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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1958
Page
1
Cape Canaveral Florida observers reported another Vanguard rocket launch attempt halted as countdown neared firing. This third postponement in six days came after technical difficulties delayed liquid oxygen loading, forcing a reschedule in the near future.
San Francisco Mayor George Christopher and transit directors moved to block the removal of rails from the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge. The State Public Utilities Commission ordered the Key System to end train use on the bridge by July 7 and shift commuters to buses, a change that would trigger a $35 million rebuild to convert the bridge for oneway traffic on each level.
Hayward Chamber of Commerce urges selecting a permanent site for Southern Alameda County State College before a temporary location is contracted. Bates Air Force Base is proposed as an adequate temporary site. officials seek to delay Parks site until a permanent location is chosen. Architect Simonds to draft plans for Hauschildt Ranch in Hayward Hills. Dr. Peters says air base has enough classrooms, with two government buildings suitable for instructional use.
County Supervisor Kent Pursel of Berkeley enters the state senate race to fill the seat left by Arthur Breed Jr. He will run only if endorsed by the Republican Assembly meeting in Oakland on March 25. Pursel was appointed supervisor in October 1951 while serving on Berkeley city council. Other candidates include Republicans Malcolm Champlin and William Werner and Democrats Guy Warren and John Holmleh.
City council hears a report on possible disease carrying rats using sewer laterals as feeding grounds in South Hayward. Crews search for open plugs and broken laterals while Mattos’s lawn is excavated. health officials to handle rat destruction after discovery.
Reports from HAVANA describe a large scale clash between government forces and rebels near Central Miranga a sugar mill village about 25 miles NW of Santiago. Early word said casualties were arriving at Palma Soriano 12 miles from Santiago as 500 rebels pressed government troops in the Mayari forests while government planes bombed and strafed positions.
A devotional clipping presents a prayer asking for God to make the petitioner an instrument of fidelity for the church and kingdom. The speaker seeks to faithfully record divine revelation, report what God has done, and perform assigned tasks through Jesus Christ.
President Eisenhower asked Congress for an additional 85.6 million dollars to speed reclamation projects and counter the recession. Defense plans call for over two billion dollars in military construction and housing contracts by June 30. House action on unemployment benefits and a housing bill of 1.85 billion is anticipated, with Hagerty announcing new harbor and flood control work funding next week.
An 11 year old Los Altos Hills girl failed to identify Thomas Cordry III as the mysterious sniper who fired at her and Deena Bonn on the Stanford campus. Cordry, a former Hayward resident and Stanford sophomore, was re-enacted in a jail yard. Bonn, 17, was shot on February 25. A Brady girl and Leonard Walker could not confirm Cordry’s role. Cordry said his only explanation for Bonn’s slaying was an urge to kill and assault a girl.
Santa Rosa, Calif. UP The Sonoma County sheriff's office investigated a claim that two young women Morene Reed 20 and Tanki 15 were abducted at knife point by three men in a late model Cadillac convertible Tuesday night near Bodega Bay. Delaney 18 provided details but deputies remained skeptical and no missing persons report was filed.
A new 150000 square foot Hayward plant, a $2 million project on the old Hayward Box Co. site at Hesperian and the Southern Pacific, will be occupied by Campbell Chain Co. of York Pennsylvania. The facility aims to hire 200 workers initially and is to be completed by July with Holmes and Son handling development.
An Oakland resident known as Love and Kisses died at age 58. Police records show he faced the judge on intoxication charges 86 times since 1937, with most in Oakland.
Hayward Chamber of Commerce and directors urged the city to spend 3 million more for streets following the highways committee lead. They backed a bond issue and called for speedier plans to widen key routes. A homemade rocket misfired during a garage incident on Kimbro Street causing 20 damage and minor injuries.
German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer will make an official visit to London from April 16 to 18 for talks with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, according to diplomatic sources.
An atomic bomb missing its fuse fell into a Florence South Carolina farmyard. The device caused a 35 foot deep crater but officials said there was no radioactivity as it did not fission. Air Force teams decontaminated the area and urged calm while lawmakers debated missile bases abroad.
In Fremont the city council heard seismologist Donald Tocher of the University of California say the Stivers Lagoon site for the civic center poses no serious quake danger. The Fremont First Committee questioned the site near the fault, but Tocher emphasized construction methods and ground quality as the main factors in safety. City Manager Robert Coop urged that the report dispel fears and that the site presents no greater risk than other city areas.
Knick, 16 years in San Leandro politics, will seek election to the county board of supervisors in the June 3 primary. He will file nomination papers next week to challenge incumbent Francis Dunn. He cites recent talks with residents in Castro Valley and San Lorenzo. Also running are Paul Rhodes, Castro Valley vintner and Eden Township Hospital District director, and Dunn.
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