Bay Area Rapid Transit Financing Feasible With Institute Report
A Stanford Research Institute study concludes BART financing is feasible with careful use of revenue sources. It says revenue from a ½ percent sales tax and other measures could cover an annual subsidy of about 31 million dollars, funding the first stage over 30 years for six counties. The plan routes from Oakland to Richmond, Concord, and San Francisco, with a southern terminus near Decoto, targeting completion in 1962.
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Stanford Research Institute
Dn Aden
Bay Area
Institute
Bay
Decoto
Oakland
Richmond
Concord
San Francisco
Stanford
Alameda County
Rapid Transit funding ideas eyed in Bay Area report
A Rapid Transit editorial outlines funding options beyond property taxes. It cites Bay bridge tolls potentially covering about 9 million dollars of an 31 million annual need, pending federal action to lift technical limits. Gasoline taxes could supply 4.6 million yearly, with a three cent per gallon rate meeting the total need, though state constitutional limits bind highway funds.
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Institute
Bay Bridge
Bay Area
Baywood Annex Defeated In Looming Hayward Tie
Baywood voters decisively rejected annexation by Hayward 281 to 115 with over 60 percent turnout of 630. Opponents celebrated and pledged vigilance against further tries to annex, urging unity to block future moves by ambitious individuals or cities.
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Baywood
East 14Th Street
Mattox Road
Oak
Bridge Streets
Hayward High
Strobridge
Howard E. Settle
Everett Silver
Citizen Units To Announce Endorsements
Two Hayward citizen groups will announce endorsements for City council races. At 8 p.m. at Tennyson and Longwood schools the South Hayward and Mt Eden committees will nominate candidates and seek general member approval of objectives and a permanent committee. President Raymond N Baker aims to gain a voice for the area on the council.
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Hayward
Tennyson School
South Hayward
Longwood School
Mt. Eden
Algo
Raymond N. Baker
la Vista
Lloyd Sleeper
Kissing Partner of Duke to Wed in Society Engagement
London society reports Jane Sheffield 10 announces engagement to Jocelyn Stevens 23, a wealthy young man who dated the Duke of Kent's sister. The pairing links prominent families and nontraditional age difference attracts attention in high society notices.
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London
Duke of Kent
Jane Sheffield
Jocelyn Stevens
Dairy Support Hike Rejected by Senate
The Senate rejected a proposal to raise dairy price supports to 80 percent of parity and approved a new parity formula for cotton, lowering cotton price supports by about two cents a pound. President Eisenhower urged Congress to pass the farm bill quickly as planting season approaches. Senator Joseph R. McCarthy offered an amendment to require dairy product support at 50 percent of parity by voice vote.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Congress
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wis
Store Clerk May Try for $64 000
New York telegram reports Robert Edward Bennett of Kingsland Georgia, a 48 year old store clerk who won $32,000 on The $64,000 Question. He hints at pursuing the top prize next week after citing Lincoln and finishing the job they started.
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New York
INS
Bob Bennett
Cbs-Tv
Robert Edward Bennett
Kingsland
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
San Francisco Police Form Intelligence Unit
San Francisco police announce a four man squad to operate as an intelligence unit starting March 29. The unit will collaborate with a similar group from other Pacific coast cities to coordinate racketeering investigations.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
South Crossing Cost Cut Proposal Studied
Sacramento lawmakers studied a plan to trim the southern crossing project cost from 15 million to 225 million dollars. Amendments proposed by San Francisco and Alameda would cut approaches and the Army Street freeway ramps, potentially saving 11 million dollars. Assemblyman Richard Dolwig chaired the hearing, while Handal Dickey urged replacing the Webster Street extension with a parkway to avoid freeway construction.
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San Francisco
Alameda
TASK
Richard Dolwig
South San Francisco
Dolwig
Howard Street
Embarcadero
China Basin
Dolng
Handal Dickey
Alagneda
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Webster Street
Eighth Street
Dickey
Oakland Estu
Bay Farm Island
Eastshore
Alameda County
Boy Suffered Skull Fracture After Fall From Car
Harold Burk, 40 months, Hayward area, fell from his parents car on Foothill Boulevard in front of Hayward High School. Rushed to Hayward Hospital then transferred to Eden Hospital by ABC ambulance. He was conscious awaiting examination for a possible skull fracture.
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Castro Valley
Foothill Boulevard
Hayward High School
Harold Burk
Almond Road
Harold
Ira Burk
Hayward Hospital
Eden Hospital
ABC Ambulance
Jail Death Blamed on Barbiturates in Drunk Tank
Santa Clara County coroner reports a Beverly Hills businessman Edward Crummey, 58, died February 25 after alcohol and barbiturates combined. He was jailed for causing a disturbance on the Southern Pacific Starlight train traveling from San Francisco to Los Angeles.
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San Jose
Santa Clara County
Beverly Hills
Edward Crummey
Southern Pacific Starlight
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Missile Cruisers To Join Eth Fleet In Mediterranean
The United States announced plans to bolster its Likith Fleet in the Mediterranean this fall with a new guided missile cruiser division. Current ships Boston and Northampton will augment the Caniberra before fall.
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Jerusalem
United States
Mediterranean
Boston
Northampton
Maniqoluds
Bonds Win 9-2 Vote In Leandro School Bond Approval
San Leandro voters approved a 6 million dollar school bond by a 9 to 2 margin. The bond funds will mainly finance the construction of an eighth high school and upgrades to the two existing junior high facilities, with about 8,500 ballots cast of 25,000 registered voters.
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San Leandro
Westerday
Cypriots Kill English Bobby as Curfew Falls
Cypriots killed a British police sergeant and seriously wounded two others in Nicosia amid the first fatal violence since Archbishop Makarios’s deportation. British Governor Sir John Harding imposed a city curfew as troops searched and evacuated suspects from the Greek quarter. Archbishop Makarios and three other Cypriot leaders were deported to the Seychelles.
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Makarios
London
Belton
Cyprist
John Harding
Makaviog
Mahe
Sychelles Islands
Kimbell Acquitted in Slaying of Black Man in Public Safety Item
In Sumner Mississippi an all white jury acquitted Elmer Kimbell 34 of the slaying of Clinton Melton 33 a Black service station attendant in a public safety item trial. The case occurred in the same courtroom where two white half brothers were freed in the Emmett Till related proceedings.
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Emmett Till
Elmer Kimbell
Clinton Melton
City Attorney’s Salary Slashed in Five Seconds
Livonia Michigan city attorney George Haller faced a drastic pay cut after a rapid five second review by the city commission. The panel upheld reducing his annual salary from 12,500 to 2,000, triggering swift backlash and questions about due process.
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Mich
Livorna
George Haller
Haller
Gunman Kills SF Grocer During Soldup Attempt
In San Francisco a gunman wearing a woman’s silk stocking mask shot and killed Felix Tapia, 67, owner of Lupe’s Grocery, during a holdup in front of an 11 year old witness. The assailant fled after Tapia grappled him, without taking money. Willie Brigham, the boy’s witness, described the bandit as about 40, tall, 140 to 150 pounds, wearing khaki trousers, jacket, brown hat. Police believe the robbery attempt was unsuccessful.
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Felix Tapia
Lupe
Willie Lee ‘Brigham
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Tapia
Ike Kefauver Big Winners In Hampshire Primary
Sen. Estes Kefauver swept New Hampshire with 21,843 votes securing all 12 Democratic delegates against write-ins for Stevenson. Dwight D. Eisenhower easily won the Republican delegation with 14 pledged slots amid limited opposition. Richard Nixon topped GOP write-in VP votes near 22,000 as Herter and others trailed in Republican balloting.
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Estes Kefauver
Eisenhower
Nixon
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Tennessee
Adlai Stevenson
Wisenhower
William Knowland
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Christian A. Herter
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Earl Warren
Thomas E. Dewey
Eisenhower backs Nixon for re election in news conference
President Eisenhower voiced strong support for Vice President Richard Nixon saying he would be happy to run with Nixon on any ticket. He urged patience on school integration and called for swift action on the farm bill while noting Israel arms and Britain Greece relations. Nixon had a preceding half hour meeting, with Eisenhower signaling readiness to chart his own future politically.
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Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Néwa
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Senate
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Greece
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Israel
2 Brother
Blaze in Church Fatal to Three in Trenton
A blaze at St. Mary's cathedral and adjacent rectory in downtown Trenton killed an elder and two housekeepers and injured three priests. The fire began in the rectory, swiftly spreading to the 88 year old cathedral causing total loss. The dead prelate was Msgr. Richard T. Crean, 55, native of Sanford, NJ.
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St. Mary's Cathedral
Samden, NJ
Five Held in San Francisco Robbery Wave
In San Francisco five persons including an 18 year old mother of three were held in city prison after police investigated a series of robberies. Mrs LaVonne Hendrickson an unemployed telephone operator awaiting another child denied complicity but was booked on suspicion of robbery along with the others.
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San Francisco
LaVonne Hendrickson
Bus Strike Vote Weighs Pac Greyhound Contract
A 19 year old junior described an intruder as about 23 years old, five feet six inches, brown hair, who let himself into a San Francisco apartment after ringing a doorbell. He asked to use a telephone as negotiators seek to agree on a new contract. The strike vote among Pacific Greyhound drivers and station agents in Western states is supported by a 93 percent turnout.
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