28 Dec 1960
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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1960
Page
1
Hal Boyle notes the post Christmas mood as a nationwide slump settling into routine. Workers linger over year end tasks, perform halfheartedly, and resist resuming normal pace until the new year. The lull lasts a few days before life returns to its brisk, pre holiday tempo.
The Psi Pi fraternity, with about 20,000 members from historically Black colleges, awarded $250 to the Gabriele family for contributions to desegregation after threats of violence and opposition to integrating their daughter's school.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions an office and a figure of 57 dollars with unclear agency names and dates. The readable items include references to a court or official action but lack coherent context, names, or locations to form a precise summary.
Hollywood reports Skelton exits Cedars of Belanan Pespotel three weeks after tests and surgery. His wife Georgia daughter Valentina 13 and his parents will join him in a public ceremony. Red will fill his TV show role during the era of his absence.
More than 50 injured as bombs exploded in two stores and a power station in Havana and Camagüey. A passenger train collision near Camagüey Province injured over 50. Officials blamed counter revolutionaries as crowds gathered at Havana's central park shouting for execution of saboteurs.
In a Crosby paternity case Marilyn Miller Scalt testifies that she denies two men shared intimacy with her while denying Dennis Crosby as the father of Denise Michelle The third child of Mrs Scott is named The witnesses describe affairs including a February Palm Springs encounter and a bedroom shared with another man The Crosby attorney presents the competing claims in the Los Angeles tribunal
Almanac entry for December 28 notes the 363rd day, Mars as morning and evening star, and a roundup of past events. It cites Jol Calhoun’s resignation as vice president in 1882, Woodrow Wilson’s 1856 birth in Stupton Virginia, Semple’s 1869 gan invention, and Congress recognizing the Pledge of Allegiance in 1945. Wilson’s quote on power unity is highlighted.
In Somerville Tennessee a makeshift camp of tents housing eight families faces eviction amid a clash over Black voter registrations. White residents denounce the setup while Negro leaders defend it as a temporary measure to shelter sharecroppers who lost leases. The 6th Circuit in Cincinnati will hear a government appeal to halt evictions of 700 sharecroppers in Fayette and Haywood Counties as a Memphis court considered whether civil rights law empowers such rulings.
Ex Peron jailers Juan Carlos and Luis Amadeo Cardoso have spent five years and more living in the basement of the Paraguayan Embassy in Buenos Aires seeking asylum. They are accused of torture and coercion under the Peron regime, including electric torture while bound. Despite relocation, police guard remains outside the embassy as the brothers rehab the space with repairs and basic comforts while authorities spar over whether their crimes were political or personal.
Washington reports a plan by Clair Engle to form an early 1962 commission to study methods of electing the president and vice president. The proposed commission would include science experts and private citizens to evaluate the Electoral College and potential reforms.
Belgrade reports Tito secured about 190 million dollars in credit from the United States and seven Western nations to reform currency exchange and liberalize foreign trade. Finance Minister Nikolai Mitev said 100 million dollars would come from the U S and 90 million from Western European partners. Other details cite Austrian and Italian backing and a consortium of West German and Dutch banks.
London audiences viewed a musical version of West Side Story at His Majesty s Theatre while in Los Angeles a gas bomb exploded near an apartment building linked to Brauk Ik Wilkinson, longtime LA Housing Authority figure and former HUAC witness. The blast sparked a small fire. six fire engines responded, no injuries reported. Wilkinson was briefly in New York addressing a council before returning to London.
In CALTANISSETTA Sicily four Capuchin monks and four others were charged with operating an extortion ring tied to a nearby monastery. The prosecutor seeks trial before the Assizes court. A monastery gardener died by suicide after arrest. Officials say monks extorted money by threats of harm to people and property. The ring allegedly killed a wealthy farmer in 1993 when he refused a demand.
VACAVILLE AP The man charged in the sniping death of a motorist on Christmas Day Benjamin A Handy Jr 41 year old San Francisco plumber was sent to a state medical facility after a psychiatrist found him criminally insane He is charged with shooting James Hilborn 33 and his wife as they drove near Placer County Handy who says he knew Arthborn and has given no reason for the shooting ripped a metal bank from a jail wall and has a long history of mental illness.
Police say William Chamberlain, 33, is charged with murder after a wild shooting spree at a Sonoma home. One victim was killed, two young daughters were critically shot, and a bystander was lightly wounded. Chamberlain, held without bail, faces a preliminary hearing. He reportedly lives in Sonoma and runs a hypnotherapy office in San Francisco.
Laren Duvall of Castro Valley and an avid Reroack from Hayward completed a training course with the California Highway Patrol in Sacramento. The program covered accident investigation laws of arrest first aid emergency vehicle operation and weapons. Duvall has five years on the force and Keroack four. Both are assigned to the San Leandro CHP office.
New York officials branded the Constellation tragedy as a mess and deplorable. Fire Commissioner Edward Cavanagh criticized Navy safety procedures after a December 18 blaze that caused millions in damage and killed several aboard the carrier before it reached the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He called for better shipboard housekeeping and fire prevention, saying civilian projects would have been halted for similar risks.
AP dispatch from London reports three men killed by gas at a wellhead and a fourth badly injured while working at a reserve park site. The injured worker was hospitalized in serious condition. Authorities investigate cause and safety measures at the site.
PALM BEACH Fla AP President Kennedy will hold live news conferences broadcast during evening hours on major networks. Press secretary Pierre Salinger said plans were under consideration after talks with network officials who favor live coverage. Kennedy's first post inauguration conference likely to air on TV and radio. Eisenhower held evenly spaced sessions, a practice Kennedy may continue more frequently. Networks cautioned they may not broadcast every presidential conference.
In Gallatin a search for eight persons leads to two men arrested on a grand jury charge. A mother and five children were taken Tuesday amid a family dispute. Police pursued leads linking a restaurant service station near Mainttordvlle to the case. Warrant affidavits traced to Mrs. Orval Taylor and a missing husband as authorities chase the motive and location of the kidnaping.
The document summarizes annual food consumption estimates by the Aviation Department, listing approximate pounds of dairy, fish, meat, fruit, vegetables, grains, fats, sugars, and beverages consumed in the year. It notes specific figures for dairy, meat, fish, oils, fruits, vegetables, and caffeinated drinks.
Backache relief ad promises quick cures for various ailments including ulcers, liver and kidney issues, bladder problems, and pelvic stress. It claims diseases subside once backaches are treated, listing an office in San Leandro at LO 26213 and urging readers to visit for relief.
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