Atlas ICBM Readiness Nears First Test
Convair Division of General Dynamics builds four new test facilities for the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile. Tests will occur at Edwards Air Force Base, Patrick AFB, and two San Diego sites with launches at Florida. About 100 personnel are at Patrick, rising to 400, as Convair staffs total near 7,060 workers on the project.
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Washington
Air Force
Convair Division
General Dynamics Corp
Convair
San Diego Area
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Patrick Air Force Base
Fla
South Atlantic
Navy Balloon Reaches 76000 Feet Then Lands Near Kennedy Neb
A Navy air balloon carrying two pilots rose to 76000 feet from the Stratobowl near Rapid City and began a rapid uncontrolled descent. Commanders M D Ross and M L Lewis declared an emergency and rode out the fall, later walking away from the wreckage as the balloon landed near Kennedy Nebraska. The cause of the near disaster was not immediately known.
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Rapid City
S.D
Kennedy
Neb
M. D. Ross
M. L. Lewis
Ukiah Adopts 26 Mercury Vapor Street Lights Plan
City installs 26 modern mercury vapor luminaires on State and School streets with 30 inch poles and ballast transformers. City Manager Lyell Cash says the lights are taller and provide about ten times as much illumination, replacing old lamps as part of a broader lighting upgrade funded at $5,687 plus $10,000 for miscellaneous improvements.
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Lyell
Ukiah
Welfare Dept Seeks Boarding Homes for Aged in Mendocino
Mendocino County welfare officials urge licensed boarding homes to care for elderly residents. Roland Kussow notes 1413 seniors receive aid and many are healthy but lack home-based care. Nine homes serve about 40. 70 to 90 more beds are needed countywide.
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Mendocino County
Roland. Kussow
Kussow
Ukiah
Redwood Valley
Fort Bragg
Mendocino
Albion
County Hospital
Democrats Assured Control Of Both Houses In 85th Congress
Democrats secured control of both chambers after Kentucky’s upset shifted the Senate tally to 49 Democrats and 47 Republicans. With Ohio Governor Frank Lausche choosing to stay in Columbus, Democrats hold a 48 47 edge pending attendance on opening day. House gains were solid for the Democrats despite Eisenhower’s landslide victory.
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Washington
85Th
Tannawldy
Ganata
Jevpasiny
Thruston E. Morton
Earle C. Clements
Kentucky
Senate
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Lausche
Columbus
Congress
Eiserhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Mr. Eisenhower
Lakeport Car Accident on Highway 20 Injures Two
George McCoy age 18 and William Milender age 16 of Lakeport sustained minor injuries in a Tuesday evening crash on Highway 20 five miles east of Redwood. McCoy said he swung to avoid a truck in the wrong lane, the car skidded into a bank, then spun. Milender suffered facial cuts and bruises.
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George McCoy
William Milender
Lakeport
McCoy
Redwood Highway
Jack Mason
Milender
Veterans Day Closures Notice for County and City Offices
County and city offices will close Monday November 10 for Veterans Day. banks and most stores stay open. The Ukiah Daily Journal will publish as usual.
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Ukiah Daily Journal
City sales tax up with new state collection system
Ukiah officials report near five thousand dollars more in city sales tax receipts this year compared with last year as the state board of equalization begins collecting the tax. City Manager Lyell Cash says the first returns show 4899.80 for two monthly payments covering July 1 to Sept 7, with 85 percent to city and 15 percent to county.
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Ukiah
State Board of Equalization
City Hall
Eastside
Airport Commission
League of California
Southland
Giorno
Lyell Cash
Express Co Offices Burglarized
The Railway Express Company's depot at 266 East Smith Street was burglarized Wednesday evening for cash only. An iron bar pried the back door, leaving the entry open. Police found about 25 dollars in the till plus pennies missing. no other items disturbed. J W Finke reported the incident.
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Railway Express Company
East Smith Street
J. W. Finke
Express
Mendocino County Sets Record Voter Turnout at 77.96 Percent
Mendocino County reported a record 17 264 voters at the polls with 77.96 percent turnout among registered voters. Incumbent Hubert B Scudder trails Clem Miller by 127 votes in the county's congressional race with 818 absentee ballots pending and unofficial results from 108 precincts. President Eisenhower leads Adlai Stevenson by a wide margin statewide as other races show Miller’s local influence and party activity.
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Mendocino County
Clem Miller
Hubert B. Scudder
Start Permanent Fortifications Near Canal Zone
Diplomatic informants report Israel plans to withdraw from Egyptian territory while beginning permanent fortifications 10 miles east of the Suez Canal and other powers may ignore U.N. calls to withdraw. Reports of scattered fighting near Port Said persist as U.N. truce efforts advance with Burns en route to Cairo to oversee an international police force.
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Washington
Israel
London
United Nations
Eisenhower
Suez Canal
Great Britain
France
U.N
Port Saida
Canal Zone
Amman
Jordan
E. L. M. Burns
Cairo
Youth Pleads Not Guilty in Fort Bragg Shooting
Charles Johnson a 19 year old Coast Guard seaman pleaded not guilty to assault with a deadly weapon in the shooting of Arthur Piver 22 at a Fort Bragg drinking party. Johnson released on 1500 cash bail posted by Oakland parents. Piver wounded in neck and abdomen at Noyo Harbor Coast Guard station and hospitalized.
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Charles Johnson
Coast Guard
Fort Bragg
Oakland
Merle Orchard
Johnson
Fred Goss
Justice Court
Timothy O'Brien
Arthur Piver, Jr
Piver
Fort Bragg Community Hospital
Noyo Harbor Coast Guard Station
Teenage Racers To Face Court
Two teenagers Marie Francis Wilcox a Ukiah high school senior and Fred James Fiwing an 18 year old Redwood Valley man will stand trial before Judge Fred Goss at 3 p.m. Tuesday November 20 for staging an auto drag race in North State street with speeds around 45 mph in a 25 mph zone. They pleaded not guilty and the trial date was set. Three Oklahoma men cited for racing on North State in October were fined by Judge Goss after a prior court trial. those charges were dismissed for lack of evidence.
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Fred Goss
Marie Francis Wilcox
Ukiah
Fred James Fiwing
Redwood Valley
North State Street
Israeli Realignments and Feared Sinai Pullback Debate
JERUSALEM reports Israeli Foreign Ministry sources call Ike's appeal to withdraw from Sinai unwise and unrealistic. Army engineers begin fortifications east of the Suez Canal after seven day blitz gains while Fedayeen raids along the Tel Aviv Jerusalem corridor cause Israeli casualties and property damage. Police log notes two pool table covers stolen from Owl Cigar Store on North State Street.
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Jerusalem
Eisenhower
David Ben-Gurion
Sinai
Suez Canal
Twe
Jordan
Tel Aviv
Israel
Egypt
Jaffa
Bet Aris
Fedayeen
Gov
Ben-Gurion
Owl Cigar
North State Street
Dave
Mike Faoli
Russia Urges UN Keep Out of Hungary Crisis
United Nations debates a mission to Hungary as the General Assembly convenes with 23 speakers. The body later adopted a resolution condemning Soviet troops and urging UN observers to investigate the situation while Hungary’s Soviet backed leadership resists UN involvement.
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Russia
Hungary
United Nations
N.Y. Cup
Soviet Union
General Assembly
U.N
U N
Janos Kadar
Imre Horvath
Dag Hammarskjold
Toastmasters Discuss National and Local Election Results
At a Palace Hotel luncheon in Ukiah, members debated national and local election results in table topics led by attorney Neal Tocher. Special speakers included Robert Sandelin on the electoral college and Glen Wright on individuality, with guests Robert Baker and Norman Soeth in attendance.
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Neal Tocher
Ukiah
Palace Hotel
Dwayne Blakeney
Robert Sandelin
Glen Wright
Robert Baker
Norman Soeth
Emergency Flood Control Meeting Scheduled Tuesday Evening
Army engineers announce a county wide flood control conference to discuss emergency measures. The session will be Tuesday evening November 20 at 8 oclock in the Mendocino county courthouse superior court chambers. Paul Poulos and Lt Col 4 McCunnen will preside. County representatives are being invited.
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Army Engineers
Paul Satterley
Mendocino County
Diehard Hungarians Open Third Front Near Yugoslavia
Vienna dispatch reports that anti Soviet Hungarians renewed resistance in Budapest and opened a third front near the Yugoslav border. Broadcasts claim fighters remain defiant amid scarce food and growing enthusiasm. Refugees say rebels have fallen back into swamp land along the frontier as fighting continues.
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Yugoslavia
Vienna
Budapest
Hungary
Janos Kadar
Freedom Fighters
Freedom Radio
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Kuchel
Thomas H. Kuchel
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Los Angeles
Richard Richards
Richard Nixon
Welfare Department
Demos
Express Co
Ike
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