False air scare tests civil defense response in bay area
Civil defense officials say yesterday’s false 10:40 am alert exposed flaws in the attack warning system. In Hayward and Oakland sirens were not fully activated, but 55,000 school children hid under desks while responders awaited official all clear.
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Civil Defense
Sacramento
Stanley Pierson
West Coast
Hayward
Paul Wiriek
Paul Wiriek Deo
John Ficklin
Oakland
Alameda County
H. P. Gleason
Ir National Guard
Maynard
Ashland Home Damaged by Fire on 164th Avenue
Fire caused about 600 dollars in damages to Mrs Beulah L Morrow’s home at 1597 164th avenue. Fire Chief Lester Olivera said the blaze was confined to the roof and started when sparks from a nearby trash burner ignited roofing materials.
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Ashland
Beulah L. Morrow
164Th Avenue
Ishland
Lester Olivera
Olivera
Debris Plus School Trustees Radiation Submit Annex Would Kill Bid to Council
Survival Town officials warn that a nuclear blast near the 500 foot tower would have killed all residents within one mile from debris and radiation. Hayward Elementary trustees seek annexation of Kimball and Cherryland sites to save on fire insurance costs. Bids on fencing and yard work are opened. plans drawn for school additions. Progress reported on negotiations for parcels at Burbank and Strobridge sites.
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Murray M. Moler
United Press
Brill
Survival City
Nev. J.P
Harold Goodwin
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Survival Town
Goodwin
Civil Defense
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Main Street
Ground Zero
Hayward
Kimball
Cherryland
Jack Rees
Willow Avenue
Western Boulevard
Rio Vista
Foothill Boulevard
San Lorenzo_creek
Cotterway
Markham School
Anchor Post Products Company
District Attorney's Office
Anderson and Simonds
Burbank
Strobridge
New Water Service Planed for Washington Township
San Francisco based Harbor Tug and Barge seeks Army permit to dredge a channel from the Bay to Coyote Hill slough near Alvarado and build a turning basin and dock for unloading barges. Potential use includes unloading Sacramento Valley sugar beets for the Holly Sugar plant in Alvarado. Officials say the project is preliminary but could boost township industry and open many possibilities.
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Alvarado
Washington Township
Harbor Tug and Barge Company of
San Francisco
Department of the Army
Coyote Hill
Coyote Hills
Plummer
Sacramento Valley
Holly “Suger _ corporation
Sugar Company
Walkout at secret atomic project near Knoxville
The Southern Bell Telephone strike by CWA workers halted the Oak Ridge Y-12 construction site run by Rust Engineering. Pickets blocked the entrance while Knoxville mayor George Dempster faced a sued shooting order. By afternoon 80 to 90 percent of the 4,500 AFL labor force had walked off. No atomic material production occurred.
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Atlanta
Southern Bell Telephone
Knoxville
Tenn
George Dempster
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Ewe
Oak Ridge
Atomic Energy Commission
AFL
Rust Engineering
Mother's Day Weather Outlook Promises Fair Weekend
The weatherman forecast generally fair skies for Mother's Day weekend. He warned of slightly cooler conditions with coastal fog in the morning and said Saturday would be mostly clear and pleasant.
Pro-Bay City Incorporators Campaign Tonight
Pro-incorporators in five proposed Bay City borough units plan a petition drive tonight led by Gerald Cochran. Volunteers will distribute petitions in Castro Valley San Lorenzo Cherryland and Washington Manor to collect signatures for a borough incorporation election. They aim to secure about 500 parcels valued at $3.825 million, from roughly 20 000 parcels across the five areas, and seek cooperation with Castro Valley and San Lorenzo leaders.
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Bay City
Gerald Cochran
Spark Plug
Cochran
Castro Valley
San Lorenzo
Cherryland
Washington
Manor-Mulford Gardens
San Francisco Bay
Pete Dagrin
Old San Lorenzo
Washington Manor
Mulford Gardens
Icorporation
Cas- To Valley
County Gas Tax Allocation Reported for March
Sacramento reports Alameda County received 225455 dollars from the state gasoline tax for March. State Controller Robert C Kirkwood announced total highway users tax fund distributions of 19734544 with 4942052 to counties 1895111 to cities and 12497381 to the highway construction fund. Total gross gasoline tax receipts for March were 20713833 a decline from February though near March years ago.
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Sacramento
Alameda
Robert C. Kirkwood
Kirkwood
East Bay Transit District Bill Advances In Assembly
A bill to form an East Bay transit district for Alameda and Contra Costa counties won approval from the Assembly transportation committee. It envisions a seven member board and could link with a broader nine bay counties rapid transit plan. Hayward officials opposed compulsory arbitration and Berkeley Albany representatives joined the city in opposition to labor provisions.
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Sacramento
East Bay
Alameda
Contra-Costa
Assembly
Assembly Transportation Committee
Arthur H. Breed, Jr
Senate
Hayward
Lohn Ficklin
Breed
Bay
Walter Dahl
Rpiedmont
Dahl
Berkeley
Albany
Feather River project gets 16 million funding amendment
In Sacramento a 16 million appropriation for the Feather River Water project was amended into SB1171 to buy the Oroville dam site and easements, relocate railroads and highways. The funds would come from the general fund for the Water Project Authority. Senator Byrne asked for a May 16 hearing before the Senate Water Resources Committee. An agreement between Feather River and Trinity San Luis supporters on SJR26 collapsed at the federal level.
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Sacramento
Feather River
Senate
Paul Byrne
Chico
Oroville Dam
Water Project Authority
State Water Department
Byrne
Senate Water Resources Committee
Trinity-San Luis Reservoir
San Luis Reservoir
Merced County
Trinity
Bureau of Reclamation
Edwin J. Regan
Weaverville
Cat Is Captain Of Derelict Raft Lehi II
Morro Bay California reports the abandoned raft Lehi I drifted south after eluding a power cruiser and a search plane. The Lehi II with four crew was seen from the air after recovery attempts and a $100 reward was offered for the safe delivery of the raft cat.
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Cat
Morro Bay
Calif
Californian
Pacific
Here
Ed Torrey
San Petro
Hawaii
Torrey
Iuez
Navy Warns on Soviet Sea Might
The Navy warned Congress that Soviet missile firing ships may reach U.S. ports in the not too distant future if shipbuilding pace continues. The report says the Soviet fleet lacks aircraft carriers but is now stronger than Britain and second only to the United States. It notes about 825,000 personnel equivalent strength and emphasizes the risk of Soviet warships cruising oceans and threatening shores. Admirals cite U.S. submarine edge but acknowledge 40 long-range Red subs exist. Defense officials discuss hydrogen bomb delivery progress and Army reorganization toward smaller units.
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Washington
INS
U.S
Congress
Britain
USS
Russia
Carney
Navy
Defense Department
Defense
Charles BE. Wilson
Air Force
Army
Recall Election Sample Ballots Mailed in Mt Eden District
Sample ballots for a special recall election in Mt Eden School District were mailed May 20 to 3567 registered voters from the office of Dr. Vaughn D. Seidel, county superintendent of schools. The ballot includes arguments for and against recall by petitioners and current trustees, detailing criticism of new board members and support for the existing administration and superintendent.
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Specia
Mt. Eden
Vaughn D. Seidel
E. C. Ingraham
Eden
Imt. Eden School Board
Thompson
Walters
Fields
Iit
Earl R. Seeley
Merril R. Newmann
Rudolph IK Dettenrieder
Nabors
Last-Ditch Efforts Rush to avert Western Truckers Strike
In Los Angeles officials from the trucking industry and union representatives renewed negotiations in a last-ditch bid to avert a possible strike by truck drivers in 21 western states. The action could affect more than 80,000 employees as many union contracts have expired and a strike could be called Monday. Representatives of the AFL Teamsters and trucking firms met amid renewed pressure to reach a settlement.
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Los Angeles
INS
American Federation of Labor Teamsters
Government may test all Salk polio vaccine lots
U S Surgeon General Leonard A Scheele said the government may decide within days to test every lot of Salk poliovirus vaccine. He told the House Banking committee that experts studying the vaccine question will likely approve continuing the inoculation program and that a panel is evaluating whether the government should assume testing procedures currently run by manufacturers under Public Health standards.
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Washington
INS
U.S
Leonard A. Scheele
Poliovirus vaccine recall prompts rapid return effort
Health officials urged the speedy return of all unused Cutter Laboratories polio vaccine. Dr. Arthur C. Hollister of the California State Department of Health said 40,000 doses were sent to druggists and private physicians, with much reportedly missing. All Cutter vaccine distributed for school mass vaccination has been recalled after polio cases appeared in vaccinated children while researchers re test for a possible link.
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Berkeley
Cutter Laboratories
Arthur C. Hollister
California State Department of Health
Vaccine safety fuels Senate questions on polio shots
Health officials in Washington defend vaccine safety amid 44 polio cases among an estimated four to six million vaccinated children. Scheele says testing every lot may come, Cutter vaccine withdrawn from use, and no evidence of a current black market exists while a voluntary allocation plan is prepared.
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Scheele
Cutter Laboratories
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Civil Defense Chest
Action Realty Co. Incorporated
Lucerne
Atomic Project
East Bay Action
San Joaquin
FRP
Bulletin
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