Plan for joint water meet eyed by California legislature
Sacramento plan outlines a joint session of the Senate and Assembly to air water problems. The Assembly votes to hold a three day April 28 debate on all phases of water with aims to cover county origin disputes Feather Trinity San Luis projects and Bay barriers while proposing a unified water resources department. Senate support is broad though Sen Edwin J Regan favors separate open debate and a possible special session to settle issues.
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Department of Water Resources
Radar Speed Checks Start in Hayward Police Blitz
Hayward police began the first radar speed checks today with units on AN street between Watkins and Peralta streets at 10 am. Eastbound traffic on AY street was clocked electronically in a 25 mph zone. Captain Harvey Hinch led teams using radar and portable radios. Citations were issued to violators, though numbers were relatively low due to heavy traffic during peak hours.
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Hayward
Watkins
Peralta
Harvey Hinch
Cal Student Killed In Four Story Jump
In Berkeley a University of California student, a graduate in English literature, died after jumping from a fourth floor window at the Shattuck hotel. Mrs Gyn Tom, wife of Capt. Unter Tom, an Air Force radar expert, described the victim as in poor health and said she left no notes. Theodore Gyn, the brother, confirmed these details.
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Gyn Tom
Univ
California
Shattuck
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Unter Tom
Air Force
San Francisco
Theodore Gyn
Davis Lays in State as Nations Tensions Rise
John W. Davis 81, 1924 Democratic presidential nominee, lies in state at a Charleston funeral home after dying yesterday. The report notes a Los Angeles ruling on San Leandro tax loyalty oaths affecting church tax exemptions, with appeals likely to reach the state Supreme Court. Davis, a lawyer who once argued desegregation before the U.S. Supreme Court, had a long career including representation of J. P. Morgan. He will be buried Monday at Locust Valley.
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Police guard oldest copy of testament in display
The Yonan Codex, the oldest known copy of the New Testament in ancient Aramaic, was escorted from a Washington bank vault to the Library of Congress under police protection. Insured for 1.5 million dollars, the manuscript visited the White House where President Eisenhower viewed it. Dr. William B. Adams led the showing, and on April 5 the codex will go on display in the Siovory’s great hall, housed in a special exhibition case to protect its 227 vellum leaves believed to be at least 1600 years old.
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Library of Congress
White House
Eisenhower
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Siovery's
Rioting Brings Belgium Near Insurrection
Brussels faces a state of emergency as Catholics protest a 310 million cut to Catholic-run schools. Police use rifles and tear gas to halt a march. thousands of students join a truancy strike. street clashes erupt. Dozens injured as riots spread to towns and cities in Brabant.
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Belgium
Brabant
Social Christian Party
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Leppo
Postal Pay Hike Voted In Senate
The Senate voted a 10 per cent pay raise for about half a million postal workers, 72 to 22, despite administration opposition. The measure, costing an estimated 220 million dollars annually, would grant higher raises to workers earning under 4000 dollars a year, while others receive 10 percent. Republican leaders warned of a possible Eisenhower veto over job reclassification provisions.
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House
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Peress Case Hearings End Pending Study
The Senate Investigations subcommittee voted to end hearings on ex-Maj. Irving M. Peress and await a Justice Department study on potential prosecution for allegedly false statements in his Army commission application. Chair McClellan said further hearings are unnecessary, barring a possible protest from Sen. McCarthy.
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C. Gorge Anaatos
Ralph Zwicker
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Acceptance Expected for Austrian Treaty Talks in Moscow
Vienna and Austrian officials anticipate that Chancellor Joaah will accept the Soviet invitation to Moscow to resume negotiations on the long delayed Austrian peace treaty. The talks aim to resolve postwar settlement terms with broad international stakes.
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Joaah
Moscow
Thomas in Brazil arrives in Rio on South American tour
U.S. Navy Secretary Charles Thomas arrived in Rio de Janeiro yesterday for a two day visit as part of a South American tour.
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Rio DE Janeiro
U.S. Navy
Charles Thomas
Alameda County Set to Start Salk Vaccine Shots
Alameda County Health Officer James C. Malcolm announced the county is prepared to vaccinate 15,000 first and second grade students with the Salk polio vaccine if the serum proves useful. A report on its effectiveness is expected around April 12, with the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to provide wareye if beneficial, otherwise county costs for administering the shots will be determined after plan details are finalized.
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Oakland
Alameda
Malcolm
National Foundation For Infantile Paras
Non-Atom Explosion Rents Skies Over Nevada Desert Test
A high altitude non-atomic explosion near Yucca Flat in the Nevada proving grounds was carried out by the Air Force with six B-36 and 21 B-38 bombers dropping a high explosive device at about 30,000 feet. Ground observers saw smoke puffs and light patterns as the AEC described the test as a full-scale replica of an atomic burst without an actual nuclear charge. The event, the first of its kind by the AEC at Nevada, served to study effects and wind patterns for defense purposes.
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Atomic Energy Commission
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Nevada Proving Range
Sewer Service Extension OKd in San Leandro
Ora Loma Sanitary District directors approve extending sewer service to a light industrial area on Washington between Halcyon and the railroad underpass. The line would extend from 3 sewerine to the Washington Haleyan intersection. Directors also consider forming a state wide sanitary districts association with annual meetings and ongoing correspondence.
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Ora Loma Sanitary District
Washington Avenue
Halcyon Avenue
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Haleyan
P. J. DeBernardi
Ora Loma
Kart Verdict Of No Penalty Ruled Invalid
SAN FRANCISCO Army Captain Carl R. Karr in San Francisco faced a re convening court martial after a Sixth Army ruling declared the earlier “no punishment” sentence invalid. He pleaded guilty to two counts of illegal conduct, with potential penalties from reprimand to dismissal, while other charges were dismissed.
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Sarl B. Kart
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Pretty Tense in Douglas as Girls Cracked Phone Pranks
In Douglas Arizona police cracked down on young girls making mischievous telephone calls. The callers pretended a husband was on the line and hinted at a rendezvous. An unidentified man complained that anonymous calls almost broke up his home.
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Ariz
Bipartisan policy may bloom anew
President Eisenhower plans a bipartisan lunch with House leaders next Wednesday and a Senate counterpart meeting Thursday to discuss foreign policy. Republicans and Democrats with knowledge of the talks say no major new project is planned for the Big Four conference, and no unusual moves are anticipated.
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Eisenhower
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Yalta
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Senate
Walter F. George
White House
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Tachen Islands
Last Shiny Pennies Turned Out at Mint
The San Francisco U S mint ended its copper Lincoln penny production after more than a century. From now on West Coast coins will be minted in Denver Colorado due to overproduction and cost savings. The government cites economy as a key factor in closing the San Francisco operation.
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U.S. Mint
California
U. S
West
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Extension of Excise Levy OK'd
Washington reporting that Senate House conferees approved extending current excise and corporate tax rates for one year beyond their April expiration, rejecting a Democratic proposal to cut income taxes by 20 per person. The measure heads to floor for final action. Byrd and some Southern Democrats opposed the income tax cut.
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Senate
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Daniel A. Reed RN
Wilbur Mills
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Harry F. Byrd
Cotton Tax Opposed by Valley Farm Bureau Leaders
Five San Joaquin Valley county Farm Bureau representatives oppose a proposed state bill taxing cotton produced rather than property. Kern County Tax and Legislative chair Glenn Moody warns the measure could snowball to other crops and expand tax burden.
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Farm Bureau
San Joaquin Valley
Glenn Moody
Kern County Farm Bureau
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