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Newspaper
Ukiah Daily Journal
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1957
Page
4
The piece notes January 1 as a milestone and cites 1957 traffic deaths near 39 000 with nearly two million injuries and a seven and a quarter billion dollar cost. It urges collective care to reduce fatalities and urges readers to stay safe and hopeful for the New Year.
U S Under Secretary Hatfield Chilson told civic leaders in Los Angeles that there is no hope for the satisfied man. He linked this to the gas industry’s 90th anniversary and cited reduced waste from 10 percent to under 14 percent, with reserves of about 1 700 trillion cubic feet. He urged courage and vision to keep America ahead.
In Berkeley remarks on education, Vice President Richard Nixon decries reliance on democratic approaches that neglect real life. He warns against panicked reactions to Soviet science and says success comes from facing life’s challenges and measured achievement, not automatic passing.
Twenty years ago December 1087 payments of 89 dollars in awards from the Boonville Fair and Apple Show were distributed to Potter Farm Center members. Key local changes include Vincent Tartaglia becoming manager at the Ukiah to Point Arena transfer, and harbor improvement notes for Nova harbor. Floods affect Yorkville and Mendocino area with damaged bridges, new stage line plans, courthouse annex tendered at 105000 dollars, naturalization in Ukiah, and a rail line alignment for Fort Bragg area.
The piece highlights rapid vending industry growth from 30 million in 1925 to 2 billion this year and outlines plans for advanced machines that brew coffee, serve hot entrees, and dispense correct change. It ends with a quip about machines someday paying a living wage.
Law in Action outlines California's method to determine a decedent's domicile for tax purposes when two or more states claim estate taxes. Executors and tax officials can trigger arbitration with appointed arbitrators or reach binding tax-share agreements, reducing costly multi state lawsuits and hearings.
The piece argues Soviet espionage remains unchanged despite new Kremlin headlines. Hoover Institute researchers uncover Okhrana records at Stanford linking secret policing to modern spies, while Kerensky says Moscow’s power shift signals internal decay. The analogy of a tennis match frames history as cyclical from Stalin to Khrushchev and beyond.
A large segment of the American business community urges citizens to join its Religion in American Life campaign by making weekly public worship a routine part of family life. Attendance has risen 12 percent since 1950 but about half of adults still do not regularly attend organized services, prayer, or devotion. Members say worship can occur alone, in the family, or in public places where all are one in humility. A minister recalls a parishioner who felt close to God on a windswept hill and answered that you can, but do your duty to worship.
Washington sources weigh the cost and value of an atomic powered airplane as a first mover option. Proponents cite long range reach while opponents warn of expense and limited advantages over missiles and conventional craft. The program remains joint Air Force AEC operation with funding rising from a few million in 1950 to about 250 to 300 million total.
A dateline from Canada freshens the old quip by Utah tax crusader J Bracken Lee about death and taxes. The line notes tax cuts while recalling the inevitability of both, with a poke at Congress and its yearly sessions.
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