Love Slaying at Parsonage Ends a Love Feud
In Grand Prairie Texas teen Wesley Allen Cox 17 shot Linda Housewright 15 in a Baptist parsonage after a breakup. He used a stolen pistol firing three times as Linda died at Methodist Hospital Dallas. Cox attempted suicide after the attack. Reverend A R Housewright Linda’s father found Cox later in the room. The incident follows a failed romance and Cox’s apparent tragic intent to kill himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Prairie
Tex
Wesley Allen Cox
Pretty Linda Housewright
Linda
A. R. Housewright
Highth Street Baptist Church
Cox
Arlington
Housewright
Young Cox
Methodist Hospital
Dallas
A Street Ceremony Marks Widening To Four Lanes
A brief ceremony at 10 am Monday will mark the completion of widening A Street to four traffic lanes between Castro Street and Foothill Boulevard. City officials and chamber dignitaries will attend. Final cost about 290000, funded by Mayors Formula 209000, state gas tax 50000, and Hayward city funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foothill
Castro Street
Thothill Boulevard
Chamber of Commerce
Hayward
Fourth Street
Western Pacific
Segregation On Alabama Buses Ends
Montgomery ends its year long Negro boycott as a white clerk sits beside a Black maid on a city bus. At first riders sit separately but during the morning rush the barrier collapses and Linda Rustin sits beside Arsulla Henry, signaling integrated seating with no incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery, Alaif
Deep South
Montgomery
Linda Rusti
Arsulla Henry
Tito US Visit Invitation Hinted in Belgrade Speech
A Yugoslav government spokesman hinted President Tito may visit the United States soon. Frank Draskovic said an invitation exists in principle, while U S officials including John Foster Dulles indicated such an invitation is likely but not yet extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Tito
United States
Frank Draskovic
Isit
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Washington Administration
Train Derailed Near Belleville Killing Two
A Chickasaw Central train derailed near Belleville TL causing two deaths and injuries to 37. Mrs. Jennie Cavell aged 70 of North Platte Nebraska and Henry Hudson aged 67 of Groverdale Mississippi died. Ambulances moved injured to St Elizabeths hospital where 19 remained and 18 treated or released. Police blamed the derailment on shifts in a new road bed from recent rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belleville
Twoersons
Triais Central
Chickasaw
Jennie Cavell
North
Platte
Neb
Henry Hudson
Groversdale
Miss
St. ‘Elizabeth's Hospital
Fremont Car Crash Hurts
Two housewives from Hayward and Centerville sustained minor injuries in a three car crash at Glenmoor Drive and Mattos Road last night. Mrs. Joseph Cicero, 31, treated and released at Fairmonth Hospital. Mrs. Caroline Porges, 27, treated by private physician. Other drivers Catherine Moeys, 16, and Tony Pacheco, 48, unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattes Drive
Porges
Catherine Elaine Moeys
Landing Roed
Irvington
Glenmoor
Tony
iPacheco
Mat Ios
Diplomat Killed Crossing Sunset Boulevard in San Francisco
Costa Rican Vice Consul in San Francisco Jorge FR Carazo was struck by a car and killed while crossing Sunset Boulevard on his way home yesterday night. Police are investigating the fatal traffic incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Jorge FR Carazo
Consu
Sunset Boulevard
Traffic officers brace for holiday DWI deaths in Alameda County
Police and highway patrol prepare for a deadly Christmas weekend with last year’s toll five in Alameda County alone. Oakland accounted for four fatalities and San Leandro one as officials forecast at least seven deaths this year. Governor Knight urged sober, courteous driving in a save-a-life campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alameda County
Oakland
San Leandro
Sheriff’s Office
Svorst
Knight
South County
T.L. Foley
Hayward
Gerald Connitt
Clear Skies Over Nation With Some California Rain
Bay Area forecasters said skies will be clear through Christmas with fair weather for most of the country. The U S Weather Bureau warned of rain in far California and snow in the Pacific Northwest while a dense fog bank spread across the Midwest and parts of the East, causing fatal crashes and airport closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Area
U. S. Weather ‘Bureau
California
Pacific Northwest
Midwest
East
Louisiana
Ilinois
Appalachians
Chicago’ Weather Bureau
Chisago
St. Louis
Wiegner Warrant Sent to Denver
Denver authorities said warrants would be sent to Denver for two escapees from a California mental institution who allegedly abducted 11 year old Clo Ann Wiegner after tying up her parents. Capt. Fred Zarmow said charges would depend on cleared stories from the bride and her parents as detectives investigate. Clo Ann Wiegner claimed her husband Michael, 16, forced her to leave home after escaping Napa facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
California
Piatay
Jone
Rineater
Fred Zarmow
Denver Detective Bureau
Ann Wiegner
Michael
Napa, Calif
Cuban Revolt Plot Broken 10 Jailed
Cuban rebels planned a wide sabotage program including seizure of bombs and attacks on key transport links. Ten suspects were arrested as authorities broke the plot, intelligence officials said. The plan targeted the Via Blanca highway entrance to the city and the Western Railway line among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shavana
Toj
Via Blanca
Western Railway
First Alameda County Baby of 1957 Contest
The Daily Review announces its annual first baby of the year feature for Alameda County residents Hayward or Washington Union High School districts. Parents must provide birth details from a physician and submit applications by January 5 for merchants gifts after verification. In a tie, judges decide awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alameda
County
Alameda County
The
Daily Review
Hayward
Washington Union High
Lion on Loose Near Fremont School Warns Pupils
Fremont Mission San Jose pupils warned to keep away from rear property as a young mountain lion of about 100 pounds roams nearby hills. Sheriff substation has no report on the alarm raised by rancher Carl F Roberts who says he fired twice. cub not seen since. Wary officials say the warning is precautionary while lion hunters find no trace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
Mission San Jose
Alameda County
Carl F. Roberts
Roberts
Eeerts
Donner Party Pioneer Cora Morse Martin Dies at 81
Glendale funeral services scheduled Saturday for Mrs. Cora Morse Martin a Donner Party pioneer and one of the few survivors born in Sacramento California who died Wednesday in California Lutheran Hospital Los Angeles. She was 81.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendale
Cora Morse Martin
Donner Pass
Martin
Sacramento
Calif
California Lutheran Hosital
Los Angeles
Wife's Rescue Attempt Ends in Family Tragedy in Duluth
A Duluth Minnesota fire killed mother Mrs. William Clark, 33, and five of her daughters Ruth Claudia Mary Lorraine and Shirley, as well as Burned while trying to rescue them. Mrs Bessie Cadance 85 escaped with burns after stating she tried to save the baby as flames swept the two story frame house. The fire was tentatively blamed on an oil burner explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
William Clark
Ruth
Claudia
Mary
Lorraine
Shirley
Clark
Gloria
Bessie Cadance
Clarks
Bay Aqueduct Shut-Off Spars With San Francisco
San Jose officials plan a protest delegation to San Francisco to challenge moves to exclude the South Bay aqueduct from the Hetch Hetchy service area. State funds fund surveys for a delta-to-Santa Clara Valley aqueduct. Alden Campen urges a federal audit of Hetch Hetchy to test if prices are above cost. Current Hetch Hetchy rate is 70 dollars per acre foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Josep
Water Authority
San Francisco
Board of Supervisors
South Bay Aqueduct
San Joaquin
Sacramento River
Altamont
Santa Clara Valley
Hetch Hetchy
Sierra
Alameda County
Santa Clara County
Alden Campen
San Jose
South Bay
Nixon Makes Surprise Pre-Dawn Visit to Red Border
Vice President Richard M. Nixon conducted a surprise pre-dawn visit to the iron curtain border near Andau to observe how Hungarian refugees flee to freedom. Andau lies about a half mile from the frontier, the main crossing site for escapees into Austria. Nixon issued a statement before leaving Vienna for Salzburg saying he wanted to see firsthand the conditions facing those leaving their oppressed land for a new life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Wice
Richard M. Nixon
Iron Curtain
Andau
Austria
Mixon
Aelease
Viena
Salzburg
Ae “T
Grid Star Brodie Escapes Injury In Bay Area Crash
Stanford quarterback great John Brodie and a passenger escaped harm when their car crashed on the Bayshore freeway near San Carlos at 4 am. Brodie, 21, of Atherton, told highway patrolman Harold Varni he dozed at the wheel as the vehicle veered off, struck a directional sign, and rolled 150 feet into a ditch. The car was badly damaged but both occupants were uninjured and had not been drinking. Brodie had been named the West team starting quarterback for the Shrine East West game on December 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Carlos
John Brodie
Stanford University
San Francisco
Bayshore
Brodie
Atherton
Harold Varni
Varni
Copter crash in San Francisco bay kills pilot Walker
San Francisco authorities search for the cause of a helicopter crash in the bay. Pilot Robert Lewis Walker, 28, died at the controls after the craft inverted shortly after takeoff from San Francisco. Walker, a Wichita native, had moved to the area to stay with relatives in Hayward and San Leandro. His mother from Washington state arrived to arrange funeral plans. Rick Helicopters Inc president James S. Ricklefs suggested a 4d-pound battery left in the rear may have shifted forward during takeoff, affecting balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Robert Lewis Walker
Pet. Walker
Wichita
Kan
San Leandro
Rea E. Walker
Broadmoor
Boulevard
Charles Stanger
Marilyn Court
Hayward
George Walker
Walla Walla
Wash
James
S.rickless
lRick Helicopters Inc
San Francisco International
Walker
Ricklefs
Cost of Living Hits New High and Wage Increases
Washington reports the cost of living rose to a new record last month, with the consumer price index up to 117.8 relative to 1947-49. About 900,000 workers gained roughly three cents an hour under wage contracts tied to living costs, while 200,000 more in meat packing and aircraft industries saw similar bumps. Factory workers’ take-home pay and purchasing power also reached new highs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Abou
Bureau
Former Klan Dragon Freed From Prison in Indiana
Indianapolis reports that Dr C Stephenson once known as Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan has been freed from a life term. Governor George Craig issued a Christmas amnesty order via State Corrections Board chairman Hugh O Brien allowing release on the condition he leave Indiana and remain out. Stephenson was convicted in 1925 for the murder of Madge Overholtzer, a storehouse employee who accused him of wrongdoing. He had served 25 years before a parole lapse and later capture in Minnesota. A subsequent parole in 1954 was denied due to an unacceptable employment plan. A Chicago job offer was declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
L—. Drc
Stephenson
Ku Klux Klan
Indiana
GgverGeorge
Craig
Ae ' State Corrections Board
Hugh O’brien
jChristmas
O'Brien
Madge Overholtzer
Jane
Minnessota
Chicago
Eth
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alabama
Lucerne
Baeing
San Ramon Valley
Lion
Donner Party
Bay Aqueduct Area
Nixon
Red Border
Klan
C. J. Rogers
Castro At
Foothill Blvd
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!