Stagg
Salinas
San Francisco Fire of 1906 Remembered on Commemoration Program
John L. Ray of Hayward, an Irish sweepstakes winner, recalls evacuating victims from the rubble during the 1906 quake and fire. He describes the cataclysm, collapsing buildings, exploding mains, and the three days of inferno that destroyed nearly 500 city blocks as firemen fought water outages and mass destruction. The account closes with a note that the story continues on page 13.
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San Francisco
John L. Ray
Elmwood Lane
Hayward
Ray
Discovery City
Market Street
Four Are Charged In Bank Holdups In Oakland and Albany
Four Oakland men were charged in Municipal Court with robbery and attempted murder in three East Bay bank holdups. Clifford L. Peters Craig Parker Norris D Fravel and Gary Clark were each jailed on 100000 bail. The crimes tied to Castro Valley Bank of America July 6 and Oakland and Albany branch robberies in October.
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Oakland
East Bay
C. Stanley Wood
Clifford L.y Peters
Craig Parker
Nor Jpns
D. Fravel
Gary Clark
Castro Valley Bank of America
Albany
Art Phillips New Hayward Mayor Emerges From Council
Art Phillips inherits the Hayward mayoralty after 12 years on the city council as three new councilmen are sworn in. W. O. Wilson ends three years as mayor, swearing in Phillips and noting the city charter first used. New officials Floyd Attaway Rudolph Dettenrieder Dr Michael Sheridan Frank Biggs join Irene Jamieson in swearing in. Council approves a countywide uniform sales tax compromise by resolution and continues with election results.
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Hayward
Art Phillips
Phillips
W. O. Wilson
Irene Jamieson
Floyd Attaway
Ruidolph Dettenrieder
Michael Sheridan
Frank Biggs
Hayward Council OKs five percent sales tax share
The Hayward City council approved sharing five per cent of sales tax revenue with Alameda County to fund a uniform countywide tax. Fremont followed with similar action, while supervisors’ acceptance remains uncertain. The plan aims to reduce county property tax and marks potential shifts in the county’s earlier opposition to the sharing proposal.
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Hayward
Alameda
Fremont
Two Die and 22 Hurt in San Francisco Hotel Fire
In San Francisco two people died and at least 22 were injured when a fire swept the upper two floors of the St. George Hotel in downtown, believed set by an arsonist. The blaze at 2 22 am caused $40,000 in damage and prompted rescues by firemen and police.
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San Francisco
St. George
Willis’h. S Shaw
Dixie Mae Palmer
Giant Grizzly Kills Two Men in Alaska Wilderness
In a northeast wilderness near Anchorage, a giant grizzly maimed and killed two men. The victims are Everett Amos Kendall, 53, a Spenard barber, and Lloyd C. Pennington, 56, a Snowshoe Lake guide formerly of Concord California. Their bodies were found about 154 miles northeast near the bear’s den.
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Here
Everett Amos Kendall
Spenard
Alaska
Lloyd C. Pennington
Snowshoe Lake
Concord
Calif
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