Bay Area Chapter Preps For 1956 GOP Convention
San Francisco GOP committee led by H Mead Adel in town to plan the Cow Palace event with an architect and hotel site survey for HQ. San Mateo faces a historic tax hike as city and county rates rise. Streetcar work sped after merchants complain of delay. San Pablo creates a city manager post with five top candidates to be chosen. Sebastopol leads with contempt charges against AFL Teamsters organizers, court hearing set. Oakland narcotics arrests follow undercover work. five residents named. Kaiser hospital offices filled by doctors wives amid clerical strike. nurses duties expand with wage issues fueling the strike.
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San Francisco
Republican Arrangements Committee
Cow Palace
H. Mead Alédin
Connecticut
Alcorn
Republican National Committee
San Pablo
Oakland
Kaiser, Hospital
AFL
Soviet Farm Group Tours California on Easter Bus Route
A Russian delegation of 13 farm experts plus interpreters and reporters travels by bus through Southern Alameda County en route to the San Joaquin valley. They visit Vernalis sugar beet, Fowler vineyard, Tulare citrus, and Kern cotton irrigation, with stops in Fresno Riverside and Los Angeles before flying to Chicago next Sunday.
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California
Alameda County
San Joaquin Valley
Tracy
Ronald S. Baskett
San Joaquin County
Talley Farms
San Francisco
Rane Joaquin Valley
Ag Us
Vernalis
Fowler
Fresno
Tulare County
Citrus Ranch
Exeter
Kerni County
Alltel
Riverside
Los Angeles
County Offered 4 Acre Office Site Addition
Hayward rancher Harry Owen offers Alameda County a four acre addition to the county office building site on Winton Avenue at 8500 per acre. County Administrator Earl Strathman says the board is weighing the offer and will not decide today due to a heavy agenda. If a 68 foot road width is chosen, Owen would sell the 22 foot strip leftover at the original price.
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Hayward
Harry Owen
Alameda
Winton Avenue
Earl R. Strathmen
Strathmen
Fusther
Owen
Strathman
Lions Hear CSAA Publicist at Club Meeting
Hayward Lions Club weekly session opens tomorrow at the Mandarin with J. G C Spencer CSAA public relations manager guest speaker. Spencer joined the association in 1926 and will discuss Legislation and the Traffic Accident Problem aided by Paul E Jacobson of CSAA.
Crow Canyon Collision Injures Four
Four people remain injured after a three car crash in Crow Canyon at 5 40 am yesterday. Charles Blank 42 and his wife Constance 23 of Danville were taken to Fairmont hospital then Merritt Hospital Oakland. Mrs Blank suffered chin contusions and a sprained ankle while Blank faced eye injuries. Alan Poledian 58 of Walnut Creek and Robert Petick 21 a seaman from US Rainier suffered minor injuries. Patrick North driving north was cited for speeding and driving on the wrong side of the road.
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Castro Valley
Crow Canyon
Charles Blank
Constance
Danville
Fairmont Hospital
Merritt, Hospital
Oakland
Blank
Alan Poledian
Walnut Creek
Robert K. Petick
U.S
Rainier
Patrick
Namesakes Meet Headon in Pergola Hill Crash
In Castro Valley at 11:15 last night two men sharing the name Lédesma collided on State Highway 50. Airman Anzel Lédesma, 24, drove east and hit a westbound truck and trailer operated by Rafael Gusmane Lédesma of Oxnard. Anzel Lédesma suffered minor injuries and was treated at Parks Air Force Base hospital. cited for driving without due caution. The truck driver was uninjured and not cited.
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Castro Valley
Pergola Hill
Smith
Lédesma
Anzel Ledesma
Parks Air Force Base
Rafael Gusmane Ledesma
Oxnard
Led
Gypsies Linked To Robbery At Castro Valley Drug Store
Castro Valley Pharmacy owner Irving Schnitzer reports a dark complexioned couple robbed his store of $250 in pen and pencil sets around 9 40 am. The man 6 ft 2 in 175 lb wore dark glasses. the woman 5 ft 4 in 135 lb with protruding teeth and bulging eyes spoke of her ill mother requesting an adrenaline inhaler. They left without paying and did not return.
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Castro Valley
Irving Schnitzer
Shirley Avenue
Hayward
Schnitzer
Castro Valley Boulevard
Sherif
Parks Air Force Base Birthday Marked By Base units
Parks Air Force Base observed its fourth anniversary with the 3276th Military Training Center serving the West Coast. The base, dating to 1852 as a Seahead training camp, now hosts about 20,000 military and civilian personnel, a USAF hospital, and the Air Bass Defense School. Also at Parks are the 500th USAF Recruiting Group and the 1,2349th Personnel Processing Group. Last year the processing section handled 129,000 personnel movements to and from Hawaii and the Far East.
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Parks Afb
James Trimingham
Pleasanton
William E. Carpenter
Lohn Ficklin
Heyward
Richard Callaghan
Livermore
Trimingham
Carpenter
Harold Brown
Parxs Afb
Parks Air Force
West Coast
Parks
Poneeellege
Parks USA
Ai Bass Defense School
I,n Aly Force
500Th Usaf
Wail
Far East
Boat Motor and Seats Stolen in San Lorenzo
Eden township deputies investigated a burglary at Lloyd Douglas’s unlocked garage in San Lorenzo. A outboard motor two life jackets two swivel boat seats and a tackle box with hand tools were taken. Value set at 280 dollars. Douglas reported hearing a cart around 2:30.
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San Lorenzo
Eden Township
Lloyd Douglas
Channel Street
Douglas
Depttie
Local notices list Mrs Laura Smith and Beverly Haddock
The fragment mentions Mrs Laura Smith and Mrs Beverly Haddock in a short local notices context, with partial identifiers and numbers. No further readable details clarify the event or action.
Etna Throws Lava as Tourists Watch Spectacle
In Sicily Etna erupted with red hot lava rocks flying up to 500 feet as holiday tourists watched from Taormina and nearby towns. Officials assured no danger to villages as the volcano continues intermittent activity for 48 days.
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Catania
Sicily
Etna
Taormina
Ferragasto
Beery
Advance Guard Group Takeoff Set Tomorrow
An advance detachment of California Air National Guardsmen will board planes at Kayward Airport at 8 a.m. tomorrow for Boise Idaho. They prepare for a two week summer training encampment of the 144th Fighter Bomber Wing based at Hayward airport. About 70 men under Lt. Col. Herbert Harrigan command the advance detachment. They fly to Gowen Air Force Base near Boise to set up camp for the remainder of the unit. Friday night the main body of over 1100 guardsmen will depart Hayward by bus with Brig. Gen. Rollin B Moore Jr. At Gowen they join units from Freno Heno and Salt Lake City for two weeks of intensive training including aerial gunnery and combat techniques. The 216th Communications Squadron based at Hayward recently returned from a two job of installing a new system at Gowen.
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Callifornia
Kayward Air Iport
Boise
Idaho
144Th F ‘Ighter
Gowen Air Force Base
Hayw
Heno
Salt Lake Ity
216Th
Haywar
Gowen
Kindergarten Registration Slated Sept 2 Centerville
Centerville school will register new kindergarten students on Sept 2 from 9 a.m. to noon for children moving into the district this summer or whose families missed spring pre registration. Teachers Sylvia Frederickson and Margaret Mehl lead with assistants Madeline Woodard and Gwin Muir. public health nurses join Mary Jensen and the district secretary. The district reports 98 kindergartners enrolled now and expects fall enrollment to exceed 1500 pupils.
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Centerville
Tom Malonzy
Cighct
Sylvia Frederickson
Margaret. Mehl
Madeline Woodard
Gwin Muir
Mary Jensen
Maloney
Rodrigues Wins Castro Valley Sewer Contract Bid
Castro Valley Sanitary District awards Vincent Rodrigues, Hayward contractor, the sewer reconstruction job in the south central district for 34015.50 dollars. Three other bids were higher with the top at 49202.50. Rodrigues beat engineer Wrights estimate by a margin noted in the record.
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Castro Valley
Vincent Rodrigues
Hayward
Casto Valley
Rodrigues
Everett E. Wright
Wark
Watermelon Giveaway Tied to Newark Pavillion Event
Newark Kiwanis plans a children’s watermelon giveaway with a community outreach at Newark Pavillion. Officials discuss street line installations on Lessley avenue to Castro Valley boulevard and a $36,000 pumping plant to serve Crow Canyon and Pergola Hill areas. State highway officials may join in an assessment district to fund sewer and pumping facilities with installment payments.
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Lessley Avenue
Kippling
Belle Streets
North Fifth
Castro Valley Boulevard
Lake Chabot
Baker Roads
Marlin Haley
State Highway Department
Crow Canyon
Pergola Hill
Haley
Eugene Sturgis
Qaij
Dublin Boule
Bard
Eeve
States Highway
Newark Pavillion
New
Dark Kiwanis Club
Newark
Morales
Linkcourt
Frank Gygex
Arther
Bay City Committee Names Two to Finance Panel
Ashland report notes appointment of a finance committee at Bay City Incor poration meeting held at Gerald Cochran’s home. Joel Bartow and Howard Schuyler were named to the panel with one more to be appointed this week. Mrs. Laverne Polenka resigned. Chester Oliveira, president of El Portal Improvement guild, named to fill the vacancy.
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Ashland
Bay City
Gerald Cochran
Joel Bartow
Howard Schuyler
Jeter
Cochran
Laverne Polenka
Chester Oliveira
el Portal Improvement Glud
Bey Cities
Alameda County
Sheriff's Department
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GOP Group Maps
San Mateo City
San Mateo
Marina District
Chestnut Street
Charles Harney
Union Trio
State Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement
Richmond
North Richmond
Ben Emerson
Freddy Eggans
Jay Shepard
Calvin Halston
Stanley Hill
South County
Lions
CSAA
Bernice W. Anderson
Laura Smith Tdehy
Mrs
Ethel
Gladys
Carine Valley
Gladys Elleard LU
Beverly Haddock
Lorenre
C.V. Sewer
Newark Kiddies
Bay City Committee
Wyoming
Western Lease & Land Co
Wilshire Souleware
Beverly Hills
Crestview
WU Group Co
Houston
Mein St
Oakland-Richmond
Dodge
Danny Thomas
Daddy
Bert Parks
Lawrence Welk
ABC
Castro ST
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