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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1961
Page
16
A holiday card addressed to Mrs A L Jones at 2788 Sydney Way Castro Valley arrived with unclear writing from Hollywood. Helen Jones reports the full message read Thelma Am sending the children, causing confusion as no one named Thelma is known in the household during yesterday’s festivities.
In Fremont a speeding driver was stopped by Police Sgt Roger Neuman who found a toy gun after questioning the driver. The incident began with a demand for the driver to step out as he detected a nervous attitude and a gunlike object beneath the seat. The suspect claimed the item was harmless while Neuman inspected it.
Alameda County Fairgrounds report a record 73,048 visitors during a broad summer season. The grounds hosted picnics, exhibitions, dances, and athletic events with 200 plus groups using facilities year round. Maintenance is overseen by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors with a public information bureau to assist groups and press.
Fremont police hunt suspects after three Christmas Eve thefts netted over $1000 in cash jewelry and clothing. Victims include Linda Crawley and Ruth Visconti, plus Gary Morford. Crawley found her purse missing with $86 cash and a $69 money order after visiting her parents. Visconti reported a missing purse with a diamond watch and three pearl strands valued at 200. Morford and wife found their car unlocked and clothes worth 560 in a Cloverleaf Bowling lounge incident.
Richard Diamond, 45, owner of a beauty studio on Santa Maria Avenue, was found hanged at his Vineyard Road home on Christmas Day. Deputies reported a makeshift noose from a leather belt, no notes, and whiskey remnants. Over $600 in cash and checks were found. keys to his car were given to his son, and the vehicle was later impounded at the estranged wife’s request.
Sheriff deputies learned yesterday burglars ripped a soap dispenser and coin change machine from the walls of the Sno-White Laundromat at 21745 Meekland Ave Hayward. No injuries reported and no arrests announced.
The Daily Review and South County merchants offer gifts to the first baby born in Alameda County in 1962. Parents must live in Heyward Union San Leandro Washington Union Amador Valley or Livermore High School districts and birth time must be stated by the attending physician. Applications due January 5.
About $25,000 in damage reported at the Oliver Rousseau Organization record storehouse on Amador and Jackson streets. Cabinets and records damaged or disrupted, glass shattered, paint smeared. police and investigators notified. speculation on vandalism during a weekend break-in.
About 290 students in the Niles Elementary School District launched a year long experimental science study program led by teachers Cynthia Corres lis Louise Wontack Mrs Wail ma BY and Miss Sue Bushey Edhward Monro attended representing the Laundry Owners Assn of Alameda County and promised to withhold all action until mediation.
A potential laundry workers walkout looms as representatives of employees and management meet to avert a shutdown. Talks continue to resolve demands and keep operations running while both sides seek a workable settlement.
Amid Hoeward and Alameda County concerns rise over lax building rules for saleable homes. Officials warn cheap, older houses flood markets, with bids ranging from under $1,000 to about $33,000 in Oakland district auctions. Community leaders debate architect standards and reviews to curb low quality, unsafe dwellings.
Three Alayward Chamber committees will meet in the Normandy Room of South file How tomorrow at noon to consider a chamber recommendation opposing a proposed Jackson Street Freeway that would follow Inkson Street into Hayward. The plan, urged by two committees and the planning and development group, was referred for further study. The union and wage discussions, along with the state Highways District 4, are involved in related highway projects affecting Hayward and Oakland.
Hayward A council meeting scheduled for 5 pm has been canceled due to the holiday season. The council will instead meet on January 2 at 4 pm to discuss city matters.
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