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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1955
Page
1
The Daily Review previews upcoming games in the American and Pacific Coast baseball leagues. It lists teams, schedules, and venues for the week, highlighting key matchups and possible standout players across the circuits.
In Helsinki the Finnish tanker Aruba carrying 3,000 tons of jet fuel defied a Chinese Nationalist blockade after crew protests. The crew, in contact with their union, halted eastward travel to Colombo and agreed to sail no farther than the Nicobar Islands. The ship was ordered back toward Constanza in Red Romania as discussions with Communist China stalled.
San Leandro City Attorney Arthur M. Carden called recent headlines unfortunate as he prepared to oppose a First Methodist church suit. The church seeks tax exemption without signing the state loyalty oath, claiming unconstitutionality. Carden said the fight targets the suit, not the church, and the city may let the county defend through the district attorney while preserving its rights. The city council took no directive and ordered the church letter filed.
A four engine Military Air Transport Service plane from Hawaii to California struck a mountainside near Lualualei and burned. All 68 aboard died, including 57 passengers and nine crew, with two civilian dependents among the dead. Rescue teams reported no survivors and described a devastating, widespread wreck on the hillside.
Voters in two districts went to the polls in special elections. Cherryland residents faced a $425,000 water bond to fund Hayward lines and contend with East Bay MUD, while Warm Springs Elementary voters considered a $130,000 bond and a $500,000 state borrowing authorization. Results will be reported in The Daily Review. A local bond opposition circulated leaflets and full page ads. Mrs. May A. Enos, 22774 Santa Clara Street, involved in campaign activity.
President Eisenhower reaffirmed opposition to a top level U S Russia talks unless the Soviet Union shows deeds reflecting good faith. Senate GOP Leader Knowland relayed the White House stance after a meeting with Republican leaders. George had urged a Big Four meeting this spring and the administration says no immediate plan exists.
At Charleston Las Vegas area a predawn blast described as a beachhead-buster for a simulated Marine landing shook the Nevada desert and Las Vegas. The unnamed 1955 test, sixth in the Atomic Energy Commission sequence, rattled windows and prompted tremor calls though unofficially judged at under half the power of the weapons that leveled cities.
The Daily Review switchboard will be open from 10 to 10 tonight to relay Cherryland’s $425,000 bond election results as soon as received. Call Luceme 1-212 for up to the minute updates and read tomorrow’s issue for complete results and all local and national news.
New York reports the death of Walter White, 61, longtime executive secretary of the NAACP since 1918 and a leading figure in the Negro rights movement. Known as the ranking Negro diplomat in segregation controversies, he was viewed by many as a national leader since Booker T. Washington’s death in 1915.
In a lively Commons session Churchill joked he would not be led away by chatter in the papers about retirement. He denied plans to appoint a British disarmament minister and teased critics, while confirming no change in Britain’s existing disarmament approach.
Residents of Provo Utah and Salt Lake City reported a noticeable shock wave at 4:35 a.m. MST and a minor tremor from an atomic test at the Nevada Proving Ground, with an orange flash visible in both cities nearly 400 miles away.
Observers atop a 900 foot peak heard a cannon-like blast from the latest atomic test, the loudest of the series within a 125 mile radius. The report stunned listeners about 45 miles away and unofficially estimated to exceed earlier devices in power by about a factor of two.
Dr Linus wing Nobel chemistry laureate told Pasadena reporters that the atomic bomb makes another world war impossible. He argued that any future conflict would bring worldwide destruction and possibly end civilization, ensuring permanent peace.
Sacramento Assemblymen Randal F. Dickey and Richard J. Dolwig agreed to defer action on Eastbay and South Bay bridge approaches until next year. The plan includes cost studies and amendments to avoid depressed Main Street Alameda approaches and to assess the Dolwig proposal after Bay Area traffic counts and cost determinations.
An Agriculture Department survey finds about 55,000 tenants and sharecroppers will be forced from farms this year due to government ordered reductions in cotton plantings. The report highlights widespread displacement among rural workers and the broader impact of federal farming policy.
McAlester Oklahoma. A 36 year old physician Dr Ben T Galbraith former president of the local medical society admitted to killing his wife with a wine bottle and poisoning their three children then setting fire to their home to cover up the murders He told officers I just woke up at 130 am and felt I had to go home and kill my wife He was arrested in Henderson Tennessee after the family funeral in Bells Tennessee and confessed from a hospital bed where he was being treated for head bruises from an attempted suicide He said he drove to McAlester after a medical meeting in Oklahoma City and killed his wife then cremated the bodies within 24 hours Sheriff Dee Sanders said the case shows foul play was ruled out yet the physician was able to cremate the bodies The sheriff noted the death by own action attempt was definite and the editor Howard Cowan accompanied them
Government economists report the average American family earned 4930 dollars in 195 cents and had 4820 dollars left to spend after federal income taxes.
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