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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1959
Page
1
Hal Boyle reports on hospital humor overheard in New York as patients endure care with blunt quips about surgery bills, nurses, life insurance, and spouses. The jokes touch on gallstones, bedpans, sleep aids, and the awkwardness of illness in a joking, unfiltered ward culture.
Detroit AP reports all General Motors auto assembly lines idle due to steel shortage from a national strike. The shutdown spans the empire and could last up to four weeks, with prior weeks seeing extensive layoffs and reduced output across Ford and Chrysler as plants operate under curtailment.
A reefer ship heads for a spot off Newfoundland to repair a damaged transatlantic cable that knocked out 35 telephone circuits to France and Germany. Five prior breaks in the area last February prompted a U S Navy air patrol to scout for possible ship-caused damage near a Soviet trawler spot. Visibility limited observers as crews investigate if a ship or natural cause cut the cable.
A clipped OCR style notice lists terms for garbage workers as castmen and dustbins, and provides postal and office contact details for The Daily Review in Hayward California with multiple local office addresses and phone lines. The text includes subscription pricing and filing information.
Maj. Gen. John B. Medaris urged unified space and missile research in Beverly Wills California saying the nation must decide if it wants a space race with Russia and who will foot the bill. He declined to head a coordinated program himself, calling that role egotistical.
A Vandenberg youth, 18 year old Dale Everett Jones, fell 75 feet from a cliff between Shell and Pismo beaches, sustaining a broken leg, broken arm, and internal injuries. Firemen hoisted him to a stretcher with a rope from a fire truck. He traveled with two Vandenberg airmen, John W. Haase and John Worrel, both stationed about 60 miles south of San Luis Obispo.
Four people suffered burns and 18 patients were moved as a fire broke out in Declors Hospital Columbus. Welders with a torch ignited fumes from adhesive during repair above a false ceiling. the blaze spread, was controlled in 20 minutes, and damaged first and second floor offices of the 225 bed hospital. A new 24 million dollar wing slated for dedication Sunday.
A two month old girl Debbie Cemper drowned when a motorboat capsized Wednesday in Long Beach. Police booked the boat owner Max Thelen and crewman Arthur Shockey for investigation of drunkenness. The victim’s mother Gloria Cemper survived as did the father Bernard Cemper. A Garden Grove teacher William Newhill helped pull survivors from the water.
President Eisenhower refused Senator Mike Mansfield's request for a confidential document on the Viet Nam aid program. He cited the separation of powers and said disclosure would conflict with the national interest. Mansfield chairs a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on State Department matters.
NEAY YORK AP The United Steelworkers Union Executive Board and Wage Policy Committee meet here today. David J McDonald union president schedules a 140 man board session at the Roosevelt Hotel followed by a 171 man committee session.
Paris AP reports French President Charles de Gaulle and his wife will visit Queen Elizabeth II in London from April 5 to 8. The trip mirrors the Queen's 1957 state visit to President Rene Coty.
The first subway was built in London about 100 years ago, marking a pioneering step in urban transit. This historical development established deep tunneling and rapid underground trains that reshaped city travel.
Michigan Republicans push an emergency tax plan to raise about 72 million dollars via cigarettes liquor tobacco and other levies aiming to lift the sales tax limit from 3 to 4 percent by year end 1960. Governor Williams supports a statewide vote while Democrats pledge no blocks.
Skindiver Duffie Fryling was mauled off Malibu beach when a group of more than a dozen sharks fought nearby. A five foot shark bit his left arm as he tried to reach lobster beds. he pried its jaw open and escaped. He was treated for lacerations from wrist to elbow.
At Windsor near Santa Rosa three bar patrons were injured when dual rear wheels and axle detached from a transport trailer after a collision with a Northwestern Pacific freight train at a crossing. The trailer struck a power pole, cutting electric service to the Windsor area. Driver Lewis Albert Rhodes, 20, of Santa Rosa was not hurt. Injured were Albert Fletcher 70, Crawford Rasmus sen 2, and Woodsmith 60, all residents of Windsor.
In Alexander Hall at Princeton 100 students hissed at a bearded geology companion Stroke as Ray Bremser from New York read Quiet Lion ending with a sharp self indictment. Philip Whelan of San Francisco recited his ode while Three girl beatniks from Trenton sold espresso at 25 cents a cup. Lampshade Productions sponsored the event.
The United Nations was expected to approve an Asian African resolution urging France to cancel plans to test fire its first atomic device in the Sahara Desert. The move reflects international concern over nuclear weapons testing and regional stability. The resolution calls for restraint and adherence to disarmament norms amid growing global debate.
A Soviet stamp calls for the release of a resistance leader imprisoned for smuggling Communist spies into Greece. The case centers on a figure tied to Greek political intrigue and espionage, drawing attention to Cold War tensions and international diplomacy efforts.
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