San Francisco Probers Learn Little From House Inquiry
The House Committee on Un-American Activities wrapped up a four day inquiry in Northern California focusing on Communist influence in Bay Area professions. Witnesses mostly refused to answer beyond invoking the Fifth Amendment with only two seen as friendly to the panel.
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Philippine Rebels Kill 3 in Bus Ambush
Three Filipino soldiers were killed and three others wounded in a bus ambush in Mausdan, Quezon Province, southeastern Luzon. The soldiers were en route to reinforce a patrol and were caught in Huk crossfire. three passengers were also injured.
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Graham Appeals For More Funds
New York evangelist Billy Graham urged Christians to donate to cover costs of his Madison Square Garden crusade, claiming only half the budget is raised with a million dollar target. He cited private gifts of 503000 and noted nightly offerings cover arena costs while coast-to-coast Saturday telecasts run about 50000 each.
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Billy Graham
Madison & Garden
Graham
Crusade
Madison Square Garden
New Marines Training Changes Told
New York dispatch reports changes at Parris Island after a 1986 classroom and drill reforms following a deadly training death. Sergenat Campbell, training sergeant at Floyd Bennett Field, says the program now clearly limits actions and increases officer supervision, aiming to produce capable battle ready marines.
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Car Wreck Kills S F Contractor
San Francisco contractor Sidney M. Lowery, 38, died early today when his sports car hit a concrete abutment on the Bayshore Freeway off ramp at Seventh Street. Police say he apparently dozed off while driving home from the peninsula. he was not wearing a safety belt.
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Lowery
Hells Canyon House Victory Seen
Washington Democrats push for swift House action on federal Hells Canyon dam bill after Senate approved a 687 million project on the Snake River border of Idaho and Oregon. Rep Gracie Prost cites promise of action from Interior Democrats as hearings may be held next week or in July. The plan would flood three sites and drew sharp political exchanges between Sen Potter and Sen Morse over civil rights votes.
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Wayne Aspinall
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Charles Potter
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Hells Canyon
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Prison Term to Chicken Rancher
A Mountain View chicken rancher received a one year sentence in San Quentin for manslaughter. Robert Paul Hogan, 25, was convicted after his landlord James Ducke 56 of Palo Alto died from brain injuries in a fight at Hogan's farm. Hogan testified he struck Ducke in self defense after Ducke picked up a board.
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San Quentin
William F. James
Robert Paul Hogan
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James Ducke
Palo Alto
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Knight vetoes candy sales tax exemption in California
Governor Goodwin J. Knight vetoed a bill by Senator Louis Sutton to exempt candy from sales tax, saying the loss in revenue would harm schools and welfare. He argued candy is a luxury, not a necessity, despite the Legislature deeming it food. The Senate revenue committee had already rejected a separate tax cut for prescription drugs.
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Louis Sutton
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Eisenhower Tees Off With Neighbors At Gettysburg
President Eisenhower plays an early golf round at Gettysburg Country Club with two neighbors Brigadier General Arthur S. Nevins and George Allen. He jokes about bad drives and even laughs as caddies scatter from a practice shot, enjoying a weekend at his farm.
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France Seizes Red Newspaper L'Humanite
Paris reports the government seized the Communist newspaper L’Huma today under interior ministry orders. The action cites laws against attacks on state security, both internal and external, as the basis for the seizure.
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Scientists puzzled by Mars dark patches and blue clearing
Scientists at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff Arizona examine Mars dark regions and seasonal changes amid debate over whether they are living substances like lichens. Skeptics cite slow growth and seasonal patterns, while reports of blue clearing and ozone influence spark ongoing uncertainty about Martian surface phenomena.
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Blame Fixed For Twisters
Weather experts blame a massive high altitude trough for the spring tornadoes and floods that hit the southwest. The trough, now weakened, caused deadly storms especially in Texas and Oklahoma. Through May 1957 the United States logged 624 tornadic events, far above 1955’s 392. Texas alone reported 125 tornadoes, Oklahoma ranked second in outbreaks.
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Norwegian Academy marks 100th anniversary in Oslo
The Norwegian Academy of Science celebrated its centennial with a ceremony at Oslo University, honoring a century of scholarly achievement and collaboration.
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Norwegian Academy of Science
Oslo University
Water as Fuel for Atomic Energy Seen as Aim
The article surveys global interest in extracting energy from water via fusion using deuterium from seawater. It cites the U S Atomic Energy Commission project Sherwood and notes potential solutions to fuel supply, waste disposal, global resource equality, and direct nuclear power conversion, enabling space exploration ambitions.
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Bandits Slug Hotel Clerk in San Francisco
Two armed men pistol whipped Edmund C. Me Laughlin, 52, a Hotel Sequoia clerk, after entering offers for a room. They demanded the safe combination, attacked him, and escaped with about 180 dollars. The incident occurred early today at the San Francisco hotel.
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