Spaceship plans told by Air Force chief
Denver reports General Thomas D White, Air Force Chief of Staff, announced U S plans for a spaceship program with routine flights to nearby planets within a few years He said the X 15 will be in the works to push man farther and faster into space than ever before at the Air Force Academy speech Buck Rogers style space travel may become routine for airmen soon
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Denver
Thomas D. White
Air Force
United States
Air Force Academy
Buck Rogers
Army Plans Shift to Compact Rapid Units for Cold War Spots
Washington reports the Army outlines long term plans to form self contained, fast moving units to prevent trouble spots from becoming battles. General Maxwell D Taylor says small scale conflicts near communist shores may be more likely than general war. The 1962 army envisions overseas forces as real defense, not mere trip wires, with rapid movement and new weapon concepts.
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Washington
Ins
Maxwell D. Taylor
Army
Taylor
Army Information Digest
Joverall
Rc Taylor
South County Yale Displays Set Tomorrow
Christmas lighting displays go on tomorrow night across Hayward area and nearby towns. Mother Goose Lane on Wilwood Street lights at dusk with public viewing 5 to 10 p.m. nightly through the holidays. Santa's Workshop in San Lorenzo lights at 5 p.m. with public viewing 5 to 10 p.m. nightly. Raleigh Place in Schafer Park becomes Disneyland tomorrow night.
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Hayward
Wilhwood St
Lorand
Castro Valley
Kelly St
San Lorenzo
Hesperian
Beckman Rd
Arriba
Raleigh Place
Schafer Park
Disneyland
Raleigh Pl
Gatling
Dock Worker Tells Of Slaying Wife In Oakland
Oakland police booked 33 year old Jong shareman to investigate murder after he admitted knifing his wife Nettie Brown in their Oakland home during an argument. Officers quoted him as saying he had blacked out. Nettie Brown, 33, was found dead in the bedroom.
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Oakland
Jong~ Shareman
Charles Brown
Nettie
Subway Tieup Ends in Sight
New York reports a rift among striking motormen as the Transit Authority plans to train 600 new motormen to end the six day subway strike. Tensions flared at a strategy meeting with two MBA lawyers present. Four jailed strike leaders, including MBA President Theodore Loos, repudiated a peace proposal from Louis Waldman aimed at settling the dispute.
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New York
Transit Authority
Benevolent ‘Assn
MBA
Moss K. Schenck
Reunion
Theodore Loos
Robert F. Wagner
Louis Waldman
Hayward Court Appeal Targets Annex Land Fight
Union City leaders pressed an appeal after Hayward won a Superior Court ruling over 1132 acres sought for industrial expansion near Alvarado and Decoto. The steering committees merged with New Haven to draft new Union City boundaries, aiming to block Hayward’s annexation and curb further encroachment.
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Alvarado
Union City
Superior Court
Hayward
Decoto
Union
Al-Quira
Whipple Bus
Eastshore
Castro St
Alvarado Sanitary Dist
Fremont
Posiellon Tor
De‘cote
Mém- Wilbert Hendricks
John”E. ‘Bettencourt
Oscar Mowe
Pacific States Steel Co
New Haven
United Front
Frank
Borghi
Dowe
George Hocking
Keith Whipple
Elvin Rose
Soviet Note to Turkey Cites Middle East Tensions
Moscow radio reported Russia warned Turkey that its role in Western military plans complicates the Middle East situation. The note was handed to Turkey's foreign ministry in Ankara, part of Bulganin letters to NATO nations.
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Moscow
INS
Radio
Russia
Turkey
Mideast
Ankara
Nikolat Bulganin
Chicken Plucker Felled by Swords in Street Attack
SAN FRANCISCO police report a 26 year old chicken plucker, SAN FRANCISCO, was attacked on the street by two men using broadswords. He was treated at a hospital for head cuts and officers began a search for the assailants.
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San Francisco
Tom Jordan
Jordan
School Aid Bill Action Demanded by Solons
Senator Clifford P. Case of New Jersey urged immediate federal school construction legislation to address an emergency problem he equated with defense needs such as rockets and missiles. He stressed the plan as essential to national security and school readiness.
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Solons
Washington
INS
Sen
Clifford P. Case
Rn.j
Russia
James
E. Murray
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Cearlier
Murray
Senate
Congress
Eisenhower
Whch
Lbcal
Oakland Bank Robbery Hunted After $8267 Weary Start
Oakland police hunted two gunmen who robbed the Seminary Branch of Bank of America, 5782 Foothill Blvd, at 1:50 pm. They fled in a stolen car, carrying .38 revolvers, after forcing teller Elizabeth Leatherman and colleagues to bag cash. Witnesses and victims named include Beverly Val lery and Robert Fisher. Previously, the bank was robbed for $7160 in April by a different pair, and a 1956 incident saw a single bandit get away after a chase. The report also notes a broader debate on education funding and federal aid tied to school construction and desegregation provisions.
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Oakland
Foothill Blvd
C. Schudel
Oakhend
Schudel
Elizabeth Leatherman
Haas
St. San Leandro
Beverly
Valelery
Robert Fisher
Jess Linstay
Dutch Royalty See Leggy Show at Savoy
London dispatch reports Queen Juliana and daughters Beatrix and Irene giggling through a leggy floor show in a Savoy Hotel public restaurant. The Dutch royals, usually serious, relaxed with hair down and quick waltzes during their London visit for Anne Abel Smithy’s wedding to David Liddell Grainger.
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London
Ins
Netherlands
Juliana
Beatrix
Irene
Savoy“Hotel
Ann
Anne
Abel
Evacuation Map Buyers Deceived in California Collapse
In Oakland and Sacramento, residents who paid for civil defense evacuation maps face losses. State Disaster Director Stanley Pierson notes the maps are free from 300 civil defense offices, while police search for the seller responsible for illegal misrepresentation that maps are sponsored by civil defense or disaster organizations.
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Sacramento
Oakland
Stanley Pierson
Ilegal
Toadstools Kill Woman in San Mateo Dinner Mystery
Mrs. Crystal Compton, 52, of La Honda, died at San Mateo Community Hospital after dining on a meal garnished with toadstools gathered along Skyline Boulevard. County coroner Pauli Jensen cited poisoning as the cause. three men from La Honda, Charles Brown 35, Michael Brown 16, and Paul McCollister 18, who helped pick the fungi, were released from hospital after illness.
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San “Mateo
Crystal Compton
Power in Sea Energy Report From Dr Urey
London dispatch quotes Dr. Harold Urey, American atomic energy expert, on sea water containing potential energy to meet world needs for all time. He says energy is locked in heavy hydrogen in sea water, and Britain may have found a way to tap it.
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London
INS
Harold Urey
London Daily’ Sketch
Bie
Urey
Britain
Eisenhower Seeks United NATO Support in Paris Visit
President Eisenhower arrived in Paris to pledge a united NATO will meet Russia's Sputnik-age challenge at the upcoming summit. He addressed 14 allied leaders at Orly and TV audiences in France and Britain, praising unity, security, and peace. Millions heard his televised message as Paris beams with Allied military pages and crowd scenes.
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Paris
Ins
Eisenhower
NATO
Russia
Felix Gaillard
Orly
Britain
Washington
Resi Dence
U.S
Amory
Houghton
Vive Y Amerique
Aga Khan Waltzes Teen Age Beauty at Savoy
Spectacle at the Savoy Hotel as Aga Khan hosts his 21st birthday party for about 300 Ismaili Muslims. The celebration featured champagne and dancing into dawn. His date, Mexican teenager Sylvia Casablan cas, has known him for six years amid rumors of an altar-bound romance.
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Savoy Hotel
Sylvia Casablancas
U S Prepares Aid for Iran Quake Victims
U S officials prepared to send aid to Iran after a major earthquake left homeless and cold survivors in Hamadan Province. The Hamadan governor reported 20 bodies in Farsanj and about 1100 buried in one village debris. Communications are unreliable as rescue efforts struggle to reach the affected region.
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Tehran
Iran
United States
Hamadan
Farsanj
Ines
Clark Gregory
Vald
Drang
Ran
Iraq
Tursey
Opium Smuggling Halted On Hoegh Silver Stream
Federal agents detained 53 year old ship's carpenter Wong Kok-Kong in Los Angeles harbor after his ship Hoegh Silver Stream arrived from Singapore with over a quarter of a million dollars worth of opium refined in a stowaway workshop. Customs official Col Carl White reported the odor led to the seizure three days out of port. about 58 pounds of raw opium were found in the man's quarters.
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Los Angeles
INS
Hoegh Silverstream
Wong Kok-Kong
San Pedro
Singapore
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