Burned airman Merle Talbott dies after Biggs collision
Merle A Talbott AT2 from San Lorenzo died from severe burns after a B 50 bomber collided with a tow target plane at Biggs Air Force Base near El Paso Texas. He planned to marry Alicia Rosales and is survived by parents a wife two brothers and a sister. Funeral services pending in the Bay Area.
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San Lorenzo
Biggs Air Force Base
el Paso
Tex
Air Force
Merle A. Tal+pott
Hathaway Avenue
Talbott
F. N. Talbott
Kelpo Products Company
Florence
Fort Mason
San Francisco
William Talbott
Salzburg
Austria
Lynn Tallbott
Sacramento
Catif
Marilyn
San Lorenzo High School
Missy
Alicia Rosales
Tee
State approves school projects for Hayward Castro Valley and Independent
State authorization allows Sequoia school addition in Hayward with a $186,431 bid, second lowest per foot. Burbank school enlargement will cost $868,225 for land and construction. Castro Valley awaits May bond election with three projects totaling $701,550. Independent School adds two rooms and an admin unit to the 1982 building.
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Dumne Playeuers
Sequoia
Hayward
Jack D. Rees
Sacramento
Burbank
Filbert
Walnut Streets
Castro Valley
Adams Denies Peress Case Conspiracy Denial
Former Army Counselor John G. Adams testified before the Senate Investigations subcommittee denying Sen. McCarthy’s charge of a conspiracy to halt hearings on Maj. Krv ing Peress. Adams said a Jan 21, 1954 meeting had no conspiratorial purpose to stop Peress or Fort Monmouth inquiries.
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Washington Ins
Army
John G. Adams
Joven R. McCarthy
Maj
Krving Peress
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Adams
Wisconsin Republican
Peress
Fort Mormouth
Sen. McCarthy
Storm toll rises as 1200 flee homes in Midwest floods
United Press reports wintry blasts and a flood crest in 50 years forcing about 1200 people to flee their homes. The Savage storms killed at least 48 across highways, floods, tornados, fires and hazards. North Dakota braced for blizzard conditions while subzero temps spread south to Texas Panhandle and Missouri. Snow piled up in Minnesota and Montana, with more forecast. Damages run into millions. peach crops in the SouthWest were severely hit. In Tennessee 3500 residents feared to return as floodwaters rose on several rivers.
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United Press
mid-West
Mississippi
North I
Dakota
Minnesota
Montana Rock
Texas Panhandle
Missouri
Tllinais
Montana Rockies
Mid
Tennessee
Buffalo, Netherland
Elk, Duck
Harper Rivers
Bank of America Bids Law on Hospital Bonds
Bank of America submitted the low bid for 1.25 million dollars in bonds to finance a new 50 bed hospital in Washington Township. The hospital sits on a 10 acre site on Santos road where construction is underway.
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Bank of America
Centerville
Bay City Incorporators Launch 6000 Drive to Ballot
Bay City incorporators opened a public solicitation to raise about 5800 for a 10 week campaign to place incorporation on the ballot in June. An eight member finance sub committee led by Gerald P. Cochran set the budget and listed needs including 1000 for attorney fees 800 for county legal fees and 4000 for operating expenses at headquarters on East 14th street.
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Ashland
Bay City
Gerald P. Cochran
Bay ‘City
East 14Th Street
Cochran
Carl B. Nunes
East 14Thistreet
A. F. Hansen
Foothill Boulevard
Robert B. Boyette
J- F. ‘Barto
Helen Rochi
Jack Shiman
Rena Tanisawa
Dwight P. Cook
Bonn Leader Signs Bills Ratifying Paris Treaties
West German President Theodor Heuss signed bills ratifying the Paris accords in Bonn and ordered publication. He did not delay until after the French council approved the pacts, signaling Western Alliance unity to secure France’s ratification. The exact effective date awaits other signatory action.
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Bonn
Germany
Theodor Heus
Has
French Council of the Republic
Western Alliance
Tolget
France
Heuss
Three Zapien brothers die in Monterey highway crash
In San Jose, three Zapien brothers from Hayward died after their car veered on a curve and hit a power pole while en route to visit relatives. Gilberto 27 Antonio 32 and Steven 21 were construction workers born in Mexico. Surviving spouses and children are listed, with services set in San Jose at Mission Chapel and Calvary Cemetery pending.
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San Jose
Hayward
Monterey
Gilbert
Antonio
Steven Zapien
Zapien
Aldesiano Zapien
Yolo Street
Mexico
Madera
Rita
Manuel
Mary Alice
Antonia
Anita
Gloria
Steven
Mission Chapel
Rancadore
Alameda
San Joss
Calvary Cemetery
Knowland Dissent on Eisenhower Yalta Comment
Senate Republican Leader William F Knowland challenged Eisenhowers remark that there is nothing to gain by revisiting ten years of records at Yalta He argued the long secret papers released by the State Department last week will spur ongoing discussion of past conferences and related issues in Washington
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Washington
Senate
William F. Knowland
Eisenhower
Yalta
State Department
California
Finns Step Out of Jet Fuel Deal
In Helsinki 1% owners of the Finnish tanker Aruba withdrew from a plan to ship jet fuel to Red China and left it for Communist authorities to arrange. The Aruba will unload 13,000 tons at Constanza when returning in about 14 days, then the matter shifts to ship brokers and Peiping authorities. Russian involvement as a possible tanker to Constanza was rumored but unconfirmed.
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Helsinki
Finland
Red China
Constanza
Gunnar Damstroem
Aruba
Soviet Proposes New Disarmament Plan Amid Inspection Questions
Moscow radio and diplomatic sources in London report a new Soviet disarmament proposal calling for world arms reduction and ban on atomic and hydrogen weapons. Full details are unclear, but the plan allegedly echoes concessions of the late Andrei Vishinsky and parallels Britain and France’s prior London conference proposal. Inspection of Soviet armaments remains uncertain and has hindered previous talks.
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London
Russia
Moscow Radio
Andrei Vishinsky
Britain
France
Squirrels and a White House putting green cause a rift
President Eisenhower and Bernard Baruch joke over a missing White House squirrel as groundskeepers move to keep rodents away from the presidential putting green. Senator Neuberger criticizes the move as an assault on American tradition while the president explains the greens’ use and humorously bets on putts.
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Washington
Bernard M. Baruch
Eisenhower
Baruch
White House
Richard Neuberger
D-Ofc
Paull McNutt Dies Ex-Governor and Diplomat at 63
Former Indiana governor and high commissioner to the Philippines Paull V. McNutt died in New York at age 63. He had been hospitalized last year for a throat ailment and was brought from Manila last month after illness during a world tour. He had been practicing law in New York since World War II and had appeared frail on arrival but was said to be improving briefly.
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McNutt
New York
Philippines
Fifth Avenue
Manila
Swig Annex May Proceed Before Sale
Swig's 62 acre Winton avenue site may be annexed to Hayward even if the sale to a prospective buyer is not completed. A public hearing will be held April 5 where council may adopt a resolution to annex. Swig said he will not withdraw the petition and would honor the annexation agreement if the sale occurs.
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Ben Swip
Winton Avenue
Hayward
Swig
San Francisco
Iaior
Jackson Street
Matching Fund Bill Endorsed by Alameda Supervisors
Alameda County Supervisors endorsed a state Senate bill to double matching funds for Federal Aid Secondary Roads. The proposed SB 118 would raise the maximum per county to 190000 dollars, replacing the current 50000 dollar limit. Senator Arthur Breed Jr. opposed the committee’s do pass recommendation.
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Oakland
Alameda
Senate
Wallace Boggs
Arthur Breed, Jr
Ala
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