Manor City Bid Drive Quickens
Washington Manor residents push to file incorporation petitions by May 26 to secure an incorporated city with 90 percent residential makeup. A 1000 signature goal across 14 precincts has been set while opposition seeks to annex 2000 adjacent industrial acres to San Leandro, risking tax values and local control. The 50 day exclusive period runs through May 29, with maps to be reviewed by the county boundaries commission tomorrow.
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County Boundaries Commission
Four Injured as Truck Crashes Into Stalled Car South of Santos
Early today on State Highway 17 south of Santos avenue four people were injured when a large southbound semi struck a stalled Oakland car after a rear end and sideswipe collision with another northbound vehicle. The Faulkner and Holley families, all Oakland residents, were treated at Fairmont emergency ward. No citations issued pending further investigation. In a separate incident on Foothill boulevard near Mattox road four minor injuries occurred when a northbound car rear ended another. Injured were Albert Elliott, Carlos Lopez, Robert York, and Joseph Acquino. Police planned a highway patrol follow up.
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W. B. Williams Ranch
Centerville
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San Jose
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Fairmont
Foothill Boulevard
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Carlos N. Lopez
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Lopez Auto
Robert W. York
Joseph Acquino
Highway Patrol
VA Hospital Location Here Still Possible
Protests over an eight story Veterans Administration hospital site in Southern Alameda County. Hayward chamber of commerce says Orinda area still has a chance, after earlier attempts near Castro Valley failed. VA survey favored Contra Costa county site three miles south of Orinda crossroads. 20 acres flat land and access needs cited.
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Hayward Chamber
Trade Center Opens in San Francisco
The $2 500 000 steel and glass world trade center opened today in a wing of the Ferry Building San Francisco, signaling the citys resolve to boost friendly commerce between nations. The formal dedication was scheduled with the International Trade and Travel exhibition featuring displays from a score of nations and 40 firms.
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Bay Span Crash Fatal to Three
A two car collision at a construction detour on the eastern approach to the Bay Bridge killed three and critically injured two. Eight year old John Skillin of Berkeley and Mrs. Carol Bateman, 40, Berkeley, died instantly. Skillin’s mother Edna Skillin, 47, died after being hospitalized. Two men in the other car, Newman Baird 33 San Francisco and Paul Quinn 49 San Francisco, were critically injured. Mrs Enteman, mother of four, died at Kaiser Foundation Hospital after the crash. Enteman’s estranged husband Cecil Enteman, a San Francisco chemist at the Naval Shipyard, identified her body. Police say Bateman’s car crossed the dividing lines as she appeared confused by the detour.
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Berkeley
Carol H. Bateman
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San Francisco
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Cecil Enteman
San Francisco Naval Shipyard
Second Chance Farm Bill Goes To White House
The House completed action on a compromise farm bill and sent it to the White House with President Eisenhower expected to sign. The measure removes rigid high supports and includes the administration's 1.2 billion credit bank plan, reflecting a shift from the vetoed first bill. Rep Poage labeled the fight for restored supports partly not fruitless and noted Eisenhower had boosted prices for major crops.
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Passports To Moscow Told by Former Labor Leader
A former Communist testifies before the House Un American Activities Committee that 18 American labor leaders illegally obtained passports in 1951 to attend May Day celebrations in Moscow. William Wallace of Mount Vernon, Ohio, says delegates were instructed to conceal Soviet plans and to falsely claim England and France as destinations.
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Assault case and escapee dominate Ashland scene
A 14 year old boy who escaped from the Chariot boys ranch near Oakland walked away at 10:35 p.m. and surrendered to Hayward police within two hours. John Lightfoot, 21, is to be arraigned in Superior Court for alleged assault on a nurse and related charges stemming from an incident at Highland Hospital after transfer from city jail.
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Hayward
Ibefer Avenue
Qakland
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Public Defender's Office
Will
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Highland Hospital
City
Nine Men Drowned In Squalls
Milwaukee reporters recount a fatal Lake Michigan storm that sank a construction barge, drowning seven workers and leaving two others missing. Three bodies were found early today, with four more recovered before 11 a.m. Officials say ten survivors were hospitalized for shock and exposure after the squall struck around 4 am. A separate incident earlier claimed two fishermen’s lives in the same vicinity.
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Sears Kahn Zone Hearing Set Tomorrow in Hayward
Hayward planning officials announce a zoning hearing tomorrow in City Council chambers to review the master plan update for Sears Kahn shopping center. Opponents and 200+ attendees joined a tense session. report highlights a proposed 60 acre regional center and calls for better downtown parking and streets. Also on the docket are the 57 acre South Hayward Garnett annex housing zoning and adjacent 35 acres of the 300 acre Hesse annex zoned temporarily for light industry.
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New Eden Maps Available in San Leandro Area
San Leandro Chamber of Commerce advertising chief F A Louis Meyer announced today that free Eden township maps are available at 858 East 14th Street. The maps cover numerous streets opened in the residential and industrial areas of San Leandro and surrounding regions.
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Eden Township
San Leandro
Oakland Mother Stabbed to Death in Oakland
Mrs Emma Riley 44 of Oakland was stabbed to death late last night police sought to question Henry Robinson 42 common law husband a farm laborer. Police patrolled train and bus depots to intercept him. Riley was found dying in the living room by her one year old daughter who woke to her mother moans.
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Mendes-France resigns cabinet post over Algerian policy
Paris bulletin reports Pierre Mendes-France resigns his cabinet post in protest of government Algerian policy. The move, seen as a potential test for six month old Socialist Premier Guy Mollet government, is tempered by Mendes-France saying the current government remains the best option under present conditions.
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Leandro Seeks Fair Beauty for Maid Contest
San Leandro officials seek a beauty contestant to represent the city in the Maid of Alameda County pageant. The winner joins other county maids at the county fairgrounds in Pleasanton on Friday evening June 15. Judges include Bay Area photographers and TV figures. entry blanks are at the chamber of commerce.
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Dock Worker Sues Police in Oakland Beating Case
Longshoreman Joseph J. Mella, 56, of Oakland sues Patrolmen Stanley Vates and Robert H. Whitcomb for 200000 claiming they beat him, kicked his leg, and threw him down stairs after responding to a complaint. He suffered a compound fracture and ulcerated leg. Deputy chief Toothman said the officers were cleared.
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Embalmers Union Pickets Two San Francisco Funeral Homes
Members of the embalmers union dressed in striped trousers and dark coats picketed two San Francisco funeral parlors as an employer association prepared to lock out union embalmers. A separate incident in Golden Gate Park ended with suspects surrendering after a police officer was targeted. a 45 automatic misfired, and two bullets struck their convertible. Patrolman Marvin Zukor reported the gunmen leaped from the car and fired twice.
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Eisenhower pledges resolve amid Soviet troop cut doubt
President Eisenhower urged the free world to stay strong until Moscow follows its 1.2 million troop cut with a genuine disarmament accord. He warned the effect on Soviet strength is unclear and voiced skepticism about whether the move signals a real arms reduction or advancement toward negotiations. He noted Russia is pruning excess personnel and redeploying others, similar to U S steps years ago.
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E. Stassen
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Death Plot on British Duke Prompts Security Shakeup
Scotland Yard's secret special branch has replaced the Duke of Edinburgh's regular bodyguard with top agents guarding the prince during a rumored Cypriot underground assassination plot. The escort accompanied a naval tour and now protects Balmoral Castle as Queen Elizabeth and family vacation. Customs inspectors intensified airport freight checks amid Cyprus bombing fallout.
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Row at PTA Meet Flores
SAN FRANCISCO Dr Frank Baxter a noted teacher and television lecturer sparked protests with his claim that mediocre students hold back superior pupils in public schools Delegates to the National Congress of Parents and Teachers reacted strongly to the idea that bright students waste their potential because duller peers slow progress Dorothy Nyswander UC Berkeley public health education professor noted that to preserve democracy some waste may be needed in schooling
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Frank Baxter
National Congress of Parents
Baxter
Dorothy Nyswander
University of California In Berkeley
Folsom Reservoir Reaches Capacity as Dam Fills
Water pours through Folsom dam gates at 16 000 cubic feet per second as melting snow swells the reservoir to capacity. Folsom Lake rises within 15 feet of the roadway atop the 480 foot high structure valued at 64 million dollars.
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Bay Area Fog Tonight to Clear by Afternoon
Forecast calls for high fog across the Bay Area tonight and tomorrow morning with clearing in the afternoon and little temperature change. Yesterday’s high and today’s low were reported without notable variation.
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Arab Tribes In Rebellion Against British Aden Plan
Cairo press Al Goumhouria reports Arabian border tribes rose against British imperialism in Aden protectorate. It backs rebels in rejecting a plan to federate the disputed areas with the colony. The paper vows British imperialism will meet a sad end in Aden.
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