C of C Asked to Form Group on Annex Data
The Hayward Chamber of Commerce is urged to create two citizen committees to study annexations and incorporations. Committees would include members from all affected communities, be self controlled, and use chamber facilities. They aim to gather facts to aid voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayward Chamber of Commerce
Citizens Committee
Castro Val- Jey
Baywood
Hayward
William 3. Roberts
Castro Val- Jey Boulevard
Hayward Chamber
Merritt Sanford
Chamber
Sanford
Igome
Heavy Truck Hits Car Then Train Near Warm Springs
A nine hour bottleneck occurred after a heavy truck and trailer struck a parked car at a railroad crossing on the Warm Springs highway and then crashed into a Western Pacific freight train. Six freight cars derailed. four people were injured, none seriously. The truck driver, Ralph Britton, 27, San Jose, was cited for crossing signal violations.
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Don Mohr
Irvington
Warm Springs
Western Pacific
Here
Highway 17
Ane Springs
Hoth
Highway 9
Mission San Jose
Jaden
Tivington
Autoomobile
Ralph Chester Britton
North Willard Street
San Jose
Frank Cancella
Ser
LaVerne Shestack
Granger Avenue
Alvarado
Douglas
Randolph
Levine Hospital
Hayward
Escore
Freineer
W. L
Seale
Forcible Feeding of Finn Twins Reported in Los Angeles
James Bennett of the Federal Bureau of Prisons reportedly revealed that the Finn twins George and Charles Bennett have been forcibly fed while at the Springfield facility. A letter from their sister Catherine L. Peters says they resist the tube feeding and notes possible hazards. Local officials in Los Angeles refused to seek intervention from President Eisenhower as the twins, detained for their arrest of U S Attorney Tauphlin Waters, enter the 36th day of a hunger strike.
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Des Angeles
INS
James Bennett
Fedwal Bureau of Prisons
George
Charleeen
Catherine L. Peter
Los Angeles
County Board of Supervisors
Eisenhower Jfo
Federal Gacateak
Springfield
Zen
U. S
Tauphlin Waters
Police Seek: Film Tough Guy s Nephew
New York police sought Donald Cokas, 16, nephew of actor Stanley Clements, as alleged ring leader in a Brooklyn teenage gang charged with 33 robberies and possession of a stolen arsenal. The stash, including six hunting rifles, was found in Cokas residence basement, with two other gang members arrested. Clements, famed for Going My Way, grew up nearby.
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New York
Tti
Olige
Brooklyn
Donald Cokas
Stanley Clements
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Qeete
Cokas
Annie Ackerley
Thomas Schmidt
Clements
Woman testifies in Gif case says she was browbeaten
Mrs. Mella Hart of Westfield New Jersey testified to Senate investigators that gifts and $2000 from Chicago contractor Harry Lev into her husband Eugene's chemical business did not affect her duties as a military procurement contracts administrator in 1953. She claimed the $2000 went to her husband as an investment and that the money followed her effort to correct contract deviations tied to Garrison caps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Chicago
Mella Hart
Westfield
N.J
Senate Investigations
Eugene
Harry Lev
Uniform Cap Co
Lev
Hart
Armed Services Textile and Apparel Procurement Agency
Burke Named Naval Chief in White House Move
President Eisenhower named Rear Admiral Arleigh A Burke to be chief of Naval Operations, succeeding Admiral Repper B. Carney. Burke, 53, was selected over senior admirals and will also be promoted to full admiral, while Carney exits due to age.
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Washington
Ins
Eisenhower
Arleigh A Burke
Burke
Repert B. Carney
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Nathan F. ‘Twining
Air Force
Navy
White House
Carney
Naval Operations
Civil War Flare Up In Vietnam
Civil war erupts across southwest Vietnam as National Army clashes with Hoa Hao forces. Premier Diem orders 7,000 troops into the rice fields south of Saigon to reinforce fighting units. Sect-led violence disrupts bridges and raises fears of a capital blockade amid prior suppressions of rival groups.
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Saigon
INS
South‘west
Vietnam
National Army
Hoa Hao
Tran van Soai
U.S
Neo Dinh Diem
United Front
Dieng
Diem
Binh Kuyen
Binh Xuyen
Baay
Cao
Dai
Henry
Biem
CP March Success Shown In Local Fund Drive
An organization of 650 volunteers conducted a precise Cerebral Palsy Parade in Hayward last night. About 300 workers in Washington Township aided a house to house fund appeal from 7 to 9 pm with high efficiency. Early reports indicate nearly every home in the area was contacted. An area chairman praised the work as both professional and enjoyable, noting similar scenes in Castro Valley where Patty and Tantha Roderick raised 3.07 net from a backyard show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayward
Washington Township
Castro Valley
Patty Roderick
Tantha Adams
Woird-Jibine Avenue
Rodericks
Assemblywoman Drops Campaign for Polio Funds
Sacramento Assemblywoman Pauline Davis scrapped a $1,000,000 state polio inoculation program after a federal U S Public Health Service report linked Cutter vaccine to polio in 56 children. Her bill aimed to provide California first and second graders a booster shot, using $829,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Pauline Davis
Portola Democrat
United Press
Cutter Laboratory
Berkeley
California
Bryson Trial Jury Deliberations Continue in Loyalty Oath Case
The jury in the loyalty oath trial of former labor leader Hugh Bryson resumes deliberations for a second day in San Francisco while the case remains unresolved.
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Bryson
Lan, Francisco
INS
Hugh Bryson
Two Die In Collision Near Sunol On Niles Canyon Road
A head on crash with a truck and trailer on Niles Canyon road two miles west of Sunol killed Felix Dominguez, 19, and injured Eliren Montoya, 65, who received minor injuries at Fairmont hospital. In other notices the government formed a high level panel on polio vaccine and a Senate bill seeks 75 thousand dollars for a Santa Rita narcotics clinic.
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SUNOL
Niles Canyon Road
Felix Dominguiz
First Street
Pleasanton
Eliren Montoya
Fairmont Hospital
Big Loan Bill for Small Water Projects Rushed
SACRAMENTO in a rush to the wire to consider assembly bills the Ways and Means committee sent to the floor a $12,500,000 revolving fund plan for state loans to small water projects. Assemblywoman Pauline Davis explained the fund would let districts borrow up to 3 million per project with a max 3 percent interest over 50 years. The plan faced auditor concerns over financing and land ownership issues in rural counties. A Senate push for a special water session was approved by Rules to address water problems before the 1956 budget session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Assembly
Ways and Means
Pauline Davis
Dportola
Davis
Bartenders threaten strike in Santa Clara County
More than 3000 bartenders and hotel restaurant workers in Santa Clara County threatened to strike after management rejected union negotiated recommendations. The dispute centers on terms approved by union members and a prolonged labor negotiation effort.
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San Jose
INS
Santa Clara County
Dulles Warns U S Sees Red Sweetness as Trap
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that U S policy remains vigilant against Soviet aims while seeking to explore new possibilities for a just and durable peace. He urged extending the Mutual Security Act and outlined perceived reversals in Soviet policy on Austria Yugoslavia and disarmament.
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Washington
INS
John Foster Dulles
Nes
Dulles
House
Congress
Eisenhower
Yugoslavia
Russia
Big Four meet may be held in Lausanne July 18 21
The White House said the Big Four leaders' summit could be held in Lausanne Switzerland from July 18 to 21 with time and price not yet finalized and other options under review. Officials noted no formal proposal to Russia before GB election and a later post election decision may occur. The matter may be discussed by foreign ministers in San Francisco during UN tenth anniversary ceremonies.
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Washington
White House
Jausanne
San Francisco
United Nations
Truck Groups To Negotiate In Los Angeles
Representatives of the AFL and Teamsters unions and the shut down Trucking Operators meet in Los Angeles for the first bargaining session since the dispute began. Federal conciliator Joh Fenton urged talks saying public welfare is endangered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
INL
AFL
Teamsters Union
Sinc
Joh Fenton
Perkins Denial Over Cutter Vaccine Charges
New York congressman accused a California politician of pressuring Welfare Secretary Hobby to license Cutter Laboratories for Salk vaccine production. Acting Secretary Perkins denied the charge, noting Scheele’s role in license decisions and Cutter vaccine bans. Scheele cited strong evidence linking Cutter vaccine to polio cases. Klein referenced a seven year old government court action against Cutter.
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Washington
INS
New York
California
Oveta Culp Hobby
Abraham Klein
Roswell B. Perkins
Perkins
U. S
Leonard A.scheele
Scheele
Cutter Laboratories
Klein
Cutter
U.S. Commisssioner of Food and Drugs
George
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