Air Force Bombers Crash Killing Fifteen In Two States
Two large bombers on routine training missions crashed into farm buildings near Dayton Ohio and Sedalia Missouri killing 15 crew members and civilians. A Wright Patterson based B 50 exploded after striking a barn and house, while a B 47 Stratojet crashed into a farm home killing four and injuring others. A tanker aircraft narrowly escaped disaster earlier in Kansas.
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Air Force 860
Dayton
Intner
United Press
Ohio
Sedalia
Missouri
Midwest
Wright - Patterson Field
Miss California Invited to Miss Redwood Empire Pageant
Barbara Gene Harris Miss California 1955 may attend the second annual Redwood Empire Pageant in Ukiah on April 20. The Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors the event, part of the Miss America contest, with a regional winner earning a $250 scholarship and a trip to Santa Cruz to compete for California honors. Eligible contestants must be 18 to 28, single, a high school graduate, and residents of Mendocino or Lake counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Gene Harris
Calfornia
Redwood Empire
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Santa Cruz
Joe Hampton
Ukiah Junior Chamber of Commerce
Sana Cruz
Atlantic City
Janet Plotnik
Fort Bragg
Santa Rosa Junior College
Terrence Cummings
Iampton
Mendocino
Lake Counties
Ed Groves
Palace Sport and Hobby Shop
George Portlock Jr
Portlock Hardware
Homstead
Meeting to form Mendocino County Historical Society
A Sunday gathering at the Ukiah public library drew about twenty residents from Ukiah Willits and Laytonville to discuss creating a Mendocino county historical society. The temporary committee aims to recruit members and plans a May 6 meeting after reviewing other societies bylaws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Historical Society
Ukiah Public Library
Mendocino County
George Ward
Charles Bell
Marian Marvin
Retary
Mark Carpenter
Norman Buhn
G. F. Johnson
Mendocino County Historical Society
Logging Meeting to Be Cast On NBC Monitor
The Redwood Region Logging Conference, its eighteenth annual, will be broadcast nationally on NBC Monitor. Art Schilder of Ukiah announces dates May 25 and 26 with a panel exhibit, flyovers, entertainment, and a large equipment show. Earl Fullerton invites exhibitors at 105 North Main Street, Ukiah.
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NBC
National Broadcasting Company
Monitor
Art Schilder
Ukiah
Oates
Schilder
Buck” Prince
Radio City
New York
Redwood
Earl Fullerton
North Main Street
Error in Relatives List for M. J. Byrnes in Monday Journal
A published list of surviving relatives for M. J. Ben Byrnes contains errors. The correct relatives include his wife Mrs. Lila Byrnes of San Francisco, two sisters Mrs. Dorothy Leonard and Miss Grace Byrnes of Orr Springs Road, and nephew Robert Byrnes.
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M. J
Ben"’ Byrnes
Monday Journal
Mr. Byrnes
Lila Byrnes
San Francisco
Dorothy Leonard
Grace Byrnes
Orr Springs Road
Robert Byrnes
Ukiah
Ukiah City Council Set To Meet Tomorrow Night
The Ukiah City Council will convene in the council chambers tomorrow night. No session last week due to Washington's Birthday holiday.
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Ukiah
Washington
Eisenhower to Hold News Conference Tomorrow Morning
The White House announced President Eisenhower will hold a 7:30 a.m. PST news conference tomorrow. Press Secretary James C. Hagerty would not confirm if the address will announce a second term. no radio or TV time had been requested and a future public address time was not disclosed. The president met Republican leaders before the briefing, offering no definite plan.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
James C. Haggerty
Hagerty
Dos Rios Man Held for Knifing Probe
Bernie Hoaglin 37 Dos Rios is detained in Mendocino County jail for questioning in the knifing of William Nance 26 Nashmead at a Dos Rios Cafe early today Nance was taken to Howard Memorial Hospital Willits in good condition Hoaglin is booked for assault with a deadly weapon probe Sheriff Reno Bartolomie Covelo deputies investigate Hoaglin is uncle of Rose Hoaglin 25 mother of seven who died in a Covelo Dos Rios auto crash last Oct 19.
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Bernie Hoaglin
Dos Rios
Mendocino
William Nance
Nashmead
Hoaglin
Nance
Howard Memorial Hospital
Willits
Reno Bartolomie
Covelo
Rose Hoaglin
Settlement Ends Two-Year Battle Over 100000 Todd Estate
Litigation over a 100000 Fort Bragg estate of Ralph W. Todd Sr. ends in the county courthouse law library. The heirs Alma Todd widow Helen Hahn and Mark W Todd receive equal shares after a settlement that deducts the mansion value from Hahn.
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Fort Bragg
Ralph W. Todd, Sr
Superior Court
Lilburn Gibson
Leo Cook
Ukiah
Helen Hahn
Southeast storm warnings hit Northwestern California coast
A weather bulletin warns of southerly winds 30 to 50 mph along the coast today and tonight with rain spreading from Fort Bragg northward by evening. Rain continues tonight and into Wednesday with heavy amounts likely around Ukiah and Fort Bragg northward. Temperatures range from Napa 58 to 48, Santa Rosa 57 to 46, Ukiah 52 to 44.
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California
Fort Bragg
Ukiah
Napa
Santa Rosa
Mendocino County 4-H Week Sets Youth Goals and Exhibits
Mendocino County marks National 4-H Week March 3 through 11 with 420 youth in 14 clubs and 129 adult leaders. Members wear green and white caps and participate in demonstrations talks and window displays to highlight achievements and plan projects on farms homes and in communities.
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Mendocinans
Yen Zamzow
Mendocino County
Ukiah Hustlers
Ukiah Jolly Gala
Ukiah Cooking Club
Zamzow
Skeleton found near Fort Bragg identified by UC lab
The University of California report confirms a male skeleton aged 50 to 60 and about five feet nine inches tall found near Fort Bragg. Death occurred about two years ago as per decayed clothing and plant growth. Evidence suggests arthritis, dental work, possible denture, and a metallic hernia belt.
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Fort Bragg
Reno Bartolomie
University of California
Inspecor
Edward Axt
T. D. McCown
University
Museum of Anthropology
Ukiah High School Junior Show Nets $500 Profit
The Ukiah high school junior class talent show raised five hundred dollars. Joyce Horsfall the junior class secretary disclosed the earnings after the show was held recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ukiah High School
Joyce Horsfall
Captain Harder Transfers from Ukiah to Redding
Captain Karl Harder of the California Highway Patrol is transferred from Ukiah to Redding, effective March 1, to oversee Shasta and Trinity counties. He will be succeeded here by Captain A Johnson from San Bernardino. Harder has led the Lake and Mendocino counties patrol since August 1954 and previously served in El Centro Red Bluff Woodland and at the Sacramento HQ.
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Karl Harder
California Highway
Ukiah
Redding
A. Johnson
San Bernardino
Captain Johnson
Marin County
Captain Harder
Lake and Mendocino
el Centro
Red Bluff
Woodland
Department
Sacramento
East Gobbs Street
Harder
Shasta
Trinty
Police arrest 5 suspects in forgery case in Ukiah
Ukiah police arrested five suspects Monday night in a forgery ring. Herb Anderson Delvin Holder and Sandy Boggs were detained at Perkins and Mason streets by Officers Marcus and Borecky. Elery Toney was seized at Montgomery Ward's by Officers Stipp and Marcus, and Robert Albino at Perkins and Mason. A forged $75 check was cashed at Ward's in July, with other forged sums found at Brownies' Market.
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Ukiah
Herb Anderson
Delvin Holder
Sandy Boggs
Perkins and
Mason
Marcus
Borecky
Elery Toney
Montgomery Ward
Stipp
Robert Albino
Ward
Hobbyists Meet Tomorrow at City Clubhouse
A second call to Ukiah area hobbyists invites the first meeting of people with hobbies and special interests at the municipal clubhouse. Recreation Director Stanley Stafford promotes the gathering to coordinate activities and develop mutual interests among active hobby groups. Mrs Vera Snyder, city librarian, helps plan ongoing meetings.
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Ukiah Area
Ukiah
Stanley Stafford
Vera Snyder
Train collision kills and injures dozens near Swampscott
A snow storm crash on two Boston and Maine trains near Swampscott Junction killed at least 13 and wounded 60 as one train slammed into the rear of another halted car. A second collision about five miles away injured 14 more passengers on the same line en route to Boston.
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Swampscott
Mass
Boston & Maine Railroad
Swampscott Junction
Boston
Portsmouth
N. H
Salem
Harold Robinson Re elected RRCC President
More than one hundred members of the Redwood Region Conservation Council attended the fifth annual paneling in Eureka despite weather conditions. Ben S. Allen reports this was the largest turnout since RRCC began in May 1950, with reports from committees and the election of 1956 officers and board members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redwood Region Conservation Council
Eureka
Ben S. Allen
RRCC
J. Harold Robinson
Willits
Roy Wagner
Ukiah
Waldron
William J. Losh
San Francisco
Philip T. Farnsworth
Ben © S
Alen
Lower Lake
Kirk Cooper
Arcata
R. R. Chaffee
Norman B. Livermore, Jr
Richard
Chessall Explains School Bond Need to Parents
District superintendent William A. Chessall told parents and teachers at the high school that an $800,000 bond issue is needed for a new classroom building cafeteria and an addition to the main building to serve a growing enrollment. Voters on March 2 will also decide on extending the current tax rate of $1.07 per $100 of property value.
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William A. Chessall
Gathing
Chessall
C. A. Caulking
Santa Rosa
Gray Hair From Space Travel Warned by UC Symposium
Scientists at a UC Berkeley symposium said relativity may slow aging for travelers near light speed while cosmic rays could subtly gray hair. Dr Herman B Chase of Brown warned travelers might return with minor hair changes, based on high altitude rat studies.
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San Francisco
Earth
University of California
Robert Gordon Sproul
Nello Pace
Berkeley
Herman B. Chase
Brown University
Chage
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