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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1960
Page
1
Mary Martin, star of The Sound of Music, outlines a disciplined routine to stay at peak performance. She sings on her head each morning, boxes and diets carefully, and takes large vitamin pills. She favors a sunshine life and escapes to a 1100 acre Brazilian farm, a working coffee plantation, as a form of insurance for future plans.
In Dublin, Elise Briscoe, 21, daughter of Robert Briscoe, former Lord Mayor, has embraced Roman Catholicism and entered Carmelite convent in Clonskea. Briscoe lauded private faith choice and said the decision was a private matter, amid public attention.
In Nairobi, Africans staged a Monday night demonstration using green branches as a surrender signal. Police broke up the crowd with baton charges and 17 Africans were arrested. Colonial Secretary Iain Macleod reiterated Kenya’s path to independence with Africans as the dominant political force. Police suggested a misunderstanding of his remarks.
The Daily Review lists its Hayward California office at Winton Ave and provides subscription rates and address details. The note includes printed contact lines and various stray typographic elements from the period.
Paris AP report Bardot returns to Mon Day studio for first time since birth of son Nicolas. She resumes rehearsals for La Verite The Truth.
Washington 1917 report notes Kennedy seeks fair play in Wisconsin primary as delegates are chosen and a possible statewide vote split risks Kennedy gaining few delegates. Humphrey and Eisenhower opponents trigger similar mechanization charges. Maryland may back Kennedy with 24 convention votes though shifts possible after initial ballot. Governor Tawes supports Kennedy entry in Maryland primary with delegate commitments likely to shift later.
The Baltimore Museum of Art will oversee the U S pavilion at the Venice Biennale Contemporary. Adelyn Brees, museum director, will select the works by three painters and a sculptor. The museum needs about 7000 of 25000 dollars and has 40 days to raise the funds.
Sacramento AP Republican lawmakers with Democratic aid urged tax cuts to offset Governor Brown's budget, proposing to repeal the cigarette tax, exempt dryers from sales tax, and reduce income taxes. The plan faced opposition from Assemblyman Micnell and Senate leaders who argued for maintaining tax levels amid a large budget.
In Sacramento a minority of the Assembly Water Committee issued a report diverging from the majority on water policy. The minority backs cost-based water sales with no subsidies and argues for land-use limits and recreation benefits. The majority favors market-priced power and a subsidy-free, distance-based water delivery model with cost repayment as the only constraint.
Gen Douglas MacArthur shows further improvement after hospital admission for enlarged prostate. Col Gordon Barclay reports the general is comfortable and slept well, with less pain. A Washington medical review cites simple nonmalignant prostate enlargement and possible kidney involvement, needing further study.
London reports official UN notice that a cease-fire has been arranged in the Syrian border clash between Israel and United Arab Republic troops. A foreign spokesman said the U N truce observation mission has responsibility for settling the matter locally.
Moscow reports Khrushchev charges West Germany punished communists with harsh laws and says Adenauer occupies the same role as a puppet. He repeats demands to keep peace with East Germany and urges Western Allies to withdraw from West Berlin in a Tass published letter.
A rock slide halted trains between Roanoke and Bristol with 500 yards of track covered forcing passengers into taxicab shuttles. A remorseful bank robber returned all $4,000 after a teller’s family was threatened. A Texas burglar accused of stealing to aid the poor claimed Robin Hood status, while Tokyo’s civil court opened on time for the first time.
One person was slightly injured and four treated after six cars of a Louisville and Nashville passenger train derailed near RISONS. Frank B. Lengie, 74, of Vancouver Wash., hospitalized for observation with forehead cuts. His 72-year-old wife and two others treated for bruises and released. Derailment occurred shortly before 7 pm Monday. cause not determined. Train originated into New Orleans with sections for New York and Florida.
Moscow reports the Soviet plans to invade the US small car market with the Maskvich, a compact model awaiting delivery for Russian buyers. Rubert Castle, an American dealer in Herkimer New York and Syracuse, agreed to take 10,000 units in two years, with initial deliveries this summer. Castle owns Castle Car Co and other outlets, having recently sold his Ford business. The car is priced at about 25,000 rubles, roughly 2,500 dollars at the exchange rate, about 31,100 outside the Soviet Union, with prior West Germany entry attempts stalled.
Three men face fraud charges in U S District Court over a Bay Area scam that sold home knitting machines to housewives. Paul B Thompson 36 of Santa Monica James E Thompson 40 of North Baltimore Ohio and Peter B Johnson 27 of Santa Monica allegedly sold 96 machines at 338 each with high financing. They allegedly promised savings of 50 monthly and began their jury trial on Monday.
In S Warrant Japan, four Marines pleaded guilty to stealing pistols and ammunition from air facility armories in November and December. Private first class Janes A. Jolson, 19, of Florin California, received a sentence of years at hard labor.
London AP reports Prime Minister Harold Macmillan's Conservative government will seek Parliament approval for Britain's largest peacetime defense budget. The plan aims to boost conventional arms while maintaining the nuclear arsenal. The budget rises by 120 to 160 million pounds, about 336 to 420 million dollars, totaling around 4.564 billion dollars.
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