Helen Keller Celebrates 75th Birthday Quietly at Home
Helen Keller marked her 75th birthday in a simple home celebration in Westport Connecticut attended by close friends and news reporters. States New York City and Tuscaloosa Alabama observed Helen Keller Day with special programs as Keller rests after a 40000 mile East Coast sightless crusade. Polly Thomson editor and long time companion Nella Henney attended, along with James Adams, and her birthday cake featured a single candle.
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Record Crowds at Alameda County Fair Expected to Top 300000
Alameda County Fair officials forecast record attendance for the ongoing 14 day run in Pleasanton with expectations to exceed 300000 this year. Poultry waterfowl rabbits and pigeons show entries set to surpass 1954 records as judges from multiple cities weigh exhibits. Death notices and various local agricultural events accompany the fair coverage.
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San Leandro
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Alameda County
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Hayward
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Los Altos
A. A. Newton
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King
R. V. Moor
Oakland
C. A. Mews
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Niles
Donald B. Spetti
Me K. L. Brady
Margaret Nelson
J. F.~hughes
Ioy Bayliss
Bernice Jense
W. Haywood
Margarth
Menne
Hayward Art Association
Don Coates Nursery
Jehn E. Speed
Nobue Kawabata
Howard L. Bu
CIA Nursery
Brown’s Nursery
Lyrol Nickals Florist
Howard L. Burr
California Nursery
Charles Shephard
Carlos Bee to Address G V Chamber Meeting
Carlos Bee will be guest speaker at the Casa Malley Chamber of Commerce general meeting on July 14 at Crow Canyon Chateau. Everett L Ward program chairman says Bee will recount highlights of the recently concluded 1955 legislative session.
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Mishaps Kill Eight Persons Over Weekend
California report cites eight dead in northern counties and beyond from weekend crashes and accidents. Victims include George Grissom in San Francisco on Beyshort Freeway, motorcyclist struck by a car, and John Velesudeg, 31, San Mateo. Other fatalities spanned Lafayette, Santa Cruz, Stockton, and Mendocino areas with a mix of vehicle collisions, train interactions, and pedestrian incidents.
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San Francisco
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San Mateo
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Mor Wes
Southern Pacific
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Santa Crucel
Younglove Crossing
Kenneth MacNichol
Santa Cruz
Marie
Obituary of Elyvina Sessions in Hayward California
Elyvina Sessions died Saturday June 25 and funeral services are planned in Downer Idaho Friday. She leaves many survivors including children Kitty Bradley San Francisco Maybelle Holbrook Bountiful Utah Annette Lounsbury Washington Elva Van Lyeven Redding Dorothy Elliott Sonoma Chester G Sessions Hayward and Donald D Sessions Westwood along with two brothers Joseph Guthrie Alaska Charles Guthrie Costa Mesa and 91 grandchildren great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. Mrs Sessions was a Mississippi native and a member of the San Lorenzo Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
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Oakland
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Elizabeth Guthrie
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Downer
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Robinson Bi Mortuary
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Sessions
Sunset Boulevard
Hayaward
Inch
Kitty Bradley
San Francisco
Maybelle Holbrook
Utah
Annette Lounsbury
Elva van Lyeven
Dorothy Elliott
Chester G. Sessions
Hayward
Joseph Wilson Guthrie
Alaska
Charles Emery Guthrie
Costa Mesa
San Lorenzo Ward
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day, Saints
Newsman Warns of Asian Hatred and Rising Nationalism
Palo Alto based foreign correspondent Walter T Kidd Ridder Washington bureau chief cautioned editors at a California gathering that a wave of anti white sentiment persists in Asiatic nations. He said Chiang Kai shek is seen as a war lord and Japan would act similarly if given chance. He noted Formosa diplomats and Formosa politics and called Thailand relatively stable amid nationalist tides. The talk was introduced by Kenneth E Conn editor of the San Jose by Ridder publication.
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United Nations
Walter T. Kidd
Far East
California
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Washington
Ridder Publications
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Hidder
Chou En Lai
China
Ridder
Gene Symonds
United Press
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viang-Kai-Shek
United States
Chiang
Formosa
Japan
Manchuria
Thailand
Pendent
Kenneth E. Conn
San Jose Igury
Civil Defense Board In San Lorenzo Planning Session
San Lorenzo village group to discuss forming a Civil Defense board at 8 p.m. during the San Lorenzo Village Epes Association meeting at 433 Paseo Grande. Agenda also includes pruning program review and county board action to extend the San Lorenzo hog farm variance permit for Oakland Scavengers.
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Civil Defense Board
Epes Association
Paseo, Grande
Board of Supervisors
Oakland Scavengers
Joe Jackson Receives Federal Service Award at Navy Hospital Oakland
Joe Jackson of 18836 Brickell Way Castro Valley was one of three men honored for 90 years of federal service at U S Naval Hospital Oakland. The general supply clerk received his award from Rear Admiral John Q Owsley MC USN.
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Bay Ward Daily Review Postal Notice Ormast
The Daily Review announces its Bay ward office and postal details with addresses in Hayward Alameda County California. The notice lists office phone lines and distribution information for Mayward and Centerville offices along with post office entries and publication terms.
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Taxpayers Association Reports California County Property Levy Rise
The Taxpayers' Association says California county property taxes for 1954-55 total 69,039,394 up from 64,821,253 in January 1954 and higher than 1953-54. The group notes county and school levies, with 22,326,618 for federal county purposes and 22,005,488 for school districts, will push bills higher by the next November. The association warns owners to expect increased local taxes and cites population and price index factors in the rise.
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Fendral
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