Radar patent award to Col William Blair of Blair
Washington reports Col William K Blair, Fair Haven, War, a retired Signal Corps scientist, has won a basic patent for radar. Blair conceived the idea before 1930 and had a patent application pending since June 1945. The Army notes a workable radar set was demonstrated in 1937 and production followed. secrecy in World War II partly delayed the filing.
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Washington
Army
William K. Blair
Fair Haven
War
Signal Corps
Blair
War Dept
Congress
Balloon Descent After High Altitude Space Flight
Air Force Major David G. Simons began descending from the stratosphere after reaching over 100000 feet in a balloon. Officials expect a two hour descent near the North Dakota South Dakota border west of Breckenridge Minnesota with newsmen possible to brief after recovery.
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Minneapolis
INS
Air Force
David G. Signong
North Dakota
South Dakota
Breckenridge
Minn
McCurdy
Simons
Col. McCurdy
Cal. McCurdy
Ai Force
Air Forcemans
Minnrands
Oro Lama Sanitary District Cuts Taxes for 1957 58
Oro Lama Sanitary District serving 150000 in areas between Hayward and San Leandro reduced tax rates for 1957 58 to 48 to 57 cents per 100 assessed value. Mgr Gerald Wearthley says ninth straight year of rate cuts. Valuation rises to 73232990 up 4 million from last year. district budget remains about 750000.
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Oro Lama
Hayward
San Lean Bro
Tadey
Gerald Wearthley
Sherryland
Ashland
San Lorenzo Village
Hayward Acres
Fairview
Worthley
San Lorenzo
Washington Manor
One More Night for Shopping in Hayward Stores
Hayward stores gain two shopping nights weekly starting next Monday with opening hours until 9 pm on Mondays and Fridays. The Friday late night previously the only one is now joined by Monday as well.
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Hayward
Wrong Man Killer Begins Life Term
A 49-year-old woman, Mrs. Josephine McDaniel, began a life prison sentence for fatally shooting a man she mistook for her divorced husband. Contra Costa County Superior Judge Hugh Donovan sentenced her. The victim, Harold A. McDaniel, was killed in front of his Richmond home as he and his new wife honeymooned in Sacramento.
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Richmond
Josephine McDaniel
Contra Costa County
Hugh Donovan
Harold A. McDaniel
Sacramento
Britain Readies Atom Test on Christmas Island
Official sources said today Britain is re activating its Christmas Island base to enable hydrogen bomb tests on short notice if needed. The move signals preparation for potential thermonuclear experiments and strengthens deterrence posture amid global tensions.
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London
Souces
Britain
Christmas Island
Sanitary District to present itemized budget shift
Fremont and Newark officials learn the Sanitary District plans a detailed budget for 1957 58 after 38 years of three line items. Directors approved a 40 cent tax rate yielding over 197 000. Board president Bernie Joseph says full itemization will be printed and available within two weeks. Manuel Bernardo cites legal limits. Dr Conrad Anderson insists openness.
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Carroll Clark
Fremont — Union Sanitary Dist
Fremont
Newark
Daily Review
Bernie Joseph
Joseph
Leon Clark
Manuel Bernardo
Conrad Anderson
Knight plans to cross file for governor race
Sacramento reports Governor Goodwin J. Knight announced re election plans and said he will cross file at the 1958 primary to seek nominations from both Republican and Democratic parties. The move signals a potential clash with State Attorney General Edmund G. Brown for the state’s top office.
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Sacramento
Goodwin J. Knight
J. Knight
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
Brown
Sadist in Solitary After sharp-object incident
In San Francisco a confessed mistreatment-prisoner named Melvin Bakkerud remains in solitary at the county jail after a knife sharp-object incident with a 29 year old inmate Ivory. Bakkerud confessed he struck to silence the noise from dominoes being played by Ivory and a companion, using a spoon-handle sharpened on the cell floor.
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San Francisco
Melvin Bakkerud
Sundey
Bakkerud
Herman Ivory
Ivory
Five die as Franco's yacht clashes with excursion boat
In SAN SEBASTIAN Spain five persons are believed drowned after the yacht linked to President Francisco Franco collided with a excursion boat. Local authorities recovered casualties as rescue teams searched the harbor area.
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San Sebastian
Spain
Francisco Franco
Concrete Plants Strike Slows Bay Area Construction
In San Francisco Bay Area, half the ready mix plants closed as a strike lockout by the International Union of Operating Engineers halted operations in San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, with Santa Clara expected to follow. Negotiations over wage increases broke down last week, leaving projects worth over 25 million dollars affected and highway work between Hayward and Santa Clara line and Castro Valley to Dublin uncertain.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay Area
Bay
Eugene R
Hayward
Santa Clara County
Castro Valley
Dublin
Laround
Pacific Coast ‘Aggie|Faes
Isix
Sant Mateo
Santa Clara
Third Victim For L A Strangler
Hollywood police hunted the elusive Hollywood strangler who claimed a third victim Esther Greenwald 53 found throttled in Bolly Knoll Drive home. Her death comes ten weeks after Marjorie Hiperson 24 was killed in Las Feliz District and after Ruth Goldsmith 45 was strangled in Hollywood Hotel Apartment in a silk stocking case. Greenwald husband Maurice discovered the body when he returned home.
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Hollywood
Los Angeles
Esther Greenwald
Bolly Knoll
Marjorie Hipperson
Las Feliz Dist
Greenwald
Ruth Goldsmith
New York
Maurice H. Greenwald
Jae
Train Kills Pair South of Gilroy
A couple was killed when their car was struck by the southbound Del Monte express train at an unguarded crossing five miles south of Gilroy. Victims were Victor Tanis, 48, and his wife Josephine.
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Gilroy
INS
Gilroy Courpie
del Monte
Victor Tanis
Josephine
Relief check vacation nets jail in Redwood City
A mother of seven from east Palo Alto used a $409 relief check for a New York City vacation and faces an 80 day jail term after misusing relief funds. She farmed out the children aged 4 to 15 and sent a postcard to her husband about her trip.
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Redwood City
New York City
Mary Owens
Alberni Street
East Palo Alto
Herman
Big City
San Mateo County
Owens
Blacksmiths End Walkout in California Foundries
About 300 members of Blacksmiths Local 168 returned to work in San Francisco ending a 14 day strike against nine California Metal Trades Association foundries. The union accepted a two year contract with hourly raises ranging 12 to 17 cents this year and 9 to 13 cents next year. The walkout included 143 blacksmiths at Americans Forge Plant near Niles. Federal conciliators continued efforts to resolve the United Steelworkers strike against seven East Bay metal plants and the ornamental ironworkers strike against three conveyor belt plants.
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San Francisco
California Metal Trades Association Foundries
Americans Forge
Niles
United Steelworkers
East Bay Metals, Products
Ornamental Ironworkers
Three Jailed Loot Ring Nabbed In Bay Area Burglary
San Leandro Oakland Berkeley and Contra Costa sheriffs unit arrest three Oakland men Douglas Bispo 36 Niles Cox 22 and Ronald Osteen 23 as prime suspects in a two week Bay Area burglary ring. A truck loaded with liquor valued at about 3000 was seized from Walnut Creek after a night stakeout and a 2300 burglary at Scott Electric Co. Is 140th Ave. San Leandro police captain said Bispo is the gang leader and police found the trio near Fremont Street with the vehicle. A fourth man is being questioned as the fence. Berkeley police tie the group to a 2000 liquor theft Friday in their city.
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San Leandro
Oakland
Berkeley
Contra Costa
Bay Area
Walnut Creek
Douglas Bispo
Niles D. Cox
Ronald O'Steen
San Lejandro
Steve Lagomarsino
Scott Electric Co
140Th Ave
Walter Hawkinson
Tris
Bispo
San Quentin
Lagomarsino
Bob Reed
Fremont St
Cox
O'Stesn
Thero
Hoffa vows to give up his business interests
James R. Hoffa pledged liquidation of his business holdings after Senate rackets probes disclosed his wife earned about $62,000 renting equipment to a Teamsters trucking company. He said he will dispose of all private interests to comply with the AFL CIO code, while opposing some provisions and defending the Hobran Co involvement.
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Washington
James R. Hoffa
Senate
Teamster
Dave Beck
Aflcio
Hoffa
Hobran Co
Troopers clash with mob at first Negro family home
State troopers charged into a crowd of over 350 outside the Levittown home of William Meyers, the suburb’s first Black family. Three injured as police dispersed the mob, which gathered about 100 yards from the ranch style house amid a growing sequence of demonstrations since last Tuesday.
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Philadelphia
Levittown
William Meyers
Peninsula Doctor's Wife Turns Tragic Suicide
Dorothy Tewitt, 26, wife of San Mateo radiologist Dr Joseph Hewitt, died at home from a nembutal overdose. Coroner Paul Jensen found no clear reason for the suicide. She left two children and was expecting a third. Dr Hewitt practices at Peninsula Hospital.
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San Matlu
Dorothy Tewitt
San Mateo
Paul Jensen
Joseph Hewitt
Peninsula Hospital
Smeg Cancer Link Studied by Legion Sgmeb
About 100000 American Legionnaires and their wives join a California long term study to determine if there is a link between smeg and lung cancer.
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San Francisco
California
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