Bay Winds Ravage Bay Area With High Damage
San Francisco reports show winds up to 64 miles per hour caused eight foot swells and about $10,000 damage to boats at St Francis yacht harbor. Oakland and Berkeley hills saw numerous fires and false burglar alarms as winds toppled trees and utility poles. Weather systems from a high pressure core and southern low pressured the region, bringing unusually cold air with frost unlikely in Sacramento valleys. Trans World Airlines denies negotiating a jet deal with Boeing amid jetliners speculation.
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California
St. Francis Yacht Harbor
Oakland
Bernard Dooley
Berkeley
Weather Bureau
Bay Area
Sacramento Valley
Sierra
Far West
U.S
Sacramento
San Watquin
Bureau
Stackton
Waco
Worth
Daliis
Wichita Falls
Food prices in Bay Area dip for fourth straight month
San Francisco Bay Area meals show a 1.4 percent drop in mid October per the regional Bureau of Labor Statistics, though prices remain about 3 percent higher than a year ago and well above pre Korean War levels. Chicken, poultry and fish led declines as overall food costs eased.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Een
Tadairs
Firemen's Ball Interrrupted by House Fire in Hayward
Hayward Maynard's Fire Department interrupted its 62nd Fireman's Ball when a fire broke out at Mr and Mrs Frank Sawyer's 188 Orchard Avenue home. Damage pegged at 2000. Fire started in a closet by spontaneous combustion. Band leader Anson Weeks delayed. weather prevented his arrival. Ball still yielded a profit to aid the garment district's Christmas toy drive and the Widows and Orphans fund.
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Maynard
Frank Sawyer
Orchard Avenue
Matthew Jiminez
Anson Weeks
Weeks
Santa Rosa
Ball Committee
Widows and Orphans Fund
Veep Harkley Celebrates Birthday in Hospital
Vice President Alban W. Barkley marks his birthday at Bethesda Naval Hospital where he is recovering from cataract surgery. Though confined to care, he appears chipper and joined a small informal party in his hospital suite with Mrs Barkley and a few friends.
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Washington
Alban W. Harkley
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Eisenhower briefed on Korea war warnings and moves
President Truman era Joint Chiefs of Staff reported grim Korea war developments. Chinese air forces moved two engined bombers toward Manchurian bases near the Yalu. Reds massed artillery near front lines, signaling potential heavy assaults as U.N. orders and Baltic situation were outlined to Eisenhower.
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Korea
Washington
Yalu River
Manchuria
South Korea
Seoul
Eighth Army
U.N
He Jiston
October Worst Month For Deaths In California Traffic Toll
Sacramento reports October 1052 traffic fatalities making it the worst month since records began. The California Highway Patrol notes 72 deaths already recorded with more expected as reports continue. Previous high was September with 326 deaths on streets and highways.
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Sacramento
California
Edgewood Army plane crashes near Boone Creek in Maryland
A fully engined Air Force bomber crashed into Boone Creek near Edgewood Arsenal today at 12 45 pm EST. Public information said no details on crew or survivors, and local police confirmed the crash but offered few specifics. The incident occurred inside the Edgewood reservation as officials pursued a quiet response.
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Edgewood Army Arsenal
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Watford County
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Edgewood Arsenal Reservation
Radiation treatment found in date palm pollen
Berkeley reports a vitamin-like substance in date palm pollen may aid atomic radiation injury treatment. Discovered jointly by University of California scientists and Kasr El Ainy University Cairo researchers. Dr L A Straub or related physicist cited.
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University of Call
L. A. Strail
Sisphysics
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Kasr Els Aint University
Cairo
Egypt
Returned To Ohio In Wake Of 21Year Fugitive Case
Leonard Lips Mocveri a 45 year old murder suspect once on the run for 21 years was captured in Los Angeles and will be sent back to Ohio to stand trial. Police and FBI identified him as a top underworld operator known as Wwignerman. He was arrested after attempting to use a pay phone and exposing $1800 in cash.
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Leonard Lips
Mocveri
Murter
Tateda
Macert
FBI
Wwignerman
ROK Forces Halt Red Attack Near Front
Report says two Chinese attack platoons probed ROK defenses after dusk but were stopped by mortar and artillery fire before reaching trenches. U S B 26 aircraft damaged around 200 Red trucks carrying supplies to the front. Reds mounted several shelling attempts, but were pulsed and defeated.
Badgers to Rose Bowl after Big Ten win share
Wisconsin earns a share of the Big Ten championship and heads to the Rose Bowl to meet undefeated Southern California as Purdue also celebrates a conference banner. The selection follows a 6 to 4 vote among 10 schools, with Wisconsin’s stronger season record cited.
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Tug” Wilson
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Ivy Willingason
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Satunday
Marquette
Illinois
Love
Rice
Northwestern
Indiana
Hodgers
Ohio State
UCLA
Minnesota
Trojans
Notre Dame
Williamson
Midwest
Hiss Denied Parole From U S Prison
The U S parole board denied Alger Hiss parole from Lewisburg federal prison in a unanimous ruling after a brief on the record review The former State Department official was convicted of perjury for denying he passed secret documents to Whittaker Chambers and has been in prison since March 22 1951 He became parole eligible in November after serving 20 months of a five year term.
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Fedral
Inday
Alger Hiss
Miss
State Department
Lewisburg
George G. Killinger
PEB
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Jliss
Killinger
Nce
Parole Board I
Parola
Aprenis
Lene Ouay
Grand Jury
Chambers
Russia
Love of Food Blamed for Murder Conviction
Elaine Forman, a former Salt Lake City waitress, now serving a life sentence, told reporters in jail that her life was consumed by hunger and a hatred of being fat. A jury found her guilty of murder in the gunbattle slaying of policemen James Everett and M. W. Vinson Jr., while co-defendant Luther Heeler faces a death sentence. Forman did not fire a shot. Prosecutors say she aided a robbery that sparked the shooting amid months of trials and appeals.
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Hainiesacrg
Gillen Angel
Elaine Forman
Salt Lake City
Forman
James Everett
M. W. Vinson, Jr
Gunniah Luther Heeler
Altorne
Sister Kenny Near Death In Australia
Sister Elizabeth Kenny famed for her polio treatment fell into a grave condition in Queensland Australia. Dr John Ogden said she lapsed into a semi coma and there was no possible hope for her recovery. Nurses and relatives kept vigil as she remained rational only briefly and expressed fatigue and gratitude for friends.
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Elizabeth Kenny
Bayex
John Ogden
Kenny
Ogden
United Press
Sister Kenny
United States
Queensland
Brisbane
Charles Carson
Conchatta
Mikky
Troy
Brishape
Bister Kenny
Australia
Father Cleared In Death Of Sons In Vallejo Fire
Lawrence J Oberman, a Mare Island shipyard employee, was released after an investigation cleared him of responsibility in the death of his two infant sons who perished in a house fire while he slept nearby. Investigators said the blaze started when Oberman slept with a lit cigarette. his wife was away at a funeral in Remsen, Iowa.
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Vlear
Lawrence J. Qbevnyin
Mare Island Navy
Oberman
Larry
sJand
Rodney
Obermyth
Obermin
I. Oberman
Mary Ann
Remsen
Two Men Escape County Prison and Head South
Two men escaped from Santa Rita prison and headed south after a Saturday sighting in Fresno. Deputies said they changed from prison garb to civilian clothes at a convict’s home and then left before Fresno officials were alerted. Daniel Newton, 20, from Hayward, and Donald Emery, 18, Oakland, were thought to have gone to Newton’s parents’ home after fleeing Friday evening by climbing an eight foot fence.
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Theoa
Daniel Newton
Hayward
Donald Emery
Oakland
Wee
Newton
California
Emery
Santa Rita
Playwright Sherwood Signs Million Dollar TV Contract
Pulitzer winner Robert E. Sherwood signed a high paying contract with National Bro. Ling to write spin off TV plays for NBC. He will deliver a one hour drama every four months for three years with freedom in choosing subjects and no mandatory agency approvals. The deal, said to be the highest paying for TV scripts, spans three years and covers a series of six figure payments.
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New York
Robert E. Sherwood
Bro. Ling
Spinall
NBC
Sherwood Wold
Sherwood
Joseph M. McConnell
Newton
Vnery
End
Eisenhower backs civilian manpower study by Sarnoff
President elect Eisenhower endorses a non political civilian commission on manpower and material needs of the Armed Forces led by retired Brig. Gen. David Sarnoff. The advisory panel will meet at the Pentagon to map efficient use of resources and may address drafting women in a future major war.
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Merriman Smith
NEW York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Suced
David Sarnoff
Sarnoff
Radio Corporation
Nf A
Defense
Robert, A. Lovett
Commission Sormalh
Itizenx Advisory Commission
Armed Services
Pentagon
Washington
Tormorrow
Commission
Lovett
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Eisenhower
Korea
Thana’ J. Wateon
International Business Machines Corp
Hely
Ike Pays First Visit to U N Headquarters
Dwight D. Eisenhower visited United Nations headquarters in New York marking his 41st encounter with the U.N. He arrived with John Foster Dulles at 8 08 am and was greeted by Secretary-General Trygve Lie and aides. The president-elect toured the general assembly hall housing the arms of member nations and viewed murals before meeting delegates and officials in the lobby and trusteeship council room.
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Congress
Eisenhower
Sarnoff
New York
Inday
United Nations
N.Y. E
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Ignate
U.N
General Assembly
Trygve Lis
Byron Price
United States
Shamaldharee Lal
India
Secret Service
Jane Jook
Roy
Lie
Syster
Carlos 2. Romulo
Philippines
Husteeship Council
Czech Purge trial yields confession amid Hs inquiry
Inside page summary notes a confession in the purge trial connected to Hs. Radio signals offer hope to locate a missing USS plane. Holiday foods feature Yule cookies and misnamed desserts. church plans to burn a few editions of the Bible, with reference to pages 8 2 15 17 19.
Three Children Treated After Weekend Hospital Visit
In Hayward and nearby cities three youngsters were sent to Fairmont hospital over the weekend for stomach aches tied to ant poison tests and aspirin. Nancy Benson aged two of San Lorenzo and Steven Martin of San Leandro were among the patients. Allan Crispi, eight, of Hayward took nineteen aspirin tablets for a Ring-size headache. All were released with no serious injuries.
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Laurel Avenue
Hayward
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