Destructive Jet Crash Scatters Debris Over Five Blocks
A US Navy RASC Vigis forte jet exploded in flight and crashed at DeBary, wiping out two homes and damaging a third. Debris and jet fuel spread across five blocks, creating a 20 foot crater. Senator Dirksen rushed to the scene and described the incident to Press International as a real nuclear like hole in the ground.
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Elled
Navy
DeBary
Otabsut
Dirksen
Ted
Press International
Wet Christmas Amid Flood Evacuations and Community Aid
Floods have disrupted Christmas plans across town as residents evacuate homes in silt and water. Red Cross and fire department workers pump out flooded basements while locals open cafes for evacuees. Neighbors like Walt and Edna Lemmert assess losses, praise helpers, and recall mail carriers navigating water streets. A parish plant near Orchard Avenue contemplates divine signs as rain tests faith and resolve.
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Walt
Edna
Lemmert
Red Cross
uWalt
Cote
Lian Rose
Orchard Avenue
Ralph Richardson
Potter Valley
Ira Warner
Jearn
Lance
Ukiah
Ira
Warner
Babcock Lane
Chronicle
Eviction Notice Sparks Messy Town Evacuation
A garbled report outlines a local eviction incident with mentions of a blanket of confusion. It references Dolly, Jim Selzer, and a Hawaii visit, plus Christmas cards sent by Selzers and a divorce case noted by a local attorney.
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Notic
Paul
Dolly
Jim Selzer
Ftrom
Selzers
Hawaii
Final Service Conducted for Charles Fravel in Santa Rosa
Private funeral services were held Monday at Eggen and Lance Mortuary Santa Rosa for Charles W Fravel 69 of Ukiah who died Saturday at Santa Rosa hospital after a long illness He was born November 9 1895 in Lincoln Nebraska a retired rancher who lived in Ukiah since 1927 Surviving are his wife Gertrude Fravel of Ukiah sons Thor en W Fravel Nevada Jack W Fravel Ukiah and Charles W Jr Santa Rosa brothers Glen Fravel Port Orford Ore and Orio Fravel Oak and sisters Mrs Mabel Lyons San Ysidro and Mrs Clyde Conley Selah Wash Also surviving seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren
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Eggen"& Lance Mortuary
Santa “Rosa
Charles W. Fravel
Ukiah
Santa Rosa Hospital
Lincoln
Neb
Fravel
Uklati
Chimes
Santa
Rosa
I Gertrude Fravel
Redwood ‘Highway
Thoren W. .Fravel
Nevada
Jack W
Charles W. Jr
Santa Rosa
Glen’ Fravel
Port
Ore
Ore., and. Orio of Oakand; Sisters Mrs. Mabel Lyons ‘of San ‘Ysidro
Clyde Conley
Selah, Wash
Red Cross mobilizes to aid flood victims in Ukiah area
Red Cross declares weekend operation to mop up flood damage in Ukiah Talmage Redwood Valley and Potter Valley. Disaster coordinator James Bond arrives to inspect residential damage and coordinate shelters food and reunification efforts. Local agencies led by Nellie Corbett and Shirley Jacobsen provide aid. volunteers residents and teens work through the crisis delivering supplies and shelter.
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Red Cross
James Bond
San Francisco
Ukiah
Talmage
Redwood Valley
Potter Valley
American Red Cross
Nellie Corbett
Willits
Shirley Jacobsen
Bond
Satelite Lodge
Jacobsen
Fire Gonden
Sheriff's
Civil Defense
Pilgrims Fill Old Jerusalem Shrines at Christmas
Pilgrims from around the world joined Christian worshipers in old Jerusalem for pre Christmas observances despite Wednesday’s Arab-Israeli clashes in the northern Holy City. Israeli police reported three officers wounded by Jordanian gunfire at Mount Scopus as six Arab women picked olives on Israeli territory under a UN agreement. UN observers arranged a truce and opened an investigation into the incident.
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Jerusalem
UPI
Old Jerusalem
Holy
Israel
Mount ‘Scopus
U.N
Japanese Tea Garden depicts Muromachi era landscape style
The Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park reproduces a landscape style popular in Japan, claimed to date back about 5,000 years in the Muromachi era.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
Japan
Truman Coker Services Held At Ukiah
Funeral services were held today at Zimmerman Mortuary for Truman C. Coker 65 of Ukiah who died at his home Monday Interment followed at Ukiah Cemetery Rev Gerhard Drumm Potter Valley conducted the services Coker a rancher lived in the area for nearly 30 years He is survived by a daughter Carol Coker Potter Valley a brother Lloyd in Missouri and two sisters Annie Brown and Elinor Humphries both of Bailey California. HIT AND RUN MELUN France Police search for a novel hit run accident suspect who collided with a motorcyclist and fled the scene. the rider was treated in hospital
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Zimmerman Mortuary
Truman C. Coker
Ukiah
Gerhard Drumm
Potter Valley
Coker
Carol Coker
Lloyd
Missouri
Annie Brown
Elinor Humphries
Baily Calif
Santa Clara police officer shot in supermarket hold up
Lonnie Weger, recovering in Santa Clara after a November 21 supermarket hold up left him wounded in the shoulder. His mother Bula Saunders visited the scene, while fellow officer James Macs Namara remains in Stanford Hospital for therapy. Reports say Namara may not be paralyzed.
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Lonnie ‘Weger
Bula’ Saunders
Santa Clara
Jung, Burgery
James Macs Namara
Stanford Hospital
Nile
Ukiah
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Brum Vy
Charles'Fravel
LQ Heya
Edna Lemmerz
Covelo
Anton
Propane Corp
Hiway
Uktoh
Dial
Truman
Lonnie Wéger
Redwood Auto Supply CO
S.-Main St
Dick Mazzoni
Diol
Lagann 5
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