Big Three Day Run At Mendocino Fair Draws Huge Interest
Kenneth Ornham of the Floriculture and Arts and Crafts building previews the Mendocino County Fair and Apple Show exhibit space, expecting 14 000 square feet to overflow with floriculture displays centered on a mural loaned by the Mendocino County Chamber of Commerce. The event emphasizes amateur participation, expanded arts and crafts, and a Sunday parade with six Granges and four Farm Centers represented.
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Boonville
Kenneth Ornham
Mendocino
Ornham
Northern California
Point Arena Road
Ladeo Grounds
Reno Bartolomie
Ukiah
Sam Ray
Tony Galli
Cloverdale
Walter Hachl
George Dietterle
Anderson Valley
Whiteborough
Campiche
Fort Bragg
Potter Valley
Mendocino-Fort
Bragg
Hopland
H. J. June
County Clerk Seeks Extra Election Clerks
The County Clerk seeks additional election clerks and substitutes to fill last minute vacancies. Applications are available at the County Clerk's office in the Court House or from Willits city clerk Emma Lou Alcott and Fort Bragg city clerk Ina Backlund, with mail-out options upon request. Pay scales for election officers are listed by precinct registration totals, and 675 officers are needed to run 122 boards.
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Court House
Emma Lou Alcott
Willits
Ina Backlund
Fort Bragg
Board of Supervisors
County Plans Trails and Parks for Mendocino County
County planning commission held the first public hearing on a master recreation plan featuring a 125 mile public riding and hiking trail from Sono ma county to the old Bell Springs road near Humboldt. Other elements include winter sports near Anthony Peak, eleven wayside rest stops on major highways, and proposed rights of way to coastal beaches at Westport Abolobidia 10 Mile Creek Caspar Salmon Creek and Haven's Neck.
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County Planning Commission
Mendocino County
James C. Campbell
Sonoma County
Guatala River
Humboldt County
Bell Springs
San Diego
Oregon Line
Board of Supervisors
State Beaches and Parks Commission
Anthony Peak
Glenn and
Tehama
Campbell
Forest Service
Redwood Highway
Highway 20
Shoreline
Westport
Abolobidia
10-Mile Creek
Caspar, Creek
Salmon Creek
Haven's Neck
Fleming Given Dishonorable Discharge
A court martial found Lt. Col. Harry Fleming guilty of collaboration with the Communists in Korea and sentenced him to a dishonorable discharge with forfeiture of pay. The sentence, pending approval by the secretary of the Army, could have carried life imprisonment. Fleming, decorated for service in Korea by the U S and South Korea, heard the sentence without flinching.
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T .Sheridan
Harry Fleming
Korea
Fleming
Ragine
Wis
U. S
Senate Leaders Delay Recall on McCarthy Censure
Senate leaders signaled the recall to consider censure charges against Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy may be delayed by several days. Senate Secretary J. Mark Trice noted ongoing consultations with Republican Leader Knowland and Democratic Leader Johnson as a six member committee nears a final report with a noon deadline for printing.
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Calif
Trice
Knowland
Senate Dem
Ocratic
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Senate
McCarthy
Dulles Speech Promises Broad Policy Review at UN
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles will address the United Nations General Assembly to outline U S plans for peaceful atomic energy and a comprehensive review of foreign relations. He is to discuss Far East issues with Australian Foreign Minister Richard Casey and address Quemoy and Tachien islands concerns. The speech also touches on Eisenhower’s atoms for peace initiative and an international agency for peaceful atomic uses despite Soviet nonparticipation.
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Bruce W. Munn
United Press
United Nations
N. Y
John Foster Dulles
General Assembly
United States
Dulles
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Richard G. Casey
Quemoy
Tachen Islands
China
U.S
Far East
Eisenhower
Atoms For Peace
Senator Way to Address Highway 20 Meet at Clear Lake
Senator A W Way of Eureka will headline the second annual Highway 20 Association convention at Clear Lake Lodge Nice October 9 10 He serves on the Senate Transportation Committee and will discuss better roads for northern California The weekend includes registration at noon Saturday a 1 pm luncheon 2 30 business meeting a 7 pm dinner toastmaster Kermit Lucas and a 12 30 Sunday luncheon reviewing 1954 activities and planning 1955 goals The Sunday dinner honors supervisors from six counties in the Highway 20 area.
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A. W. Way
Eureka
Highway 20 Association
Clear Lake Lodge
Nice
Way
Senate Transportation Committee
California
Kermit Lucas
Burt Busch
Lake and
Mendocino
Senator Way Wil
Train wreck injures twenty near Santa Fe
The Santa Fe transcontinental San Francisco Chief derailed at 70 mph near Knightsen California injuring 20 of 191 aboard with no fatalities. Nine cars left the tracks while several leaned against a 50 foot bank. observers called it miraculous as no major injuries occurred.
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Knightsen
Cal
Santa Fe
San Francisco
Chicago
W. L. Shumway
Stockton
Calif
Shumway
Stitch
County Registration Totals Revealed for November Election
County Clerk Tames Broaddus announced final registration figures for the November 2 election totaling 29,966. Breakdown shows 9,047 Republicans, 11,314 Democrats, 553 undeclared, 45 Independent Progressives, and seven Prohibitionists. Registration in 1953 stood at 20,640 with 8,997 Republicans and 11,021 Democrats.
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Pmc
Tames Broaddus
Mo Orning
Kiwanis Kids Day Pancake Breakfast Set for Saturday
Ukiah Kiwanis Club plans its fifth Kiwanis Kids Day fundraiser with a pancake and coffee breakfast from 7 to 11 a m in front of the county courthouse on State street. Proceeds aid local underprivileged children as mayor Leonard Nix officially proclaims the event.
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Ukiah Kiwanis Club
State Street
Jack Croall
Ukiah Kiwanis
Sailor Dies From Hydrogen Bomb Fallout On Bikini Voyage
Aikichi Kuboyama radio operator aboard the tuna boat Fortunate Dragon died in Tokyo after radiation from the Bikini Atoll H-bomb test. He was 40, the oldest of 23 crewmen dusted by fallout, with doctors not allowed to treat him in the United States. His death followed a prolonged illness involving heart, liver, and jaundice complications, and his condition worsened despite coma and treatments.
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Tokyo
Aikichi Kuboyama
Fortunat Dragon
Kuboyama
Suzu
Miyako
First National Hospital
Dodors
Toshiyuki Kumadori
Shigenobu Kuriyama
Yaezu
Shizue Suzuki
Shnzo Suzuki
Northwestern California Weather and Coastal Winds Outlook
Fair today tonight and Friday with warmer inland. Ukiah 86 and 50, Santa Rosa 88 and 46, Napa 50 and no data. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph along the coast in afternoons, diminishing at night. Fort Bragg and vicinity: fair today tonight and Friday, warmer today, northwest winds 10 to 18 mph near the coast in afternoons.
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Northwestern
California
Ukiah
Santa Rosa
Napa
Fort Bragg
Late Flashes From Across The Nation
Local notices report Ken Buck 22 former College of Pacific star dying at Paso Robles Hospital from malignant tumor. In Germany an explosion at a fuel depot near Bitburg kills and wounds several. Senator Irving M Ives nominated GOP governor candidate in New York. Brig Gen Ralph W Zwicker leaves New York for Far East assignment, with aviation and travel plans to Chicago Tucson and Travis Air Force Base.
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Paso Robles
Calif
Ken Buck
College of Pacific
Bitburg
Germany
American Air Force
Air Force Base
Here
Syracuse
N. Y
P—U
Irving M. Ives
Republican Party
Eigenhower
Ives
Averell Harriman
New York
Ralph W. Zwicker
Far East
Zwicker
Camp Kilmer
Nid
Dorothy
American Airlines
F Fight
Chicago
Tucson
Arizona
Travis Air Force Base
California
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John S. Watson
Petaluma
State Chamber
Carl F. Wente
State, Chamber
James Mussatti
Chamber
Mussatti
Watson
Carl Purdy
Wenta
Nort Coast Council
Carl. Wente
Bank of ‘America
Hizzoner Leonard
Nix
Des Moines
Iowa
Harold Fischer Jr
Jetoace
Ron Parks
Omaha
Lyle Cameron
Lincoln Nebraska
Andy MacKenzie
Toronto
Ontario
Fischer
NEA Telephoto
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Pont
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