Counterfeiter commits suicide in Mendocino jail
Waldo Saxon Newton, a confessed counterfeiter in Calpella, killed himself in his Mendocino County jail cell by slashing his throat with a razor attached to a bootlace after writing a will leaving 100 dollars to death row author Daryl Chessman. He named the San Quentin author as beneficiary and left the remainder of his savings to a Calpella attorney, with cremation and ashes to be scattered.
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Ukiah
Calif
Mendocino County
Daryl Chessman
Waldo Saxon Newton
John Saxon Matthews
Newton
Superior Court
Calpella
Sherif
Caryl Chessman
Chessman
U.S. Supreme Court
John Robin
Vallecito Valley Atom Power Plant Dedication
Admiral Lewis L. Strauss will keynote the Valle citos atomic power station dedication in Pleasanton. The event marks the first privately financed atomic electric plant, a PG&E and General Electric joint project producing power for distribution. Other speakers include Gov. Goodwin Knight Cramer LaPierre Norman Sutherland J Perry Yates Bechtel and GE officials George White.
Uranium Stock Trial Unfolds in Oakland Court
Testimony shows $2000 investment by Sam Leandro in Nevada Consolidated Uranium Co. through William F Cody contact. Prosecution links stock proceeds to mortgage payments by R W Van Deusen, indicted on grand theft and unlicensed stock sales. Other witnesses recount investments by Charles Schrader and J D Black inspired by Robert Watkins.
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William O'Connell
Sam Leandro
Nevada
Consolidated Uranium Co
San Leandro Real Estate
R. W. van Deusen
Oakland
van Deusen
Superior Court
Cecil Mosbacher
John Sutter
R. W
Verna van Deusen
Maurice Cherry
Nevada Consolidated
California
Robert L. Watkins
Charles D. Schrader
Lewelling Blvd
Sant Lucenno
Watkins
J. D.black
Lorita Aye
Piedmont
Watkin
Amador High Bond Approved to Add Classrooms
Pleasanton voters approved a 550000 Amador High School bond by 360 to 171 to fund eight new classrooms and expanded physical education facilities. Supt Don Eddie said construction will start soon to ease overcrowding and meet needs for the next three years, with taxes rising 15 cents to 13 per year.
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Pleasanton
Amador High School
Murray School
Surol
Don Eddie
Amador
One-to-Ten Year Term For Wife Slayer In San Francisco
A man has been sentenced to one to ten years in prison after being found guilty of manslaughter in one of the shortest major trials in San Francisco history.
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San Francisco
Dixie Author's Home Bombed
GAFFNEY, D.C. INS reports the home of Claudia Thomas Sanders, a South Carolina writer advocating a moderate approach to race relations, was bombed. Sanders, wife of a local doctor, contributed to the book South Carolinians Speak A Moderate Approach to Race Relations.
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Gaffney, D.C
INS
South Carolina
Claudia Thomas Sanders
Gaffney
Red Bosses Depart Moscow Amid Delegation Talks
Delegations from Yugoslavia East Germany and Egypt left Moscow today signaling shifts in postwar diplomacy. Official leaders boarded trains and planes as negotiations continued on regional security and cooperation.
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Moscow
INL
Berkeley Man Held In Woman Death At Leandro Motel
San Leandro police detained a Berkeley City Council candidate for investigation after the nude body of 37 year old Oakland resident Elizabeth Coulter Winnie was found in a Leandro motel at 920 MacArthur Blvd. Autopsy suggested death from cirrhosis or acute pneumonia. investigators found no wounds but blood under the body.
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San Leandro
Berkeley
Elizabeth Coulter Winnie
Oakland
MacArthur Blvd
Archie FE
Inger
Wera
Ruth Duke
Elsie,Ave
Winnie
Napa State Hospital
Virginia St. Berkeley
Mayor Promotes Civic Center Petition In Fremont
Fremont Mayor John Stevenson announced a petition circulated by the Fremont Taxpayers League supporting a proposed civic center on a 240 acre site at Stivers Lagoon near Irvington. He pledged to publish all costs and details and urged a 1957-58 election to decide public support for purchase and construction. Council members split on buying land now versus later, with Bendel and Queracker opposing and Michael and Pond supporting the purchase.
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Fremont
John Stevenson
Fremont Taxpayers League
Stivers Lagoon
Irvington
Stivers
Civic Center
Stevenson
Bruce Michael
Wallace Pond
Winifred Bendel
Michael Queracker
Touhy sentence cut clears path to release in 1959
Springfield UP says Gov Stratton commuted Roger Touhy now serving 24 years on a 99 year kidnap term to Td years, making him eligible for parole in February 1958. If paroled, he would serve six months in institutional parole, then three years left on a 199 year escape sentence. Stratton previously cut a 95 year sentence to three years in July.
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Springfield
William G. Stratton
Roger
Stratton
Cop Races Train To Issue Ticket
Chicago police officer Myron Roseman chased a moving freight train and boarded it to issue a traffic ticket after a motorist complained the train halted and blocked a railroad crossing for too long. Police action followed at the crossing with the conductor.
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Chicago
Myron Roseman
Two GIs Killed by Power Line in Korea
Seoul Korea two U S First Cavalry Division soldiers were electrocuted Monday when a live power line fell across a pole they were moving. The Army said one died instantly and the other died later in a hospital.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S. 1St Cavalry Division
School Dispute Hearing Set Up
County Supervisors schedule a public hearing at 10 a.m. tomorrow over a La Vista Decoto school boundary dispute centered on Caleb Court in the Valle y Vista area. A December petition showed 50 percent favored Decoto, but did not specify transfer to Washington Union High, while last month a survey of 193 families found 100 preferred remaining in La Vista and awaiting Garin School, three chose Decoto, one chose Valle Vista, and the rest were undecided but willing to attend meetings to learn more.
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la Vista-Decoto
Caleb Court
Valley Vista School
la Vista Dist
Decoto Dist
Washington Union High School Dist
la ‘Vista
Pilot and wife die in car collision with train
SHREVEPORT La UP John C Lewis 36 veteran Air Force pilot who set a coast to coast speed record in 1955 for a medium bomber and his wife Sadie Kappel were killed when their car collided with a train at Bossier City Louisiana Lewis from Frostburg Maryland died in the crash officials said the accident occurred today as the couple traveled in their car near the train crossing
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Shreveport
John C. Lewis
Sadie Kappel
Bossier City
Lewis
Frostburg
France Israel Sign Trade Pact for 1958
France and Israel announced a trade pact for 1958 permitting Israel to export 10.5 million dollars worth of goods to France. The agreement sets no limit on French exports to Israel during the year.
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Jerusalem
Israel
France
Area Voice Trophy Goes To HHS Coed
Hayward High School senior Joan Arlington won the area Voice trophy at the annual coed atco speech contest held last night at Crow Canyon. The Arlington daughter of Alfred D. Arlington will study at San Mateo College and later pursue airline hostess work. Presenters included George P. Oakes of the Chamber of Commerce, Highway Patrolman Albert Bates, and Allen Strutz.
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Joan” Arlington
Hayward High School
Atco
Alfred D. Arlington
Atherton 'St. Hayward
Ted
HHS
James Gallagher
Gloria
Crow Canyon Chatesty
George P. Oakes
Chamber ‘of,Commerce
Hwy
Albert Bates
Allen Strutz
U.S. to Curb Tunisia Arms Shipments
Washington reports the United States has no immediate plan to send more guns to Tunisia. If future arms are considered, Washington will consult France and secure assurances that weapons won t reach Algerian rebels. French Foreign Minister Pineau and Secretary Dulles left the conference in a more hopeful mood.
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Washington
United States
Tunisia
Doday
Franet
Christian Pineau
John Foster Dulles
Peau
Tunisia and Morocco to discuss African unity talks
Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba flew to Rabat for talks with King Hassan II on African unity. He said he hoped the discussions would bring Algeria into the unity, bringing closer the day when it can participate freely.
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Tunis
INS
Innocent Plea In Pedestrian Death
Frederick Wooding Jr., 34, of Castro Valley, pleaded innocent to misdemeanor manslaughter charges stemming from the November 9 death of Lucille Willemstein at the intersection of 163rd Ave and Foothill Boulevard. Wooding, a Hayward Postal Service employee, is free without bail awaiting trial. He is represented by attorney Roscoe Jones. Judge Gerald Connitt set the trial date for November 27.
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San Leandro
Frederick Wooding
Seaview Ave
Castro Valley
Lucille Willemstein
Foothill
Blvd
Wooding
Hayward
U S Plan Push For Anti Missile Defense System
Defense Secretary Neil McElroy said the U S would push a program to develop an anti missile system more vigorously while the intercontinental ballistic missile program proceeds on schedule He denied reports that General Maxwell Taylor proposed spending six to seven billion dollars over three years to field an anti missile system and said much remains to be learned before production can begin
Fremont Planners Fates Face Council Decision
Fremont officials debated the future of the Planning Commission amid tense closed-door talks. Council members Bruce Michael Wilfred Bendel and others weighed reappointment and terms as Jack Parry's status loomed, with the council deciding terms for the new commission.
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Carroll ‘Clark
Fremont
Vonly
Bruce Michael
Michael
Wihifred Bendel
Commission
Jack Parry
New Come Mission
Parry
Accused Check Forgers Broke At San Francisco Base
Two airmen at Parks Air Force Base, T/Sgt Theodore Barry and S/Sgt Charles Evans, charged with forging and cashing about 100,000 in checks while pay clerks, appeared in Federal Court. Judge Harris continued plea next Tuesday and appointed attorney Leslie L. Roos without charge as the men claim about 40 in resources. Evans, Barry, and Hoyla are linked to over 300 forged checks valued around 100,000, with many cashed at a small restaurant run by Barry known as Chicken on Call.
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San” Francisco
Parks Air Force Base
Theodore Barry
Charles A- Evans
George B. Harris
Leslie L. Roos
Evans
Barry
R. Hoyla
Chicken On Call
Leandro Plant Expansion Announced by Weston-Zeller Bach
SAN LEANDRO Western-Waxide division of Crowe Zeller Bach Corp announced expansion of its San Leandro facility. The project doubles packaging and research laboratory space, adding 5650 square feet at 2199 Williams Street. Completion planned for February 1958 with a $70,000 building permit.
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San Leandro
Crowt-Zellerbach Corp
Williams St
North American tests fighter bomber with supersonic climb
The firm reports in Los Angeles that North American Aviation is testing a new fighter bomber capable of traveling twice the speed of sound even while climbing. The claim highlights advanced propulsion and airframe design as the company pushes into high speed, high altitude performance.
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Los Angeles
Ins
North American Aviation Inc
Bight
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Area ‘Voice
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Joan Arlington
U.S
Morocco
Founders Savings
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Lucorne
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