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School Boards; Peninsula Hit C. SET FOR 10DE START 2 SAN MATEO TIMES THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1954 To Elect Leaders (Continued From Page I By Fire Series $25000 Suit in Fatal Accident HEDWOOD CITY; July 1. A $25,000 suit, was on file today in superior court here in bebalf of members oi a Belmont family involved in a fatal trEific accident in1 Belmont last April 19. Gang Stabs 4 have seen action i.a Korean waters. Here, too, official greeting ceremo nies will take place.

The ships will be open to the public on Saturday, outlined Jr'rom rage une living in the structure which caught fire, firemen re m. to noon; Sunday, a a. m. io 5. i.

Fare Hike Faces Battle (Continued From Page One) in the middle, of the day you have to wait an hour, sometimes two, for a train. Better service during the day. would increase the customers," he added. Prendergast further stated that the increased rush hour commute business since: the company's last fare increase in 1950 should making it money. "If the company is 'losing money on its commute service, it.

would have to prove it to me," he said. ported. Cause of the blaio was not determined, 11 a. and on Monday, the final day, 9 a. m.

to noon, Men from the ships will march in Sunday's pa Jay a. truck, driver, was San Mateo fire department re with numerous drill units led by the internationally famous Half Moon Bay Dons. There will, be more floats this year than ever before. Location of the judges' reviewing stand is being (witched this year to in front of the Redwood City city hall on Middlefield road. Youth Program Aided "El Toro" known in private life as actor Ion Diamond, sidekick of Kit Carson arrived yesterday and wiJ spend the next two days making numerous radio and television appearances.

Association killed when his dump truck went out decontrol on Ralston avenue overturned and burned. The truck rade. At fi o'clock officials and spec ceived the first call and stood by at the fire awaiting arrival of a county crew. Three pieces of equipment were dispatched from struck iauto driven by Jack At Church Fete EAST LOS ANGELES ftri A 19 year old boy lay near death today alter a gang of screaming hoodlums, armed with jagged wine 'buttles, knives and tire irons, broke into a church, attaelted a social group and stabbed four youths Sheriff's investigators said the attackers, estimated at 18 in number, roared up to the church in six ejrs last night, jumped out and bolted into the church where they attacked 30 persons with their weapons. tators will gather at the entrance tc the r.iSeo grounds' concession area and the ribbor.

will be severed Keyes, 2523. Carmelita avenue. Bel Disaster Under Flood Debris (Continued From Page One) of his city's tragedy with tears ip. his eyes. "I heard hundreds crying for help' in the dark, but 1 couldn't help them," he said.

"You could hear people shouting (or help, but you couldn't see th'em. You coulfl hear houses collapsing, then screams then nothing." Bodies jn Trees The next day, Olivares said, destruction was everywhere. There were bodies in trees, some of them tied in the upper branches, bodies in piles of debris, and some caught on barbed wire fences. "I believe there are lots of bodies under the mud of the adobe cuts and in the wreckage of tlie houses," he said. United Slates Consul Charles Talifierro in Piedras Negras doubted a death toll as high as 500 but added: "It is possible." Members of San Mateo county elementary, high school and College of San Mateo trustee boards are scheduled to meet tonight, as itipulated by law to hold reorganisation meetings to elect chairmen and secretaries.

Several of the boards have brief agendas to complete unfinished June businessand get the fiscal year under way. San Mateo Union High school trustees, in addition to' electing a chairman and secretary, will award contracts lor rehabilitation of the boys' gymnasium, including earthquake proofing, and construction of a girls' gymnasium, Two bids are before the board, one by Morris Daley for $320,782 and the other by Pacific Coast Builders for $329,850 for the combination job. girls' gymna mont, and rn which his wife, An the county central fire station west of Belmont. Cut Flowers Consumed Cause of a flash fire in a stor with appropriate ceremony to admit the first spectators. Participating in the event will be Kit Carson, "El Toro," Queen Joanne and hoi attendants, members of the officials, announced that due They should go out of business age shed garage at the Jim Nakario trictive contract clauses, neither they lose money on the com be seen in the parade.

mute run nmiHv hoard of supervisors, the actor nursery, 925 Woods ide road, at p. m. yesterday has not been estab gela, and their son, Ronald, 9 were riding. Defendants in the suit are the Asbury Trucking company, Stafford's employer, and Aiford K. Hathaway, owner of the trucfc The suit asks $15,000 for injuries allegedly suffered by Mrs.

Keyes in the accident and $10,000 for the boy's injuries. In special damages are sought in behalf of all three members of the family. Will Rogers, 318 Iris street, Red wood City, vice president of the Mayor Sidney Hearkner, Peninsula duiinj; the rodeo. lished. Destroyed in the shed were an automobile; valued at $1000 and $2500 worth of nursery supplies.

was also pointed out mat xne Celebration Association President They aiso broke bowled over a niano and knocked down "iris and trustees who were proceeds froai the concession area will go towEird furthering youth recreation program.s and aid to handicapped children of this1 area. In addition, Nakano said, $3000 worth of flowers were destroyed. K'akano told, firemen he had been ductins a needlework and casmet sium will be built east of the swimming pool and adjacent to the girls' Redwood City San Carlos Commuters club, commented that certainly doesn't seem to be the time for a fare increase. The railroad is going to get quite a bit of opposition to it," "With things as a whole standing still ir. many businesses, it seems ics ciass in the Litttle Church of 1I1 1 F.astside.

working near the shed only five locker rooms. Both gymnasiums In addition, the ultimate goal of minutes before he discovered it wiu provide facilities for 850 stu Marct Aviia, IB, was rushed the Peninsula association is to divert all its profits toward the same aimosT. completely enveloped dents each, to General hospital in critical There no doubt that some to me like a poor time to be seek Ferris Miles, Executive jaans.ger Carl Ferrell and others. First Talent Snow; The first youth talent show will follow the ribbon cutting ceremony at 7 p.m. in the big new sport and hobby tent which is some 130 feet by 80 feet.

Dancing in the newly floored and covered pavilion, to the music of Big Jim DeNoon and the Hoffman Hayride gang with Cottonseed Clark as master of ceremonies will continue from 9 p.m: to 1 a.m. Meanwhile, plans were under dititm from two stab wounds in his lungs. He was not expected to purpose as scon as possible. A surplus working fund is being main Maintenance Men on Strike (Continued From Page One) lished immediately, said R. bodies were washed down the river and we'll never know how many," he said.

ing, a rise in commute rates, he stated. "I had a hunch something like live. shortlv after the attack, autnori tained at the present time to provide for the purchase of new land, Tipeded becaiuse of the routing of Although no dead were reported this was in the wind ever since the ties seized three members of the notorious "White Fence" gang and them cn suspicion at' as SP announced it was goinjf to pur the future Bayshore freeway link at Laredo, Associated Press reporter Dave Chcavens said there was chase some new coaches," said Ray ciu with intent to coniir.it through present rodeo properly Big Concession Area Cereghino, 2439 Brewster avenue, a former director of the. club. for preparation oi the most The concession area this year will be the biggest ever promoted French Give Up Big Indo Area (Continued From Page One) riers.

Every night the same peasants who helped dig oiit the mines and filled in the boles for the French would return and sabotage them agair. Defend Hanoi The evacuation of the sector indicated the high command now plans to keep its foothold in North Two tank trucks and a five man crew were dispatched from the county station. Crews also arrived from the Woodside, Redwood City and Menlo Park fire departments and stood by in case they were needed. Cigaret Starts Blase Firemen blamed a carelesslv tossed cigaret for the grass fire which yesterday blackened a large area behind Sequoia hospital and threatened several residences. The blaze, which raced through ttndor dry grass' up a hill, apparently started near Cordilleras road.

The fire, driven by a strong breeze, Rivers, president of the Communications' Workers of America local to which the men belong. Pickets will be held back, he said, in hopes that new progress can be made in negotiations. Observers considered it unlikely that telephone exchanges would be picketed before Tuesday. A. spokesman for the Pacific colorful parade in the ceiewaiions history.

About seven big marching bands' will participate, together at the It will include 23 special game, refreshment and dis Tax BUI Near play booths sponsored ly civic Eraternal and service organizations At the same time, it was an FHA Vice Rife, Probers Hear (Continued From Page One) Simon brought up the report, re nounced that' radio station' KVSM will do all ot its broadcasting from Revolt Victors Haggle Terms (Continued From Page 1) Telephone and Telegraph company, in whose buildings the installers are working, said the walkout would have no effect upon phone Indochina by defending Hanoi, a the rodeo grounds during Friday Saturday and Sunday. A special snundriroofei. booth has been con corridor surrounding the road and president, but he said it had net CPpuw? Picketing Senate Passage WASHINGTON (IF; The administration's big tax reform bill rolled toward passage in the senate today with both Republicans and Democrats claiming plenty of political ammunition on tax matters for next jTovcmber. Rival Republican and Democratic plans for cutting income taxes were, defeated on nearly traioht nartv line votes late yes no water, no power and a shortage of medical supplies at Nuevo Laredo. Tbere, too, homeless refugees huddled in the hills where the Pan American highway points southward Laredo Recovers Laredo, a city of neariy 60,000, was isolated nearly all day yesterday, but late in the day limited traffic was allowed out of the city over a state highway covered by two feet of water.

By nightfall tonight, it. was expected that auto traffic might be approaching normal. The Red began giving ly injections to an estimated 1)000 persons al Laredo. They were the 1200 families forced from their homes by the flood waters. Laredo had no municipal water and was faced with a mounting health problem.

Mayor Joe C. Martin hoped to turn on the water today but said the river would have to drop five feet before anything could be done. Such a drop seemed out of the question before late to structed. This station will also air the 6 p. ra.

ribbon cutting cere would be a different to be inciting revolt in Escuintla, been proved. Neither he. nor Bo threatened, homes on Hillcrest avenue owned by G. Castro, Emil Wachtel, Guy Bunch, John Coulter and Peter Gallagher A fence on the Castro property was "ourned, as was part of the garage on the Wachtel property. Three acres of marsh grass were story.

Rivers said all CWA employes, involving most of the company's 30,000 employes, would re railroad to Haiphong and the Tonkin gulf port Tt was the biggest pullback by the French since the war started almost eight years ago and the French expected it to have devastating effects on free world opinion. spect the picket lines. Indications were only buildings in which th burned yesterday afternoon near the Dumbarton bridge approach. terday. But senators on both sides indicated they were satisfied since, when election time comes, nearly alt of them will be able to say thev voted in favor tax cuts for Child Revived in At one awoop the bitterly anti Communist bishoprics of Bui Chu and Phut Diem were submerged and lost Given up, "too, were Thet Binh and the textile producing vard identified the FHA employe.

Frost refused on fifth amendment grounds of possible self incrimination to answer a of questions about his dealings with contractors doing business with the agency. One question concerned a 1953 motel party, allegedly paid for by contractors. Special Counsel William Simon asked if Frost himself did not suggest the party and whether three girls were not paid total of $400 after the party. Frost, a tall, gray haired man in a powder blue suit, declined to answer that or oilier questions mentioning poker games and deep sea fishing trips. Pmula and Concepcion, noiceas oi communism about 30 miles from Guatemala City.

Nuncio Stands by During last night's conference the papal nuncio to Guatemala, Msgr. Gennaro Verolino, stood by outside the closed The Popa's representative said he had been asked by Monzon to "do what I can and help if asked." U.S. and Salvadorean officials expressed hope the talks would lead to an anti Red coalition oE Castillo Armas and Monzon which would wipe out the Communists wtio became entrenched in the Caribbean land during the regime of ousted Prc sident Jacobo Arbenz Guzman. Monzon, clad in a neat business Phone Mixup mony tomorrow. All three rodeo performances will be broadcast by the litation.

On Saturday the concessions open at nooii and at the same time a horse parE.de will be held from downtown Redwood. City to the rodeo grounds. Grand entiy for the first rodeo nerformance is scheduled for 1:30 p. m. with Kit Carson and El Toro appearing at 2:30 p.

Big Day on the Fourth The second youth talent shew begins at 7 p. m. Saturday and dancing will again be held from 9 p. m. to 1 a.

m. The huge Fourth of July parade with the seven bands will begin at 11:30 a. m. Sunday. The second Western Electric men worked would be picketed.

In these places, a phone company spokesman saidj supervisory personnel would step into the breach. Most exchanges, he said, wouldn't be affected because no phone installers were working in them and hence presumably w.ould net be picketed. 17.000 Out NEW YORK OP) Seventeen everybody. And the Eisenhower admimstra province of Nam Dinh. Reds Move In MILLBRAE, July 1.

Millbrae fire department inhalator squad was summoned last right by a The withdrawal started at dawn tion was delighted at the voting because it has been fighting tooth and nail against income tax cuts telephone operator to go to 114 Slight. Meanwhile, the city was getting water from an uneoniaminated reservoir by 15 busy tank trucks, i that would nlay r.avo" with its hnrlent. As a result, the senate expected to pass the administration's reform rodeo performance is scheduled Bill virtually lmaut ueiuiu ujul fail. Already passed by the house Atomic Lead Seen Cold War Gain thousand CIO workers who install and maintain telephone, equipment were called. on strike across the nation today, but a delay in picketing eased any immediate threat of crippled phone communications.

In previous strikes, failure of long distance telephone operators to cross picket lines has caused difficulties. However, dial phones and 'auto Cbadboume avenue. The squad went to the address and on inquiry found that no call had been sent, In a following investigation it was learned that Sandra Gomez, 6, was choking. Her parents appealed to the telephone operator for help and then located, through efforts of the operator, a doctor. The child was taken to Peninsula hospital and after emergency, treatment recovered.

It was later learned that grandparents of the girl did not know of the other telephone appeal when they 'told the inhalator sqtmd no call had been sent to the fire Tuesday under heavy air cover. Communist troops immediately moved into Phat Diem. The high command's announcement yesterday that troops were being withdrawn from Nam Dinh caused new Vietnamese Premier Noe Dinh Diem' to fly from Saigon to Hanoi and protest the action. Ngo Dinh Diem said' he would also investigate reports the French were preparing to give up Hanoi itself. The French, both here and in Paris, repeatedly have denied making a secret deal with the Reds to evacuate the entire Red river delta.

the measure carries tax relief for groups oE individuals and various tax benefits aimed at encouraging business expansion and the creation of mere jobs. suit, arrived in a plane piloted by Col. Vernon 75. Martin of San Francisco, air attache to the U.S. Embassy at Guatemala.

Castillo Armas, still wearing his field khaki, arrived in a plane piloted by Col. Rodolfo Menrioza, whose brother Miguel is chief of the rebel air force. Tahoe Forest Fire Believed in Hand TAHOE CITY tl A fire which swept through 60 acres of forest larid at the north end of Lake Tahoe is still burning today, bin tire fighters say it is unlikely it can again break out of control. The fire started about a mile from Tahoe City and gusts of wind, ranging as. high as 25 miles per hour, fed the fire yesterday and prevented fire fighters from checking it, WASHINGTON Russia might be able to use a lead in atomic industrial power develop ment as a lever to nutihnneuvpr tho matic equipment could continue to United States in the cold war be operate for some time before need Times Story ine attention or repairs.

for 2 p. with Kit Carson and El Toro due about 3:30 p. m. Aerial fireworks, climaxing the celebration, will he touched off in the arena soon after dark Sunday night and following the third youth talent show at 7 p. m.

Last jiighi of dancing will be Sunday from 9 o'clock until 1 o'clock in the morning. Monday's schedule calls for the opening of concessions at noon, along with a horse parade from downtown Redwood City to the rodeo grounds. Ficals of the rodeo contests will be held at 1:30 p. with Carson and El Toro due at 2:30 p. and the talent show finals will begin at 7 p.

m. Connecticut officials estimate that the state will need new public schools costing 5243,000,000 by 1960. Unites Friends The CIO Communications Workers union announced early this morning that "the strike is on." In some areas the walkout was delayed until. 11 a. EDT.

No explanation was given, In New York it was also an nrainrerl that the nresent nlan of tween communism and the free world. American atomic officials contemplated this prospect today in light of the Soviet's claim to have put into operation a nuclear power plant with a 5000 kilowatt electrical power output. While there was no immediate official confirmation of the announcement made by Moscow ra REDWOOD CITTt', July 1. A Stock Market news story in The Times has re united two friends who worked together in New York five years ajio I the equipment'installers is to delay the nation until next Tuesday nrvrniho Witt an official said this NEW YORK inP) la Icnillnir I I i Ll ur. I nThoD Icai'ns inrniN lnuod trltlibut lu 771.3 1 VolV'ilth; .1 I .1 Tm.

ttfti. Considernble evenir up In advance Strike Averted In Shipyards PORTLAND, Ore. OPl A strike of 14,000 AFL metal workers in 133 Pacific Coast shipyards was avert Fiurlr the session nriccs sllpaer: plan was "subject to change:" Late last night Western Electric, i manufacturing arm of the Bell Telephone System, offered a gen eral hourly pay boost of from 4 7 cents. The company's previous offer had been from 4 to 6 cents, The union, whose contract ex 1 dio yesterday, there also was no disposition to deny that Russians had succeeded in getting an atomic power plant into operation. U.

S. Steel Raises Price $3 a Ton NEW YORK (in The United States Steel corporation today raised steel prices' an average of $3 a ton. The rise had been forecast yes stefLmp. lef an aver oeo Km. tieel hud lo jked for h'o i i'j i 1 37 SLjhL 7.N.

U.h lj I ITil ed today when tentative agreement and who, unknown to each other, now live in San Mateo county. The story concerned the adoption by the county board of supervisors of the 1954 55 county budget and tmoled Pat Merrick, executive secretary of the San Mateo County Taxpayers' association, in praise of the budget. The story was read by Mrs, Miles Hebex cr, who lives in a Hillsida apartment. She called it to the attention of her husband, a publicist, who contacted Merrick and arranged the reunion. In 1949, Merrick, who now lives in San Carlos, and Heborer, worked for the state of New York.

Merrick was a public relations consultant and Heberer was head of the radio division of the state chamber of commerce. Neither Merrick nor Heberer was aware of the whereabouts of the other until The Times story appeared. was reached on new contracts. Thomas A. Rotell, secretary of the Pacific Coast Metal Trades council, sail employers offered a nRECORDft SALE Buy One Popular Record AT THE REGULAR PRICE Get Another For Only ONE CENT Hundreds of Top Hits Await Your Choice pired May has been demanding ti to 8 cents more an hour.

Current wages average $1.36. S.M. Pilot on Mercy Flight (Continued From Page One) time of the day, before attempting to climb a mile and a half into the terday by Benjamin F. Fairless, chairman of S. Steel.

The advance amounts to 2A per cent, the announcement said. Clifford F. Hood, president of the company, said today the new prices were made necessary because ox" increased, production costs resultjng from a settlement made with steelworkers' union. wage incre.ise of "in excess of five cents" an liour. The offer will be submitted for ratification to locals involved, h.s said Old coiitraets expired at midnight Ias1 night.

Negotiators worked most of Tuesday, and Wednesday in reaching the agreement. The unions first asked 27 cents an Ib.our package increase and employers offered no increase. Later, employers offered five cents an hour but the union turned it down as inadequate. A strike had been Its dividend. General Molurs rtiae Li 37l SO ullro Ji Paradise Pastor Sought by Law lia.64, oi! 0.15; IS a and slocks 121.50.

approximated 1.BQ0.C A band of volunteer rescuers with litteTs are standing by close to the accident scene prepared to attempt to take the injured man out if the helicopter fails to climb high enough. This would probably hp fatal, according to the doctor Poor's cle slns Carlos Calls Meet To OK Fireworks ITImei Counts Newi Ser)ee SAN CARLOS, July 1. A special meeting of the San Carlos city council has been called, for 1 p.m, tomorrow at city hall for purposes of empowering City Clerk Kathleen M. Grant and Mayor Paul Kelly to sign an agreement with Ted Smyth, owner of the Belmont Stadium, for use of the stadium by the city for a fireworks display the night of July 4, City Administrator Harry L. Grant announced 72 dt in 2.1.

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They told him, Lyde said, attempts to recover money turned over to the Rev. Mr. Strauss by Alameda Kids Free of Polio OAKLAND 0i None of the 71641 children in southern Alameda county who recejved shots in the Salfc polio vaccine test has con trar.ted. infantile paralysis, Dr. James C.

lUalcnlm, county health office repeated today. The figure given by the health director represents the entire number of children participating both those who received the actual vaccine and those who were given harmless injunctions of distilled water. 'The total also shows that otdy a lew more' than half of 14,000 children eligible in the area actually participated. America! Smeltine mini! nil! mmmmmammmmmM KIDDIE PHONOGRAPH SPECIAL! GENUINE BOZO KIDDIE PHONOGRAPH church members were answered with Biblical quotations. that God's work in Paradise and Butte county International 3Harv HOME iiiriF! LOANS ImS? TO BUILD, BUY OR REFINANCE jp 5 10 15 20 Years to Repay was not being done properly.

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