Wife Freed in Gun Slaying of Fake War Hero
MT Clements Michigan wife Marie Kennedy 33 freed on bond after admitting she shot her husband John 42 a county deputy sheriff in November. He was exposed in court as a four star phony with a forged discharge record claiming Guadalcanal Coral Sea and Tulagi service. Autopsy found no shrapnel. Kennedy touted as war hero and Roosevelt guard was found to be psychoneurotic.
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MT. Clements
Mich
Macomb County
Marie Kennedy
John
Roy M. Rogensucs
Kennedy
Guadalcanal
Richart EB. Olsen
Pontiac
Rogensues
President Roosevelt
Nixon rules out tax cuts next year in space race era
Vice President Richard M. Nixon told a New York audience that there is no possibility of tax cuts next year as the United States intensifies its space race. He endorsed a balanced budget but warned spending must rise to protect national security and combat waste. Christenberry campaigns to reorganize the county GOP.
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New York
Richard”.M. Nixon
The
National Assn
U.S
Russia
Nixon
GOP
New York City
Robert K. Chris‘tenberry
Washington
Christenberry
Republican
Pearl Harbor Remembered memorial and drive for permanent flag platform
At 7 55 a m a bugler recalled the attack on Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona resting on battleship row. The service marked 16 years since the Japanese raid and launched a nationwide drive to raise at least half a million dollars for a permanent memorial structure beside the current crude flag platform.
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Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
United States
Fog Closes Bay Area Roads and Airports This Morning
Dense fog blankets Hayward San Leandro and Fremont causing traffic delays on Eastshore Freeway. Airports including Hayward Oakland San Francisco Merced Fresno and bases Hamilton and Travis shut for four hours. Several flights diverted to Oakland East Bay and beyond as visibility drops.
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Bay Area
Eastshore
Hayward
San Leandro
Fremont
Palma Ceia
Alvarado
Oakland
San Francisco
Merced
Fresno
Hamilton
Travis
East Bay Field
Las Vegas
Half Moon Bay
Uranium Trial Jury Deliberations Continue
A Superior Court jury remains out in the case of Ray W. Van Der sen of Oakland and Robert L. Watkins of Hayward accused of bilking 268 investors out of about 350000 in a uranium swindle. The jurors hear eight counts of grand theft and related securities violations for Van Der sen and one securities code violation for Watkins before Judge Cecil Mosbacher.
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Ray W. van Der‘sen
Oakland
Robert L. Watkins
Hayward
Cecil Mosbacher
van Deusen
Watkins
Vanguard Second Satellite Readiness For January Launch
Cape Canaveral reports a 72 foot Vanguard rocket is ready to go but launch pad repairs may push a second satellite attempt into January. Vanguard Project deputy director Paul Walsh said fixes could require three or four weeks after Friday’s explosion.
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U.S
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Ins
Navy
Paul Walsh
Vanguard Project
Vanguard No. 1
Walsh
Florida
Study Vowed On Freeway
Oakland officials heard the state will survey Eastshore Freeway crash data to decide if the speed limit should drop from 60 to 40 miles per hour. Assistant State Highway Engineer B W Booker suggested a freeway center barrier if desired, noting San Bernardino’s barrier reduced fatalities but raised injuries.
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Oakland
Eastshore
B. W.booker
Booker
San Bernardino
Odds Strong For Ike At Paris NATO Summit
U S Defense Secretary McElroy said odds are quite strong President Eisenhower will attend the NATO Summit in Paris on December 16. He noted final medical clearance is required, and emphasized Ike wishes to attend if doctors permit. Western diplomats say Ike’s prestige is crucial to reassure the free world in facing Soviet science.
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London
U. S
Neil H. McElroy
Eisenhower
NATO
Paris
McElroy
Lenhiower
Washington
Elsen-hower
Europe
Free World
Leandro High Leader Elected
SAN LEANDER Don Faria will head the San Leandro High School student body this year after an election at the school. A run-off will decide the vice president between Jack Sheehan and Judy Temple. Other offices include Judy Sacks as secretary and Jack Fugi as commissioner of entertainment. Gordon Knight heads boys affairs. A run-off is also planned for girls affairs between Patt Bridgewater and Pat Johnson.
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San Leander
Don Faria
San Leandro
Jack Sheehan
Judy Temple
Fat. Walsh
Judy Sacks
Jack Fugi
Gordon Knight
Patt Bridgewater
Pat Johnson
Car-Truck Crash Injures Airman at Highway 50
Airman Robert K. Payton 21 was injured when his eastbound car rear-ended a truck driven by Frank Jones 29. Payton listed in fair condition at Parks hospital with a dislocated right finger. Jones uninjured.
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Livermore
Parks ‘Air Force Base
Robert K. Payton
Highway 50
Collier Canyon Pd
Payton
Frank Jones
Westminster
Parks Hospital
New Greek Riots Erupt on Cyprus
In Nicosia Cyprus security police used teargas to break up Greek student rioters protesting union with Greece. Students pelted stones at authorities during the demonstrations that filled the city streets.
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Cyprus
Niqosia
INS
Securityo
Union of
Greece
Red Press Coverage of Moon Mission Fizzle in Moscow
Soviet newspapers highlighted the U S failure to launch a Vanguard satellite with sober front page dispatches from Washington. Reports quoted American critics in Congress including Anderson Magnuson and Jackson calling the Defense Department stupid and stressing humiliation. Poage decried American prestige taking a greater blow than Russia’s twin Sputniks.
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Moscow
Washington
Clinton P. Anderson
Dn.m
Warren G. Magnuson
J. Wash
Henry Jackson
U.S. Defense Department
United States
Wiliam Poage
D-Tex
Russia
Bogus Check Plot Nipped in Downtown Hayward
Two men, Elmer Cramer and Elmer Taylor, were arrested in a downtown parking lot on a tip from inspectors. Police say the plot involved three checks totaling about 3000 dollars made out to fictitious firms Lawless Plumbing Co and Redwood Construction Corp.
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Hayward
John Elmer Cramer
Hopkins
Lawless Plumbing Co
Redwood Construction Cor
Sunnyvale Man Killed in Crash
A Sunnyvale man identified as Richard Lucero, 29, died when his car struck a cement truck on the Mountain View to Alviso highway. The crash also involved fictitious payees named in a whistleblower case, with Hashan and others cited in police reports. An eight-year-old girl escaped injury in a separate incident.
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John T. Harrison
Leo V. le . Baron
James Pierson
Mountain View
Richard
Dev
A. Lucero
Sunnyvale
Hayward
New York
INS
Alvisola
Ralph Aberg
Redding
Soviet Says Sputnik Rocket Debris Reaches Alaska
Moscow says evidence shows remnants of Sputnik I's rocket carrier fell in Alaska and along the North American western coast. Tass cites available data while Khrushchev contradicts a prior U.S. claim of recovery and denies giving back the debris.
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Moscow
Ins
Soviet Union
Alaska
North America
Tass
Nikita S.’Khrushchev
Communist Party
Khrushchev
U.S
Indonesia Seizures Hit Dutch Assets in Jakarta Drive
Indonesian forces seized Dutch banks in Jakarta along with clubs, a library, and a Surabaya sugar factory as Dutch workers evacuated in a tense standoff. In California and nearby cities, merchants and officials faced arrests amid calls for U.S. payroll fraud action and fleet security measures.
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the Hague
INS
Indonesia
Archipelago
Republic
Ce Ne Ay
Jakarta
Republic of Indonesia
Surabaya
San Leandro
Commerte Today
Legisla
Us-Parks Air Force
Bogus
William ¥. Karta
Treasury” Dept
Asty
Netherlands
Treasury Dept
Ice Pick Used Punctures 26 Tires On Nine Cars
Deputies investigated vandalism in San Lorenzo where an ice pick punctured 26 tires on nine parked vehicles. A juvenile was suspected after deputies linked the acts to the Visage Bowl area and nearby lots on Via Arriba and Hesperian Boulevard in the Lorenzo district.
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San Lorenzo
Sheriff's
Visage’ Bowl
Arriba
Louis
Lorenzo Theatre-lot
Hesperian Blvd
Two Boys Held On Burglaries in Hayward
Hayward police report custody of two Hayward High School students, aged 15 and 18, suspected in a series of burglaries. They were apprehended by Juvenile Officer Herbert Hallen near the Western Pacific Railroad by Jackson Street after a resident, Mrs. Joe Vierra of 331 Peralta Street, discovered them ransacking her home.
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Hayward High School
Herbert Hallen
Western Pacific
Jackson St
Joe. Vierra
Peralta St
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Jones
Red Press
Sputnik
Main
Main Street
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