Question of Accuracy in Alameda County Tax Boost Debate
The reassessment order faces scrutiny as the State Board of Equalization cut its original 30 percent estimate to 20 percent, raising questions about accuracy. Alameda officials and taxpayers weigh whether the lower boost aligns with statewide averages and how it will affect school district funding, bonds, and local tax payments amid a planned September 1 reassessment.
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Alameda County
Kings
State Board of Equalization
State Board
Russell C. Horstmann
Sacramento
Alameda
Board of Supervisors
KQED’s First Crisis Met by Generous Funding Drive
KQED in Southern Alameda County surpasses its $65,000 goal as individuals and corporations donate to sustain the Bay Area educational station. The station offers educational and entertaining programs not found on commercial channels and engages local students and groups in its mission.
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KQED
Alameda County
Channel 9
Oakland
San Francisco
Hayward Library
Russians Put Adenauer On Spot In Geneva Talks
Washington notes a reorganized Soviet leadership intends to pressure NATO and Western unity in future Russia Germany talks with Konrad Adenauer. Despite Geneva promises, Moscow seeks a neutralized Germany as a core objective. Adenauer has accepted an invitation to talks while the East Bloc rejects a German NATO alliance.
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Wester
Konrad Adenauer
Geneva
Germany
Russia
Europe
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Bulganin
Khrushchev
Moscow
West
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Bann
Reds
Adenauer’s fate tied to Geneva era German reunification
Reports from Moscow and Bonn say Bulganin and Khre shhey may support free German elections while demanding rearmament and no commitment to either side. A Western occupation of Western Germany could delay sovereignty, risking German drift to Russia. Russia promises expanded trade and release of POWs, while pressuring Adenauer.
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Moscow
Bonn
Bulganin
Khre- Shehey
Germany
Adenauer
United States
Britain
Congress sets record pace for 84th Congress laws
Washington reports the 84th Congress may exceed the yearly tally of recent years as of August 2 1955 President Eisenhower had signed or allowed to become law 208 measures with over 300 awaiting his action By adjournment day he had vetoed only three measures including a proposed 1 cent postal pay rise The session saw Democratic control of both houses with party line votes on key issues and a rare push for constitutional amendments while treaties received record voting in the Senate
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Oregon
Wayne Morse
John F. Kennedy
Homer E. Capehart
Ind
Foreign Operations Administration
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John” Stennis
Miss
Sam
Rayburn
Texas
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Mass
GOP
House of Representatives
Bricker
Dwight L. Rogers
Fra
Congressional Quarterly
Truman
Stevenson
Mitchell
Will Gither Bolt
Chicago
Fy Orad
Kefauver
California
Tennessean
DeLancey Smith
San Francisco
Lyle Cook
Berkeley
John C.” Landreau
Los Angeles
Sam Rayburn
James ©. Sewell
Texas Democratic Advisory Committee
Texan
Catfish and Archer Fish Show Fast, Lethal Feeding Tricks
A long excerpt explains electric catfish debuffing prey and the archers’ water jets. It details the catfish’s electric bite and the Malayan archer fish shooting pellets, with notes on range and speed. Describes a toad swallowing with eyes closed as part of feeding. (Copyright 1855, by Eugene Burne)
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Australia
Malaya
New York Acquarium
Nathins
Eugene Burne
Stevenson Eyes November Candidacy Announcement
Adlai Stevenson is poised to declare his 1956 presidential bid by November after an influential London deliberation with aides at Libertyville. Behind the move are internal campaign tensions, pressure from backers, and shiftable advice about timing, with Kefauver Rayburn and Truman figures shaping the volatile landscape.
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Washington
Adlai Stevenson
Ilinois
Stevenson
Libertyville Fn
Thomas Finletter
Air Force
Steve Mitchell
Wilson Wyatt
National
Mitchell
Estes Kefauvely
Sam Rayburn
California Aged Pension Increases In 1955 Legislature
Sacramento reports detail a $5 monthly boost to old age assistance with a maximum of $85, affecting state and county payments. Some cases exceed $85 due to medical, housing, or food needs. anti hindrances include October 1 onset and related funding increases.
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Sacramento
California
State Department of Social Welfare
Aidate
Famous Fairies Too Much Noise
French novelist Alphonse Daudet faced declining health and nerves, finding writing painful. A fellow author lent a typewriter hoping to ease his fingers. Daudet tried it but returned it, overwhelmed by the loud end-of-line bell that jolted him.
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Otie
Alhonse Daudec
Eocier
Reudet
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Dwight Palmer
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