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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1966
Page
4
Wards Fremont Hub store unveils space age shopping with an electronic shopper system. It allows customers to order any of 130000 items from the Ward warehouse if not in stock, with home or store delivery within a set radius and spoken orders via 21 terminals.
City Clerk West and assistant Pomares uncover 1926 city files in basement cleaning revealing odd notes about a snail farm proposal, Prohibition era salaries, and a diary-like stream of letters from Edward J. B. Lewis pleading for tax and salary reforms. The tale reflects long-ago municipal intrigue and misplaced nostalgia in San Leandro.
A fragmented note claims Freiburg in Germany as the birthplace of the term America, crediting geographer Martin Waldschmueller with first putting the name on the map in 1507 and listing Amerigo Vespucci as the discoverer of the New World.
In Lusk Wyoming President of the Wyoming Highway Commission Richard Pfister forgets to renew his driver license and must rely on a friend to drive. The incident echoes broader concerns about license renewals and compliance among officials. In Lincoln Michigan farmer John Schilling forgets to renew license and relies on a horse, highlighting rural access issues.
Oliver C. Stivers and colleagues in Alameda County organize campaign leadership for Ronald Reagan Governor of California. Norman Jachens of Alameda and an Oakland loan officer will head northern Alameda, with Byron James of Berkeley as vice chairman for the 7th Congressional District. Allan Lindsey of Oakland will chair the 8th District. Southern Alameda secondees include Fankhauser and three vice chairmen guiding Eden, Livermore, Pleasanton, and Washington townships, with Trudy McDonald in Fremont and Ken Steadman assisting in other roles.
The Inter-American Geodetic Survey undertakes the continent wide project with 500 members. It includes climbing 18,000 foot peaks, hacking through jungles and paddling dugout canoes down uncharted rivers. Dangers loom from malaria mosquitoes, snakes, jaguars and headhunters as noted by the National Geographic.
The Pennsylvan ia Hospital in Philadelphia became the first hospital to be incorporated in what is now the United States. It received a charter in colonial times, marking a landmark in American medical history.
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