Army Waste Spending On Heavy Tanks Probed
Investigators told a House subcommittee the Army spent about 200 million dollars on heavy tanks despite a halfhearted conviction they would be useful. The committee noted the Army chose partial upgrades over junking the tanks when faced with modernization options.
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Hearings On Joint River Plan Delayed in California
Washington lawmakers announce postponement of hearings on the Trinity River Project partnership with Pacific Gas & Electric until early next year. Chairman Rep. Clair Engle cites scheduling, data gaps from Interior, and Rep. A. L. Miller’s request as reasons for delaying the session. The dispute centers on federal support for PG&E involvement in California development.
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Alameda Cyclist Hits Tree and Car on Crest Ave
Alameda man Carl E. Smith, 34, suffered possible rib fractures after his eastbound motorcycle struck a tree and parked car on Crest Avenue near Irma Way. He was treated at Fairmont Hospital and released to a private physician. A separate item notes Louis Silver, 49, accused of posing as an usher at Graham’s Yankee Stadium rally, who pleaded not guilty to grand larceny.
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Navy League selects East Bay council committee chairs
J Franklin Coakley, newly elected East Bay Council president, announced the council’s committee chairs Kergie Moore for membership Heath Angelo for buddy program Rear Admiral Earle Hipp USN Ret for activities Philip S Breck Jr for publicity. Moore and Angelo also serve as vice presidents with Edwin C Whiting as vice president George M Keifer treasurer John Houlihan as judge advocate and David A Silverman as secretary.
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East Bay
Navy League of the United States
Kergie Moore
Heath Angelo
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Earle Hipp
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Angelo
Edwin C. Whiting
George M. Keifer
John €. Houlihan
David A. Silverman
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Wisconsin Vote Two Nominees Ready for Senate Race
Wisconsin voters face a July August special election to fill the late Senator Joseph McCarthy’s seat. Republican Walter Kohler Jr. and Democrat William Proxmire lead in a light primary, with Proxmire defeating Clement Zablocki and Kohler edging Glenn Davis for the GOP nomination as rural returns outweighed city results.
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Wisconsin
Walter J. Kohler Jr
William Proxmire
Joseph R. McCarthy
Proxmire
Clement Zablocki
Milwaukee
GOP
Kohler
U.S
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Alvin E. O’konski
O'Konski
Warren Knowles
Henry Hughes
Gerald Lorge
John .C. iSehafer
News Cash Thieves Begin Sentences
Two youths began serving 60 day jail sentences for stealing money from coin containers on Burbank newspaper racks. Defendants are Robert Thomas, 48, Burbank, and Terrance Hendricks, 18, Van Nuys.
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Robert Thomas
Terrance Hendrcks
van Nuys
Miss USA Ennis Sued Over Marital Status Case in Baltimore
Mary Leona Gage Ennis, crowned Miss U S A this month, is sued for 100000 by Walters Modeling Agency director William J Adams. The suit alleges Ennis misrepresented her marital status and harmed the agency’s reputation by causing adverse publicity and plans to expand to other cities to stall for time.
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Annapolis
Mns
Mary Leona Gage Ennis
U.S.A
William J. Adams
Walters Modeling Agency
Baltimore
Diet surveys show farm families better fed than urban peers
Des Moines surveys indicate farm families with similar size and income more likely to have adequate diets than village and city families.
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Des Moines
Leopold Vows Fight For Prison Freedom
Nathan Leopold, on a Stateville parole petition, vowed to seek freedom until his dying breath. Gov Stratton rejected his clemency appeal but left open a third petition as Leopold, aged and ill, faces a 1968 eligibility date for parole. He compared his case to Dreyfus and planned further appeals from a hospital bed.
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Bobby Franks
Dia‘betes
Dreyfuss
Leandro's Float In Napa Parade Wins Again
Leandro's float Home of Sunshine and Flowers, a San Leandro entry, won prizes in six consecutive parades and will appear Sunday, August 11 at Napa as part of the 25th District Agricultural Fair. The chamber float recently took second at Salinas Rodeo on July 13. The borough council discussed limiting American personnel access while awaiting U S authorities action.
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Sunshine and Flowers
Napa
Chamber of Commerce
Salinas
California
Martisan
Freitas
Barbara Harris
Jean
United States
Tor
Matula
Mary Burum
Ramsgate seeks ban on Yank airmen from town
Ramsgate England moved to bar American airmen stationed at Manston from entering the town after reports of misconduct along the seafront. The town council, in a recorded session, asked U.S. authorities to curb the men’s visits and warned of possible official government action if the request fails. Traders and landlords supported the ban while the town clerk confirmed the measures.
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