City to Oppose Arroyo Dam Deal
Pleasanton city officials announce opposition to Alameda County Water Districts plan to use surplus Arroyo del Valle waters. City Attorney William Struthers warns action is needed to secure local rights with about 60 000 acre feet annually. protest will be directed to the State Water Resources Board.
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Pleasanton
Alameda County Water District
Arroyo del Valle
Alty
William Struthers
Washington Township Water District
M-Pleasanton
Struthers
Victor Lund
Housing Authority
Alameda
Area Swim Pool Construction Set
Green lights for construction of two of five swimming pools at area schools were flashed by Hayward Area Recreation District directors. They signed 40 year leases for pools at Arroyo and Castro Valley High Schools. Projects cost about 145 000 each and include 42 78 foot regular pools and 42 by 60 foot beginner pools at each school. Regular pools will range 344 to 19 feet deep and beginner pools two to 34 feet deep. Bids are due in December with contracts set in January. Jobs should be completed in June.
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Hayward Area Recreation Dist
Arroyo
Castro Valley
Everet Gale
Spain Flood Toll Sees Marines Face Court Martial
U S Navy reports 16 Marines feared dead as floods hit Valencia and Sasebo Base in Japan. Authorities say courts martial will review charges of brutality amid the disaster.
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Valencia
Spain
Tokyo
U.S. Navy
Mathis
Sasebo Naval
Japan
Three New Flu Deaths Prompt School Closures
Three more influenza deaths were reported today as the spread of the disease forced several secondary schools and three colleges to close. Meantime Southern Alan plans to pull out of flu sieges and resume normal operations.
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United Press
Alan
Brando wed in surprise ceremony amid race dispute
Hollywood reports Marlon Brando and his 23 year old bride wed in Eagle Rock. Officials say the marriage is legal regardless of her listed race and country of origin. The event follows questions raised after the license was issued listing Kashfi from India.
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Hollywood
Marlon Brando
Anna’ Kashif
India
Joanna’ O'Callaghan
Wales
Los Angeles County
H. J. Wilson
Califorsia
Brando
Eagle Rock
Miss Kashfi
Devi Kashfi
Woman and four children die in log farmhouse blaze
Mrs. James Jordan, 24, and her four children aged 18 months to six years were killed when a fire swept their log farmhouse near Smith's Falls Ontario. Her husband and her brother Joseph Haley were severely burned while attempting to rescue them.
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Mith's Falls
Ont
James Jordan
Smith's Falls
Joseph ‘Haley
Leandro Police Fire Pay Action Due
San Leandro nine percent wage hikes for police and fire plus fringe benefits will be up for consideration by the Civil Service Board tonight. The board will also review wage requests of other city employees and revisions to the retirement system. Meeting set for 9 p.m. after the city council session.
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San Leandro
Otd
Arroyo Student First To See Moon Rocket
An Arroyo High School student, Edward Kelly, became the Bay Area’s first sighting of Sputnik’s traveling companion, the third stage rocket, during an Operation Moonwatch watch at Chabot Observatory. He reported the bright object before noting brightness fluctuations from tumbling motion and relative star references, clocked near 5:17 a.m. The page continues with details on the moonwatch setup and observation methods.
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Dorothy Cushbertson
Arroyo High School
Bay Area
Sputnik
Edward Kelly
Manzanas
San Lorenzo
Chabot Observatory
Franks Kelly
Edward
Kelly
Moonwatch
U.S
Beginning of the end for Sputnik hints from U.S. team
U.S. scientists led by Dr. Paul Herget report signs that Sputnik may be entering the final phase of its orbit as its altitude drops. Observations show the satellite arriving earlier at tracking points, indicating a tighter orbit and eventual disintegration from increased atmospheric friction.
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Washington
INS
U.S
Sputnik
Paul Herget
U.S. Navy Satellite Computing Center
Herget
Sputnike
Sputinke
Navy
Earth
Queen Circles U.S. On Jamestown Celebration Tour
Queen Elizabeth II arrives in Virginia for a six day visit marking Jamestown’s 360th anniversary. She is greeted by Gov. Stanley and officials, with a White House stay, Washington and New York appearances, and a Maryland football game on the itinerary. Her husband accompanies her amid photographer attention and industry talks.
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Ottawa
IRS
Elizabeth
Virginia
Patrick Heney
Dominion
Williamsburg
Jamestown
Thomas.b. Stanley
Harold’ Caccia
U.S
Capt
John Smith
White House
Eisenhower
Washington
New York
Maryland U
Blood Pressure Drug Promises New Hope For Hypertension
Boston doctors and American Heart Association leaders announced Chlorothiazide as a promising treatment for high blood pressure. Dr. Robert W. Wilkins and Dr. William Hollander, at Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, presented the discovery as a potential breakthrough in the 25 year fight against America’s common cardiovascular disease. The drug, in production and available as samples, targets a condition affecting about 1620 million Americans, potentially extending life expectancy by years for sufferers.
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Boston
American Heart Assn
Robert W. Wilkins
Chattanooga
Tenn
William Hollander
Waltham
Mass
Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals
America
400000 Strike In Brazilian City Hits Sao Paulo Industry
About 400,000 industrial workers in the Sao Paulo area walked off the job today to push for better working conditions and protests over tax increases. The action reflects broad labor unrest in Brazil as workers press for economic relief and wage protections.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Paratroopers Begin Pull-Out From Little Rock
UNITED PRESS reports the Army will withdraw 500 of 1000 paratroopers in Little Rock and release 8500 of 10,000 Arkansas National Guardsmen federalized Sept. 24. President Eisenhower agreed to meet five Republican congressmen to discuss possible full federal troop withdrawal, while Texas Gov Price Daniel defends no federal troops in schools.
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Y United Press
Siate
Army
Little Rock
Wilber M. Brucker
Arkansas National Guardsmen
Int Central High School
Ike
Eisenhower
Hoday
Republcan
South
Foel 'T
Broyhill
White House
United Press
Little’ Rock
Texas
Price. Daniel
Austin
Texas Floods Kill Two and Wreck Dayton Homes
Floods and storms sweep Texas with heavy rains causing two deaths and multiple injuries. In Ballinger water forced evacuations as 800 to 300 residents prepared to return home. A tornado nine miles north of Dayton injured three people including Buddy Cherry and his two children Garland and Jerry, as three Dayton houses were wrecked. The outlook stayed rainy across the state with more storms expected.
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Dallas
INS
Texas
Ballinger
Colorado
Elk Creek
Dayton
Houston
Buddy ‘Cherry
Garland
Jerry
Castro Valley Fire Board opposes Ashland Annexation
Castro Valley Fire Protection District commissioners will protest a proposed annexation of part of the district to the San Leandro area. Crest Ave Irma Way John Sh and Ridge Rd are among streets in the Ashland Annex plan. Board President Paul was delegated to attend the San Leandro avarity council annexation hearing on Oct 23.
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Castro’ Valley — Commissioners of
Castro Valley Fire Protection Dist
San Leone
Crest Ave
John Sh
Ridge Rd
Ashland
Paul
Des
San Leanavarity Council
Census reports U.S. population at 171.78 million
The Census Bureau estimated the U.S. population as of September 1 at 171,780,000, up 20,057,000 people or 13.7 percent since the 1950 census.
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Washington, i
Census Bureau
U.S
Navy's Talos Missile Fails Test Firing
White Sands proving grounds New Mexico witnessed the first public Talos anti air missile test fail when a booster unit detached at 1000 feet and the second shot was canceled. A Bell drone guided by radio controls served as the target. The missile, though capable of supersonic flight and atomic warhead delivery, carried no explosive charge. Officials said further tests would occur over the next year.
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White Sands Proving Grounds
N.M
Navy
Bell
Hoffa Moves to Reverse Court Rulings in Union Presidency Fight
Hoffa's lawyers seek to overturn a federal injunction that bars him from taking office as Teamsters president for 10 days. He pleaded innocent in federal court to charges of lying to a grand jury about tapping Detroit office phones. He appeared before Judge William B. Herlands in two related actions.
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Washington
Teamsters
U.S. Court of Appeals
James R. Hoffa
Lourt
Hotta
Hofta
Detroit
William B. Herlands
Negro in White Park Fined $50
Montgomery Alabama report says Mark Gilmore, 27, Negro, was fined $40 and court costs yesterday for walking through a city park restricted to white persons, in a case reflecting racial park policy enforcement.
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Montgomery
Als
Mark Gilmore
Delay Forecast In Selection Of College Site
Leona Ward reports that state officials caution the selection of a Southern Alameda County state college site will be a long term project. The Public Works Board, with input from the Department of Finance and Education, will screen numerous proposed sites before public hearings and a final campus decision.
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Leona Ward
State Dept. of Finance
Alameda County
Phillip Groff
John M. Peirce
State Public Works Board
Peirce
Groff
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Orange
Department‘of Education
South County
San Leandro
Ecota
Castro’ Valley
Bay
Public Works Board
Dulles and Lloyd Hold Secret Talks on Soviet Moves
In Washington, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd met in Dulles office to assess Soviet actions in the Middle East and Khrushchev's satellite success. The talks, arranged at Lloyds request, occurred as Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh visit, with urgency added by Soviet threats to Turkey.
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Iis
John Foster Dulles
Selwyn Lloyd
Middle East
Lloyd
Russia
Nikita Khrugcev
Turkey
Queen Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
Dulles
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