26 Dec 1964
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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1964
Page
1
Wet weekend forecast for the Bay Area with a 70 percent chance of rain tonight. Southwest winds up to 25 mph are expected, with mild temperatures and yesterday’s high around 54. Rainfall totals near .07 inches are noted.
Statewide weather update shows rain and showers across the Bay Area and central valleys with cooler trends and variable winds. Forecasts indicate mountain snow levels 4,000 to 5,000 feet, cooler nights, and scattered showers through Sunday. Highs mostly in the 40s to 80s and winds from southwest to west.
A fragmented OCR-style list shows temperatures and weather terms for cities from Albany to Winnipeg. Entries mention cloudy, clear, rain, fog, and other conditions across regions, interspersed with stray digits and garbled phrases.
Sunrise 7255 E Light figures Computed for Urea at Ft. Pont, 5.F.
Rome firefighters staged one day strikes twice this year with no alarms sounded those days. The city endured stalled service as crews walked off duty, and residents faced delays in response amid the unusual disruption in the Italian capital.
Geyserville residents, led by Mr and Mrs Jack Sandberg and their four children, sang carols on their flooded steps as the Russian River swelled. The family moved to safety in a lumber truck, later hosting rescuers and neighbors. Local volunteers and National Guard provided shelter for flood victims, underscoring Christmas generosity amid adversity.
AP reported twenty eight prisoners at San Bernardino County Jail marked Christmas by creating a disturbance after privileges such as commissary access and a holiday dinner were removed following a dawn cellblock shaker that found contraband items like lip pipe fragments. A 12 man special squad restored order and moved the rioters to another block.
In Beatrice Nebraska a one year old boy named Douglas Stewart at Beatrice State Home after March injuries from a tractor incident began to speak again. Doctors said there was no hope yet the boy surprised his mother with a Christmas greeting making it the best Christmas she ever lived. Nurses and staff kept the progress secret from Mrs. Stewart until the moment Douglas spoke.
Dayton AP report says Maj. Gen. Cecil E. Combs cautions that military officers struggle to distinguish between civilian tasks and strictly military jobs. He notes the line is blurring as demands shift, complicating roles within the Air Force Institute of Technology.
Ed ward Everett Cauthome celebrates his 102nd birthday at Neponsic Home for the Aged praising sparing meals and longevity. He is the oldest living Harvard College alumnus, class of 1882, recalling decades with limited meals and avoiding starvation.
Dr Russell reports new findings on global tooth decay showing Americans and other industrial nations have high decay rates while groups like Ethiopians and Aleuts show fewer decayed molars. The study, prepared for AAAS meeting, questions nutrition alone as the cause and notes no single explanation.
In Knox Kentucky AP report Capt Herschel H Flowers of the Army Medical Center wears a necktie made entirely of cobra snakeskin. The fashion note notes women’s use of snakeskin accessories may be crossing into menswear as Flowers wears the distinctive tie off duty.
Johnson City Texas AP reports President Johnson and Mrs Johnson celebrated a traditional Christmas at the ranch overlooking the Pedernales River attending church and visiting friends. A beagle named Him figured in the festivities while the family opened gifts and rode to services led by St Barnabas Episcopal mission. The First Lady received a leather bound poetry album and a set of early family letters.
Obituary notice for Minnie R Brown 91 died in a local rest home. Services set for 1 p.m. Tuesday at Sorensen Bros Chapel Hayward. Daughter of George Rew, longtime Hayward resident. widow of Charles S Williams. mother of Gilbert C Williams and several others. Burial in Lone Tree Cemetery, Hayward. Also surviving are multiple siblings and grandchildren.
Obituary notices from Castro Valley and San Leandro detail services for Alice M Thorup 82 who died in Castro Valley Convalescent Hospital and Pearl Williams 64 and Jack Herbert Herrera with services at Sorensen Bros Chapel Hayward. Also noted are Herman Herrera and Teosila Herrera family ties and an 11 year old Oakland native employed at General Motors plating. Interments planned at Chapel of the Crimines.
Memorial notices announce a Requiem Mass for Mary J. Kessel 77 at St. Jarlath's Oakland with services from East Oakland Chapel and burial at Golden Gate National Cemetery. Survivor list includes daughter Louise Gibson and son Theodore Kessel. burial in San Bruno. Also listed are funeral services for Abraham Romero, a General Foods technician, with a 8:30 a.m. chapel service and 9 a.m. mass at St. John's Church in Hayward, followed by Rosary and burial at Golden Gate National Cemetery. Survivors include widow Irene Romero and father Pat Romero, World War II veteran.
New York youths aged 18 to 19 from McComb Mississippi spend Christmas week in Harlem and New York City as part of a freedom schol program. They stay with local families, discuss racial issues, and perform a play recounting civil rights history. Sponsors hope exposure to city life and dialogue will broaden their views on race relations.
A dense, irregular list of death notices and funeral details for numerous individuals in Hayward San Leandro Oakland and surrounding communities. Fragmented names such as Jack Hecert Jan Loran Gedaceweavely and many others appear with dates December 20 28 and 14 1964. The text includes kinship notes and funeral service times at various chapels and cemeteries.
In East Northport New York a Christmas morning blaze killed 4 year old John Davies Jr as his siblings escaped. The fire started when he moved torn wrapping paper onto a gas stove causing flames to spread through the house. Neighbors and police rushed in but John Jr was found under a bed after the others escaped through windows to safety. The parents watched from the yard as officers fought smoke and flames.
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