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Newspaper
Ukiah Daily Journal
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1963
Page
1
Italian residents of a Dolomite valley faced catastrophe when a 300 foot wave poured from Vajont Dam after a landslide. Officials fear more than 3,000 dead across six villages as rescue teams recover bodies and move survivors to Verona.
County officials approve a five member Local Agency Formation Commission to guide orderly growth across Port Arena Fort Bragg Willits and other cities. Mayor Runkel meets with Dee Hulett Bernie Vauehn and Ralph Pennock to select the two city representatives from the four cities and council members.
Farnsworth outlined Kimber Farms operations to Point Arena residents detailing a breeding plant for turkeys and potential future chicken breeding tied to virus research. Construction began on the Windy Hole Road site with about a dozen workers, through Weeks Drilling and Gand Construction, and will impact the local economy via feed use electricity and payroll.
U S chemist Linus Pauling is named the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, with the 1963 prize shared by the International Red Cross Committee and the Red Cross League. The award, valued at 1 3 05 000, will be presented at Oslo University on December 10.
Cordova Covelo Rosento and Baber Cordova were found guilty yesterday in Round Valley Justice Court. Cordova, whose first trial ended in a jury verdict, was convicted of attempting to stab his wife. Judge George Carver sentenced him to 90 days in county jail with 60 days suspended and fined him. District Attorney Tomy Clelland prosecuted.
Occasional rain affects Port Bravo northward today and tonight into Friday with cooler conditions. Ukiah highs near 70s and lows around 60s. Napa 80/60, Santa Rosa 75/60. Small craft warnings posted along the coast for southerly winds 25 to 35 knots.
A Superior Court jury found Ferne Romaine a 39 year old Port Braye nurse guilty of possession of Demerol. The arrest followed a July 23 complaint by the State Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement alleging theft from a stock locker at Community Hospital Port Braye. Trial before Judge Robert Winslow ended with verdict at 7 pm. Prosecution witnesses included hospital administrator John Loftus and two staff nurses Cec..lder and John Foster of the Narcotics Bureau. Romaine did not testify.
The Redwood Coast Foresters hold a Friday session to review a forestry course started by Santa Ross College a few years ago. Officials emphasize the course's role in addressing a timber personnel shortage and confirming its adequacy for future needs.
Hurricane Flora churns toward the Atlantic with feared tolls nearing 1,000 across the Caribbean. Forecasters say peak winds will remain offshore but rough seas and winds will affect Bermuda. Haiti and Cuba report heavy losses and debris as typhoid risk looms amid contaminated water. casualties exceed hundreds with thousands unaccounted.
Norman Baird, 49, of Ukiah, sustained slight injuries after his northbound car on S State street collided with an oncoming car driven by Carl Willan Davenport, 20, also of Ukiah. Baird was treated at Ukiah General Hospital. Police said no citations issued pending further investigation.
President Kennedy approved a one shot 250 million dollar U S wheat sale to the Soviet bloc, drawing mixed reactions in Congress. The deal aims to move surplus grain, with potential total values to 375 million or more, and could open further sales of American commodities to Russia and Eastern Europe.
A Wednesday 2 21 p m truck fire near Highway 101 in Eureka damages a vehicle linked to Clarence Darrow. Earlier today at 11 26 a m a residence fire occurred on Thompson Avenue in Ukiah Village.
President Kennedy announced approval of a one billion five hundred million dollar wheat sale to the Soviet Union to improve the U S balance of payments and aid farmers while keeping wheat in American ships. He defended the CIA against claims of independent Viet Nam policy and named Barry Goldwater as a potential 1964 GOP nominee with more time needed before a decision. He voiced opposition to military coups in Latin America and praised administration efforts to stabilize the region. Attorney Tom Cleland to speak to Mendocino County Chamber tomorrow at the Grand Jury room.
Blackpool report says Prime Minister Harold Macmillan surrendered leadership of the Conservative party for the coming general election and will not remain in the role long. He left a London hospital after a prostate gland operation and urged the party to elect a new leader, with Deputy Prime Minister R. Butler seen as the likely successor.
Deputy Gerald Cox observed a man, John S. Skider, 40, grab cash from Harvey Hocker at Ltarvesy Laundromat during a theft involving a half dollar coin attempt. Skider fled toward a motel drive, was pursued by officers, and was captured after Hocker took ignition keys. He will be charged with burglary and held in the city jail.
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