Harrah Sells Interest In Remco
Robert Harrah, president and principal stockholder of Willits Remco Manufacturing, sold his stake to Stanray Corporation of Chicago for an undisclosed sum. Remco employs about 200 year round and will continue operations under Robert Reinhard, former UC All American, now vice president and general manager. Stanray, known for railway cars and Jet-Ways air dock systems, plans to expand hydraulic cylinders and missile contracts while remaining locally operated within 24 to 48 hours.
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Robert Harrah
Willits Remco
Stanray Corporation
Chicago
Daily Journal
Remco
Oroville
Sam
Har- Tah
Stanray
Stanray- Pacific
Southern
California
Tourist Center Opens in Cloverdale With Ribbon Cutting
A joint Mendocino County and Cloverdale Chambers of Commerce project dedicates a new tourist information center in Cloverdale at 11 a.m. tomorrow. The south end facility on Highway 101, just north of the Owl Cafe, will operate seven days a week to 7 p.m. Serving north and southbound tourists, the event includes a neon luncheon at the Owl Cafe with local dignitaries. Mendocino County and the Cloverdale Chamber will staff the center.
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Mendocino County and
Cloverdale Chambers of Commerce
Cloverdale
Highway 101
Owl Cafe
Mendocino
Sonoma Counties
Mendocino County
District Musical Festival Invites Community Tonight
Tonight the Ukiah Unified School District Music Festival opens at Carl Purdy hall Fairgrounds at 7 o clock. About 650 students from Hopland Frank Zeek Nokomis Oak Manor Pomolitsa Potter Valley Redwood Valley River and Yokayo schools perform three massed bands vocal and instrumental soloists and a massed chorus in a year end show.
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Ukiah Unified School District
Carl Purdy
Fairgrounds
Hopland
Frank Zeek
Nokomis
Oak Manor
Pomolitsa
Potter Valley
Redwood Valley
River
Yokayo
Regionaires to Present Music Wow in Ukiah
The Redwood Regionaires Ukiah chorus of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing will perform new arrangements under Ken Mast of Santa Rosa. Bill Henne will introduce numbers. About 30 members, three-year-old chapter, invite men to join. Proceeds support Institute of Logopedics in Wichita in aid of speech for silent children.
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Redwood
Regionaires
Ukiah ‘Chorus
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop
America
Inc
Ken Mast
Santa Rosa
Ukiahi
Bill Henne
Barbershoppers
Institute of Logopedics
Wichita
Kansas
Ukiah firm lands contract to replace bridge on Mountain View Road
Sacramento ups reports Absco Paving of Ukiah awarded a 130 500 dollar state contract to replace a wooden bridge carrying Mountain View Road over Mill Creek west of Boonville. The Department of Public Works announced the award on Monday.
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Sacramento
UPS
Absco Paving
Ukiah Tas
Mountain View Road
Mill Creek
Boonville
Department of Public Works
Make or Break Oregon Primary Shapes Democratic Race
United States Senate rivals Kennedy and McCarthy faced a pivotal Oregon vote as Humphrey, not on the ballot, campaigned elsewhere. Polls favored Kennedy slightly while Nixon led a Republican field including Reagan and Rockefeller in Oregon. Bailey affirmed Chicago as the Democratic site amid nationwide campaigning by Rockefeller and Humphrey.
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United Press International
Robert F. Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Oregon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Kennedy
McCarthy
Humphrey
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Richard M. Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
National Broadcasting .Co
Nixon
Rockefeller
Reagan
John M. Bailey
Major Viet Offensive Launched In Dak To Region
Major offensive by the U S 4th Infantry Division targets a 10 000 strong North Vietnamese force infiltrated from Laos and Cambodia B 52s bombard Communist positions as fighting erupts in Saigon suburbs Civilians suffer as North Vietnamese strike Da Nang killing fifty and destroying three hundred homes Dak To hills Hill 990 and Plei Pleng seized by American troops in a helicopter assault the clash follows heavy losses on both sides with allied casualties rising and a surge of Communist activity around the DMZ
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Jack Walsh
Saigon
VPI
U.S
Dak
Central Highlands
Laos
Cambodia
Paris
da Nang
Dak To
Hill 990
Plei Pleng
Demilitarized Zone
Additional Help To Entertain Vietnam Vets Weekend
Ukiah plans hospitality for Vietnam veterans from Oak Knoll Naval Hospital on June 7 8 and 9 Donors and contributions grow but more help is welcome Contact Mrs Billie Burns at 462 3644 or T R O Bayley Jr Mendocino County Veterans Service director at 462 4731 extension 226 No Friday activity planned Volunteers suggested Saturday barbecue hosted by Redwood Valley Fire Department Veterans of Foreign Wars Hosts Sunday luncheon by American Legion and its auxiliary Dale Roby leads Lake Mendocino fishing excursion multiple boats needed Call Burns or O Bayley to participate
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Ukiah
Oak Knoll Naval Hospital
Billie Burns
T. R. O’bayley Jr
Mendocino County
Veterans Service
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Redwood Valley
Vietnam
Northwestern California Weather Outlook Through Wednesday
Northwestern California observes fair conditions inland with coastal overcast through Wednesday. Cooler along coastal Valleys with highs near Ukiah at 85 and overnight lows around 50, winds from the north up to 30 mph near headlands.
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California
Poor People's Camp Evacuated as Rain Fells Resurrection City
Washington reports heavy rain and cold winds swamp the 15 acre Poor People's encampment in a city park. About 200 younger children to be relocated to temporary quarters as 2,400 residents face five inches of water in low areas. The big dining tent toppled, a portable heater is added, and efforts continue to shelter residents in churches and centers.
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Washington
UPI
Resurrection City
March
Poor People's March
Potomac River
France reels as minister resigns in crisis turmoil
Paris reports Alain Peyrefitte resigns as Education Minister amid growing civil unrest and government shakeups. Pompidou warns of urgency to end strikes, while rail and electric services suffer and blackouts spread. Daniel Cohn-Bendit leaves Frankfurt for Paris to rally students.
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Paris
UPI
France
Alain Peyrefitte
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Georges Pompidou
Francois Mitterrand
Pompidous
Peyrefitte
Board of Inquiry
Frankfurt
Germany
Daniel Cohn-Bendit
Colin-Bendit
Danny the Red
Sorbonne
Pompidou
Temperatures May 1968 Weather Summary
May 1968 temperatures reported with highs around 84 and lows near 58. Data shows rainfall 23.16 inches for the period, with daily readings including a high of 84 and a noon reading of 80. Observed by Ukiah forecast office.
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Ukiah
Food costs rise as index nears decade high
Washington reports Labor Department figures showing the cost of living index about 20 percent higher than a decade ago with summer outlook bleak. Lettuce up 36.5 percent from March, apples 5 percent, tomatoes 3 percent, and many vegetables 25 to 30 percent above last spring. Meat declined slightly. Arthur Okun of the Presidents Council of Economic Advisers warns economic factors edge toward higher prices.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Arthur M.okun
Council” “of Economic Advisers
99 Men Aboard Scorpion Search Across Atlantic
Navy hunter planes and warships comb the Atlantic from Azores to Virginia Capes for the overdue nuclear submarine Scorpion and its 99 crewmen. Vice Adm. Schade leads a 37-ship task force with six submerged submarines and rescue vessels on standby. Admiral Moorer says the Scorpion is overdue, not missing, as the search continues.
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Atlantic
Scorpion
Azores
Virginia Capes
A. F. Schade
Virginia
Pargo
Navy
Adm
Hyman G. Rickover
Washington
Norfolk
6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Thomas H. Moorer
Naval Operations
Photofinish in Oregon Primary as RFK and McCarthy contend
In Portland the Oregon presidential primary drew strong turnout as Democratic candidates Robert F. Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy were headed for a possible photofinish. Also referenced are a Los Angeles armed robber described as a mentally disordered sex offender and Robert G. Quinlan of Hawthorne found incompetent to stand trial for burglary and a police shootout.
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Portland
Ore
UPI
Oregon
Robert F. Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Los Angeles
Robert G. Quinlan
Hawthorne
Explosion damages Meridian synagogue education wing
A well placed dynamite charge destroyed the education wing of Temple Beth Israel in Meridian Mississippi and damaged other sections of the synagogue. Authorities investigated the blast and no injuries were immediately reported.
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Meridian
Miss
UPI
Temple Beth Israel
Johnson says Hanoi pours men and supplies into South Vietnam
President Johnson told reporters that North Vietnam is sending men and supplies into South Vietnam at unprecedented rates. He said the U.S. will press discussions in Paris for an honorable peace and will maintain restraint, extending further limits if Hanoi reciprocates.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
United States
Paris
Hanoi
At large escapees from hospital in San Francisco
Still at large in San Francisco today are two escapees from Atascadero State Hospital for the criminally insane. Police describe them as heavily armed and extremely dangerous. One is Gerald J. Gallent.
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San, Francisco
UPI
Atascadero State Hospital
San Francisco
Gerald J. Gallent
West End unrest in Louisville blamed on outsiders
National Guardsmen and state and local police restored order in Louisville's West End after roving bands looted, burned cars, and hurled rocks and bottles at police. Mayor Kenneth Schmied said the disturbance was well planned and caused by outsiders.
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Louisville, Ky
UPI
West End
Kenneth Schmied
Dancers Image to retire after Derby Preakness ban
Boston, UPI Dancer's Image will retire after being disqualified in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness. Owner Peter Fuller announced the horse will not run in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday.
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Boston
UPI
Peter Fuller
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