Smog Threatens County Flower Crop Worth Millions
Orchid expert A E Reeves reports severe losses from smog to his Ashland and Mortenson Nurseries, with blooms lost in 1952 to 1954 totaling thousands. County officials study air pollution and seek state aid, aiming to form a countywide smog control district while Bay Area counties cooperate on pollution prevention.
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A. E. Reeves
Avans and Mortenson Nurseries
Washington Avenue
Ashland
San Mateo
Bay Counties
Bay Area Council
Aurround
Annexation vs Incorporation in San Leandro dispute widens
Complex local clashes over annexation and incorporation involve Ashland Castro Valley and Hayward areas. McCarthy era tensions and accusations of doctored photographs surface as Ashland leaders, chamber groups, and local clubs debate forming a city and resisting outside pressure.
Foothill Manor and Halcyon Area Seek Annexation to San Leandro
San Leandro city council heard questions from Foothill Manor and Halcyon area proponents about annexation. If approved, south city limits would extend to 150th avenue between Foothill boulevard and the Bay. Tax rate would be 351.49 per 100, bonded indebtedness largely for sewerage, not used by the new areas. City officials expect property values to rise and possible early reapportionment before 1960 to improve representation. Continued on page 2.
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Foothill Manor
Halccyon
San Leanore
San Leandro
San ‘Leandro
150Th Avenue
Foothill Boulevard
Bay
Wesley McClure
Ovo Loma Sanitary District
Sreg
McClure
John Boomer
Halcyon
Provement Club
Court Orders Release of Parks AFB Drafted Doctor
SAN FRANCISCO The Air Force must grant Dr. Robert M Peck an unconditional release after a federal judge ruled against an undesired discharge. Peck, 28, enlisted with the doctor draft and was denied a commission for not signing a loyalty oath. He served as an enlisted ward physician at Parks AFB and treated dependents. The court said withholding his commission was justified but assigning him to physician duties was improper.
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Parks Afb
San Francisco
Air Force
Robert M. Peck
Federal District Court
Peck
Conre
Feck
Parks Air Force Base
George B. Harris
McCarthy Sought Access to Top Pentagon Tax Returns
Senator McCarthy secretly sought and obtained access to tax returns of key Pentagon officials including Army Secretary Robert Stevens and Struve Hensel, under new safeguards issued February 13. Treasury and IRS later claimed no check on committee approval was made, and notes recount a tip that Hensel’s returns were being examined by McCarthy’s agents.
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Washington
Joe McCarthy
Pentagon
Army
Wisconsinite
Robert Stevens
Defense
Struve Hensel
John Adams
McCarthy
Treasury
Humphrey
Internal Revenue Service
House
Senate
Internal Revenue
Hensel
Revenue Service
Anid
Wilson
Reds Open New Attack On Dien Bien Phu Siege
Rebels opened a fresh assault on Dien Bien Phu from the south under heavy artillery fire while French planes including Corsairs battled poor weather to strike rebel rear areas. Casualties rose as Civil Air Transport pilot Paul Holden was wounded during a supply drop, marking the first American casualty in the airlift.
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Indochina
Isa
Bella
Dien
Bien Phu
United States
Dien Bien Phi
Paul Holden
Greenleaf
Kan
Civil Air Transport
Isabella
Christian de Castries
Yan
Dien Bien Phu
Japan
Philippines
Hong Kong
Dien Bien. Phu Air
Holden
Cat's
Alarmed French Call For Action On Indochina War
State officials seek bids for 2.9 miles of four lane freeway to connect Washington avenue interchange of Eastshore Freeway in San Lorenzo with the Castro Valley Freeway bypass. Allocation of 3,570,000 dollars approved yesterday. Construction expected to take 1½ to 2 years and includes two railroad grade separations an undercrossing and multiple interchanges at Hespezien boulevard East 14th street and Foothill boulevard with an eastern link to Castro Valley boulevard and Mattex road.
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Sacramento
Washington Avenue
San Lorenzo
Castro Valley
State Department of Public Works
Hes
Pegien Boulevard
East 14Th Street
Foothill Boulevard
Castro Valey Boulevard
Mattex Road
Indochina Partition Talk Emerges Among Big Three
Geneva reports indicate France United States and Britain weigh a last resort plan to partition Indochina to end the eight year war. Bidault presses early talks with Molotov Dulles and Eden while Dien Bien Phu fall looms as a psychological blow to France.
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U.P
Geneva
France
Indochina
Korea
United States
Britain
Georges Bidault
V. Mr. Molotov
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Anthony Eden
Molotov
Dien Bien Phu
United
Great Britain
Geneve
Castro Valley Grammar School May Not Be Demolished
Castro Valley school officials consider legislation allowing the old grammar school to be kept for non instructional use. The district may convert the building into warehousing or other space while seeking funds to buy land and relocate operations, with bids for sale and removal among options.
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Grammar School
Castro Valley
Castro ‘Valley
Boulevard Grammar
B. “Morris
Vadill
Persh
Alameda
Eden
Morris
Li 'A
Champer
LeRoy
Broun
Chamber Planners Get Zone Question
Centerville chamber of commerce officials yesterday sought to empower its planning committee to make a final zoning decision. The committee will review the chamber's recommendation and report to the County Planning Commission.
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Centerville
Chamber “of Commerce
County Planning Commission
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