Chamber Presses for Dam Election Petition Signatures
Ukiah Chamber of Commerce mails over 2000 postcards urging registered voters to sign a petition seeking a county election on forming a Russian River Flood Control and Water Conservation District and approving a tax levy for Mendocino County participation in the Coyote Valley Dam project. June 30 aims to finish signatures. signing must match registration records exactly.
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Ukiah Chamber of Commerce
Coyote Valley Dam
Russian River
Coyote Valley
Mendocino County
Chamber
Paul Sutterley
Claude Falconer
Flag Day urges display of national colors statewide
Ukiah Post reports Veterans of Foreign Wars press merchants to show the flag on June 14. Governor Knight backs Beef For Father's Day. households expect Father’s Day beef. California unemployment law may need amendment for Ford Motor Co workers to receive 60 percent of take home pay through Ford GAW. question of class legislation arises.
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California
Ford Motors
Ford Gaw
V F W Urges Flag Day Observance in Ukiah
Ukiah VFW urges all residents to display the Stars and Stripes tomorrow Flag Day June WM. Merchants are asked to fly the flag in front of their businesses and from flag poles on buildings where available. One hundred percent observance would not be too much.
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Ukiah Post
Veternos
Ukiah Clergy Attend Stockton Methodist Conference
Ukiah Methodist Church leaders join the California Nevada conference sessions in Stockton as the six day event opens. Rev Arthur Wallace and Mrs Imogene Johnston depart from Ukiah, with Rev Donald Tippett to chair the meeting. Distinguished speakers include Dr Harold Case and Dr Baldwin Woods.
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Stockton
California-Nevada
Methodist Church
Arthur Wallace
Ukiah
Imogene Johnston
Ukiah Methodist Church
Donald Harvey Tippett
San Francisco
Harold C. Case
Boston University
Baldwin M. Woods
University of California
Shasta
Sacramento- Nevada
J. Douglas Ewan
Tulare
Dillon W. Throckmorton
Throckmorton
Ukiah Man Dies After Bulbar Polio At Hospital
John Edward Scanlon aged 20 of 215 South Main street died at Sonoma County Hospital Saturday night at 6 o clock six hours after entering for bulbar polio. He was ill Friday with influenza then polio diagnosed. Born in Willits, he lived in the county most of his life and worked for Durable Plywood in Calpella. He left a wife Shirley a daughter Julia Ann and his mother Mrs Clara Scanlon plus paternal grandparents and four sisters. Services set for Tuesday June 14 at 10 am at Eversole Mortuary with Father Celestine Quinlan officiating. Interment in Ukiah Catholic Cemetery. Rosary Monday night at 8. Pallbearers named.
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John Edward Scanlon
South Main Street
Sonoma County
Scanlon
Sonoma Hospital
Scanion
Willits
Ukiah High School
Calpella
Shirley Scanlon
Julia Ann Scanlon
Clara Scanlon
Ukiah
James Leggett
Nashmead
Margaret Ulvilla
Marie Yost
Island Mountain
Mary Posey
Oakland
Florence Scanlon
Eversole Mortuary
Celestine Quinlan
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Ukiah Catholic Cemetery
Kenneth Master
Roger Webb
Robert Webb
Melvin Argroves
Elwin Bottorlf
Peter Onori
Truman to Address UN Special Meeting in San Francisco
Former President Harry S Truman heads home after a two day Rose Festival visit. He will address the United Nations on June 24 at a special night meeting in San Francisco, after accepting the invitation from Dag Hammarskjold and turning down a State Department invite.
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Portland
Ore
Harry S. Truman
United Nations
San Francisco
Truman
Oregon
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Mr. Truman
Elks Urge Flag Display For Old Glory Day
Ukiah Elks Lodge calls on residents to display the flag from sunrise to sunset for Old Glory Day marking the 178th anniversary of the Stars and Stripes. Exalted Ruler Dr. Trevis Marsha says the flag remains a symbol of freedom amid calls to show patriotism.
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Ukiah Elks Lodge
Continental Congress
Trevis Marsha
Ukiah Elks
Ridgewood Ranch Employee Killed in Auto Crash
Louis C. Bynum, Ridgewood ranch employee for about 18 months, died at Lake side hospital from injuries suffered when his car overturned on a gravel curve four miles east of the Highways 20 and 53 intersection at about 5 45 Saturday evening. A passenger escaped injury. Bynum, a widower with children, was en route to Williams for the weekend. Funeral and burial will be at Upper Lake beside his wife.
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Louis C. Bynum
Ridgewood Ranch
Lakeside Hospital
Highway Patrol
Bynum
Mr. Bynum
Jack Parrish
Williams
Parrish
Upper Lake
Riots Prompt Peron Cabinet to Act on Church Conflict
In Buenos Aires President Juan D. Peron and his cabinet met for 90 minutes to craft new repressive measures after weekend riots left at least 22 hurt and about 460 to 600 arrested. Pro Peronist papers accuse Catholic leadership of treason while Osservatore Romano says the government spreads false reports and Catholics face trial without defense.
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Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Vatican City
Osservatore Romano
Rowan Hinds Wins Lions Scholarship ’55
Rowan Hinds, son of Mr and Mrs Ted Hinds of Redwood Valley, won a 300 annual Ukiah Lions Club scholarship for outstanding high school seniors. He will study forestry management at Utah State College Logan this fall and serves as Ukiah Future Farmers of America president. Half the award is paid this fall and the rest in the spring semester. He leaves Monday for a second year with the State Division of Forestry stationed at Boonville where he decided on his field last summer. He was among about 12 students screened by Ukiah and Potter Valley faculties. committee members were Mrs Leo Cook Harley Branson and A B Broaddus Jr.
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Ted Hinds
Redwood Valley
Utah State College
Logan
Utah
State Division of Forestry
Boonville
Rowan
Ukiah Future Farmers of America
Ukiah
Potter Valley High School
Leo Cook
Harley Branson
A. B. Broaddus Jr
Logger and Wife Injured in Bar Brawl Near Laytonville
A Laytonville logger and his wife were hospitalized at Howard Hospital after a weekend drinking spree ended in an assault and attempted murder. Wilson Kennedy, 52, a Ben Mast Lumber saw filer, was jailed on suspicion of murder after knifing Marion Tharp and slicing Velma Tharp’s throat while defending his wife. Both Tharps survived their deep neck wounds, with doctors reporting good condition. Kennedy was arrested by Sheriff Reno Bartolomie and deputies Hollingsworth and Hanks.
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Laytonville
Howard
Willits
Wilson Kennedy
Velma Tharp
Marion
Kennedy
Ben Mast Lumber Company
Tharps
Tharp
Reno Bartolomie
Painter Jack Clapp Aims Lake St. Clair Sky Jump
Detroit report says 70 year old painter Jack Clapp, retired by the Board of Education for average status, plans a parachute jump into Lake St. Clair on June 19 to prove he is still a good man. The act reflects his personal quest amid public scrutiny and memory of his career.
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Detroit
Jack Clapp
Board of Education
Lake St. Clair
Thunder Storm Keeps Fire Fighters Busy
Weather sparked multiple fires in Lake and Mendocino counties over the weekend with four fires caused by lightning Friday night and an additional blaze Saturday in Potter Valley. Forestry crews contained most blazes with about an acre and a half of timber burned in Mendocino and fifteen acres of brush burned near Lower Lake. no major damage reported. Second polio anti vaccine shots are set for Friday June 17 at the Mendocino County Health Department office in Ukiah for eligible children including those who have had all prior inoculations. first shots were administered June 30. Sessions run 9 am to 12 pm and 1 pm to 4 pm. unshot first-timers may attend if accompanied by a parent.
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Mendocino County
Lake
Mendocino
Forestry Division
Air Patrol
Covelo
Potter Valley
Forestry Service
Willits
Lake County
Cache Creek
Lower Lake
Baccalaureate Sermon Led Ukiah Seniors by Rev Brown
Ukiah high school seniors heard a baccalaureate sermon in the school auditorium in cooperation with the Ukiah Ministerial Association. Rev Leonard G Brown spoke on Whither Goest Thou from the Peter legend, stressing standing up, sacrifice, and a life shouldering suffering to reach immortality. The program included invocations, readings, benediction, and choir pieces by the Christian Church choir directed by Allen Toedter.
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Rev. Brown
Christian Church Choir
Ukiah High School
Ukiah Ministerial Association
Leonard G. Brown
First Baptist Church
Peter
Christ
Mr. Brown
Rome
Nero
Immor
Robert Read
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Robert Groves
First Presbyterian Church
J. R. Edgar
Assembly of God Church
Allen Toedter
General Motors strikes end as unions seal three year wage pact
Detroit union leaders announce three year guaranteed wage contracts with CIO unions for 410000 GM workers at UAW and Electrical Workers. The accords cover 375000 UAW and 35000 Electric Workers employees, adding to 140500 Ford workers with similar guarantees. Many GM plants halt amid walkouts as negotiations finish. Walter Reuther vows steps to restore plant operations nationwide.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Electrical Workers Union
Ford
UAW
Ternstedt
Trenton
N. J
Walter Reuther
General Motors
Auto Workers Union
Reuther
Three-Year Pact Sets Trucks Rolling Again
AFL teamsters and trucking industry ratified a three-year contract ending a strike that began May 19. Fed eral Conciliator John Fenton announced approval, drivers, dockmen and office staff ordered to return to work across 11 Western states. Immediate 8-cent hourly raise for long-haul with 15 cents more over two years. Short-haul workers gain 29 cents total.
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Los Angeles
AFL Teamsters
John Fenton
Sixteen Will Graduate at River Union
River Union Elementary School will hold commencement exercises for 16 eighth graders on Thursday June 16 at 8 p.m. The program features musical selections by the graduating class with School Principal Robert Broaddus presenting diplomas and John W. Harding assisting. Graduates include Kenneth Arnold Dick Bennett Charles Crawford Andrew Grant Patricia Hammond Clifford Jones Jacqueline Klemann Albert Langley Larry Lynch Beverly Moore Jerry Reeves Janice Robertson Thomas Starbuck James Warden Robert Warner and William Welch.
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River Union Elementary School
Charles Crawford
Wills
B. G. DeSylva
Dick Bennett
Albert Langley
Stephen Foster
William Murphy
Glee Club
Cole Porter
Robert Broaddus
John W. Harding
Board of ‘Trustees
Kenneth Arnold
Andrew Grant
Patricia Hammond
Clifford Jones
Jacqueline Klemann
Larry Lynch
Beverly Moore
Jerry Reeves
Janice Robertson
Thomas Starbuck
James Warden
Robert Warner
William Welch
Albertium Gym Construction Delayed by Materials
Alberti num School’s gym project is pushed to August as steel trusses and building materials arrive. The June 18 completion date was canceled after a city halt for lack of a permit. a variance was granted in a special planning session. About 200 volunteers are ready to work once supplies arrive to speed erection.
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Albertinum
City Planning Commission
Gunderson Receives Real Estate Salesman License
D. D. Watson state real estate commissioner announced issuance of a real estate salesman license to Gordon Gunderson of 570 North State Street in Sacramento. The action confirms Gunderson met licensing requirements and is authorized to operate in real estate sales.
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Gunderson
Sacramento
D. D. Watson
Gordon
State St
Ukiah
Weather Overview for Northwestern California and Fort Bragg
Variable cloudiness today and tonight with Tuesday. A few light showers and isolated thunderstorms possible in northern mountains. Temperatures steady. Fort Bragg area stays cloudy with a chance of light rain Tuesday morning. Northwesterly winds 12 to 25 mph near the coast, 8 to 15 mph early.
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California
Fort Bragg
North West
Earthquake Strikes Christchurch Town Causing Panic
An earthquake shook Christchurch early today causing panic and some damage but no casualties reported. In Moscow, the Soviet Union accepted the Western powers proposal for a Big Four summit in Geneva starting soon.
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Christchurch
New Zealand
Moscow
Soviet Union
Geneva
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Paul
Sam
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Knight
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Brownie Troop
Ukiah Muncipal Park
Keen McGuffin
Joan Rose
JoAnn Robinson
Toal Rae Davis
Donna Gregg
Judy Mark
Carolyn Manning
Sharon Paangnen
Marcha Jackson
Mary
Ann Haines
Linda Shieids
Margaret Ganter
Walter Heady
Sharon Miteewe Mors
von Gregg
Arne Paananen
Post
Journal
Zylsira
Elks
Perons
Rowan Hinds
Lions
Ukiah Lion's Club
Ford Company
Logger
River Union
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