New Foothill Freeway Link Project Urged
State highway commission backs a freeway route along Foothill Boulevard from Durant Avenue to Casta Valley interchange. Public officials may hold a hearing after Engineer G T McCoy contacts locals. The plan preserves MacArthur and Foothill routes with a parallel stretch east of Foothill between Durant and Dutton Avenues.
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Foothill Blvd
Durant Ave
Casta Valley
State Highway Commission
G. T. McCoy
McCoy
Sheffield Village
Joseph Sinclair
MacArthur and
Foothill
Durant and
Dutton Avenues
Viaduct Ready On Cypress St
Oakland prepares to open a two mile long double deck Cypress Street viaduct on June 11 linking the East Shore Freeway with the Bay Bridge. The $10 million project, sponsored by the Alameda County Highway Advisory Committee, starts at 11 am with a ribbon cutting and a post ceremony address by Mayor Clifford Rishel at the Athens Athletic Club in Oakland.
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Oakland
Cypress 'St
Bay Bridge
Alameda County Highway Advisory Committee
Athens Athletic Glub
Clay St
Clifford Rishetl
Woman Leaps From Abductor’s Car In Sacramento
Gail King, 20, jumped from a car traveling about 40 mph to escape a would be abductor in Sacramento. Officials said she is in good condition with minor injuries and a possible broken elbow, and has already gone home after treatment at County Hospital. She told deputies a man forced her into the car after she finished work yesterday.
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Sacramento, Ft
Gail King
Wf County Hospital
Gire
Miss King
Sheriff's Deputies
U S Seeks Red Payment For B 29
In Cincinnati Bishop William Stokes, 57, head of the Spiritual Church of God, is charged with seeking 786.09 as damages for a downed Air Force B 29 shot down over Japan in November 1954. He claimed the gin bottle was a sacrificial pot. Authorities say the U S seeks redress for destruction and for his congregation.
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Cincinnati
William Stokes
Church of God
Washington
U.S
Rusela
Japan
Doomed Quentin Con Slays Himself in Cell
SAN QUENTIN California. Oscar Huge Brust 47 a former land caster known as Dptrian confessed to killing his wife and stepson. He slashed his throat in his prison cell before an execution stay or habeas corpus petition could be decided. Guards found him at 5 20 am with a glass shard in his left hand and a fatal throat wound.
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San. Quentin
Oscar Huge Brust
Formen
Lancaster
Im Shis
Owe Eel
Pi Todayon
Shawahor
AOA Con
Brust
State Supreme Court
John Moore
Ben Baer
Baer
Ben
Moore
St Rose Eden Boards to Meet on Hospital Funds
Castro Valley Eden Hospital Board invited St Rose Hospital building fund drive leaders to an 8 pm meeting to decide AE. Eden directors agreed to shelve plans for 100 new beds if St Rose fund raisers raise 1.5 million. Drive leaders say success seems certain and St Rose hopes to qualify for 2.2 million in federal and state grants to build a 4.4 million hospital on Tennyson Road near Freestay south of Hayward.
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Castro Valley
Eden Hospital Board
St.Rose Hospital
Eden
St. Rose
Tennyson
Freestay
Hayward
Sherwood Witness Dies In Hospital
SAN FRANCISCO Matthew McGee aged 69 died at St Luke's Hospital after a heart attack while testifying in the Don Sherwood case. McGee said Sherwood was sober when his vehicle struck a pedestrian and collapsed soon after reporting chest pain.
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San Francisco
Matthew McGee
Don Sherwood
St. Luke's Hospital
Sherwood
McGee
Missing Fullerton Family Sought After Nine Days
Police in Fullerton California search for the Fuller ton family of five missing since nine days ago after an outing in Griffith Park. Identified yesterday were Jay Craig Fuller ton, his wife Pearl, 38, and three of their children Deanda ...
Furid Bill OK'd On Oroville Dam
Sacramento Sea Police Water Resources committee approved a bill to fund water rights amendments for the Oroville Dam. The measure allocates 37,248,300 dollars and was discussed amid postponements and hearings involving Mrs. Goldtedam and Dunn.
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Furid Bill
Oroville Dam
Sanmy
Tony
Sacramento
Craig
Alate Water” Resources’ Committee
Karen
Burbank
Oroville
Goldtedam
Cold Plan Follows Death of Rye Family by 14-Year-Old
Authorities described a months long cold plan by Andrew Casey to kill his mother and sister in Rye. The 14-year-old wiped out two relatives after his parents urged better study at Rye High School, while his father Gene Casey and younger brother Eugene escaped to a neighbor’s home. Police arrived after multiple shots were fired and the youth reportedly warned officers before surrendering.
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Rye
INS
Andrew Casey
Joseph P. Gagliardi
Rye High School
Pstairs
Isle
Ella
Andrew
John O'Conner
State College Bill Moves On in California Legislature
The Assembly Ways and Means Committee sent a bill to the floor creating new state colleges in Alameda and Orange counties. It provides 500000 for Stanislaus and a four-county North Bay land grab for future use, with 1650000 for Orange and Alameda sites. The same session approved adding two superior judges in Alameda County, bringing the total to 16.
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Sacramento
Assembly, Ways and Means
Alameda
Orange
Stanislaus
North Bay
Nana
Marin
Solano
Sonoma
Llt
Assembly
Ute
Robert ‘Crown
Alameda Superior Court
Heath
One Cent Hike Favored in July Postal Rates Boost
Washington report: House Post Office Committee approved administration plan to raise first class letters from three to four cents and increase other postal rates, effective July 1. Air mail to seven cents, post cards to three. Total $402 million annual boost. Committee backed major rate hikes for newspapers and magazines. Chairman Tom Murray announced approval by decisive margin.
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Washington
House Post Office Committee
Tom Murray
Tenn
Rhese
Arthur &. Summerfield
Summerfield
Pammittee
Fremont Zoning Report Triggers Chamber Clash and Debate
A six page report on the zoning ordinance was presented at a Fremont City Council and Planning Commission meeting dinner hosted by the Fremont Chamber of Commerce. The Cardoza report drew questions about signatures and concerns over excessive control, while chamber members defended thoughtful industry recommendations and urged balanced consideration, with some alleging internal power plays.
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Carroll Clark
Fremont
Fremont City, Council and Planning Commission
Fremont Chamber of Commerce
Ordinantes
Chaiémen
Louis Cardoza
Daily Review
Perid
Cie
Cardozz
Dale Isenberg
Chamber
Cardoza
Denis
Planning Commission
Sman
Jack Parry
Parry
Jack Prouty
Jcly
NSGW Helm To Hayward Man
Lawrence I. Lafleur 66 Hey ward Lane Santa Barbara was installed state president of the Native Sons of the Golden West at the 80th annual NSGW convention. Lafleur, Eden Partor 113 NSGW, has served as local lodge recording secretary for 20 years and was third grand vice president in 1954 traveling 20 000 miles to 40 chapters. He is vice president and general manager of the California Conserving Co Mountain View and is joined by his wife Pauline and three sons at the convention.
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Santa Barbara
Lawrence I. Lafleur
Romey Lane
Heyward
the Native Sons of the Golden West
Santa, Barara
NSGW
Lafleur
Alfred Peracea
Los Angeles
Eden ‘Partor 113
Iocal
WSGW
Amiles
Marters
Persetteo Lafleur
Pauline
UAW Official Defies Quiz on Red Labels in Hearing
Washington case features UAW leader Max Trachtenberg and Desoto Local 227 official refusing to answer Senate Internal Security subcommittee questions about communism. Trachtenberg pleads Fifth Amendment while asserting candidacy and protests subpoena. Fellow official Hyman Fireman also declines to disclose Red ties.
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Washington
Ihs
Michigan
United Automobile Workers
Senate
Max Trachtenberg
Wynjidotte
UAW
Internal Security Subcommittee
Afl-Cio
Trachtenberg
Desoto Workers Uaw
Michigan Red Party
Hyman Fireman
Royal 160
General Motes
Sugar Workers Decline Offer in California Beet Refineries
About 1200 workers on strike against 10 California beet sugar refineries rejected a new employer offer by a substantial margin. Union leaders reported the vote, and officials planned separate talks to map future moves. The Holly Sugar Corp. plant at Alvarado is among the facilities involved. next steps may include a consumer boycott. The offer proposed wage increases of two to seven cents per hour over two years and overtime pay beyond 44 hours weekly this year and 40 hours next year.
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San Francisco
California
United Sugar Workers Council
Holly ‘Sugar Corp
Alvarado
John J. Strelo
Airliner Makes Record Nonstop Flight to Paris
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Douglas DCC airliner Zwerte Zee, captained by J Stroeve, landed at Le Bourget Field after a 21 hour 4 minute nonstop flight from Long Beach California. The arrival occurred in sunny skies with light cloud cover at 11 a.m. local time (6:33 a.m. EDT).
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Paris
KLM
Royal Dutch Airlines
le Bourget Field
Long Beach
Calif
Zwerte Zee
J. Stroeve
AFL-CIO Ousts Laundry Union and Two Others in Probe
In a four day AFL-CIO meeting, the Laundry Workers union was suspended and the Distillery Workers and Allied Industrial Workers placed on one year probation for misused union welfare funds. Dave Beck was ousted as an AFL-CIO vice president amid the action in Washington.
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Washington
Ini
Afl-Cio
Laundry Workers’ Union
Distillery
Allied Industrial Workers
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Teamsters
Dave Beck
AFT4 Cio
Laundry Workers
Miami
Allied Industrial
Afl.cio
Meany
Chicago
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Martin City
Missouri
Quentin Con
St. Rose, Eden
Davidson & Licht
Davidin Licht Dewelry Company
Main
Broadway
Fullerton
Dorothy Dix
East Bay
Hayward Man
Lawrence J. Lafleur
Teamsters Union
Seattle
Tacoma
Wash
Laundry Union
Seaeng
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