Vital Election Turnout Soars At California Polls
In San Francisco early balloting ran heavy as California Democrats pressed a pivotal primary. By mid morning 18 percent of eligible San Francisco voters had cast ballots, vs 12 percent in 1954 and 16 percent in 1958. Los Angeles reached 13.3 percent by 11 am, near prior turnouts. Burma’s premier Nu announced his resignation amid discontent over neutrality in the East West split. U Ba Swe expected to succeed him.
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California
Adixi
Stevenson
Estes
Kefauver
Thomas
Toomey
Los Angeles
Rangoon
Burma
Wemen
U Nu
Asia
Jawaharlal Nehru
U Ba Swe
Oemaels O U. Ng
Peoples Freedom
Alameda County Polls Report Mixed Voting Hurdles
Alameda County officials said midday voting appeared average with some polling anomalies from 1923 era records. Four election workers were assigned to each polling place, yet several failure reports surfaced as polls closed around 7 PM amid sewer and safety concerns.
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Alameda
Hegistra
Bill Koerner
Photographs to Identify Assault Officer in Hayward Case
Oakland police plan to show mug shots of all officers working in the area to a 14 year old Hayward girl who alleges she was ravished by two older youths and interrupted by an Oakland patrolman. Juvenile officers seek the officer by photo to determine if she can identify him.
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Oakland
Hayward
Oak- Yang Hills
Carey Urge
Traine
35Th Avenue
Skyline
Boulevard
California primary turnout and issues report amid foggy morning
Officials noted statewide voting proceeding with minor glitches in Oakland where two precincts opened without ballot boxes forcing early voters to use makeshift cartons. Fresno turnout at 11 am stood at 12.4 percent, lower than 15.8 percent in 1952 and 2.5 in 1954, as Stevenson and Kefauver vie for the Democratic nomination among over 3,000,000 eligible voters.
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Fresno
Oakland
East Bay City
Stevenson
Kefauver
Caliifornia
Tto
Molotov In On Talks With Tito In Moscow Palace
Molotov and former Pravda editor Dmitri Shepilov led a Soviet delegation in the Kremlin to hold secret talks with Yugoslav President Tito amid retirement rumors. Speculation swirled that Molotov’s resignation timing aligned with Tito’s visit.
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Russia
Vyacheslav
Molotov
Tito
Yugoslavia
Pravda
Dmitri Shepilov
Kremlin
Foreign Ministry
Soviet ‘Union
Stalin
Bay Area Forecast Passages From Local Desk
Partly cloudy skies expected in the Bay Area tomorrow with a hot morning and fair conditions for the rest of the day. Overnight low temperatures likely between 32 and 46 degrees. Yesterday’s high and low figures are not clearly stated in the fragment.
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Bay Area
Hayward Growth Push Aims Annexation Of Land For Industrial Park
City council directed City Manager S D Smith to seek definite annexation views from owners of land west of the city for a 200 plus acre Bohannon planned industrial park. Annexation would allow water service and reduce fees for Rousseau group, who seek 50 percent of the usual $120 per house annexation fee. Councilman Purchio urged a package deal to bring all properties between the city line and Sodaland under Hayward. Page 2.
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S.D. Smith
Striet
Council -A
Bohannon
Chet-Soda
Hayward
Water Service
Fairview Avenue
Woodland Estate
Oliver Rousseau Organi
Smith
Cour
Rousseau
Org Loma Sanitary District
John Purchio
Robert Wright
Capwell Store Progress Plans Downtown Hayward Site
Capwell Store advances with Walton Becket and Associates as architects and Dinwiddie Construction as contractor. MacDonald Products of San Francisco will develop adjoining property for new stores leased to Walgreens Purity Markets Berland Shoes Wetherby Kayser Shoes and Standard Oil. Parking will serve 2000 cars in the new area within the established trade zone downtown Hayward.
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Oakland
Capwell
Hayward
Offici
Walton Becket and Associates
Dinwiddie ‘Construction ‘Company
MacDonald Products Company of
San Francisco
Io the Capwell
Aiready
Walgreen Drug” ‘Company
Purity. Markets
Berland Shoes
Wetherby-Kayser” Shoes
Standard Oi Company
UC to Graduate 5000 Tomorrow
Berkeley campus to hold commencement exercises for more than 5 000 students tomorrow in Memorial Stadium. President Robert Sidhe Tesn will represent the class of 1956 as student speaker for the industrial engineering major.
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Berkeley
University California
Memorial
Robert Cy
William Sidhe
Hearings Resume On Key System Train Service
Oakland likely abandons train service on Bay Bridge with buses resuming tomorrow after a Public Utilities Commission hearing. Transportation engineer E Sam Davis testified that some passengers may have to stand if trains are abandoned, and warned buses would reuse stored fleet rather than buy new equipment.
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Bay Bridge
E. Sam
Davis
Wadenty’ O
Davis Aig
Bombing injures Cypriot soldiers near Famagusta
Untidy report indicates an attack in Cyprus with Greek underground actions injuring British troops. The incident occurred near Famagusta in the northwest sector as security forces responded.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Fage
Famagust
Marines Establish Mobile Missile Unit Debut
A garbled report notes a Marines mobile missile unit debut amid references to Brown University base baseball coach Wilfred Hamilton and pitcher Lefebvre. Details are unclear with fragmented names and dates but indicate a test or demonstration tied to Washington.
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INI
Margires
Tongu
Providence
Brownmoules
Wilfred Hattalion
Jeies
Erin Biss
Sox
Lefebvre
Local Station Report From California Marine Corps Center
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a station in California near the Marine Corps center and a cartel center at Twenty-Nine Pains. Details are unclear but indicate an establishment visit or opening reference. Local entities include California and Marine Corps, with an unclear second location.
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Kina
Caliornia
Marine Corps
Pains
Seaton Seeks Senate Approval as Interior Secretary
The Interior Department confirmation of Fred A. Seaton sailed through committee on a voice vote after questions over federal power policy and resource development. Seaton, a former Nebraska senator, supports partnership-based water power site development while stressing local control in public power states. The nomination now goes to the Senate for final action.
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Seaton
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Senate
Democratic Committee
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Pole By
Loator
California to issue reflector tabs for license plates
Sacramento Calif motorists will receive reflector stickers for vehicle registration instead of the current metal tabs. State Department for Vehicles official Vindon said factors in making the change include improved visibility and reduced loss of tags during inspections.
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Sacramento
Califoria
Vindon
Young Girl Triggers Jamestown Fire Alarms
A six year old kindergarten girl set off three false fire alarms in one week at the busy intersection. Detective Earl Thies tracked down the culprit and explained future consequences to her, with punishment left to her mother.
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Jamestown
Earl
Hickenlooper Renominated In Iowa Primary Clash
In Des Moines Bourke Hickenlooper won renomination after a farm price supports clash. Countryman conceded defeat as Hickenlooper led with just over one third precinct support. Evans defeated Wilcox for the Democratic nomination as both parties backed high price supports.
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Bourke
B. Hickenlooper
Looper
Iowa
Dayton
Countryman
Hickenlooper
Ee Hickenlooper
Spike
French Legion Mop-Up In Rebel Bands Near Algiers
Algiers dispatch reports French army headquarters saying legionnaires crushed rebel bands south of Santain near the central north region. Rebels killed, light French casualties cited as result of major operation by French units near the Morocco border along the Mediterranean.
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Santia
Algeria
An Athe
Morocco
Berkeley physicists link solar eruption to cosmic ray shower
California University researchers report a solar event initiated a powerful radiation burst that likely caused a historic cosmic ray shower. The team notes the explosion's energy could explain the record intensities observed at the time.
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Berkeley
University
I California
Talks Aim to Head off Heavy Cuts in Aid
President Eisenhower summoned Democratic and Republican House leaders to the White House for a study session after a strong congressional push to slash the 4.8 billion dollar foreign aid request. House GOP Leader Joseph Martin said the goal is a one billion dollar cut in the measure passed by the Foreign Affairs Committee, with the administration seeking to maintain the broad foreign aid effort.
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Washington
Hisenhower - Toda
White House
House
Joseph Martin
Eisenhoer
Martin
United States
Milpitas Jet Crashes in New Housing Tract
A disabled Navy jet from nearby Moffett Field crashed into Milpitas Manor, demolishing part of a half completed school and burning an unfinished home. Lt(jg) Theron Hawkes of Seattle parachuted to safety as about 100 workers escaped unharmed. Fragments sparked grass fire and minor bris fire damage.
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Navy
Moffett Dield
Theron
Hawkes
Seattle
Wash
Milpitas Manor
Ford Motor’company
Brisis
Leandro Pilot Crashes Near Alameda Naval Air Station
A pilot from San Leandro crash landed a plane near the Alameda Naval Air Station shoreline. The aircraft went down but the pilot Lt Ballad W Tebs escaped unharmed, and was picked up by two speedboats. A civilian operator identified only as Jerry Howell was involved.
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S ’ Cca Bay
Ala
NAS
Ballad W. Tebs
San Leandro
Jerry Howell
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