Grand Jury May Recess to Await Abbott's Mother
BERKELEY District attorney J Frank Coakley indicated the grand jury may recess until he can locate Burton W Abbott's widowed mother Ilsie Abbott who vanished last Wednesday. He seeks her testimony on the Stephanie Bryan case as Abbott faces murder indictments.
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Alameda County
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Abbott
Ilsie
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Coakley
Stephanie
Wildwood
Trinity County
Otltg Degman
Georgia
Uly
Dezman
Elsie Abbott
Derman
Burton
Burton Abbott
James
Red Bluff
Bulgarian Frontier Blocks Israeli Air Disaster Probe
Bulgarian frontier guards refused entry to an Israeli six man probe team at the border, delaying access to the site of a downed airliner that killed 53. The incident drew protests from Israel and Western powers, amid Cold War tensions at Sofia. Washington announced funding to replace RAF F-86 jets with Hawker Hunter fighters, a $140 million deal under offshore procurement.
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Israel
United States
Britain
Sofia
Washington
London
Russia
Vastatves
Greece
Bul- Baris
Tel Aviv
Bulgaria
Vis
Pentagon
U.S
French Peace Mission To Red China Decided
Paris officials report the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly decided to send a goodwill mission to Communist China in October. The move follows the lower house vote to dispatch a 20 member delegation to Russia.
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Paris
French National Assembly
China
Russia
Alameda Supervisors Arm Reinforcements in Tax Fight
Alameda County supervisors plan new reinforcements Tuesday to resist the State Board of Equalization’s demand for a 3 percent rise in county property assessments. Last week the county board authorized County Assessor Russell C. Horstmann and chief deputy O. W. Brothers to defend the county’s assessment rates.
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Alameda County
State’ Board of Equalization
Russell C. Horstmann
O. W. Brothers
Eisenhower Urges Strong GOP Unity
President Eisenhower urged GOP unity in Washington urging the party to remain dominant. He spoke at a breakfast with Republican leaders and members of Congress, hailed by supporters with Ike chants and campaign paraphernalia. The event drew nearly all GOP lawmakers aside from a few who did not attend.
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Senate
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Leonard W. Hall
Congress
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White House
Washington
Statler
George Bender
R. D
Ike
James ©. Hagerty
North Africa Riots and U N Plea Sparks Morocco Debate
Riots in Casa Blanca between Moroccan nationalists and French forces claim about 100 lives. Belgium’s Fernand Van Langerhove and the Arab Asian bloc press the U N to place Morocco and Algeria on its September agenda, challenging France. The United States seeks a workable compromise while Arab sources discuss returning Sultan Mohammed Ben Yousef from exile as a first step to calm the crisis.
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Morocco
Algeria
U. N. Assembly
France
Washington
North Africa
U. S
USN
Sultan Mohammed
Ben Youse
Madagascar
Ren Yousef
Missile Will Circle Earth For Benefit Of World Science
United States announces plans to launch small unmanned satellites circling the earth at 200 to 300 miles, speeds near 18,000 mph. The program aims to share data worldwide, including with Russia, during the International Geophysical Year from July 1957 to December 1958, with initial cost around 10 million dollars.
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Washington
Unite States
United States
Russia
Essenhower
National Science Foundation
National Academy of Sciences
Iaggerty
White House
U S Loses Case Against Bridges
In San Francisco Judge Louis Goodman ruled that federal prosecutors failed to prove Harry Bridges was ever a Communist in relation to his naturalization. The case to deport the Longshoreman’s Union president ended with Bridges retaining citizenship after a 15 day trial based on eight witnesses.
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Harry Bridges
Louis E.goodman
Bridges
Australia
Goodman
International Longshore Men’s and Warehousemen’s Union
U.S Attorney
Lynn
J! Gillard
U.S
Robert Schnacke
Jeye
Gladstein
Army
Telford Taylor
James M. Landis
Harvard Law School
Fremont Vote Timetable Set for Incorporation Effort
A Fremont incorporation steering group set Jan 10 as their election target and seeks October public hearings to qualify a new city for the 1956 tax year. Patrick Henry of the Alameda County Taxpayers Association cites expected savings in gas and electricity, with homeowners seeing initial cuts of about 6 to 20 dollars annually and farmers even more, depending on rate reductions. If incorporation fails, Fremont officials will present density data to the Public Utilities Commission to pursue rate reductions within six months. The full 70+ member committee will meet next Tuesday to review the steering committee report.
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Centerville
Fremont Incorporation
Fremont
Patrick Henry
Alameda County
Henry
PGE
Public Utilities Commission
Fremont Incorporatton Committee
Average Home Buyer Burden Shrinks in Housing Boom
Alfred Leech cites Savings and Loan League data showing typical monthly housing costs around $1, with a 35 year old buyer earning about $5,800 yearly. Conventional loans demand larger down payments, GI loans lower monthly costs, yet regional price variances persist from Detroit to Los Angeles.
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United Preta Steff
Ceicago
America
Norman Strunk
League
United Savings’and’ Loan
Savings and Loan League
Chicago
Detroit
St. Louis
Philadelphia
New York
Miami
Fla
Los Angeles
Weather Talk Turns Grim In Rural Paper Oddities
A quirky weather vignette unfolds with a pompous editor and a boy delivering a gloomy forecast. The child sketches a bleak family scene tied to a dying father and rising funeral concerns while a foggy coast forecast hints at a muted, fair spell ahead.
Turncoats Face Arrest Today in San Francisco
Three American GIs who joined Communist China and aided enemies are to be arrested on return to the United States. Lewis Griggs of Jacksonville Texas William A Coweert of Dalton Georgia and Otho G Bell of Olympia Washington docked aboard the S S President Cleveland and will be held for pre trial inquiry. Lt General Robert N Young of the Sixth Army said they may visit families for one hour before custody. They had been under State Department jurisdiction since leaving Red China.
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China
United States
Lewis Griggs
Jacksonville
Tex
William A. Coweert
Dalton
Otho G. Bell
Olympia
Wash
S.S
Cleveland
Robert N. Young
Sixth Army
State Department
Red China
Young
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