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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1960
Page
1
Hal Boyle comments on Americans chasing sun tans as summer begins. He notes Aristotle would see it as risky self punishment and doctors warn 15 minutes in sun can damage skin. He laments mass tanning madness and predicts a future view of this trend.
Federal courts have sent the central question of whether the state employment department must refer jobseekers to farms with picket lines back to Yuba County Superior Court. The issue centers on state law and the fate of a temporary order affecting referrals to the Canton orchard near Marysville.
Congo Premier Patrice Lumumba, speaking in Tunis, states Africa is not aligned with the West or Communist blocs. He says Africa should stay African and not be divided, following a visit to the United States and Canada and a Soviet response.
The Sargo 18 and Triton along with two other nuclear powered subs will be briefly withdrawn for routine overhaul in drydock. Fire safety upgrades and reactor heat exchange changes are planned, with return to operations around November 1.
Dallas County Civic and Moral League began its drive for a teen curfew with a 180 attendee meeting. The group urged a five point plan including banning alcohol ads and tougher liquor traffic disclosures, but Police Chief Curry declined to comment and police sources called the curfew proposal unworkable and hard to enforce.
The United States urged Soviet Premier Khrushchev to resume serious disarmament discussions with Western powers. The call came as a global conference in Tokyo and renewed focus on atomic and hydrogen bomb threats followed a Cuban unrest, while Fidel Castro's government faced internal upheaval.
A federal jury in Miami ruled American Tobacco Co not liable for lung cancer against the estate of Henry Green, age 49 at death in 1958, finding smoking a proximate cause was not established. The verdict followed eight hours of deliberation and cited lack of evidence that the company knew of dangers before Green’s 1956 cancer diagnosis.
Walter Reuther president of the United Auto Workers urged organized labor to back the Democratic ticket of Kennedy and Johnson. He spoke after a Kennedy event at the candidate’s summer home with Vice President Nixon cited by critics. Reuther emphasized labor’s intent to work for the ticket and noted Kennedy’s and Johnson’s suitability.
U S Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson defended farm policy at a news conference in Bonn Germany stating he will campaign for his policies as long as he breathes He said Nixon seeks policy improvement and that Republican platform is broad and forward looking and not in conflict with his own program.
World renowned author James A. Michener 53 performed as an actor in a South Pacific stage production in Lambertville New Jersey. He appeared in torn Army tattoos sang danced and partook in the shower scene drawing strong audience applause and was hoisted on Navy shoulders. He called the experience thrilling and said the lines differed from his books yet brought his work to life.
Reports from London Los Angeles Wimborne and Lafayette describe a derelict London mansion a quirky motto contest a bank turret removed for a telescope a knife incident a zoo match incident and a jail sentence for arsonlike behavior at a zoo.
Six hundred firefighters fought a three mile hotspot in ovenlike heat above Circle Mountain in the San Bernardino National Forest. The fire, which began Tuesday afternoon, had burned about five thousand acres near Wright and Chelé Mountain. Fire Boss Lyn Biddison said optimism rests on winds calming, with two day containment hoped by sundown and no evacuation orders for nearby homes.
The Census Bureau said 45 counties in the United States posted population increases of 300 percent or more between 1990 and 1960. Brevard County Florida led with a 370 percent rise from 43 653 to 118 116. The report covers 1560 census results and notes 19 counties out of 3072 had populations under 2 000.
Los Angeles reports reveal a childless 25 year couple, the Forneros of Northridge, adopted three boys aged two after a deserted mother placed them up for adoption. The couple, both 45, describe 15 months of unexpected fatherhood and a shift from quiet evenings to busy days as they bond with Richard, Robert, and George.
A head on collision on Highway 1 near Phillipsville Humboldt County left Leroy Schermerhorn 21 dead and seven injured including Ronda Prouty 2 and Betty Mitchell 24. Surviving victims were treated at Garberville Medical Center and a Eureka hospital.
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