Miss California Wins Historic Miss California Title
Joan Beckett, 16, secretary from Sacramento, claimed the Miss California crown rerouting the pageant in Atlantic City. She beat 20 glamour girls including Jan Fogotti of Modesto and Donna Lestford of Fresno, becoming the first California contestant to win both state major beauty titles.
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Santa Cruz
Sscramento
Shelley
Atlantic City
California
Joan Beckett
Lumber Pony
Jan Fogotti
Modesto
Donna ‘Lestyford
San Lorenzo
Miss Beckett
Barbara
Jané ~ Harris
Atonal
Beckett
Hawaii
Fran Smith Wins Maid Alameda County Fair Title
Alameda native Fran Smith wins the statewide Maid of California contest at the Alameda County Fair. She represented Bay area interests and will compete in the Aug 26 State Fair pageant in Sacramento. Her sister Nancy was runner-up in 1994 and younger sister Kitty has held a recent "Belle of Highway" title.
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Idrilly Review
Frank Smith
San Lorenzo
Alameda
Pleasanton
Sovith
Grove
Tran
Bay
Maid of
Kitty
Belle
Fran
Fintan’s Rainbow
New-York
San Leandro High Schow
Fred Bruderlin
Solano County Fair
Mary Inkmenn
William Ryan
KPIX
Mary Ellen ‘Tuohy
Dave Hulburd
Wiliam Wilson
San Me Fair
Inchi
Sharon Morrida
Betty Ann Borreani
Linda Sisson
Berkeley
di Thomas
Castro
Valley
Joan’ Rout
Bremont
Jeanette Var Aken
Hayward
Peal Chapnetl
Er More
Elizabeth Carlson
Parks
Air Force
Barbara McRae
Jensonton
Margot ‘Stenzel
San Leandro
Asion City
Cabbie’s Aid Alters Nevada Wedding Plans
A San Leandro couple delayed their wedding after a Reno taxi driver offered to act as a witness and falsely claim Miss Nancy Davy’s age. Police questioned the driver after overhearing remarks at the county courthouse. Davy’s parents said they approved the marriage but could not accompany them.
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Evlen
Rano
Nency Davy
Ross J. Davy
San Lesades
Waller Pena
Magna Avenue
Hayward
Nevadas
Reno
Robert Ge Graves
Miss Davy
New York Negotiator Says Big Three Steel Firms Share Wage Rise
A top negotiator for New York says the steel industry's Big Three have agreed to a wage increase. Workers across the sector will share in a cost base adjusted for substantial price changes, signaling a tempered but real rise in pay.
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New York
Cation
Eisenhower Letter for Zhukov Delivered in Moscow Visit
Gen. Nathan Twining delivered President Eisenhower's personal message to Marshal Georgi Zhukov in Moscow and then toured the Gubinka base to inspect Soviet jet aircraft on display. He spoke by telephone with Zhukov regarding the president's illness and renewed wishes. The visit coincided with a Soviet aviation display emphasizing defense planes while hinting at later jet bombers.
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Moscow
U.P
Nathan F
Eisenhower
Georgi K. Zhukov
Gubinka
U.S. Air Force
Gubink
Russia
Om Zhukov
Zhukov
Air crash in Nigeria claims 26 passengers and crew
BOAC confirmed a Argonaut airliner crashed near Kano airport in Northern Nigeria. The aircraft struck trees after exiting a rain storm, bursting into flames. 18 survivors were pulled from the wreck, with 7 people missing and all fatalities including a stewardess. A BOAC spokesman noted passenger makeup and officials, including Sir Harold Whittingham, will assist the London investigation.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Ins
Britis Overseas Airways Cooporation
Toda
B.o.a.c.y
Kano
Tripoli
BOAC
London
Argonaut
Sano
Harold Whittingham
A C. Johnstone
Argoraul Fleets
Newark Police Force Notice At City Hall Noon
Newark police invite both regulars and reserve members to a noon gathering at City Hall today for a briefing and allotment of duties. Officials urge attendance to review schedules and assignments.
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Newark
Realism Hits Gobel Guest on TV Show
Gobel hosts a TV program featuring Hollywood guest George Gobel and Bande praising realism in a quoted exchange. The fragmentary text notes a guest and remarks on realism without containing a full narrative or context.
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Hollywood
Lin — George
Gobel
Bande
Ike Will Fly to Panama for July Parley
President Eisenhower will fly to Panama on July 21 and 22 for talks with leaders of American states. The trip follows six weeks after his operation and he may leave hospital soon for convalescence at Gettysburg. He postponed a planned meeting with Indian Prime Minister Nehru to ensure full recovery. The president and Mrs. Eisenhower will mark their 46th wedding anniversary at their farm.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Panama
White House
Jawaherlal Nehya
Nehru
Eiserhower
Gettysburg
Petari
Rhodes Warns Hospital Board About Tonight Meeting
Rhodes warns hospital board that if directors fail to attend tonight’s 8 p m session, the meeting may be postponed. He notes negotiations with Edens hospital nurses and says a harmony plan is advisory while calling for coordination with hospital administrator Harry A Blythe. Directors Marvin Richardson Julius Levine Milton Pearn and A G Jackson absent at last meeting prompt Rhodes to threaten nightly calls unless attendance improves.
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Eden
Esterday
Yesterne Rhodes
Ithe
Turses Jeter
Harry A. Blythe
Blythe
Board of Trustees
Ins
Plex
Marvin ‘Richardson
Julius Levine
Milton
Earn
A. G. Jacksont
Tegan Ally
Blythe to Speak at Castro Valley 20-30 Club Meeting
The Castro Valley 20-30 Club hosts Blythe A. Blythe, hospital administrator, as guest speaker at 7:30 pm in Castro Gardens. Bob McCluskey serves as program chairman for the evening.
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Castro Valley
Hiry A. Blythe
Hospital Adminitas
Lasire Valley
Castro!Gardens
Bob ‘McCluskey
Hayward Fireman Walter Craven Dies After Truck Accident
Walter Craven 41 a Hayward firefighter died from shock and hemorrhage after a fire truck ran over him. Deputy Coroner Walter Fliek said the death may be due to a heart attack as Craven fell from the rear platform while the engine backed downhill near Central Boulevard and Spririt Court. Funeral services are planned Wednesday at Sorensen Bros. Chapel with interment at Holy Sepulchre cemetery. Craven survived by his wife Ethel and son Douglas and had 14 years of service.
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Hayward
Walter Craven
Walter Fliek
Raven
A. Gress
Central
Craven
Hayward Fue
Ethel
Douglas
Mennings Cewt
Ray
Weather forecast for the Bay area becomes clearer
A weather summary notes the bea utiful midsummer feel with tomorrow’s Bay area forecast. Temperatures are expected to be warm with a low near 20 tonight and moderate easterly winds around eight to 18 miles per hour in the afternoon. Previous day temperatures show a mixed pattern with a lower low today.
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Bay Area
Afernoon
Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King Dies in Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH WN H ENS Fleet Admiral Ernest J King died at Portsmouth Naval Hospital after heart failure and prior brain hemorrhages. He commanded the US Navy as chief of naval operations and fleet commander during World War II and led naval aviation expansion after Pearl Harbor. His son Commander Ernest J King Jr was at his bedside and had flown from Washington to be with him. He was born in Lorain Ohio and lived at Bethesda Md. Naval center during peacetime summers.
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Portsmouth
WN. H
ENS
Ernest J. King
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Portsmouth Naval Hospital
Washington
Bethesda
Spe
King
I S. Fleet
Admira
Hisather
Eli King
United’ “States
U.S
Lorain
Ohio
James
Elizabeth Keam
Bride Returns as Mate Forgives After Five Day Disappearance
In San Francisco a six month bride, Laura Kain, 19, was found after a five day disappearance ending a statewide search. She reunited with husband Ronald Kain, 21, and her family, declined to talk to press. She had left San Francisco for Downey, then Los Angeles, before returning with her mother and father.
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Laura’ Kain
Havy’ Thound
Calif. Gy
Los Angeles
Laurs
Huzane
Ronald
Kain
Lean
Sanfrancisco
Downey
Kein
Laure
Lee Oliver
Hawthorne
Young, Kein
The
Emericks
San Fran
Als
Emerick
Good Deeds Convicted Woman Sentenced to 20 Years
Miss Mangum, a former head bookkeeper for a building association, was found guilty of embezzling nearly $2 million to aid friends and relatives. Judge Lawrence Bullock imposed a 20 year prison term with 10 years to run consecutively and five years on other counts to run concurrently. Parole eligibility after five years.
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Norfolk
Mangum
Tosn
Lawrence Bullock
Man ‘Gum
Miss Minnie
Sgo
Richymond
Iceland Votes Split as Coalition Hangs in Balance
Reykjavik reports say the Progressive Social Democrat alliance may secure a majority in Teeland's new parliament, while the Conservative-Independence party seeks to keep US troops. Early returns from half the 32 seats show a pivotal shift in foreign policy amid a Denmark-desked broadcast from Copenhagen.
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Teeland
Ivoh
Iceland
Copenhagen
Reykjavik
Jane Basee
Berlingske Attensavis
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Union
Ieelang
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