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Newspaper
Ukiah Daily Journal
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1954
Page
8
Spotlight criticizes tariff schedules for causing hardship on manufacturers and supports Congressman Scudder in a bill to modify classifications to curb importation of foreign hard board products. The call urges timely endorsement in the interest of general welfare amid a cool spring.
Calgary report notes crude oil production rose from a 1927 level of barrels daily to over 000 barrels daily. It also recalls the first steamboat crane boat passage through the Panama Canal on January 7, 1914.
Guatemala pushes for a fresh UN Security Council discussion on the fighting in the country defying U S opposition. U S Ambassador Lodge warns Guatemala not to appear a pawn in Soviet propaganda while Guatemala seeks support from five council members and potentially Russia to request another session.
Live stock and eggs markets update from San Francisco and New York. Cattle salable receipts scattered while calves and hogs show limited activity. slaughter classes modestly steady. Wool and eggs futures move with mixed price directions as markets open in New York Cotton Exchange.
London report marks Edward VIII now 60, noting a lonelier, yet still defiant, life with Wallis Simpson. The Duke condemned a Paris press piece about the Duchess, saying inaccuracies exist and no records were withheld. The Windsors spend the day at their Paris home, with June their anniversary month and unlikely return to England.
In San Francisco police report no clues in the theft of a $4000 mink coat from a Fairmont Hotel safe. Mrs. Martin Hutchison placed the coat in a hotel safe with a bellboy, but it disappeared by 5:45 p.m. The coat was stored in an open door safe behind the credit desk, suggesting hotel staff were away from the desk when stolen.
Senator Karl Mundt says the Army McCarthy hearings were a thorough self inquiry and he would not endorse their special rules for future probes. He criticizes cross examination as time consuming while praising the committee’s work amid Sen Pat McCarran’s charge the hearings harmed Senate prestige and fed Communist fears.
About 200 pastors and lay Lutherans at the California and Nevada District convention filled 30 offices as four days of meetings continued. Rev Arthur C. Nitz of San Francisco was elected president for a three year term. Rev Oscar H. Reinboth and Rev John Uhlig were named second vice presidents. Rev Paul Jacobs announced that district church property spending in the last five years totaled 1,049,700 dollars.
Ten California Institute of Technology scientists urged the Atomic Energy Commission to reinstate J Robert Oppenheimer's security clearance and publicly recognize that he can be trusted. They argued denial harms national security and cited the Personnel Security Board's finding that he is loyal, discreet, and capable of protecting secrets.
Edson I. Shack of the University of Rhode Island warns small craft owners that boats should be painted yearly but must not have more than four coats at a time. He notes that excess paint burdens a boat, implying less is more for upkeep and performance.
Doris M. Gerrish of Elk Grove was reelected grand president at the Native Daughters of the Golden West 68th annual convention. The group announced a $125 public speaking prize to Jerry Boime of Los Angeles City College, with Willard Aston of Fresno taking second. Patrick Dionisio of Sacramento was third and Nancy Hennessy of Ontario was fourth. New officers named include grand vice president Theron Hodson of Manteca, grand marshal Audrey D. Brown of Sacramento, grand secretary Charles Thaler of Oakland, grand inside sentinel Dale Porter of Inglewood, grand outside sentinel Alice D. Shea of San Francisco, and grand trustees William Caton of Oakland, Guy H. Barton of Long Beach, J. V. La Verge of San Gabriel, Edna B. Heartt of Pasadena, Edna B. Williams of Berkeley, and Dorothy Jean Helm of Fresno.
The Elite Cleaners at 726 South State announces opening to run with Golden Laundromat, an established firm, specializing in cleaning blankets sweaters and men and women wear, with service guarantees. William Murdock recently of Santa Rosa is owner of the new business.
Donald G. Thomas of Napa files a Superior Court suit seeking 724.86 in damages from E. D. Nystrom and T. M. Dimmick Co. for a July 13 1953 crash two miles south of Piercy on Redwood Highway. Thomas alleges Nystrom drove carelessly after a side road entry caused the collision damaging his Plymouth. Attorneys are Dickenson & Boetano of Napa.
City Public Works Commissioner George G. Hyland has ordered the removal of the old horse watering trough in Flood Square South Boston. New Zealand notes migrant population rise to 766,900 with 15,300 increase over last year including 14,100 male and 3,400 female migrants.
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