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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1956
Page
2
New York reports business and financial experts warn a partial steel strike will immediately affect construction oil coal and rail sectors. Industry leaders fear delayed projects and price shocks while long strike could sap economic activity and raise costs across multiple firms.
Washington testimony from Defense officials and lawmakers centers on the potential impact of a full scale U S attack on Russia. Four hydrogen bombs exploding could unleash deaths in the millions, with several hundred million in allied regions due to wind-borne fallout. Critics call the disclosure a global diplomatic blunder increasing tensions and neutrality pressures.
United Press reports the national traffic toll surged toward a new high as five month fatalities rose sharply. The National Safety Council notes 3,170 deaths last month and 14,720 year to date, well above 1955 figures, warning July Fourth could bring a tragically heavy toll.
United Nations dispatch cites Israel condemning Egypt for seizing a ship bound for an Israeli port through the Suez Canal. M R Kidron signs a bristling UN letter urging circulation to all members, while not requesting a council meeting. The row follows repeated Egyptian interference and calls to lift the blockade.
Negotiations between Montgomery Ward and Butler Brothers for seven West Coast stores collapsed as they failed to agree on sale terms. A company spokesman stated the talks ended today.
The State Department of Industrial Relations reported California factory workers earned a new May record of 2.21 dollars per hour, up 11 cents from May last year. Average earnings in May rose across manufacturing as a group to 2.50 dollars per hour, with newspapers and related sectors at 3.02 dollars, the first time over 3 dollars in California. Weekly factory earnings averaged 83.67 dollars, about four dollars more than a year earlier, while the May workweek averaged 40.1 hours, slightly below last May’s 40.3 hours.
In Sacramento Governor Knight’s big Town Meeting on children and youth delegates from 256 California cities and 58 counties, including about 600 youths, studied growing pains and offered solutions. The report emphasizes helping parents with family living education and services for families in the age of protection from birth to five years.
An eight member court martial in WERTHEIM Germany today sentenced an 18-year-old GI to death for the premeditated murder of Jose Ostrowski 45 and the knife slashing of Hilde Wagner 24 aboard a derry boat operator. Ralph Mac Parlane of Tipperary Wyoming was named in the verdict delivered after two hours of deliberation.
President Eisenhower aims to practice stair climbing to regain strength before leaving Walter Reed Army Medical Center. White House secretary Hagerty says no stair routine has occurred yet, but Ike is expected to walk to the Gestysburo farm tomorrow after a three week hospital stay. Medical bulletin reports stable temperature 98, pulse normal, blood pressure 120/70, respiration 18, weight steady at 163 pounds.
A 15 year old girl, Susan Payette, remained unconscious in St Marys hospital after a routine tonsillectomy ended with her heart stoppage during surgery. Doctors revived her heart but she never recovered consciousness, as parents stay at her bedside in Long Beach.
Trans Continental Airlines improvised a solution to air express a long meat tube by removing the cockpit nosepiece and threading the tube to the cabin. The improvised method allowed the flight to depart, then an urgent Toronto message arrived admitting the puzzle was solved.
Nashville Tennessee introduces bus only lanes during peak hours to relieve downtown traffic, aiming to speed transit and reduce bottlenecks. The measure targets downtown congestion and encourages bus travel amid commuter rush.
A 21-year-old Navy communications man from New Bedford searches city streets for his wife Wanda Johnson who vanished en route to Manila to join him. The couple has a four-year-old son, Danny, left with her Texas parents. Johnson recalls Wanda’s fear of overseas travel and lingering uncertainty surrounds her disappearance.
Aunt Florence Budgen, age 84, is still picking strawberries each season in the Portland Tennessee area. Known as Aunt Florence, she helped plant the first commercial strawberry fields and remains the sole surviving person from that early group. The piece notes her spry year after year in the strawberry season.
The Veterans Administration reports the average age of more than 92 million living U S war veterans as 38 years. The statistic reflects a broad aging veteran population.
The Daily Review announces postal designations and subscription rates with multiple Bay Area offices in Hayward Castro Valley San Lorenzo Centerville and Interville. Contact numbers provided for each office and the paper’s circulation audit bureau is noted.
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