23 Mar 1959
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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1959
Page
1
A Tennessee mine blast near Brimstone killed nine miners, all working in the main shaft. Five bodies were recovered by noon. rescuers raced to reach the rest as conditions suggested no survivors. Owners and partners of the small operation were among the dead. the blast occurred about a mile from the mine entrance.
Ike and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan call a final conference at Camp David to map a unified Western approach for a summer summit with Soviet Premier Khrushchev. They outlined steps: forge positions in Geneva talks, align Big Three ministers in Washington, seek NATO endorsement, and set a summit date if Russians agree to worthwhile talks.
Malcolm R. Storm 41 of San Leandro aided three fishermen when their boat overturned in Tomales Bay. He pulled Engen’s head from the water twice and later helped another man back to the boat as waves surged over the hull. The rescue occurred during a spring cruise with Storm’s companion Duncan and his son.
Superior Court Judge Chris B. Fox denied Dr. Ben Rosner a preliminary injunction to permit practice at Eden Hospital after a Friday hearing in Oakland. Observers expect the case to go to trial in one to three months, following an earlier win when a patient was allowed to be treated by Rosner at the hospital.
A devotional prayer asks God to raise strong character within believers, create a clean heart, and lift them above common and unclean desires to become new creatures through God and Christ, ending with Amen.
A state engineers report prepared for the California Toll Bridge Authority recommends designating and protecting rights of way for a Southern Crossing from Alameda Bray Farm Island to Armistad in Marin. It urges legislative funding for preliminary studies, notes no route is set, warns existing routes could be obstructed, and calls for new federal and state laws to unite Bay Area toll crossings under one bond.
A bank security guard tackled a would be bandit in San Francisco after the robber, armed with a gun shaped hand, demanded cash. Teller Frances Griffith, 43, remained calm as security officer Garry and others restrained the suspect until police arrived. Griffith said she was embarrassed by the fuss and wondered how she would react in a real hold up.
Washington Senatorial action approved a $200,000 funding for a sweeping inflation study. Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson called inflation a problem second only to national survival, highlighting its urgency for policy consideration.
PREMONT The Superior Court was asked to declare Carl Flegal winner by default in a $1 million libel suit against the Fremont Taxpayers League and five others. Defendants Amaral and the league missed the response deadline while other named defendants filed by April 20. The suit accuses the group of distributing a pink pamphlet before an election alleging a federal employee union ties.
Leandro physician Dr Ambrose B Rankin age 58 pleaded innocent in municipal court to four felony counts alleging fraudulently using patients names to obtain narcotics for personal use. He was arrested February 9 by federal agents and local police, held on $1300 bail, and will be back for a preliminary hearing April 18.
Two Crusader jets from Alameda Naval Air Station collided in flight near Mount Hamilton about ten miles from San Jose. Initial reports say both pilots were rescued, with a Navy spokesman confirming the crash occurred five miles northeast of Mount Hamilton.
Royal Canadian Air Force Lancastér launched from Torbay to locate a single engine plane missing with a pilot and several hockey players aboard. The search operation continues as authorities assess the fate of those aboard.
Li Yung-hsiu, head of Chiang Kai-shek’s Mongolian and Tibetan affairs commission, urged the free world to aid the Tibetan revolt spreading into Sikang and Chinghai. He warned Peiping will crush the uprising and noted Nehru reported clashes in Lhasa threatening Dalai Lama’s safety.
Police in Watsonville say Chief Franke Oster killed Stanley Papac 23 during a hostage siege at a Mira Mar Bay tavern. About 3:30 am Papac shot, died 5 am after officers surrounded the scene and two marksmen fired.
In thick fog off Europe, the Soviet steamer Kholmogory sank after colliding with German freighter Bischofstein in the North Sea near the German coast. Forty one Russian crew rescued. one sailor missing. A second collision in the English Channel left the German freighter Karl Grammaeratorf waterlogged after hitting the Spanish cargo ship Monte Bustelo, which suffered little damage.
FBI Director Hoover said eleven conspirators tied to a telegraph fraud scheme were arrested across Oregon Michigan Pennsylvania Indiana Wisconsin and Canada. The ring used two New York City puzzles to lure participants and mail contest entries to win prizes, with ringleaders collecting most funds while others sent money to a central bank in Canada.
President Eisenhower conferred with eight governors and three Cabinet members to discuss strengthening the federal state unemployment benefits program. The talks aimed to address gaps in aid and coordinate policy between federal and state administrations.
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