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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1955
Page
1
United Nations security council announced an urgent effort to secure a cease-fire involving Formosan forces, with New York hosts noted as a center of diplomacy. The move follows rising tensions and calls for international mediation between conflicting parties.
Red Chinese bombers attacked the Tachen Islands as Nationalist troops prepared for evacuation. Soviet bombers killed 16, wounded 28, and destroyed seven dwellings on Lower Tachen. The U.S. Pacific Fleet stood ready to evacuate 10,000 Nationalists and 20,000 islanders once Washington and Taipei authorize.
General Ridgway challenged Army Secretary Stevens on a 70,000 man reduction claiming new weapons require more personnel. He urged closed testimony and pressed that global conflict could deepen needs, expanding combat zones and demanding rapid concentration and redeployment of forces.
President Eisenhower has set in motion emergency military measures in Formosa urged by the Joint Chiefs of Staff under a crisis resolution. Plans include a large force of long range interceptor fighters, strong anti-aircraft units, and a doubled US military mission on the Nationalist stronghold, with evacuations prepared for other islands under U.S. cover.
London. Prime Minister Eden told the Commons Britain will push for a Formosa cease fire and deter fighting amid a Commonwealth leaders meeting. A Liberal urged pressing China and the United States to withdraw Nationalists to Formosa and the Pescadores, while a plan to appeal to Eisenhower, Chou En Lai, and Malenkov for a peaceful UN solution circulated.
Ashland deputies seek an unidentified man burglarizing two bushland homes Sunday and attempting a third entry last night. Entries were through bedroom windows pried open with a flat tool. Victims Pierson and Carroll reported ransacked drawers and bedrooms with valuables missing or undisclosed.
A lone robber at the Niles theater Saturday night escaped with $100 from the cashier window after a 17 year old cashier Charlene Conklin pursued him. The man, simulating a gun, demanded all the money as she began counting bills and then fled around the corner into darkness.
Centerville area Jaycees schedule a dinner and board meeting with Merchants Association assisting. President Gort schodl don Morris remind members. Plans include preparations for a State Board meeting in San Villa Jeray with dinner to be served at 6:45 pm. George L. Nunes announces details.
Bruce Harry Haskell, 19, of 627 Main Street Hayward, was killed by Patrolman Keith Bennett on Main Street near the Anglo California Bank after fleeing from a routine patrol. Bennetts shots from a rooftop followed discovery of a loaded 38 caliber revolver in a suitcase. Haskell, on probation after a six month stint at Santa Rita, had prior arrests for various offenses.
The Supreme Court ruled that professional boxing and legitimate theater fall outside antitrust exemptions granted to baseball. In two decisions, it allowed the Justice Department to pursue monopoly suits against the International Boxing Club groups in New York and Chicago and against Shubert theater interests, while not finding them guilty of violations. The rulings constrain the earlier narrow baseball precedent and reaffirm that interstate booking of plays and musical shows cannot share that exemption. The boxing case targets IBC, Madison Square Garden Corp, and associates, while the theater case enables civil action against Jacob Shubert, Marcus Heiman, and related corporations controlling multiple theaters.
Landis K. Carlyle a well known Hayward jeweler and amateur golfer died after long illness at his home 91296 Birch street Hayward. He was active in local golf and a member of the Hayward Lions Castlewood Country club and Hayward club. Funeral services Wednesday at Pratt Mortuary Ann. cremation at California crematory River Oregon requested flowers replaced by Haas Carlyle Jewelers fund contributions.
Jaycee members of the Hayward Area Junior Chamber of Commerce raised 183.40 for the March of Dimes with a Saturday project at Hawker Street. Participants included President George Nunes Vic Boisseree Jack Gilbertson Frank Perry Tony Lemos Frank Marino John Brieglied and Dave Hawley as shoppers filled the area.
The Atomic Energy Commission warns unauthorised persons to avoid the Nevada test site during a new test series starting mid February. Ranchers miners migrants and other observers are told the danger area could extend across the Las Vegas bombing range with possible radiation exposure hazards. The AEC cautions that viewing the fireball with binoculars or rifle sights can intensify eye damage and says FAA and Air Force will coordinate air traffic during blasts.
San Lorenzo high schools release about 12 000 report cards today covering roughly six cards per student or one per class. The notices detail distribution across the district as part of the Blue Monday activities.
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