Work Begins Next Week On Mendo Pass Highway
The first major breakthrough toward improvement of the Mendocino Pass Willits to Willows highway was announced. Grader, district representative, said over $1 million in federal funds have been committed. $350,000 in Public Works Acceleration Act funds will improve a 2 to 3 mile stretch in Mendocino National Forest east of Williams Creek, and $690,000 will fund a 7 mile stretch west of Willows in Glenn County. The 56 mile unsurfaced road will connect Redwood Highway 101 and Highway 99, aiding year‑round access to the Mendocino Coast and Northern Mendocino County. A highway survey party will be in the Williams Creek area next week as brush clearing for the Glenn County segment begins. The project aims to meet U.S. Forest Highway standards with a 28‑foot two‑lane road, grade up to 7 percent, and 500‑foot minimum curves.
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San Francisco
H. T. Gunderson
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Mendocino
Redwood Empire
J. Harvey Sawyers
Willits
Deputies Arrest Pair for Crimes In Laytonville
Deputies jailed Floyd Wyatt 18 and Vaughn Dwight Beer 19 after arrests in Alder Point for two Laytonville burglaries from last year. Wyatt faces charges for loot from Holiday Village including beer wine and cash. Beer is charged with stealing a safe in a separate Laytonville burglary. Arraignment in Justice Court followed a yearlong detective effort.
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Laytonville
Floyd Wyatt
Vaughn Dwight Beer
Justice Court
Wyatt
Holiday Village
Beer
March of Dimes seeks Ukiah volunteers for Mothers March
Mrs. Mary Lou Furman, Ukiah Mothers March chairman, calls for volunteers to cover the town on January 19. She notes many former helpers return but urges more participation to support polio, birth defects, arthritis care, and ongoing medical aid funded by the March of Dimes. Contact HD 2 8032 or county chairman Bob Swan at HO 2-5823.
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Mary Lou Furman
Ukiah
Mrs. Furman
Mothers March
March of Dimes
County Aid Sought for CAB Hearing
City Attorney Hal Irish urged Mendocino County Supervisors to seek county intervention in the Civil Aeronautics Board hearing set for Ukiah next month. A federal examiner will preside and the move follows Irish's CAB appearance in Washington. The board deferred a decision to next Tuesday. The meeting on Lake Mendocino in San Francisco was also noted, with Supervisors Wener Nelson and Cleland attending. The board authorized $1,500 for the land purchase from Hans and Charlotte Bohnstedt for East Road right of way after prior condemnation actions.
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Mendocino County Board of Supervisors
Civil Aeronautics Board
Ukiah
Pacific
Neepee
Irish
Washington, D.C
Tom Cleland
Martin Wener
Lake Mendocino
San Francisco
Corps of Engineers
Mendoyama
Wener
George Nelson
Cleland
Hans
Charlotte Bohnstedt
Bohnstedt
City May Secure Federal Aid for New Fire House
Ukiah city officials explore federal funds under the public works acceleration law to defray much of the cost of a planned new fire station. City Manager Lyell Cash, after talks with the council and a San Francisco underwriters meeting, will file an application for consideration. The move does not commit either side to build or time the project.
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Board of Fire
Cash
San Francisco
Khrushchev offers Berlin peace talk stance in Berlin speech
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev urged a peaceful East West settlement as he addressed the East German Communist party in East Berlin. He said no disarmament progress without a Berlin settlement, warned the US about nuclear arms, praised the Berlin Wall, and indicated Berlin is temporarily on ice while pressing for a German peace treaty. He attacked China indirectly and stressed Russia's economic progress and readiness to respond if war comes, outlining a policy of restraint but clear capability.
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Peace emphasis in Khrushchev Berlin speech signals shift
UPI reports U.S. officials view Khrushchev's East Berlin address as aimed at convincing world Communist parties to back peaceful coexistence rather than warlike action. He warns against confrontation, notes Soviet nuclear parity, and suggests a period of peace to consolidate power while addressing the Sino-Soviet split. Continued discussion noted on Page 8.
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Castro backs Latin American revolution to combat
Fidel Castro aligned with China's hard line urging Latin American revolutionaries to take to the streets. In Brazil, a crashed airliner left at least 18 dead and four missing after Tuesday’s disaster. In Togo, ex-premier Nicolas Grunitzky led rivals in a bid to succeed slain President Olympio, with reports he planned a provisional government.
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UPI
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Latin America
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Brazil
Togo
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Fire call reports vehicle fire near Highway 101
At 8:27 p.m. Wednesday a vehicle owned by Jim Parker caught fire at the intersection of Highway 101 and Lake Mendocino Drive. No damage was reported.
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Jim Parker
Highway 101
Lake Mendocino Drive
Rash of Strikes Idle 100000 U.S. Workers
United Press International reports a nationwide strike wave idled more than 100000 workers across transit and freight sectors. Longshoremen, bus crews, and truckers faced layoffs, with 75 cents of every New Orleans dollar tied to port operations and a potential regional economic impact amid stalled talks. The Philadelphia and Kansas City transit strikes, federal mediation steps, and shipper losses are highlighted as government officials consider action to restore service and avert economic disaster.
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Texas
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Philadelphia Transportation Co
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New Orleans Steamship Association
International Longshoremen’s ‘Association
Clausen Seeks District Project Funds in Budget
Don Clausen, Republican candidate for Congress, said the Corps of Engineers assured him four First District projects receive full consideration for the 1964 budget. The four projects include Dry Creek, Corte Madera Creek, Redwood Creek flood control works, and the Noya River Harbor navigation project.
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Don Clausen
Congress
Corps of Engineers
Washington
Clausen
Chief of Engineers
Dry Creek
Corte Madera Creek
Redwood Creek
Noya Rive and Harbor
Robert J. Kasper
Dropout Bill Wins Support in State Legislature
A measure dubbed the Dropout bill gains backing from lawmakers amid debates over high school completion. Supporters say the plan will improve graduation rates and expand funding for accountability programs across districts. Opposition voices warn about costs and implementation challenges.
Compensatory education program proposed in California
In Sacramento a proposed state bill backed by Gov Brown aims to create compensatory education pilot projects for high school dropouts from deprived backgrounds. The plan, backed by Sen. J Eugene McAteer, would use 315,000 dollars state funds with local matches to expand opportunities and curb dropout rates.
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UPI
California
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J. Eugene McAteer
San Francisco
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Higbill
Brown
Randolph Collier
D-Yreka
Collier
FEPC
William T. Bagley
San Rafael
Nationwide Warning on Elderly Fraud Schemes
Washington officials told the Senate aging committee that crooks target seniors with schemes from land fraud to youth nostrums. Montague cited 1962 mail fraud convictions up 21.6 percent and warned about advance fee, vending machine, sewing machine, land and medical frauds, urging vigilance against sham cures and misleading publications aimed at the elderly.
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Senate Committee On Aging
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Brazil
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