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Ukiah Daily Journal

Location

Ukiah, California, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1956

Page

3

Statewide Wool Growers Meet Set in Ukiah for Dec 19

The Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity, Del Norte and Lake County Wool Growers Associations hold a December 19 meeting at Ukiah District Fair grounds to form Area Sheep Councils. Delegates will be nominated to the American Sheep Producers Council, which oversees a two million dollar lamb and wool fund.

Humboldt Endocing Lake County California Connell H San Francisco Rhe Couneil U.S

Door Changes at County Hospital in Transit to Fire Safety

The county plans proper doors within 100 days but may cover the price gap between metal and wood to meet underwriter approval. Metal clad doors would need a 4 day skill check and risk unsightly seams. One door 38 is visible from the main entrance. Speaker Syston notes two separate hospital communications systems may face ties to function together.

Syston

County hospital work eyed for cost cuts and safety

The board votes to let the county handle fence, fixtures, and ceiling work at the hospital with a $500 cap and a sidewalk widening project not to exceed $430. The DA probes costs tied to fire door changes as officials weigh cheaper options and hospital opening plans.

Lloyd Lawrence Board of Supervisors Egunty Merle Orchard

Yokum Trial Hears Judge McCowen Handling Evidence

The trial record indicates Judge McCowen did not read relevant murder and manslaughter passages and did not admit evidence that could affect the verdict. The state appeals the appellate ruling on the matter.

Page Po McCowen

Yokum case heads to retrial in Mendocino County jail

Supreme Court denial sent Mrs. Yokum back to Mendocino County jail to await retrial. Defense aims to introduce evidence of the stormy marriage and alleged beatings by her husband, seeking to show possible motives for the December shooting when she reportedly tried to take the children after a quarrel over Sunday school attendance. The husband died from a gunshot wound moments after being struck.

Supreme Court

Appoints discuss road work camps for jail relief

The board debated options to ease jail crowding including temporary road work camps and possible permanent camps or new county jail. Sheriff Bartolomie urged a cost saving camp plan and rehab benefits while noting not to close the Little River airport site.

Bartolomie Oklahemm Ukiah Little River Airport Willits Covelo Dail Covelo Bartolome

Jail Official Praises Facility as It Operates Smoothly

A jail board member described the Covelo facility as doing a wonderful business with 45 to 80 prisoners held for about nine months. Prisoners have been given blankets but they are not enough. the board urged cost consideration for permanent heating and asked for a follow up report.

Covelo

Dulles Denounces Cutbacks in West Germany Report

Reports said the United States would cut its 80,000 troop strength in West Germany by half while an Anglo American meeting at the U S Embassy residence included Secretary of State John Foster Dulles British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd and their defense and economic ministers The NATO council met as planned in Brussels

Ing West Germany U.S John Foster Dulles Selwyn Hloyd NATO Council

Willits Oil Faces Equipment Shortage On Site

Willits Oil struggles as drilling reaches 1901 feet through 1428 feet of rock with $56,000 spent and $71,000 more expected. A heavy rig in southern California is en route to resume drilling by December 29 to avoid losing the lease on 1200 acres in Little Lake Valley. Twenty four workers will operate in three shifts with payroll about $1,000 weekly.

California Planning Commission Little Lake Valley

City seeks cleanup of mill housing sewage

Sanitation and fire officials disclosed that eight mill homes still use a septic system and other cabins across the creek were condemned as unfit. The city plans to curb mill use or force cleanup while council also discussed railroad funding, a subdivision bond, library board vacancies, and street runoff fixes.

City Fire Department Sanitation Department Northwest Pacific and California Railroad San Francisco

NATO rejects Turkish bid linking to Baghdad Pact

London reports say NATO will not align with Turkey to join the Baghdad Pact to shield the Middle East from Soviet influence. Turkey seeks closer ties after concerns over Syria and Egypt actions, while Baghdad, Iran, Pakistan, Iraq, and Britain see the pact as weakened by Britain’s Egypt intervention. Syrian and Iraqi officials press for broader Arab unity amid regional tensions.

London TTP North Atlantic Treaty Organization Middle East Paris Turkey Syria Adnan Menderes NATO Iran Pakistan Iraq Britain Egypt U.S United States Salah 3Itar France Israel Jordan Baghdad

Hungarian workers vow to prolong standstill against Kadar regime

Striking Hungarians say the walkout will continue until the puppet government of Premier Janos Kadar ceases police state oppression. At the Austria Hungary frontier refugees move slowly with a sealed main highway and one Red Cross convoy. 1291 people reach freedom overnight including wives of soccer stars Jozsef Boszik and Zoltan Osibor. Mrs Homemakers Forum New York offers a holiday turkey tip.

Janos Kadar Austria-Hungarian Red Cross Budapest Jozsef Boszik Zoltan Osibor

British Shaken as Zone Troops Pull Back Amid Ambush

The area stays tense as more troops withdraw from the Canal Zone. Lt General Sir Hugh Stockwell reports to Maj General Burns that Monday's eight-soldier ambush violates the cease fire. British patrols stiffen near Arab quarters amid fears of Egyptian retaliation against locals accused of aiding invaders.

Canal Zone Sir Hugh Stockwell Egypt L. M. Burns United Nations Emergency Force

Polish Student Uprising Quelled By Army Troops

Warsaw dispatch reports Polish students clashed with police and militia in Stettin and Soviet Consulate windows were smashed. Workers militia failed to quell the rioters and the Army was sent in to end the trouble with many arrests and unspecified injuries.

Warsaw Stettin East Prussia

AWOL GI Set Church Fire Over Poorbox

PFC Robert Whelan 18 of Somerville Mass will be arraigned on arson charges after police say he set a fire that destroyed St John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Cambridge. He is absent without leave from Fort Devens and is being questioned about other recent church fires in the Boston area.

Cambridge Mass Dolar PFC Robert Whelan Somerville Boston Whelan Fort Devens St. John the Evangelist Catholic

White spots on mahogany furniture treated with vaseline

The Alabama Extension Department advises applying a thick coat of vaseline to white spots on mahogany furniture and letting it stand for 48 hours before removal. The method aims to restore finish by drawing out moisture and smoothing the grain.

Alabama Extension Department

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