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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1962
Page
1
Weather bulletin notes continuing fair conditions this weekend with morning fog inland tomorrow. Highs near 70, inland bays around 40 in the East Bay, and westerly winds 4 to 35 mph. Hayward sunshine uncertain with yesterday’s high and today’s low not fully clear.
Statewide forecast shows fair to mostly clear conditions across Northern California through Sunday. Coastal fog returns inland in mornings, with temperatures ranging from mid 60s to mid 90s in various regions, light to moderate NW winds, and pockets of fog near Salinas and Monterey Bay.
Former French cabinet official Jacques Soustelle, linked to far right Algerian independence opposition, was arrested by Italian police and ordered deported. Traveling on a false passport, he will be taken to a frontier of his choice rather than France amid unclear official reaction from Paris.
A U S congressional inquiry is urged into a Plymouth Massachusetts mail van theft involving a Boston driven truck. Rep Edward Boland cites loose safeguards and armed hijackers posing a serious lapse in the Postal Service transport.
New York markets showed a broad week rise led by the Dow Jones industrial average up to 1610.02 and rails and utilities advancing. The period included political and security concerns with government probes and a dramatic robberies case affecting trading sentiment.
Tide tables show heights and times for Sunday August 19 with sunrise at 6.28 and sunset at 7.58. The page includes forecasted high tides and low tides, plus notes on dusk dark twilight figures and Point SF coastal observations.
The scanned text shows a historical newspaper masthead with names and titles, publication location Hayward California, and distribution details. It mentions circulation and office addresses, subscription rates, and printing notes. The fragment preserves the era’s typography and a second class matter designation.
An APRA period piece describes a wind up doll at a London hospital scene. The doll, wound by a woman admirer, pours wine as it sits beside Churchill, creating a surreal impression amid hospital surroundings.
The coroner closed the Marilyn Monroe case Friday as probable death by own action. Theodore Curphrey cited lethal rug doses found at autopsy, noting Nembutal and barbiturate or chloral hydrate could have caused death. The pattern of similar prior attempts was halted by an urgent need for reasoning. Monroe was found dead August 5 in the Brentwood bedroom.
The Senate narrowly passed a space communications bill 66 to 11 using the anti filibuster rule for the first time in 35 years. It mirrors a House measure and heads to President Kennedy for signature unless the House demands a compromise triggering further debate and possible delays.
Almanac entry for Saturday August 18 1962 notes the 230th day of the year with 135 to follow, moon nearing last quarter, morning stars Jupiter and Mars, evening stars Jupiter Saturn and Venus. Notable events include Virginia Dare’s birth in 1587, Wilson’s 1914 WWI neutrality proclamation, 1919 Anti Cigarette League formation, and 1840 US Canada defense plan. Thought by Shaw on truth.
In Huntsville Alabama 1500 workers from Local 358 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers struck Barco for hiring non union labor halting projects at the Marshall Space Flight Center and Army Missile Command. An injunction halted the strike and projects briefly extending five days while NLRB investigation proceeds. Lawyers warned of possible extension if needed.
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