12 Feb 1960
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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1960
Page
1
A nostalgic look at Valentine’s Day gives way to dark humor and ominous gifts. The piece chronicles how gallows jokes and sinister tokens replace candy, roses, and romance. It warns of strained marriages and suggests a night out as a safer gift, noting a husband’s awkward Halloween quip at a toast.
Senator Hubert Humphrey praised President Eisenhower s proposal to ban nuclear tests, noting it mirrored a plan he first offered in Ponca City. He spoke in Long Beach and San Francisco stressing disarmament as the world s urgent issue while Republicans countered Democratic defense critiques in Akron and Boston.
SACRAMENTO AP The Ways and Means subcommittee approved Gov Brown's proposal to expand the State Fair Employment Practice Commission's staff to five, with savings from reduced commissioner working time. The measure moves to the full committee while Senate action stalled on aging and analysis proposals.
A historical notice from The Daily Review records mail matter status and contact address in Hayward California. It names a post office entry and postal act reference, with the address 19 S16 Winton Ave Hayward for communications.
Washington AP reports Nixon associates react with cautious optimism to Rockefeller praise in Buffalo but see no clear sign of active support. No direct contact since Rockefeller’s December bow out. Hart Finch contacts yield little. Nixon remains uncertain about New York backing and potential endorsement.
Baltimore cops quit the five year old custom of giving refiring high brass a $1,000 retirement gift. Police Commissioner Jamies M. Hepburn said the practice would stop though it was not personal against Inspector William E. Taylor. Clerks and patrolmen questioned funding from salaries of $5,000 and $3,300.
California Democrats converge on Fresno for the California Democratic Council convention with over 300 expected. Speakers include Sen. John F. Kennedy Gov. Edmund G. Brown and Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey. Brown signals a neutral stance while seeking a free choice slate for the June primary.
Washington AP reports no one has claimed the erratic object circling Earth for weeks. Air Force and Army officials debate its identity, with theories ranging from a Discoverer casing to a Soviet spacecraft. Navy trackers note signals are scarce as the egg shaped orbit reaches 1074 miles high. Moscow has not commented and a Soviet expert doubts the object is theirs.
Indirect evidence hints fish can hear underwater but certainty remains elusive per the National Geographic Society.
In Henley magistrates court a drunken driving trial led to confusion as defense attorney John Eusby and prosecutor Denis Busby were noted as identical twins. NYC case saw Ed ward Fanelli fined two dollars for illegal parking after claiming motor scooters were parked upright by motorcycle patrols, a practice the judge rejected. In Syracuse a 12th century writ was cited about a free election but restricts electing Richard, the king's clerk, archdeacon of Poilexa. Police rushed to a scene after a call claiming I killed two, finding two Black Angus cows dead on a highway. A London Daily Mirror report notes a British firm now makes mink-trimmed handkerchiefs for men.
In San Francisco, marine surveyors and tasters confirmed Angelo Petri’s 244 million gallons of bulk wine were unharmed after the storm damaged the world’s largest wine tanker. Missile fuel and cottonseed oil were unaffected, but most electrical machinery in the engine room was ruined during the 26 hours adrift off the Santa Francisco coast.
Sheriff Art Wernmuth says a major break is near in the abduction of Adolph Coors I, the 44 year old brewer missing since Thursday morning. The elder Adolph Coors II flew back from Hawaii to negotiate with captors, while police pursue three suspects seen near the family home in a dark blue and white Dodge.
A nationally known illustrator Harold Von Schmidt of Westport Conn will headline a one man show at the Second Annual Alumni Invitational Exhibition of the California College of Arts and Crafts. The event opens next Wednesday.
Dr. Barbata Moore, Britain's famed hiker, fined for speeding in a bubble car between London and Paris. She admits exceeding the limit only while passing another car. The London Appeals Court rejects her plea that others were being faster.
Three speakers headline the Southern Alameda County Dental Society meeting at La Casa restaurant 155 MacArthur Blvd on Tuesday. Dr Henry Leicester Dr Allen Willis and Dr John Benedxten will discuss Water Fluoridation.
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