Purchio Named to California Highway Commission
Gov Edmund Brown appoints Hayward city councilman John J Purchio to the California Highway Commission, the first Alameda County member since the body's 1811 creation. The four year term begins Jan 15. Purchio will resign his council seat amid possible conflict of interest. He expresses happiness at the important post and hopes to meet the task, while politics buzzes about leadership shifts and a forthcoming April council election. Purchio will resign from the Golden Gate Authority Advisory Council and may back Mayor Madhester for another advisory post.
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Edmund G. Brown
Hayward
John J. Purchio
California Highway Commission
Purchio
Alameda County
State Commission
Porehio
City Hall
Purchin
Floyd Attaway
Sichael Sheridan
R. K. Dattenrieder
Richard Bobonie
Jackson
John Harris
Committee For Representative Government
Rabonic
South Hayward
Frank Biggs
Bobonic
Attaway
Sheridan
Dettenrieder
Smith
Harris
Jon
Golden Gate Authority Advisory Council
Bay Area
Jack Madhester
Advisory Council
Maltester
Willian McCall
Alamedda
Fuichier
Prayer for Today Quiets Troubled Human Spirit
The prayer invokes calm amid burdens troubles and dangers of life. It asks for the stillness of quietness to fill striving minds and to ease stress, seeking peace in ordered lives through faith and serenity.
Judge Rules In Favor Of Actor Hayden
Los Angeles based appeal covers Sterling Hayden who defied a court order to take his children to Tahiti. He received a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to contempt showing the judge acknowledged emotional strain while emphasizing the need to protect the children. The decision followed a lengthy custody dispute with his ex wife Botty Hayden, who had sought contempt penalties for the voyage.
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Los Angeles
Sterling Hayden
Tahiti
Emil Gumpert
Hayden
South Pacific
Two Sailors Die in Crash Near Hollister
AP reports two Alameda Naval Air Station sailors died when their car struck boulders beside Highway JOL near Hollister. Victims were Hubert Eugene Hayes 22 of Rocky Ford Cole and Marvin Francis Bradford 18 of Alameda. Ronald Miller of Philadelphia survived with minor injuries.
Week-Old Plane Hunt Continues in Fog
Civil Air Patrol ground crews pressed the search for a week old plane with four Seattle residents aboard. CAP officials called a promising lead but heavy fog forced air searches to be called off temporarily, delaying recovery efforts.
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Civil Air Patrol
Seattle
CAP
Iead
Area's Big Strides In Business Shown
Hayward and surrounding Southern Alameda County saw major business growth over five years per a Dun & Bradstreet census. Hayward rose 46 percent to 1098 establishments, with notable gains in San Leandro and South County towns like Newark and Castro Valley, while northern cities such as Albany and Oakland slipped, yielding an Alameda County net gain of 4 percent.
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Hayward
Alameda County
Dun & Bradstreet
ASEAL
Dun & Grade Street
San Leandro
Newark
Castro Valley
Necota
Livermore
Pleasanton
Albany
Oakland
Castro Valleyy
Decoto
South County
Rain Still Expected for Bay Area Weather Update
Weather forecast shifts from no rain to continued rainfall beginning this afternoon and lasting through tomorrow with potential inch amounts. A sudden storm from a low pressure system west of Eureka prompted gusty winds and heavy snow in mountain regions. Cold spell eases as temperatures rise above freezing in Southern Alameda County.
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East
Bay Area
California
Inday
Eureka
Weather Bureau
Alameda County
Doctor Quits Over Bardot Pregnancy Dispute
In Paris, Brigitte Bardot and husband Jacques Charrier reportedly defied gynecology doctor Theophile Lacnner who warned them to follow orders. The physician quit after the couple ignored his medical advice, according to friends.
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Paris Upin
Brigitte Bardot
Theophiles Lacnner
Jacques Charrier
Peggy O'Neil Dies in London Stage Star Passes Away
Peggy O'Neil, Irish American stage star whose charm influenced the song Peggy O'Neil, died in London. She had been crippled by arthritis and confined to a wheelchair for the last 12 years.
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London
Peggy O'Neil
Miss O'Neit
Perfect Murder Weapon Explained at Cambridge Lecture
Dr Bernard Saunders described a liquid nerve gas named FLALA as a perfect murder weapon to 30 government scientists at Cambridge University. The gas would be undetectable in beverages, cause death after a 20 minute delay, and leave no obvious chemicals in the body.
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Cambridge, Eng
Bernard Saunders
Cambridge University
Dr. Saunders
Eisenhower urges unity in final year for peace and prosperity
Washington DP President Eisenhower appealed to a Democratic Congress to stop wrangling and work with him in his last year. He framed 1960 as potentially the most prosperous year, cited inflation and civil rights as issues, and outlined a 1961 budget plan of 318.8 billion with a surplus for the current year. He praised cooperation but warned that interbranch wrangling wastes time.
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Eisenhower
House
Congress
Nixon
Sam Rayburn
UPI
Washington
UPL
Senate
Ilis
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Russia
Moscow
Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
28 Scientists On Melting Arctic Island Reported Breakup
The Air Force said an Arctic island housing 28 U S scientists is breaking up near Point Barrow Alaska. Planes with skis were sent for rescue as the island disintegrated to under a quarter its size leaving a 3700 foot runway. Transport ski planes supply food tractors and building materials to the site.
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Washington
Air Force
Arctic
U.S
Tee Floe Charley
Point Barrow
Alaska
Alaska Air Command
Tactical Air Command
Riot by 400 Convicts at Connecticut Prison
In Wethersfield Connecticut inmates seized keys, overpowered guards, and triggered a riot at Connecticut State Prison on Wednesday night. Police and guards used tear gas and high pressure hoses to quell the blaze after 245 hours. a fireman and a prisoner were slightly hurt. Warden Mark S. Richmond said about a dozen ringleaders dominated two guards and freed nearly half the prison population. investigations were planned to identify those involved.
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Wethersfield
Ten GIs Die in Libyan Plane Crash
A military transport aircraft crashed off the Libyan coast near Tripoli, killing ten U.S. soldiers. Guards reportedly were securing inmates aboard and preparing for night lockdown when the Otter plane went down after noon local time.
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Tripolt
Libya
Alolf
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