NWP Overpass Receives Highway Approval in Rural California
Sacramento CNS reports approval of a new 3 mile routing for State Highway 20 Tahoe Ukiah link shortening the road by a third. Planned two lane construction costs 605000 with funds in the 1954 55 budget. right of way funds depend on future state highway funds. Also approved were straightening a four mile Willits Laytonville segment and a new four lane 101 extension with cost 550000 and 175000 for an underpass.
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Sacramento
CNS
Tahoe-Ukiah
State Highway Commission
Cold Creek
le Trianon
Blue Lakes
Willits
Laytonville
HilviNta
Irvine Lodge
Outlet
Long Valley
Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Outlet Creek
Ridgewood Summit
Northwestern Pacific
Forsythe Creek
State Division of Highways
Mendocino and
Lake County
Granite Construction Company
Watsonville
Cobb Post Office
Stewart & Squire
Corcoran
Speaker Urges Delinquency Research Funds
Miss Helen MacGregor, the first female California Youth Authority member, urged funds for delinquency research at Ukiah AAUW chapter. She said there are no easy answers to solving juvenile delinquency and noted her role as private secretary to former Governor Warren. About 2700 youths are mentioned as affected.
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Helen MacGregor
California Youth Authority
Ukiah
American Association of University Women
New Presbyterian
MacGregor
Warren
CYA
John Sweeley
Roy Swain
AAUW
Weather Summary for Northern California and Bay Area
Northern California remains fair today and Friday with fog along the coast south of Fort Bragg extending northward tonight. Valleys cooler Friday with variable winds 8 to 15 mph near the coast and mostly northwest in the afternoons. San Francisco Bay Region stays fair today tonight and Friday with coastal fog inland in mornings, mild conditions, and westerly winds 10 to 18 mph after noons. Highs reach 65 in San Francisco, 72 in Oakland, with San Mateo and San Rafael around 75 and 78.
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United Press
California
Ft. Bragg
San Francisco Bay Region
San Francisco
Oakland
San Mateo
San Rafel
Minutes Apart Injuries in Dual California Accidents
Two crashes separated by twenty minutes injured seven people yesterday afternoon. In the first collision on State 20 east of the Redwood Highway Ray Reed and five family members from Pine Bluff Arkansas were hurt and taken to Ukiah General Hospital. The driver Glenn Wilson of Lafayette was cited for driving on the wrong side of the road. In the second incident at 1 20 p m Mrs Louise Moran of New Haven Connecticut and Mrs Marie Frankforter of Santa Rosa were injured when a northbound car owned by John Frankforter was side swiped by a southbound tanker truck driven by James Campbell of Cloverdale. Campbell was cited for driving on the wrong side of the road.
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Ray Reed
Pine Bluff
Arkansas
Redwood Highway
State
California Highway Patrol
Glenn Wilson
Lafayette
Ukiah General Hospital
Laverne Reed
Ray Jr
Carolyn Sue
James Wilson Reed
Wilson
Reg Stinehoff
Louise Moran
New Haven
Connecticut
Marie Frankforter
John Frankforter
Santa Rosa
Frankforter
Hopland
James Campbell
Cloverdale
CHP
Campbell
Arif Stultz
Insurance Firms Delay Glasspox Payments
Hartford insurers adopt a wait and see stance on paying windshield damage claims from pockmarked glass. Most firms want to determine the cause before settlement, though T. A. Long of the National Hartford Group said his company will pay claims, noting many have been filed from Seattle ranging from 50 to 100 dollars.
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Hartford, Conn
T. A. Long
National of Hartford Group
Long
Seattle
Road Crash Leaves Two Hurt In Connecticut
In a collision, Mrs Maurie Frankforter aged 66 and Mrs Louise Moran aged 58 of New Haven sustained minor injuries as passengers in the Frankfort vehicle. Truck driver James Carap of Cloverdale was cited for driving on the wrong side of the road.
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Maurie Frankforter
Louise Moran
New Haven
Connecticut
Frankfort
James Carapl
Cloverdale
City Adopts Regular Paydays for Municipal Employees
City Council approves fixed paydays on the 8th and 23rd of each month effective May 1. A majority of employees approved the change by 54 to 8, citing previous irregular gaps causing financial difficulties. The council also waived a $100 daily license fee for the District Fair and allowed outside police protection during the three day event. May 19 set for hearing on a revised 1953 uniform plumbing code issued by Western Plumbing Officers of California.
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Charles Keene
Ation
Fair Board
Ukiah Police Department
Western Plumbing Officers
California
Business Progress In Ukiah And Mendocino County
Ukiah and Mendocino County show steady growth in population and commerce from 1940 through 1952. Retail establishments rise from 108 to 187, with city retail sales climbing from 7.7 million to 18.27 million. Per capita and family buying incomes also grow, underscoring economic stability in the Redwood Empire.
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R. Kenneth Evans
Redwood Empire
Ukiah
Mendocino County
Dents
Nehru bars U S airlift planes over India for Indo China
Nehru forbids U S airlift planes carrying French commandos from flying over India to Indo China, citing five to six year policy against foreign troops passing through Indian airspace. The move would force a roughly 3000 mile detour past Pakistan. U S forces convene in Wiesbaden to discuss the Paris to Indo China airlift.
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New Delhi
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
U.S
Dien Bien Phu
Indo-China
Wiesbaden
Germany
Paris
Nehru
Subcontinent
France
Orly Field
Karachi
Pakistan
Pedrini Denied Separate Trial in Reno Slaying
District Judge Har old Tatcer denied Leroy Linden and Frank Pedrini requests for separate trials on a murder charge. The California ex-convicts are set for a May 3 trial in District Court for the October 23 garroting of Clarence Morgan Dodd near Reno. They appeared handcuffed, shoeless, guarded by six deputies. both plead not guilty despite confessions of robbery and killing.
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Reno
Harold Tatcer
Leroy Linden
Los Angeles
Frank Pedrini
Santa Rosa
California
Clarence Morgan Dodd
Lancaster Carpenter
Dodd
Winnemucca
San Diego
Mulvany Demands Jury Trial In Assault Case
Russell Mulvany faces a jury trial scheduled for May 19 on charges of assault and battery against Clifford Wright. Mulvany pleaded not guilty to the charge before Judge W S Van Dyke yesterday and was released on $250 bail.
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Russell Mulvany
Clifford Wright
Mulvany
W. S. van Dyke
Highway contract for U S 99 grading awarded
Director of Public Works Frank B. Durkee awarded a 686677 dollar contract for grading and surfacing 3.7 miles on U S 99 between Project City and Mountain Gate in Shasta County. The award went to Fredrickson and Watson Construction Co of Oakland.
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Sacramento
Frank B. Durkee
U.S. 99
Project City
Mountain Gate
Shasta County
Fredrickson and Watson Construction Co
Oakland
McCarthy Acts Improper in Army Testimony
Maj Gen Miles W Reber testified that Sen Joseph McCarthy pressed for an Army commission for aide G David Schine. Reber said he pursued the request but Schine’s case was rejected, while McCarthy and Roy Cohn pressed for fast action. He noted no improper intent in calls but said pressure existed. the hearing opened on television in a Senate caucus room as part of probes into alleged improper means.
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Washington
Miles W. Reber
Joseph R. McCarthy
Awis
Army
David Schine
Reber
Congress
Senate
McCarthy
Schine
Roy M. Cohn
Cohn
Subcommittee
Karl E. Mundt
RSD
Robert T. Stevens
John G. Adams
Pentagon
Mundt
Pvt.Schine
Dickenson Admits Collaboration With Communists
Washington Army court martial heard Cpl. Edward Dickenson admit collaboration with Communist captors in a Korean prison camp. He said he joined after brutal treatment, wrote for Communist newspapers, made recordings, and circulated peace petitions among prisoners. He denied informing on other prisoners. Dickenson, from Crackers Neck Virginia, was among two non repatriates who returned after a mass exchange.
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Washington
Cpl
Edward
Dickenson
Tokyo
Crackers Neck
Northwestern Pacific crews clear massive landslide near Eureka
Northwestern Pacific work crews cleared a huge slide that blocked the mainline tracks 30 miles south of Eureka Monday night. The slide buried the tracks for about 180 feet and piled as much as 25 feet of earth and rocks on the right of way in some spots, the railroad said.
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Eureka
Northwestern Pacific
Here
Defense Power To Deter War Says Wilson
Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson outlined the administration's new look defense policy aimed at deterring major war and local aggression. He warned would be aggressors that U S air power provides warning of consequences and stressed readiness of forces and reserves. Army Navy and Air Secretaries accompanied the semi annual report to President Eisenhower and Congress detailing six months ending December 31.
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Charles W. Corrdry
Washington
LLP
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Army
Navy
Air
Eisenhower
Congress
Defense
United States
Robert T. Stevens
Army McCarthy hearing eyes ten day run
Special committee counsel Ray H. Jenkins said the Army McCarthy hearing could last ten days. A separate item reports a grand jury in Sacramento dismissed indictments charging two Yuba Sutter area men with attempting to bribe a federal trial witness. In San Francisco, prosecutors pressed to prove Harold Jackson is an ex convict alias Hans M. Anderson in the Muskovite kidnapping case.
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Washington
Ray H. Jenkins
Army-McCarthy
Sacramento
San Francisco
Harold Jackson
Hans M. Anderson
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New York
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
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Hearn
Garcia
Houtteman
Narae
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Atwell
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