06 Aug 1957
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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1957
Page
1
A Brooklyn attorney claimed New York City auto glass dealers were forced to pay protection to gangster Johnny Dio to avoid being picketed, during a labor probe in Washington.
Castro Valley fire station site dispute escalates as unions, insurers, and PTA clash over location near a school. Dio contracts and payoffs cited in testimony by Stanley Lehrer link labor peace terms to medical costs and wind shield jobs. Underwriters insist letters show no formal recommendations to move No 1 station while officials debate station placement and funding.
Senate investigators accuse 16 alleged Communists of holding offices in the AFL CIO International Union of Electrical Workers in New York and New Jersey. Chief Counsel Robert Morris says some occupy important positions. Witnesses identified them as Communist Party members who switched from United Electrical Workers to the AFL CIO group. The 16 have resisted subpoenas, seeking more time for lawyers.
Mrs Frances Desamov 27 wins a divorce in Los Angeles from Serge Desamov 32 after alleging blood ties to Genghis Khan. He allegedly threw her down stairs tore her clothes and barred family contact. She receives 60 monthly support for their 2 year old son.
Two U S Navy submarines the USS Tusk based in New London and the USS Cobbler out of Norfolk collided underwater about 100 miles south of New London at 4 39 a m. Both returned to port under their own power with minor damage no injuries and a Navy investigation promised.
SAN LEANDRO police report a burglary at George's Clothing Store on 14th Street where more than 100 suits topcoats and other apparel valued around 10 000 were taken. Patrolman Gordon Grimes found the door damaged at 5 20 a m and may have driven off the thieves with the alert. The owner is 38 year old George Orwan of Oakland.
President Eisenhower was told by Senate and House conferees there is a very good chance the civil rights bill could be modified to his liking. Senate GOP Leader Knowland reported this after a White House meeting as Democratic leaders accused the administration of political maneuvering over voting rights. Senator Lyndon B. Johnson charged some push politics over a lasting bill and warned against using African American voters as political fodder.
Key System asks Hayward and nine East Bay cities to drop franchise taxes on the transit firm. Officials say removing the tax could save about 165,000 yearly, preventing fare increases when buses replace transbay trains. San Leandro Hayward mentioned.
Craig Baker a 13 year old boy from Hayward returned home after heart surgery at Stanford Hospital. The operation corrected malformations from a rare disease first noted at age one. His father an Army officer said the surgery enables competitive sports. A large donor response supplied G negative blood for the procedure and additional units were stored in the California Blood Bank to aid others.
Melvin Bakkerud’s attorney said he will enter an insanity plea to an indictment charging kidnaping robbery and two sex offenses after the July Golden Gate Park attack on a 19 year old nurse. Grand Jury returned the charges and psychiatrists will be appointed for examination.
Sacramento sheriff reports a boy in Del Paso Heights hanged himself yesterday using a rope tied to a tree in the front yard. The rope wrapped in a half hitch caused fatal strangulation.
Eleven persons including a woman were apprehended at Camp Mercury testing ground as they tried to enter in a protest against nuclear tests conducted by the Atomic Energy Commission.
Mr and Mrs Al Klatt and their four children at 2940 Cull Canyon Rd named Nudist Family of the Year after the annual encampment of the American Sunbathing Association near Los Gales. Neighbors say the Klatts run a nudist camp at Cull Canyon Rd. Queen Mary Ann Mason, 23, B Park, mother of a four year old, was named queen. The five day convention was at Lupine Lodge in the Santa Crus mountains.
San Francisco police officer Jerry D. Breen of Northern Station received a 60 day suspension after pleading guilty to two specifications of officerlike conduct. An earlier hit and run incident led to a $28 municipal court fine for vehicle registration and improper license tags.
Washington UPI reports Mrs Mamie Eisenhower underwent a two hour internal operation by a gynecologist at Walter Reed Army Hospital today. An official bulletin said she came through the operation in good condition.
Secretary Dulles said the risk of major war would ease if Russia accepts the West's safeguards against surprise attacks. He called the London proposals the most significant peace offer in history and urged hard agreement to prevent any side from launching a surprise strike.
British and native troops prepare a rapid assault on rebel forces led by the Imam of Oman in the Arabian Peninsula. Headquarters at Manama Bahrain announced concentrated units including Cameronians and Muscat frontier troops have completed, with ammunition fuel and rations airlifted to the forward base for operations.
President Eisenhower names Rev Archibald J Carey Jr of Chicago to chair the special committee on Government Employment Policy the first time a Black person holds the post. Carey, a minister with the African Methodist Episcopal Church, has been vice chair since the panel formed in 1995, overseeing anti discrimination duties.
Bonn moves to permit West Germans to wear World War II military decorations with two bans on the Swastika and Nazi party medals. The measure, effective today, allows veterans and other eligible individuals to display the two approved decorations while excluding the prohibited symbols and regalia.
HEIDELBERG Germany eighteen polio cases have been reported among American military personnel and dependents in Europe since January 1 with two fatalities. Eleven cases involve military personnel and the remainder are dependents according to Army medical officials.
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