McKeon Admits Remorse Over Ribbon Creek Deaths
Parris Island drill instructor McKeon testified at his court martial in trembling terms that he would have faced the gallows for the deaths of six recruits on a death march he supervised. He said he did not know exactly what happened and denied hiding the truth, while defending the training that led recruits into Ribbon Creek mud and tidal water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parris Island
S.C. U.P
Matthew
McKeon
Ribbon Creek
Government ends Salk polio vaccine control
The administration announced ending federal control of Salk polio vaccine distribution. Health secretary Marion B. Folsom said the move follows a recommendation by Dr. Leonard A. Scheele, who resigned to join private industry. Allocation had been state by state and demand varies by area as supply improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jocaton
Marion B. Folsom
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Leonard A. Scheele
Scheele
Public Health Service
Richardson Will Not Run For Re election
Castro Valley. Marvin D. Richardson, chairman of the Eden Hospital district board of directors, said today he will not seek re election in November. Paul Rhodes, Castro Valley’s winther, will run for the seat. Richardson has served since December 1948 and cites time with family as a reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castro Valley
Marvin
D. Richardson
Eden Hospital
Paul Rhodes
Castro Valleys
Winther
Richardson
San Lorenzo Village Homes Association
Missing Payroll Officer Hunted in Port Ord
Army authorities issued an all points bulletin for Capt. James T. Scilley 32 year old company commander who disappeared with the company payroll of 11830. A warrant was issued for his arrest charging theft of government property. Scilley allegedly removed the payroll in 20 bills and dismissed payroll clerk James Dahlstrom. Officials noted pay agents keep a guarantee and that personnel were to be paid last evening after returning from the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Ord
Army
James T. Scilley
U.S
Salinas
Scilley
Fifth Infantry Division
iScilley
James Dahlstrom
Sciley
Ward Plans New Oakland Building
Montgomery Ward announces plans to build a 2 million dollar warehouse and a paint manufacturing plant in Oakland. The project on a 13.7 acre site at Sath avenue and San Leandro street includes a two story warehouse and a three story plant with space for the firm’s regional offices now in the Askland retail store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Montgomery Ward and Company
Sath Avenue
San Leandro Street
Askland
Heart massage fails. 3 year old dies in Glendale
Sandra Laurie, a 3 year old who was revived with heart massage after being pulled unconscious from a Glendale pool, died. Officials report she did not regain full recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendale
Ims
Sandra Laurie
Hayward Traffic Deaths Rise in First Half of 1956
The Eastbay National Safety Council reports Hayward had four traffic deaths and 56 accidents in the first half of 1956, with 87 injury accidents, up from 69 last year. Police say more traffic and enforcement, including radar speed checks, raised fatalities but lowered injury incidents in town centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayward
Eastbay
National Safety Council
Jack Manning
Green Cross
George Forth
Forth
Safety Council
Alameda County
Contra Costa County
el Cerrito
Richmond
San Francisco
Bay Bridge
California Highway Patrol
San Leandro
RB. W. Hannis
Tug Island Empress Capsizes in San Pablo Bay
The Coast Guard reports the Island Empress capsized in San Pablo Bay near San Francisco. Four first-readers noted no loss of life as the crew were transferred to another tug operated by Le Boeuf and Dougherty of Richmond. The Harbor Tug company vessel began taking on water shortly after departure from Cleum at 1 am with a barge in tow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
San Pablo Bay
le Boeuf and Dougherty
Richmond
Coast Guard
Harbor Tug Company
Cleum
Police Launch Drive Against Hubcap Thefts
Three Bay Area police departments start a coordinated crackdown on hubcap thefts. A new tactic uses vibrating pencils to mark hubcaps with license numbers, supplied by dealers and insurers for new cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay
aQso
Gato Deal
Aluminum workers strike halts major production nationwide
More than 28 000 aluminum workers walked out at midnight paralyzing about 40 percent of U S aluminum output. 21 plants operated by Aluminum Company of America and Reynolds Metals were shut down while Kaiser Aluminum remained active under a separate contract. Picket lines formed as United Steelworkers negotiations stalled prompting federal mediation to avert disruption to defense production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America
Reynolds Metals Company
Kaiser Aluminum
Reynolds
Kaiser
Northwest
Steelworkers Action
Permanente
Snonyvale
United Steelworkers Union
Edera Mediators
21Th Agur
Ion
Body of Hodge Aide Is Found
The body of H. Kendall Olds 48 press agent for ex state Auditor Orville Hodge was found today at Lake Springfield. He had been tied to the million dollar check scandal and faced indictment. Olds left home Tuesday evening and did not return, his wife Thelma reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
H. Kendall Olds
Orville 3. Hodge
Lake Springfield
Olds
Col
M. F. Schimentz
Surf Club
Ship Tragedy Probe Opens on Andrea Doria Sinking
House Merchant Marine subcommittee begins inquiry into the ramming and sinking of the Andrea Doria. Eight members inspect the Stockholm bow in Bethlehem Steel Brooklyn yards and plan talks with Coast Guard marine safety experts and Italian Line officials at the Hotel Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
House
Merchant Marine Subcommittee
Stockholm
Robert C. Bonner
D. N.C
Bethlehem Steel Company
Brooklyn Yards
Bonner
Hotel Roosevelt
Coast Guard
Andreas Deriz
Weather Forecast Notes Morning Fog Interruption Expected
The weatherman predicts morning fog may interrupt fair weather through tomorrow. Little temperature change anticipated with westerly winds 8 to 15 mph in the afternoons. High yesterday was 68. Low tonight remains unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suse
San Leandro Boy Drowns On Lake Trip
A four year old San Leandro boy, Curtis Del Toro, drowned at Blue Lake while on a 10 day vacation with his family. The incident occurred as he waded in four feet of water near his brother Rendall and sister Geraldine. The Upper Lakes department resuscitator squad failed to revive him. funeral services are pending. Curtis’s family had lived in San Leandro for years and he is survived by his parents Manuel and Emily Del Toro and siblings. Earlier in the week Martin Ysguerra, 39, of Hayward, drowned at Clearlake while trying to rescue his son Robert, who was saved by onlookers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Leandro — Lake County
South ‘County
San Leandro
Blue Lake
Curtis del Tro
Manuel el Toro
Douglas Court
South County
Martin E. Ysguerra
Myrtle Street
Hayward
del Toro
Ysguerra
Clearlake
Robert
Gurts
Ake
Rendall
Geraldine. Ll
Resor
Charles Ester
Upper Lakes Department
Emily
Hes
San
Bartender Fires At Fleeing Bandit In Crockett Robbery
Ray Arguilla, 49, traded gunfire with a bandit who robbed a Crockett tavern and fled with $200. The robber wore a white mask and carried a white bag. Arguilla fired four times, claiming one bullet hit the getaway car though no injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crochett
Darcesiear Ray Arguilla
Crockett
Arguila
Arguille
Auta
Boy Dies in Refrigerator Tragedy in Seaside Garage
Monterey police report an eight year old boy died after being locked accidentally inside an old refrigerator in his Seaside garage. The incident occurred in the Seaside area north of Monterey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterey
Seaside
Ada Walter Sentenced to 30 Days for Battery on Mother
Sixty six year old Ada Leslie Walter was jailed for 30 days after pleading guilty to battering her 95 year old mother with two Bibles. Walter claimed the injuries came from a bath fall and not the Bible toss during a religious discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Ins
Ada Leslie Walter
Eisenhower Confident in Health for Second Term
President Eisenhower said he is sure his health can handle a second term and that doctors expect a four month recovery after his June intestinal operation. He added Vice President Nixon is acceptable as running mate and did not press for Nixon’s renomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Rigenower
Richard M. Nixon
Harold E. Stassen
Nixon
Anti Cemetery Campaign Moves to Halt Castro Street Plan
The Citizens committee and Hayward Good Government League push a referendum to overturn the Hayward council plan for a Castro and Webster street cemetery. Petitions target 34 signers by August 23 to compel a council repeal or ballot vote as city leaders defend the zoning decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crestview Cemetery
Castro Street
Hayward
Marie Nussenbaum
Good Improvement” League
Green Shutter Hotel
Citizens Committee
John Harris
Cemetery Committee
Nusserbaum
Castro and
Webster Streets
la Vista Area
Harris
Nussenbaum
Industrial Planning Hayward Joint Meeting Set
The Hayward Industrial Planning and City Planning commission will hold an informal joint meeting at 8 tomorrow night in the Ci ae conference room at Cy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayward
New Industrial Come Mission
City Planning Commission
Ci Ae
Britain and France consider force over Suez dispute
Secretary Dulles assured U S support for possible actions in the Suez crisis while stopping short of approving force. Eden said Britain and France could act militarily if needed to end Egyptian control, with Pineau backing the British line in private talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
John Foster Dulles
Britain
France
Anthony Eden
Dulles
Paris
Suez Canal
Delles
Washington
Eisenhower
Egypt
Eden
Christien Pineau
California mother recounts Arabian nightmare in Rome
Mrs. Helen Subbagh, 27, a Palo Alto native, says her arranged marriage to Badul Jebbar Subbagh and life among his family in Baghdad turned violent and humiliating. She alleges spousal abuse, legal fights, and that the American consul was attacked during their estrangement. She escaped with their 23 month old son and seeks custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
California
Peple
Helen Subbagh
F.i
Paloes
Head-on Crash in Kern County Kills Five
A head on collision at the U S 466 and Corcoran road intersection, five miles east of Lost Hills, Kern County, Bakersfield area, killed at least five people with a sixth possible death. Victims unnamed pending identification at Kern General Hospital. Traffic was blocked while responders cleared the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield
Kern County
Kern General Hospital
U.S. 466
Corcoran Road
Lost Hills
L A Man Drowns In Motel Pool
Bakersfield police report Robert S. Stevens 45 of Los Angeles drowned last night in the Fairgrounds motel pool. His body was found by companion Joan Williams of Long Beach soon after the incident. Both men worked for Baker Crawford and Bishop, Los Angeles food suppliers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield
Robert S. Stevens
Los Angeles
Stevens
Fairgrounds
Joan Williams
Long Beach
Yen
Baker, Crawford and Bishop
Jedbers
L A Taxi Strike Stalls After Wage Talks Fail
In Los Angeles more than 1600 Yellow Cab drivers walked off after wage negotiations between the company and union officials failed. The strike begins amid protests and demands for better pay and conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Yellow Cab Company
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Rock of House
Holland Landing
Ontario
Dewar
Shannon & Sons
St. LU
Ward
Aluminum
Hodge Aide
L.A
L.A. Taxi
Founders Savings & Loan Association
Pounders Savings and Loan Association
GES
Main Street
Kaywand, California
Triphone Lucerne
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