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Newspaper
Ukiah Daily Journal
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1954
Page
1
British offer refuses US inquiry on a high seas search while local city notes mock and critique issues. The column roams from unsanitary district landlords to faulty street traps, license worries, county fair funds, Samish’s fall from influence, beef meals at Willits, and coffee drinking habits, ending with a continuation note.
Britain said it would refuse to let American warships stop and search British merchant vessels for arms bound for Guatemala. France, Denmark, Norway were expected to follow. West Germany likely to agree. A European turn down was anticipated, with cooperation possible short of merchant ship searches.
The annual St Marys parish benefit barbecue at Ukiah Municipal Park begins serving at 12 30 Sunday. John Schafer chairs the event with three serving lines and five booths run by the Knights of Columbus and Catholic Ladies League. Tickets cost 1 50 for adults and 75 cents for grammar school children. Attendees should bring their own silverware.
In HANOI Indochina five American Air Force technicians Servicing French planes were captured by Communist forces. Maj Gen John W O Daniel flew from Saigon to Tourane Air Base to investigate the seizure and determine how the Reds captured the men. Local Saigon authorities reported the capture at a small deserted beach.
Aerial searches for 16 year old Martin Burns of Sebastopol were halted after he was swept from a homemade raft yesterday off Bodega Bay. Heavy seas hampered crews as the Coast Guard and Navy also ended the overboard search near Monterey for a missing Yorktown airman.
The forecast calls for fair weather across Northwestern California today tonight and Saturday with coastal fog patches and high cloudiness north of Ukiah. Temperatures remain near seasonal norms with winds 12 to 25 mph along the coast. Fort Bragg area enjoys fair conditions with fog Saturday and similar temperatures, while a five day outlook shows possible showers near the Oregon border Sunday but otherwise dry and near normal temperatures before a slight drop Sunday.
Sen John L McClellan demanded an immediate house cleaning of Sen Joseph McCarthys investigating subcommittee staff over alleged threats and lack of Defense Department security clearances News conference followed the 36 day Army McCarthy hearings ending yesterday McClellan and Sens Stuart Symington and H Hey Jackson backed the demand for action against executive officials deemed principals in the hearings Two staff members sought Defense clearance over a year ago but details were not disclosed
Funeral services for Philip H. Joseph will be held Sunday at 2 PM from Eversole Mortuary with Rev. Arthur H. Wallace of Ukiah Methodist Church officiating. Cremation follows at Chapel of the Chimes in Santa Rosa. Joseph died Thursday evening in Ukiah after a two week illness. he had been a longtime Ukiah resident and local jeweler and optometrist born in Geneva Switzerland on July 3 1878.
Dwight Grass of 7 Oak Knoll Ukiah escaped serious harm when his lumber truck ran off the Redwood Highway three miles north of Willits after a binder chain failed. He suffered a sprained thumb and bruises to chest and right leg and was treated at Howard Memorial Hospital, released about ninety minutes later.
San Francisco reports rising tensions as unions prepare for a general strike at midnight Sunday potentially involving 150000 workers across California Oregon Washington Idaho Montana and Nevada. AFL and CIO leaders meet in Portland to set action dates while several mills already face pickets. Wage demand stands at 12 and a half cents per hour. companies offer to renew last year’s contract. AFL locals plan Sunday night walkouts. seven Northern California mills reached agreement with seven others among Del Norte and Humboldt counties. Federal mediator George Hillenbrand to meet in Redding with Pine Industrial Relations Committee and AFL Northern California leaders to avert a broader walkout of about six thousand workers.
Daniel Craven, 39, of Medford Oregon, was sentenced by Judge Hale McCowen to 90 days in county jail for three counts of issuing fictitious checks totaling 75 dollars. He will be on three years probation after jail, and pay a 250 dollar fine. Dennis Billy, 30, pleaded not guilty to attempted rape and sex perversion involving a 31 year old Monte Rio woman in May, demanded a jury trial. Trial date set for July 2022 with jury drawing on July 9.
More than 300 directors and members of the California Woolgrowers Association convene at Ukiah for a two day meeting. Sessions at the Palace Hotel start today with a ram sale wool show planned for tomorrow at the Twelfth District Fairgrounds. Ralph Taylor will give the luncheon address, introduced by E. Safford. Activities include talks by Dr. Shultz and demonstrations by UC Hopland station staff and state officials. A wool auction and ram sale are set for 4 p.m. today.
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