Hayward Man Killed When Train Hits Car
Eugene D Wortner 23 of 389 C street Hayward died after a Southern Pacific switch engine struck his car at Center avenue Newark at about 3 50 pm He was thrown from the vehicle and died at Fremont hospital Ambulance crews worked to free him He skidded 70 feet his car was dragged 35 feet the engine continued for a quarter mile Witnesses disagreed on whistle signals and warnings at the crossing None automatic signals exist at Center avenue crossing.
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Newark
Eugene D. Wartner
Hayward
Southern Pacific
al Crossing
Centre Avenue
Wortner
Gryival
Fainment Hospital
Dunis
Worter
George Sala
Walnut Street
Sala
Central Avenue
George George
Southern Pacific Railroad
Eugene C. Worlmer
Wormer
Craig Cook
Lucky Lorenzo Man Escapes Auto Death
Dave A Reichert aged 20 narrowly escaped death when his car was pinned under a 40 foot flat bed trailer after a sideswipe with a truck in San Lorenzo. Investigating officers report Reichert slowed entering the freeway from Davis street when another car cut in and Mattox swerved to avert a collision.
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San Lorenzo
Dave A. Reichert
Reichert
Kenneth L. Megtrox
Davis Street
Mattox
Package Deal Ends Part of Lumber Strike
Portland report details a partial settlement in a broad lumber strike involving 92,000 Canadian workers and Northwest mills. The pact adds three holidays and union dues checkoff with small wage effects, while critics call it a minority gain. Federal mediation notes no shift in positions as talks pause.
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Portland
Ore
IPM
Northwest
George Kenny
C. H. Wheeler
Portland Lumber
Grevon
Washington
British Columbia
California
Oregon
Bob McClelland
Federal Mediation Board
No Invasion Danger in Costa Rica Assured
President Jose Figueres and Costa Rican officials announced the national mood was tranquil after a July 8 9 blackout. They said there would be no further outages and dismissed reports of planned attacks by hostile planes linked to former president Rafael A Calderon Guardia's party from Nicaragua.
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San Jose
Jose Figueres
Rafael A. Calderon Guardia
Nicaragua
Bribery Charge Made Against Home Builder
Alameda County plumbing inspector Clyde C. Cole was arrested on bribery charges after accepting $500 in marked bills from a building contractor at Irvington Square. District Attorney J Frank Coakley said Cole offered to take bribes to steer work, then a trap was set with a staged bribe. Cole is jailed on suspicion of accepting a bribe as a county employee. He has been with the county building inspection department since May 1, 1953 and earns $450 monthly. he resides at 2311 Haas Avenue, San Leandro.
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Oakland
Alameda County
Clyde C. Cole
Harry
Skyles
Irvington Square
Irvington
Cole
J. Frank Coakley
Coles
Sten Sederberg
Scott Plumbing Company
Coakley
Seder ‘Berg
New York
Io California
County Guilding Inspection Department
J Haas Avenue
San Leandro
Schouweiler Draws Quentin Jail Term
Ashland car dealer Bud Schouweiler was sentenced to San Quentin for grand theft. He pleaded guilty and will serve 1 to 5 years. He operated a lot at 16480 East 14th Street and allegedly bilked banks and customers of 19680 dollars by selling fake cars and using pink slips to secure loans.
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Oakland
C. J
Bud) Schouweiler
Ashland
San Quentin
Schouweiler
East 14Th Street
Reward Offered For Child Slayer In Miami
The Miami Herald offered $1000 for tips leading to the capture of the sex slayer of seven year old Judith Ann Roberts, boosting other rewards to $6190 from various sources as police search for a break in the city’s biggest crime in recent history. Police admitted they had no definite lead after questioning several sex perverts. Chief Walter Headley urged a substantial reward to help solve the case.
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Miami
Judith Ann Roberts
Miami Herald Today
City Desk
Herald
Walter
Dodge plant shutdown looms as Navy seeks tools
Congressman Miller said Navy worries over Dodge San Leandro closing while union leader Hartley casts doubt on hope. Navy aims to keep defense tools and propeller machinery. 30 workers released as shutdown rolls toward Aug 1 jeopardizing 1400 jobs. Navy contracts may wrap by December 1954, earlier than the previously stated 1955 target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Leandro
George P. Miller
Washington, DC
Navy
Dodge
Ralph Hartley
United Auto Workers
Thomas Kuchel
Ing
Army Saving Hundreds Along Swollen Danube
American and Allied forces battled a record Danube flood as rain and melting snow swelled rivers across Austria Bavaria and Passau. Helicopters plucked hundreds, evacuated thousands, and dropped food and first aid to isolated families amid widespread disruption.
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Munich
Germany
U.S
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Passau
Danube
Stland
Inn
Bavaria
Linzatta
Army
U.S. Air Force
Bill Sayers
Lubbock
Tex
Lower
Bavada
Frankfurt
Air Force
HLS. Army
Public Support Sought for Ike Health Plan
Washington reports public backing urged to persuade Congress to approve President Eisenhower’s plan to back private health insurers. Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby led a White House radio TV appeal citing goal of broader private coverage with government backing. House committee approved a related bill while some lawmakers voiced reservations. The plan targets uninsured 63 million and aims to ease formation of farmer and worker health groups. participation remains voluntary.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Oveta Culp Hobby
White House
Hobby
House Commerce Committee
J. Percy Priest
D. Tenn
Senate Labor Committee
Airline Pilots Warned Of Suit Against Strike
CHICAGO mm C. R. Smith president of American Airlines warned AFL Air Line Pilots association he would sue them for damages from a strike and urged C. N. Sayen to drop the plan. He said actions threaten government and court processes and breach contractual obligations. He pledged to hold the union and Sayen personally liable for any damage from the strike or libelous statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
C. R. Smith
American Airlines
AFL Air Line Pilots Association
C. N. Sayen
Pilots Union
Smith
Hollywood Actress Admits L A Hit Run
Hollywood actress Lynne Baggett admitted she drove the car that killed a 9-year-old Los Angeles boy. She appeared nervous waiting for her preliminary hearing set for next Thursday after being arrested during a downtown Los Angeles surrender attempt. Baggett, 30, sobbed and said she hit the other station wagon, telling how she found the boy and wished she had died instead. The victim’s mother urged prosecution, while Baggett faced felony hit and run and manslaughter charges and was released on a $5000 bond amid a divorce battle with producer Sam Spiegel.
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Hollywood
Ims
Lynne Baggett
Los Angeles
Texas
Joel Warnick
Lillian Watnick
Vote to Block Red China Joining U N
Senate committee backed a modified declaration urging Presidential consultation with Congress before Red China could be admitted to the United Nations. Senator Knowland warned that if Peiping enters the U N he will move to pull the United States from the organization and praised bipartisan support for a tough Far Eastern policy amid 1954 campaign tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lks
Senate Foreign Relations
Mittee
Congress
China
United Nations
Senate
William F. Knowland
U.N
United States
California
Peiping
Knowland
Red
Shina
J. Hsenhower
Tomove
America
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Reporter Today
Homer Ferguson
GOP
Asia
Richard M. Nixon
Ferguson
Nixon
Dean Acheson
Truman
Burglary Suspects Enter Innocent Plea in Hayward
Three men Louis Eugene Ables 31 Killey Dalton Tell 29 and Harl Sidney Abott 26 all of Oakland pleaded innocent yesterday in Judge T L Foley Hayward Municipal Court to charges of burglarizing the Sycamore Food Store at 1271 Castro Street. They face a preliminary trial July 16 at 10 a.m. The trio allegedly breached the roof and stole 14 dollars 29 cents in change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sycamore
Castro Street
T. L. Foley
Murder charges sought in Florida shooting
West Palm Beach Florida Marine veteran faces first degree murder charges after authorities say he killed Lt Col William A Covington 46 the new husband of his former mistress when they were found sleeping together. State Attorney Phil O Connell said he will file the warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Palm Beach
Fla
Phil D. O’connell
Eee
Alison
Fairfield
Calif
Willam A. Covington
Mrs. Covington
O’connell
Senate moves to halt aid to France Italy without EDC pact
The Senate foreign relations committee tentatively voted to cut all deliveries of foreign aid material to France and Italy by December 31 if they have not ratified the European Defense Community pact. The move tightens sanctions beyond the Richards amendment, as final approval of the $3.1 billion aid bill nears.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
France
Italy
European Defense Community
House
Senate
House Richards
Senate Group
Russia seeks to keep Japan from anti Communist alliance
A Yomiuri report says Soviet Russia plans a major diplomatic drive to keep Japan out of any anti Communist Asian alliance by offering trade and economic aid. It claims Moscow would resume relations with Tokyo, possibly sign a peace treaty, and establish an economic cooperation bloc to ease Japan's economic woes. The piece notes visas granted to Japanese Diet members visiting Moscow and cites U S advice on allowing limited trade with Communist China to aid self subsistence.
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Tokyo
Russia
Japan
Yomiuri
Foreign Ministry
Diet
Moscow
Red China
San Francisco
U.S
Asia
Eisenhower
China
Signs Proclamation For Philippine Trade Extended
President Eisenhower signed a proclamation extending United States Philippines free trade to January 1 1956 in the White House with Vice President Carlos P Garcia present. He had signed a July 5 bill allowing an 18 month extension to continue talks and negotiations with the Philippines.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States-Philippines
Philippines
Carlos P. Garcia
White House
Weather Forecast Clears Inland After Coastal Fog
Fog enshrouds the coast tonight with clearing inland. Sunday will see clearing skies overall. Winds from the west at 12 to 25 mph after noon. Today's high and yesterday's low and precipitation are not specified in full.
Americans Told To Leave Hanoi As Reds Advance
US consul warns citizens not on duty to depart Hanoi as Communist forces threaten the city by July 14. Foreign residents and wealthy Vietnamese flee. French outposts fall while airlift discussions and cease-fire talks proceed near Trung Gia north of Hanoi.
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Hanoi
Indochina
United States
Turner C. Cameron, Jr
High Command
Viet Namese
Vinh Yen
Delta
Paul Ely
Air Viet Nam
Saigon
Ima
Haiphong
Gulf of Tonkin
Royal Air Force
Singapore
Ngo Dinh Diem
Dot
Trung Jai
Diem
Tmne
Trung Gia
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