Bay Area phone rate hike asked by Pacific Telephone
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co asked the California Public Utilities Commission to raise several rates to cover higher wages and costs. Bay Area calls over eight miles would rise 44 cents per message unit, with other increases on message and business line charges and installation fees. Expansion costs cited by E. D. Malone, VP, and net annual gains projected under the plan are outlined, with specific per-call increases for person to person and long distance services.
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Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co
California Public Utilities Commission
Bay Area
Lyam Browning
Lucerne
Jefferson
Hayward
Berkeley
E. D. Malone
Pacific Telephone
Queen's self-appointed champion fined for insult at Bow Street
London court fined Philip Burbidge 2.80 for insulting behavior after he called Queen Elizabeth's speeches a pain in the neck. The 64 year old man faced a brief hearing, refused to retract his stance, and was ordered to pay the fine plus leave his roarming house. He stated he had made the gesture. Eisenhower said he admitted not doing all well on reform and criticized threats in politics during a press briefing.
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London
Ims
Queen Elizabeth
Philip ‘Kinghorn Burbidge
Lord Altrincham
Burbidge
Bow Street
Laurence Dunn
Dung
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Capitol Hill
Highway 50 Freeway Set Tomorrow Between Castro Valley and Dublin
The two miles of two lane highway between Castro Valley and Dublin will convert to four lane two way traffic starting 11 a.m. tomorrow. The project bypasses Pergola Hill known for fatal crashes and leaves 2 miles of two lane road at Sunnylope Ave with 35 mph no passing. The 8.3 mile freeway section aims to end the Death Strip by October 1971 at a cost of 4.8 million dollars and will run about two and a half months until the remaining lanes are completed.
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Castro Valley
Dublin
Pergola Hill
Sunnyalope Ave
B. W. Booker
Tie Vost
Sunnyslope
Auto overturn kills man on U.S. 101 near San Leandro
John W. Sherwood, 72, of 47 Georgia Way San Leandro, died yesterday when his car overturned five miles south of his location on U S Highway 101 California Highway Patrol reported the crash occurred about dusk and involved a single vehicle with no other occupants identified.
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Luis Obispo
Iin
John W. Sherwood
Georgia Way
San Leandro
California Highway Patrol
Macy's Opens Big Store In Bay Fair Nevada
Macy's opens a large Bay Fair center in YUCCA FLAT area news. The 25 million project features new fashion shows and celebrity appearances. The Bay Fair complex will cover 62 acres with parking for 2000 cars, later expanded to 4000. Store hours and schedule announced as regional shoppers await the grand opening.
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Bay Fair Shopping Center
San Leandro
Macy’s
Bay
Yucca Flat
Nev
Iks
Bay Fair
Nevada
14Th St
152Nd Ave
M. Tomorr
Navy
Frank
Terrace Level
Maid of
Macy's i
Alameda County
Flaming Gown Burns Girl In Grass Fire Incident
Four year old Dennise Alvarico was said to be recovering after suffering second degree burns over about twenty percent of her body when a grass fire set her nightgown alight. Her father was burning grass in the yard when he heard her screams and tore off the gown. He and the mother were driven by a neighbor to Levine Hospital with Patrolman Vern Lippold escorting them for treatment.
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Dennise Alvarico
Childrens Hospital
East Bay
Schafer
Elizabeth Taylor Delivers Premature Baby Girl
New York reports actress Elizabeth Taylor and producer Michael Todd welcomed a baby girl named Elizabeth Frances three months early. The four pound infant arrived by caesarian section at Harkness Pavilion after 14 minutes of breathing efforts and is said to be doing well in a hospital incubator.
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New York
IRS
Elizabeth Taylor
Harkness Pavilion
Miss Taylor
Michael Todd
Elizabeth
Liza) Frances
Vet Legislator Hornblower Dies
SAN MATEO William B. Hornblower veteran California legislator and sponsor of the measure that legalized racing in the state died last night at his San Mateo home at age 63. He represented San Francisco in the State Assembly as a Republican for 18 years and was known for his colorful battles as a wet leader during the dry twenties and his efforts on behalf of the working man.
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San Mateo
William B. Hornblower
California
San Mate
Hornblower
San Francisco
Savage Assault On Hollywood Woman Recovers
A Hollywood housewife, aged year old, is recovering from a brutal assault described by police as among the most savage in recent history. She was accosted by two men on her way home last night, threatened with two knives, attacked three times, and beaten unconscious.
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Ade
Hollywood
Ex-Convict’s “Perfect Crime” Foiled By Empty Gas Tank
After 11 years of crime and failure, James I Brown, 28, aimed for a perfect crime in a Los Angeles coffee shop. He chatted with Officers before robbing a waitress of $20, then, minutes later, was arrested by the same officers three blocks away. His plan failed due to a empty gas tank.
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Los Angeles
James I.brown
Brown
Bond Vote Set On Livermore Sewer Plant Bond
Livermore City Council approved a September 24 election to finance a new sewer treatment plant. The exact bond amount is undecided, with a likely figure cited as 1,300,000. Remaining 1955 bond funds, around 100,000, could reduce the needed amount.
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Livermore
Dean Haug
Haug
Councl
Union Dues Held and Probe Team Told
Irving Jacobsen, vice-president of Roto-Brail Corp, testified before Senate rackets investigators that the firm withheld $23,000 in workers dues from a union due to financial difficulty. Nationalists reported four Red Chinese gunboats sunk and five damaged in a battle near Formosa Strait.
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INS
York
Senate
Taipei
Formosa
Irving Jacobsen
Roto-Brail. Corp
America
Long ‘Island
Photographer Pose Revealed McAllen Russian Spy Indicted
A New York grand jury indicted Rudolph Ivanovich Abel a Russian intelligence officer held in McAllen for a month on charges of transmitting U S defense secrets to the Kremlin posing as a Brooklyn photographer He is accused of gathering information on arms equipment and the atomic energy program and is described as a colonel and top Soviet intelligence official since 1927 He faces possible execution if convicted and authorities say he led a ring targeting U S servicemen to obtain military secrets through short wave radio
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Rllep
EES Mup
Cemetres
Rudolph Ivanovich Abel
Kremlin
Brooklyn
Re ‘Abel
New York
United States
U.S. Atty
William Fe ‘Tompkins
Abel
U.S
Russia
J. Weldon ‘Taylor
Immigration-Border Patrol
McAllen
Abell
Leonard Blalock
FBI
San Antonio
Tex
Blalock
Oliver Hardy Dies at 65 World Famous Laurel and Hardy Star
Oliver Hardy famed screen comic, partner of Laurel in the Laurel and Hardy team, died at his Burbank home at age 65 after a paralytic stroke. His wife Laurelle, by his side, survived him. he had no children and had lived in retirement, though renewed interest from television brought him back to public attention.
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Hollywood
Oliver Hardy
Stan' Laurel
Burbank
Calif
Laureille
I Hardy
Laurel
Stan
Ollie
Industry Mark Set in Alameda County Growth Surge
Alameda County records show a fiscal year 1996-1957 rise in industrial activity as new plants and expansions pushed total investment to 57,189,000 dollars, a 31.4 percent increase from the previous year. The report highlights significant gains across sectors and notes ongoing expansions.
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Alameda County
Queen Returns to Kids Amid Record Growth Year
Mrs E Merritt chairman of All America of 1949 announces Frances Cloyd and five children as part of a record growth year. The 1958 57 fiscal year saw payroll rise to 16 531 200 with 3936 new jobs and a peak all time payroll, tied to a regional surge.
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San” Diego
INS
E. ‘Merritt
Meda
Frances Cloyd
Cloyd
Merritt
Angeles
Tn 3
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