Blaze Destroys Block in San Rafael Downtown
A fierce overnight fire on Fourth Street between D and E in downtown San Rafael destroyed fourteen businesses and a private home, with two million dollars in damages reported. Firefighters from multiple towns fought the blaze for 90 minutes as residents were evacuated and metal light posts melted in the heat.
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Blaze
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Hamilton Air Force Base
C. M. Johanson
Johanson
Conquer Half Dome by three youths from Serra Club
In Yosemite National Park three young climbers from the California Serra Club's southern chapter completed a treacherous ascent up the east shoulder of Half Dome. Chief ranger Oscar A. Sedergreen reported the final 500 feet of the face, part of a climb nearly nine thousand feet high, marking the first ascent from the east shoulder. The climbers were Mike Sherrick, 21, and Royal Robbin, 22, of Los Angeles, and Jerry Galinas, 21, of San Diego.
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Yosemite National Park
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Oscar A. Sedergren
Mike Sherrick
Royal Robbin
Los Angeles
Jerry Galinas
San Diego
Retired Laborer and Seven Pals Arrested in Syracuse
In Syracuse New York police early today arrested seven men calling themselves laborers and a ninth, 77 year old John E. Jackson who described himself as a retired laborer. The men were found snoozing in a vacant house, with Jackson offering the self description while at the desk.
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Syracuse
N.Y
John E. Jackson
The Great Orange Juice Fiasco
London Health Ministry officials say 28 million pounds of tax money wasted on free orange juice for children. A panel of 14 experts recommends stopping free juice for those over five years old citing marginal vitamin C value. Newspapers criticize the plan. Daily Express calls it a fiasco.
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Health’ Ministry
Health Ministry
Daily Express
Ella Fitzgerald Marriage Denied in Oslo Report
Oslo assistant producer Thor Larsen dismissed rumors that Ella Fitzgerald and he are secretly married, calling the reports pure nonsense. He said they are good friends and plan to travel together to Monte Carlo then Los Angeles, denying two years of secret marriage claims reported by Oslo newspapers.
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Oslo
Buddhist plaque to honor blood donors from San Francisco club
In Tokyo the Sohonzan Fudoji temple will present a six foot tall wooden Buddhist talisman to San Francisco club members who donated blood. The plaque honors the group for relief of crippling illnesses. Jean Gibson, 20, leads the club formed after World War II, with its mission to aid the disabled. The project began Nov 1, 1954 and finished July 28 this year.
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Social
Tokyo
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Lenhower
Hiroshima Temple
Jean Gibson
Sohonzan Fudoji
Fukuyama City
Hiroshima
Champ Visits Jackson in Hospital After Patterson Fight
Tommy Hurricane Jackson, hospitalized at Meadowbrook in East Meadow after losing to Floyd Patterson, received a brief visit from Patterson who described Jackson as in fair condition and refused admission unless a potential outside visitor left.
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New York
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Knowland vows to keep Senate in session all winter
GOP leader William F Knowland said civil rights supporters will keep the Senate in session all winter if needed to pass the civil rights bill. Lyndon B Johnson prepared to seek unanimous consent to shelve the measure temporarily as urgent White House talks with Eisenhower continue.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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MacArthur warns taxes may push U S toward slavery
General Douglas MacArthur at Sperry Rand Corp. warned excessive taxation could ruin the nation, comparing it to slavery and serfdom. California business activity remained high with Wells Fargo’s June index at 222, above 1956 levels, while a Los Angeles woman burned money after embezzling 21009 dollars.
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Douglas MacArthur
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Roman Empire
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California
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Wells: Fargo Bank
Los Angeles
Paige
Wright
Losod
Angeles
San Francisco Yellow Cab to hire Negro drivers next month
SAN FRANCISCO A major cab company will hire Negro drivers when the city fair employment practices ordinance takes effect next month. W Lansing Rothschild, president of Yellow Cab Company, said past policy was due to competitive circumstances. The firm also announced plans to hire about 80 women to drive cabs.
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Yellow Cab Cay
Senate Unit OKs Alaska Hawaii Statehood Bills
The Senate Interior committee approved bills to admit Alaska and Hawaii as the 49th and 50th states by voice vote with limited dissent. Reservations were raised by Senator Gordon Allott. House action on Hawaii lags while Alaska’s bill awaits Senate action. Alaska would reserve federal land for defense and hold elections by Dec 1 1958. Hawaii would hold an election on Nov 4 1958.
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Hawaiian Islands
Union
Gordon Allott
Cole
Hawaii
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Congress
Aqueduct Assn Meeting Set For Tomorrow
South Bay Aqueduct Association hosts a 6:30 p m session at Villa Lorenzo 400 Via Mercado with Harvey O Banks of the State Department of Water Resources outlining financing and legislation for the Feather River and South Bay projects Attending include state senators and assembly members from Alameda Contra Costa and Santa Clara counties Officers include Ed R Levin president Chester Stanley vice president Ken Moeller secretary and Ernest Wente treasurer from Livermore
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Alameda
Contra Costa
Santa Clara
San Benito
San Joaquin Delta
Altamont Pass
Livermore Valley
Alameda County
San Benito Couities
Santa Clara County
Ed R. Levin
Chester Stanley
Ken Moeller
Oakland
Ernest’ Wente
Livermore
Small Girl Rescued From Fall Down Pipe
In Anderson South Carolina a 17 month old girl named Yvonne Beasley was rescued after falling into a 10 inch pipe four hours ten minutes earlier. Fire department crews used a well drilling method similar to Benny Hooper’s rescue, delivering oxygen to keep her alive until hospital transfer. Thousands gathered at the scene and volunteers joined the effort, with doctors reporting bruises and exposure.
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Yvonne
Benny Hooper
Manorville
N.Y
Yank Pleads Innocent To Smuggling Relics
American archaeologist Charles Arthur Moses pleads innocent in Cairo's Giza District court to charges of stealing and attempting to smuggle antiquities from Egypt and violating currency regulations. He says he did not intend to smuggle and did not know the restrictions. Moses, 38, from Indian Hills, Colorado, was arrested June 20 at Cairo airport with four suitcases of valuables. He had been in Egypt six months, taking part in a Dahshour excavation where a tomb from the 13th dynasty era was found.
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Giza
Moses
Larry W. Roeder
Dahshour
Amat Ramu
Arson Suspected in Shasta County Forest Fires
State and federal foresters said three fires in Shasta County burned over a large area in two days and were likely started by an arsonist using a candle as a timing device. All fires were under control. investigators hope to catch the culprit. About 200 lumber workers aided the effort near Begum Platina area, 49 miles southwest of Redding.
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Shasta County
Henry Erhart
U. S. Forest Service
San Francisco
Begum-Platina
Here
Handcuffs Lead Man to Trouble
Heywood Butler, 38, found a pair of handcuffs in his new Philadelphia apartment yesterday and tried them on. They worked fine and he could not remove them. He went to a police station for help. A routine check revealed Butler was wanted for failure to pay a $25 fine six years ago.
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Butler
Nudists Open Confab Tomorrow at Lupin Lodge
About 1,000 sun worshippers are to attend a five day American Sunbathing Association convention at Lupin Lodge near Los Gatos. President Stanley Sohler says the required attire is a blue identification tag. Sessions will discuss clarifying indecent exposure laws and feature contests for Miss Sunshine and Nudist Family of the Year.
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