A Kick in the Pants for Co-Operation
Hayward city plans to widen A street from Castro to Main or Main to Foothill with frontage donations from property owners. Some blocks have offered frontage and parking contributions, while Castro to Main shows none. Officials urge action to avoid losing frontage and maximize limited funds for a large downtown street project.
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Main
Foothill
Hayward
Castro
Western Auto Supply
Grodins
W. P. Fuller
Maple Court
King Tribhuvana of Nepal to visit America
The king, famed for fivefold reverence, is briefly treated in Zurich for heart trouble. Washington grants a nuanced immigration stance, saying the one wife rule bans permanent plans only, not casual visitors. The piece notes American law forbids plural marriages while praising the king’s courage and leadership.
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America
Tribhuvana
Nepal
Sri Sri Sri Sri
Zurich
U. S
Washington
Sri Sri Sri Sri Sei
U.S. pushes to curb trade with Soviet bloc allies
Defense and foreign policy moves push to tighten controls on strategic goods. Navy tests missiles and a para brake device while contractors face revised pricing. Stassen urges allies to enforce U.N. embargoes amid reports of Russia shipments. Battle Act powers loom as East-West trade scrutiny increases.
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Iron Curtain
Britain
France
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Harold Stassen
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dulles
U.N
Staggen
Senate Committee
Russia
Congress
Red Bloc
U.S
McCarthy Condemned Shapes McCarthy’s Senate Future
Washington ponders the practical impact of McCarthy’s condemnation on his standing at Capitol Hill. The next Senate test will be over Wisconsin patronage and Wiley nominations, with McCarthy facing isolation from the White House and GOP leadership.
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Washington
Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
Capitol
Jon
Eisenhower
Wisconsin
White House
McCarthy
Joe
Eisen
Alexander Wiley
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Republican Party
Wiley
Chamber
Hiream Bingham
Connecticut
Jeff
Manly
McClure Syndicate
Dogs and cattle origins in ancient domestication myths
Ranger naturalist Eugene Burns traces animal domestication from dog as earliest partner to swine cattle and goat. He outlines Egypt’s long horn cattle and early selective breeding, noting wolves as dogs’ ancestors and cattle origins in Europe Asia and Africa with yaks and aurochs.
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New World
Switzerland
Asis
Euphrates
Europe
Britain
Black Forest
Germany
Far East
India
China
Madagascar
Africa
Tibet
Asia
America
Northland
Indivi
Corsica
Persia
Egypt
Zugens Burns
Four cent California sales tax proposal under discussion
Sacramento reports that the 1953 legislature will again study a four per cent state sales tax to unify city and county taxes and relieve the budget. Retailers seek uniform reporting and state collection, while cities and counties clash over distribution. Some lawmakers favor a constitutional amendment to send the issue to voters.
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Sacramento
CNS
California
State Board of Equalization
Assembly
California League of Cities
County Supervisors Association
Minor disaffirms contracts under California law
Seventeen year old Jimmy could cancel the dance contract with the Zorch orchestra as an unmarried minor. A minor may disaffirm contracts up to the age of majority, except for necessities. Emancipation by marriage affects rights. a married woman cannot disaffirm, while a married man remains a minor until 21. The State Bar notes provide legal information.
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Jimmy
Zorch
State Bar of California
Atomic peaceful coexistence is teased with humor
Bugs Baer mocks Cold War hopes by lampooning Russian cultural quirks and delegation logistics. He jests about dancing, car trades, bread mills, and baked plans, imagining Moscow reps walking and voting, while noting linguistic curiosities and place names. The piece satirizes grand ideas with wordplay on Beisbol and distant cities.
Famous Fables By E. E. Edgar
A humorous tale about Isaac Newton being distracted by romance. Friends urge relaxation from gravity studies. Newton teases a young lady but his mind wanders. He absentmindedly stirs tobacco with her finger, prompting her to flee. He returns to study under the apple tree.
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E. E. Edgar
Isaac Newton
Newton
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House
John L. McClellan
Arkansas
McClellan
Huey P. Long
Tawm” Heflin
Wayne Morse
Eugene Burns
Henry MacArthur
Law In
Bugs Baer
Robert E. Lee
Mills
Moscow
Novorossisk
Magnitogorosk
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