Witnesses Say Truck Driver Over Center Road Line
Testimony in a three day manslaughter trial recounts Lyle Williams driving a logging rig about three feet over the center line on the Redwood Highway before a loaded dolly toppled and killed Wade Watts Jr. A Ford pickup and Watts family were injured on August 3 near a sharp curve. Witnesses noted the rig’s drift and that the dolly struck Watts car as the tractor crossed the road. Prosecutors cite gross negligence. defense argues doubt about cause. Judge Hale McCowen presides. trial by James E. Busch and Merle P. Orchard.
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Lyle G. Williams
Wade Hampton Watts Jr
Elizabeth Wath
William Weber
Watts
Williams
Wade Watts Jr
Lawrence
San Fernando
Redwood Highway
Weber
Branscomb
Roy Burton
California Highway Patrol
Burton
Blaine McGowan
Eureka
Thomas Cleland
James E. Busch
Merle P. Orchard
Hale McCowen
Petersen seeks access to files in espionage case
Alexandria Virginia federal court hearing set for 2:30 p.m. to argue for a bill of particulars detailing acts alleged in the espionage indictment against 40 year old physicist Joseph S. Petersen Jr. Petersen pleads innocent and is free on a $10,000 bond.
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Llexandria
Llp
Attorns
Joseph S. Petersen Jr
Fedeal
Albert V. Bryan
Petersen
Grand Jury opens probe into L A smog control breakdown
Los Angeles County grand jury begins a full scale investigation to assess breakdowns in smog enforcement. Mayor Norris Poulson and Gordon P. Larson are among expected witnesses as calls grow to fire or demote Larson. Schools chief Claude Reeves cites harmful smog effects on students and staff. Gov Knight pledges state resources to develop an inexpensive anti smog exhaust device through UC testing.
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Los Angeles
Larson
Roger Jessup
Board of Supervisors
Reeves
Sheriff Office Cuts Radio Frequency To Aid TV Signals
The Ukiah area may gain clearer TV reception as the sheriff's office reduces its radio output from 75.90 to 74.06 megacycles. Repeater at Sacred Oak mountain, 14 miles north of Ukiah, will still use 39.74 frequency while Sacred Oak console remains at 1610 kilocycles. Sheriff Broaddus cited FCC guidance to reduce interference in the north end of the valley, especially channel 5.
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Ukiah
Sheriff's Office
Masonite
Sacred Oak Mountain
B. G. Broaddus
Sacred Oak
Sheriff Broaddus
Federal Communications Commission
Broaddus
Hemingway Poised to Win Nobel Prize in Literature
STOCKHOLM UP report says Ernest Hemingway, a top candidate for a decade, is likely this year’s Nobel in literature. Sources say the Nobel committee narrowed the field to Hemingway and Icelandic writer Halldor Laxness, with an announcement set for Thursday.
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Stockholm
Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway
Iceland
Halldor K. Laxness
Police Benefit Dance at Purdy's Hall Saturday Evening
The police department hosts a benefit dance at Purdy's hall on Saturday evening to raise funds. Profits will support department needs and community programs.
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Police Department
Purdy's Hall
Eisenhower Predicts Record Economic Growth and Jobs Decline
President Eisenhower in a radio television address touted a drop of 400000 in unemployment to 2700000 this month and forecast a 40 percent rise in national production within a decade. He urged tax cuts, expanded trade, and more highways, calling the economy the strongest peacetime era yet while warning against fear of recession. He noted jobless figures may still be high but improving and announced a forthcoming detailed briefing from Labor Secretary James Mitchell.
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Washington
Eisenhower
America
Mears
Labor Commerce Department
Labor
James @. Mitchell
National Security Industrial Association
James RR. Forrestal
Citizens For Eisenhower
Willits Man Freed After 35 Hours In 30-Foot Well
Thomas Barrows, 38, of Willits, was freed after more than 30 hours trapped at the bottom of a 30 foot well on East Valley road. Fire crews and a 20 man rescue used hydraulic jacks to crack the cement pipe and pull him free. He remained conscious and was treated at Howard Memorial Hospital for a crushed foot and exposure.
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Willits
Thomas Barrows
Barrows
Robert Brown
East Valley Road
Howard Memorial Hospital
Former Ukiah grocer dies in San Mateo
M J Sullivan owner of the Golden Rule Grocery at Ukiah died Monday October 18 at his San Mateo home of a heart attack. He was brother of Mrs C Russell of Ukiah and survived by his wife Rose Sullivan and six children, all residents of California.
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M. J. Sullivan
Golden Rule
Ukiah
Bay District
San Mateo
Mr. Sullivan
C. Russell
Rose Sullivan
California
Adenauer leaves Bonn for Washington amid Saar concessions controversy
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer flies to the United States aboard a U.S. Air Force plane for talks in Washington and New York after facing Socialist criticism over concessions to France on Saar territory and German rearmament. He is joined by James B. Conant Walter Hallstein and Hans von Herwarth. stops planned in Iceland and Newfoundland.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Washington
New York
West Germany
Adenauer
Wahn
Federal Republic
U.S
James B. Conant
Walter Hallstein
Hans von Herwarth
Saar
France
Retired Naval Officer Found Dead at Home
Funeral services are pending at Anker Mortuary in Willits for Gerald Freeman Pugh, 58, found dead at his home on the Longvale-Dos Rios road yesterday evening. A physician said death occurred sometime Saturday. The only known surviving relative is a sister living in San Francisco.
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Anker Mortuary
Willits
Gerald Freeman Pugh
Longvale-Dos Rios
San Francisco
Divine Healing Meeting Announced for Tomorrow Night
Tomorrow night at 8 o clock a divine healing meeting will be held in the Okiah Grange hall. Persons seeking spiritual or physical help are invited to attend to learn the truth about divine healing.
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Okiah Grange
Fire Call at Louis Dubeault Home on West Standley
Fire crews responded Monday at 6 05 p m to 1012 West Standley street for an overheated oil stove at Louis Dubeault residence. No damage reported and no injuries.
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West Standley Street
Louis Dubeault
Hunter for Monday Hit: Highway Pickup Flees Scene
Highway patrol seeks a hit and run pickup driver after a southbound collision on the Redwood highway a mile north of Ukiah Monday evening. Albert Brower was injured. Randall Foutch towed Brower’s Chevrolet when the pickup struck, Brower taken to Ukiah General Hospital with non serious injuries. This marks a second hit and run near Ukiah this week.
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Ukiah
Albert Brower
Redwood
Studebaker
Randall Foutch
Brower
Chevrolet
Foutch
Ukiah General Hospital
Joe Rea
SF Man Jailed For Carrying Concealed Gun
Ukiah police arrest a 25 year old San Francisco man James Bouloumpas at a North State street service station for carrying a concealed .32 caliber revolver under his coat. A tip from Jud Gowan of Potter Valley led to the arrest. He was driving a car with South Carolina plates and no registration papers.
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Ukiah
San Francisco
Paul Davis
Dulles Sees Cooling of Cold War After Paris Pact
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles told the cabinet there may be a new basis for talks with the Soviet Union after Paris agreements on German rearmament are ratified. The televised session marked a historic White House gathering as Eisenhower noted unity in Europe and momentum toward a stronger Western defense, with Dulles signaling possible future discussions to end the cold war.
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Dulles
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Imousine
Washington D.C
Paris
Europe
Washington
United States
Russia
Western Europe
Soviet Union
West Germany
White House
Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Willinness
France
Germany
Herbert Brownell Jr
Northwestern California Weather Outlook
Northwestern California forecast shows fair conditions through Wednesday with slight warming. Inland winds from 8 to 18 mph and strong mountain northeast winds accompanied by low humidity. widespread highs around Ukiah 85, Santa Rosa 80, Napa 78 with cool nights near 38. Fort Bragg remains fair with similar wind trends.
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California
Santa Rosa
Napa
Fort Bragg
Mendocino road projects get $995,000 in 1955 56
Sacramento brief: California Highway Commission allocates $995,000 for Mendocino county highway work in the 1955 56 fiscal year as part of a total state budget of $198 266 000. Projects include Route 128 rebuilds near Boonville and Flynn Creek bridges, Route 1 improvements near Greenwood Creek and Little River temporary bridge, and rights of way purchases totaling $255,000.
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Sacramento
CNS
California Highway Commission
Mendocino County
Mendocino
Boonville
Flynn Creek
Greenwood Creek
Little River
Indian Ascetic Urges U N Arms Truce and Recall
United Nations debate closes as Indian ascetic V K Krishna Menon calls for a world arms truce pending a disarmament treaty and the recall of the General Assembly after its December adjournment. Soviet delegate Andrei Vishinsky dismisses Western disarmament plans and rejects aerial reconnaissance for atomic facility inspections.
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United Nations
N.Y
India
V. K. Krishna Menon
Menon
U. N
General Assembly
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Bernard M. Baruch
West Germany
Wehrmacht
Vishinsky
United States
Russia
Britain
France
Canada
International Control Authority
Free coffee at Republican HQ during election run
Starting Tuesday morning residents can get free coffee at the Republican headquarters located in the Jameson building on North State Street. The offer continues through the election period.
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Republican
Jameson Building
North State Street
Late Flashes 1 08 Angeles and Sacramento Politic Notes
Mayor Norris Poulson says he has no confidence in Air Pollution Control District head Gordon P Larson. Lt Gov powers urges changes to California lottery laws claiming church benefit quilts amount to criminal enterprise. Roy Berge, 30, mariner, sails for Alaska in a bathtub, but Coast Guard warns he must stay afloat or face a reckless operation.
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Angeles
Norris Poulson
County Grand
Gordon P. Larson
Sacramento
Marald J. Powers
California
Ash
Roy Berge
Alaska
Coast Guard
Bergo
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