Living Costs Level Off Says Alameda Survey Aids Plan
Washington based report notes cost of living index showed no change from September to October for Alameda County major streets. The study, funded by state and local sources, aims to build a master plan with three counties, including Contra Costa and Santa Clara, to reduce freeway accident costs. Further details pending an advisory group meeting to finalize road sections and barrier proposals.
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Labor Department
Ala
Visory Committee
Olof E.” Ander
Contra Costa
Santa Clara
Eastshore
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Booker
Oakland
Her
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San Leandro
Big Game Fever Grips Bay Area Ahead of Stanford California Clash
Thousands of undergraduates and alumni surged toward the 60th renewal of the Stanford California football rivalry. Forecasts called for clear skies at Stanford Stadium with a sell out crowd expected of 90,000 and California listed as a one touchdown favorite. Reunions were planned across Berkeley, San Francisco and beyond.
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Stanford
California
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San Francisco
Big Game Festivities Set Across California Before Stanford Utah Clash
The Big Game between Stanford and California will be telecast on Channel 5 at 1 15 p m tomorrow with radio coverage on KCBS and KLX starting at the same time from Palo Alto to Berkeley. A Union Square pregame celebration and a Stanford Class of 1932 reunion events unfold, plus UC bonfires and dances at the Greek Theater and men’s gym as alumni gather for the eve.
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KLX
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Mark Hopkins
Berkeley
Sidney M. Ehrman
Lagum
Qutas Lake
Strife Mounts Between Israel and Jordan Over Kidnapping Claim
Reports from Amman and Jerusalem describe rising tensions after a border clash involving Israeli patrols and Jordanian forces. Jordan threats to take action surface as a 31-year-old farmer is alleged kidnapped, with no official confirmation. Citizens in Jerusalem carry arms amid martial law.
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Jordan
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Israel
Jordanian Jerusalem
British Aircraft Forced to Land in Mediterranean Incident
British aircraft on a parachute mission to Royal Navy ships in the Mediterranean was forced down by French fighters at Oran due to bad weather. The plane, under the governor of Gibraltar, landed at Oran then Gibraltar the next day. RAF officials and Algerian authorities gave no confirmation or denial.
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Four in Family Killed by Blaze in Inkster
INKSTER Mich. Four members of a family died when a fire of determined origin destroyed a one story home. Victims named were Mrs Florence Bedell 29 son Donald 4 daughter Brenda 5 and Mrs Bedells brother Charles Ridley 24. Bedell's husband Donnie Lee 33 suffered minor burns and was hospitalized in critical condition.
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Inster
Detroit
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Donald
Brenda
Charles Ridley
Bedell
Donnie Lee
Rigek
Madrid Students In Protest Strike
Madrid University students strike to protest the closing of a student union cafeteria. About four thousand students participate with no incidents reported. Authorities closed the cafeteria three weeks ago after a law incident in which a policeman was roughly handled by students.
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Madrid University
Vatican Medal To German Boss
Vatican City announced Pope Pius would bestow the Roman Catholic Church’s Medal of the Golden Spur on West German President Theodor Heuss during an audience November 27.
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Vatican
Pius Rie
Theodor Hyess
C of C Seeks Delay on Forgery Losses for Local Merchants
San Leandro and Livermore merchants face up to 150000 in losses from a year long Barks Air Force forgery ring. Chamber directors urge the Federal Government to hold off charging checks to local banks until total forgery liability is determined to spare merchants from credit cuts and store closures.
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Chamber of Commerce
Livermore and
Pleasanton
Air Force
mador-Livermore Valley
San Leandro Directo
Wives for Settlers Sought in Japan
The Hokkaido Prefectural Government and the Federation of Housewives Organizations appealed to the national government for help Thursday. They seek 308 sturdy brides for bachelor settlers in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island.
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Tokyo
Hokkaido! Prefectural
Federation of Housewives Organizations
Hokkaido
Japan
Plea to Savages Aids Ecuador Missionary Rescue Effort
In Kansas City a taped broadcast seeks to save Dr Winifred Tidmarsh an English missionary threatened by the Auca tribe in Ecuador. The message reportedly recorded by Dayuma urges peace and promises safe treatment for the missionary and her companions amid the January killings of five missionaries in 1956.
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Ecuador
Winifred Tidmarsh
Swamer Institute
Linguistics
Arkansas
Dayuma
Lear Dio
New Site Chosen for Hayward High School Move
George Lower reports Hayward High School will relocate near All Saints Church. A new site has been selected and condemnation proceedings will start soon to clear 32 homes from the area.
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Hayward High ‘School
George Lower Hayward
All Saints Church
Drug Mistake Kills Woman In Houston Office
In Houston, Mrs. Margaret Van Alsteine died after lab technician Emily Nash administered a dose of sodium cyanide instead of glucose while testing a patient. The doctor tried to revive her with adrenaline but she collapsed at the door. The medical examiner ruled accidental death.
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Tex
Margaret’ van Alsteine
Emily Nash
Joseph West
Sweden Missile Tests Reveal In Flight Accidents
A fragmented report notes Sweden and other locations in connection with missile tests. It mentions John Estey a 47 year old victim from Stockholm and a welder in San Lorenzo Village, with injuries from a gas tank explosion during welding. The German agency cites first proof of Swedish missile success shown to aviation experts and foreign correspondents.
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INS
Dea
John Estey
Manzatrom
Stockholm
Sweden
Nita
San Lorenzo
Highland Hospital
Air Force
Typhoon Mamie Roars Across the Pacific
Weather observers name a new Pacific typhoon Mamie roaming the seas today. Officials monitor its path as the storm moves westward, prompting advisories for affected regions and preparations for potential impact. The name Mamie mirrors the First Lady and has been adopted by meteorologists for this system.
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Pacific
Tokyo
Mamie Eisenhower
Ghostwriting in Soviet pop music shocks Moscow
Moscow reports a music scandal as top Soviet composers allegedly use "ghost" writers for songs. The Literary Gazette, a guardian of culture, cited reader complaints that tunes from different composers sound alike, implying shared ghosts across writers.
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Union
Literary Gazette
the Gazette
Vote to Decide School Boundary Dispute
County supervisors set a special election for the La Vista and Decoto boundary dispute in the El Rancho Verde tract of South Hayward. The measure affects about 283 families and 12 children. Voting will be limited to area residents, with petitions heard from supporters and opponents.
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J.2r. George
Janice Ave
Marine Guilty in Racial Slaying on Okinawa
CAMP MACTUREOUS Okinawa INS Pfe. Robert Allen Jr of Washington was found guilty by a Marine Corps court martial of murder in the slaying of a white sailor allegedly kicked to death by six Negro Marines. Allen received 12 years confinement forfeiture of all pay and allowances a dishonorable discharge and reduction to private He was the first of six accused Marines to be tried in the case involving Navy corpsman Adrien Noble of Wells County Indiana last Aug 4.
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Okinawa
INS
Pfe
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Enti
Am Corps
Allen
Ng Navy
Adrien, Nobleby
Wells County
N. Cs
Winds Rampage as Fire Closes In On Angeles National Forest
Winds up to 90 miles per hour whip air and sea traffic. A Western Airlines DC6-B Flight landed safely at Los Angeles airport after heavy turbulence. Two boats grounded. a missing vessel reported by Coast Guard. A yacht near Santa Rosa Island anchored safely. Four naval ships ride out the storm off Southern California. Santa Ana winds forecast to keep the heat high as the Angeles National Forest fire advances toward Mt Wilson. TV transmitter stations, Mt Wilson Observatory, and other facilities are alerted. Three families evacuted at Robert Canyon and seven at Big Santa Anita Canyon as cabins in the path are evacuated.
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Wosul
Onttario
Calif
Los Angeles International
Coast Guard
Santa Rosa Island
Santa Barbara
Robert Canyon
Big Santa Anita Canyon
Attorney Takes Witness Stand in Uranium Swindle Trial
Attorney Scott Kellogg for Nevada Consolidated Uranium Inc. took the witness stand in a trial of Ray W. Van Deusen and Robert L. Watkins. Prosecutor John Sutter said Kellogg would introduce records showing about a dozen shell companies. Robert E. Spurr testified he saw Van Deusen mix investor checks with gambling funds in Reno and that diamonds were bought with investors’ money.
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Nevada
Consolidated Uranium ‘Inc
Ray W. van Deusen
Robert L. Watkins
John Sutter
Kellogg
Consolidated
Robert E.spurr
Granada
San Lorenzo
Spurr
Viel
Reno
Deusen
Knight Denies Plans to Back Knowland for Governor
Sacramento INS dispatch reports Gov Goodwin J Knight denies plans to endorse U S Senator William F Knowland for California governor in next year’s primary. Knight says he will endorse the Republican candidate after the 1958 primary and has no plans to discuss Knowland’s labor stance or withdraw from the Senate race.
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INS
Goodwin J
Knight
Reeay
Knowland
Swhether
Senate
Oakland Man Slays Cat Self in Despondent Tragedy
Oakland police reported James L. Deem, 33, despondent over his wife's death, killed his pet rat and then himself with a .32 caliber revolver. His landlady and friend, Mrs. Kloey Myers, noticed his absence before discovering the tableau in his apartment. A gun and a slain cat lay beside the body, with two bullets fired.
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James L. Deem
Kloey Myers
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