Eisenhower hails nine power pact as Europe gains
President Eisenhower welcomed the London nine power agreement for German rearmament as a possible great diplomatic achievement and a hopeful step for Western Europe. He discussed the plan with John Foster Dulles and Defense Secretary Charles Wilson, who described a speedup against subversives and a push to extend the draft.
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Nixon Campaign Raises GOP Victory Hopes
California Republicans hope Vice President Richard Nixon can boost GOP margins through a four day California tour. He opens Sunday at the Fishermen's Fiesta in San Diego then appears in Vallejo and Martinez for John Baldwin Jr. in the Sixth District. He will speak at a $100 dinner in Richmond, then tour Merced, Madera and Fresno counties ending with a Fresno rally to support Rep. Oakley Hunter in the 12th District. On Wednesday he will visit Monterey Santa Barbara and the San Fernando Valley backing Charles Teague in the 13th District.
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Oakley Hunter
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San Fernando Valley
Charles M. Teague
Ventura
Fire destroys five room home on South Dora Street
Firemen call the Friday night blaze at Herb Hampton's five room wooden house on South Dora Street suspicious. Chief Al Bechtal put damage at undetermined with $3500 insurance. Cause unknown, arson not ruled out. tenant Raymond Loss had just moved out and saw nothing at 5:30 to 6 p.m. The fire occurred at 10:38 p.m.
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Fire Calls Reported After Hours and Monday Morning
Friday night a house on South Dorn Street was destroyed by fire while Monday morning a chimney fire on Waugh Lane caused no damage. Fire crews responded promptly to both incidents.
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Agriculture Census Gets Under Way in Sacramento Area
John W. Harris was named supervisor for the area as a field office for the 1954 Census of Agriculture opens at 720 Eye Street Sacramento. Preliminary work begins immediately with recruitment and training of staff, interview of applicants, and organization of clerical and field crews for this fall’s census.
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Eye Street
Sacramento
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Baltimore Crowd Protests School Integration Law
About 2000 white youths demonstrated against public school integration in Baltimore. They stormed near City Hall, shouted anti Negro slogans, and were repelled by police, with 600 extra officers called in. A man was arrested for agitation and another for carrying a knife. Dr John H Fischer noted possible covert sponsors.
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Benson Accuses NRA of Propaganda Against Power Policy
Agriculture Secretary Benson charged the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association with spreading propaganda to discredit the administrations rural electrification program. He said REA funding rose sharply in the first Eisenhower year, with 167 million for electricity and 75 million for telephones, and urged a Republican victory in the looming election.
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West Germany to raise 12 divisions 500,000 men
West Germany plans a 500,000 man army of 12 divisions under London accords. Defense planners and U S experts say this is the ceiling for at least five years, possibly longer, with potential for jet fighters and medium bombers for a 1500 plane air force, though fears of a vastly larger Wehrmacht are deemed groundless for now.
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Weather figures for Northwestern California region
Fair today tonight and Tuesday with coastal fog mornings. Temperatures show little change with highs near Ukiah 78 and Santa Rosa 75, lows around 40s to 44 in Napa. Winds light near coast and west to northwest 10 to 18 mph south of Cape Mendocino. Fort Bragg area also noted fair with morning fog.
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Crossing Crash Injures 4: One Seriously
A collision Friday evening at the Highway 20 railroad crossing east of the Redwood highway involved a Northwestern Pacific diesel engine and a Hudson sedan driven by Ervin C. McCluskey of Caruthers. Four people in the car were injured, one severely. Doyle McCluskey and Kathleen Redona were hospitalized, with Miss Redona later sent to San Francisco for brain surgery. Engineer Jack Spanagle and conductor Will Walker reported the southbound train whistled as the westbound car failed to stop in time.
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Kathleen Redona
Briceland
Joseph Rea
Miss Redlona
San Francisco
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Quemoy Invasion Seen by Reds Predicted
Taipei based Chinese Nationalist spokesman Yun Tien-Chia warned that the Chinese Communists may mount an amphibious invasion of Quemoy and nearby islets within a month. He said paratroopers are likely and noted air reconnaissance from Foochow and jet fighter range from Canton and Hanchow.
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Suspects Sought in Redwood Valley Shooting
Josep Turula of Redwood Valley is in Ukiah General Hospital with a bullet wound to the neck as deputies begin to probe the Sunday night shooting at A. D. Cromwell’s home. Cromwell heard prowlers before Turula appeared at a window. a slug from Cromwell’s rifle entered Turula’s chin and exited at the neck. No arrest yet. questions to those involved continue.
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A. D. Cromwell
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Cromwell
Robert Amundsen
Increased Benefits Effective Today
More than 6.5 million Social Security beneficiaries will receive larger checks as increases ranging from five to thirteen dollars per month become effective. Mailed over the weekend, the new payments raise maximum family benefits to two hundred dollars monthly under a broadened Social Security law.
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Dohring to Assume Lighter Duties at Hopland
Henry P. Dohring, local station agent for the Northwestern Pacific railroad, will take up lighter duties this week at Hopland after 20 years in the Utah area. Beginning next year he will have 50 years of service with the railroad, which began in 1905 as a junior clerk in Petaluma with Southern Pacific.
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Three killed as car collides with truck near Madera
A rural intersection crash near Madera left three dead and one injured. Victims were Carlos EB Quevas 25 Margarito C Samlaniega 24 both of Madera and Felix Aguayo with unknown address. Joe Munoz 21 of Madera survived the crash in hospital.
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Mendocino County zoning ordinance tabled amid heated hearing
A long debated Mendocino County zoning ordinance was tabled indefinitely by the board of supervisors after a heated public hearing. The 3-2 vote saw Hartley Poulos dissenting with Scaramella and Safford Bainbridge and Scaramella voting aye. A six month postponement motion failed for lack of a second. The plan, backed by the county planning commission and local chambers, would enforce zoning rules for industries subdivisions and nuisances.
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James M. Campbel
Menlo Park
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Ukiah Chamber of Commerce
Loss of Signs Deplored by Reno Bartolomie
Reno Bartolomie, candidate for Mendocino County sheriff, voiced concern over repeated removal of his campaign signs. He urged fair treatment of all candidates and asked those responsible to stop, whether teens or partisans, stressing a spirit of fair play.
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Dulles Praises London Conference Solid Results
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles returned from the nine power London conference on West German sovereignty and said it produced solid results to preserve and strengthen the Atlantic community. He commended European nations for rapid action after France killed the European Defense Community, and noted the United States would cooperate as it serves national interests. The nine powers signed a protocol outlining swift West German sovereignty, a rearmament framework, and admission to NATO and the Brussels pact.
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France
European Defense Community
United States
Abducted U S soldiers recount Red captivity tale
Capt. Richard H. Dries of St Albans New York and Pfc George M Pisk of Austin Texas told reporters in MERNBERG Germany that their Red captors blindfolded them handcuffed them and kept them awake day and night for over two weeks. They were captured near Neu Islam on Sept 17 while on a routine mission.
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Airport Commission Meets Tonight in City Hall
The city airport commission will meet tonight at 8 p.m. in the council chamber of city hall. Topics to discuss include potential commercial leases for property surrounding the airport.
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Starr Brothers Seek Asylum After Fleeing West Germany
Two American brothers Henry and James Starr of Westville New Jersey told an East Berlin press conference they voluntarily entered the Soviet zone to seek political asylum after fleeing from West Germany. They said they disrupted by denying kidnapping claims and refused to discuss communism or voting secrecy.
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