Washington Township Unification Editorials
Editorial argues delaying school district unification in Washington township until 1960 unless the Alamede County Committee on School District Organization recommends a pre-1960 election by July 28. Cites Hayward district studies, Stanford USC consultants, and warns haste may yield harmful, fake improvements. urges deferral to assess local feasibility. G. L.
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Washington Township
Alamede
Hayward Union High School
Stanford
USC
Hayward
Haywar' Tt
Ihe
Washington To
G. L
California Taxpayers Assn Opposes Prop 17
The California Taxpayers Assn takes a stand against Prop 17, arguing a two percent sales tax with higher personal income taxes risks future revenue, hurts investment, and endangers funding for state universities and schools, prisons, and public services. The group warns voters that predictions are unreliable amid shifting economic conditions and urges careful consideration before November.
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California Taxpayers “Assn
Association
California
G.L
East Bay Leads in Nucleonics Investment and Growth
Special correspondent Arthur C. Pendergast reports the San Francisco Bay Area, especially the East Bay, as the nation’s top private investor in nucleonic activities. Companies like General Electric and Pacific Gas and Electric invest heavily, aided by UC radiation laboratory, with GE’s San Jose and Pleasanton facilities totaling about 19.5 million dollars and 8000 workers.
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Christan Science Monitor
San Francisco Bay Area
East Bay
San Francisco Peninsula
University of California, Radiation Laboratory
General Electric
San Jose
First
Rockies
Pleasanton
Vallecitos Research and Development Laboratory
Pacific Gas * Electric
Vallecitos Lab
PGE
Aerojet General Nucleonics and Related Nucleonics Firms
This piece profiles Aerojet General Nucleonics and related firms such as Radiation Corporation, American Standard Atomic Energy Division, and Tracerlab Western Division. It notes their roles in designing high energy particle accelerators, reactor components, and monitoring systems, with details on locations, staff, space, investment, and contracts with AEC and the Army.
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Aerojet General Nucleonics
Aerojet-General Corporation
Azusa
Sacramento
Calif
Sap. Ramon
SAGN
Applied, Radiation- “Corporation
Walnut Creek
University of California ‘Radiation’ Laboratory
American Standard Atomic Energy Division
Mountain View
San’ Francisco
AEC
Amy
AEC -On
Tracerlab, Inc
Western
Richmond
Traderlab
M.W. Kellogg
Houston
Long pregnancies and love lessons from Dear Ann
The column recounts reader letters on extremely long pregnancies and widow Dinah’s dating woes. Medical experts estimate pregnancies typically last 270 to 290 days, with rare claims reaching 331 to 390 days in various legal contexts. A widow shares frustration at men pursuing her for housing and meals, advising to maintain courtship distance until genuine interest appears.
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Landers
Jenith
Ann
Frantkly
Dinah
Bill
River Jordan Fish Tale From Amman to Yellowstone
A travelogue recounts fishing the River Jordan, with Arab guides describing stacked fish and a legendary whopper. The narrator hooks a 1 inch barbel amid sub tropical conditions, noting the Sea of Galilee and Jordan River as popular feeding grounds.
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Amman
Jordan
Yellowstone
Galilee
Dead Sea
Eugene Burris
McClure Syndicate
Dia Americana
San
Franci
Famed Fables From Fable to Stage in Brief Sketch
A fragmented excerpt mixes political satire and theater lore. It recalls President Harding at a White House poker table joking about ambassadors, and notes a rehearsal incident with playwright George Kaufman where a producer intervened to curb a barb.
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Edgar
White House
Warren G. Harding
Harding
Garlier
George Os
Kaufman
Ian
Hoover recalls Belgian relief work during World War I
Former President Herbert Hoover, 83, praised the Belgian relief commission he headed for aiding civilians in World War I. He described food and destitute care, wartime moral unity, and long term gains, recalling Dinant hostages, hunger relief for 2.5 million children, and postwar aid that fed millions and later shaped UN relief efforts. He hinted at publishing the full story someday.
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Brussels
UPI
Herbert Hoovers
Commission’ For
Belgium
Tovthee
Hoover
United States
The
Commission
Free World
Dinant
Kaiser Atv
United Nations
Fragmented Test Item Questions From a Manifold Text
The excerpt shows garbled questions about history and language. It references William Rene Harrisbn Zachary Taylor and a long-bodied praying mantis, then asks about sentence correctness and vocabulary like integral and tru meaning. The text appears as jumbled OCR with mispunctuation and unfinished phrases.
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William Rene
Harrisbn
Zachary Taylor
Strictly Personal: Twain Critique Of Contemporary Writers
The passage revisits Mark Twain as America’s leading humorist but critiques his blindness to other writers’ worth, noting critics’ temperaments color judgment. It cites Twain’s claim of no humor and contrasts Dickens, Poe, Jane Austen, and Henry James, arguing critics often misread living artists due to emotional bias.
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Mark Twain
Twain
America
England
Poe
Jane ‘Agata
Janev Austin
Jane
Henry
Trainés
James
Prolix
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