Chessman loses 11th death row appeal in 2-1 ruling
In San Francisco the US Court of Appeals denied Daryl Chessman’s 11th habeas corpus appeal in an eight year fight to avoid execution. Judge Hamley wrote the majority finding no clear evidence of a full and fair hearing, while Judge Denman dissented. Chessman, 33, was convicted in 1948 on 17 counts and sentenced to death under the Little Lindbergh law.
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San Francisco
U. S. Court of Appeals
Daryl Chessman
San Quentin
Chessman
Louis E. Goodman
Supreme Court
Frederick Hamley
George T. Davis
William Denman
Denman
Los Angeles
Chessmen
U. S. Supreme Court
Davis
Goodman
Newsman Killed by Gunman in Missouri
In St Joseph Missouri 20 year old Richard Skramy a reporter for the St Joseph Gazette was shot in a parked car by an unidentified white male using a 300 Magnum rifle. A female newspaper employee witnessed the attack and described the blast and escape. Police recovered two shell casings but found no firearm.
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ST. Joseph
Starmer
South County Pioneer Dies in Niles
Alfred V. Roderick, 45, a Niles resident from a Washington township pioneer family, died yesterday. He was a former foundry worker, son of the late Joseph and Emily Roderick, and brother to Lilian Burr. Rosary will be at Berge Mortuary parlor tomorrow at 8 p.m. Funeral Mass Saturday at 9 a.m. at Corpus Christi Church, interment Holy Ghost Cemetery Centerville.
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Fremont
Alfred V. Roderick
Niles
Washington Township
California
Joseph
Emily Roderick
Emily Santos
Santos Road
Roderick
Lilian Burr
Betty Jackson
Janice Bettsencourt
Shirley Roderick
Berge Mortuary Company
First Street
Corpus i Christi
Holy Ghost
Centerville
Clearing skies forecast with little temperature change
The weather report notes clearing skies this afternoon and tonight with dairy weather tomorrow. The forecaster expects little change in temperature with yesterday's high and today's low left unspecified.
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Dair
Resort owners sued by seven Negroes in race biased case
Seven residents sue Japanese operators of Gilroy Hot Springs resort for 70000 dollars alleging denial of service due to race. Plaintiffs include John L Price Jr of Oakland and three related relatives who say they were barred on August 27. Defendants are Henry Kato H K Sakato and the L and W Land Co. The resort reportedly posted a sign reserving the right to refuse service.
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San Jose
Santa Clara County
Henry Kato
H. K. Sakato
L & W Land Company
Kato
Sakato
Gilroy Hot Springs
John L. Price
Oakland
Alameda County
East German strikes erupt amid unrest in Magdeburg
Der Tag reports East German Communists have rushed troops to Magdeburg to quell unrest as strikes spread to Erfurt and Chemnitz. West Berlin sources, including an investigative committee and underground network groups, doubt the reports due to vagueness and contradictions.
Hayward Hs Trustees Eye Junior College District Plan
Hayward high school trustees plan a joint meeting with San Leandro officials and state education reps to discuss forming a junior college district in Eden Township or a broader Southeast Alameda County district. Hospital ed board members will be invited along with trustees from Alameda Washington Amador and Livermore to explore setup options.
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Hayward
San Leandro
Eden Township
Alameda County
Hayward Union
State Department of Education
Frank Wright
Alameda
Washington
Township
Amador
Livermore
Robert Coate
Coate
County Mayors Meet Tomorrow in Alameda Agenda Items Discussed
Alameda County Mayors conference meets tomorrow in Fremont hosting 12 mayors at International Kitchen. Topics include gas tax allocations under the Meyers formula, possible drag strip at Pleasanton fairgrounds, transit district board appointments, and funding issues for Fremont street work.
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Meyers
Pleasanton Fair Grounds
Alameda County
Transit Commission
Fremont
John Stevenon
Stevenson
Fremont Street
Lewis Howell
Albany
S.F. Police Chief Shakes Up Staff
San Francisco moves Captain Daniel McKlem to lead the inspectors bureau replacing Captain James English who goes to Taraval station in a shake-up ordered by Police Chief Frank Ahearn. English faces a monthly pay cut of 343 dollars from 1107 while McKlem keeps his traffic director salary.
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San. Francisco
Daniel McKlem
San Francisco Police de Burliniat Hs
Lay
McKlem
James English
Taraval
Frankl Ahearn
English
McKlemn
Bay Crashes Kill Four Two’s in South County
Four people died in San Francisco Bay area traffic crashes last night, including John F. Grant, 83, of San Leandro, and Clarence Stephen Brownfield, 43, of Hayward, bringing 1936 south county fatalities to 62. Grant collided with a Western Pacific train at Parrot Street crossing while riding a bicycle. engineer Earl B. Jones, 57, of Oakland, said the train traveled about 20 mph. The report notes a lack of warning systems at the intersection and mentions Vice President Nixon visiting New Haven during a campaign stop with Adlai Stevenson, amid student crowd reactions.
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San Francisco Bay
Alameda
John F. Grant
San Leandro
Clarence Stephen Brownfield
Hayward
South County
Grant
Washington Avenue
Western Pacific Railroad
Parrot Street
California Packing Company
Earl B .Jones
Oakland
Martinez Street
New Haven
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York City
New Havens
Stevenson
Yale University
New Haven Green
Nixon
Woslsey
Yale
Constrol Oy
Princeton
Steven Ison
Eisenhower Heads Political Talks On Radio TV Tonight
Radio and television schedules list President Eisenhower speaking in a half hour TV address on KGO TV and KPIX with regional and national committee coverage. Radio slots include Eisenhower on KGO KFRC and KCBS and Prop 4 discussions featuring Charles Jones of Richfield Company and Prop 4 supporters and opponents.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kgo-Tv
Eisenhower
Kpix. Com
Nat'l
Committee
KGO
KFRC
KCBS
Socialist Labor Party
Charles Jones
Richfield of Company
Yes
Yeron
Adlai Vows More Federal Aid to Aged
Adlai Stevenson on a whistle stop tour of Ohio in Toledo promised expanded federal aid for the aged and allowing 65 plus to work part time without losing Social Security. He accused the Eisenhower administration of blocking measures to raise part time earnings and fund housing for the elderly, pledging to push these through Congress if elected. He also criticized farm policy and then spoke in Elyria and Akron.
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Steven
Adlai Stevenson
Ohio
Toledo
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Congress
Elyria
Akron
Fire destroys vendor’s cart and business in Hayward
Wendel Earl 34, of 22782 Happyrland Avenue Hayward, lost his three wheel gasoline cart and about $210 in a blaze that started from gasoline on a hot motor at Lions and Myrtle streets. Earl crippled since birth dragged to the sidewalk and claimed the fire ends his street vending after city widening.
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Earl
Happyrland Avenue
Hayward
Lions
Myrtle
Paseline
Term Fine to Marine Hero Parris Island Hero PARRIS ISLAND
Korean War Medal of Honor recipient T/Sgt Alfred Lee McLaughlin, 28, of Leeds Alabama, was fined and sentenced to three months hard labor after a four member court martial found him guilty of drunkenness disrespect to an officer and being AWOL. He was credited with killing 150 enemy soldiers and wounding 50 at Bunker Hill in Korea. His fine was set at 120 dollars.
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Parris Island
S. C
Alfred Lee McLaughlin
Leeds
Ala
Eisenhower
McLaughlin
Bunker Hill
Korea
San Francisco Panhandler King Dies at 63
SAN FRANCISCO Tiny Armstrong once called the king of pan handlers and SF’s last great character has died at age 63. He passed Tuesday night at a city hospital from heart and kidney disease. Medical staff who cared for him did not know his identity, and hospital attendants packed away his cracked coat with gold buttons ten medals a starched top hat and his bird whistles.
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San Francisco
Tiny
Armstrong
Maiden voyage ship Mariposa hit by rough seas at Astoria
Five Line's 14000 ton liner Mariposa, on its maiden voyage to San Francisco, struck rough river bar near Astoria. Several aboard were injured including Jean Leonardi a galley utilityman from San Francisco with a leg fracture Milan Otterson a Portland sealeader with a knee injury Eric Johnson from Dallas Texas with a back bruise W P Roth Matson board chairman with possible rib fracture and Charles Blyth an investment broker with a cut leg. The ship's dining room and theater suffered damage as heavy swells delayed the capta in assisting the vessel to proceed.
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Matsonver
San Francisco
Jean Leonardi
Milan E. Otterson
Portland
Eric Johnson
Dalles
Tex
Texas Instrument Company
Cable
W. P. Roth
The
Matson Navigation Co
Charles Blyth
Trans- Faerie
Hergid Aune
Aune
Pan Am Stratocruiser Turns Back Over Oil Issue
A Pan American World Airways Stratocruiser carrying 69 aboard turned back to San Francisco after engine No 3 began burning excessive oil while 680 miles from Los Angeles en route to Honolulu. All occupants were rescued. the flight diverted for a replacement aircraft and landed safely at 8 12 am. The passengers were transferred to a second Stratocruiser which departed at 10 22 am bound for Honolulu.
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San Francisco
Pan American World Airways
Los Angeles
Pacific
Honolulu
Coast Guard
Pan Am
Flight
Frank Uren
Panl Am
Ditching Rescue Told by Skipper
SAN FRANCISCO Coast Guard cutter Pontchartrain rescued 31 aboard a Pan American Stratocruiser that ditched at sea. Cmdr William X Earle radioed the tale as the ship headed toward San Francisco after taking survivors about 1000 miles out. The crew deployed in a clockwork drill as Capt Richard Ogg reported engine trouble and possible ditching.
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San Francisco
Coast Guard
Pontchartrain
William X. Earle
Richard Ogg
Oil Company In Swindle Charged in New York
New York Attorney General Jacal Javits charged Texas Adams Oil Company and four officers in a 2.8 million dollar stock swindle. The case names relatives of Gloria McCarthy and Denise Darcel as defendants. A New York Supreme Court justice barred the four and the firm from ever engaging in the securities business in New York State.
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New York
Texas Adams Oil Company
Jacal Javits
Texas Oil
Gloria McCarthy
Denise Dar‘cel
Javits
State Supreme Court
Samuel di Falco
Four
New York State
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