NWP Tunnel Fire Halts Traffic at Fort Seward
A timber lined tunnel on the Northwest Pacific line in Humboldt County caught fire. Fire crews from Ukiah and Morrison & Knudsen fought the blaze in Tunnel No. 31 between Alder Point and Fort Seward, with ends collapsed and traffic diverted by bus and truck.
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Fort Seward
Northwest Pacific
Humboldt County
Ukiah
E. L. Ely, Jr
Alder Point
Willits
Ely
Mr. Ely
C. D. Neal
Morrison & Knudsen
Los Angeles
Tunel
Eureka
San Raffeel
Cardinal Capello resumes control amid Argentina church state clash
In Buenos Aires, Santiago Luis Cardinal Capello resumes leadership of the Roman Catholic hierarchy after government shakeup. Exiled officials include Manuel Tato and Ramon Novoa. cabinet resignations followed a Navy revolt, signaling possible more amicable church-state relations and restoration of Catholic Action offices to lay control.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Santiago Luis Cardinal Capello
Manuel Tato
Tato
Ramon Novoa
Juan PD. Peron
Juan D. Peron
Angel Borlenghi
Peron
Borlenghi
Catamarca
Catholic Action
Nannette Furman Faces Polio Battle Improves At Kaiser Vallejo
Nannette Furman 18 daughter of Mrs Sylvia Furman of 1180 Elm Street has moved past the most critical stage of her polio attack begun June 22 at Kaiser Foundation Hospital Vallejo. A letter from her mother says she has shown daily improvement since Saturday and can be out of the respirator longer each day. She credits Dr Mead and the hospital staff with her slipping recovery and thanks the polio foundation. Nannette graduated from Ukiah high school earlier this month.
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Nannette Furman
Sylvia Furman
Elm Street
Kaiser Foundation
Vallejo
God
Dr. Mead
Polio Foundation
Nannette
Ukiah High School
Sitkinak Crash No Signs of Life Reported
Anchorage AP reports a Navy pilot observed no sign of life at the Sitkinak Island crash site of a four engine Air Force C 47 transport. The aircraft from Elmendorf AFB to Kodiak carried four crewmen of the 5039th ATO and a radar operator. next of kin notification was pending.
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Anchorage
Kodiak
Elmendorf
71St Air Rescue Squadron
Sitkinak Dome
High Court Upholds Judge Gibson in 350 Million Case
The California Supreme Court on Monday affirmed a 30 page May 1954 opinion by Judge Lilburn Gibson in the District Court of Appeals San Francisco. The Insurance Commissioner of California sued Pacific Mutual Life Insurance over assets totaling 350 million dollars, with the ruling upheld as the final appellate decision.
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High Court
Gibson
Lilburn Gibson
District Court of Appeals
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
San Francisco
Insurance Commissioner of
California
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company
District Court
House Votes Down Bid to Bar Aid Over Foreign Trials
In Washington the House defeated Rep. Hamer Budge’s amendment to the foreign aid bill that would block U S aid to nations enforcing foreign laws on U S troops. The teller vote was 129 to 111. Budge warned 58 Americans are jailed abroad with sentences up to 16 years.
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Washington
House
U.S
United States
Hamer H. Budge
R-Ida
Eisenhower
Budge
Chief Smith Cracks Down on Gambling Devices in Ukiah
Police in Ukiah launch city wide crackdown on gambling devices including poker games and pay off pin ball machines. Chief George Smith says some draw poker exists but no complaints, Ostint's cafe ordered to suspend games, county warnings extend toward Laytonville.
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George Smith
Smith
California
Ostint's
North State Street
Reno Bartolomie
Merle P. Orchard
Laytonville
Weather update for Northwestern California and coast
Northwestern California mostly fair through Friday with night fog and light drizzle. Napa Santa Rosa Ukiah highs near 78 with lows 51, winds northwest 12 to 25 mph. Fort Bragg area fair with lighter east night winds and coastal northwest winds 10 to 20 mph.
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California
Napa
Santa Rosa
Ukiah
Fort Bragg
Adenauer Delays Russian Visit
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer turned down Russia's invitation to visit Moscow now to discuss Soviet German relations. He sent a note to the Soviet embassy in Paris offering to discuss restoring normal relations, a move that surprised observers.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Russia
Moscow
Paris
West Germany
Adenauer
Search Continues For Three Missing Marine Airmen
Rescue planes based near Tokyo returned to Johnson Air Force Base after a fruitless hunt for three US Marines lost over the Pacific off Japan. Planes flew as low as 500 feet through rough seas while Navy ships and air units from three nations pressed the search into night.
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Tokyo Bay
Oshima Island
Japan
Air
Pacific
Tokyo
Johnson Air Force Base
United Press
U.S. Navy
Yokosuka
Raymond A. Day of
Gilman
Ill
Air Force
Johnson Air Base
New York Times Reporter Testifies About Communist past
Charles Grutzner of the New York Times admitted to a Communist Party membership from 1937 to 1940 while at the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. He said he avoided active involvement and quit in 1940, later joining the Times in 1941. The hearing also covered Victor Weingarten and Winston Burdett, who testified about past affiliations and espionage activities.
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New York Times
Burdett
Eagle
Washington
Charles Grutzner
Communist Party
Brooklyn
N.Y
Daily Eagle
Grutzner
Senate
Internal Security
Times
Victor Weingarten
the Eagle
Weingarten
Violet
CBS News
Winston Burdett
New York Newspaper Guild
Two Women Die In Separate Suicides In San Francisco
Two women leaped to their deaths within 24 hours in separate acts in San Francisco. Earlier, two mild earthquakes shook the Bay Area with a 3.0 magnitude off the coast and a 2.0 aftershock, with no damage reported. In Washington, the Senate Armed Services Committee approved a bill authorizing 2.357 billion dollars for military base construction worldwide.
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N Francisco
Berkeley P
Bay Area
University of California
Here
D. C
Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
United States
Soviet tanker Grozney secretly anchors near Mati Mindanao
A 10,600 ton Soviet tanker Grozney anchored overnight in Philippine waters near Mati Mindanao without prior notice. Customs Commissioner Manahan ordered a full investigation amid concerns over subversive activity reports. The ship weighed anchor at dawn and was not sighted again.
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Manila
P.I
Philippine
Manuel P. Manahan
Mati
Mindanao
Punjada Bay
District Fair Parade Committee to Meet July Fifth
The Daily Journal reports the District Fair Parade Committee chaired by Chief of Police Smith has few commitments so far mainly from local auto dealers and the Horse-Jess Carriage Association of California. A July 5 meeting will decide the venture based on current showings, with no funds and a late start requiring a spontaneous community response.
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Daily Journal
Smith
Horse- Jess Carriage Association of
California
Steel Union Official Predicts Accord Ahead of Strike
I W Abel a top union official said he hoped to report a settlement in the steel industry wage talks by 8 p m four hours before a nationwide strike of about 600 000 steelworkers. He spoke as USW President McDonald cooperated with negotiators and prepared a radio address if no new wage deal was reached by 9 30 p m.
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Pittsburgh
I. W. Abel
CIO
United Steelworkers
USW
David J. McDonald
U. S. Steel Corp
Abel
McDonald
John A. Stephens
Big Steel
Stephens
American Broadcasting Network
Big Six
Skyraider Crash Kills Navy Pilot Near Santa Cruz
A Navy ADG Skyraider crashed into the Pacific near Santa Cruz during a routine bombing practice. Pilot Lt. Charles Herbert Nylund, 24, of Tacoma Washington, stationed at Alameda Naval Air Station, was killed. Coast Guard teams searched the area at Pigeon Point but abandoned the salvage amid the wreckage.
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San Francisco
Navy Adg
Santa Cruz
Charles Herbert Nylund
Tacoma
Wash
12Th Naval District
Coast Guard Air-Sea Rescue Station
Nylund
Pigeon Point
Alameda Naval Air Station
Ukiah selects firm for 139 acre garbage fill
City council awards a 10 year contract to E C Rhodes and V Lotti for disposing Ukiah garbage at a new 139 acre fill. The firm to be paid 6000 yearly with project cost estimates around 9000 by the city. A county use option and new rate structure are part of the agreement drafted after a joint council and supervisor meeting.
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Hopland
Ukiah
E. C. Rhodes
V. Lotti
Douglas Cruickshank
Robert Simoncini
Board of Supervisors
Wayne P. Burke
Merle P. Orchard
James Turner
Green Lizard Leads To Big Uranium Sale
Don Cederlof and Lucky Likens plan to sell 14 claims near Barstow to Robert and Henry Hinto and Associates of Santa Barbara. The green lizard vein on 288 acres sparked the Barstow strike, drawing over 2000 prospectors to the Berry Hills area in the past weekend.
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Barstow
Don Cederlof
Santa Barbara
Cederlof
Lucky
Robert and
Henry Hinto
Pioneer Oil Co
Cederloff
Here
Newberry Hills
Witnesses refuse to answer on L A Commie Village probe
Four witnesses at the House Un American Activities subcommittee refused to identify their ties to the Ormsby Village for Youth near Topanga Canyon. They cited the First and Fifth amendments and declined to say if they were or had ever been Communist party members.
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Los Angeles
House
Subcommittee On Un-American Activities Today
Ormsby
Topanga Canyon
Foup
Communist Party
Hugh Hardyman
United States
Hardyman
Europe
Russia
Red China
Asst
U. S. Atty
Manley J. Bowler
Raphael Konigsberg
Jean Wilkinson
Sylvia Schonfield
Frank Cornelius Davis
South Bend Evacuation Test Clears Mass Departure Feasibility
Civil defense officials report more than 35,000 residents proved mass evacuation possible in South Bend Indiana. A 400 block district was cleared in about an hour as sirens sounded and streets emptied marking the largest city evacuation drill to date.
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South Bend
Ind
W. B. Pettigrew
Civil Defense
Attendant Freed In Ward Death Of MSH Patient
A Mendocino State Hospital ward attendant was cleared by the grand jury of wilfully contributing to the death of 57 year old inmate Wong Loy who died June 16 from a ruptured liver after a brief scuffle. An autopsy linked the injury to the fight with the attendant who tried to quell Loy. Loy, transferred from San Quentin May 18 1954, had previously been convicted of murdering another Chinese in San Joaquin County.
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Mendocino State Hospital
Wong Loy
Merle Orchard
Loy
Orchard
Grand Jury
Newell Rawles
Fogether
State Hospital
San Quentin
San Joaquin County
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Chief Smith
Mendocino County
Bartolomie
Yokohama
Isagami Bay
Oshima II
Mikae
Tokyo Jay
Honshu
Miles
Hopland Firm
Dist. Fair Parade Committee
U. S&s. Steel
Steel
Skyraider
L.A
Commie Village
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