Bright Picture Drawn For Hayward Future
Edith Angar of Donald Products Co. paints a future where Hayward becomes a commercial hub. She lauds new stores on the Hayward Strip opening in early October but warns constant property tax reassessment harms development and deters industry. The resilient American businessman will return to profit amid reassessment threats.
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Hayward
Edith. Angar
Donald Products Co
Alameda
Capwell’s
Hayward Strip
San Francisco Gasoline Price War Widens
San Francisco sees a broad price war as stations cut 3 to 4 cents amid forecasts of further declines. Wallace Pettigrew of the San Francisco Petroleum Retailers Assn cites Automotive City Service on South Van Ness as a catalyst. Ethyl at 32 cents a gallon and regular at 28 at that station versus 32.6 to 36.3 cents at major oil company outlets. Pettigrew says local price drops are not tied to eastern price movements.
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San Francisco
Wallace Pettigrew
Pettigrew
East
Alaska Statehood Bill Clears Interior Committee
The House Interior Committee approved the Alaska statehood bill 24 to 6 and rejected four provisions for a separate statehood referendum. The measure moves to the House Rules Committee for clearance before a House floor debate.
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Washington
House Interior Committee
Alaska
House Rules Committee
House
Lawmakers Seek To Retain Bay Bridge Rails If Operator Proves Capable
Sacramento legislators said they would amend proposed legislation to allow the Key System rails on the San Francisco Bay Bridge to be retained if an agency proves capable of operating the system. The Senate transportation committee approved and sent to the floor a measure permitting removal of the rails if the southern crossing cannot be financed by July 1, 1953.
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Sacramento
Ihe Bay
Two Frenchmen Plan Atlantic Drift On Pine Log Raft
Bordeaux residents Rene Lescombe and Guy Gouttepifre announced plans to drift to the United States aboard a 15 foot pine log raft. They expect a four to five month voyage, sleeping in a small wooden cabin on the raft and living by fishing and foraged greens.
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Bordeaux
France
Atlantic Ocean
United States
Rene Lescombe
Guy Gouttepifre
Boy Hero Saves Baby From Second Story Fall
In Chicago a 12 year old boy named Jimmy Thomas saved a one infant from a fall by breaking its fall with his arms after a ball rolled out a second story window. The baby Billy Wayne Taylor, 21 months, survived with a skull fracture. doctors say he will probably live.
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Chicago
Jimmy Thomas
Garfield Park Hospital
Jimmy
Tommy
Billy
Wayne Taylor
Timy
Leonard
Crazed Sailor Kills Officer and Surrenders on Uvalde
In San Francisco a court martialed sailor went berserk aboard the USS Uvalde, killing an officer and wounding two others. He held a crewman hostage on the flying bridge for over six hours before surrendering at 12:29 PM after pleas from his mother and two chaplains. Marines encircled the ship and he was taken to confinement.
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San Francisco
Marin City
Jimmie L. Henderson
Arison
Ens
Arthur. L. Moeris
Morris
Oak Knoll Hospital
Oakland
Pistol Point
Treasure Island Naval, Station
Henderson
Herman N. Schurz
Father Schnurr
J. G. Vern D.keffers
Ike Yields To Budget Slash
President Eisenhower reluctantly accepts that House will restore little of his proposed defense funds. House votes begin on GOP moves to restore under one third of the 2.2 billion requested after a 2.5 billion cut. White House talks follow the GOP legislative conference as the money bill moves forward.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
House Appropriations, Committee
GOP
White
Billy
Zotto
Eisenhower Adenauer Cite Four-Name Talks On Disarmament
President Eisenhower and West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer said a big four foreign ministers meeting could be appropriate if a first-step disarmament agreement with Russia is reached. They stressed Europe wide measures require NATO ally approval and U.S. cooperation with the German government to avoid hindering German reunification.
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Washington
INS
Sisenhower
Konrad Adenauer
Russia
United
Eisenhower
Europe
NATO
U.S
Kig
Germany
Adenauer
Electricians Get Pay Hike In San Francisco Contract
In San Francisco about 1500 electricians will gain raises under a contract with contractors and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 6 A 18 cent hourly increase starts Saturday with 26 cents more on December 1 and a 12 percent rise in wages or welfare benefits. The deal adds 41 percent into a vacation fund 1 percent for pensions 10 cents an hour for health and welfare and 5 cents an hour for an industry promotion fund. Foremen subforemen shop foremen and cable splicers will see 3 96%4 per hour and general foremen 4 403% per hour for a 40 hour week.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Electricians
International Brotherhood’ of Electrical Workers
U S Fires Off Nuclear Test to Open New Series
At the Nevada proving grounds Yucca Flat a 500 foot tower device detonated at 4 55 am marking the 65th test in the U S program amid disarmament talks and radiation concerns Foreign reporters observed from a ring side seat as AEC scientists achieved a weather fit for safety factors and the blast remains unnamed but likely a small warhead design
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Nev
United States
Nevada Proving Grounds
Atomic Energy Commission
Yucca Flat
AEC
Tonopah Nevada Reports Light Atomic Fallout
The AEC said fallout over Tonopah was light, under 1/150 of safe levels, with geiger counters registering activity as the cloud drifted northwest. Local editor's wife noted high readings and residents rushed to check instruments amid ongoing caution.
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Tonopan
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
Tonopah
AEC
Minnette Crandall
Truck Hits Wire Triggered 25-Minute PG&E Blackout
A dump truck backed into a PG&E guy wire at Clawater and San Mateo Bridges Streets, pulling down a 4000-volt line that jumped to a 12,000-volt circuit and cut power to the Hayward area for about 25 minutes. The outage began at 10:31 am and service was restored by 10:35 am after emergency switching.
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Hayward
Accor
Pacific Gas and
Electr:c
Pg&e
Clawater
San Mateo Bridges
Estimated US H-bomb attack death toll and fallout impact
A U.S. government scientist told the Atomic Energy Committee that a full scale enemy H-bomb strike could kill about 2 million people and irradiate 24 million more. Dr. Charles Schaefer of the Weather Bureau outlined assumptions including no evacuation, existing shelters, 250 bombs hitting 144 targets, and use of dirty 10 megaton bombs.
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Washington,lis
U.S
Charles Schaefer
U.s.weather Bureau
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Schaefer
Defense Department
Truman Library Dedication Set for Independence Missouri
Kansas City report states former President Harry S Truman announced the Truman Library in Independence Missouri will be dedicated on a specified date. The ceremony will mark the historical museum honoring Truman's presidency and public service.
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Kansas City
Wmic
INS
Harry
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