Dope Menace Marijuana Back in Southern Alameda County
Daily Review reports marijuana has reentered Southern Alameda County less than four months after countywide raids. Narcs note small-scale use but rising supply from Bay Area cities and Mexico. Sheriff Lt. Harry Skiles says there are no known peddlers locally, complicating enforcement.
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Daily Review
Alameda County
Bay Area
San Diego
Mexico
Harry Skiles
Sheriff's Department
South County
Skiles
San Leandro Narcotics Raids Seen Quiet But Intermittent
Local police report marijuana presence in south county remains limited and easily marketable but heroin supplies are largely absent. San Diego arrests tied to Hayward and San Leandro suspects highlight ongoing cross-border trafficking and raids dated April 12 with multiple defendants held or awaiting sentencing.
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San Diego
South County
Oakland
San Leandro
Ariel J. Lamoureux
Forth
Hayward
Paul Reymundo
Anthony Oretta
Williams Street
Oretta
Reymundo
Samuel G. Beltram
Russell City
Afghan Mystery Couple Disappears in Transit from Kabul
London report says a 32 year old Peter Winant and his 25 year old partner, both social workers, vanished two months after leaving Kabul. They were last seen hitchhiking near the Afghan border as reports claim the man’s nephew of the late John G. Winant. The Daily Express notes a Swedish girl linked to the case and unclear details about possible murder or kidnapping by tribes.
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London
Britain
Anterizan
Wainant
Skeetheart
Gauanemen
Afghanistan
Gummeson
London Daily Express
Peter Workers
Winant
Aze
Kabul
John G. Winant
Ambas J
Europe
Weather forecast hints at steady warmth and fair skies
The report notes little temperature change with continued fair weather and afternoon westerly winds of 15 to 25 mph. It contrasts with a separate Express piece criticizing Afghanistan as a fanatically Muslim country, and mentions a theory about a person named Winant being abducted or removed while using a sleeping bag.
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Date Set For Baby In Monaco Rains On Princess Grace
Prince Rainier announced on a radio broadcast that Princess Grace of Monaco is expecting a baby in February. Miss Kelly, Philadelphia born actress, and Rainier wed last April with civil and religious ceremonies. The Kellys, parents of Princess Grace, expressed happiness and noted the Meantime, Monaco would face French protection issues if an heir was not produced under a 1914 treaty.
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Grace
Prince Rainier
Miss Kelly
Philadelphia
Rainier
Principality of
Monegas
John B. Kelly
Princesse Grace of
Gues
France
Last Union Army Veteran Dies in Duluth at 106
Duluth Minnesota reports the death of Alpert Woolson, the last Union Army Civil War veteran. He died today at St Luke's Hospital at age 106 after long battles with heart and lung ailments. Woolson witnessed Lincoln's era and Sherman’s march, living with famed vitality despite age and deafness. He remained active, shaving and dressing with a sturdy stride until his final days.
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Duluth
Minne
Alpert Woolson
St. Luke's Hospital
Woolson
St. Luke's
Abraham
Lincoln
General Sherman
Jesse James
Primsell
Missing Captain Twice Decorated from Fort Ord
An all points bulletin said Captain James T. Scilley, twice decorated for heroism in Korea with the Silver Star and Bronze Star, is armed and dangerous. He vanished from his post near Monterey on Tuesday, after handling his company payroll of 11 800 dollars.
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James T. Scilley
Korea
FBI
Scilley
Monterey
Father Slain In Cabin By Son Eight-Year-Old Suspect
In White Cloud Michigan an eight-year-old boy and his six-year-old brother entered Hill Top and claimed their father Lewis Dishaw, 33, was shot for punishing them. Lonnie and Joseph Dishaw led deputies to a Muskegon River cabin where Dishaw’s body lay on a plank. The brothers said the son shot the father.
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Mich
Hill Top
Lonnie Dishaw
Joseph
Newaygor County
Muskegon River
Lewis Dishaw
Grand Rapidg
Adlai Near 500 Mark On First Ballot Votes
Stevenson hopes to reach about five hundred first ballot votes at the Democratic National Convention as Kefauver withdraws to back Stevenson. Early tallies show Stevenson with about forty eight thousand five hundred votes, Harriman around one hundred sixty thousand, with state delegations split. Transferred Kefauver votes shift to Stevenson in Indiana Maryland and Minnesota as the Kefauver candidacy fades and uncommitted delegates incline toward Stevenson in a tight nomination race.
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Estes
Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Kefauver
Stevenson
James Finnegan
California
United Press
Harriman
Indiana
Maryland
Minnesota
Prim
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Keifauver
Stassen Opens the Herter Headquarters in Washington
Stassen opened an Eisenhower Beier campaign headquarters in Washington predicting the Republican National convention will pick Massachusetts Gov. Christian A Herter over Vice President Richard M. Nixon for president. He said Gov. Arthur Langlie may keynote and that Nixon seems likely to be renominated by acclamation.
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Washington
Harald E. Stassen
Eisenhower- Beier
Massachusetts
Christian A. Harter
Richard M. Nixon
Eisenhower
Stassen
Arthur Laralie
Senate
House
Nixon
Harold E. Stassen
J . Stassen
Herter
Langlie
Michael Enters District Race For Fremont Board Seat
Fremont voters hear Michael Bruce, a City councilman, announce candidacy for the district board of directors. He cites sewage development concerns and prior district survey refusals. directors hired Harry N. Jenks for 1500 dollars without city word. County Surveyor Olof E. Anderson, 59, was sworn in after Boggs resignation, as petitions filed for Sept survey. filing closes Aug 6.
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Bruce Michael
Fremont 4City
Warm “Springs
Washington’ Township
Michael
Fundil
Harry N. Jenks
Palo Alto
Olof E. Anderson
Didacy
Wallace B. Boggsi
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Joseph
HH. T. Scott
Manuel
Ecame
Bernards
George Coit
Anderson
Thel
Boggs
Clos
Ling
Wisconsin
University of
California
Aif
Baby Sisters Die In Trailer Blaze
A trailer home fire east of here killed Irene Foster a 21 month old girl and her sister Bernice three months old. The blaze trapped the two infants in the cabin attached to the Foster residence, and Mrs. Foster said a cigarette likely started the fire. Flames prevented rescue attempts.
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Maderaith
Toro
Here
Irene Foster
Bernice
Cornelius Foster
Tough Marine General Backs Night Marches
Lt Gen Lewis B Puller testified at the McKeon manslaughter trial supporting night marches as essential training. He urged increased drills to 50 percent, saying discipline prevents an army from becoming a mob, and praised Marine leadership in the deadly April 8 death march incident.
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Lewis B
Chesty) Puter
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Matthew C. McXean
Leatherneck
McKeon
Puller
McXeon
D Puller
Napoleon Bona
Parte
Bloody Revolt Crushed in Honduras Near U S Embassy
In Tegucigalpa a six hour battle near the U S Embassy crushed a revolt against Supreme Chief of State Julio Lozano. At least 12 killed and 40 wounded at the St Francis barracks. Maj Juan P Silva reportedly among the dead. Embassies reported arrests and asylum requests.
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Honduras
Julio Lozano Wa
U. S
St. Francis Barracks
Juan P. Silva
EL Salvador
Cos
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Batalion
Bellini Injured In 2 Car Crash at Parrott and Heys
San Leandro city councilman Joseph O. Bellini aged 45 sustained a scalp laceration in a two car collision at Parrott and Heys streets. He was a passenger in a car driven by Macy Cain 38 of O Donnell avenue San Leandro who was lightly injured. The other car was driven by James Todlock 30 of Portland Ore who suffered leg injuries. All treated at Fairmont hospital. Bellini operates a chain of San Leandro pharmacies.
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Counsilman
Joseph O. Bellini
Parrott and
Heys
Bellin
Douglas Court
Macy Cain
O'Donnell
Avenue
James Tod
Eden Move Is greeted by cheers in Commons
In London prime minister Anthony Eden called reserve troops to the colors amid pressure for a quick showdown with Egypt over the Suez crisis. He urged an international authority take control of the canal. The Commons cheered as he noted precautionary military measures.
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London
INL
Anthony Edens
Egypt
Eden
House of Commons
United States
Commons
Washington
Selwyn Lloyd
House
Jound Foster Dulles
Russia
Britain
France
Foreign Office
London Newsmen Expelled by Egypt
Cairo reports two London newspaper correspondents expelled from Egypt and the Egyptian correspondent of the New York Daily News ordered to quit. The Mideast News Agency says Sefton Delmer of the Daily Express and Rey Hardy of the London News Chronicle were expelled for attempting to obtain military information affecting national security.
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Cairo
London
Egypt
New York Daily News
Mideast News ‘Agency
Sefton Delmer
Daily Express Foreign Correspon
Dent
Rey Hardy
Iews Chronicle
Aluminum Strike Spread Is Nipped at Alcoa Pact
Pittsburgh Alcoa and the Aluminum Workers Union signed a three year contract preventing a nationwide aluminum strike. It keeps 18,000 Alcoa workers on the job with a 46 cents per hour wage package. 28,000 United Steel workers continue their two day strike, halting about half of US aluminum output and closing 21 plants.
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Pittsburgh
Aluminum ‘Company of America
Aluminum Workers Union Today
Alcoa
United Steel
Reginolds Metals Co
Abbott Appeal Set for Sept 6 in Kidnap Murder Case
Oral arguments on the automatic State Supreme Court appeal of Burton Abbott, convicted of the kidnapping murder of Stephanie Bryan, 14, of Berkeley, were scheduled for September 6. Alameda County District Attorney J Frank Coakley said his office will file briefs tomorrow responding to Leo Sullivan’s long brief for Abbott. Abbott remains on death row at San Quentin.
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Burton Abbott
Automatic
State Supreme Court
Alameda County
J. Frank Coakley
Leo Sullivan
Abbott
Stephanie Bryan
Berkeley
San Quentin
Ex Boxer Shot By Girlfriend in North Hollywood
Former heavyweight boxer Comiskey, 34, was wounded in the thigh by his girlfriend Lenora Brinkley, 21, who fired a 22 caliber rifle as he slept. Brinkley, living at Comiskey’s home for two years, was booked on suspicion of assault with intent to commit murder after a quarrel that preceded the shooting. Comiskey, who once fought Joe Louis in an exhibition, recalled waking to Brinkley standing over his bed and firing three times.
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North Hollwood
Comiskey
Lenora Louise Brinkley
Sun Valley Receivings Hospital
Promoter Sentenced in San Francisco Tax Fraud Case
Arthur King Wilson a San Francisco promoter and businessman nicknamed Wag was sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined 15000 dollars for defrauding the government of 118076 dollars in withholding and social security taxes in 1952.
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Arthur King Wilson
Wag
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