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Newspaper
Ukiah Daily Journal
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1955
Page
1
Spotlight column argues spaceflight inspires wanderlust while hometown poker games are deemed legitimate. It notes optimism for Twentieth Century advances toward the moon, with the idea of humanity reaching celestial goals as a long-running pursuit.
Three winners were chosen from 29 contestants at Grace Heidt auditions at the Palace Hotel. Shirley Smith of Lakeport Dan Goulart from Clear Lake Oaks and Charlotte Sandford of Wyant's trailer court Ukiah earned spots on the August 14 Heidt show.
Dos Palos native Dan Haleouth will become managing editor of the Ukiah Daily Journal on Monday August 15 succeeding Donald Zyistra who departs for the Denver Post. Haleouth comes from Crowe Publications and has held editor and managing editor roles at several papers. he served in US Air Force public relations during both World War I and the Korean War. He plans to reside in Ukiah with his wife Dorothy and children Wayland Dan, Kimberly, and Arden.
Remaining Ukiah area contractors who had not signed joined last night at the Palace Hotel for a joint dinner with Local 38 officers and the Joint Industry Board. The pact sets rates at 3.56 per hour including benefits and outlines health welfare old age pension and vacation contributions as the area aligns with San Francisco Marin Sonoma Mendocino standards.
Ralph Leedham and Charles Hemenway of Smith River and Clarence Wilson of Compton were injured when their car collided with a cement truck Friday at 5:30 am, three miles south of Laytonville. They were taken to Howard Hospital in Willits. Leedham's condition was satisfactory, the others were treated and discharged.
Fire crews battled a grass and sawdust fire along State Highway 20 yesterday evening at 7:60 p.m. A passerby reported smoke near the roadside. Firefighters contained the blaze with no injuries reported.
Frank C. Craig, 65, was found guilty by a 12 member jury on four counts of grand theft totaling 6300. The trial followed his extradition from Phoenix and a prior flight. sentencing is set for next week.
The polio outbreak in Boston is labeled an epidemic by a federal official and not overly alarming by state officials. Boston reports 271 of 699 state cases with 22 deaths. authorities caution visitors but oppose city gates.
AFL Teamsters Local 980 voted unanimously to strike Sebastopol Cooperative Cannery and Sebastopol Apple Growers Union affecting about 700 workers during peak harvest. Pickets set at the cannery as talks over wages hours conditions and union recognition continue.
Booth R White a Fort Bragg fisherman and father of three was arrested on information from the Sacramento Bureau of Criminal Identification. He fled the Washington State Reformatory in 1933 after burglary convictions and lived under an alias until his recent capture near his home. He said his wife and children kept him from surrendering and he recalls walking away at age 17 during the Depression.
The Third District Court of Appeals in Sacramento reversed a Mendocino County Superior Court judgment of 37,500 against the Northwestern Pacific Railroad in a death suit. It ordered the lower court to render for the railroad despite a jury award to Ona Keiper as administratrix for Ralph J. Keiper, a railroad welder. Keiper’s body was found on tracks near the Echo siding south of Ukiah.
Northwestern California enjoys mostly fair weather with coastal fog. Napa Santa Rosa and Ukiah report temperatures in the 80s with light to moderate winds. Fort Bragg fog clears by afternoon. In a separate case Mrs Keiper wins 37500 damages over a railroad injury with appeal planned and potential federal act considerations. In Chicago Raymond Miller is jailed 90 days for multiple traffic violations after a motorcycle ride.
Geneva reports say U.S. and Communist negotiators made little progress on securing the early release of 40 American citizens held by Peiping. Wang Ping-nan seeks to shift from civilian repatriation to broad issues while Johnson and Wang remain in adjournment until Monday.
Airman 2C Daniel C. Schmidt, freed from Red China captivity, learns his wife Una Fine has remarried believing him dead. He rushed to call her after debarkation in Japan. Red Cross delivered packages unopened as officials planned a hospital checkup for all 11 airmen.
In Sacramento the Board of Equalization boosted Humboldt County property tax amendments by three percent prompting protests from county officials. In Soda Springs an observer forecasts a reunification between Una Schmidt and Airman Daniel C Schmidt after his release from a Red China prison. In New York Eugene Withiam Landy, a top Kings Point student, says he was denied a naval reserve commission because his widowed mother was un Communist in World War II.
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