City eyes 3 million more for Hayward street program
City officials at a Chamber of Commerce highway committee meeting promised to study adding 3 million dollars to the Hayward capital improvement program for a 56 million total. Projects include a network of industrial and central business district streets and possible widening of Jackson and Castro Streets. The group will gather data on population, construction, school enrollment, traffic counts, and accidents to back state petitions, and they will survey surrounding Hayward streets with a view to growth over the next 20 years. They also seek signs identifying Highway 50 at Foothill Boulevard and a municipal airport sign, plus a traffic signal study at Mattox Road and Foothill. Present were Floyd Sparkes, City Manager H. D. Smith, Public Works Director Edward Phillips, and committee members Fred Cox, Charles Stone, Le Roy Martin, and J. A. Wise.
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Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee
Hayward
Central Business District
Jackson and
Castro Sts
Chamber
Foothill Blvd
Hastshore Freeway
Ase
Roger Anderson
Mattox Rd
Floyd Sparkes
City Mgr
D. Smith
City Public Works
Edard Phillipss
Fred Cox
Charles Stone
LeRoy Martin
J. A. Wise
Love Dream Ends Sadly in Divorce Case
Mrs. Fleansr Bartlow, 23, filed for divorce from Justin D. Bartlow, 28, a Long Beach fireman, after testifying he belittled and criticized her. She kept custody of their daughter Kathleen and received $60 monthly child support and $1 monthly token alimony.
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Los Angeles
INS
Fleansr Bartlow
Korea
Justin D. Bartlow
Long Beach
Elesnor
U. S. Marine Corps
Bartlow
Racket Probers Asked To Solve Strike War
UAW proposed the Senate Rackets Committee act as peacemaker to end the jungle warfare with Kohler Co in Wisconsin. Company lawyers rejected arbitration of the labor contract while UAW backed arbitration by an expert or officials from Labor or mediation services. Senators urged settlement efforts and Kilp Kennedy suggested company views be heard by the committee.
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Washington
United Auto Workers
Senate
Union
Kohler Co
Vad Fy Coen
Kohler
Lyman C
Conger
Boygan
Wis
Tirmcowa
Emil Mazey
UAW
Koher
Mazey
Leandra Lawton Sues for 150000 in Death Case
Mrs Aurelia M Lawton of San Leandro files a Superior Court suit seeking 150000 damages for the death of her husband Le Roy Lawton a 38 year old utility worker crushed between trucks in Emeryville on April 23 last year Defendants include National Biscuit Co truck driver Joel Charles Swinford 24 of Oakland Walkup Co drayage firm and its driver Richard McCord 43 of Emeryville
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Aurelia M. Lawton
Bancroft Ave
San Leandro
Ihas
Superior Court
le' Roy Lawton
Emeryville
National Biscuit. Co
Joel Charles Swinford
Oakland
Walkup Co
Richard McCord
Innocent Plea In Auto Death Case In Leandro
Leandro court records show 48 year old cook Royal C. Quarles pleading innocent to felony manslaughter and drunk driving charges. Preliminary exam set for April 11 before Judge Gerald P. Connitt. Quarles is accused of fatally striking Titman Johnson, 56, an unemployed lumber handler, on Davis Street near Beacher Avenue February 21. A $100,000 wrongful death suit was filed in Alameda County Superior Court by John J. Johnson's widow Margaret and five children, represented by Charles Simonian. Quarles remains free on $2,000 bail with Oakland attorney D. W. Brobst representing him.
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Leandro
Royal C. Quarles
Cook
Gerald P. Connitt
Quarles
Walnut
Titman Johnson
Davis St
Beacher Ave
Alameda County
Charles Simonian
Spruance, Simonian and Pretzer
Johnson
Margaret
Hart Circle
San Leandro
R Quarles
Atty
D. W. Brobst
Oakland
Labor Group to Screen Hopefuls Tonight in Alameda County
A merger committee formed when AFL affiliated with Alameda County will screen candidates for city councils this evening. The group will handle matters until organized labor's new Council on Political Education elects officers March 18.
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AFL
Emo
Alameda County
Rand
Labor
Prayer For Today Blessings Of Christian Friendship
Almighty God I am grateful for my Christian friends whose love and companionship help make life joyous May the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love be drawn tighter as we share the riches of our Christian life in widening circles of friendship Constantly empower me with zeal that I may be used by Thee Amen
Bulganin backs space war talk pause with concessions
Soviet Premier Bulganin endorses an East West summit with discussions on Eisenhower's proposals and a ban on space warfare. He ties any agreement to closures of foreign military bases and adds conditions hard for Washington to accept. He seeks German talks and a U S Soviet friendship treaty while excluding U S plans on East Europe and German reunification.
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Moscow
INS
Nikolai Bulganin
Eisenhower
Onane
United States
Bulgaria
Bulganin
Germany
Soviet Union
Russia
Willas
Engle rails against Knight on water policy in California
Rep Clair Engle of California defended his Senate campaign in a Sacramento news conference by attacking Gov Goodwin Knight on water leadership. He urged stronger state action and outlined a federal aid plan for a multipurpose water project with 20 to 30 percent federal flood control and loan provisions. He also proposed a northern coast second project to boost water availability.
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San Francisco
Clair Engle
Con
Engle
North Coast
Red China highlights large atomic and cyclotron facilities
The New China News Agency reported that in 1957 China, with Soviet assistance, completed a 7,000 kilowatt atomic reactor described as the biggest in Asia and a 25,000,000 volt cyclotron.
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Tokyo
Communist - China
Asia
New China News Agency
Swindle Charges Face Car Dealer In San Francisco
Clyde Wallace, a dapper used car dealer, faces swindle charges after allegedly taking about 95 people for $50,000 in used car deals. He says he was swindled while claiming to develop a Mexican bat manure into fertilizer and was brought back from Mexico after an official there supposedly deceived him.
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RAN
Tancisco
Clyde
Wallace
Avas
San Francisco
Mexico
Religious Studies Upheld in California Public Schools
SAN FRANCISCO A ruling by Attorney General Edmund Brown says there can be no valid objection to the study of religious events in California public schools. The decision came after Mrs Herman Dean of Concord and 35 other concerned parents objected to Christmas and Easter programs in Concord public schools.
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San Francisco
California
Ed“lund G
Brown
Herman
Dean
Concord
Concord Public Scheols
Knight Blasts Engle Over California Leadership
Sacramento reports Gov. Goodwin characterizes Rep Clair Engle’s accusations as a lack of leadership. Knight fires back asserting Engle is blinded by federal domination aims, praising California lawmakers for resolving sectional differences and maintaining progress on the Feather River project and state water plan. He vows no day’s work will be lost.
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Sacramento
Goodwin -J
Knight
Clair Engle
Ingle
Engle
California
Navy Postpones Vanguard Satellite Launch Amid Technical Delays
Navy announces postponement of the Vanguard satellite launch from Cape Canaveral due to minor technical difficulties. Daylight firing is required but may be infeasible. potential rescheduling targets the weekend or later, with further attempts to launch the three stage rocket and Explorer satellite delayed.
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Cape Canaveral
Fila
Navy
Vanguard
Osith
Washington
Army
Ito
Pentagon
Rhodes Files Candidacy for Second District Supervisor
Paul Rhodes of Eden Township Hospital District has filed nomination papers for supervisor in the Second District currently held by Fran Dimn. Other candidates filing since the period opened include Antone Cannizzaro of San Leandro for the First District, Robert Crown’s seat, Alameda. Thomas W. Fitzsimmons, Alameda County Recorder incumbent seeking re election. Evva B. Styers and Pearl K. Roche of Hayward. Vernon Ellsworth of Fremont for the Republican Central Committee, Ray H. Galloway of Hayward for the Democratic Central Committee, 13th District.
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Paul Rhodes
Eden Township
Hospital Dist
Fran, Joie
Dimn
San Leandro
Antone Cannizzaro
Candi
Dale Dur Aspeiwhgian
Robert Crown
Alameda
Thomas W. Fitzsimmons
Evva B. Styers
Pearl K. Roche
Hayward
Vernon Ellsworth
Fremont
Republican Central Committee
Wil
Ray
H. Galloway
Democratic Central Committee
Mitchell Denies Low Mood Forecast in Testimony
Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell told the House Appropriations Committee that economists predicting a deep downturn are wrong and he expects a mid-summer pickup in business activity. He acknowledged February unemployment above five million but said the worst is over and jobs should rise this month.
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Washington
INS
Labor
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
House Appropriations Committee
Pilot Describes Red Hijacking of Plane
Pilot Willis Hobbs said the hijacker leader of the Communist group that seized a South Korean airliner last month was a silent gunman who appeared unsure of his location. He noted the aircraft landed 15 miles north of Pyongyang at the Communist capital’s airfield.
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Seoul
Korea
Willis Hobbs
Pyongyang
Hobbs
United
Vallejo
Calif
Pusan
South Korea
The
Reds
Three Coeds Die After Collision Near North Platte
Three college coeds from Washington State were killed and four others injured in a head on car truck crash on Highway 305 eleven miles west of North Platte. The victims were among eight people initially reported injured in the wreck that also involved a truck. Local authorities transported the injured to area hospitals for treatment as investigators began to piece together the sequence of events leading to the collision.
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North Puatte
Neb
INS
areOlellama
Platte
Vonilding
Society Matron Jailed After drunken driving arrest
Granddaughter of millionaire John D Spreckels, Mrs Elizalde, was arrested early for drunken driving on the wrong side of Redwood Avenue between San Anselmo and San Rafael. Police said she became belligerent and was restrained, staggering and incoherent after claiming to have eight or nine beers in Fairfax area taverns. She is divorced from Angel Elizalde since 1940, a Manila shipping magnate and sugar tycoon.
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Redwood
San Anselmo
San Rafael
Marin
Fairfax
Elizalde
Angel Elizalde
Manila
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