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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1952
Page
1
The council weighs rescinding its motion after a brief study period. A 25 percent cut in the east-west street plan alarms officials and shows split positions within eight days. Attorney George Oakes announced the reopening request 36 hours after the highways division ordered street closure to vehicles.
South Korean forces fought to seize White Horse mountain early today, engaging Chinese troops in brutal hand to hand combat. American officers praised the ROK troops for their valor as they pressed the central front and attempted to drive Chinese survivors from the peak amid heavy gunfire grenades and bayonets.
Eleven crewmen aboard a B 29 bomber died when the aircraft appeared to break apart in flight during a routine training mission. The crash occurred near Oregon City after taking off from Travis Air Force Base California. Survivors and officials described wreckage across a wide area with bodies scattered and parts found along a highway north of Wilsonville.
Allied observers report 1200 dead as UN air strikes and artillery pound a long mountain fight. ROK forces close to the crest, having beaten back a Chinese division, hold a fortified position amid renewed assaults by Red battalions and heavy shelling.
Alameda county planning commission meets in Oakland to decide zoning for land west of Hayward airport. A session is held to address controversy after a recent planning staff review. A decision is expected by October 1 as officials face opposition and design concerns.
Three-state alert issued after two airmen escaped the Davis-Monthan Air Base stockade and robbed a Long Beach couple of 1851 Packard plus $580. William Perle and Donald Griggs, both 22, fled after forcing entry to the Blair residence, leaving clothing and Air Force shoes behind. Police described Griggs as 6 feet 2 inches, 186 pounds with tattoos, while Farley stood 4 feet 7 inches and 15 pounds. authorities traced the escape via discarded clothes and a blue denim shirt.
Adlai E Stevenson blasted the Republican party in Kansas City Missouri charging they are a do nothing care nothing party. He praised Truman as independent and criticized Eisenhower for aligning with McCarthy and the old guard. He outlined contrasts on farm and labor policy and flood control, drawing sharp lines ahead of campaign stops in Missouri.
President Truman tours Indiana and Ohio delivering a pro Democratic message. He challenges Eisenhower on price controls and backs Gov. Schricker over Jenner in Indiana. Crowds estimated from 2,000 to 5,000 at stops voice support as Truman condemns Republican positions and praises Stevenson. He cites prosperity under Democratic programs since 1933. He also expresses respect for Senator Taft at an Ohio stop.
Senator Estes Kefauver campaign stop in San Jose argued corruption exists but said it is not as bad as in the Teapot Dome era. He framed charges as non partisan, questioned Nixon’s use of an outside political fund, and noted his work on the Senate morals and ethics committee.
Nixon told a 20 000 strong Pennsylvan ia crowd that Taft on store issues aligned with him and criticized the Truman Acheson foreign policy as appeasement and weakness risking a third world war. He assailed the administration for a lack of backbone and charged the Republicans with spinelessness.
Zsa Zsa Gabor lands in New York returning to husband George Sanders after two months in London on a film assignment. She says she chose air travel to reunite faster, and accuses Sanders of jealousy though she praises him as wonderful and not to worry.
Weather forecast notes a fair night followed by occasional cloudiness tomorrow. Temperature shows little change from yesterday's high and today's low, with no major swings expected.
Deputies seek a smooth voiced man with three cards who swindled Chester Lola of 59 dollars at Ashland Auto Parts yesterday afternoon. The con artist used two red cards and a black one in a street scam, betting with Lola and promising money back, but Lola was duped after a bent corner clue misled him. Authorities note the suspect is wanted for a Penal Code section on tricks and sure things.
The Defense Department asked Selective Service to draft 47000 men in December for the Army. Navy Marine Corps and Air Force will not draft that month. December draft invites should arrive in the first two weeks to allow Christmas leave. Total requests since September 1950 reach 1,154,430 with 1,073,000 for the Army and 81,430 from the Marine Corps.
GOP candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower campaigned in California's San Joaquin Valley urging that federal water and multipurpose projects be guided by local authorities. He condemned federal overreach as a "monstrosity" and called for development in the hands of local people, with crowds estimated at 6,000 in Fresno and thousands more from nearby towns. He planned further stops in San Diego and Los Angeles.
Eight year old Beverly East, granddaughter of Mr and Mrs D E East of 379 Sunset Boulevard, grieves for Smokey a four month old kitten missing since Tuesday night as Hayward observes Pet Parade Day tomorrow. Smokey was bottle fed after his mother died and was kept by Beverly as her favorite despite other siblings being given away.
Dwight D. Eisenhower blasted the Truman administration for letting Communists influence the Korean truce process and for bureaucratic disarray. Speaking to a San Francisco Cow Palace crowd after a long campaign tour, he said the nation had been “swindled” as red influence crept into the citadel. He faulted U.S. strategy and urged united, forceful action under a single plan, while accusing President Truman and Secretary Acheson of partisan campaigning. The speech was largely curtailed for air time, though press secretary James Hagerty affirmed the prepared text.
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