Early Voting Round for Southside School Bonds Underway
A light morning turnout reported at 11 am with 176 ballots cast at Pomolita School on South Dora. Ukiah Elementary District has 5758 registered voters eligible for a 151000 construction bond, plus 354000 state borrow to finish financing for a new school on Helen and Dora streets. Polls at Pomolita will stay open until 7 pm, with Jack Simpson noting late voters can cast ballots. Votes will be tallied after polls close at the school building.
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Southside
South Dora Street
Ukiah
Helen and
Dora
Fomenta
Jack Simpson
Guzman Faces Murder Charge in Guatemala
Guatemala City UP reports former President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman faces murder charges filed by student Jose Maria Palacios over the 1949 killing of Col. Francisco Javier Arana. The case delays Arbenz's chance for safe conduct from the country as Mexico contemplates an appeal.
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Guatemala City
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Victor Raul Haya de la Torre
Peru
Jose Maria Palacios
Arbenz
Col
Francisco Javier Arana
Arana
Palacios
Maj
Alfonso Martinez Estevez
Carlos Castillo Armas
Adjusters Put Damage at Yokago School Fire
Insurance adjusters estimate Yokago school damages between 50000 and 60000 dollars after a May 22 fire razed the building and equipment. Reconstruction bids may be sought later this month. Juvenile arson suspects remain under investigation by Fire Chief Al Behtel and questioned by officials.
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Yokago
Jack Simpson
Simpson
al Beehtel
Weather Summary for Northwestern California and Fort Bragg
Northwestern California will have fair conditions today tonight and Friday with some high clouds north of Ukiah and coastal fog at night and morning. Temperatures range from 86 in Ukiah to 48 in Napa with northwest winds 12 to 25 mph along the coast. Fort Bragg area remains foggy at night and morning but otherwise fair today and Friday with similar light northwest winds near the coast.
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California
Ukiah
Santa Rosa
Napa
Fort Bragg
North West plywood strike expands to M and M plants
The 18 day old lumber strike widens in Oregon as M and M Wood Working Company plywood plants in Albany Portland and Lyons join the walkout. About 1150 more workers idle raising total to roughly 111000 nationwide. Mediation efforts push for resumed wage talks with AFL CIO unions and employers.
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Portland
M and M Wood Working Company
Oregon
Wallout
AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union
M and M
Albany
Lyons
AFL
CIO
Federal Mediation Service
CIO International Woodworkers of America
Columbia Basin Loggers
A. F. Hartung
Cio-Iwa
Fallon Seismic Aftershocks Hit Fallon Nevada
A sequence of aftershocks followed Tuesday's Fallon quake with one strong tremor of magnitude 5 lasting about 10 minutes. Seismographs at UC recorded all shocks. City officials estimate damage to buildings and irrigation systems may approach $100,000, says Claude Smith of Fallon Standard.
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Fallon
Nev
University of California
Claude Smith
Fallon Standard
Four Hurt In Ukiah Area Highway Crash
Four people sustained minor injuries in a car truck collision 15 miles north of Ukiah at 10 45 a m. Charles A Lawrence 39 of Seattle drove the car and Steve Enrich 35 of Merced operated the truck. Fenrich blamed brakes in the truck and was cited for defective brakes. Injured in the Lawrence car were Jean Lawrence Adam Aitchison Charles F Lawrence and Charles Lawrence. Also injured on River road Calpella was Jean Neal 26 who rode with Willie A Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ukiah
Charles A. Lawrence
Seattle
Steve Enrich
Merced
California Highway Patrol
Fenrich
Lawrence
Jean Lawrence
Adam Aitchison
Holyoke
Massachusetts
Charles F. Lawrence
Charles Lawrence
Ukiah General Hospital
Fenvich
Warren Truitt
Calpella
Jean Neal
Willie A. Anderson
March Air Force Base
Herbert B. Filben
Potter Valley
Anderson
Filben
Blood Bank Visit to Ukiah on July 18
The blood bank unit returns to Ukiah on Sunday July 18 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial building on Seminary avenue. Donations to local reserve funds and blood replacements may be made during the visit with volunteer technicians physicians and nurses assisting the staff and other tasks handled by local service clubs.
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Blood Bank
Ukiah
Veterans Memorial
Seminary Avenue
Rotary Club
Soroptimist Club
the Lions, Kiwanians
Twenty-Thirty
Rebekah Lodge
Embiem Club
City approves Safeway land swap and park plans
Ukiah city council completed the Safeway land swap, giving the old ball park to Safeway and accepting the $100,000 Church and School site. Safeway will pay $500 a month rent during new building construction. A new larger supermarket is planned for South State street with future use for part of the old park. Council also authorized bids for water gas lines curbs and gutters linked to the 1954-55 budget with bids opening August 4. Also approved removal of an 85 percent oak tree at Live Oak and Grove Streets.
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Safeway
Ukiah
Ball Park
Church and
School Streets
South State Street
Douglas Cruickshank
Talmage Road
Redwood Highway
Walnut Street
Dora Street
Gobbi
Luce
Pine and
Leslie Streets
Live Oak
Grove Streets
Charles Keene
County Assessment Rises by 2 Million for 1954-55
San Francisco reporting shows the 1954-55 county tax base at 54,107,585, an increase of 2,146,368 over the prior year. County assessor W. Ek. Ford presented the figures to the Board of Supervisors as Graves plans a campaign visit to Oregon with Adlai Stevenson.
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San Francisco
Richard Graves
California
Eugene
Ore
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Graves
Oregon
Washington, D. C
Board of Supervisors
W. Ek. Ford
Dulles Says Red China Won't Be Seated in UN
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles voiced high confidence that Red China will not be seated in the United Nations or its agencies in the foreseeable future. He warned the U S would veto to block China from the Security Council if needed and criticized the Chinese Communist regime in a forceful news conference.
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Rex Chaney
United Press
Washington
John Foster Dulles
Red China
United Nations
United States
China
U.N. Security Council
World Organization
Dulles
Hisenhower
Eureka woman to face U S charge for illegal moonshine
Fay Clifford Moody of Eureka will be charged by the U S attorney in Sacramento with operating an illegal still. Federal agents seized two small stills near Loleta, five miles south of Eureka, processing corn and sugar mash at about 100 gallons daily, expected to yield corn whisky.
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Eureka
Calif
Fay Clifford Moody
U. S
Sacramento
Internal Revenue
Moody
Loleta
Here
French Ambush Near Hanoi Against Red Troops
French High Command reported Franco Viet Nam forces ambushed Red troops nine miles southeast of Hanoi. About 80 rebels were killed or captured, with 41 killed and 39 taken prisoner. The attack targeted an advancing Communist patrol believed to be part of three divisions moving toward Hanoi from the Red River Delta. The event occurred at Mat Sinh, near the Hanoi corridor to Haiphone.
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Hanoi
Indochina
French Union
Tonkin
Red River
Haiphone
Mat Sinh
Meeting on Iron Curtain bridge fails to reveal fate of Americans
Czech border guards call off a 6 am meeting with West German police to discuss seven American servicemen held in the Czech Republic. A Czech major did not appear, sending a passport official instead and claiming Prague summoned him. Two American intel officers waited in the rain for updates on July 4 captives.
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Waidhaus
Germany
Hans Welzel
Robert Hajek
Prague
Frontier Guards
Police Arrest Two Suspects in Miami Kidnaping
In Miami a seven year old girl Judith Ann Roberts was buried after a Jewish funeral as detectives search the city for clues in a brutal kidnapping rape and strangling case. Police have questioned 30 to 40 individuals including a 24 year old bar employee a 41 year old laborer with prior indecent exposure and a 26 year old dishwasher found asleep in a vacant house. No definite suspect yet as investigators press to solve the homicide and bring the killer to justice.
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Miami
Judith Ann Roberts
James T. Roberts
Judith Ann
Bayfront Park
Jack Lewis
Judge Takes Buhn Case Home Under Advisement
Judge Ralph McGee of Amador County heard Norman Buhn former Mendocino County agricultural commissioner seek $1500 in wages for November December and January. Three board members testified Buhn requested reappointment November 2 1953 and was told to attend November 16. Buhn allegedly said Mendocino county has no agricultural commissioner. The board appointed Ted Erickson Jr. Buhn denied making the remark and said he attended November 16 but was told he need not be present. District attorney argued Buhn abandoned office. Buhn's attorney argued resignation must be written.
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Ralph McGee
Amador County
Norman Buhn
Mendocino County
Board of Supervisors
Buhn
Mendocino
Ted Erickson Jr
Erickson
Edith Beck
Hhis
Newell Rawles
James Busch
Puerto Rican Terrorists Get Long Terms
Washington four Puerto Rican terrorists who fired on the House of Representatives on March 1 received maximum prison terms. Lolita Lebron, 34, got 16 years eight months to 50 years. Rafael Cancel Miranda, Andres Figueroa Cordero, and Irving Flores Rodriguez received 25 to 75 years each. They were convicted of assault with a deadly weapon and the three men faced five counts of assault with intent to kill. Lebron was found innocent on that charge.
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Lolita Lebron
Rafael Cancel Miranda
Andres Figueroa Cordero
Irving Flores Rodriguez
Tionalist Party
Figueroa Cordero
Irving
Mrs. Lebron
Cancel
Thhough
Figueroa
Alvin M. Bentley
R-Mich
Clifford Davis
D-Tenn
Ben F. Jensen
R-I
George H. Fallon
Dmd
Kenneth A. Roberts
Dala
Bentley
Roberts
Marriage Licenses for Vallejo and Covelo Couples
Thomas David Driscoll 22 and Hattie Mae Young 26 of Vallejo obtain marriage license. Robert Andrew Smith 33 and Thelma Marie Hoestler 33 of Covelo obtain license.
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Thomas David Driscoll
Hattie Mae Young
Vallejo
Robert Andrew Smith
Thelma Marie Hoestler
Covelo
Demaret and Turnesa Lead Open Finalists
Jimmy Demaret and Jim Turnesa led five Americans into the final 36 holes of the British Open while Tom Spence held a late lead at halfway with a 60 72. In Guatemala City Gen Carlos Casillo Armas was elected president of the military junta. Alfalta growers in Merced report army worms threatening this year’s crop. In Marysville violence sparked by a West Coast lumber strike as strikes and egg-throwing disrupt California workplaces. Senator Aiken signals intent to seek higher farm price supports. In South Gate two gunmen robbed a Bank of America branch, escaping with 42565 after locking staff in a vault.
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Birkdale
England
Jimmy Demaret
Jim Turnesa
Britain
Tom Spence
Guatemala City
Carlos Casillo Armas
Guatemala
Marysville
California
Speckert Lumber Company
Bne
Armin Speckert
Red Bluff
Red Bluff Molding Co
Robert Parker
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Hiway
City
Safeway Stores
NEA
Emmy Lee Bowers
Gladys Bowler
Nevada
Adlai
Willits
Point Arcana
Point Arena
Eurekan
Tails
Shirley
Betwen
House of Representatives
Merced—H
Hopeton
George D. Aiken
Senate
Vermont
Senate Agriculture Committee
South Gate
Gunmien
Richard Ruth
Bank of America
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