Hayward Week in Retrospect Highlights Fires and Local Events
Last week in Hayward featured three Sunday blazes with $500 damage and one injury, plus reports of a fatal horse incident near Greenville Road. Arch ie J Inger, noted Hayward artist, died at his home. An 8 year old from Mission San Jose contracted polio in vaccine trials. A $50000 bond was re-submitted by the Baynard Area Recreation District. A San Leandro explosion injured another worker, with a colleague saving his life. Sancho Sanchez improving, and Niles Chamber of Commerce backed township incorporation. San Lorenzo beat Hayward 14-7 in football, Pacific States Steel mill shutdown ended after a new contract, and Hayward Lions parade drew thousands of attendees. Traffic disruptions plagued downtown as officers cleared crowds during the pet parade. City council voted to condemn off street parking near Hayward High, area construction halted, and utility service cuts affected the region. Sheriff notes kidnapping case under investigation. Four annexations neared city incorporation.
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Howell
Alameda Ward
Lions’ Club
Richmond
Hayward
Hayward High School
Weary Voice
Bill Hardin
Mossadegh Aide Sentenced to Death in Treason Trial
In Tehran a military court sentenced Hossein Fatemi to death for treason against Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, with another aide, 54, jailed for life. The charges trace to the 1953 power struggle that led to Mossadegh’s ouster and bloodshed as Zahedi backed the Shah.
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Tehran
Iran
Hosgeini Fatemi
Mohammed Mossadegh
Th Shah
Mossadegh
Shavegan Extrazaiie
Shah Mohammed Riza Pahleyi
Fazlollah Zahed
Mossaded
Fatemi W
Berkeley Man Missing In Yosemite Search
Bloodhounds aided Yosemite Park rangers in a daybreak search for University of California student Orvar Von Lanés, 30, of Berkeley, who vanished after departing the Ahwahnee hotel Saturday with his wife’s field glasses to view Park Falls and peaks. The hunt paused at nightfall and was to resume at dawn today.
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Yosemite
Calif
Yosemite Park
University of California
Orvar von Lanés
Berkeley
Ahwahnee Hotel
Park
von Laass
Jenner Urges Countering Soviet East West Trade
Senator William Jenner urges the United States to counter Soviet trade expansion as Russia increases East West commerce. He calls reexamining all trade policies, cites Soviet offers to India and other countries, and backs ending diplomatic relations with the USSR. He notes licensed exports to the bloc rose sharply in early 1954 and expects more growth.
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Washington
William £. Jenner
Europe
U.S
Eastern Europe
Jenner
Soviet Union
Russia
India
Kremlin
Finland
Sweden
Afghanistan
Naval Board Probes Sinking Of Freighter With 37 Dead
In two days of preliminary hearings the board of inquiry investigates the loss of the freighter Mormackite after a gale shifted its cargo. Of 48 crew members 37 died. 11 survivors and 12 bodies were rescued near Norfolk by USS Bache, USS Eaton, and the Greek ship Macedonia. Survivors endured 50 hours at sea amid sharks before transfer to destroyers. search continues for additional missing crew.
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Ncreole
Uss. Bache
Uss. Eaton
Im. Hoyle
Naval
Norfolk
W. J. Conrey
M. E. Meekins
Macedonia
SS. Maritime Trader
Monroe Victory
E Tt
Coast Guard
Cape Henry
N. C
Frank T Zinn
U. S. Public Health Service
Security program fires 6926 federal workers since May 1953
The Civil Service Commission reports 6926 federal employees resigned or were fired under Eisenhower's security program from May 28 1953 through June 30. Of these 2611 were terminated and 4316 resigned before cases completed. The breakdown shows 1743 cases with varying subversive indicators across agencies including 70 in State, 260 in Air Force, 284 in Army, and 39 in Veterans Administration. Total figures include sex perversion 618 cases, criminal records 2272, and other disqualifying defects 3857. The report notes many files contain multiple disqualifications and promises quarterly updates.
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INS
Civil Service Commission
CSC
State
Department
Air Force
Army
Atomic ‘Energy Commission
Federal Civil Defense Administration
Foreign Operations Administration
Justice’ Department
Navy
Civil Service, Commission
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Richard M. Nixon
Democratic National
Stephen A. Mitchell
Philip” Young
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Commission
Fisenhower
Central Inteligence Agency
Justice and Labor Departments
Indiana University dedicates Ernie Pyle Memorial hall
Indiana University held a dedication for the Ernie Pyle Memorial hall with Roy W. Howard receiving an honorary degree. Nearly 1,000 attended as editors and publishers from Indiana and beyond were honored. J R Wiggins warned of government and press pressures threatening freedoms and the role of information in democracy.
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Bloomington
Ind
University of Indiana
Ernie Pyle
Roy W. Howard
Scripps-Howard
Howards A. A. Arehave
Rockville Republican
Sean
Hoosier Weekly
Frederick A. Miller
South Bend Tribune
Eugene C. Pulliam
Indianapolis News and Star
Indiana
Arizona
Basil L. Waters
Knight
Paul Feltus
Bloomington Star-Courier
J. R. Wiggins
Washington Post
Times Herald
Wigzing
Freedom of Information Committee
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Legislative
Flying Saucers Reported Across World In 1952 Sightings
Reports of flying saucers spread from Germany Belgium Argentina Lebanon and the French Cameroons. A Münster projectionist described a cigar shaped craft with four humanoid occupants seen for about ten minutes. Witnesses also reported a silent disc near Frankfurt a Belgian mail carrier saw two silhouettes aboard a cigar craft.
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Belgium
Kernt
Argentina
Lebanon
Cameroons
Muenster
Franz Hoge
PPA
J Hoge
Taur
Hoge
Frankfurt
Namur
Buenos Aires
Alexandria
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Yaounde
French Cameroons
Ita
Agence France Presse
Luftwaffe
Huy
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