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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1955
Page
1
In Oakland upper Forest Park near Skyline boulevard police investigated a dig initially thought to be a recent grave. The excavation, found by Thomas Engs of San Leandro, proved to be months old, possibly dug for leaf mold by a garden worker, according to Lt. Charles Wood.
West Germany conditional on Moscow invitation acceptance for Adenauer to visit. Bonn consults western allies before formal approval and aims to open diplomatic and trade relations. Dulles signals clearance. Britain and France reassured. Coalition and opposition back plan. talks likely in early July without breaching Paris accords.
Detroit INS reports Ford Motor Company and the United Auto Workers signed a historic guaranteed wage pact this week without a 5 cent hourly concession, while GM strike leaders prepared for a midnight Sunday deadline as 40,000 workers staged wildcat walkouts coast to coast. Ford strikers at the Rouge plant returned reluctantly, but tool and die workers and crane operators held out for a 30 cent raise, prompting Lincoln-Mercury at Wayne to shutter. UAW Local 600 warned the international union would take over if disobedience continued.
Oakland hearse service operator Albert Callos, 37, was arrested as a receiver of stolen goods after his county contract to transport bodies to the coroner’s morgue was not renewed. Berkeley police said Raymond Amiotte, an Oakland merchant seaman, admitted selling Callos stolen property for three years, including an adding machine found at Callos’ San Leandro office. The morgue contract in Oakland runs until July 1 and had been worth $9.
A two year picket line by Oakland Typographical Union 36 and Oakland Printing Pressmen Union 125 along 733 A Street Hayward ends as the firm reorganizes to Gospel Tracts Unlimited and shifts to offset printing. Union leaders say the action marks East Bay’s longest running picket and the single such effort by the two unions in 50 years. The Alcoholic Beverage Commission moves liquor offices into Oakland, consolidating 60 statewide offices into 25 with Oakland as regional HQ.
Sacramento Senator Luther E Gibson announced there would be no new hearing on Assemblyman Walter J Dahl's measure to raise salaries for the Alameda county board of supervisors and the Alameda county superintendent of schools. The bill faced opposition in the Senate Local Government Committee where Gibson chairs, with Senator Arthur H Breed of Alameda opposing.
Richard George, 23, of Castro Valley reported a break in at a Tennyson road service station with $158 stolen from the store room. Attendant Gerald Sechler, 11, suffered a wrist slash from a passenger in an automobile after a 50 cent gas purchase, two men laughing as they drove away.
A light forecast shows fair conditions through Thursday with coastal fog extending inland during morning hours. Expect little temperature change with yesterday's high not specified and today's low around 70 degrees.
Assembly Bill 131 setting annexation rules for school properties to chartered cities passed the Senate 37 to 0 near midnight. Hayward Union High School District President Marlin Haley hailed the approval as fair and protective, noting amended text allows gradual annexation to San Lorenzo Creek and avoids forcing one large annexation. San Leandro opposed the measure but officials now face a framework that permits limited annexation while preserving local interests.
Entries close next Wednesday June 15 at midnight for The Daily Review Father’s Day contest. Open to mothers wives children and friends. Bring an entry blank with a photo and a short statement to The Review offices. photographs taken free at the Castro Valley study.
Hayward will crown a city beauty queen to represent at the Alameda County Fair this month. Harold Lustig leads the effort with entries open at the Chamber offices or by phone. Entrants must be 16 to 26, unmarried, and California residents four years prior to September 1. Judging at Bret Harte school on June 20, with entry deadline June 17. Winners parade at Hayward Theater June 22 and ride on the Junior Chamber float in the county fair parade. Early entrants also ride on the Jaycee float in the Livermore Rodeo parade this weekend.
Three bond issues failed in Hayward with a fourth proposition approving a five member district board. A withdrawal hearing was urged by supporters as a special committee planned a meeting. Final unofficial returns showed upsets in several propositions and several candidates elected to the district board.
Three California cities reported ballot results yesterday. Milpitas approved a tax hike to $1.15 per $100 for two years for the elementary district. Millbrae passed a $70,000 firehouse bond but defeated two thirds supermajority propositions including a $100,000 park hall bond and city projects. Santa Cruz backed bonds to rehabilitate two high schools and one elementary, with the high school bond at 380,000 and the elementary at 260,000. yes votes near seven to one.
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