French Train Crash Death Toll Rises in Heat Caused Wreck
U S and French workers toiled overnight after a Strasbourg to Paris weekend express plunged 30 feet into a marsh near an embankment. At least 24 dead 153 injured many feared still trapped. An American survivor from Medford Massachusetts and another from Bayside New York were among those rescued. Officials attribute the crash to track failure from Sunday’s heat with no sabotage suspected.
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UFI
U.S
U. S. Army
Verdun
Paris
Strasbourg
Pfc
Norman Flateau
Medford
Mass
Filyiorg
Plateau
Catherine McGuinness
Bayside
N. Y
U. S. Air Force Base
Wiesbaden
Germany
Skindiving Crew Reclaims Fifth Discoverer Capsule
A U S Navy destroyer escort picked up five crewmen and a 200 pound Discoverer capsule from a life raft off Hawaii. Air Force said the capsule and divers were in good shape and to be studied. Capsule had been released from Discoverer KXV satellite during a polar orbit pass.
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Honolulu
Apr
Pacific
Air Force
Radford
Hawaii
Space
Air Force Air Rescue Service
Redwood Empire Fair Opens August Third
Premium books are out and entries for the Redwood Empire Fair are pouring in. The 56 page book lists 155 classifications and 1 221 sections with $33 000 in prize money. First deadline for entries is July 5 with booths and gardens closing. Ukiah Grange and Potter Valley groups signed for feature booths. The fair runs Aug 3 and 4 and features East Meets West with a new hall layout and diverse booth shapes. A vaudeville show opens Aug 3, rodeo acts follow Friday and Saturday, and Sunday’s program is pending final decisions. Over 500 premium books have been mailed to exhibitors and booking offices remain open.
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Jim Tocher
Redwood Empire
Tocher
Ukiah
Potter Valley Farm Center
Potter Valley Grange
Willits Farm Center
Carl Purdy Hall
Ukiah Garden Club
Wiil
Ukiah Grange
Church of the Latter - Day Saints
Arthur Romer
Andy de Grassi
San Francisco
Yeie
Fainsrounds
Tochar
Two Children Lost in Russian River at Glen Crag
Santa Rosa UPI report says two children, James 11 and Karen 8, were swept away by strong currents while swimming at Glen Crag resort near Santa Rosa before lifeguards arrived. Mrs May Wilson of San Francisco, their mother, identified the victims and said the incident occurred at 9 30 a m as rescuers searched the river.
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Santa Rosa
UPI
Glen Crag Resort
James
Karen
May Wilson
San Francisco
Suzi Rea Heads to Southland for State Beauty Pageant
Ukiah teen Suzi Rea, chosen by Miss Moton, will travel to Hollywood for the California Beauty Pageant representing Ukiah. She flies from Ukiah to San Francisco then to Hollywood for rehearsals, events, and the final Friday night selection of Miss California.
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Suzi Rea
Southland
Hollywood
Ukiah
California
Miss Rea
Ukiahi
Paul Redding
Joseph ‘Rea
Tanya Moton
Amon
Leonard Stallcup
Stallcups
Maton
Ukiah Chamber of Commerce
Stallcup
Miss Moton
Miss Motton
San Francisco
Sheraton ‘West
Miss California
Channel 9
Parl
Kimsl
Lake Mendocino
Iso
Wener seeks deeper cuts in 1961 62 budget fight continues
County supervisor Wener vows to press for reductions until the final budget vote. Auditor S E Mitchell lists the 1961 62 preliminary budget at 6 802849 09, up from last year. Wener targets road projects in Sawyer and Rice districts, calling several items nonessential or delaying unnecessary spending.
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Kathy Hunter
Martin Wener
Pervisor
S. E. Mitchell
Board of Supervisors
Hearing on Books Again Postponed
A scheduled hearing on the demurrers to the suit filed by Supervisor Oscar Klee to recover 750 for daw books for the Big River Judicial court was postponed for the second time in Dept. 2 of the Mendocino Superior Court. Klee names all five members of the 1960 supervisorial board as defendants, with demurrers filed by Hartley Scaramella Sawyers Poulos Bainkbridge.
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Kearing
Oscar Klee
Big River Judicial Court
Klee
Mendocino Superior Court
Klee Namvei
Supervisorial Board
Tf Ig
Josephn Hartley
Joseph Scaramella
Harvey Sawyers
More Arrests In Sabotage Wave Nabs Two U S Suspects
FBI held two Americans in San Diego on 100000 bail each for conspiracy to sabotage two microwave towers and a relay station in Utah and Nevada on May 28. Bernard J. Brous 51 and Daile Chris Jensen 33 claimed leadership roles in a self described revolutionary group. Mexican authorities arrested them aboard Brous yacht near Ensenada then handed them to FBI for arraignment.
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San Diego
UPD
Utah
Nevada
Graying
Bernard J. Brous
Daile
Chris Jensen
Brous
Ensenada
Mexico
Speedboat Races At Lake Mendocino Draw Big Ukiah Crowd
An estimated 8000 spectators flocked to Lake Mendocino and Coyote Dam approaches to witness Ukiah's first outboard regatta. Jockeys pushed swift boats through eight pylons, four boats swamped with no injuries reported. Harbor patrol aided rescues as 2800 cars visited the lake with camp sites and dozens of pleasure craft, including boats from Sacramento and the Bay Area.
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Coyote Dam
Lake Mendocino
Ukiah
Hisory
Cay
Sacramento
Napa
Oakland
Berkeley
San Leandro
Lake County Crash Kills Oakland Man
An Oakland youth, Robert Allen Rayne, 19, was killed when his speeding car left Big Canyon road six miles north of Middleton, struck a dirt bank, rolled over, and skidded to rest in the southbound lane. Walter Charles Youngman, 19, also of Oakland, suffered minor injuries.
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Oakland
Lake County
Big Canyon
Middleton
Robert Allen Rayne
Walter Charles Youngman
Calistoga Hospital
Conner Garrett Osborn
Kelseyville
Highway 101
Talmage Road
Inez Gladys Brock
Sebastopol
Osborn
Potter Valley Road
Thomas Dennis
Simon
Ukiah
Paul Hoyt
Watkins Pleads Guilty to Assault Charge
Ernie Watkins age 52 of Van Arsdale Lodge Potter Valley entered a guilty plea today in Mendocino Superior Court Division 1 to a charge of assault with a jury dismissed on the greater charge after he pled guilty to simple assault His wife Eleanor had previously accused him of beating her on May 14 The court calendar shifted a civil personal injury matter to today and Watkins will return July 5 for a probation report and judgment pronouncement
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Ernie Watkins
van Arsdale Lodge
Potter Valley
Dept
Mendocino
Elenor
Calpella man jailed on driving while intoxicated charge
Herbert Lee Eubanks 43 of Calpella was arrested by the CHP Sunday and jailed on a driving while intoxicated charge after being stopped on the Boonville to Ukiah road.
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Herbert Lee Eubanks
Calpella
Ithe County
Eubanks
Boonville Ta Ukiah
Fire officials ousted in Khrushchev purge drive
Three more local Communist party officials were fired as Nikita Khrushchev continues his campaign to weed out inefficient and dishonest bureaucrats. The announcement came Sunday via United Press International.
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Fire Red Ofeficials
Moscow
UPI
Communist Party
Goviet Premer
Nikita Khrushchev
D A Petersen Basks by Ocean in Coronado
District Attorney Frank Petersen of Mendocino County relaxes on the Pacific as he attends the State District Attorneys convention at the Del Coronado hotel. He plans to return to Ukiah for the Grand Jury investigation into Kathryn Elliot death case and notes accusing Supervisor Omar Klee of blackmail.
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Frank Petersen
Pacific Ocean
del Coronado
Coronado
Petersen
Mendocino County
Heavill
Ukiah
Kathryn Elliot
Omar Klee
Runaway 16-Year-Old Ward Sought in Redwood Valley
Information on the disappearance of a 16 year old Alameda County ward from a foster home in Redwood Valley was released to Mendocino County sheriff's office. The boy, 3 feet 8 inches tall and 165 pounds, wore blue jeans a white T shirt a blue white checked shirt and black shoes when he ran away Saturday from the F. E. Bryant home in the valley.
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Alameda
Hawaiian Frolic at Mira Vista Draws Ukiah Crowd
Ukiah Chamber of Commerce promotes a Saturday Hawaiian Frolic at Mira Vista pool featuring swimming, fashion show, water ballet, music, and a luau. More than 300 tickets sold to members. 500 capacity with general sale today and at local banks and chamber offices. Tickets run 3 p.m. to 2 a.m. with luau served 8 to 9 p.m. Attendance limited. early purchase urged.
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Lewis Sbrana
Ukiah Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Mira Vista
Chambers
George Sullivan
Sullivan
Publc
Wes Caldwell
Bank of America
Savings Bank
Hannaford and
Talbot
Chamber of Commmerce
Mendacing State Hospital
Elena Bell
Ukiah
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