Defense Chief Denounces U S Reserves Scandal Call
Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson warned the current reserve system would be a scandal if the United States entered war and urged compulsory service in the reserves. He said a three million man reserve backstopping an active force was debated but details unsettled. Wilson pressed for penalties to keep reserves, noting the draft act expires next year and a revamp is needed by April.
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Washington
INS
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
United States
White House
Wilson
Hannah
Pentagon
Michigan State College
Security Council
National Guard
Han‘neh
Senate Group To Decide About M Cathy Censure
The Senate voted 75 to 12 to refer the McCarthy censure question to a six member committee to report before year end. McCarthy welcomed the move and offered to testify while demanding cross examination of seven Senators. The nomination of three Republicans and three Democrats by leaders to the panel was seen as difficult by informed sources.
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Senate
Cathy
Washington
GOP
William F. Knowland
Joseph R.mccarthy
Wisconsin
McCarthy
Knowland
Richard M. Nixon
Ralph E. Flanders
R-Vt
Flanders
J. William Fulbright
DeArk
Wayne Morse
Ind.-Ore
Con Stes
Amti
Morse
Sens
Fulbright
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Thomas C. Hennings, Jr
D-Mo
Herbert H. Lehman
D-N.y
A. S. Mike Monroner
Okla
Carl Hayden
D-Ariz
Six Departments Battle $11,000 Hayward Blaze
Six fire departments and 30 firefighters fought 90 minutes against high winds to stop a fire that destroyed six buildings and two automobiles at 8059 East avenue Hayward. Total damage estimated at 11 000. Mrs Donald L Carter 24 an expectant mother collapsed while attempting to rescue rabbits and was taken to Fairmont hospital. A third car was partially destroyed. Emergency aid from Alameda county fire patrol Castro Valley Ashland Cherryland Fairview and Hayward responded.
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East Avenue
Hayward
Donald L. Carter
Fairmont Hospital
Carter
Chris F. Nor
Bill Wolters
Alameda
Fairview
Hayward Bank Robber Enters Guilty Plea
Richard Davis age 27 from Hayward pleaded guilty in superior court before Judge Charles Wade Shook to robbing the American Trust Bank branch at 628 Foothill Boulevard on June 29. He faces sentencing August 23 after the teller complied and $472 was taken.
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Oakland
Richard Davis
Jane Street
Hayward
Superior
Charles Wade
Davis
American Trust Company
Foothill Boulevard
U.S. Egypt Suez Aid Pact Advances
Washington sources say the United States will provide Egypt with up to 100 million dollars in arms and funds over 18 months under a broad foreign aid package. About 170 million for Near East military aid includes 50 million for Egypt and 115 million in development aid with 45 million for Egypt. A mutual assistance pact and partial military training program are under way.
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Washington
U.S
Britain
Egypt
Congress
U. S
Alameda County issues record building permits in July
Alameda County Building Inspection reports a July record of 707 building permits valued at $5,012,624 plus 400 electrical and 460 plumbing permits. Single family permits reach 527 valued at $4,273.75, the highest monthly tally since January 1951. Through seven months in 1954, 1,003 single dwelling permits issued. Additional July approvals include 12 new commercial buildings and four industrial structures.
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Alameda
Hillview Crest
Hayward
Decoto
Official Denies Charges Of Brutality At Quentin
Sacramento reports Richard A. McGee state corrections director denied brutality, sex attack and robbery claims by junior psychologist Dan Julian at San Quentin mental ward. He dismissed the report as hearsay while pledging a full investigation and citing staffing shortages.
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Quentin
Sacramento
Richard A. McGee
Corrections
San Quentin Prison
McGee
Dan Julian
Julian
New Military Command To Guard U. S. In Continental Defense
Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson announced a new unified continental defense command uniting army, navy, and air force under General Benjamin W. Chidlaw. An American theater style joint command will be operational by September 1, with LT. Gen. John T. Lewis leading army anti aircraft units and a Navy admiral assigned to the force.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
I ‘Wilson
Benjamin W. Chidlaw
Air Force Air Defense Command
Wilson
Army
Navy
Air Force
Chidlaw
Far East
Pacific
John T. Lewis
Joint Command
Jet crash injures many near Wantagh New York
A jet fighter plane crashed into houses near Wantagh on Long Island causing many injuries. The F-84G from Dover to Bangor reportedly struck a residential area near Beach Street and Sunose Highway as fire departments from four nearby towns battled the blaze and ambulances carried injured to Meadowbrook Hospital. The pilot was believed killed, but casualties among residents remained unconfirmed.
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New York
Wantagh
L. E
Jones Beach
Meadowbrook Hospital
East Meadow
Mitchell Air Force Base
Dover
Del
Bangor
Denver Place
Beach Street
Sun~ose Highway
Transit asks route bus line into Washington Manor
Washington Manor residents and the Home Owners Association reached an agreement during PUC hearings in San Francisco on a proposal to route the 2 bus line into Washington Manor with planned service increases and longer hours.
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Washington Manor
Iste Public Utilities Commission
San Francisco
Washington
Home Owners’ Association
PUC
Governor Knight marries Virginia Carlson aboard yacht
Governor Goodwin J. Knight and his bride, war widow Virginia Carlson, honeymoon on the 60 foot yacht Mojo off Catalina Island after a brief ceremony at the Episcopal Church of Our Saviour. They will return to Sacramento Friday to begin residence at the executive mansion.
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Los Angeles
Ili
California
Goodwin J. Knight
Virginia Carlson
Catalina Island
J. C. Donnell
Episcopal Church of Our Saviour
Miraculous Escape After Transatlantic Airliner Crash Landing
A Transatlantic Air France Constellation bound Paris to New York crash landed in a Preston Connecticut field when fuel ran out. Twenty eight passengers including a baby and eight crew survived, with two initially reported serious injuries. The pilot, who reportedly skimmed a farmhouse, was hospitalized along with others. The airline and officials coordinated survivor contacts as debris and fire were controlled.
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Preston, Conn
INL
Boston
Hartford
Edwin Hoxie
Hillsgrove
Hastern Airlines
Air France
Preston
International News ‘Service
Wieu
Backlus Hospital
Norwich
Elizabeth Bennett
Connecticut
Groton Barracks
Bennett
Nerson
Backus
Aaron Rosenstein
New York
Rosenstein
Paris
Shannon
Atlantic
Idlewild
Hilton Hotels to Acquire Statler Chain in Major Deal
Beverly Hills Hilton Hotels announces the acquisition of a controlling interest in the Statler hotel chain. The $50 per share purchase covers 753,000 shares totaling $37,650,000, with total price potentially $76,000,000 including future acquisitions. Hilton plans eight Statler hotels and four new openings in Beverly Hills Acapulco Mexico City and Istanbul while the Statler firm has hotels under construction in Dallas and Hartford. Substantial operating cost savings and higher earnings are forecast for both companies.
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Beverly Hills
Conrad N. Hilton
Hilton Hotels Corporation
Statler Hotel
Statler Foundation
Ellsworth M. Statler
Hilton
Acapulco
Mexico City
Istanbul
Turkey
Statler Corporation
Dallas
Tex
Hartford
Conn
Statler
Man Falls 17 Feet with Worries About Wife
ASHLAND A turbine lineman Donald Wilcoxen, 41, Oakland, suffered a compound fracture of his right arm and possible head injuries when he fell 17 feet from a Pacific Telephone and Telegraph pole while working on a junction box at 865 143rd avenue. A tenant, Mrs Roy L Smith, said Wilcoxen cried to a friend to tell his wife gently, showing his concern for his wife more than his own condition. He was taken to Merritt hospital after the fall.
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Ashland
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
Donald Wilcoxen
Oakland
143Rd Avenue
Roy L. Smith
Wilcoxen
Fellony
Merritt Hospital
U S Committed To Help Formosa Says Dulles
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles stated the United States is committed to helping defend Formosa against Communist attack. He noted no formal treaty exists with Chiang Kai Shek’s government, but naval and air power are pledged to deter invasion while discussions of a more formal defense arrangement continue.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
United States
Formosa
Chiang Kai Shek
U.S
Dulles
Forimosa
China
America
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Chu Teh
Taiwan
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J. Gutierrez
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Gregory
Robverto
Guiterrez
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Statler Chain
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