Scientist Pauling Warns Over Atomic Tests Peril
Pasadena CA scientist Linus Pauling of California Institute of Technology urged halting atomic tests amid fears of radioactive fallout. He challenged Atomic Energy Committee Chairman Lewis Strauss who downplayed genetic risks, warning that radioactive rain in Germany and China could trigger new hereditary mutations and crises. Pauling warned that ten cobalt bombs could wipe out the world population.
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Atomic Energy Committee
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United States
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Germany
China
Swig Tract May Sell Soon In Bay Area Land Deal
San Francisco financier Ben Swig reports a prospective buyer for the acre Winton Avenue site once eyed for a multi million dollar shopping center. A sale contract may be signed next week as Hayward annexation and retail zoning efforts continue. Swig paid about 1.9 million for the 190 acres eighteen months ago amid ties to local heirs and historic Spanish grant origins.
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Winton Avenue
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Eastshore
San Franscisco
Henry Stoneston
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Stoneston
Hayward
Council
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Frank Winton
Harry Owen
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Nels Nelson
Frank Soto
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Clark Blackwood
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Grocer Fends Off Holdup Gang With Hook
A San Francisco grocer fought off three holdup men this morning using a grocer's hook. He gashed one robber badly and the trio fled after being struck with a wine bottle, with the store protected by the quick action.
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Union City Backers Plan to Seek Writ
Union City backers told Decoto residents they will file a petition with the State Supreme Court Tuesday seeking a writ of Mandamus to force Alameda County supervisors to proceed with Union City incorporation. Attorney LeRoy Braun outlined steps to order a public hearing and an election, as local leaders push to block Treeview annexation and preserve industrial land. A community drive and fund-raising campaign were announced to support the legal action and a mass meeting at Decoto School was scheduled.
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Destination of Tanker Aruba Remains Unclear
The Finnish tanker Aruba with rebellious crew nears Colombo Ceylon in the Indian Ocean. The captain was told to proceed without deviation or port calls while the crew vote stirs tensions with protests in the United States and Formosa threats. If it calls at Colombo it would receive berthing facilities and normal treatment.
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India
Dulles Defends Yalta Publication Record
John Foster Dulles defended publishing the Yalta conference records at a news conference in the U.S. embassy. He cited routine publication of state documents and the prior memoirs of Churchill Stettinius and Byrnes as justification. He noted private Roosevelt papers contain more Yalta records not yet available to the State Department.
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John Foster Dulles
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Churchill May Retire From Prime Minister Post
The London News Chronicle reports 80 year old Sir Winston Churchill is seriously thinking of retirement based on straw evidence. It notes a subdued cabinet meeting, near completion of the legislative program, Eden family tour of No 10, and a planned April 4 dinner with Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, suggesting a possible farewell.
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Anthony Eden
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Hatoyama Retains Prime Ministership in Tight Vote
In Tokyo the Democratic party kept Ichiro Hatoyama as prime minister after a 154 to 164 vote in the Lower House amid a surprise loss of two key posts. Liberal Shuji Masutani won the speaker's chair while Motojito Sugiyama, a right wing Socialist, became vice speaker. Hatoyama planned to name his new cabinet for Diet approval amid anticipated cabinet dispute.
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Japan
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Shuji Masutani
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Jito Sugiyama
Knowland Attacks FDR Over Yalta War Pact
Senate Republican Leader William Knowland charges President Roosevelt misled Congress when reporting at a 1945 joint session that Yalta did not address Pacific War. He cites long-secret Yalta documents made public, asserting the president hid strategic details about the war with Japan. The debate ties to Roosevelt's wartime disclosures and postwar diplomacy.
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Bonn Upper House Endorses 500,000-Man Army Pact
The West German Bundesrat backed ratification of the Paris accords to rearm a 500,000-man army within NATO. It also indirectly approved the Franco German plan to Europeanize the Saar with autonomy and close France ties. Socialists challenged the Saar accord as unconstitutional, filing for a court ruling.
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U S Officials Unmoved by Yalta Papers Release
Washington officials stood unshaken by criticism of the ten year old Yalta documents release. They argued disclosure ends speculation and informs Congress and the public about wartime concessions to bring Soviet Russia into the 1945 war against Japan. Secretary Dulles ordered release amid bipartisan pressure. British opinion framed it as a serious diplomatic blunder aiding Communists and casting Roosevelt in an unfavorable light.
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Conness
State Department
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House of Commons
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Roosevelt
NYC Kidnap Suspect Sought After Hospital Abduction
New York City police launched a major manhunt for a kidnapper who abducted a young girl and a three week old boy from their mother at St. Luke’s hospital in a blindsided daytime incident. Authorities seek the suspect as the mystery deepens and hospital staff assist with the investigation.
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New York City
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Drive Aimed At Juveniles In Marin Jail Prank
Sheriff officials in San Rafael vowed an all-out drive against juvenile mischief after a prank evacuat ed 40 prisoners from Marin county jail. Undersheriff Bud Ingalls stated this would end the trouble from youths as authorities pursue offenders. A call warned of a bomb at the courthouse and an impending explosion.
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Gause
Marin County
Bud Ingalls
A-Test Up in Air Over Nevada Weather Briefing
LAS VEGAS NEV The Atomic Energy Commission will hold a weather briefing today to decide if a pre dawn atomic blast will be held tomorrow.
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MacArthur Staff Saw No Reason for Russia in Pacific War
Gen Willoughby, former MacArthur intelligence chief, says two months before Yalta the staff predicted Japan was near collapse and questioned why Roosevelt allowed Soviet entry. He notes Tokyo pressed Moscow for neutrality, while Moscow saw a chance for a quick victory and a stronger Communist foothold in Asia. The documents leave why Allies agreed to Soviet help unresolved.
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Recall Move in Mt Eden District Faces Petition Drive
Petitions seeking a recall election in Mt Eden Elementary School district were expected to be filed this afternoon. Earl Seeley announced a committee formed after the trustees refused to renew Superintendent C Ingraham’s contract, claiming 700 names. Three candidates, Rudolph Dettenrieder, Merrill Neumann, and Seeley, prepared filings for school board seats. It remained unclear whether a special recall election would occur or if the recall would be folded into May district elections.
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Rudolph K. Dettenrieder
Leopold Loses Parole Bid in Illinois Hearing
Nathan Leopold who with Richard Loeb killed Bobby Franks in 1924 has been denied a rehearing on his appeal for parole. He has served 30 years at a Stateville prison and remains under a never get out sentence. The Illinois parole and pardon board ruled that a rehearing was not warranted.
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Richard Loeb
Bobby Franks
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