Competitive Shoot: Castro Valley Nike Unit Tops New Mexico Event
Eyewitness account details Battery A of the 441st Nike unit based in Castro Valley winning the annual practice firing in New Mexico with a score of 2906 out of 3000. Battery B from Crow Canyon placed second with 2603 points. The article describes the Nike firing sequence, radar tracking, and the unit retreat at Lake Chabot after the event.
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New Mexico
Castro Valley
Thomas B. Dodgendz
Crow Canyon
Bob L. Curran
Lake Chabot
Dodgen
Castrol Valley
South County
Coyote Hills
Dumbarton Bridge
740Th Missile
Jade Smuggle Case Unfolds At San Francisco Airport
Customs officers seized 95 jade pieces valued at 5475 from Petco Petcoff a 30 year old Far East regional supervisor for a soft drink firm at San Francisco International Airport on Aug 20. He claimed the jade was personal effects and wore 90 pieces in a money belt with five figurines in his luggage. The couple was cleared to continue to New York as the U S Attorney’s office reviews the case.
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San Francisco
Chester MacPhee
MacPhee
Petco Petcoff
Far East
San Francisco International
Petcoff
Hong Kong
New York
U. S
Finale Planned By July 4 Group
SAN LEANDRO A grand finale get-together of the Old Fashioned Fourth of July Committee will be held Sept. 9 at 1200 Waves Ct. and AAGYLWER 2, Aude Says why accULAT ing to Sylvia Saslaw, secretary. The dinner meeting will begin at 7 p.m. and all committee members are requested to have final reports ready for Mrs. Saslaw. A written report on suggestions for precommens to the committee for a next year's celebration is also asked for.
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Anlle
Aagylwer
Aude
Sylvia Saslaw
Saslaw
Fall Art Class To Start Sept 5
Eden Art Guild in Hayward begins a fall art class on September 5 after a summer recess. Instructor Eleanor deHaff Johnson of Oakland will teach all mediums. Classes meet Thursdays 7:20 to 9:20 pm at Marvey Manning’s studio, 21455 E 14th Street, with reservations via committee members or contact numbers.
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Eleanor deHaff Johnson
Oakland
Marvey Manning
E. 14Th Et En”Oy
Saslaw al
Neptune
Bill Chandler
Trinidad
Manning
Lucerne
Red Missile Capable ICBM Reaches Target Across Earth
Soviet scientist G I Pokrowski describes Russia's intercontinental ballistic missile as reaching 620 miles high, flying 15 500 miles per hour, and delivering a hydrogen warhead near any global target. He notes a range of many thousands of miles and a hit radius of 12 miles.
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Russia
G. I. Pokrowski
Pokrowski
Woman in Trouble Over Hat Distracts Drivers in Hollywood
Los Angeles reports that Mise Luise Squire faces a reckless driving charge after a shopping bag worn over her head drew attention from other drivers and hindered her vision. Officer W. W. Wilhelm described her appearance as looking like something from Mars, while Squire claimed the bag was folded to form a makeshift hat.
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Los Angeles
Ins
Mise Luise Squire
Hollywood
W. W. Wilhelm
Mars
China to Expell Touring Youth After Moscow Festival
A group of 42 American youths left Peiping for northeast China as China prepared to expel Shelby Tucker Jr. Tucker, from Pass Christian Mississippi and then Yale student at Oxford, faces expulsion or passport surrender for defying State Department orders. He refused to surrender his passport and Chinese authorities warned him not to leave the hotel without interpreters. The group’s departure followed Tucker’s involvement in the Moscow festival trip in defiance of U.S. policy on traveling to Red China.
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INS
Shelby Tucker
China
Peiping
Reuters
Tucker
State Department
Pass Christian
Miss
Yale
Oxford University
U.S
Red
Residents form zigzag road block on Glen Haven Road
New Haven residents in the Glen Haven Road area set up a 25 bar zigzag road block to deter a daily dump truck procession passing by their homes at 5 20 a m.
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New Haven
Conn
Glen Haven Road
Klass Trial Pauses As Defendant Breaks Down In Court
Oakland murder trial of Saul Sidney Klass resumes after defense attorney Benjam Marl ow fails to continue and Klass collapses in tears. Prosecutor Saver Snook forces Klass to admit gambling away twenty thousand dollars in Reno after a thirty thousand dollar settlement from the man he shot. Klass is charged with killing Dr Harold G Trimble on May 13 for claims he shot in response to alleged rape of his wife in 1954. wife later took her own life. He had testified spending most of four hundred thirty thousand dollars from Trimble on investigating his moral character. Snook also shows two worthless thousand dollar checks at a Reno gambling house and a February 1956 letter to Jan R Hunter at Harold's Club stating he had made out a check he could not cover.
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Saul Sidney Klass
Benjamin Marlowe
Marlowe
Victor Wagler
Wagler
Saver Snook
Klass
Reno
Harold G. Trimble
Trimble
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I Snook
Jan R. Hunter
Harold's Club
Beck Indicted in Tax Evasion Case Across Four Years
TACOMA WASH The federal grand jury indicted Beck international president of the teamsters union and his son Dave Beck Jr and four others on charges of evading about 240000 in federal income tax over a four year period plus related charges. Norman Gessert Fred Verschueren Sr Nathan Shefferman and Shelton Shefferman also named. Arraignment set before Judge John Bowen with bonds posted. Beck said he hired public accountants to file taxes and that he is not guilty.
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Wash
Dave
Beck
Teamsters Union
Beck,Jr
Norman Gessert
Fred Verschueren
Nathan Shefferman
Chicago
Lahor
Shefferman
Shelton
John €. Bowen
Los Angeles
Teamster's
Mystery Writer Craig Rice Dies in Los Angeles
Mystery writer Craig Rice, 49, died in her apartment reportedly of natural causes. A Chicago native, she was a prominent contemporary whodunit author who collapsed while entertaining friends. police found her dead and an autopsy was planned. Her life included five marriages and divorces, three children, and a past hospitalization for alcoholism.
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Los Angeles
Craig Rice
Miss Rice
Chicago
Life Insurance Credit Growth Reported in United States
The Institute of Life Insurance says life insurance credits outstanding in the United States rose by 2 percent over the last five years while consumer credit increased less than 100 percent. This contrasts with broader credit trends noted by the institute.
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New York
Institute of Life Insurance
United States
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