Livermore Boy Questioned Over Homemade Bomb Find
Police will quiz a 14 year old Livermore High student about a crudely made bomb found in the school pool over the weekend. The device contained black powder, cotton, a fuse and a jar, and was extinguished by water before any damage. Police suspect another Livermore High pupil, in custody for theft, supplied the powder from a Coast Manufacturing plant.
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Livermore
Livermore High School
Hayward
Blaldck
Pacific Gas and Electric Co
State Dept. of Public Works
Baumberg
Leslie
Blalock
Sheriff's Department
Coast Manufacturing
Ou Dee
State blocks Clifton School growth in Castro Valley
Castro Valley district superintendent Marvin Smith told trustees the State Division of Finance halted Clifton site applications due to lack of funds, leaving Clifton as a substandard site. Vanney and Sydney Schools additions will be dropped temporarily, and the Earl Warren site expansion is indefinitely postponed. A proposed 1958-59 calendar of 178 teaching days drew objections from Trustee Evalyn Thomas who said 180 days were favored.
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Castro Valley
Clifton
Marvin Smith
Vanney
Sydney
Smith
Earl Warren
Evalyn Thomas
School Cafeteria Chief to Retire
Fremont officer Catherine Parry of Niles School District cafeteria supervision will retire December 21 after 26 years in the role. She has served since 1956, feeding thousands of students as the district grew from a single frame building with 250 students to two modern schools serving over 1100. Her husband, John Parry, was a noted Niles blacksmith.
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Fremont
Catherine Parry
Niles School Dist
Planning Commission
Jack Parry
Niles Dist
John Parry
Niles
Factories Show Sharp Job Dip in California
The state recorded a 46,700 drop in factory jobs last month, the lowest monthly setback since 1954. Total employed factory workers stood at 1,208,000, down 31,000 from November 1956, with cutbacks in aircraft and seasonal changes in canning and lumber cited as major factors.
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San Francisco
California
State Department of Industrial Relations
Friden President Files for Divorce in California
Walter Johnson, 73, Friden Calculating Machine Co. president in San Leandro, files for divorce from Pauline C. Johnson, 51. Married 20 years, separated May 1 1961, suit by Alan A. Lindsay seeks equitable property division of about 2 million dollars. Johnson lives on Foothill Road Ranch near Pleasanton. married May 11, 1937 in Palo Alto.
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San Leandro
Walter
Johnson
Friden Calculating Machine Co
Superior Court
Pauline C. Johnson
Oakland
Alan A. Lindsay
Pleasanton
Palo Alto
Obituaries Doomed: Boers 39 in San Francisco Hospital
Ces M Boers aged 39 died Monday in a San Francisco hospital with funeral services for Tenola Reward Rent Daughter of Mr and Mrs John Cronin of Dublin and sister to Kathleen Kathleen and James. The obituary notes she was a native of Texas and longtime Hayward resident. Local 304 labor union member and Jehovahs Witness. interment Mt Eden Cemetery. Rosary tonight 8 p.m. at Graham Hitch Mots. Contributions to American Cancer Society.
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Ces M. Boers
San Francisco
St. Augustine
Tenola
Arthur Boers
Manteca
Oakland Hospital
Michael
Tommorrow
Sorensen
Kathleen
James
Boro and Bees
Hayward
John
Texas
Cronin
Dublin
Ren
Alma Hall
Helen ‘Cronin
United Land
John Cronin Jr
Dub Laborurs Ution
Sehovah’s Witnesses
Boero
U. S
Washington St
Rosary
Emma Renfro
Andi P.m
Graham-Hitch
Pilot Renfro
Roxie Mary
St. John's St
Pleasant
Renirs
Ester Lola Seal
American Cancer Society
Mt. Eden Cemetery
William Wagner of Leandro Dies
SAN LEANDRO William Wagner a retired draftsman and estimator in the structural steel industry died yesterday after an extended illness at a local hospital. A New York City native he had lived in San Leandro three years with his daughter Mrs Lil lian E Wimball. Also surviving are a granddaughter Mrs Joan L Dempsey and two great grandchildren. Funeral rites at Santos Robinson chapel 160 Lstudilla Ave tomorrow will be followed by burial services in New York.
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San Leandro
William Wagner
New York City
Lillian E. Wimball
11Th Ave
Joan L. Dempsey
Concord
Santos-Robinson Chapel
Lstudilla Ave
New York
Mrs Oda Rumple Services Friday in Castro Valley
Services for Mrs Oda E Rumple 79 who died Monday will be at 1 30 p m Friday from Sorensen Bros Chapel Hayward She was a native of Danbury Town and resident of Castro Valley 12 years wife of Frank Monroe Rumple mother of Orval Welsh Boise Jd George Rumple Fern Haddin Wayne Rumple June Denton Vivian Driscoll and Arlene R Middlebrook She leaves 16 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren and a sister Anna Hagen of Johnstown Neb Interment Evergreen Cemetery Oakland
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Castro Valley
Oda E. Rumple
Sorensen Bros
B St
Hayward
Danbury
Town
Fern Haddin
San Jose
Wayne ‘Rumple
June Denton
Sturgis
Dak
Vivian Driscoll
Arlene R. Middlebrook
Anna Hagen
Johnstown
Neb
Evergreen Cemetery
Oakland
Sewer Bypass Report Slated
Castro Valley Sanitary District officials plan to report monthly progress to the Regional Water Pollution Control Board. Attorney Marlin Haley and Manager Everett Wright will attend the meeting to address an emergency bypass at North Third Street. The board ordered a screening device chlorination facilities and retention gear to be installed though the line is unused and not threatening San Lorenzo Creek.
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Castro Valley
San Lorenzo Creek
Richmond Drops Haywardite Bid on Outfall Contract
Vincent Rodrigues’s low bid of 633445 for the Richmond sewage outfall project prompted the council to accept it but he later asked to amend and add 58000 to the bid. The council rejected the increase and ordered new bids.
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Hayward
Vincent Rodrigues
Richmond
Rodrigues
Richards to Seek State Seat Again
Los Angeles based State Sen. Richard Richards announces his candidacy for a second term to clarify his political intentions. He previously ran for U S Senate in 1956 but lost to Thomas H. Kuchel by over 447000 votes.
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Los Angeles
INS
Richard Richards
Richards
United States
Thomas H. Kuchel
Boy's Yule Spirit Leads to Small Santa Spender
In Compton California four year old Tommy Perry took twenty dollars from his mother's purse to give to passers by as a tiny benefactor. A neighbor returned thirty dollars to his mother Emma Lou Perry, who had withdrawn the funds for gifts. Tommy earned a bus aid spanking for misusing the money.
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Compton
Calif
INS
Tommy
Perry
Hocks
Tike
Emma Lou Perry
Ike Appoints Whittier as VA Director in Recess Move
President Eisenhower named G Whittier Simner former Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor and insurance director to lead the Veterans Administration. He will replace Harvey Higley who resigned weeks ago. Simner, a Republican, served in the Navy in World War II and hails from Everett.
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Washington
INS
Eisenhower
Simner
G. Whittier
Massachusetts
Bert
Veterans. Administration
Whittier
Hosa
Harvey V. Higley
Campls
The
Veterans_, Administration
Navy
Everett
State House
San Leandro Board approves midterm solution for ninth graders
The San Leandro board supported a plan to compress two semesters into one for ninth graders, affecting 124 families. A new youth program and a successor to the recreation board member will be appointed next month, with impacts highlighted by the discussion of midterm high school reforms.
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San Leandro
A. J. Olivera
San Leanaro
Peuceton Trist
San Francisco school board faces mass union resignations
In a chaotic San Francisco scene a mass resignation by 2200 sheriff's deputies and school workers shakes the board's plan. The AFL-CIO union backs the walkout as a bid to resolve a deadlock over local union leadership and contract terms. The board convenes at 8 am as tensions rise across schools and custodial facilities.
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San
Burrell
San Francisco
INS
Francisco Bakers
International Union
Rowell
Afl-Cio
International
Goté
McKinley
Dublin
Newark Planners Re-Elect Leader For Another Year
Newark Planning Commission chose George Latham to head the body again, with Dr. Howard Buschke named to succeed former Vice Chair Herb Lacey as term expired December 10. The vote, under city ordinance, resulted in 61 for Latham and the chair, with other ballots for Buschke, Truscott, and Mrs. Lillian McDermott.
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Newark—Planning Commission i
George Latham
Howard Buschke
Herb Lacey
Buschke
Buschké
John R. Truscott
Lillian McDermoett
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Clarence
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National Group
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