29 Sep 1959
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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1959
Page
1
A humorous New York AP column pokes fun at parental lectures to teenagers. The piece sketches a string of mock exchanges where parents scold or quiz kids about dating, chores, language, schoolwork, and independence, echoing classic generational clash.
Walter F. Munford II, president of United States Steel Corp, dies from cerebral thrombosis after an accidental stabbing at his Cape Cod summer home. Funeral services are private in Hyannis Mass, with a routine autopsy deemed academic. A district attorney found no criminal aspects to the mishap as Mansart slipped on a polished floor carrying dishes.
Seaford England police hunt a thin man who squeezed through eight inch bars to steal $42 and a quantity of postage stamps from the local post office on Monday.
The Daily Review notes its second class matter status under Congress March 3, 4819 and lists subscription rates as 10 cents per copy and 34.30 per month. It provides Winton Avenue Hayward headquarters in Alameda County with multiple office contacts in Hayward San Leandro and Fremont.
Judge approves handwritten third will of Maxwell Anderson granting widow Gilda final and full estate share. Earlier unwitnessed documents rejected. decision reverses intestate ruling. Anderson died February 28 in Stamford Hospital aged 60.
Jerome Wieter 32 surrendered Monday in Los Angeles to admit making a false bomb threat aboard a Los Angeles to Chicago airliner. He had served time for a Seattle bomb warning in 1957 and was held on $500 bond. all flights from LA International Airport were searched and no explosives found. Wieter, a seven year Army veteran, had earlier confessed setting two fires threatening a block on Hellywood, and underwent a sanity hearing before a veterans hospital treatment.
Adlai E. Stevenson said Khrushchev hinted at international control and inspection during talks in Iowa. He framed Khrushchev as open to phased disarmament with on-site access and verification, contrasting U.N. speech expectations with new light on the proposals.
WALLINGTON UP I The State Department's authority to bar Rep. Porter from going to Red China was upheld by Judge McGuire who ruled the department has exclusive control of foreign policy and Porter lacked congressional authorization for the trip. Porter's sister John Silard argued the trip relates to his legislative duties. an appeal to the Supreme Court was anticipated.
London AP reports Britain's Conservative Party shifts to aggressive campaigning as polls show a narrowing margin. Party chairman Lord Hailsham warned of a tough, hard hitting effort ahead of Parliament elections, amid a nine day countdown and a Daily Mail poll suggesting only a two percent Conservative lead.
Washington reports President Eisenhower moved to thaw the steel dispute by summoning industry and union leaders to White House talks. He called the delay intolerable and urged a quick resumption of negotiations, signaling possible but uncertain progress toward ending the seven day walkout involving about 300,000 steelworkers. The White House said talks could shift to immediate mediation but warned an injunction seemed unlikely without consulting spokesmen from both sides.
Dr. Paul Dudley White said Eisenhower is a “really healthy man” but “had enough” of the presidency if a third term were legally allowed. White, who treated the President after his 1955 heart attack, noted no change in health and added the President is “a really wealthy man.”
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev travels from Moscow to Peiping for the 10th anniversary of Mao's Communist government. He aims to press for a thaw with the United States while China faces tensions over Laos, Tibet, and the Indian border. Suslov and other top Soviet leaders join the visit as Peiping Radio stays quiet on a U.S. delegation.
Almanac for Tuesday September 29 notes Venus as the evening star with Jupiter and Saturn visible. Historical remembrances include 1789 when War Department created a regular army of 700 soldiers for three years, and 1758 birth of Horatio Nelson. Also mentions Otto von Bismarck’s “blood and iron” quote and other 19th century events.
Governor Brown led the groundbreaking blast at Trenchman Dam marking the start of the California Water Plan. He outlined bond issues and project financing, stressing fair distribution of benefits while urging unity to solve water needs across the state. Assemblywoman Pauline Baylis, State Sen. Stanley Arnold, and Rep. Harfield T. Johnson joined the ceremony.
Dr Frederick J Stare, Harvard nutrition chair, told the 17th Annual American Newspaper Representatives Food Editors Conference in Chicago that fad diets and quack claims drain 500 million dollars annually from American households. He warned they distort faith and promise youth and health while threatening disease and premature death, hindering scientific progress and confusing homemakers.
Hollywood star David Niven and his wife Ivorie are reportedly together but not reconciled. The AP cites the South Korean Defense Ministry confirming North Korea’s air force had not disclosed their status, with earlier separation announced July 16.
TRENTON, NJ. The state reports 13 deaths from an encephalitis outbreak in southern and central New Jersey, with 48 suspected cases this year. Gov Meyner and Health Commissioner Roscoe P Randle stress the disease is declining but remain vigilant as agencies coordinate to stamp out the illness.
The US Public Health Service reports more babies born Jan July 1939 than any prior period with 2,434,000 births. July births estimated at 378,000, not a July record though up 3.3 percent from 1938. Marriages and divorces also increased in July.
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