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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1956
Page
3
Pope Pius XII, age 80, ends general audiences until further notice due to fatigue. He attended a morning audience but spoke in a lowered voice as he was escorted in his ceremonial chair. Doctors ordered rest to restore strength, with the Pope not addressing pilgrims tomorrow and beyond.
Washington weary after 13 hours of debate, the Senate passed a $37 billion highway bill by voice vote at 1:25 am EDT, authorizing the largest program in U.S. history. The measure, fiercely contested, aims to modernize roads and highways nationwide.
Arab countries marshal their diplomatic forces in New York to oppose any UN action reopening the Palestine question as Security Council debates Hammarskjold mission with Britain urging restraint and Syria and Lebanon leading objections.
Army Secretary Wilber M. Brucker urged a revival of patriotism at Memorial Day ceremonies in Arlington National Cemetery. He warned against the idea that national security can be manufactured and called for Americans in all walks of life to stand up for the country. He noted President Eisenhower attended the wreath laying and that government offices were closed for the holiday.
James Roark charged after his wife said a visitor stayed overnight then left with a dozen items including shorts shoes and a suitcase. Police report unclear details but describe a domestic incident with a male guest present at dinner and overnight.
Police say two burglars removed their shoes before entering an Inglewood auto agency early yesterday. They fled as sirens neared, leaving behind their footwear after mistaking approaching red lights for law enforcement and hearing three fire engines respond to the alarm.
Des Moines construction workers strike over time change to daylight time. They insist on starting an hour early Monday to align with the city council decision. contractors remain on standard time. Readership notice from The Daily Review, Hayward.
London reports a famed British adventurer Eric Hunt and 17 others perished in a shipwreck while attempting to rescue Archbishop Makarios from exile on the Seychelles. The Haiouko sailed from Madagascar with 24 aboard, aiming to fly Makarios to Athens, but wrecked near the Comoro Islands. five survivors await interrogation as British authorities weigh the plot.
A 12 member rescue team and eight rangers plus four Sierra Club members combed Indian creek and the north wall of Yosemite valley for Dr. Robert F. Johnson a San Francisco intern and university professor's son who disappeared after saying he would hike for three years. Chief Ranger Oscar Sediegren said no trace was found after a daylong search while Johnson's father Franklin P. Johnson a University of Chicago archaeology professor prepared to join the effort and his brother Thomas Johnson planned to arrive in the park.
New York district attorney investigates a Dominican revolutionary exile charge that missing critic Jesus de Galindez was placed alive in a ship furnace. Galindez vanished March 12 after completing a book harshly critical of Generalissimo Rafael Trujillo’s government in the Dominican Republic. An exile named Milles Bites says authorities were told of death by own action but later findings point to the freighter furnace as the death site.
In Rome and major Italian cities including Genoa Florence and Venice the pro West Christian Democrats failed to win a governing majority after local elections. Extreme left or far right blocs held sway in several councils prompting urgent leadership meetings to decide post election strategy.
Navy pilot Lt. (jg) Edward H. Pandy, 24, of Sunnyvale, bailed from a crippled FJ-3 Fury during a training flight. About a dozen search planes scoured dawn skies while witnesses along Santa Cruz beaches saw the single seater dive into the ocean three miles off shore.
Government official explains a small change shortage in Brazil as people melt 20 centavo coins for their copper content. The unusual situation stems from copper value exceeding the coin’s face value, prompting discussions on coin circulation and monetary policy.
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