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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1955
Page
2
Heavy rain cancelled a protest match by Japanese residents near Mount Fuji against American artillery training. Labor unions and villagers planned a mass walk to the firing area boundary, while police forced back a flag-waving group from the boundary.
Mrs Dora W Ruddell age 36 of Hayward passed away in a local hospital. native of North Carolina she lived at 256 Western Blvd and was wife of Lloyd H Ruddell. she is survived by brothers Thorp Tallace of Idaho and Merl in Alaska. funeral services set for 11 am Friday at Sorensen Brothers Chapel 1140 B Street with interment in the Chapel of the Chimes.
Obituary notices report Sunset editor Mary Emerson, aged 87, dying in Mountain View. Also listed are multiple Nebraska and California relatives, with Raleigh Ruddell and family lines, detailing ages and kin across several towns and dates.
Oakland health issues loom as court weighs rehearing in a case involving an implanted listening device and isolation concerns. Roy N Jensen, 89, faces perjury and welfare-related charges after embezzling funds while his 74-year-old mother awaits relief. Permanente Cement reports record 1954 sales and earnings. A San Francisco victim identified as Gertrude Merrill Tufts leaped from the Golden Gate bridge. Ernest Collins survives a 33-foot fall into his apartment. San Francisco cracks down on gambling. 60 of 279 cigar store clerks on vacation amid police probes.
The Big Four finalize a treaty on Austria sovereignty with Austrian assurances to return properties, oil deliveries, and a plan for withdrawal of Soviet American British and French occupation forces within 90 days of the treaty taking effect. Austrian officials Bruno Kriesky Leopold Figl enthusiastically back the accord. British Ambassador Geoffrey Wallinger predicts signing on Sunday.
Crowle says bids will be requested next week to secure right of way for a straight channel to the bay, replacing Alameda creek bends. Contracts to be awarded about a month after bidding. flood control progress hinges on main channel work. A district 2a bid of 97,973.84 for Castro Valley and Ashland storm drains was accepted, with Ball and Simpson of Berkeley handling the work.
A staged rapid transit plan outlines a 1962 completion target for the Hayward Centerville segment and a network extending via Walnut Creek to Concord. It envisions an interurban level system fed by buses and cars, with later extensions toward Page Hill road, Palo Alto, Los Gatos, Santa Rosa, Napa, Fairfield and Livermore within a billion dollar framework.
Washington Manor Homes association executive board plans a 7 pm meeting at Washington Manor school. Secretary Joyce Altman announces agenda includes bylaw changes for approval and a progress report on incorporation annexation or remaining status quo with a June general meeting planned.
Vandals armed with BB guns shot a tractor in Ashland yesterday causing about 40 dollars in damage to the earth moving machine.
An outline of Civil Defense requirements for area protection will be presented by President Hal Weiner at an executive board meeting of the Hesperian Homes association at 8 p.m. tonight. The meeting, at Hesperian School, 620 Draw Street, will cover volunteer applications for the civil defense program led by Louis Payton of Ashland Fire Department with weekly classes at the Washington Manor firehouse. Guest speaker David C. Denny, landscape architect, will address the quarterly general meeting next Tuesday. the gathering is mainly social and residents are invited.
The Foothill Boulevard Area Business and Property Owners association meets tonight at the Flaten luncheon hall, 16351 Foothill. Reports will cover the recent courthouse zoning meeting. Milton Fisher, president, will conduct the executive session.
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