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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1958
Page
16
In Tokyo, sources predict Japan's May 72 Diet election will keep the Liberal Democrats dominant and pro US. The Socialists may gain seats but not derail the alliance, while issues include the U.S. security treaty, Okinawa control, and calls for an atom free Asia.
Japan will begin its first undersea oil drilling venture this September using an American sea platform in the Xabase field off Akita Prefecture. The Petroleum Resources Development Corp expects to receive $1,670,000 in gear from a Texas firm by June. The 192 by 152 by 90 foot platform will operate off northwestern Japan near Akita.
Researchers at the University of Illinois report a new corn strain with 29 percent more kernels and 10 percent higher protein than standard hybrids. The hybrid is described as uniform in ear height, high grain yield, smut resistant, and with suitable maturity shelling percentage and stalk strength.
A quirky note describes a method for learning arithmetic with a playful twist. It mentions a tennis rectory K and references today’s As, suggesting lighthearted schoolyard humor and teaching styles from a past era.
Washington predicts the GOP will gain up to 33 House seats in November if the economy improves. Rep. Richard Simpson of Pennsylvania cited good candidates organization and local issues as the party's counter to the recession.
UNITED NATIONS NY INS The W N reports that 157 was 2 year of weakening world commodity markets and predicted that order links will continue to shorten in 95. It attributed the decline to the continued slowdown in the rate of economic growth in the United States and other major industrial countries. A M2 page report prepared by the U N Secretariat for the commission on international commodity trade said that by Jan 1 1958 the price index of primary commodities in world trade had drop to the lowest level since the outbreak of the Korean War. Not all commodities conformed to the overall trend. The report noted that even among those whose market weakened there were some for which the result was revealed less in declining prices than in voluntary inventory accumulation by producers or involuntary or organized curtailment of production. Or the commodity problem in general the report declared that it is a matter of interpretation and emphasis. One interpretation appeared to present a bleak outlook for unloading of American surpluses abroad. It said the pursuit of self sufficiency of many countries and the lower changing menace of large inventories are aspects to which major importance is attached by some observers.
New York INS reports Truman says the Pentagon reorganization plan is a duplicate of one he opposed. He also states the U S should cut arms to Israel and that being Catholic would hurt a presidential candidate's chances. The remarks came during NBC TV.
In an interview former President Truman says arms should be treated alike among allies, supports aiding Israel if necessary, and endorses Israel’s UN membership role similar to Korea. He notes being Catholic could affect a candidate’s chances, with JFK often named as a potential 1960 contender.
Washington INL reports Vanguard project chief ZT. Paul Walsh outlines why holds occur during Cape Canaveral launches. He compares checklists to a long cockpit pilot’s list, cites weather, visibility, and prolonged countdown effects, and defends delays as part of learning in a new space frontier.
Hayward Kiwanis Club schedules an 8 p.m. concert at Hayward High School auditorium led by the Valley Concert Band conducted by George deGregori to raise funds for youth service programs. The program features the Golondrina Chorus and local students as the first Kiwanis music scholarship effort.
SAN FRANCISCO The statewide measles picture remains about average with no sharp rise. Dr. Malcolm Merrill of the State Department of Public Health said California’s incidence this year is typical, while the Public Health Service reports about 336,900 cases nationwide in the first 16 weeks, compared with 248,751 in the same period of 1957.
The sixth annual University of California Conference on City and Regional Planning will be held at the Richmond Memorial Auditorium Richmond at 1:15 p.m. The program features lectures clinics and panel discussions on The City The Country and Suburbia. Principal speakers include State Sen Fred S Farr and Henry Fa director of the New York Regional Plan Assn. Bay Area participants include Donald L Foley Reginald H Biggs George J Dean John C Beckett Temes Barnes Corwin Macine and Robert Williams. The event is presented by UC Dept of City and Regional Planning and University Extension with local government groups.
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