Prying on Ike's Decision Brings Irritation in Georgia
In Thomasville Georgia White House officials show irritation at reporters pressing for details of President Eisenhowers second term announcement. Press Secretary Hagerty says the President will reveal plans when he chooses not on a fixed date. Humphrey meanwhile faces questions during a Georgia visit ahead of a New York speaking engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
White House
Eisenhower
James C. Hager
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Georgia
New York
Washington
Hagerty
Mendocino Flood Board Seeks 3600 Loan for 29 Months
Mendocino County Russian River Flood Control and Water Conservation District directors vote to borrow 3600 dollars from the county for operating expenses over 29 months as current tax revenue will not be available until fiscal year 1958 1959. The district with roughly 17 million in property valuation would generate about 3600 dollars annually from the two cent per 100 assessed value levy, and trustees are paid 15 dollars per meeting.
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Mendocino County
Russian River
County Board of Supervisors
Valley Lumber Company forms Oat Valley Lumber
Articles of incorporation filed with Secretary of State Frank M. Jordan list Oat Valley Lumber Company in Mendocino County with $75 000 capital. Directors James Cogle of Ukiah Arnold and Hasleveland of Boonville. Regular monthly meetings set for the second Thursday at 8 p.m. open to the public to allow district attorney Merle Orchard to attend. Next session likely to focus on district bond issue of $650 000 approved in January. bids will be sought. Board terms chosen: Don Macmillan Hopland and Alex Thomas Jr Ukiah two years. Cochrane Bittenbender Brennan four year terms beginning May 1960. others four-year terms thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Broaddus
Alex Thomas, Jr
Ukiah
Don Macmillan
Hopland
Herb Cochrane
Lloyd Blittenbender
Frank Brennan
Journal
Erickson
Oat Valley Lumber Company
Mendocino County Wood Products Corporation
Frank M. Jordan
James Cogle
Washington Street
Arnold and
Ha Sleveland
Boonville
County Board of Supervisors
Merle Orchard
Cochrane
Lloyd Bittenbender
Appeal Denied in Yokum Murder Case
Mrs. Imogene Yokum, 29, Willits mother of five, was sentenced by Superior Judge Hale McCowen to the Corona state penal institution for the term prescribed by law for second degree murder of her husband. The exact sentence and parole terms will be set by the California Adult Authority after arrival at Corona. a possible life sentence looms. Attorney John Golden sought a stay of execution and indicated plans to carry the case to the Sacramento appellate court, also moving for a retrial on several counts.
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Hale McCowen
Imogene Yokum
Willits
Corona
California Adult Authority
John Golden
Appelate
Sacramento
No Council Meeting In Ukiah on Washington's Birthday Holiday
The Ukiah City Council will observe the Washington's Birthday holiday tomorrow night with no meeting. The council resumes regular session on February 20 at 8 pm.
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Ukiah
Mendocino Board Receives Hartford Insurance Bridge Payout
Mendocino County Board of Supervisors led by Joe Hartley approved a Hartford Fire Insurance payout of 36 388.87 for two bridges damaged in Christmas floods. Claims covered about 6 688 for the Dos Rios bridge west approach and 29 700 for the Hearst bridge on the Eel River. The Hearst span was entirely destroyed and rebuilding plans remain uncertain. County officials also reviewed past lease claims on sheriff radio transmitter lands held by Erickson brothers. no action taken. The board authorized juvenile hall workers to move a fence for a walkway near the county hospital and approved attendance at a Berkeley conference on medical social welfare.
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Joe Hartley
Hopland
Paul Pou Jos
Mendocino County Board of Supervisors
Walter Severence
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
Eel River
Dos Ries
Longvale
Hearst
Willits
Road Commissioner's
Merle Orchard
Sheriff Radio
Erickson Brothers
Berkeley
Duchess of Windsor Reveals Life Story in McCall's
In New York the Duchess of Windsor announces that King Edward would have ruled still if she had her way, ending 20 years of public silence with My Side of the Story in McCall's Magazine and a forthcoming book The Heart Has Its Reasons. She says truth has been clouded by misinformation and gossip. Edward signs copies as Duke of Windsor while Wallis Windsor pens her autobiography.
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New York
Duchess of Windsor
Great Britain
Edward Vie
McCall's Magazine
Course in Atomic Fallout for Ukiahans
Free public course on radioactive fallout to be offered in Ukiah. Instructors George Watt and Wayne Robinson will cover fallout effects civilian defense plans and protective measures. Registration is available at the Civil Defense office on the county courthouse ground floor.
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George Watt
Wayne Robinson
Office of Civil Defense
County Court House
Building Bids Sought for Fair Grounds Home Economics House
Bids will be invited for a new Home Economics building at the Twelfth District fair. The 40 by 80 foot facility, costing about 610,000, will include a kitchen and rest room and sit east of the fair grounds near the Agricultural building. It aims for completion ahead of the May 25 26 Loggers conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce Stipp
Sacramento
Fome Economica
Fair Grounds Eo
Agriculural
Jean
Ifth
Stipp
Hie
State Fair
Congress Miffed Over Saudi Tank Deal Handling
Democratic leaders criticize the administration for keeping Congress out of the Saudi tank deal, accusing officials of failing to inform lawmakers. The 18 light U S tanks departed New York by ship after delays, as State Department officials note efforts to brief leaders but acknowledge a lack of advance notice.
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Washington
Congress
James P. Richards
D-Sc
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Herbert H. Lehman
Senate
State Department
John Foster Dulles
U.S
Saudi Arabia
New York
Hit and Run Collision at State and Perkins
Police record a hit and run collision Monday between a 1955 Mercury driven by Francis Mitchell of Ukiah and a Dodge truck driven by Byron Mason of Ferndale at State and Perkins. Minor damage reported.
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State
Perkins Street
Francis Mitchell
Ukiah
Byron Mason
Ferndale
Bulganin Promotes Peaceful Path to World Communism
Premier Bulganin outlines atomic age communism aimed at socializing the world without war. He supports Khrushchev’s view that conflict between capitalism and communism is not inevitable and promotes peaceful transition to communism, including parliamentary action. He argues the USSR leads in peaceful atomic energy use to fuel communism. He notes Lenin’s lessons on war and changing times, aligning with Khrushchev.
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Moscow
Nikolai Bulganin
Soviet Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Bulganin
Khrushchev
V. I. Lenin
Lenin
Cable Snaps Cut Eureka Roads as Storm Rages
Rain and snow storms isolate Eureka Northern California with major highways blocked by slides. The Eel River rises to 32 feet at Fernbridge. five Humboldt County families evacuated. two bridges washed out. communication lines down near Weott. radio relay station outage with 24 circuit microwave system off. rail traffic halted by 15 slides. PG&E power lines down. roads closed or restricted. cooler weather to follow.
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California
Eureka
Guerneville
Bull Creek
Humboldt County
Fernbridge
Weatt
W. E. Shields
Ukiah
Weott
Shields
Plant Field Operating Center
Northwestern Pacific
Dos Rios
Scotia
South Fork
Kekawaka
Pg&e
Willits
Fort Bragg
Longvale
Shively Bluff
Slides
Dos Rios-Covelo
Ukiah Curfew for Juveniles Defended by Police Chief
Ukiah Police Chief George Smith says the curfew for youths under 16 off streets by 10 p.m. and those 16 to 18 by 11 p.m. is not meant to regiment youths and is applied judiciously. He urges county and state uniform curfews and praises teens for civic work with 4-H, Scouts, Camp Fire, and polio fund drives.
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Ukiah
George Smith
Smith
New Twinks
Ukiah High
Job
Dollar Days Begin Thursday in Ukiah Stores
Ukiah merchants offer hundreds of bargains during the semi annual Dollar Days event set for Thursday through Saturday. The sale is sponsored by the Ukiah Chamber of Commerce retail division and returns in February and August each year.
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Ukiah
Ukiah Chamber of Commerce
Daily Journal
Washington
Thursday's
Journal
Ukiah Daily Journal Skips Tomorrow for Washington's Birthday
The Ukiah Daily Journal will not publish tomorrow in observance of Washington's Birthday. Local and worldwide news will be carried in Thursday's edition of the Journal.
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Ukiah Daily Journal
Washington
Journal
Cober Re elected President of REA Publishers Unit
Ukiah Daily Journal publisher A Cober was re elected president of the Redwood Empire Publishers Unit at the Citrus Fair closing in Cloverdale. The meeting featured Robert L Bishop of Santa Rosa as Governor Knight s representative and new California Highway Commission appointee. Bishop cited high highway costs and population growth while urging federal legislation to address traffic issues.
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B. A. Cober
Ukiah Daily Journal
Redwood Empire Publishers Unit
Cloverdale
Cober
Robert L. Bishop
Santa Rosa
Knight
California Highway Commission
Walter Sandelin
Ukiah
California
Bishop
Highway Commission
Reed W. Robinson
San Francisco
Redwood Empire Association
Congress
Redwood Empire
Cloverdale Citrus Fair Association
J. LeRo Wehr
The
Fair Association
Albert Gam
Weather Update for Fort Bragg and Vicinity
Intermittent rain today tonight and Wednesday with southerly wind 25 to 40 mph today easing to 15 to 30 mph tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures little changed with coastal winds 30 to 50 mph near the coast. Napa 56 43 Santa Rosa 56 42 Ukiah 54 43.
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Fort Bragg
Napa
Santa Rosa
Ukiah
Nebraska GOP Finance Committee Ties to Oil Lobby Gift
Senate investigators heard Joseph Wishart recount a $2500 contribution from oil lobbyist John M. Neff to the Nebraska Republican Finance Committee. A bi partisan probe into lobbying and campaign money was set to form with Democrats Gore Kennedy McClellan Anderson likely on the new panel.
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Nebraska
GOP
Washington
Joseph Wishart
Nebraska Republican Finance Committee
Senate
John M. Neff
Wishart
Neff
Sen
Francis Case
R-Sd
Arlow Bingd
Democratic Policy Committee
Republican Policy Committee
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Clinton P. Anderson
D-Nm
Special Committee
Gore
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Flood Control Board
Valley Lumber Company
Edward
Duchess
Edward, Duke of Windsor
Wallis Windsor
Fair Grounds
Northwestern Pacific Company
Tomorriow
REA Publishers Unit
Atures
Ukiah Fire Department
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