Two Air Observer Awards For Mendocino County Skywatch
Mendocino county receives two scale models of the F-94 Starfire for its skywatch group led by Lee Trowbridge. Fort Bragg post won one award yesterday. Covelo post to receive another at 8 30 this evening with Trowbridge present. General Chidman will deliver a GOC Day speech via CBS network at 7 45 pm from Akron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendocino County
National Ground Observer Corps
Skywatch
Lee Trowbridge
Fort Bragg
Ground Observer Corps
United States Air Force
Benjamin Chidman
Air Defense Command
Akron
Ohio
CBS
Air Force
Milton C. Davis
Oakland
Davis
Covelo
Mendocino
L. S. Trowbridge
Civil Defense
Charles Dunlap
Eureka
Covelo Post
Trowbridge
Seven Die In New Jerusalem Flight Report
Disjointed clippings report a dire prophecy headline about seven deaths in a flight between Israel and Egypt. Notices mention Jack Clarke of Idle Pioneer Company, a wilderness survival safari in Dorado National Forest, and condolences to the Lon Gibson family after a Clearlake Highlands explosion. Political jab at Adlai Stevenson during his presidential campaign and scattered humor column bits close the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jerusalem
Israel
Egypt
Five Men Plead Guilty in Drunken Public Disorder
Five men held by the sheriff pleaded guilty to being drunk in a public place. Each received 10 days in county jail. Autopsy showed Byron Soper died from a head blow, not drowning, his body found near Branscomb’s snake pit after a Saturday night. Witnesses say the men deny any involvement. further questioning continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff's Office
Byron Soper
Soper
Snake Pit
Branscomb
Tragedy Near Laytonville Claims Two 12-Year-Olds En Route Beach Party
Flat-bed truck carrying five children side-swiped a house trailer on Red Wood highway five miles south of Laytonville. Judy Starr and Lilly Borcella, both 12, died. others survived with minor injuries. Driver William Starr, 37, and car driver Guy Strohmeyer, 64, were not cited. Accident occurred at 1:45 p.m.
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Laytonville
Judy Starr
Howard Memorial Hospital
Willits
Lilly Borcella
California Highway Patrol
William Starr
Longvale
Redwood Highway
Guy Strohmeyer
Englewood
CHP
Bill Starr
Shirley Starr
Carol Starr
Dulles Opens Door to Geneva Peace Round Indochina
In Paris Secretary Dulles agrees to send Under secretary Walter Bedell Smith back to Geneva for the Indochina peace talks, with the aim of reaching an honorable agreement within days. Mendes-France and Eden press for rapid progress while Dulles keeps to U.S. principles. Johnson to cover in Prague until Smith returns.
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Paris
Isenhower
Walter Bedell Smith
Geneva
Smith
United States
John Foster Dulles
Pierre Mendes-France
Britain
Anthony Eden
Mendes-France
Indochina
Dulles
France
U. S
Czechoslovakia
U. Alexis Johnson
Indochina peace deal eyed with Viet Nam partition plan
Diplomatic sources say the United States France and Great Britain reached a deal to back a peace proposal that would partition Viet Nam and neutralize Laos and Cambodia. The plan may be signed as early as Monday and involves leaders Dulles Mondefrance and Eden. Nearby reports note Oakland considers fare increases by the Key System, Butte County moves to return a pastor accused of embezzlement, and a private plane aided rescue boats near San Simeon after spotting a raft Lehi.
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Paris
United States
France
Great Britain
Indochina
Dulin Foster Dulles
Prench
Pierre Mondefrance
Anthony Eden
Viet Nam
Lagos
Cambodia
Oakland
Bess
Public Utilities Commission
Bay Bridge
Oroville
Butte County
Harry Strinas
Paradise
BAN Francisco—Ua
San Simeon
Calif
Here
Democratic Meet Organizes For Campaign For Mendocino County
An enthusiastic Democratic County Central Committee gathering Tuesday launched the county campaign. Dewey Turner was elected central committee chairman, with Harry Hildebrand and Robert Windsor named vice chairmen. Elaine Lackey became permanent secretary. The group meets again July 19 in Fort Bragg to plan a full slate for state and national races.
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Democratic County Central Committee
Mendocino County
Charles R. Farrell
Dewey Turner
Fort Bragg
Central Committee
Harry Hildebrand
Ukiah
Robert Windsor
Willits
Elaine Lackey
Mendocino
Weather Update for Northwestern California and Fort Bragg
Northwestern California shows fair conditions today and Thursday with coastal fog in the early mornings. Inland areas warm with humidities rising, highs around 93 in Ukiah and 80 in Santa Rosa, lows near 52. Northwesterly winds 12 to 25 mph along the coast. Fort Bragg area has night and morning fog with otherwise fair weather, little temperature change, and northwest winds 12 to 25 mph along the coast.
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California
Santa Rosa
Napa
Fort Bragg
Blue Lake Milling Opens With Half Crew In Mendocino
Blue Lake Milling Company, one of three struck Mendocino mills, resumed operations with 16 of 30 workers. A union spokesman cites terms similar to Calpella Durable Plywood plant a week earlier. The Potter Valley mill remains on strike with non union labor as negotiations continue amid a three-state lumber walkout and stalled negotiations between AFL and employers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Lake Milling Company
Mendocino County
Durable
Calpella
Potter Valley
AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers
International Woodworkers of America
AFL
Northwest
AFL Lumber
Death Toll Rises After Lake County Gas Blast Tragedy
Ukiah resident Mrs Larkin Younce visits Clearlake Highlands area draft. en route learns of a Highlands gas explosion. She reaches Lakeside Hospital in Lakeport where Mrs Lon Gibson has died and Mr Gibson remains critically ill. total deaths rise to three.
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Lake County
Mra
Larkin Younce
Kiah
Clearlake Highlands
Clearlake Oaks
Lakeside Hospital
Lakeport
Lon Gibson
Younce
Gibson
Mr. Gibson
Gas Blast Kills Three in Clearlake Highlands
A gas explosion in Clearlake Highlands yesterday morning killed three people Mrs. Bess Gibson Irvin Garner and his son Donald Irvin Garner. Lon Gibson manager of the plant and co owner is hospitalized in serious condition with Burns. Fire chief Floyd Throop estimated total property loss around 550000 with the plant hit hardest. Funeral arrangements are pending at Jones Mortuary in Lowagake.
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Ferdina Reinholt
Clearlake Highlands
Bess Gibson
Lon Gibson
Lake County Gas Company
Irvin Garner
Garner's
Donald Irvin Garner
Lakeside Hospital
Lakeport
Gibson
Garner
Bob Kinkyside
Akeside Hospital
Charles Baum
Clearlake Oaks
Jones Mortuary
Lowag @ake
Floyd Throop
Lakeshore Fire Department
Lee @eoples
Baum
Probe Into Death of Willits Man
Frederick Rodgers a 74 year old retired Willits druggist shot himself in a Sacramento service station rest room. Coroner Edward R. Reuter said Rodgers and his wife had Sunday visits with Albert J. Schoendorf and baseball games before their Monday return. Rodgers entered the rest room and shot himself, his wife unaware of the pistol and no sign of despondence was observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Rodgers
Willits
Sacramento
Sacramento County
Edward R. Reuter
Reuter
Rodgers
Albert J. Schoendorf
Re. MoRgers
Mendocino Pear Crop Slightly Down In 1954
Mendocino county canning pears are estimated at 18 000 tons for the year, down from 20 000 to 21 000 in better seasons, though fruit quality is reported very good. Spokesman Ruel Stickney notes prices at 80 dollars per ton for prorate pears, higher by 2 1/2 dollars from last season, with regional prices listed for Sacramento El Dorado Solano 75, San Jose 68, and Placer County Geyserville 72.50. Cameron Girton of the California Canning Pears Association says prices match the 1953 season except for Mendocino and a few areas. State Agriculture Department announces new official Bartlett pear grades for canning in 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendocino County
Ruel Stickney
Sacramento
el Dorado
Solano Counties
San Jose
Placer County
Geyserville
Cameron Girton
California Canning Pears Association
State Department of Agriculture
Lions Club Kick-Off Breakfast Sets Ticket Drive
The Lions Club will hold a Kick-off Breakfast at the Palace Hotel tomorrow morning to start selling tickets for their children's benefit fund. After breakfast, members begin a canvass of the business district to promote tickets for the All-Star baseball games on August 1 and 25 at Anton Stadium.
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Lions Club
Palace Hotel
Anton Stadium
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Air Observer Awards
Jack Clarke
Idlie Pioneer Company
Jack
Dorado National Forest
Edith V. A. Murphy
Dizzy Driver
Burroughs
Oakland Tribune
Mrs. Gibson
Adlai Stevenson
Adlai
Pacific Ocean
Kansas
Journal
Hoto
Atsire
Plcnickers
Mendes- France
Eden
Democratic Meet
United Press
Blue Lake Milling
Ae Ag
Lee Peoples Home
Caber
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