Hayward Budget Talks Highlight Rising City Tax Rates
Budget sessions in Hayward aim to trim the general fund levy as population grows from 14 000 in 1950 to 24 000 in 1953. The city faces a high combined rate with Alameda County and districts, prompting calls for outside help from the Alameda County Taxpayers Association to reexamine expenses and avoid further hikes.
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Hayward
Alameda County
Alameda
San Leandro
General Foods
Taxpayers Association
Wiretap debate and Truman quip resonate in hearings
Congressional coverage blends McCarthy era wiretap tensions with a Truman quip about Earl Warren. It notes Guatemala trade links, a new US Nicaragua pact, and concerns over civil defense funding as the House panel trims President Eisenhower’s budget and contemplates moving federal offices.
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Donald Jackson
Calif
Holland
Jackson
U.S
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Washington
Willian
Douglas
Trumen
White House
Earl Warren
California
Truman
Warren
Penny Wise
Congress
Indochina
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Val Peterson
John Taber
R. MY
Nebraska
Taber
John Rooney
N.Y
Rooney
Peterson
The Bluenose Brigade Is Ray Tucker Attempting A Comeback
Washington writes about looming censorship and reform during Congress. The piece frames postwar regulation as a New Deal era trend, noting efforts to curb advertising, publishing, smoking, and entertainment while citing lawmakers and committees pushing these controls. It highlights calls to regulate media and communications amid a broader moral reformist mood.
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Washington
Congress
Supreme Court
Brownell
Warren
House
Senate Interstate and Forest Commerce
Langer-Bryson
White House
John D. Diapelli
Michigan
Ways and Means
California board rescinds public morals rule on liquor licenses
The California State Board of Equalization adopted then rescinded a proposal defining acts contrary to public welfare and morals for liquor licenses after objections from E H Hoerchner of the California State Brewers Institute. The plan would revoke licenses from narcotics peddlers gamblers pimps or sexual perverts and others involved in drug traffic prostitution or gambling on premises. Hoerchner demanded exclusions for brewers licenses and the board kept the matter for further review at the July 1 Los Angeles meeting.
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State Board of Equalization
California
E. H. Hoerchner
California State Brewers Institute
Hoerchner
Robert Kirkwood
William G. Bonelli
Los Angeles
Kirkwood
Edmund G. Brown
Glenn County
Orland Joint Union
Kuchel Confident Of Re-Election In California Senate Race
California Senator Kuchel touted a record of highway and school funding and a veteran's hospital project as he campaigned for the June primary. He urged flexible farm support and warned against unspent military funds while promising to reform Senate rules and defend witnesses.
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Sacramento
CNS
Thomas
Kuchel
California
United States
Ruchel
Senate
U.s.senate
Earl Werren
San Francisco Bay Area
Indochina
Department of Agricultue
United States Senate
U.S. Senate
Orange County
Werren
Ranger Naturalist Explores Tail Uses in Animals
Ranger Naturalist Eugene Burns surveys how tails serve creatures as pantries, blankets, weapons, feelers, doors, warning devices, and locomotion aids. From beavers to cro codiles and opossums, tails function as cushions, shields, tools, and even a storage site, illustrating tail versatility across species.
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Eugene Burns
Bugs Baer Watching Government In The Rumpus Room
A critical, period style column lampoons televised government hearings and the Kefauver inquisition. It mocks Senator Tobey and the green visor figure, noting cameras and inquisition pomp while praising Kefauver’s unspun curiosity and the lack of serious scolding by the committee.
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Bugs Baer
Senator Tobey
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Stuart Symington
D. Mo
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Mabel
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Carrie Nation
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West Virginia Democrat
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McClure Synificatel
State Department of Veterans Affairs
American Legion
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California Veterans Board
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Richard P. Graves
California League of Municipalities
Henry MacArthur
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