Churchill Talks Of Asian Plans With Australia
London dispatch says Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill canceled an emergency cabinet meeting to confer with Australia’s external affairs minister before leaving for the United States. He plans talks with President Eisenhower on Southeast Asia defense and Indochina policy, while Britain seeks to patch Anglo American differences at Washington talks. Eden outlined a Locarno type treaty to guarantee peace in Southeast Asia, as Churchill aims to gauge Soviet moves and possible talks with Malenkov.
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London
Winston Churchill
Australia
United States
Eisenhower
Churchill
Anthony Eden
Lia
TR. G. Casey
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Casey
Asia
New Zealand
Britain
Geneva
Indochina
John Foster Dulles
Washington
House of Commons
Eden
Chuschill
Southeast Asia
Locarno
Switzerland
France
Germany
Italy
Belgium
Europe
Georgi M. Malenkov
Des Moines River Crest Tents City Levees Break Flood Threat
Des Moines river crested at a historic height and breached multiple levees in the city. Riverview Amusement Park dike failed as 2,000 volunteers guarded others, with 75 homes flooded in the northeast area and 1,000 families evacuated. Red Cross sent relief supplies. Eisenhower designated a major disaster area for federal aid.
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Des Moines
Riverview
East Side
Center Street
la St-foot
Red Cross
Louisville
Eisenhower
Rebels threaten mass incidents and UN aid urged
United Nations in New York reports that anti-Communist rebels warned of mass sudden incidents in Guatemalan cities within 24 hours and demanded an emergency Security Council meeting. The Guatemalan government says more than 45 cities and villages have already been hit by such incidents.
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United Nations
New York
U.fl
Guatemala
Security Council
Guatemalan Crisis News and Rebel Offensive Halted
The piece reports Guatemala claiming a halted rebel offensive while Col. Carlos Castillo Armas says rain slowed progress. It notes casualties, a parachutist killed in Amatitlan, and soldiers delaying civilian harm as a Red-influenced government faces insurgents. The U.N. and OAS tensions are touched upon, with Lodge's stance and the Inter-American Peace Commission meeting.
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Tegucigalpa
Monduras
Carlos Castillo Armas
Castillo Armas
Esquipulid
Guatemala
National Federation of Farm Workers
Guatemala City
Amatitlan
Puerto Barros
Jacobo
Arbenz Guzman
Alameda board approves interim budget for July and August
Alameda County Board of Supervisors approved an interim budget totaling 9,585,472 dollars this morning for the months of July and August. The action sets funding levels for county operations and services during the transitional period.
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Alameda County Board of Supervisors
Senate faces delay in atomic energy bill amid intraparty clashes
President Eisenhower hears a bleak forecast as Republican leaders warn that a plan to revise the Atomic Energy Act faces stalled momentum. Bricker opposes international provisions while Holifield Price push back on power and patent sections, creating parallel battles that jeopardize Senate and House approval before adjournment.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
House
U.S
John Bricker
Chet Holifield
Calif
Mel Price
Congress
Trustees Vote No Increase in Castro Valley Taxes
Castro Valley taxpayers will pay the same rate in 1954 55 as last year. Trustees set the rate at 148 per 100 assessed value and adopted a tentative budget of 978 940, aided by increased valuation and state funds. They also kept the 1 46 district maximum except for the five cent community recreation tax. Salaries were raised across the district with principals, secretaries, and teachers receiving increases. deputy superintendent Dr Darrel H Slocum was placed at 7200 to 8200 and superintendent Morris kept at 11200. Demolition bids for the old Valley school ranged from 15531 to 27930, and bids for admin building additions came in at 2279 for Wallace Webb and Sons.
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Castro Valley
Hayward Area
Darrel H. Slocum
Roy. Johnson
A. B. Morris
Wns
Old Valley School
Om J. Henry Harris
Berkéflex
Dight
Wallace Webb and Sons
Hayward Contractors
Bakers Strike Over Bread Due Back Saturday
A three week strike against 16 wholesale bakers in San Francisco Oakland and San Jose ends with a tentative settlement awaiting ratification by the APL Bakers union. Local 119 and Local 24 met to discuss return to work while reports say hours cuts for hundreds with no wage cuts and an 8 1/2 cent increase for those not affected by hour changes.
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San Francisco
Oakland
San Jose
APL Bakers Union
Water District Petitioned for Irvington Heights
Oakland Conway and Culligan, developers of Irvington Heights, petitioned the board of supervisors to substitute their own water district for the Alameda County Water District. The board sent the matter to the district attorney and County Surveyor Wallace Boggs who said Conway and Culligan have not conformed to the county contract and warned that if noncompliance continues about 2500 feet of installed pipe will be rejected.
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Oakland
Conway and
Culligan
Irvington Heights
Board of Supervisors
Alameda County
Committee Vote Shakes Ike's Farm Price Plan
The Senate Agriculture Committee voted 8 to 7 to extend current high price supports for one year. The administration proposed ending basic crop supports at parity and moving to flexible supports next year. Sen. Young led the one-year 90 percent plan, backed by several Republicans and Democrats while Humphrey urged a two-year 90 percent extension. The measure faces a Senate showdown and possible presidential veto.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
JHE
Milton R. Young
R-N.d
Edward J. Thye
Minn
Karl E. Mundt
S.D
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Committee On
House Agriculture Committee
George D. Aiken
Rvi
Senate
Young
Mid-Ashland Favors Annex in Survey Findings
A preliminary survey of four fifths of residents in the 700-home Foothill area bounded by 130th and 159th avenues and East 14th street favors annexation to San Leandro. Don Frost of the East 14th Street Terrace Improvement Association outlined benefits and the club urged annexation as the least costly option, with projected tax savings and concerns about local fire protection.
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Ashland
130Th
159Th Avenues
Foothill Boulevard
East 14Th Street
San’ Leandro
Improvement Club
Don Frost
East 14Th Street Terrace
Foothill Manor Annex
Frost
Fairmont
School
Mary Wilson
Fairmont Terrace
Spear
Terrace Club
Henry J. Hopkins
Ashland County Fire Protection District
Jit
Ashland Fire Protection
Welfare Agencies Face Tomorrow Challenge in Southern Alameda
A five member panel at Eden Congregational church in Hayward discussed the need for new industry to boost the tax base and create jobs in Southern Alameda County. Panelists including Jack D. Rees and Stephen Thiermarin emphasized social welfare expansion, funding challenges, and planning to attract industry while addressing racial prejudice and cultural problems impacting growth.
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Alameda County
Morrow
Allase
Spanel
Ds. Harold
C Choen‘eld
Deroto
Eden
Congregational Church
Jack
D. Rees
Rees
Hayward Area
Berg
East Bay
Norris
Washington Township
Thiermann
Bruce Michael
Triermann
Imedacol
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