Mendocino Accountant Ted Watkins Found Not Guilty
Ted Watkins, Mendocino accountant, was found not guilty of seven counts of assault with a deadly weapon by a Eureka Superior Court jury. The panel, after five hours and 23 minutes, requested a rereading of part of three witnesses’ testimony, including Robert Bushnell. Watkins testified he fired only near fishermen to disperse them from his property on the Eel River border near Benbow. Defense counsel Morris Grupp and DA Leonard M. Conry led the case. Watkins called for no firearms use against the fishermen, including two children present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Watkins
Mendocino
Eureka
Robert Bushnell
Bushnell
Garberville
Watkins
Catholic Parents Rally for Public School Bus Transport
In Jefferson City Missouri Catholic parents urged public funding for buses for parochial students. The nationwide style protest aimed to pull thousands from church schools to public institutions across Missouri. Officials warned the shift could cost about 56 million dollars annually in state funds for transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
UPI
Missouri
Redwood Empire Fair Premium Books Ready For Distribution
Premium books for the 1963 Redwood Empire Fair are ready for pickup at the fairgrounds office. The 12th District Agricultural Fair Association offers 32500 dollars in premiums across fair departments. Jim Tocher, secretary manager, notes seven entries have already been received in the 200 foot feature booth competition, and one in the 100 foot contest. Booth signups include Farm Bureau Centers from Anderson Valley Potter Valley and Willis and Granges Ukiah Fort Bragg Potter Valley and Redwood Valley. The fair runs August 28 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
12Th District Agricultural Fair Association
Jim Tocher
Farm Bureau
Anderson Valley
Potter Valley
WilHis
Ukiah
Fort Bragg
Redwood Valley
Excessive Speed Blamed for RV Auto Accident
Two injury accidents and several minor fender-benders were reported by the Ukiah area CHP. Margaret Beeler, Route 1 Ukiah, had injuries when her westbound vehicle failed to negotiate a turn on East Road Redwood Valley at 4:30 a.m. and was treated at Ukiah General Hospital. Roy Livingston, Rio Dell, northbound on Highway 101, collided with a bridge abutment after being forced off the road. officials cited slick tires and wet highways. He was treated at Cloverdale Clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ukiah
California Highway Patrol
Margaret Beeler
Route 1
East Road
Redwood Valley
Ukiah General Hospital
Roy Livingston
Rio Dell
Sonoma County
Highway 101
Livingston
CHP
Cloverdale Clinic
Fire Call at Chef Cafe Early Sunday
A grease fire at Chef Cafe triggered a Sunday 2 a.m. response with no damage reported. No injuries or additional hazards were noted as firefighters contained the blaze.
Dominican invasion threat looms over Hispaniola
Henry Raymont reports from Santo Domingo that President Bosch moved U S and Dominican forces toward Haiti as an invasion threat looms on Hispaniola. OAS sought to avert war while Dominican troops and warships massed on the border and U S Marines and British forces prepared for possible evacuation and intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Raymont
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
UPI
Juan Beech
Haiti
Bosch
U.S
Johnson Martin
Caribbean
Hispaniola
Francois’ Duvelier
Organization of American States
OAS
Saan
Cuba
Duvalier
Port Au Prince
Amy tTifle
Washington
Ietto
Port’ Au Prince
Admiralty
London
Gonave Channel
San Isidro
Woman raped and beaten at Ukiah motel
A 26 year old Humboldt County woman registered at a North Highway 101 motel in Ukiah Saturday. She was assaulted, bound, robbed of 100 dollars and taken to Hillside Hospital with severe facial injuries. The attack occurred about 2 p.m. and the assailant remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humboldt County
North Highway 101
Hillside Hospital
Louis Crane
Ukiah
Ukiahs Fire Department
Hillside
Oklahoma Tremendous Smash At Ukiah High School
Ukiah high school staged Oklahoma with audiences over 500 each night and ticket receipts surpassing $1,000 for the weekend. Director Les Johnson led a strong cast and chorus with standout turns by Linda Mayfield and Linda Dowell, complemented by an adult ballet group, while volunteer string players filled gaps in the pit.
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Glenn Erickson
Ukiah
San Francisco
Les Johnson
Balet
Larry Downey
Oklahoma
Stockton
Linda Mayfield
Linda Dowell
Melodee Rhodes
Downey
Bill Martyn
Norman Wonder
Bruce Evans
Gary Covert
Vicki Drulner
Heather Howard
Lynda
Ukiah High
Agonizing Reappraisal Divides Republicans on Rockefeller
Republican leaders faced a sharp, agonizing reappraisal of Nelson A Rockefeller as a possible presidential candidate after his marriage. Some say the union signals political suicide, others doubt any effect, and some see too early to judge. Rockefeller wed Margaretta Fitler Murphy in New York and began a two week honeymoon in Venezuela before returning to his ranch near Valencia.
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Washington
UPI
Nelson A. We Anna Tinewan
Kluukeleield
eMmarriage
New York
Caracas
Venezuela
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Margaretta Fitler
Murphy
Valencia
Shon Salisbury Queried on Stocks and Bonds
In Judge Robert Winslow's court Friday Shon Salisbury faced an interrogation by Hal Brunner for Walston and Co of San Francisco. She claimed she was taking care of stocks and bonds registered to Everett Hunter of Corvallis, Oregon, returned from Tucson after felony conspiracy charges, and the court ordered surrender of the securities to the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shon Salisbury
Robert Winslow
Ukiah
Hal Brunner
Walston and Co
San Francisco
Shon
Tucson
Arizon
Everett Hunter
Corvallis
Ore
Brunner
Hunter
Winslow
Reno Bartolomie
Hurt in fall near Lake Mendocino
Elmer Mitchell aged 20 from Ukiah sustained multiple abrasions to the head and body after apparently falling from an embankment while fishing in the Lake Mendocino area yesterday afternoon.
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Elmer Mitchell
Ukiah
Lake Mendocino
Young Demos Hold Lively Election
A group of young liberals retained control of the 5000 member California Federation of Young Democrats in a bitter battle for president between Josiah Beeman and Bill Greene. Greene forces walked out and threatened to form a separate group. Beeman won by 180 votes as 2241 to 2421 on a roll call. The convention adjourned with plans to send letters to national and state leaders over racial issues and to consider a 1963 platform including abolition of HUAC and recognizing Red China. The convention named several officers while Greene opposed Red China and the HUAC change. Beeman and nine of his members faced arrest in integration efforts. Beeman was not among the nine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California Federation of Young Democrats
Greene
Federation
Kennedy
Alabama
Birmingham
House Committee On Un-American
United Nations
Central Committee
San Diego
Beeman
House Committee
Northern California Council of Churches
South
Bobbitt
Nick Wyrick
Fresno
Michael B. Bennett
van Nuys
Rand Washburn
Betty Mosley
San Francisco
James Dekker
Santa Monica
Howard Schumann
Los Angeles
Marjorie Best
Weather outlook for Northwestern California coast and interior
Cloudy through Tuesday with occasional rain on the coast and northern interior. Cooler near the coast with highs around Ukiah 67 and Napa 72 while Santa Rosa tops at 62. Coastal winds southwest to south 10 to 22 knots, locally 30 knots near headlands north of Pt. Reyes.
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California
Interior
Napa
Santa Rosa
Pt. Reyes
Rafferty Drives Home Relief to Educators
Dr Max Rafferty state superintendent of public instruction spoke to educators in Willits to outline California education trends. He urged focus on basic subject matter, phonics, and less teacher time on fund raising and lunch counts. Educators argue phonics are already strong locally and Rafferty’s portrayal understates current reading methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn
Erickson
Mendocino
Lake County
Brookfrails
Willits
Max Rafferty
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
California
Rafferty
Soviet opens up Hitler death files after Berlin fall
Soviet officials disclose for Western researchers that Hitler's body was found in Berlin bunker and confirmed dead. Marshal Sokolovsky tells Cornelius Ryan top archives were opened, interviewing about 50 officers including Chuikov and Kovalsky, signaling a new Soviet account on the war’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Shapiro
Moscow
UPI
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Hitler
Spain
Argentina
Vasily Sokolovsky
Cornelius Ryan
Red Army
Ryan’ Reseauch
Ryan
France
Sokolovsky
Georgiy Zhukov
Marshal Zhukov
Ivan Ko Vasily Chuikov
Soviet Union
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Lions Club
Dick Sarber
Catholic Parents Press For Bus Transportation
Redwood
Empire Fair Premium
Purse
Ukiah Fire Department
Ing
Rocky
Raymond Lahr
GOP National Committee
United Press International
District of Columbia
National Committee
Hawaii
Young Demos
DE van L. Shumway
San. Francisco
Josiah Beeman
Bill Greene
Rafferty Wiitingly
Wicer
Paul Davis
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