Hope Held Big Four Meet Will End Korean Deadlock
UN diplomats expect a breakthrough at the Big Four foreign ministers talks in Beijing as Russia and Molotov face pressure to soften their rigid stance. India urges a reconvened UN Assembly to vote on handling Korean War prisoners and Nehru weighs backing a new session and repatriation actions through Lt Gen Thimayya.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations, N.Y
INS
Bei- Jin
U.N
Vyacheslav Molotov
Russia
Far East
Dag Hammarskjold
India
Assembly
Global Forum
Mime
V. S. Pandit
New Delhi
Mme
Pandit
U.S
Keyes
Arthur H. Dean
Panmunjom
Jawaharlal
Nehru
K. S. Thimayya
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
U. S
Aid Offered in Income Reports at Centerville High
Centerville Washington high school adult education offers tax form instruction. Principal Judson Taylor notes instructors will not prepare returns but will teach procedures in classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 p m as part of a bookkeeping course. Other offerings include men's basketball, badminton, and a planned flower arranging class if enough interest. First aid classes for Alameda County sheriff’s department reserves begin next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville
Adult Education
Washington High School
Judson Taylor
Aight
Itill
Alameda County
Newark Man Killed in Train Crash
Leyter Lollar, a 66 year old Newark carpenter, died after his car was struck by a Southern Pacific freight train at the Ash street crossing. The impact hurled his car 300 feet. ambulance crews rushed him to Fairmont hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Fireman Harold W. Milley alerted the engineer Valerio Silva as emergency brakes failed to stop the slow moving 43 car train. Lollar was returning home from work and is survived by his wife.
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Lollar
Anto
Fairmont Hospital
Rnch
Newark
Southern Pacific
Ash Street
Leyter Lollar
P.O. Box
Harold W. Milley
Valerio Silva
GOP Senators Clash Over Farm Plan Effects
Republican senators clashed during a Senate GOP conference over how President Eisenhower's farm program would affect fall elections. Dirksen urged action to win the Senate, while Young defended fixed high supports and Watkins backed the flexible plan. Millikin noted the agricultural situation is pivotal to 1954 outcomes. The panel also discussed a cotton acreage boost and other issues, including Bricker amendments and Seaway measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Milton R. Young
Arthur Watkins
Utaa
Eugen D. Miliikin
Colo
INS
Presidene Eisenhower
Sen
Joseph
Ry.McCarthy
R- Wisi
Eugene Millikin
R-Corp
Beisenhower
GOP
Congress
McCarthy
Sens
Milton Young
R-N.d
William Jenners
R-Ind
Edward J. Thye
R-Minn
Arthur V.>watkins
R-Uteh
Millikin
Young
Agriculture Committee
House
Gen Drally
Attorney Tells Of Life as Spy for FBI
In Washington a Charlotte attorney testified before the subversive activities control board that he served as a volunteer undercover FBI agent in the Communist party for nearly four and a half years. Ralph Clayton Clontz Jr named J Junius I Seales as Communist party chairman for the Carolinas and said he was tutored and indoctrinated, receiving a scholarship to the Jefferson School of Science in New York City on Seales's recommendation. He said he provided FBI with information from 1948 to 1953 and joined the party in January 1950 after a rigorous examination by Seales and another official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charlotte
N. C
Atorney Aiso
FBI
Communist Party
Ralph. Clayton Clontz, Jr
Activities Control’ Board
J. Junius I. Seales
North
South Carolina
Jeff
Pel Clontz
One-Cent Milk Price Cut Announced
The State Bureau of Milk Centre announced a one cent per quart price cut in 27 northern California counties effective January. Minimum prices to distributors drop to 46 cents per hundredweight. counties include Alameda Butte Contra Costa Marin Mendocino Lake Monterey Santa Cruz Napa Solano Sonoma San Francisco San Mateo Santa Clara. Home delivery prices fall one cent, ending one cent above store sale prices.
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Sacramento I
State
Bureau of Milk Centre
Sehiornia
D. A. Weinland
Alameda
Butte
Contra Costa
Marin
Mendocino
Lake
Monterey
Santa Cruz
Napa
Lorama
Placer
Nevada
San Francisco
San Mateo
Santa Clara
Eisenhower Plans Far Reaching Public Works Agency
President Eisenhower proposes a new independent public works agency to quickly stimulate business and employment if needed. Three White House advisers outline a three fold mandate to plan initiate supervise and coordinate public construction across agencies. The idea faces opposition from Commerce and Interior secretaries and echoes the Roosevelt era PWA.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Awful
Public Works Agency
White House
Arthur Burns
Economic Council
Defense
Arthur Flemming
Gabriel Hauge
Commerce
Sincair Weeks
Interior
Douglas Mccay
PWA
Roosevelt
Harold Ickes
Reclamation Bureau
Bureau of Public Roads
Army Engi
Easy to Pay Bills at Redwood Pharmacy
Castro Valley residents can pay EBMUD water and sanitary sewer fees and utility bills at Redwood Pharmacy in the Davis Shopping Center at Redwood Laurel and Ar Sweets. The store is open daily with extended hours and offers free parking and prescription services.
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Castro Valley
Redwood Pharmacy
Davis
Redwood
Laurel
Alhows
Berkeley Chancellor Clears IBy Witness on UC Plan
Chancellor Clark Kerr notified Herbert Naboisek there is no basis for discharge or disciplinary action based on his testimony before the House Un American Activities committee in San Francisco last month. Naboisek said he is not a Communist and has not been since 1947. He refused to answer about prior affiliation to avoid implicating others. Regents Attorney John Calkins found no law violation due to statute of limitations.
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Berkeley
University of California
Clark Kerry
Herbert “ Naboisek
House Un-American Activities Committee
Naboisch
San Francisco
Communist Party
Regents
John A. Calisins
Calkins
Kerr
Rural Traffic Deaths High in Alameda County
A year end report by Coroner Bernard Bungar shows nearly one tenth of Alameda County’s 129 traffic deaths occurred in rural areas in 1953. Hayward logged three deaths and Oakland the most with 56. October and December each had 18 deaths. Fourteen outside county deaths were also noted.
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Hayward
Alameda County
Bernard D. Bungar
San Leandro
Centerville
Oakland
Four Kidnapped By Hoodlums In Los Angeles
Police report a violent night with four people kidnapped, including an elderly woman assaulted in La Canada. Hoodlums entered the Burge home injuring Mrs. Mabel Johnson and detaining Eugene Burge and three guests before fleeing. A seaman was robbed in the broader incident.
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Los Angeles
la Canada
Mabel Johnson
Traffic Toll Drops In California In Early January
Traffic deaths in California during January 1 to 10 totaled 63, down from 102 a year earlier. Rural fatalities fell to 41 from 66 and urban deaths declined to 24 from 46. Highway Patrol Commissioner B R Caldwell credited near perfect road conditions and good motoring manners for the reduction.
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Sacramento
California
California Highway Patrol
B. BR. Caldwell
Lawmakers push curbs on fireworks and new service academy
Rep Margaret Stiff urges curbs on fireworks to states banning them and calls for penalties on bootleggers. House Armed Services Chairman Dewey Short backs a bill to fund Air Force Academy construction with up to 1000000000, creating a West Point like rival to Army and Navy. Taft-Hartley supporters rally for Eisenhower plan to allow strikes votes, arguing for greater rank and file voice while Democrats warn of anti labor implications.
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Margaret Stiff
Church
Senate
Dewey Short
House
Armed Services Committee
Air Force I
Mmore
Army
West Point
Navy
Annapolis
Taft-Hartley
Eisenhoower
Ion
On the Wing Memphis Bird Strike Incident
In Memphis Walton Lipses Jr. did not fire a shot yet reported a quail incident. A flying bird struck the gun barrel causing injury and a broken neck, according to the account.
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Memphis, Tenn
Walton Lipses, Jr
San Lorenzo Twins 7 Tour Town After Disappearing
Seven year old Billy and Bobby Cruickshank were found safe in San Lorenzo after a widespread search by Alameda County sheriff's deputies and a fireman posse. The boys, who had vanished after a school stop, reportedly toured caves streams and comic book stands before being located by Police Lt. William Duff near a service station. They described a vague tale of cave exploring and a comic book spree. Their father, Charles Cruickshank, retrieved them at 15844 Via Rivera for a hot meal and sleep.
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San Lorenzo
Billy
Bobby Cruick
Shank
Jewel Cruickshank
William Duff
Duff
Alameda County
Taft-Hartley Battle Looms In Senate
Washington reports a major Senate fight over President Eisenhower's Taft-Hartley proposals. Republicans Alexander Smith and Samuel McConnell push to write a bill with limited hearings, while Democrats James Murray and Herbert Lehmen demand open hearings for labor and management input. Senate leaders pledge careful review amid calls for prompt action if feasible.
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Washington
iNs
Senate
Houge
Labor
Samuel K.“Mcconnell Jr
Labor Committee
Labor and Management
James £. Murray
Mont
Herbert H. Lehmen
Smith
Lynn B. Johnson
Texas
Eisenhower
Wayne Morse
Ind
Ore
Russian Taught Here Budapest School Policy
Children from age 10 must learn Russian in Hungarian schools under government guidance. The policy extends from fifth grade upward with special courses arranged at parental request for pupils.
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Budapest
GOP Doubtful On Ike Plan Faces Hard Hurdles
Senate Republicans voiced doubt over President Eisenhower’s flexible price supports. McCarthy pressed farm issue after no consensus emerged. Some senators favored 90 percent parity, while others urged keeping fixed supports. House resistance and election-year politics complicate passage.
Hoffman Seeks Expanded Probe of Labor Racketeering
Rep. Steve Hoffman of Michigan says few labor leaders extorted millions from unions and business. He seeks renewed authority for a probe into alleged labor racketeering, targeting AFL Teamsters and welfare funds in Minneapolis Chicago Detroit and San Francisco amid reports of misused funds and political pressure.
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Hoffman
Washington
Teve E. Hoffman
Michy
Eisenhower
Hollman
Powters
AFL Teamsters’ Union
Minneapolis
Chicago
Detroit
San Francisco
Walter Riehiman
Riehlman
Labor Committee
Labor
Kansas City
Ehret Hosts Officials Dinner Honor in Scouting Year
Lorenzo Paul Ehret, superintendent of San Lorenzo schools, chairs the Oakland Area Boy Scout council annual dinner at the Scottish Rite Temple in Oakland on Saturday Jan 18. The event honors outstanding Scouting leaders for 1953 and marks the first year of a shot-luck affair, according to Carroll Rogers Eden District chairman.
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San: Lorenzo
Paul Ehret
San Lorenzo
Mary of
Rogers
Youth Gunman Wounded in San Leandro Robbery Stop
A 14 year old youth carrying pistols a knife and a taped bludgeon was wounded and captured after a San Leandro grocer, Arlindy Moutinho, stopped his attempted robbery on San Leandro boulevard near Willow Street. Police say the boy may have robbed a Richmond garage earlier and was in juvenile custody for armed robbery and burglary.
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San Leandro
Arlindy Moutinho
Oakland
Montinno
William Street
Orkhard Avenue
Richmond
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American Medical Association
Burge
Ike Crosby
Bing Crosby
Jean O'Connor
Maurice Spillane
Mickey Spillane
Arnold S. Bloomberg
Nurs
Ramon Ramirez
William Ponce
Lorenzo Z Diaz
Robert S. Allen
Iby
Il.a
San Lorenzo Twins
Jesse
Ike
Jei Hoffman
Ehret
Moutinho
Yan
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