Hayward Tucson Air Race Heads to Sunrise Start
Forty or more fliers launch from Tucson at sunrise for the third annual Hayward Tucson air race. The 700 mile event ends at 3 pm Monday with a $900 top prize and four placings. Winners judged by fastest handicapped time. Last year’s victor Ginl Richardson from Yakima is back. Race sponsored by 20 30 clubs in Maynard and Arizona city with a dinner dance at Hill and Valley club Monday evening. Tickets $5 at Hayward airport administration and Chamber offices.
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Tucson
Krangton
Bob Tanks
Concord
Maynard
Arizona City
United States
Ginl Richardson
Hayward Chamber of
Hill and Valley Club
Hayward
Hayward Chamber of Commerce
Hayware
Gleason's Wife On Honeymoon Secret Wedding
Audrey Meadows, longtime TV wife of Jackie Gleason, wed Randolph Rouse in a noon ceremony at Church of the Heavenly Rest New York. Rev Francis James Meadows Cotter officiated. Meadows, born in Wuchang China, moved to the U.S. at five, later pursuing acting. Jayne Meadows Allen served as matron of honor. the couple met two years ago at Jayne Meadows’ home.
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New York
Audrey Meadows
Jackie Gleason
Tau Episcopal
Sharon
Conn
Jayne
Steve Alien
Audrey
Wuchang
China
U.S
Igter
Manor City Annexation Clash Sparks Pro and Anti Claims
A heated dispute in Washington Manor over incorporation and San Leandro annexation dominated local talk. Ben Leal and Washington Manor Community Services District officials pushed annexation while the Home Owners Association opposed it and urged a public vote, amid petitions and a Telegram to State Senator Breed urging withdrawal.
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Washington Manor
San Leandro
Ben Leal
Washington’ Manor
Isi
Cochran
Trojan
Powder, Company
Continental Company
Breed Family
Leal
Leandro
Ington Home Owners, Association
Oasis
Association
Breed
Jittery Knight Confides About Monroe Arrival
Lyndon from INS reports Sir Laurence Olivier says he is jittery about the arrival of American film queen Marilyn Monroe. The note hints at industry tension and high expectations as Monroe prepares to visit.
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Lyndon
Ins
Sir Laurence
Marilyn Monroe
Industrial Stocks Fall Most Since 1930 Amid Broad Declines
U S stocks tumbled with industrials leading the drop as automakers and steel shares slumped. The Labor Department reported rising unemployment totaling about 13 billion dollars in lost value, while the Dow Jones industrial average slid to a new weekly low, with 1,165 declines and 1,414 issues on the tape. Railroad stocks bore the heaviest losses, metals fell on copper pressure, and utilities were little changed as the market endured broad losses across sectors.
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New York
Cone
Labor Department
Indus
Eisenhower
Rails
Declinnes
Rain Delays Trials for Holiday Indianapolis 500
Persistent rain halted the first qualification day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway delaying several cars from attempting May 30 500 mile race starts. The weather bureau forecast clearing periods between showers could allow a few more attempts before Sunday final qualifications.
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Indianapolis
A. Drizze
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Indianapolis| Weather Bureau
Speeding chase ends with Bettencourt fleeing into Cherryland
Police pursued 22 year old Mervin Bettencourt after he sped through Orchard Avenue and Habert street, cut across a school yard, and fled toward Cherryland. The chase continued into Hayward, ending when Bettencourt wrecked into a Cherry Street house. Officers Leon Leger and Richard Cruz opted to defer charges to the district attorney. Bettencourt was uninjured and explained difficulties negotiating a curve to a California Highway Patrol officer.
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Mervin T. Bettericourt
Cherryland
Vincent Leger
Bettencourt
Orchard
Castro Valley
Hleger
Habert
Strobridge
Haywari
Richard Cruz
Cruz
Hayward
Leger
Cherry Street
Haviland Avenue
Ajr
California Highway
Police Close In On Nevada Killer Moving to East Coast
Carson City Nevada police say they are close to capturing William Edgar Boswell a 35 year old bartender suspected in the strangulation murder of Anne Harris Van Ryne heiress daughter of a Philadelphia blue blood family. Inspector Erwin Butner says Boswell could be in custody within hours as a nationwide search expands from coast to coast. Boswell’s parents in Kansas City report he visited them Wednesday night and planned to drive to New York, while authorities check Middlebury Vermont where they say a call suggested he might call from his wife’s mother’s home.
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Carson City
Nev
William Edgar Boswell
Anne
Harris van Ryne
Philadelphia
Erwin Butner
Carson ‘City
Boswell
van Ryne
Kansas City
William’ E. Boswell
New York
Middlebury
Eva Daudlin
No Harm H Test Fallout Reaches California Coast
Bay Area health officials report fallout from hydrogen bomb test at Bikini Atoll last week reached the California coast. Public Health Department spokesman said measurements showed no living itching and that nuclear matter was borne by strong Pacific winds from the proving grounds.
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Bikini “Atoll
Pa- A
California
Pacifics
Coast Proving Grounds
Del Ray Beach Faces Powderkeg Over Segregated Swim
Del Ray Beach, Florida, races fear as police gain power to set roadblocks and search for weapons amid reports of a crowd purchasing guns. City commission had already barred Negroes from the pool and beach after a tense Sunday clash, with testimony at a federal suit cited over equal access to facilities.
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del Ray Beach
Fla
Florida
Miami
del Ray Chi
Algerian Rebels Kill 12 Europeans at Oumach
Algiers reports say rebels slit the throats of 12 Europeans at Oumach near the European Way, with 20 Muslim villagers kidnapped in Constantine region. Two children reportedly spared. French forces claim over a dozen rebels killed. Frontiersmen to be fenced by barbed wire as police suppress unrest and amplifies censorship.
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INS
Oumach
New
Constantine
General Union of
Algeria
Morrocco
Port Say
HijAuicha
Sahara Desert
Lized
Robert Lacoste
Taj
Paris
Agence
France
Presse
Brive
Jassoneix
Feather River Backers Seek Federal Aid For Dam Project
Feather River association directors plan to obtain federal support while letting the state handle construction and operation of the San Luis dam and reservoir. A committee will push legislation and Gov Knight is urged to secure state control of the site to present a united front for the project amid regional concerns.
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San Diego
The
Feather River Association
Feather River
FRA
Samuel B. Morris
Los Angeles
Goodwin J. Knight
San Luis
Morris
Man Saved on Golden Gate Bridge by Priest Rescue
John F Leonard, 32, perched 100 feet above the deck on a cable for about 1 hour 45 minutes before being coaxed down by Father James McGee. Leonard, a San Lorenzo father of four, had threatened suicide after drinking and called his wife the night before. He was taken to Marin General Hospital then jailed on a drunk charge.
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San Francisco
John F Leonard
Lupine
San Lorenzo
Golden Gate Bridge
Leonard
James McGee
St. Joseph's Church
Stanley F. Savitski
San Rafael
Savitski
Highway Patrol
Charles Woodworth
Father McGee
Marin General Hospital
Teen dies in Train Crash at Hesperian Boulevard
A 16 year old boy was fatally injured when a car collided with an Oakland bound freight train near Hesperian boulevard and the Southern Pacific tracks shortly after noon. Gene Singleton, 18, arrived at Fairmont hospital. Marvin Bradshaw, 15, of Hayward, was also injured.
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Hesperian Boulevard
Southern Pacific
Fairmont Hospital
Gene Singleton
California Highway Patrol
Hay
San Lorenzo
Marvin Bradshaw
Ruys Road
Hayward
Oakland
Highway Patrol
Fishy Fallout Hits Hayward Hill Homes
A Los Angeles report describes odd events as a Hayward couple burys fish found in their yard amid an UCLA athlete fund totaling 189000 dollars. The tale links boosters, a water shortage, and fish in a backyard to questions about UCLA and the Pacific Coast Conference.
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Hayward Hill
Pacific
Hayward
Ralphil Hays
Thel
Los Angeles
IWS
East Avenue
Internal Revenue Service
Westwood
California
UCLA
Hays
Charles Anderson
Bruin
Gun Accident Wounds Alameda County Youth
A 15 year old Alameda County boy named William Mack was shot in the chest when his brother, 16 year old Charles Mack, was cleaning a .22 caliber bolt action rifle. He was rushed to Highland hospital and listed as not in serious condition. Officials expect transfer to another facility later today.
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Alameda County
William Mack
Redwood Road
Highland Hospital
Mack
Charles
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Centerville
John Beamer
Dennett Dosher
Gene Hurick
John
Mickey Shelburne
Paul Leyds
Dosher
Gleason
Manor City
Javoxi
Manor
C. H. McEntyre Hex
Lea
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Speeder
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Los ‘Angeles
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