Freed American fliers reported reaching Canton from China
Eleven U S airmen held by Communist China were said to have arrived in Canton and would travel by train to Hong Kong for a reunion with families. Officials warned rain and fog could affect the return flight, with decisions to delay expected in the afternoon.
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Hong Kong
China
Canton
U.S
Royal Observatory
Iate
Kwangtung Province
O’wighton
Simpson
Air Force
New Territories
Red China
Rumors and ripples in county politics and local life
A satirical column notes rumors of a new county club named the Lonely Heart Guild formed by widows of supervisors and talks of residence issues for reelection. It recalls an indignation meeting over dog-related license fees, mentions a Kelly logging road dedication on August 7 near Clov erdale, with speeches by Hillary Comstock and Douglas McKay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Lonely Heart Guild
Kelly
Cloverdale
Hillard Comstock
Santa Rosa
Douglas McKay
Secretary of the Interior
Soda Springs
Paul R. Kelly
Ben Cober
The
Daily Journal
Ukiah Swimmers Host Santa Rosa Swim Club
The Dolphins of Ukiah Recreation Department host the Santa Rosa Swim Club at Ukiah Municipal Pool. More than forty Ukiah swimmers compete in twenty events at 7 p.m. Santa Rosa won last week’s meet. Ukiah aims to improve and entertain local swimming enthusiasts with veteran visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolphins
Ukiah
Santa Rosa
American Farmer Tours Ukrainian Research Farm Hospitality
An American agricultural delegation in Ukraine visits the Ukrainian Research Institute of Animal Husbandry and its 15,000 acre experimental farm Ukrainka. They are greeted with flowers, a large farm dinner featuring fish, beef, chicken, dairy, and bread, followed by champagne and vodka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dnepropetrovsky
U.S.S.R
U.S.R
Ukrainia
Fach
mid-West
Fraga Hardware Opens In New Building
Fraga's Hardware opens in a new Standley and Oak street building opposite the post office. The store has been open all week with incomplete stocks and plans a formal opening Friday and Saturday August 19 and 20 with new display facilities inviting visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fraga's
Standley and
Oak Streets
Verdict Expected Today in Craig Grand Theft Trial
Superior court jurors were to decide today in the case of Frank C. Craig charged with six counts of grand theft totaling about 7000 dollars. Prosecutor Merle P. Orchard rested after testimony from three witnesses. Craig, 65, a Willits lumberman and former manager of Development Engineers, pleaded not guilty to embezzlement alleged during 1954.
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Superior Court
Frank C. Craig
Merle P. Orchard
Willits
Development Engineers
Los Angeles
Cochrane Names Coyote Dam Speaker Panel
Herb Cochrane announces a panel of fact finding speakers for the Coyote Dam project. Members include Joseph Shipman Lary Courtwright Walter Woodward Walker Tilley and Glenn Wright. Contact Cochrane or Ukiah Chamber of Commerce to engage services.
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Herb Cochrane
Chamber of Commerce
Coyote Valley Dam
Joseph Shipman
Lary Courtwright
Hollow Tree Lumber Company
Walter Woodward
Acccountant
Walker ‘Tilley
Masonite Corporation
Glenn Wright
Ukiah News
Coyote Dam
Mr. Cochrane
Uklah Chamber of Commerce
Merchants Set For 3 Day Bargain Event
Ukiah merchants sponsor a three day dollar day sale from tomorrow through Saturday. Housewives will have a chance to buy goods at bargain prices. John O. Wonder of the Ukiah Chamber of Commerce chaired the retail division as most stores join in the event to stimulate local business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ukiah
John O. Wonder
Ukiah Chamber of Commerce
Forgeries Endanger Local Firms Across Community
Police report nine forgery incidents with five suspects in custody. Calvin Brown cashed 36 dollars at Demeo Department Store. Clifford Stewart 85 dollars at Berman's Men's Shop. Ernie Lopez 175 dollars at Montgomery Ward. Pete Jackson 75 dollars at Montgomery Ward. Harry Freeman 25 dollars at Wyandt's Trailer Court. Billy and Shirley Freeman cashed 75 and 38 dollars at Redwood Tree Service Station and Three A Market. Christine Bufkin cashed 75 and 0 dollars at Venturi's Bar. Dan McIntosh 5.36 dollars at Mrs Joe Harra's. Jack Lane 55 dollars at Venturi's Bar and 55 dollars at the Forrest Club. Warrant issued for Bufkin and Lane. others in custody or under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Brown
Demeo
Clifford T. Stewart
Berman's Men's
Ernie Lopez
Montgomery Ward
Pete Jackson
Harry Freeman
Wyandt
Billy Freeman
Shirley Ann Freeman
Redwood Tree
Christine Bufkin
Venturi
Dan MclIntosh
Joe Harra
Jack L. Lane
Venturi’s
Forrest Club
September 13 Date Set for Bennett Trial
Dr. Clarence S. Bennett a 42 year old former Mendocino State Hospital psychiatrist faces a two day trial set for September 13 on a misdemeanor charge of driving a truck while under the influence of drugs other than narcotics He pleaded not guilty before Fred Goss in the judicial court Bennett resigned from the hospital July 25 and remains free on 500 bail pending trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence S. Bennett
Mendocino State Hospital
Fred Goss
Judicial Court
Bennet
New Housing Bill Extends Existing Law With Reforms
Washington reports the housing bill, a relatively simple extension of past programs, would expand FHA mortgage insurance by four billion dollars and add forty five thousand public housing units next year. It lifts limits on public housing for displaced low income families and recalls the 1949 program as the central debate point.
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Washington
LLP
United Press Staff
Congress
Federal Housing Administration
Mast Company Denied Motion For New Trial
Judge Lilburn Gibson denied Mast Lumber Company of Laytonville a retrial of Lauretta Rasmussen’s wrongful death suit. Rasmussen won $75,000 in damages awarded June 28, the largest Mendocino county judgment. The action named Mast and American Chain and Cable Company. only Mast faced judgment. Rasmussen’s husband, Clare Rasmussen, died June 10, 1951 at age 22 from injuries at the mill. Attorneys for Mast contended insufficient evidence and trial-law errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Mast Lumber Company
Laytonville
Lilburn Gibson
Mast
Lauretta R. Rasmussen
Lumber
American Chain and Cable Company
Rasmussen
San Francisco
Hale McCowen, Jr
Ukiah
James Palmquist
Oakland
Mrs Evans Returns From Eureka Visit
Mrs Everett Evans of 145 East Gobbi Street returns from Eureka where her husband lies injured at St Josephs hospital after a July 26 tunnel slide in. He sustained a broken hip and other wounds while repairing damage to the railroad tunnel between Alder Point and Fort Seward. He is progressing satisfactorily and expects to know when he can come home. Mrs Evans plans to return to Eureka Friday.
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Everett Evans
East Gobbi Street
Eureka
St. Joseph's Hospital
Evans
Alder Point
Fort Seward
50 Year Pin Presented To Royal Arch Mason Mannon
At the monthly Royal Arch Masons meeting in the Masonic Temple on Tuesday Charles M. Mannon received his 50 year pin marking half a century of lodge membership. Before the presentation members and their wives were served dinner.
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Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Temple
Charles M. Mannon
Lodge
Housing Bill Passed and Congress Adjourns
The Democratic controlled Congress adjourned sine die after approving a compromise housing bill despite Eisenhower objections. The session ended seven months with a Democratic imprint on domestic policy, while large parts of the president’s agenda were delayed or set aside. Lyndon Johnson criticized the unity label as largely inaccurate.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
St Louis mayor proposes Bermuda shorts for police uniforms
Mayor Raymond R. Tucker urged the police to wear Bermuda shorts and sport shirts with open collars and helmets this summer, telling Police Chief Jeremiah O Connell the lighter uniform would be used in warm weather. Vatican paper Osservatore Romano denounced Israel plan to bury 58 victims of the Real Airliner disaster in a common grave without religious ceremony as blasphemous and inhuman.
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ST. Louis
Raymond R. Tucker
Tucker
Jeremiah O'Connell
Vatican City
Osservatorie Romano
Israel
Touring Instructor Leads Ukiah Stop on Nation Tour
A Glendale high school social studies instructor tours the United States with 28 girls 6 boys and two chaperones. They travel without a fixed itinerary visiting scenic sites and landmarks, meeting notable people, camping or staying in towns. The group has keys to New Orleans and New York and aims to complete a 12 500 mile journey with a final stop in Glendale tomorrow.
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Glendale
Ukiah
Ther Wut Thmager
A.B. Marelson
Fhrouje
United States
A. P. Harrison
Glendale High School
Harrison
America
Y's
New Orleans
Trade Mart
Washington, D. C
New York City
Canada
Mexico
New York
Yosemite
Fresno
Redwood Highway
Idaho
Sodium Rocket To Illuminate Sky Over New Mexico
The United States plans to launch a sodium vapor rocket about 60 miles high over New Mexico to create a moonlike glow at twilight. Led by Naval Research Laboratory official Dr. Homer Newell, the test aims to probe the ionosphere’s sodium layer and aid data for a future 200 to 300 mile high artificial satellite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
New Mexico
Homer Newell
Naval Research Laboratory
London
D. R. Bates
Newell
Plumbers' Union To Hold Ukiah Session Thursday
Twenty members of the United Association Local 38 will meet for a dinner session at 7 30 p m in the Palace Hotel Ukiah. Attending are Joseph P Mazzola business manager Robert Costello from San Francisco Charles Harris Donald Crinella Dan Cohen and Box Tollini plus other contractors.
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United Association of Journeymen
Palace Hotel
Joseph P. Mazzola
Local 38
Robert Costello
Union
San Francisco
Charles Harris
Donald Crinella
Dan Cohen
Box and
Tollini
Northwestern California Weather Forecast Brief
Fair to moderate conditions across Northwestern California with coastal fog today and Thursday. Cooler late week with temperatures in the 90s inland and 50s at night, northwest winds 10 to 20 mph along the coast, and minor coastal fog at Fort Bragg areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Napa
Santa Rosa
Ukiah
Fort Bragg
Help Wanted: Lubrication and Car Polishing Man
Help wanted for lubrication and car polishing. Excellent opportunities with paid vacations hospitalization and a 44 hour week. Immediate opening. Apply in person to Frank Milnes at Cowan's Chevrolet No Highway.
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Frank Milnes
Cowan's
Chevrolet
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H. M. Ivey
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Fraga Hardware
Craig
Craigs
Arthur C. Wright
Phoenix
Arizona
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Cochrane
George Smith
Bennett
Mast Company
Walter F. George
Georgia
Mrs. Evans
Harvard Highway
Cober
Plumbers’ Union
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