Engineering Firms Hired to Review Bay Area Problems
The Bay Area Council hired Coverdale and Colpitts to consolidate and review existing reports on interdependent counties around San Francisco Bay. The study covers air and marine terminal planning and proposed trans Bay crossings. They aim to finish in about three months, building on work by the Senate Interim Committee on Bay Area Problems led by Senator Jack McCarthy. The council, formed in 1945, unites business labor education agriculture and local governments to spur regional planning.
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San Francisco
Bay Area Council
Coverdale
Cnipitts
San Francisco Bay
Edpar F. Kaiser
Bay Arena Council
Colpitts
Bay Area
Twe
Coverdale and
Senate
Jack McCarthy
Marin
Business, Labor, Education
Agricul’ ‘Ture
Chambers of Commerce
Salvation Army Seeks Cast-Offs for Reuse and Rehab
The Salvation Army in Oakland seeks clothing bedding furniture toys and bags from South County residents with Red Shield truck pickup by phone. Donated items support rehabilitation sorting and repair programs and fund thrift shops aiding low income families to buy necessities. Brig George E Bree notes men at the center include alcoholics paroles the disabled and troubled and with meals work and faith they regain footing and return to society.
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Salvation Army
South County
Red Shield
Oakland
Glencourt
George E. Bree
Men's Social Service Center
Sweden Reaches Migration Peak in 1957
Immigration to Sweden hit a new high in 1957 with over 33,000 entrants, 500 more than 1956, led by Hungarian refugees. In the same year about 15,000 Swedes emigrated to the United States, with only 35 percent holding Swedish citizenship.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Hungary
United States
Movie Attendance Rises 2.7 Percent in March
The nation’s theaters posted a 2.7 percent year to year attendance gain in March, marking the first monthly increase since June of last year. The report notes a rebound in viewer numbers across major circuits and highlights ongoing recovery in filmgoing demand.
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Hollyways
Postal Employee Receives Award for Suggestion
William L. Keys of the Hayward Post Office is awarded $12.50 for a method to prevent damage to the mailing platform. Keys is among 12 postal employees statewide to earn cash awards for mail service improvement ideas.
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William L. Keys
Janet
New Adhesive Contains Steel Bonding Putty
A New York report describes a high temperature adhesive that is black putty made of eighty percent powdered steel and twenty percent plastic resin. When mixed with a small catalyzing chemical it forms a strong bond, linking the surfaces and binding the powdered steel into a solid that can be drilled or machined.
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New York
Ireland's Bogs Squeezed for Use in Jet Age
The Bord Na Mona in Ireland mechanizes bog work to convert peat into fuel for power and homes. Since 1956 the board expanded with 5000 to 7000 workers seasonally, operating near weather limits and creating villages, a research station, and global expertise for peat technology.
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Ireland
Halques
Burra
Tuct Development ‘Board
Perry Water
Bord Na Mona
Unien
Hawaiian Vacation Offer Tops Carrier Contest
The Review outlines a contest rewarding carriers who secure new three month orders. Top earners over 70 orders win a Hawaiian trip via Transocean Air Lines for a three day stay. Runners up with 30 or more orders visit Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm in California aboard Trans World Airlines ships. Other prizes include Santa Cruz beach day and $50 savings bonds for those with 70 or more orders who miss the Hawaii trip. Subscriptions must be new three month home delivery orders within The Daily Review area. mail orders excluded.
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Islands
Transocean Air Lines
California
Disneyland
Ray. Trusscott
Ople
Daily Review
Iy Review
Truscott
Young Area Scientists Show Work Expos Highlight Juniors
Young Area Scientists Show features student projects from Albany High School Garfield Junior High Berkeley and Oakland publics. Notable entries include Renee DeVoe and Karen Blank on thyroid hormone comparisons in rats and algae growth rates in Cinderella in Chiorella.
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Renee DeVoe
Karen Blank
Albany High School
Berkeley
Cloud Chamber Research
Thomae Gould
Sacred
Heart of
Oakland
Joyce Yano
Wilson Junior High School
Mary A. Sheiley
Harvey Singleton
Livermore ‘Union High School
Sherwood Astin
Washington Union
Fremont
Ken Meyer
Washington’ Union
New Zealand Deer Culling as Official Profession
In New Zealand government hunters fulfill a unique profession to control deer populations and protect bush and forest areas. Since 1846 official culling has destroyed nearly 5 million animals, with a peak last year of 1,259,083 kills including opossums goats deer chamois wallabies and wild pigs.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Ancient Stone In Good Shape
British archaeologists at Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain plan to reposition a 35 ton stone that fell centuries ago from a temple built around 1800 B C. Researchers say a crack is smaller than feared and the government aims to restore the site to resemble a temple, not a field of standing stones.
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London
Apt
Stonehenge
Saldsbury Plain
B.C
Retirement of Adams Seen Matter of Time
Washington reports on the Adams resignation pressure as Ike weighs options. Senate leaders urge delay, while Knowland calls for Adams to resign. Cabinet members defend Adams though the White House crisis remains unresolved and contentious.
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Adams
Washington
UPI
Goldfine
Sherrihe
Walter Reed Hospital
Zisenhower
White House
Eisenhower
Oval Cabinet
House Reany
Joseph W. Marbe
Jin Jc
Mass
Adams Dent
Senate Republican
William F. Knowland
United Press International
Calif
Martin
Knowland
Adems
Chicago
James P. Mitchell
Fred
Seaton
Tobacco Plant Chemistry Shifts From Good to Bad
The tobacco plant may transform beneficial nicotinic acid into a poisonous compound under certain conditions. Dr. Ray F. Dawson and colleagues used radioactive tracers to track nicotinic acid in the plant, finding hydrogen atoms remain in nicotine formation. Other researchers note gibberellic acid can reduce nicotine production by treating young leaves, suggesting strategies to alter nicotine levels.
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Ray F. Dawson
Columbia University
Dawson
L. G. Burk
U. S& Department of Agriculture
Dellsville
Maryland
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Hayward
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Lucerne
Hawaiian Vacation
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