Senate Leaders vow to block McCarthy ouster move
Senate Republican leaders unanimously pledged to oppose efforts to strip Joseph McCarthy of his chairmanships. The policy committee met privately and authorized William Knowland to table any floor motion on Senate organization for the balance of 1954. McCarthy pressed ahead with a closed session to push hearings on alleged Communist influence in defense plants and staff reforms from the Army McCarthy hearings linger.
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Senate
William F. Knowland
Ate
Flanders
McCarthy
Senate Rules Committee
Rules Committee
Knowland
Charles E. Potter
Rmich
Potter
John L. McClellan
Ark
McClellan
Army
Golden Named Head of GOP Central Committee
John Golden local attorney was named head of the County Republican Central Committee replacing Edward Melville at a committee meeting this week. Other officers elected were Mrs Ethel Shannon of Fort Bragg and Mrs Blanche Iles of Willits vice chairmen, Mrs C H Gordon Dixon of Willits secretary, and Walter Sandelin treasurer. The group outlined plans for the fall elections and coordinated with the state committee while welcoming Gordon Gunderson of Willits. The next meeting is set for early September.
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John Golden
Republican Central Committee
Edward Melville
Ethel Shannon
Fort Bragg
Blanche Iles
Willits
C. H. Gordon Dixon
Walter Sandelin
Gordon Gunderson
Ukiah Schools Budget 1954 55 Totals and Projects
Ukiah's 1954 55 budgets set at 1 254 176 for both districts. High school budget 610 869 up from 571 254 last year includes bids for a new home economics domestic science building and a 79 passenger bus to be opened Sept 9. Building funded from school funds, not bonds. Elementary budget 643 307 with total educational expense 473 088. Major expenses listed include administration, instruction, transportation, plant operation, and maintenance.
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Ukiah
William Chessall
Banana Freighter Rescues Raft Crew in Pacific
A three day search for the raft Lehi ended when the banana freighter Metapan found the raft off Southern California and took its five crew aboard around 4 a.m. PDT. The ship planned to dock after 6 p.m. PDT as seas remained rough. The Coast Guard had no update on the crew’s condition.
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San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
California
Metapan
Coast ‘Guard
United Fruits Co
Coast Guard
Santa Maria
Calif
San
James Turner Appointed Ukiah City Clerk
James M. Turner a 32 year old logging firm office manager will assume city clerk duties October 1 in Ukiah, replacing S E Mitchell. Mitchell is to become county auditor with term through April 1956. Turner, a Georgia native, resides at 329 Jones Street and has lived in Ukiah five years. He will receive 402 monthly as supervisor of records and finance until October 1, when his salary rises by 40 as city clerk. City commissions were reappointed or added, with changes to airport and planning boards. An enabling county ordinance proposal was partially endorsed.
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James M. Turner
Ukiah
Turner
S. E. Mitchell
Board of Supervisors
Paul Mathews
Mitchell
Jones Street
Mendocino
Georgia
Martha Berry College
Rome
LaSalle University
County Board of Supervisors
Leo Cook
Library Board
William Chessall
Emma Redwine
John Neilson
Airport Commission
Arthur Schilder
Schilder
Clyde Small
D. J. McAllister
Leonard Balcolm
Larry Courtright
Planning Commission
Jack Smalley
Frank Crane
Mendocino County OAS payments rise in June totals
Mendocino County welfare director Roland Kussow reports June Old Age Security payments total $6,208.17 for 1,183 cases with a county cost of $6,218.98 while total aid across programs reaches $83,527.33 with state and federal support. Other assistance includes 207 needy children at $4,048.07, 48 blind cases at $612.28, 94 general relief cases at $3,235.27, and 25 tuberculosis cases at $5,409.27.
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Mendocino
Roland Kussow
Knight Writes Labor Reply On Rawles Charges In Mendocino
Governor Goodwin Knight responds to Mendocino County Labor League for Political Education about A N Rawles campaign for sheriff. The letter details Highway Patrol rules on leaves of absence, alleged status on sick leave and absence without leave, and potential automatic resignation under Government Code.
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Mendocino County
Rawles
Knight
Edna Hoffman
Urden
Highway Patrol
Industrial Accident Commission
Late Flashes From Across The Nation And West Coast
A Redwood City youth Siiney P Starr aged 16 was killed instantly when his motorcycle collided with a car north of Laytonville. The driver Peter Donahue of San Francisco Public Relations Department said no cause is known. Funeral prayers are pending Auker Mortuary Willits. In California San Francisco public utilities commission hearings were filed by Melvin Duetring Frank C Svehla seeking bus service from Lakeport to Ukiah on three daily trips with a 1 dollar fare Ukiah to lower lake and 75 cents to upper lake areas. In Texas hundreds of U S border patrol agents began mass roundups in the Lower Rio Grande Valley while 12 aliens escaped Jalil Brownsville seven were recaptured and five remained at large. In Kansas City a district court struck down the Kansas movie censorship act ruling the state board could not enforce its ban on The Moon Is Blue. In Chicago the AFL Air Line Pilots Association will postpone a strike as talks continue while American Airlines resumes eight hour pilot rest limits. In San Francisco promoter Benny Ford announced the Paddy DeeMarco Jimmy Carter lightweight title fight will be at Cow Palace September 22 after a delay when DeMarco fell ill.
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Siiney P. Starr
Redwood City
Laytonville
Peter Donahued
Donahoe
State Department of Public Relations
San Francisco
Willits
Auker Mortuary
W—Melvin & Duetring
Frank C. Svehla
Kelseyville
Public Utilities Commission
Lakeport Area
Ukiah
Lakeport
Upper Lake
Lower Lake
Upper Lake Area
Fourth Victim of Gas Blast Succumbs
LAKEPORT. The butane plant explosion in the Clear Lake Highlands area near Lakeport has claimed another life. Charles Baum, 64, died at Lakeside County Hospital after succumbing to burns from the Tuesday blast that also killed three others. Co owner Lon Gibson remained critically burned and in serious condition.
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Lakeport
Clear Lake Highlands
Here
Charles Baum
Lakeside County Hospital
Deer
Lon Gibson
Two Mexicans Arrested Near Water Tank
Jesus Cervantes, 24, and Gorgno Oros, 21, two Mexican nationals, were picked up near the Northwestern Pacific water tank without passports and are held in the city jail en route to U S immigration authorities for return to their country. Chief George Smith said they were taken into custody yesterday.
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Jesus Cervantes
Gorgno Oros
Pacific
U.S
George Smith
Dulles Sees Western Accord More Complete Than Before
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles announced after urgent talks with Britain and France in Paris that an understanding on IndoChina was now much more complete. He said a formula for constructive Allied unity would aid the Geneva Conference without US abandoning its principles. Dulles arrived at the White House after Paris talks and planned to send Walter Bedell Smith to Geneva. He stressed US adherence to its core stance against appeasement and no primary responsibility in the IndoChina conflict.
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John Foster
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Paris
Indochina
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National Airport
White House
Eisenhower
Geneva
Pierre Mendes - France
Anthony Eden
Walter Bedell Smith
Eden
Mendes-France
Viet Nam
Laos
Cambodia
Mendocino Mill Returns to Full Nonunion Operation
Ukiah Pine Lumber Company, the first Mendocino county mill to resume, restarts with a nonunion crew after canceling the AFL Lumber and Sawmill contract. Archie Heseman says wage talks ended, most former union workers returned, logging to begin Monday, pickets reduced, and a few fallers and buckers needed. Residents of Potter Valley thanked employees as the plant moves into the mopping up stage.
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Ukiah Pine Lumber Company
Mendocino County
AFL Lumber and Sawmill Union
Archie Heseman
Heseman
Potter Valley
Seven Injured At Ukiah Tallow Fire
Seven men were burned yesterday afternoon by exploding grease at the Ukiah Hide and Tallow Works on Low Gap road. Tony Silva and Alfred Foster received third degree burns. Others burned included Al Bechtel, Walter Memmerge, Robert Little, Henry Walters, and William Ornham. The blaze likely started from a pile of trash near the building. 10 barrels of grease and the platform were destroyed. Fire Chief Bechtel said the cause is not yet certain and the investigation continues.
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Ukiah
Low Gap Road
Tony Silva
Alfred Foster
al Bechtel
Walter Memmerge
Robert Little
Henry Walters
William Ornham
French and Reds Exchange Pows In Indochina
In Indochina near Hanoi France and the Communist forces exchanged 100 sick and wounded prisoners for a second time amid on the spot talks. French helicopters picked up liberated Union soldiers in a neutral zone 40 miles northwest of Hanoi while fighting flared in isolated spots along the front as Geneva decisions loomed. Camp Brulin, 30 miles northeast of Hanoi, withstood assaults despite rockets and bombers, the French High Command said rebels had cut the camp off but suffered heavy losses.
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Hanoi
Indochina
France
Samson
Red River
Geneva
Camp Brulin
High ‘Command
Camp Brulli
Russia Expected To Block Trieste Settlement
U S officials say Moscow will try to block any agreement settling the Italian Yugoslav dispute over Trieste but cannot stop it. The long-sought accord, after talks with U S British Yugoslav and Italian officials, is believed near completion with only a few minor points remaining before final approval and announcement.
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Washington
United States
Trieste
U.S
Graves Predicts Democratic Victory In November
Richard Graves a Democratic candidate for governor met California Democratic congressmen and predicted a November victory. He discussed building strong campaign organizations in California while saying no party affairs were debated. California Democrats hold their biennial convention and Central Committee meeting next month. Graves planned personal talks with congressmen about a party chairman and plans.
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Washington
Richard Graves
California
Northwestern California Weather Summary
Northwestern California will be fair today through Friday with scattered coastal fog and little temperature change. Highs near Ukiah 98 and Santa Rosa 84, Napa 80. lows around 55, 50, 52. Northwest winds 15 to 30 mph near the coast. Fort Bragg area shows similar conditions with winds 15 to 25 mph.
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California
Ukiah
Santa Rosa
Napa
Fort Bragg
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