23 Sep 1959
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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1959
Page
1
Hal Boyle relates a 90 day dieting experiment sparked by a boss’s bet. He quits alcohol, follows a simple plan with modest carbs and daily walks, loses about 40 pounds to reach 177, and notes improved mood and attention from coworkers, with a neat reward and social perk.
In Milwaukee Wisconsin police sergeant Joe Friday fatally shot Roscoe B Simpson 20 who allegedly killed Mrs Sylvia Fins 39. A second sergeant Raymond Nencki 38 was critically wounded in the gun battle as residents hid behind locked doors during the confrontation following a Monday slaying.
The AFL CIO national convention approves raises totaling $30,000 for President George Meany and Secretary Treasurer William Beichitel er. The action raises their annual salaries to $40,000 and $8,000 respectively, with MEANY’s pay increased to 40,000 and Beichitelers to 8,000. The report includes a chaotic sequence of unrelated violence involving two men, Nencki and Simpson, culminating in a shooting incident and killings unrelated to the pay raise decision.
Senate subcommittee chaired by Thomas C. Hennings convened to study juvenile delinquency as New York faces a surge in youth gang violence. Mayor Robert F. Wagner testified as witnesses included prosecutors and officials detailing four youth murders in eight days and a grand jury indicting seven youths with nicknames Dracula The Cape Man and The Umbrella Man. The defendants ages range from 20 to 27.
Edith Mackey, 33, was jailed in Brooklyn after storming a public school classroom and assaulting teacher Eda Tanne, 40, when Brenda Mackey, 7, was late for class. Mackey was charged with third degree assault and held on 1000 bond ahead of a Friday hearing.
A tropical cyclone named Gracie moved slowly through the Atlantic about 800 miles from Florida with winds up to 10 mph. No immediate U.S. threat was seen, but small craft warnings extended along the Florida East Coast northward. The center was 15 miles east northwest of San Salvador Island in the Bahamas at midnight CDT, about 440 miles south southeast of Miami.
The item lists subscription and office addresses for The Daily Review in Hayward California with multiple branch offices in Leandro Fremont and Sycamore areas and mentions general mailing and circulation details. It notes address lines at Winton Ave Hayward and Jefferson Ave in nearby cities, plus an audit bureau reference.
Leonard Larson, survivor, recalls the February event on Lake McKee near Schoolcraft County in the upper peninsula. He and others struggled after a 12 foot boat capsized, with Dora 41 and 19 children among the dead, while Larson managed to reach shore and seek help. State conservation officers recovered all bodies within two hours.
AFL-CIO delegates in San Francisco debated thorny problems including jurisdictional disputes and racial discrimination. A proposed executive board to settle disputes with limited power drew mixed reactions from unions wary of ceding control and sparking divisions.
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson told the Texas County Judges and Commissioners Assn that the United States cannot solve its problems with slogans and complacency. He warned against a smug foreign policy and warned Khrushchev favors dictatorship as the path to prosperity, urging a stronger national stance.
The wreckage of a Navy jet crashed during a storm near Sonoma California was found on a farm in the Macagantas Hills. Lt. Cig Gerald G. Atkinson Fall City Nebraska and Aviation Metalsmith ZC Charles L. Ray Deerfield Wisconsin were killed. The plane was en route from Whidby Island Washington to Alameda Naval Air Station when blown off course.
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