City to study uniform sales tax policy changes
City officials postponed action on a uniform sales tax plan to refine the ordinance and avoid discrimination. City Attorney Wayne Burke was asked to revise provisions after an audit showed auto dealers delivering outside city points and changing titles to dodge tax revenue. The council also eyed minor items and reviewed salary schedules as part of broader city employee reforms. Attendees at the Lake County Fair included Melvin Clatty Sharon Brown Murray Mattex Folsom Mary Dale Stansberry Betty Ann and Bill Nelson and Kim.
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Burke
Lake County
Willits
Melvin Clatty
Sharon
Robert Brown
Lex Murray
Clara Mattex
Gertrude Folsom
Mary Dale
John Stansberry
Betty Ann
Bill Nelson
Kim
Spotlight on Knox and Ronnie’s fiery fallout at UC
The piece rails against unregistered voters while praising police work by Lieut. George Barnes for solving the Yokago school fire case, noting a 14 year old's involvement and urging parental responsibility. Ukiah seeks help for a 1924 Ukiah High School class reunion led by Mrs Dominique Mathieu.
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George Barnes
Yokago
Ukiah
Dominique Mathieu
Lucy Trimeloni
Ukiah High School
Northwestern California Weather Outlook
Fair conditions persist across Northwestern California with morning fog patches. Inland areas warm today with highs near 88 and low tonight around 52. Coastal winds from 8 to 18 mph remain steady in Fort Bragg and surrounding areas.
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California
Ukiah
Santa Rosa
Napa
Fort Bragg
Dewey Declines Run for Governor Again in Surprise Move
New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey announced he will not seek reelection this fall and will back U S Senator Irving M. Ives for governor. He pledged to campaign actively for Ives if nominated and said he would remain involved in public policy beyond his term. Dewey’s retirement ends a 24 year political rise from city reformer to GOP leader and three term governor. President Eisenhower expressed regret at the decision.
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Dewey
Ives
Eisenhower
U.S. Senate
New York
New York State School On Industrial Relations
Republican Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Averell Harriman
Robert F. Wagner
New York City
GOP
Washington
Salinas Holds Wanted Passer on Warrant
Donald E. Booth, 25, sought on a felony warrant in Ukiah since July for passing fictitious checks totaling 120 dollars. Booth is being held in Salinas by the police chief George Smith today after allegedly passing two checks at local liquor stores using the name of a Ukiah realtor.
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Donald E. Booth
Ukiah
Salinas
George Smith
Booth
On Ukiah
County Board Opposes School Bounds Change
The County board of supervisors rejected transferring the 40-acre Ernest Baton property in the Calpella elementary district to Redwood Valley, following a hearing after a 90-signature petition. The move sought to fix school boundaries due to long travel. Calpella taxed for a new bus and bonded for construction. The board also raised two road-commission clerks’ salaries by 300 annually and approved a salary study for party employees.
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County Board of Supervisors
Ernest Baton
Calpella
Redwood Valley
Ernest Buton
John Taylor
Joe Hartley
Hopland
Committee Men To Be Chosen for Conservation Ballots
Mendocino county farmers are told ballots for the 1955 agricultural conservation program must be returned to the ASC County office in Ukiah by pe rini er 15. Eligible farmers who have not received ballots should contact the office promptly. Ballots will be tallied by community election boards, and the top voter becomes the delegate from his district at the county convention to elect the county committee for the 1955 program year.
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ASC
Ukiah
Pepeniier
Mendocino County
Free dance music event for Mendocino State Hospital patients
Patients at Mendocino State Hospital will enjoy a free dance music program tomorrow night Sept. 9. The event is organized through cooperation with Loga 292 and the American Federation of ficians via a grant from the mu performance trust fund. Also noted is a statistic that nearly half of the 20 million trucks in the world are in the United States.
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Mendocino State Hospital
Loga 292
American Federation Officians
Mu Performance Trust Fund
The
United States
Justice Dept launches sweeping new espionage grand jury probe
Washington reports that four top federal lawyers are presenting evidence and questioning witnesses before a federal grand jury as the Justice Department pursues possible violations of subversion laws. Indictments may target individuals who turn over defense information, photograph defenses, make false statements, or incite mutiny.
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Washington
LLP
Justice Department
United States
Department
Grand Jury
GOP Irving Ives To Seek N.Y. Governor Spot
New York Senator Irving M. Ives agreed to seek the Republican nomination for governor after Gov. Thomas E. Dewey announced he would not run for a fourth term. Ives made the decision after conferring with Dewey and party leaders before a Republican State Executive Committee meeting. Dewey backed Ives, who previously denied any intention to run.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Irving M. Ives
Opers
Ives
Dewey
Rep
Dean Taylor
Republican State Executive Committee
Senate
Broaddus Named Vice President of California Peace Officers
Sheriff B G Broaddus was named first vice president at the California Peace Officers Association three day meeting in Los Angeles. Over 2000 attendees heard Broaddus discuss policing alongside Warren Olney, a former U S Attorney General appointee. Broaddus may seek the presidency next year.
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Broaddus
California
B.G. Broaddus
Los Angeles
California Peace Officers Association
Association
Warren Olney
Surprise Witness: Zwicker epithets heard at hearing
New York City salesman William J. Harding Jr. testified that Brig. Gen. Ralph W. Zwicker muttered you s o b after a question from Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy during a Senate subcommittee hearing. Harding, a surprise witness, spoke as McCarthy defended himself against censure amid the Peress discharge probe.
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Senate
Irving Peress
McCarthy
Harding
Kirke B. Lawton
Fire Calls Tuesday City Dump Report
Fire department records show a call Tuesday at 5:35 p m to the city dump with no damage reported. No injuries or further incidents noted.
Eisenhower letters Knowland on breaking Russia policy
President Eisenhower replies to Senator Knowland after a request to sever relations with Russia. The White House withheld letter contents, noting prior statements unchanged. Eisenhower plans a Sept. 2 Missoula stop and Sept. 22 Walla Walla visit, with a Sept. 23 dedication at McNary Dam.
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Knowland
Russia
Eisenhower
California
Republican Today
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Missoula
Mont
Walla Walla
Marcus, Whitman Hotel
McNary Dam
Els
Friday Funeral for Lester S. Clark in Potter Valley
Lester S Clark of Potter Valley died of a heart attack on Tuesday September 7 at age 66. Services will be Friday at 2 pm at Eversole Mortuary with Rev George Pearson of Potter Valley Methodist Church officiating. Interment in Potter Valley Cemetery. Pallbearers will be friends of the family. Surviving are wife Clara and four children Lawrence Vernon Doris Eddie and Vera.
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Lester S, Clark
Potter
Valley
Eversole
George Pearson
Potter Valley
Methodist Church
Clark
State of
Kansas
Potter District
Clara Clark
Lawrence
Vernon Clark
Doris
Eddie ‘O Pleasanton
Lumber Workers Return to Jobs Amid Northwest Strike
Oregon and Washington governors urged striking lumber workers to return to their posts while a wage dispute was being resolved by a fact finding board. The move followed scattered acceptance of the governors' proposal to end the Pacific Northwest lumber strike.
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Atland
Pacific Northwest
Sage
Arthur B. ‘Langile
Washington
Pail’ Patterson
Oregon
Palmer Will Contested Over $200000 Estate
Rodney Palmer contests the will of Mrs. Sadlee Palmer filed in Ukiah, asserting the decedent lacked testamentary capacity at execution on March 31 in Modesto. The estate, valued about 200000, includes 6200 acres of Singley Ranch land, cash, stocks, bonds, notes, and various heirs and legatees.
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Sadlee' Palmer
Rodney S. Palmer
J. E. Singley
Anderson Valley
Ukiah
John E. Palmer
Hayward
Robin Palmer
Jessie Palmer Santos
Rodney C. Palmer
Anderson Valley Community Methodist Church
First Presbyterian Church of
Modesto
Palmer
Herbert Singley
Newell
Rawles
John
William Palmer
Singley
Kasch& Coook
Late Flashes From Washington and California News
McCarthy testified he did not bar Brig. Gen.Zwicker from testifying at a hearing. Dr. Wilbur, former Navy secretary and California chief justice, died at Palo Alto General Hospital at 87. Lawton refused to testify about remarks with another general regarding McCarthy. San Mateo workers rescued two colleagues buried by a cave‑in after a hailstorm of earth. Eisenhower summoned the National Security Council for a Dulles report on Southeast Asia Treaty Organization negotiations in Manila.
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Mander
Fort Monmouth
N.J
Lawton
Zwicker
McCarthy
Eisenhower
Executive Department
Executive Branch
Harding
Federal
Foley Square
New York
Peress
Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
Ralph W. Zwicker
Palo Alto
Calif
Qurtls’ D. Wilbur
Secretary of the Navy
President Coolidge
California Supreme Court
Pato
Alty General Hospital
Wilbur
Kirke B. Lawton
Joseph R. McCarity
N-Win
Denver
National Security Council
John Foater Dulles
Wits Houge
James ©. Hagerty
Hela
Dulles
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Manila
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Scudder
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Zylstra
Wayne Burke
Dignatchés
Shy
Knox
Mid
Ronnie
Sonny
Harvey Knox
H. M
Journal For
County Board
Dante
Justice Dept
Irving Ives
N.Y
Spot
State Street
Novkepa
Aahnes Temple
B. A. Cober
Merriman Smith
United Press
White
House
Wiliam F. Knowland
Lester S. Clark
Ab Lian
Sadlee Palmer
San Mateo
San Mateo City
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