06 Aug 1959
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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1959
Page
1
An experimental UK piece notes a knife eating paradox for peas, with five inch blades and capacity to hold fifteen peas, alongside scattered US and global brief items. Reports cover a man in England accused of inciting a neighborhood with beer fueled behavior, a Garden City police chief confessing to highway patrol impersonation, and a San Francisco zoo giraffe situation with a new arrival and director’s remarks.
Negotiations between United Steelworkers and industry negotiators stretch into a fourth day as secret meetings and subcommittee talks continue. USW President D J McDonald and industry leaders met separately while airman bargaining teams discuss new terms. The dispute centers on wages and inflation pricing with an estimated 29 million dollars at stake.
Actor Morton Stevens, 63, known for The Perils of Pauline and Finian's Rainbow on Broadway, died at his Marlboro home Wednesday night of a heart seizure. He also appeared in television dramas including I Married.
WASHINGTON UPI Chairman Emanuel Celler predicted the House would approve his five point moderate civil rights bill this year though no forecast was given for the Senate. Backers fear time may run out before adjournment. The House Rules Committee must approve the measure first.
United Press International president and GM Frank Bartholomew will address the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco on Geneva East Berlin and Moscow. He has spoken five times before the club with past topics including New Guinea Bikini tests China Korea and truce talks.
New York reports Preston Sturges 60, famed writer and director, died after chest pains at a hotel where he lived. Born Edmund Preston Biden in Chicago, he rose from Broadway playwright to Academy Award winner for The Great McGinty and directed a string of notable films including The Big Sleep and Remember the Night.
Firefighters reported 80 percent containment of an 11,200 acre blaze in San Bernardino National Forest as 1,800 workers fought to achieve full control. Investigators pursued whether the fire was set accidentally or deliberately, while six firefighters were injured and one died of a heart attack on the lines.
In BISSAU Portuguese Guinea seven dockworkers died Wednesday after police broke up a native meeting. Five other natives and three policemen were injured in the clash as authorities attempted to disperse the gathering.
UPI report from SAWN JUAN Puerto Rico states U S governors narrowed the invitation list of Soviet officials for next year’s governors conference after State Department guidance. Originally invited were heads of all 15 Soviet republics. narrowed to five republics visited by a governors committee. The plan could be dropped if U S-Russia relations deteriorate before the Montana Glacier National Park meeting. Beloved Republican J Caleb Boggs to chair the 1960 conference, succeeding Leroy Colling.
Firefighters rushed to the home of Donald DePamphlis in Holyoke Massachusetts after smoke and flames seized the kitchen. Investigators noted a plastic colander on the stove where spaghetti dinner was being prepared.
Los Angeles reports Dr Kruif Ehricke head of Project Contaur foresees three nuclear powered spacecraft to Mars or Venus after 1970. Two ships manned with a third carrying supplies, all four men per ship, would enable deep space probes with reduced round trip time to about a year.
A brief note highlights new earthenware suitable for stews offering durable cookware for kitchen use. The item appears as a small product blurb with limited details and no explicit price or maker listed.
Washington reports growing concern over a possible increase in the federal gasoline tax to fund highways. Eisenhower proposed a 4% cent rise, but opposition remains strong in the House Ways and Means Committee. Some lawmakers favor revenue bonds and a four year stretch out in state apportionments to push the 41 00 mile highway program over financing hurdles. Public Works panel weighs a counterproposal including a penny per gallon hike paired with a gentler build schedule.
An estimated 50,000 Shriners gathered in Los Angeles for the Western Shrine Association Convention. Delegates from 14 temples across eight western states attended a two hour international ceremony at the Coliseum marking the official opening. New officers will be elected during Friday’s business sessions.
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