26 Oct 1959
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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1959
Page
1
NY AP column surveys odds and ends from everyday life and history. Notes include diseases from pets, Hammurabi surgery punishments, dieting trends, laundry costs, Hoover remark, crowding, drug addiction stats, and a curious frog fact.
New Delhi reports indicate Nehru and top officials pledged a strong stand against China after a border clash near Ladakh. Peiping claims Indian troops fired first, while China says seven Indian prisoners are held and nine bodies recovered. Official circles seek a swift resolution and caution against appeasement.
Ines entered at the Hayward California post office as second class matter under the act of Congress March 3 1879. Communications should be addressed to Winlon Av Barat.
Manor School elected student president Leviene Maher at Washington Manor School. Other officers chosen include Richard Lockwood as vice president Kathy Ryan Nancy Tangren sergeant at arms Brink Christine Moyers and Betty Thodick as girls sergeant at arms Mary Jane Wilha as historian and Mary Jane Wilha as guidance chairman.
Los Angeles reports that Brazilian industrialist Giacomo Franco says Brazilians would die for convict Caryl Chessman. He notes Brazil’s interest exceeds any event in five years and criticizes California Governor Brown for denying clemency. Franco claims Chessman could be welcomed if freed.
Algiers report by UPI notes Tewat Méhavid walked 91 miles from his tent village to Algiers to claim his pension and seek peaceful life. Mississippi church to be served by Mississippi Electric Power Co. until 1968. Perth laundry earns traffic fines as worker commutes by riverboat, eight minutes vs eleven by car. Honolulu amateur driver David Ford claims a world record for underwater stay of 76 hours 32 minutes. Pollard's Hill youths reveal hobbies with jokes about living and girls and boys.
Virginia Krafft Dore, 39, socialite and Honey Bear Farm official, was found dead at her Genoa Wisconsin home above a garage. An autopsy was ordered to determine cause as investigators described a possible accident or foul play amid statements from husband Francis Dore and Krebs family.
Paul Ny Dwyer, 40, ends life sentence for murder after 22 years. He reentered the “Gut Side” world as a teen. A former deputy sheriff was later jailed for the same killing of Dr James G. Littlefield and released. Dwyer said he changed his plea from innocent to guilty at trial due to fear of the deputy jailer. Dwyer, who never finished high school, will work as manager of a 33 room stone hotel in Norway near Paris Hill, his birthplace.
Washington AP reports an interview with General Marshall claiming the United States did not fully understand the atomic bomb’s power before its use. The piece references postwar trials, Dwyer’s guilty plea, and implications of the weapon’s role in ending World War II.
Edward T. Lehnarr, jury commissioner and secretary to Alameda County Superior Court, will be guest speaker at the Hayward Lions Club meeting. The gathering is scheduled for Wednesday at 12:45 p.m. at Hide Tea Garden, 223.
Almanac entry for Monday October 26 1959 notes the 709th day of the year with 66 remaining, mentions Venus as morning star and Mercury Jupiter Saturn as evening stars, lists events such as Charles V dedicating a monument in 1369, George III crowned in 1760, Erie Canal opening in 1825, Wilson's 1916 neutrality remark, and a Cork hunger strike prison cell comment, ending with a thought from Joseph Conrad.
The 50.50 Club plans weekly meetings with card games and dancing from noon to nine. Members are invited to join at the club venue to enjoy BM cards and social activities in a community setting.
A local meeting titled An Elected Mayor is set for tomorrow at Wooldrow. William Chdler, FSN president, notes the event will discuss mayoral election processes and community impact in Eastshire.
Premier Nikita Khrushchev prepares to report before the Supreme Soviet Tuesday after a six day trip to Romania and a prior tour of the United States. He is expected to outline Russia's seven year plan to catch up with and outpace the United States and to frame the ongoing cold war.
Castro Valley report states Gus Nelson has been elected student body council member along with Christine Alexander Jim Coate and Hilgermin Bissell as officers at Glifton School.
In Moscow, Dr. Vladimir Demiktov, an experimental specialist, announced success implanting hearts in two dogs. He showed the dogs to reporters, saying the second heart reduced the original heart's workload. He hopes to try a human heart transplant by year end using a recently deceased donor and electrical revival within 12 hours.
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