Fort Bragg notices urge united fund and vigil heads
A jumble of reader items advocates a united fund paid by a percent of pay to aid welfare needs, calls for a master musician to form a local dance band, notes a Ukiah student Kenneth Anderson’s Sky Watch duties, and mentions guards in water towers and an upcoming capital punishment debate in Sacramento with page continuation on 51.
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Paul Revere
Kenneth Andersons
The
Republic
Sacramento
State Senate
Assembly
California
Weather report for Northwestern California and Fort Brage area
Northwestern California faces variable cloudiness with a few thunderstorms in the north. Today’s highs around 75 near Ukiah, 68 in Santa Rosa and Napa with overcast skies, drizzle and cooler air tonight into Saturday. Fort Brage area remains overcast with drizzle likely, a possible thunderstorm, light winds turning northwest.
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Santa Rosa
Napa
Fort Bragg
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Chou Declares China Won't Negotiate Formosa Cease Fire
In an interview published today in Indonesia and Red China, Premier Chou En-lai said there will be no Formosa cease fire talks with the United States since no war exists between the two nations. He stressed Taiwan is China’s internal affair and urged peace talks to ease Taiwan tensions.
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Indonesia
China
United States
Chou En-lai
Ali Sastroamidjojo
Peiping
Red China
New China
Chou
Formosa
Mosa
Taiwan
U.S
Fall From Truck Hospitalizes Coast Woman
Mrs Estelle Regan of Branscomb was taken to Mendocino County Hospital after falling from the cab of a truck at State and Andandiey streets. Police say the truck was driven by Leland Tracey of Lolita who had given her a ride from Laytonville after she missed her bus. The vehicle belonged to Mimer Hight of Lolita. She suffered a head injury and bruised hip with a cut above the left eye. x rays will determine the extent of the head injury. The purpose and cause of the fall remain unknown.
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Estelle Regan
Branscomb
Mendocino County Hospital
State
Atandiey Street
Brumback and
Scott
Police Department
Leland Tracey
Lolita
Regan
Snake Bites Mrs Don Gregg Near Mendocino Winery
Ukiah resident Mrs Don Gregg was bitten on the right leg by a snake in a yard near Mendocino Grape Growers Winery. Guests helped capture the snake, doctors treated with anti venom, and the reptile later vanished, leaving uncertainty about its species.
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Don Gregg
Ukiah
Mendocino Grape Growers Winery
Donba
Jook Art
Midnight Deadline Looms In GM UAW Talks
Detroit reports a last day push toward a new GM UAW contract with a Sunday midnight deadline as 60 000 idle workers press for a wage pact. Wildcat strikes earlier in the week shuttered 20 plants, and 5000 returning to work ended the final walkout. Walter Reuther warned talks may stretch to the limit but expressed cautious optimism of a favorable outcome. Local issue meetings preceded this afternoon’s formal bargaining session.
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Ford Motor Company
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UAW
Cordial talks mark wage bargaining with Big Six steel firms
In Pittsburgh CIO United Steelworkers report unusually cordial preliminary wage talks with US steel producers. Inland Steel, Jones and Laughlin, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, Republic Steel, Bethlehem Steel and U.S. Steel leaders praise the atmosphere as unions prepare for broader talks with about 90 smaller companies. McDonald notes good spirit while Stephens says cooperative approach is long sought. If no settlement by June 30, strike options remain.
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CIO United
Inland Steel
USW
U. S. Steel
Republic Steel
Jones and Laughlin
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Bethlehem Steel
David J. McDonald
U.S. Steel
John A. Stephens
Stephens
McDonald
Mendocino Counseling Group Meets Monday at City Hall
Mendocino Committee For Family Counseling Services will meet Monday at 8 p.m. in city hall. The public is invited along with civic, fraternal and religious group representatives. John Oakes of the county superintendent's office serves as chair.
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Mendocino
John Oakes
36 Graduate at Redwood Valley Thursday Night
Graduation exercises for 36 eighth graders at Redwood Valley Elementary School featured an orchestra, choirs, and a guest address by Mendocino County district attorney Merle P. Orchard. Principal Francis J. Ebert presented diplomas as board member Woodrow White awarded them. Honor and music scholars were acknowledged. graduates then attended a dancing party in Ukiah.
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Britain
Warrell Lynch
Redwood Valley
Lawrence Clark
Zylstra
Redwood Valley Elementary School
L. Brier McNeil
Rose Marie
LaVerne Fuller
Charles Lovell
Merle P. Orchard
Mendocino County
Sherrie Moore
Orchard
Francis J. Ebert
Wood
Mary Huggins
James Johnson
Raymond Moulder
Ukiah
Plan Card Party at Redwood Valley Grange Hall
Redwood Valley Grange will conduct another card party tomorrow at Grange hall. Mrs Solomon Heth will be in charge. The event is a special request and not one of the regular spring season card events, as announced.
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Redwood Valley Grange
Grange Hall
Solomon Heth
Signers Short for Mendocino County Dam Ballot Plan
Mendocino County struggles to gather enough signatures to place a 22 million dollar federal aid project for the Coyote Valley Dam on the ballot. Fifteen percent of district assessed valuation needed, some signatures invalid, and petitions held at chamber of commerce for more support. If the district fails, Mendocino could lose water rights to the dam, per state water officials.
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Hal Musin
Sonoma County
Coyote Valley
Mendocino
Mendocino County
Piupypal Lue
Chamber of Commerce
Jose
Henry Holsinger
State Division of Water Resources
Sacramento
Merle P. Orchard
Paul Poulos
Hols
Division of Water Resources
A. D. Edmonston
Registration dates set for preschool to first grade
Registration for entering school this September is announced. Yokayo and Nokomis on September 1, Northside on September 2. Parents should bring birth certificates and up to date immunization and communicable disease records. Mendocino County birth certificates available through John Oakes at the county superintendent of schools office. Children must be five by December 1, 1955 for kindergarten and six by December 1, 1955 for first grade.
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Yokayo
Nokomis
Northside
Mendocino County
John Oakes
Superintendants of Schools
Extradition sought for fry cook in Nixon relatives’ restaurant
Tulsa County authorities said they will seek extradition on charges of child abandonment against a man employed as a fry cook at the Whittier California restaurant operated by relatives of Vice President Richard M Nixon. The Agriculture Department estimated the 1953 wheat crop at 845 215 000 bushels, below the 875 million domestic and export needs. East German Communists announced plans to form a national army and introduce conscription for thousands of East Zone youths.
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Tulsa
Whittier
Calif
Richard M. Nixon
Washington
Agriculture Department
Berlin
Police Report Shows 197 May Crime Cases Ukiah
Ukiah Police Department reported 197 crimes for May resulting in 165 arrests. Burglary accounted for six cases with six arrests. four petit thefts under 50 dollars led to three arrests. three burglaries led to three arrests for a total loss of 363.65 dollars and recovered value of 3805.50 dollars including a 2725 dollar auto. The month saw 584 calls including 137 dog calls and 163 suspicions, 106 warrants, 21 open doors and windows, and 253 traffic arrests with at least one injury from a vehicle accident.
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Ukiah Police Department
Pacific Ocean Air Routes Far West Heat Wave
A Pacific West heat wave eased by cool air from the Pacific and Canada. Seattle tied its all time high at 100 after 30 plus streets buckled. Needles reached 118 with widespread 100s across California Nevada Oregon and Washington. Temperatures fell up to 17 degrees in Texas and cooled along the Mid Atlantic and New England coasts.
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Ore
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California
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New Mexico
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Leonard Reece, Jr
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