Rebels converge on Medan as Sumatra revolt intensifies
Indonesian rebels report forces massing on the outskirts of Medan, the key Sumatra metropolis, with gains around Goodyear Rubber Co installations and Caltex oilfields. British and American sources note growing rebel strength near Medan as the Jakarta scene sees Soviet ships loan deal.
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Singapore
Medan
Sumatra
Goodyear
Pakanbaru
Caltex
Jakarta
Dmitri Zhukov
Zhukov
Petition Filed To Block Bus Substitute On Bay Span
SAN FRANCISCO City officials and the Alameda Contra Costa Transit Dist filed a petition with the State Public Utilities Commission seeking a rehearing on its ruling that the Key System might substitute buses for trains on the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge on April 20. They also asked for time to appeal if rehearing is denied. Additional groups argued removal of rails would wreck Bay Area transit plans and urged that rails not be removed until Bay Area Rapid Transit District finalizes its scheme.
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San Francisco
Alameda- Contra Costa County
Holm Ncted
Bay Area Rapid Transit Dist
Nisbet
East Bay Transit Dist
State Department of Public Works
Thousand Oaks Improvement Club
Claremont Improvement Club
Kensington Improvement Club
Dulles Charged With Arms Aid
The Bintang Timur alleges U S Secretary of State John Foster Dulles met rebel leaders on Formosa and arranged arms shipments to Indonesian insurgents. Dulles had just visited Nationalist Chinese island Taipei after a SEATO conference in the Philippines. He reportedly conferred with U S and Nationalist officials in Taipei. The report says Dulles met rebel leader Col Ventje Sumual and arranged an arms deal.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Bintang Timur
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Formosa
Dulles
SEATO
Philippines
Taipei
Col. Ventje Sumual
800 Storm Stranded Travelers Rescued
Morgantown Pennsylvania. The Turnpike Refugees story ends as about 800 people including men women and children are evacuated from the Brandywine Restaurant south of Morgantown after a blizzard trapped them for 36 hours. Rescue by trucks buses helicopters and earthmoving equipment enabled a single eastbound lane to open. Six diabetics receive insulin at Harrisburg Hospital and one motorist dies during the drift.
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Morgantown
INS
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Brandywine
Mori Fantown
Reading
Harrisburg
Helik
Bethleym Steel Company
Grace Mine
Castro Valley Mother Killed in San Francisco Crash
A Castro Valley mother of four, Mrs. Shirley Weinmeister, 35, was killed early today in a two car crash at the Geary and Arguello intersection in San Francisco. Jeremias Kramer, 24, of Concord, UC football player, and two other passengers were injured. The driver of the other car, Anthony Watkyns, 19, of Berkeley, faced investigation for manslaughter and speeding. Nearby, a San Leandro woman, Lucille Ann Perry, 43, was injured when her car was struck by a truck on the Eastshore Freeway. The truck driver Ernest Jacobsen, 21, of Oakland, and another motorist Henry Van Dieghem were involved in separate incidents.
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Castro Valley
San Francisco
Shirley ‘Weinmeister
Weinmeister
Jeremias Kramer
Concord
University of California
Geary and
Arguello
Anthony Watkyns
Berkeley
Washeld
San Leandro
Freetway
First Ave
Lucille Ann Perry
Keterson St
Ernest Jacobsen
Oakland
Henry van Dteghem
Lester Ave
Perry
Donald C. Frazier
del Monte
Alquire Rd
Frazier
Juvenile Crime Report Blames Media For Delinquency
A Sacramento advisory committee presented a 93 page report to Attorney General Edmund G Brown criticizing television and film for overstressing crime and violence. It urges legislators to probe further and notes comic books overemphasize brutality and aggression while calling for higher public accountability from the media.
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Sacramento
Edmund G. Brown
Brown
Prayer for Today to Test Our Lives by Christ
A devotional invocation asks divine Creator to curb self love and national vainglory. The petition seeks guidance to measure personal lives by the stature of Christ and to keep focus on God’s kingdom on earth. An earnest Amen concludes the prayer.
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Christ
Bond Issue Features Seven Road Projects
Hayward plans a 12 to 16 million bond issue funding seven street and highway projects. The industrial expressway core links Clawster Road to Industrial Road with a four lane route past Palma Ceia, Beumberg, Arden Road and Eastshore to meet Asquire Road. Additional downtown and Strip area improvements aim to relieve bottlenecks and attract business.
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Hayward
Jackson-Castro
Cit
Pla
Clawster Rd
Depot Rd
Mt. Eden
Baumbere
Southern Pacific
Palma Ceia
Beumberg
Arden Rd
Industrial
Hesperian
Eastshore
Asquire
Ruus
Short Respite From Storms
A powerful spring storm lashed Northern California with gale winds and torrential rains for two days then eased. The weatherman warned of more downpours and variable clouds with scattered showers tonight and rain tomorrow. Mountain snow was possible and lowlands remained drenched though no major floods were seen. rivers rose but stayed below flood stage while Alameda and Patterson creeks were patrolled and Patterson overflowed briefly at Marsh Road.
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Caliifornia
Sam Lo
Two aircraft collide in San Francisco Bay area and Oakland Airport crash
A bulletin reports a Actour-engined military plane crash burned about five miles north of McClellan AFB near Larchmont Village with authorities dispatching all available men to the scene. An unofficial source cited an RC12 radar craft. witnesses said the plane caught fire in the air and crashed in an open area. Concurrently a four-engine U.S. Navy P2B Neptune bomber crashed on takeoff at Oakland Airport, with five reservist crew members escaping unharmed. One crewman named Kenneth Houghtaling of Hayward is listed among the crew.
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McClellan Air Force Base
Larchmont Village
Sacramento
Watt Ave
Grandline Ra
California Highway Patrol
Oakland
Kenneth Houghtaling
Baumberg Ave
Hayward
St Rose Hospital Groundbreaking Delayed Indefinitely
Groundbreaking ceremonies for St Rose Hospital in Hayward have been postponed indefinitely. City Councilman Michael Sheridan, coordinator of the hospital fund drive, said Mother Mary Anne of the Catholic Order of St Joseph in Wichita could not be ready by Tuesday, delaying the event.
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St. Rose Hospital
Calaroga
Tendy- Jon' Rds
Hayward
Michael Sheridan
Sheridan
Mary Anne
Order of St. Josph
Wichita
Kan
Colin On Fatal Flight Claims Mike Todd In NM Crash
Hollywood columnist reports showman Mike Todd 50 died when his twin engine private plane crashed in stormy weather near Grants New Mexico around 10 30 p m He and Art Cohn were among the six aboard Elizabeth Taylor wife to Todd was reportedly distraught after learning of the crash Todd producer of Around the World in 80 Days had been en route to New York for a testimonial dinner He was born in 1907 in Minneapolis and began Broadway work in 1923 with notable productions including The Hot Mikado and Up In Central Park
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Mike Todd
Elizabeth Taylor
New Mexico
San Francisco
Art Cohn
Todd
United Press
SSS
Grants
N M
Bill Watters
New York
Tulsa
Beverly
Hills
Mary Casswell
Miss Taylor
Charles. Jones
Miss ‘Taylor
Taylor
Francis ‘Taylor
Beverly Hills
Earler
Kirky Douglas
Michael Todd
Goldbogen
Minneapolis
Minn
Central Park
Chicago
Ex Shrine Head Theodore Stevens Dies at 73 in San Lorenzo
Theodore Stevens, 73, former head of the Southern Alameda County Shrine Club, died yesterday in San Lorenzo. Retired insurance man, he lived 11 years at 16050 Via Primero and 40 years in Alameda County. Survived by widow Maud B., daughter Lois Reynolds, son Donald T., and a grandson. Services 2 p.m. tomorrow at Sorensen Bros. Chapel Hayward under Lorenzo Masonic Lodge. Inurnment Chapel of the Chimes Oakland.
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Cyril
Theodore Stevens
Alameda County
Shrine Club
Stevens
Via
Primero
Lorenzo Lodge
Rahmes
Temple
Royal Arch Masons. of California
Oakland Commandery
Knights Templar
Maud
Lois §. Reynolds
Oakland
Donald T
Honolulu
Sorensen Bros
St. Hayward
Lorenzo Masonic Lodge
Chapel of the Chimes
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Fairmont Hospital
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155Th Ave
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