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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1955
Page
1
San Quentin officials mounted an intensive search after a theft in the hospital ward strong room. An associate warden said narcotics including morphine and codeine were stolen. 26 patients, five orderlies, and kitchen staff were suspected. Officials hope the remaining drugs will be recovered and arrests follow.
In New Delhi, Premier Bulganin and Khrushchev told parliament that the Geneva outcomes were a retreat from early proposals. They blamed Western powers for deadlock on disarmament and blocs, warning against efforts to force blocs in Asia and the Middle East while defending peaceful negotiation.
Three men robbed Lee Bros market in Castro Valley late Saturday night, taking about 2000 dollars from cash registers and the store safe. They forced the assistant manager and a clerk to help, one man fired a gun, and the trio escaped in a 1941 Chevrolet heading north on Castro Valley boulevard. No suspects yet.
Oakland residents learn Mrs. Jean Vasquez 27 of 2B4 Bodmanavenue Washington Manor has been identified as the freeway victim. Her husband Abraham identified her by personal effects after a car she drove went out of control and crashed into a light pole at the Eastshore Freeway High Street turnoff. She leaves six year old twins Jimmie and Johnny and daughter Dorothy Jean. Vasquez says he stayed with the children Friday night for her trip.
The Supreme Court agreed to review lower court rulings upholding Kendrick M. Cole’s dismissal from the FDA for alleged communist associations. The case tests whether the security program can fire any federal worker, even without secret material or policy making duties, with hearings set later this term.
Neighbors of Mrs. Lucilie Pimental and her daughter Mrs. Jeanette Kaufert, both killed in a train auto collision Thursday in Hayward, have collected about 60 dollars to aid the family survivors. The two were killed when their car was struck by a Southern Pacific switch engine at the Tennyson Road crossing near Huntwood Avenue.
Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef moved to form a strong government to stop mob violence sweeping through Moroccan cities. He convened advisers at the imperial palace to craft a nationalist backed cabinet to restore order as mobs killed at least 15 people in Rabat Fez and Marrakesh with many wounded.
A disrupted Burmese tour concluded as Ben Youssef was restored by France after a two year exile led by Ben Arata. The mission ended with Ben Youssef leaving Kunming for home, with reports from Paris and radio confirms.
Three Napa State Hospital inmates aged 11, 12, and 14 confessed smothering 13 year old Robert R B Yarak of San Jose in his ward bed. The 14 year old said he instigated the assault over family grievances and recruited others to strangle him with blankets and hands. Coroner’s autopsy found suffocation as the cause. hospital officials noted the victim’s schizophrenia and the ongoing murder-linked cases at the facility.
The U S Catholic Hierarchy issued a strong 2500 word statement at its annual meeting urging recognition of parochial and church related schools as part of the American educational system. The bishops stopped short of requesting direct tax funding but said private schools should receive benefits from measures intended to aid American youth. The move precedes the White House conference on education with public debate expected on federal aid to schools. Critics allege the bishops seek government support, while officials stress adherence to the principle of church-state separation and the Supreme Court ruling against tax money aiding sectarian instruction.
Berlin reports East Germany and Communist China signed a 1956 trade treaty in Berlin. The agreement calls for Red China to supply raw materials in exchange for manufactured goods.
In Oakland Burton Abbott’s kidnapping murder trial, defense and prosecution spar over a tavern owner Delbert Cox testimony. Cox testified Abbott first visited Wildwood inn on April 25, and described drinks and a Daly connection, while prosecutors pursue a chronological pattern of events leading to Stephanie Bryan’s disappearance. The judge allowed Cox to continue under a potential strike. Spectators flock to the courtroom as the trial, now ten days in, advances toward the Bryan family witnesses awaiting their turn.
Figures show juvenile delinquency in Alameda county is not rising percentagewise though case loads grow with population. County officials warn it remains a continuing community problem and stress research prevention and detainment. Initial hearings rose from 1950 to 1954 with San Leandro Oakland and Berkeley showing notable increases. Hayward area cases jumped to 112 in 1954 as postwar population grows.
Harriman repeats he is not an active candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. Speaking in Seattle at a fund raising dinner he assails the Eisenhower administration, questions Stevenson’s bid, urges unity, and calls Geneva a hoax. He cites farm policy public power and foreign policy as 1956 campaign themes. He says Democrats will stay united and choose a nominee who will win.
Washington Senators and religious and labor figures urged expeditious consideration of McCarran Walter Act reforms. Sen. Case from New Jersey pressed for nonpartisan hearings while Sen. Kennedy labeled the act the most discriminatory in history and urged scrapping it for alternative legislation backed with Sen. Lehman. The debate revisits Truman’s veto of 1962 as the law becomes a pivotal election issue for both parties.
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