Mitchell Reports February U nemployment Hits 5.2 Million
Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell announced unemployment rose to 5.2 million in February, a 16 year high. He noted the figure is later rounded from 5.178 million and that total unemployment is about 10 million higher than a year ago, with 3.3 million drawing unemployment compensation. Mitchell spoke at AFL CIO emergency conference as officials outlined possible tax cuts and actions to spur job creation.
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James P. Mitchell
Labor Dept
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Labor and Commerce Departments
Afl-Cio
America
U.S
Sry
Eisenhower
Congress
Three Way Race Decided For Alameda County Schools Top Post
A three way contest for the Alameda County Superintendency emerged as Berkeley High principal J Elvi LeTendre entered the race. He challenges Dr Vaughn D Seidel who is not seeking re election and Dr Harold Schoenfeld of DecoI School Dist. Bou Mil ton of Fairmont San Lorenzo joined earlier. LeTendre, 39, has served in Berkeley schools since 1995 and holds UC bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
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Vaughn D. Seidel
Harold Schoenfeld
Deco
Dist
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Fairmont
San Lorenzo
Seidel
LeTondre
Universiy of California
Knight Seeks 72 Million for Feather River Project
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Gov. Goodwin Knight urged the Legislature to approve a 72 million dollar request for the Feather River Project. He acknowledged opposition to further spending this year but argued that denying more funds would waste the 25 million already appropriated last session.
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Goodwin J. Knight
Feather River
Prandant Paleme
California
Knight
William. F. Knowland
Knowland
Hugh Burns
Fresno
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Senate
Area Roads Set For Resurfacing
The State Division of Highways announced its spring road resurfacing program for Southern Alameda County. Sections include East 14th Street in Hayward to San Leandro, Dumbarton Highway east of the bridge to Desoto Road, Mission Road Hayward to Sunol, Niles Canyon Road west of Sunol, and a Fleasan ton Sunol segment.
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Dumbarton Highway
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Niles Canyon Rd
Fleasanton
Sunol Rd
Students Pick School Name Caleroga Over Holly Hill
Mt Eden School District trustees voted to name the new school Caleroga, overriding the Holly Hill option. A Branden School student council rep said Caleroga will be used when the campus opens on Holly Hill Ave and Boca Ratan, April 1.
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Calaroza
Paula Saunders
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Spain
Southgate
Stabbing Victim Remains Critical in Local Bar Attack
In DECOTO, Robert Duran of 407 Ninth Street remained on the critical list at Highland Hospital after a week end barroom stabbing in a scuffle at Luis and Estelle's Case on H Street. Benny S. Rodriguez of 4608 Sixth Street faced arraignment in Niles-Centerville Court for assault with a deadly weapon.
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Ninth St
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Estelle
H St
Benny S. Rodriguez
Sixth St
Niles-Centerville
Door to School Annex Drive Remains Open
La Vista School District faces delays in annexation talks with Hayward Elementary as consultants warn financing needs for La Vista buildings could block the move. Trustees must decide on a May bond issue of 350000 to stay in the state aid program and whether to pursue joint administration before any annexation.
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Baker
Philip Silver
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Hayward Elementary Dist
Police Hunt S F Divorcee Missing San Leandro Case
San Leandro police searched today for 25 year old San Francisco divorcee Georgia Dixson, last seen March 2 returning from Fresno to her Chestnut Street home. Her father Earl Dixson said doctors warned head injuries from a four month old auto crash could cause amnesia. A friend reported Miss Dixson had complained of illness.
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Georgia Dixson
San Francisco
Earl Dixson
Miss Dixson
Chestnut St
Fresno
Ilness
Two Wacs Killed In Auto Accident Near Okinawa
NSHA Okinawa report says two WACs Sgt Leslie Rusnock 35 of Lima Ohio and Sp3 Ferpe Shuiler 25 of St Louis were killed when their car hit a bridge abutment near here Saturday, announced today.
Five Navy prisoners escape guard at Bayonne depot
Five sailors from the decommissioned battleship Wisconsin overpowered Marine guards at the Bayonne Naval Supply Depot and fled the yard with a contractor’s truck and a hostage. Police caught all five in Jersey City, identifying them as Donald Roach Arthur Kahn James May Raymond Stern and Henry Melninch. They fled through back streets before a police blockade.
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Jersey City
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Buffalo
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Brooklyn
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Crosby Minn
Henry Melninch
Clifton
New York
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Robert Mullock
East Orange
California approves 150 million school bonds plan
The State Senate Education committee approved a 150 million dollar school construction bond issue for the November ballot despite objections from the California Teachers Association. CTA spokesman William Barton called the amount inadequate to meet housing needs, while Sen. Nelson S. Dilworth defended the measure and expected it to cover through the 1950 fiscal year. The panel also backed a separate bill to borrow 30 million from the State Investment fund to speed up classroom construction programs.
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Dilworth
Probation Given in Parks AFB Forgery Ring Case
Robert M. Santos, ex guard at UC Radiation Laboratory Livermore, received five years probation for involvement in a Parks Air Force Base forgery ring. He pled guilty to one forged check, while prosecutors say he passed 32 checks totaling about a certain amount stolen from a ring leader’s car. Judge Carter noted the case stems from the same offenses and ordered restitution and a five year alcohol abstention period.
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Robert M. Santos
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University of California Radiation, Laboratory
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Donald B.constine
Elderly Woman Murdered in Hall of Justice Site
A gray haired elderly woman was found dead at the weeded area of the San Francisco Hall of Justice near Seventh and Harrison Street. Police said she was assaulted and killed, with a boy witnessing her last seen drinking with a mustached older man. The woman’s identity was not immediately known.
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Two Hungarians Executed in Budapest
Radio Budapest reported two counter revolutionary criminals named Imre Varga and Jozsef Magy were executed in Budapest. The crimes are not specified by the broadcast.
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Budapest
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Jozsef Magy
San Francisco Board Approves City Employee Pay Hikes
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors approved nearly 900 city employees receive pay raises totaling about 2.3 million dollars, effective July 1. The increases, backed by the Civil Service Commission, compare city salaries with those in private industry and other government agencies.
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Civil Service Commission
Delinquency Survey Planned by San Francisco Authority
The California Youth Authority will launch a survey of San Francisco's juvenile delinquency problems this week on orders from Mayor George Christopher.
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George Christopher
Prayer for Today City Blessing Prayer
A prayer asks God to cleanse hearts and make the city a model of justice and good deeds. It envisions every building as a temple of virtue and every street as a path of right action, seeking a heavenward city.
Livermore Teachers Reject Pay Raise Preference Aligns with Last Year
Mrs. Lorvine McDonald reports Junction Ave Elementary teachers are content with last year’s salary adjustment and recommend duplicating the 1957 schedule. The current plan sets a $4404 minimum and $7164 maximum, with no raise proposed.
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Hammerstein blasts pop song deluge in Senate hearing
Oscar Hammerstein told a Senate Commerce subcommittee that radio and TV broadcasters unfairly compete with ASCAP in music publishing. He urged a bill to separate BMI from broadcasters, arguing DJs control song sales and favor their own music, harming musical variety and public taste.
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Cop Fired Over Parking Tickets In Oakland
Oakland Patrolman Martin Nissen aged 41 was fired by City Manager Wayne E Thompson for neglecting 63 parking tickets on his own car while in the Police Traffic Bureau He had paid 660 in fines yesterday to satisfy warrants for the offenses and was dismissed today.
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Shah to Divorce Childless QueenSoraya
Tehran reports an official statement confirms the Shah of Tran will divorce Queen Soraya who is described as childless. Iranian sources say the Shah reached a final decision after consulting advisers last weekend and a formal announcement is expected within days.
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Strike Beating Of Father Told In Racket Quiz
A Kohler Co. worker testified before the Senate Rackets Committee that a 1954 beating of his father during a UAW strike against Kohler started a decline in the elder man’s health, contributing to his death. The assailant, John Gunaca, is wanted in Sheboygan on assault charges. Michigan Gov. Williams refused extradition. The committee also summoned Gunaca for questioning.
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