Hypocrisy in San Leandro Over Racial Equality Debate
A San Leandro incident reveals local bias as residents opposed a Japanese American dentist buying a home, underscoring the gap between professed democratic principles and everyday practice. The piece argues true equality requires action beyond words and notes broader national shifts in attitudes and workplaces.
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Alameda County
San Leandro
Knowland Critiques and Crisis Politics in U S Foreign Policy
The piece criticizes Senator Knowland for stoking continual crises in foreign policy. It argues his rhetoric creates instability, confuses the public, and drowns out attention to domestic issues while portraying a tense stand-off between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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California
Asia
Bering Straits
United States
Korea
Russia
Knowland
Digging Up Slogans for 56 Campaign Battle Lines
Analysis of 1956 election rhetoric shows administration aiming to defend economic gains while Democrats push direct federal aid to key voter blocs. Slogans from past campaigns are cited to illustrate enduring themes. The piece notes Eisenhower prosperity as a focal point and details Dem plans to broaden Social Security and farm price supports to appeal to seniors and rural voters.
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Lyndon- Rayburn
Humphrey
Roosevel Truman
California Water Department Delay Stalls Conservation Efforts
Governor Knight sought a solution on whether a state water resources department should have its own attorney or rely on the attorney general. Political lobbying and party considerations delayed the bill, with Brown absent during key discussions. Despite conferences, the water department was not created, delaying conservation plans for at least a year.
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CNS
California
State Department of Water Resources
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Edmund G. Brown
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Iceland We Visit As Green Tang Sighting Aboard
Ranger Eugene Burns describes a polar flight above Iceland on a Copenhagen Los Angeles route. He notes extraordinary visibility, long June days, mild climate aided by the Gulf Stream, and Icelandic fauna including reindeer and whales. Fishing dominates exports with cod and herring, while geothermal features like geysers and hot springs attract visitors.
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Kentucky
SAS
Copenhagen
Yellowstone Ark
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Eugene Suers
Law In Action on Debt Delays and Timely Claims
The piece argues that debts can be extinguished by long nonpayment as a statute of limitations. It warns that delaying claims makes them hard to prove and defend, since witnesses may fade or die. It cautions against sleeping on rights and pressing lawful claims promptly.
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United States
California
Brotherhood of Man
San Francisco
New York
Time Limits and Delays in Civil and Criminal Cases
The text explains statutes of limitations and how time limits vary by case type and jurisdiction. It notes five years for real property, four for written contracts, two for spoken contracts, and one year for most personal injuries in California, with exceptions for defendants out of state, minors, insanity, or imprisonment. It adds that criminal actions also have time constraints and that some cases, like murder, may be brought anytime.
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California
Trade liberalization eases embargoes with Iron Curtain nations
The Commerce Department authorizes shipment of 500 previously banned motor vehicles to Bulgaria and eyes exporting over 10 million dollars of surplus farm commodities to Soviet satellites. Discussions among US leaders and Britain’s ministers point to expanding East West trade to reduce tensions, with support from Macmillan and Eden. Admiral Delany notes no change to munitions or atomic exports, while East West trade has risen modestly driven by Argentina and Australia exports.
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U. S
Commerce Department
Bulgaria
Britain
Macmillan
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Eden
Iron Curtain
Russia
Walter Delany
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Foreign Operations Administration
Deleney
U.S
China
James Richards
Foreign Art Committee
Delany
Free World
Richards
Soviet Bloc
Argentina
Australia
Doolany
Norman Mason
Federal Housing Administration
House Government Operations Committee
Mason
Robert Jones
D. Ala
Tye
Milpitas rail line boosts industrial plans, urges annexation
Western Pacific Railroad official B Stratton commends Hayward Milpitas industrial growth. He notes 1500 acres controlled for development, urges annexation of Treeview land, warns against sporadic housing sprawl, and backs Alameda County Planning Commission master plan to protect integrated growth.
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Western Pacific Railroad
Milpitas
Bay
Hayward
San Leandro
San Jose
Oakland
Milpites
Partilly
Treeview
Railrond
Planning Commission
Alameda County
B. Stratton
Famous Fables Man of Economy
A. D. Cronin, famed for frugality, made a $1000 donation at a Hollywood benefit. On the way home he and Mrs. Cronin stopped for a sandwich and tea, and he whispered to his wife whether to leave the waiter two quarters or twenty cents, chronicling his thrift amid wealth.
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A. d. Cronin
Hollywood
Money Conductor Thomas Seeks Ideal Orchestra
Theodore Thomas convinces a wealthy philanthropist to back a new orchestral society though the donor lacks musical knowledge. While surveying a planned auditorium, Thomas assigns seating as he explains roles, prompting the financier to object that he wants “the best of everything.”
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Theodore Thomas
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