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Newspaper
Ukiah Daily Journal
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1959
Page
6
The column jokes about a 3 cent cigarette tax bringing in 60,756,000 annually while musing on budget hearings in Albion New York where a 61 percent property tax rise drew only one taxpayer. It wanders through quotes about time, learning, and moral downfalls with literary references and street corner chatter.
Ukiah police detained Frances Nancy Williams in the lobby Friday afternoon and Demetrio Flores at Bob's Lunch Saturday afternoon. Police link them to damage at Cohen store, 119 S Main, where a car struck a plate glass window and a built in oven display May 23, then vanished. The vehicle, owned by William Williams of Route 1 Ukiah, was reported stolen May 23 and found two days later at Stephenson and Oaks Streets.
Ukiah Fire Department logged eight calls over a weekend from 3 40 pm Friday to 4 03 pm Sunday. Incidents included a leaking propane tank on Cunningham Lane East River Road a grass fire near Hollow Tree Lumber Company and fires at Klamath Machine Works 720 N State Street a hot motor at 21 Norton Street and grass fires on several properties along the south highway and at Seablom Salvage Yard.
Police logged two minor crashes with no injuries in the city over the holidays. At Bush and Henry Streets Friday evening Phyllis Gavin and Rosalie Ross collided after Gavin failed to yield to Ross on Henry Street at a stop sign. Patrick DeVaughn and George Fullerton collided Saturday afternoon at Bush and Walnut when DeVaughn failed to stop as Fullerton entered from Walnut. Officer Donald Woskosy investigated both incidents.
Albert Whitaker of Ukiah won last week's Do You Remember contest sponsored by Ukiah Liquor and Sporting Goods Store. She correctly identified a photo of Bunt Cox Bob Clark and Gene Schamber from the Palace Hotel Golf Tournament. Schamber was the winner and Whitaker received an Albatross fly rod. Also reports a Lakeport accident injuring Harley Johnson and others in a Highway 20 crash near Upper Lake.
Nancy Gottfredson of South Pasadena says an ex convict, 22 year old Robert A. Smith, held her for eight hours in a car in Temple City and Alhambra, forced her to pose nude for photos, and threatened her life before release. Smith was arrested minutes after the release and surrendered to deputies. The Marine companion aided in escape, and Gottfredson was taken to a sheriff substation.
Rotarians announce contestants will display epee talent at a noon feathering. Hostesses for the Very Important Personages will escort to the Shodakai dedication site. Miss Lake Mendocino will be crowned at the formal rites and take her place on the platform. She and her princesses attend the Ship Ahoy dance at the Palace hotel Saturday.
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