Flood and famine strike Communist China in August crisis
Tokyo dispatch cites heavy rain the Yangtze Yellow and Huai rivers causing record floods across Shantung Henan Anhui and Jiangsu. In Shantung two week deluge from July 2 dumps 18 to 39 inches of rain turning plains into a giant lake nine to 12 feet deep and damaging crops. New China News Agency says 17 000 square miles of farmland flooded in Shantung and Henan with millions affected.
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Mayor Christopher Seeks Help In Giants 1958 Move
San Francisco mayor George Christopher urged cooperative backing to lure the New York Giants to San Francisco for the 1958 season. He quipped about weather in New York and noted Hayward as a rival pitch, insisting San Francisco remains distinct.
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Nine Guards Held In Armas Death
Guatemala City reports nine members of the presidential guard were arrested after the assassination of President Carlos Castillo Armas. A palace guard, Romeo Vasquez Sanchez, killed the president with his own rifle and died by suicide. The detainees are under a military tribunal while a government note ties the assassin to communist links through a diary found among his belongings.
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Suspect Arrested In Cop Slayings
CHESTERTON Indiana police held 21 year old George Lemont Hamilton of Carmichael California as a suspect in the slayings of two California police officers and three other people in New Mexico. A stolen car contained a .22 caliber pistol and bullets were to be sent to El Serando California for comparison with the slugs used in the officer killings. Hamilton was described as a rapist and investigators planned to check with authorities in Carlsbad and Hobbs New Mexico.
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Bandits Elude Police Cars After Alamo Inn Holdup
Two armed bandits robbed the Shady Wey Inn at Alamo three miles north of Danville, taking about $200. Alameda County deputies pursued at speeds to 90 mph, the getaway car abandoned in a Contra Costa orchard, clothes and letters in the car identifying two suspects, as the bartender was forced to fill a bag.
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Prisoner Executed After Prisoner Sentenced Him to Death
San Mateo County sheriff reports a strangling inside a jail cell of Robert Young 38 a machinist. The killer inmates including Dan Howard Jose Weithheimer Alfred Martinez Vernon Williams Walter White and Ernest Lopez allegedly sentenced Young to death for impersonating an officer. Young knew of the plan 24 hours before but did not alert jailers. The group reportedly attempted to hang him with a blanket but it slipped granting a reprieve before the execution could proceed.
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Eisenhower Planned Visit to San Francisco in December
President Dwight D. Eisenhower plans a December 5 visit to San Francisco to address the American Municipal Association convention, officials said. George Christopher commented on the trip, noting the significance for city officials and local governance.
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Index Stock Market and Women’s Work Feature
The page highlights stock market coverage and a feature on women’s work. It notes a stock index section and a pursuing read on women’s roles in the workforce. Items include want ads and social notices scattered across pages 18 and 19.
Two Area Women Pinched Under Overturned Car
A speeding car skidded on Thornton Avenue near the Eastshore Freeway and overturned, trapping two women. Barbara Jacabo 26 and Gloria Mayo 21 were hospitalized after a tow truck lifted the vehicle off them. Angelo Tacabo 27, the driver’s husband, was thrown headfirst and sustained a deep chest gash. The three were taken to Fairmont Hospital by Fremont Ambulance Service and later to Highland Hospital for treatment.
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Patterson Faces Hurricane Jackson in Polo Grounds Title Bout
Heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson weighed 184 pounds for the title fight with Tommy Jackson at the Polo Grounds. Jackson scaled 162 4 to 18 pounds less than expected. Patterson’s weight was six pounds more than in his previous bout. Weather forecast called for showers and hot, muggy evening. Patterson enters as strong favorite in his first title defense.
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Confidential Trial Delayed as Celebrities Sought Delay
Hollywood court delayed the Confidential trial until Friday. Defense attorneys for Fred and Marjorie Meade requested the postponement to challenge gossip magazine stories. State witnesses described the proceedings as a reign of terror while celebrities including Walter Pidgeon Corrie Calvell Lana Turner and Gary Cooper were mentioned.
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Senate Debates Civil Rights Bill Jury Trial Amendment
Senate fights split Northern Democrats over a proposed jury trial clause in the Civil Rights Bill. President Eisenhower readies a sharp rebuke as debate centers on protecting voting rights and safeguards against Negro exclusion from Southern juries.
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Dulles to Patch Up Arms Talks In London Mission
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles flies to London from Ottawa to avert a breakdown in five power disarmament talks. He aims for direct contact with Russia and possible private talks with Valerian Zorin. Rumors say Andrei Gromyko may join a big four foreign ministers meeting. President Eisenhower authorized the trip as part of the open skies disarmament plan.
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Blonde Slayer Silent in Court
Suzanne Elaine Soule, a 19 year old confessed killer of her socialite roommate, appeared in San Mateo municipal court. She spoke only one word when arraigned, correcting the judge on the pronunciation of her name before remaining silent as the date for plea was set.
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Mexico City Quake Toll Rises to Fifty Five Thousand Five Hundred
Mexico City bears the worst earthquake in 48 years as rescue workers pull bodies from rubble and authorities report 55 650 dead or missing and hundreds injured across Guerrero and Acapulco. President Ruiz Cortines visits the hardest hit zones while public chaos toys with normal life amid ongoing tremors.
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Carpenters Urge Eden Hospital Director to Resign
Local 1622 Hayward Carpenters demand Eden Hospital Director Marvin Richardson resigns or is replaced after eight months of absence. The union cites inability to serve the hospital and community, insisting the township organizations seek a full five member board and accountability through tax funding.
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Eden Hospital
Marvin Richardson
Richardson
Marius Waldal
Eden
Eden Town
Formosa
Groups Tabbed Red Front Units
Washington The Subversive Activities Control Board ruled today that the Civil Rights Congress and American Peace Crusade are Communist front organizations under party control. Both decisions were unanimous and require registration of all members if upheld by appeals courts and the Supreme Court.
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Mexican Quake Outdoes SF Jol
Berkeley seismologists report Mexico quake unleashed vastly more energy than San Francisco quake last March. Dr Perry Byerly of UC Seismological Laboratory states yesterday's event registered about 7.5 on the Richter scale, versus 5.25 for the San Francisco temblor.
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TV prize winners series starts today
Mrs Marie Spangler learns she has won $16,000 in prizes in a radio TV program. The Daily Review presents Joseph F Marshall’s tales of radio TV’s big winners beginning in today’s issue.
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Japanese Flood Toll Rises to 591 in Kyushu Disaster
The official toll in Southern Japan flood disasters reached 591 dead with 405 missing and 3681 injured. Figures from Japan’s National Police Board cover Kyushu’s western regions, including the heavily hit city of Isahaki.
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