Manor Annex Vote Sets Up City Services
Manors annexation to San Leandro was approved 1784 to 1168 with 60 percent turnout. The 1000 acre Washington Manor will add 12,000 people and 3590 homes, boosting San Leandro’s unofficial population to about 60,000. Zoning studies will begin, hearings urged, to ensure no zoning gaps during transition of services and staff.
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Animex — Lewelling School
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Postage Rise Backed by House on Third Class Mail
A large majority supported boosting third class mail rates with a two step rise including a supposed Sunk-mail plan while failing to act on proposed increases for second class magazines and newspapers. The committee chairman expects a Thursday meeting to finalize action on a four year plan. General Arthur Summerfield signaled a need for more than 3.25 million in additional funds for the postal service next fiscal year.
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Nastar
Arthur
Airman To Appear On Slaying Charge
Pleasanton Sgt Am brose Kennedy aged 37 faces murder charges in the slaying of his wife Marianne 27. Kennedy will be arraigned at 11 am in Judge William OA Gale’s court. The victim and her 9-year-old daughter Christine had just arrived from Germany to be with Kennedy who was receiving care at Parks Air Force Base hospital after returning from a Germany assignment. The wife was a native of Germany.
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Ambrose Kennedy
Marianne
William OA. Gale
Christine
Germany
Kennedy
Parks Air Force Base Hospital
Parks
Boys Sentenced to Texas Ranch for Parental Slaying
Arlington youths Jimmy Dodd 11 and Frank Dodd 14 confessed to shooting their father Frank Dodd Sr. with a 22 rifle after he beat them. Juvenile Judge Hugh Reid ordered possible commitment to the privately funded Boys Ranch at Amtuisle, noting it won t be a picnic and could last until they reach 21. The boys said they acted after watching crime shows and had learned to shoot weekends.
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Texas Ranch
Jimmy Dodd
Frank
Hugh Reid
Amtu‘isle
Boys’ Ranch
Frank Dodd Sr
School Fund Bill Slashed by Half Billion In Cut
Washington lawmakers trimmed the school aid bill as the House Education and Labor Committee voted 23 to 3 to reduce funding from 2.0 billion to 2.3 billion. Rep Samuel K McConnell Jr said the cut would improve passage chances amid an economy drive. The measure remains a middle ground between Eisenhower’s 1.3 billion four year program and a 3.6 billion six year Democratic substitute.
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Washington
House Education & Labor Committee
Samuel K. McConnell Je
Eisenhower
Lone Passenger Robs Bus Driver in Oakland Incident
A Key System bus driver, Donald Garfinkle, 58, Oakland, was held up today by a lone passenger who threatened him with a long barrel pistol and demanded cash. The robber escaped after taking the money and changer bag.
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Oakland
Donald ‘“Garfinkle
Garfinkle
Webber
Hayward Council Opposes State Study Bill on Southern Crossing
The Hayward City Council urged defeat of Assemblyman Bruce Allen's bill seeking a state study of a Southern Crossing from Army Street San Francisco to Bay Farm Island. The council also urged selling bonds and starting construction of an $180 million crossing, while Chamber official Roger Anderson said the chamber might support it if the crossing were farther south than the proposed site.
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Allen
Army St
San Francisco
Bay Farm Island
Bruce F. Allen
San Jose
Quake Rumor Blamed on Jet Shocks Hayward Area
Residents from downtown Hayward to Cen terville rushed outside after a morning shake officials said likely a jet sound barrier burst. Police found no explosion and quake officials had no report. One Hillview Crest resident said her house withstood the March 22 quake.
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Highlands
Hillview Crest
Centerville
Hillview
Crest
Monkey Involved in Unusual Cop Encounter
Nuys California officers responded to a man down scene and found Harry Robinson holding a monkey. A struggle ensued as the animal grabbed officer Holland and knocked his cap off before other units subdued the pet and took it to an animal shelter. Robinson, a carnival worker, was booked on suspicion of drunkenness.
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Robinson
Reward Awarded to San Francisco Rancher in Kidnapping Case
San Francisco rancher Herold Bud Jackson received an 230 reward for the body of Stephanie Bryan the kidnapped murder victim. Judge Albert Bowen in San Francisco ruled Jackson entitled to the reward after the American Trust Company held the funds posted by Dr Charles Bryan Jr the victim’s father. Jackson who hunted with bloodhounds per report found the body in a shallow grave near Burton Abbott’s mountain cabin Abbott was executed March 15 at San Quentin for the slaying.
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Herold ‘Bud” Jackson
Trinity County
Stephanie Bryan
Albert W. Bowen
Palo Alto
American Trust Company
Jackson
Charles S. Bryan Jr
San Francisco Examiner
Ed Montgomery
Burton W. Abbott
San Quentin
London Warned Of Polio Epidemic Mayflower Voyage
London health ministry issued a warning last night about a possible polio epidemic on the Mayflower voyage to Plymonth mass. Figures for the first four months of this year exceeded those reported in the epidemic year 1950. The ministry distributed circulars to authorities on handling outbreaks as the ship sailed southwest of the Canary Islands at 644 knots.
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London
Health Ministry
Alan
Villiers
Nolie
Pay hikes for radar and electronics troops approved
The Pentagon authorized monthly pay raises from 12 to 30 dollars for about 360,000 enlisted radar and electronics specialists and other skilled personnel. The 49 million dollar annual plan covers only 15 percent of the force, falling short of a commission’s recommended 300 million dollar package.
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INS
Pentagon Today
AOL
Per
Special Commission
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Tom Ralph J
General Electric 26
Army-Navy-Air Force Journal
Wilson
White House
Eisenhower
Percival ‘Brundage
Beck Refuses to Answer in New Senate Probe
Beck invokes the Fifth Amendment and declines to say if he ever declared he would blow the U S up. Senate Rackets committee opens a new series of hearings into Beck, with questions on improper use of union funds and his labor leadership.
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INS
Dave Beck
Senatette
Senate
John L. McClellan
Beck
Committee
Teamsters Union
Edward Bennett Williams
Williams
Dan
Comiittes
Hut
Wiliams
Joseph R. McCarthy
BR. Wis
Eigh
McClellan
Vietnam President Diem Welcomed by Eisenhower
President Eisenhower greeted Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem in Washington at National Airport in a brief ceremony on his four day visit. Diem arrived aboard the Columbine aircraft and received full state honors in a display intended to strengthen U S Vietnamese friendship.
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INS
Eisenhower
Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem
National
Diem
Lord Eisenhower
Gas attack at Maxwell House plant in Hoboken
Escaping chlorine gas at the Maxwell House Coffee Co. plant in Hoboken felled at least eight workers among about 70 on duty. Police reported several more affected as first reports described people dropping. Details were not immediately available.
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Hoboken
Maxwell House Coffee Co
Induction Balk Jails Youth at Induction Center
Oakland federal officers arrested Leonard A Webberly of Fort Dick after he balked during military induction. Held in Alameda County jail, he refused to step forward as ordered. Special Agent HG Foster said the incident could carry up to five years in prison.
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Oakland
del Norte County
Armed Forces Induction Center
Alameda County
Leonard A.webberly
Fort Dick
FBI
HG. Foster
Webberly
Eisenhower weighs TV talks to sell budget plan
President Eisenhower signaled possible two television appearances to push his budget amid congressional trouble. He urged that major cuts require certainty that the foreign situation has eased and discussed a foolproof international inspection proposal, Humphrey's resignation rumors, and nuclear weapon production pauses if an agreement is reached.
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Hisenhower
Congress
Hig
Treasury
George M. ‘Humphrey
Humphrey
Eisenhower
London
U.S
Permits Ban In Highlands County
County supervisors banned building permits in the Hayward Highlands area until the health department approves. The order targets the county building department after a survey found faulty septic tanks and cesspools in 215 of 259 homes, creating a health hazard. Building should be halted until sanitary sewer lines are installed.
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Hayward Highlands
County Health Department
County Building Department
Lash
Health Department
Hayward
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