Ex-President Remon Murder Sparks Martial Law in Panama
Ex-President Remon was killed at a race track by machine gun fire as martial law was declared for 30 days. Bodyguards Tomas Royal and Tomas Wilson reported multiple shooters from four directions. Jose Maria Peralta and Danilo Sousa also died, with several others wounded. Authorities speculated assassins were foreign gunmen, not Panamanians.
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Feze
Remon
Arias
Jose Maria Peralta
Danilo Sousa
Tomas Royal
Tomas Wilson
Irack
Peralta
Sousa
Anguizola Avas
Deobarriowae
Hayward Seeks Removal of Airport Recapture Clause
City officials pressed Washington officials to drop the recapture clause that blocks industrial development at Hayward airport. They argue the land lacks military utility and jets need longer runways, citing support from Rep. Miller and state aviation head Doolin, with meetings in CAA and in Sen. Knowland Kuchel offices.
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Washington
CAA
Defense Department
Art Phillips
Bob Wright
Fred Taplin
Ficklin
George P. Miller
Miller
House
Armed Services Committee
B. M. Doolin
California Aeronautics Commission
Doolin
California
Hayward
William Knowland
Thomas Kuchel
American Municipal Association
Thieves Tackle Safe at Garrier and Yeoman Feed Store
Thieves stole a heavy 200 pound safe from Garrier and Yeoman Feed Store at 4941 Castro Valley Boulevard during New Year weekend. Deputies say they forced entry by removing a metal cover, opened the dial on the floor, and wheeled the safe onto a cart and into a truck, finding only small change inside.
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Garrier and Yeoman Feed
Castro Valley Boulevard
Emil J. Wapelhorst
Mt Eden Trustees Review Building Plans Tonight
Mt Eden school trustees will review the building program at a special meeting at 8 p.m. in the Mt Eden school. District Superintendent E. C. Ingraham announced the session and a representative from Higgins and Root of San Jose will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Eden School
San Jose
Higgins and Root
E. C. Ingraham
Mt. Edeni
Odd Fellows lodge urges safe driving in Hayward proclamation
Sycamore Lodge 129 members call Hayward residents to observe the national slogan Be Odd Be Courteous originating from the Sovereign Grand Lodge. John W. Nichols noble grand and George W. Preston secretary announce issuance of a moving contractors license and safety proclamation signed by Frank M. Martin chairman on Second Street in Hayward for safer driving.
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Sycamore Lodge
Order of Odd Fellows
Hayward
Oder
Sovereign
Grand Lodge
Ood Fellows
Lodge Sacramento
CNS
John W. Nichols
Noble Grand
George W. Preston
House
House Moving Contractors
Frank M. Martin
Hinton Brothers, Inc
Second Street
Leandro to Review Halcyon Branch Library Costs
San Leandro council reviews Halcyon Foothill Manor branch cost estimates. Initial furnishing and book stocking projected at 6000 dollars with monthly operating costs around 550 dollars. Council referred the matter to the library board for study amid annexation driven service requests from residents.
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Leandro
Halcyon
San Leandro
San Leandroli
Halcyon-Foothill Manor
Castro Valley Baby App arent Contest Winner
A Castro Valley baby is declared the apparent early contender for the 1955 Hayward area baby contest. The child, daughter of Mr and Mrs Glenn C Black of 19086 Maberry Drive, was born at Hayward hospital at 12 45 am on Jan 1 weighing 7 pounds 8 ounces. Other newborns from Hayward area listed include a Reed daughter and a Souza son born at Eden hospital and Best Avenue San Leandro respectively. The contest requires Alameda county birth and Hayward or Washington Union district residency with certified birth time by Jan 10.
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Castro Valley
Glenn C. Black
Ma Berry Drive
Linda Joyce Kuehenmeister
Henry Kuehenmeister
Stanton Avenue
Black
Hayward Hospital
Oni
Hayward Area
George Reed
John Souza
Eden Hospital
Reed
Mockingbird’ Lane
Hayward
Souza
San Leandro
Washington Union High
Brown Rules on Employee Safety
SACRAMENTO state Attorney General Edmund G Brown ruled the State division of industrial safety may require employers to protect employees from hazards of substandard equipment even if the workers do not use it. The presence of faulty tanks or unguarded power tools is a hazard to nearby workers and the division can order corrections as requested by Paul Scharvenberg, state diss jector of industrial relations.
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Sacramento
CNS
Edmund G. Brown
State Division of Industrial Safety
Brown
Paul Scharvenberg
Berkeley minister Dr Galen Fisher dies at home
Dr Galen M Fisher well known minister and author died yesterday in Berkeley hospital after a short illness at age 2. In San Rafael Bart Casit ativo Filipino-born houseboy goes on trial for murders at a Stinson Beach resort September 1. District officials said to seek the death penalty with 15 to 20 witnesses. Casit ativo, 48, is defended by James Martin MacInnis who will claim he was elsewhere at the time of the slayings. Also reported: a 38-year-old merchant seaman booked on suspicion of murder after a boarding house roomer was stabbed to death during a quarrel in downtown San Francisco. Arrested is Henry Lewis.
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Berkeley
Galen M. Fisher
Berkeley Hospital
San Rafael
Bart Casitativo
Camille
Joseph Banks
Stinson
Astor
Weissich
Ber Wall
Caritativo
James Martin Maciinnis
Charles
Udick
Mrs. Banks
Tames
Gleason
Udich
Gtinean Baan
San Francisco
City Prison
Henry Lewis
Man Shoots at His Wife Three Times-But He Misses
San Francisco area residents were warned to check $20 bills after counterfeit notes circulated. Secret Service special agent in charge Paul Paterni urged merchants to compare with genuine bills, noting the Jackson portrait and engraving appear faint.
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San Francisco
Bay Area
Paul Paterni
U.S
Secret Service
Jon Hand
Jackson
Church Leader Leaves After Gun Incident In Oakland
San Francisco dispatch reports church leader Frank Romero and Mrs McKay assisting a distraught wife after a quarrel. A pistol borrowed from neighbors sparked a night of fear as the family fled to an Oakland motel and later sought police escort home amid plans for a Pacific Island misssions tour.
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Boot
Alfred Charles Boot
Newark
James Boot
Stork
Hawaii
Cochran and Agnew Protest Oakland Airport Annex
Ashland and San Lorenzo leaders Gerald Cochran and John Agnew filed protests with the Oakland City Hall over the annexation scope. They contest the plan to annex about 5000 extra acres, with the southern edge west of Hayward airport, and warn it could inflate the Bay City’s assessed value by up to 10,000,000 in reclaimed beach and shoreline.
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Ashland
Gerald Cochran
John Agnew
San Lorenzo
Oakland
Cochran
Lifford Rishell
Oakland Port Commission
Rishell
Hayward
San Lorenzo-Washington Martor
Bay City
Board Meeting Set At Chabot School For Paradise Valley PTA
Castro Valley PTA members petitioned the Castro Valley district for a panel on board procedures. Superintendent A B Morris schedules tomorrow night’s meeting of Castro Valley trustees at Lake Chabot school 19104 Lake Chabot road at 4 pm. Attendees may include PTA members with a special invitation. meeting open to the public. Trustees will review construction plans for a new grade school on Sidney Way with Architect Dean Lillis, comparing open corridor options and lighting for classrooms.
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Castro Valley — Chabot Pta
Castro Valley School District
A. B. Morris
Castro Valley
Lake Chabot School
Lake Chabot Road
PTA
Morris
Sidney Way
Dean Lillis
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American Republic
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U.S. Studies
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Eden Trustees ‘Review
Lbrary Board
Carlo Anderson
Bill Hancock
Lucille Bosles
Anna Gil
Pery
HFC Txiayl
LE Eeen
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Highgate
Seener Arena
Joseph
Cochran and
Agnew
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C.Y. Board
Chabot School
Stotewide
Robes E P.j
Claniversary
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Pionéer
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Pioneer
Pioneer Investors Savings and Loan Association
Milton M. Sheppard
Oakland Hayward
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