Transit plan approval dominates regional ballot results
Final results show Alameda and Contra Costa cities broadly backing the transit district plan to fund a regional study with a three mill tax. Hayward Eden Township and Hercules vote patterns shape district boundaries as Leandro and other communities weigh inclusion. Nearby ballot outcomes include recreation funding, park district joins, and statewide senatorial counts with Stevenson narrowing the gap to Kuchel.
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Eisenhower wins landslide while Democrats seize Congress
President Eisenhower's landslide re election margin tops Adlai Stevenson as he moves to second term. Democrats gain control of both Senate and House with 49 to 47 seats in the Senate and at least 230 seats in the House, reshaping the partisan balance for the 85th Congress. A new House vacancy arises from Rep Antonio Fernandez's death after reelection.
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Ike Holds Big Lead In California Votes
Early returns from Tuesday show President Eisenhower leading in California with about 400 000 vote margin as precincts counted. Sen Thomas H Kuchel leads Richard Richards while Democrats gain two House seats, shifting California's delegation to 17 Republicans and 13 Democrats.
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Plane Hits TV Tower Crashes Into New Jersey House
A two engine plane struck a blinding fog shrouded television tower in NORTH BERGEN WI and crashed into a five story apartment house killing at least three people. Early reports listed two on board and a woman living in the building among the dead. The tower with a 60 foot mast served as an emergency facility since 1953 and carried a beacon. A WOR spokesman said the aviation system was in use. A witness placed the crash about 59 feet from the tower top before the plane crashed into the top floor of the apartment building.
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Billboard Limit Study Ordered by County Commission
The Alameda County Planning Commission ordered a study of billboard regulation provisions in other counties. The study, to be conducted by the commission staff, followed unanimous approval by Commissioner Lowell Miller in response to action by county supervisors. The supervisors had received numerous requests from civic and service organizations for changes or additions to billboard rules.
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Editorial urges tighter billboard use permit control in county
The Daily Review editorials from the last five weeks press for stronger rules on billboard placement via use permits. Commissioner George Dugan II notes a county ordinance may be drafted for placements while Howard Kutler calls the issue red hot. The zoning ordinance remains Alameda County's sole law touching billboards, yet its scope is incidental to other property uses, leading to widespread roadside billboard proliferation.
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Weekend Weather Outlook Across California and West
The Bay area and much of California expect a good weekend with a moderating marine layer and possible temperatures climbing into the 40s in some spots. Sierra and northern coastal counties stay fair with cool mornings, while Los Angeles braces for a 90 degree day amid clear skies. Temperatures rise in the Nevada border towns and the Sacramento valley remains warm into the weekend.
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Athens Swimming Club Team Arrives in Rome
The State department said the Athens Swimming Club girls team from Oakland has arrived safely in Rome from Cairo during a world tour backed by the department. They were in Cairo when Israeli Egyptian hostilities began.
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Warm Springs freeway link project bid tops six million
Defense officials announce a low bid of 6.419 million dollars for the Eastshore freeway link between Oakland and San Jose. The project, part of the Warm Springs route, will include 99 miles of freeway, frontage roads, 14 interchanges, 4 storm water pumps, and several access roads. Construction aims for early spring 1958 completion with target July readiness.
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Diplomat's Aide Indicted Over Bootleg Liquor Case
A San Francisco case reports Mimi Reichert, a secretary at the Indonesian consulate, indicted by a Federal Grand Jury for operating a bootleg liquor business. Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Poster said she used diplomatic immunity to obtain expensive tax free liquors.
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Disaster Test Today In Hayward Civil Defense Sirens
Civil defense authorities announce a 6 o'clock siren test in Hayward marking the start of the Operation Quiver earthquake disaster exercise. Seven sirens will sound at once followed by a sequence of single and grouped tests during the next hour.
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Raiders Hit Inside Israel War Fear and Tension Rise
London and Washington report unease over a UN sponsored police force in the Middle East amid Israeli sabotage near Jaffa and Jerusalem. Israeli commandos destroyed a water pipeline near a junction between Jaffa and Jerusalem and blew up three unoccupied houses near Bet Aris. Saboteurs attacked a railroad, a bridge, and the main Jerusalem Tel Aviv road with grenades and machine guns. One Arab raider was killed and three wounded. no Israeli casualties. Britain and France reluctant to withdraw forces from the canal until UN police are in place.
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Soviet Troops Ring Poland Near Go guzka Regime
London dispatches report Soviet forces massing on Poland's eastern border amid fears of an attack on Premier Gomulka's Titoist government. Nine divisions with tanks reportedly concentrate at two River Bug crossings, swelling total around Poland to about eighty one divisions. France Soir echoes, noting alleged Moscow-inspired move against Gomulka and Polish Communist party led by Etienne Fajon.
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Arabs May Halt Oil Shipments
Arabian American Oil Company reports all shipments from Saudi Arabia to Britain and France suspended by orders of the Arabian government. Saudi Arabia has cut diplomatic relations with the two nations. Aramco production recently surpassed 1,000,000 barrels daily, about 300,000 barrels going to England and France.
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Body of Slain Woman Found In SF Car Lot
SAN FRANCISCO The nude woman, about 45, with dark brown hair, was found dead in a service station parking lot near Civic Center. She had been choked and beaten. A bystander reported seeing someone under a car. evidence suggests the killing occurred elsewhere and the body dumped at the lot.
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Nixon Manager to Quit Politics
Richard M. Nixon campaign manager Murray Chotiner, tied to a Senate inquiry, announces retirement from politics in Los Angeles.
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