Heat Wave Turns Deadly In Oakland Area
A Hayward man Teo J. Graham, 40, collapsed behind the wheel in Oakland and died as temperatures hit 91 in Hayward. He was pronounced dead at Highland Hospital. The Bay Area faced smoke and smog with San Francisco reporting 24 parts per million pollutants.
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San Mateo County
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Atomic test lights up area sky over Nevada desert
The East bomb detonated from a helium balloon 500 feet above Yucca Flat during Project Plumbbob. A yellow flash lit the northeast horizon as observers fled for safety amid warnings of possible fallout. Only very light fallout reached the control point, with protective steps taken after the blast.
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Paris Novelist Elliott Paul Reported Missing
Los Angeles authorities report Elliott Paul a 66 year old novelist and author of The Last Time I Saw Paris is missing. A friend Mrs Elizabeth Benson of Wilmington filed the missing person report saying he failed to visit her horse and has heart trouble. He had been absent from a downtown Los Angeles hotel since Wednesday.
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Elliott Paul
Paris
Elizabeth Benson
Wilmington
Paul
Beating Charged To Union Boss Beating Charged To Union Boss
Joseph Kane, president of New York Local 585, testified before the Senate Rackets Committee that union leader James G. Cross and Vice President George Stuart beat him and others and used a pistol to coerce opposition during the union con vention in San Francisco. Kane said the assault occurred October 22 across three hotel rooms as Cross sought more power, with Stuart present and others also targeted.
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INSJ
New York
Bakers
James G. Cross
George Stuart
Joseph Kane
Senate
Louis
Genuth
Treassurer
Kane
Evidence of Martian life reported in Flagstaff
In Flagstaff Arizona three biologists from the U S Air Force School of Aviation presented experiments conducted under Mars like conditions at Randolph AFB Texas. The team showed micro organisms can survive and even flourish on Mars though they did not claim intelligent life exists.
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Mars
U.S. Air Force School of Aviation
Randolph Afb
Tex
Red Planet
Newark School Wage Boosts Approved for District Staff
Newark trustees approved raises for district employees including Supt. Jack MacGregor whose pay increases to 12 000 dollars annually. Teachers with provisional credentials rise to 3729 dollars and scale to 4970 with experience and extra hours, while regular credential teachers start at 4200 dollars and reach 6720 dollars with 12 years plus 45 semester hours.
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MacGregor
UNEF Patrol Kills Two Arabs Near Gaza Demarcation Line
The United Nations emergency force UNEF reports two Arabs killed and one captured near the Gaza demarcation line as a patrol engaged a group of six men. It notes four Arabs killed by UNEF patrols in June, after the assailants threw a knife and the patrol opened fire.
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Cuban Rebel Band Remains at Large in Sierra Maestra
In Havana soldiers pursue Fidel Castro era rebels in the Sierra Maestra mountains. Col. Pedro Barreras says the three week encirclement aims to force surrender from the Jeddy band due to shortages of food and ammunition.
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Castro
Cows Rock the Nottingham Mayor Opens Odd Owl Event
A fragmented report describes a bizarre scene in Nottingham where animals act violently during a local event. Mayor William Hickling is mentioned amid unclear actions and a strange mechanism linked to a live performance.
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Nottingham
Eng
William. Hickling
Protests to Friden's Parking Lot Rejected
Leona Ward reports San Leandro Estabrook Street residents lost a split council vote to Friden Calculating Machine Co. in denying their appeal against a 270 space employee parking lot at 83 Estabrook Street. Four to three decision upheld city planning permit amid resident fears of devaluation and traffic danger to children.
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Thomas Knick
William Swift
Joseph Bellini
A. L. Kant
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Friden Co
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Superior Ave
House OKs Civil Rights Bill After Southern Fight
The House passed the administration civil rights bill amid a failed Southern attempt to add a jury trial amendment in contempt cases. The vote was 251 to 158, ending the factional clash and sending the measure to the Senate for action.
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Senate
Senate Judiciary ‘Committee
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Monster of Loch Ness to be Probed by Electronics Experts
A London based electronics firm plans a scientific expedition to Loch Ness in mid August to determine whether the legendary monster is real. The team will use the latest devices after years of sighting reports and sketches have drawn tour groups to the Scottish lake.
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John Gorst
Jr. College Parley Set
San Leandro school board meets at 8 15 p m at Lincoln School 441 W Joaquin Ave to discuss the Southern Alameda County junior college budget for 1957 58 and the teacher salary schedule. The preliminary budget calls for 4 682 000 in public funds for the district.
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Southern
Alameda
Lincoln ‘School
W. Joaquin Ave
Idistrict
S.to
Lembrace
Alameda County
Bonn May Relax China Trade Ban Looms
West Germany said it is ready to follow the example of relaxing embargoes on trade with the Communist Chinese government. A spokesman indicated a unilateral move could be taken immediately if other nations implement similar measures.
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China
Ins
West Germany
Historic ruling blocks Girard surrender to Japan
Federal Judge Joseph McGarraghy ruled that under the Constitution the United States must not surrender Army Specialist 3c William Girard for trial in a Japanese court for the death of a Japanese woman at a firing range. U.S. Attorney Gasch said he will seek an immediate appeal, likely to the Supreme Court, as Prime Minister Kishi arrives for talks with Eisenhower and Dulles. The defense hailed a legal victory and urged Girard be turned over to an American court martial.
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Dayton M. Harrington
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Red Probers Hit State Bar At San Francisco Quiz
San Francisco report on the Howe Un-American activities subcommittee opening hearings into Communist infiltration at the California State Bar. A protest previously filed cited misinformation and lawyers accused of contempt in court, with threats of jail if such conduct recurred.
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Francisco
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Policy Defended On Tight Money by Humphrey
Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey defended the administration tight money policy as the only practical way to curb inflation. He acknowledged risks from rising prices and inflation despite the policy and spoke during a Senate committee hearing with Democratic members calling for broader steps.
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