Tarantino appeal questioned over hidden evidence
Across the nation briefed updates show California Supreme Court weighing James Tarantino extortion conviction as San Francisco prosecutors flag alleged hidden microphone evidence. Alameda voters approve a tidelands development plan by 6983 to 5360 in a special election. Arizona power fears arise as Hoover Dam equipment could shut down due to record low water. Cuyahoga judges review Dr Sam Sheppard's second degree murder appeal in closed session, likely taking a month. Confidential Magazine faces a $250000 suit from photographer David Sutton for unauthorized use of two images at Billy Daniels home in July 1955.
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Wingfield
Power Authority Commission of Arizona
Hoover Dam
Colorado Irrigation
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Hollywood
Confidential
David Sutton
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Scouts Save Man from Auto Asphyxiation in San Francisco
Five Boy Scouts are credited with saving William B. Crowe from death by car asphyxiation on Vallejo Street. The youths spotted the man slumped in the running vehicle with a hose feeding exhaust into the trunk, alerted police, detached the hose, and shut off the motor. Scouts named Hewitt D. Bredley Michael C aerate Noel A. Amherd Glen A. Stackhouse Stephen owe.
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William B. Crowe
Vallejo Street
Hewitt D. Bredley
Michael C
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Glen A. Stackhouse
Stephen Owe
Sacramento defeats governor on luxury tax plan
In Sacramento the Assembly committee rejected Gov. Goodwin J Knight's luxury tax proposal, failing to pass the measure to double beer taxes with only seven ayes to 11 nays. The plan aimed to raise 80 million dollars by taxing cigarettes tobacco products beer liquor and horse racing.
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California Assembly weighs car seizure for unpaid damages
A bill approved by the Assembly transportation committee would suspend vehicle registration and licenses for drivers unable to meet damages after an accident. Current law acts on licenses, but cars may still be driven. A separate push seeks Golden Gate Bridge toll cuts to 25 cents, with McCarthy set to amend a bill in the Senate finance committee. A drought emergency bill also advances, allowing waivers of three weeks notice upon evidence from local officials.
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Earl Desmond
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John F. McCarthy
Marin County
House Finance Committee
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Drouth
Senate
A. A. Erhart
San Luis Obispo
Stock Market Quotations From Latest Ticker Report
The report lists diverse equities and commodities traded on major exchanges including New York listings and over the counter prices. It names American Telephone American Tobacco General Motors Goodyear Rubber Union Oil United States Steel Kaiser Steel and other firms with brokerage contact details and a local routing reference in California for further information.
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Exchange Reports Odd-Lots Dealings on Exchange
New York market activity shows 24 transactions totaling 174,090 shares bought and 155,024 shares sold. Figures are preliminary and supplied to the Exchange by Carlisle and Jacquelin, iana Deseppel and Doremus.
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New York, Stock Exchange Foray
Carlisle
Jacqueliniana Deseppel & Doremus
Livestock Market Reports and Treasury Figures
Livestocks ULE opening moderately. salable sheep and hogs noted with steady pricing. Utility cows at 12.00, slaughter classes active. market unsettled as weights up to 230 pounds. Treasury report shows current fiscal year withdrawals and public debt figures, with cash balance and gold reserves listed.
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Pressure for Cutter Aired
The article reports on committee scrutiny of Cutter vaccine issues. P Larrick notes manufacturing difficulties common to many firms, while Scheele cites Cutter’s generally excellent record aside from one incident. The Surgeon General warns possible contamination of two Cutter vaccine jets, with about 400,000 children vaccinated locally.
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Larsen Heads State Bankers Association
Larsen, president of Pajawa Valley Savings Bank of Watsonville, was elected vice president of the California Bankers Association. He was installed yesterday at the CBA’s 64th anniversary convention, with nine hundred bankers from across the state attending the meeting.
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Area Financial News on Bidding Suspicions and Awards
The article notes federal involvement in bid procedures and a reversal in a prior ruling. J. Kendall is named vice president and general auditor at PTC, with ties to Crown Zellerbach and a 1954 anti merger case. Morris Knudsen leads a low bid of 31.2 million dollars for three dams and related work along the Statislaus River in the northern San Joaquin Valley.
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Morris-Knudsen Company
Statislaus Ryer
Lorenzo Man Gets Insurance Position in San Lorenzo
Henry A Atencia of 15024 Fleming Street was named San Lorenzo representative for Prudential Insurance Company. A native of Colorado, Atencia attended public schools in Colorado and Oakland. He is a member of the Mesoris and Amer-Taninin Yankees. The Atencias have a two month old daughter, Della. The new Equitable Life Assurance Society office building at 120 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, has opened, moving its western offices from Los Angeles to San Francisco. The change involves 225 employees. the building is three floors occupied and 80 percent recaptured. California bankers were told to prepare for 16 million residents by 1960 at yesterday’s Bankers Association convention. The U.S. Department of Commerce reported continued upturn in the second quarter 1955 with increases in construction, retail, industrial production, and employment driven by general public spending.
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Henry A
Atencia
Fleming Street
Heart
Prudential Insuranté Company of America
Alvin EB. Thomas
Colorado
Atentia
Oakland
Montgomery Street
San Francisco
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Los Angeles
Insurance Company
U.S. Department of Commerce
Permanente Cement Plans Sixth Kiln Expansion
Permanente Cement company announces construction of a fourth sixth kiln at its Permanente plant to boost output. The $4 million project aims to raise annual production by 1.4 million barrels and lift total plant capacity to 2.4 million barrels.
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Permanente Csement’ Company
Permanente
Life Insurance Death Benefits Rise in 1953 First Quarter
The Institute of Life Insurance reports California families received 39,105,000 in death benefits under 21,106 policies in the first quarter of 1953, a rise from 36,713,000 paid in the same period of 1952 on 20,471 policies.
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