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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1958
Page
2
A span in Vancouver British Columbia collapsed mirroring a London style failure killing eighteen workers. Twenty survivors are in hospital with no critical injuries. Insurance and damage are estimated at three million dollars, and completion is delayed six months. An official investigation is ongoing.
Lockheed Jetstar sweptwing jet transport flies 6,700 miles in under 48 hours with 14 hours aloft. Engineering Pilot Ray Goudey guided the craft from Edwards AFB California through McChord Washington Westover Chicopee Falls McCoy Orlando before landing back at Edwards. The test aimed to prove high speed cargo and personnel transport potential.
San Francisco Bank of America on Market Street robbed for the third time this year. Teller Carolyn Solace saw $800 missing after a man handed a note through the window. She added she shoved money across the counter as the robber vanished. Humboldt branch had prior thefts on Jan 26 and May 16.
New York report notes a wide range of plastic glues used in construction and industry. The adhesives spread between two surfaces cause a plastic reaction that changes their makeup and links the glue to the bonded surfaces.
Tokyo reports hint that Crown Prince Akihito may have a say in selecting his bride. Speculation centers on Hatsuko Kitashirakawa as a likely 18 year old, though palace officials say the story is news to them. Traditionally the emperor and council decide, but this may mark a first in royal history where love influences an imperial marriage.
Two hundred Mexican fishermen aboard 21 boats were feared drowned after a Pacific storm off Oaxaca. Chiapas officials warned this could be Mexico's worst maritime disaster if all aboard were lost as Captain Sabino Ortiz reported waves as a nightmare and a two hour crawl to shore while twenty one boats vanished.
Alameda County Supervisors authorized County Purchasing Agent Fred O. MacFarlane to buy 69 new cars at about 100367 dollars to counteract manufacturers stopping subsidies to public agencies. Officials say the bulk purchase will save 250 to 300 dollars per car, totaling around 7800 dollars.
Federal researchers report new nonmedicinal uses for castor beans. Tests indicate castor oil could form a foam plastic for crash pads and similar products and may prove useful in paints varnishes fungicides and cosmetics.
Jolitta Schlehuber, the 12-year-old spelling champion, won $2000 on a television quiz show after correctly spelling 13 words including catarrh poltergeist infallible and penicillin. She appeared on The $64,000 Question and will return next week to try her prize money.
Thirty Dominican officers and cadets at military schools in the United States were ordered Tuesday to leave immediately and return home. The directive came from Trujillo authorities in Ciudad Trujillo.
Reports claim Soviet leaders promised Nagy asylum and later used force to crush Hungary's 1956 uprising. The story notes Nagy, Suslov, Mikoyan met in Budapest, and Moscow later backed a harsh counteroffensive. Questions remain about whether proof exists, while observers cite U.S. actions at Suez and Eisenhower’s reactions as influencing Soviet decisions.
Daniel E Shelton, a former patient, testified before the Yuba County Board of Supervisors that bootleggers operate freely at Weimar Chest Center near Abura and sell whisky to patients for 8 to 10 dollars a pint. Dr John Mathewson denied the charges as false and unfounded, while noting past issues with bootlegging in similar institutions. County executives were asked to investigate Shelton's claims.
San Jose State College announces registration for six and 10 week summer sessions from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday in the Women’s Gymnasium at Sev enth and San Carlos Streets. Students with permits may sign up, others may register 2 to 3 p.m. No permits issued for four week session. Dean West predicts total enrollment of 7545 for 1958 summer sessions based on interest and more than 400 courses offered.
Dr Lester B Law rence of Oakland was named to the Alameda County Institutions Commission by the Board of Supervisors. Alameda attorney A Hubbard Moffitt Jr was reappointed to the commission.
President Eisenhower denounced the Nagy execution as a breach of faith and said it harms prospects for Soviet relations. He warned such terror undermines dialogue with Moscow and cited possible U.S. actions in Lebanon depending on U.N. guidance. He also noted De Gaulle and Macmillan’s wartime consultative unity and discussed continuing aid to Poland and other Soviet satellites to loosen Moscow’s grip.
A new educational program to assist student architects received a $500,000 grant from the Tile Council of America, an organization representing ceramic manufacturers. The initiative supports architectural training and education nationwide.
Newton II UPI reports a bizarre incident where John Collins observed a pig collapse and die after a rooster allegedly attacked it. Collins found two small holes in the pig’s head caused by rooster spurs, suggesting a fatal poultry-related altercation at a feeding scene.
Engineers in Los Angeles have created a mechanical frost damage detector for citrus fruit. The device uses rotating fruit samples on a platform to measure resistance, which rises with increasing frost damage to identify bad fruit.
In today’s Want Ads section a playful prompt suggests brushing up on Hula dancing. The item appears in theBusiness Directory "K" feature.
Dana L Fuller, 53, executive of the Fuller paint company, collapsed and died at his home in San Francisco. He was a director and member of the executive committee, widely known in the city’s business and social circles. He leaves a wife Pauline and a son Dana Jr.
Singer-Actress Jeanette MacDonald born June 18 1907 in Philadelphia Pa. Once a top star with a golden voice she plans a return in 1989 after a decade away married to actor Gene Raymond for 21 years of Scotch ancestry she once sang in a nightgown and pigtails and first appeared publicly at age four at a charity ball her famed exclamation Holy Mackerel is recalled.
Five of eight workers at the plant are under observation in a hospital after a uranium recovery room mishap raised radiation levels. Officials launch an investigation, with names withheld, and say medical care is provided by radiation medicine specialists.
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