27 Dec 1961
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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1961
Page
1
Fog and low over the east Hale tonight and early morrow. Skies will clear in the Bay Area. Temperatures range from 4 to 46 with gentle winds.
An OCR fragment lists temperatures for several locations in Southern Alameda County including Hayward Sun, Pleasanton, Niles, Oakland, and Livermore. The note references yesterday’s high and today’s temperatures but contains multiple typos and unreadable names, hindering precise values.
Variable high cloudiness today with fog or overcast late tonight and early Thursday. Fair Thursday afternoon with little temperature change. Northern California and Central Valley show fog or overcast in places with occasional rain in the far north today and into Thursday. Shasta and valleys forecast light rain today and again Thursday with little temperature change. Sacramentos Valley and Salinas Valley show fog, overcast, then clearing Thursday with high around 50s and lows in the 30s. Paso Robles, Hollister, Monterey Bay areas mostly fair to Thursday with fog possible early Thursday and gentle winds.
Tide tables show high tides around 4.0 feet at 4 0 and 2.7 feet at 12 30. Low tide around 2 12 2.7 feet. Sunrise at 7:25, sunset late afternoon. Light and dark times unclear. computed forVenues at Pi nt and F.
A fresh surge of cold air spreads across snow covered northern Midwest towns while breezy conditions hit northern Florida for the third straight morning. Temperatures dip below freezing in Tallahassee and Miami with readings near record lows in several cities. frost damage reported to citrus and vegetables in north central Florida as the pattern extends into the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes region.
The United States told the Netherlands it will not allow a third party to take part in Dutch- Indonesian negotiations over Western New Guinea. Officials said Washington remains open to mediation to bring the sides together.
Brooklyn Michigan police hunt a slayer in the death of Rev Roy R Decker 70 retired Methodist minister found tied and burned at his farm home near Brooklyn A hammer and a ball peen hammer were found at the scene authorities say the minister was struck bound and doused with kerosene then set afire as investigators seek the suspect who fled in the minister s sedan family had moved to Tecumseh for health reasons and had listed the farm for sale the killer remains at large as police alert for the minister s car
Almanac entry notes Wednesday December 27 1961 as the 81st day of the year with four to fall. Historical events include Carrie Nation’s saloon raid in 1900 Wichita, Radio City Music Hall opening in 1982, Japanese bombings of Manila in 1941, and a 1945 joint trusteeship plan for Korea by the United States, Russia and Britain. Chesterton quote on thieves closes the item.
Antoinette Wathen, 23, is charged in San Rafael Municipal Court with murder in the stabbing of her newborn. District Attorney Roger Garety said the baby was killed with a paring knife after birth and found Friday in a garbage can near Calvig’s apartment, where he lived as a disc jockey. Wathen reportedly told police the birth occurred at Calvig’s apartment and he was not the father.
A Philadelphia elevated train derailed at York and Dauphin Streets station injuring 35 and killing Earl Giberson, 45. The car struck a railing 35 feet above the busy West Philadelphia intersection, triggering a brief fire and trapping about 100 passengers before rescue workers freed them.
Ribicott, a Kennedy supporter, said he might accept a Democratic draft for the Connecticut Senate seat next year. Gov candidates Strallon of New York and Alford of Arkansas also announced runs for governor, while rumors tied Ribcott to a potential challenge to Sen. Prescott Bush. Faubus and Rockefeller were noted as additional figures in the broader party dynamics.
In Jacksonville temperatures set multiple records this month, with the latest reading showing 26 degrees. Earlier in the month another reading tied for coldest on record, marking a string of unusually cold days for the area.
Washington report notes that US farm surpluses funded nonmilitary aid to foreign nations since 1954. An Agriculture Department study shows 11 counties received over 160 million each, totaling 2.8 billion in six years. Nations listed include Korea, Poland, Pakistan, Turkey, Spain, Yugoslavia, Egypt, Syria, Brazil, Israel, and Indonesia.
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