Best News of 1951 Legislature No New Taxes Voted
1951 California legislative session wrapped after 120 days with 5 302 laws and 1 949 bills. Gov Warren hailed Feather River project as a major forward step, while lawmakers avoided new taxes and approved reapportionment and civil defense measures.
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Feather River
James C. Anderson
United Press
Sacramento- U.P
Solons
Earl Warren
Legisla F
Central Valley
Feather ‘River
Santa Clara
San Joaquin
Imperial Valley
Oroville
T Tey
Warren
Riverbank Man Kills Wife and Sister in Law Then Ends Own Life
In Riverbank California an estranged husband obtained a .38 revolver from his brother and went on a shooting spree killing his wife Ernest Gordon and Opal Moore before taking his own life. His victims were Mrs Gordon, Mrs Moore, and their ages around 40 with two children in the home. A note directed rings to his wife implying self-inflicted death was planned.
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Riverbank
Calif
U.P
Ernest Gordon
Norman
Opal Moore
Taft Says Truman Has A Swollen Head Since 1948
Senator Taft blasted President Truman claiming a swollen head since 1948 and an absolute untruth about bipartisan foreign policy. He accused Truman of snubbing Republicans and consulting none on policy since Pearl Harbor, prompted by Truman's Tullahoma speech and criticisms of China policy.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Truman
Ohio
Republican Reader
Taft
Tullahoma
Tenn
Pearl Harbor
Senate Vandenberg
China
Heart Attack Fatal To Carl E Tucker
Carl E Tucker aged 52 died of a heart attack yesterday at 7 30 p m in front of his trailer home on East 14th Street Ashland He worked at Friden Calculating Machine Co in San Leandro and fainted at 6 20 p m nursing staff said He was rushed to Fairmont hospital and pronounced dead on arrival from a heart seizure
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Carl E. Tucker
East 14Th Street
Ashland
Tucker
Friden
San Leandro
Helen D. Jennings
Fairmont Hospital
Firemen Battle Grass Blaze Near Hayward Highlands
About 30 firemen and five fire trucks fought a wind swept grass fire on a hillside near Highland boulevard in Hayward, burning 30 acres before it was stopped. Hayward sent three trucks, with Hayward Highlands and Fairview each dispatching one. Several homes were threatened but water reaching the gully saved the area. no property damage beyond scorched orchard trees. A separate garage fire at 809 Ramos Avenue caused an estimated 70 dollars damage at 3 45 yesterday.
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Highland Boulevard
Hayward
Hayward Highlands
Fairview
Hayward Memorial Park
Dominc Cuenca
Ramos Avenue
Yester
Moscow Envoys Await Instructions on Korea Peace Talks
The United States and British ambassadors await guidance from Washington and London to pursue clarification of Russia's cease fire proposals and open direct negotiations. Pravda notes initial cautious interest and broad support in democratic circles, while Western diplomats remain hopeful for a pathway to peace talks.
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Moscow
United States
Russia
Communist Party
Pravda
New York
Jacob Malik
United Nations
Adm
Alan G. Kirk
David Kelly
Washington
London
Malik
Grandmothers Fall Victim to Hoax Travel Rescue
Two elderly travelers from Pennsylvania and New York were stranded by a hoax while en route home from Albuquerque. Mrs. Mary Keihne, 55, Clark Summit, Pa, and Mrs. Frank Licari, 51, East Rockaway, N Y, departed Santa Fe airport and planned to reach Scranton that afternoon after receiving supposed relief.
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Santa FE
N. M
Convinent
Mary Keihne
Clark
Summit
Frank Licari
East Rockaway
Albuquerque
Scranton
Fire incidents spark damage in multiple California areas
Fire officials reported a grass fire in the 100 block of Soto Street Hayward caused no damage. In Ashland a Chesterfield set in a tank house at 1596 166th Avenue burned. children playing with matches were blamed for the blaze.
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Soto Street
Hayward
Ashland
Aj Chesterfield
166Th Avenue
Castro Valley Woman Reports Collie Lost
Mrs. Jean DeMerse of Castro Valley reports her brown and white collie Boots missing since last Friday. She can identify the dog by its rear paws and asks anyone who finds Boots to contact her at LA 1-4519 before 9 AM or after 5 PM.
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Jean DeMerse
Mable Avenue
Castro Valley
Boots
Stassen to Run for President in 1952 Says Commentator
A broadcast reports Harold Stassen, president of the University of Pennsylvania, will be a Republican candidate for president in 1952. The commentator’s copy reads Stassen plans a nationwide campaign with early emphasis on party backing and public support.
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San Leandro
Henry Heyder
William J. Loomis
Oakland
Young Republicans
Alameda County
Stassen
ST. Louis
U.P
Harold Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Garbage worker spared jail after drunkenness ruling
Anchorage AP report states garbageman Gabriel Valamoutoff received a 20 day sentence for drunkenness, but the magistrate suspended it. Valamoutoff was noted as the sole person familiar with the garbage route.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Gabriel Valamoutoff
Valamoutoff
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