Annexation costs outlined for Ukiah area 170 acres around new school
City engineer Douglas S. Cruickshank outlined the proposed annexation costs for 170 acres around the Southside school. The plan estimates sewer and water facilities at 347,572 dollars with annual debt service of 25,489 dollars, funded by a 1.08 per hundred tax and a net 1.82 per hundred tax increase. Benefits include lower fire insurance, water savings, and higher property valuations, with utilities ready in about 2.5 years and street work planned later.
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Southside
Washington and
Helen Streets
Douglas S. Cruickshank
Cruickshank
Ukiah
Redwood Highway
Beacon Lane
Yokayo Rancho
Lmits
Ukiah Valley Fire District
Asti Re-Enters County Grape Market With 1954 Bounty
Louis Petrie Wine Company owner resumes Mendocino County grape procurement after a two year lull. Alex Thomas, local buyer for the company, says renewed buying will lift prices. White grapes Sauvignon and Golden Chasselas begin as harvest nears peak, quality eyed as best in years.
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Asti
Louis Petrie Wine Company
Mendocino County
Alex. Thomas
National Distillers
Thomas
Northwestern California Weather Outlook
Fair conditions continue in inland areas with cooler air and higher humidity through Wednesday. Fog persists along the coast with likely clearing midweek. Coastal winds from Cape Mendocino northward reach 12 to 24 mph, briefly 35 mph, temperatures expected in the 70s to low 80s from Ukiah to Santa Rosa, with Fort Bragg remaining foggy today.
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California
Napa
Santa Rosa
Cape Mendocino
Fort Bragg
Nationalist planes sink 11 junks in typhoon raid off Fukien
Nationalist P47 Thunderbolts battled heavy seas and sank 11 Communist junks and gunboats during raids off Fukien near Amoy. The Reds were said to mass their fleets under the typhoon. Navy patrols stepped up to locate other concentrations as shelling killed 27 civilians.
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Taipet
Formosa
Fukien Province
Amoy Island
Scudder Tours Mills and Hospital During Ukiah Visit
Representative Hubert B. Scudder spent the day in Ukiah touring local lumber mills and Mendocino State Hospital. He breakfasted with the Republican Central committee at the Palace Hotel, visited Masonite Corp plant, toured Hollowtree Lumber mill, and planned to attend an engineers meeting in Fort Bragg on October 5 to discuss the Noyo harbor question.
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Hubert B. Scudder
Ukiah
State Hospital
Republican Central Committee
Palace Hotel
Masonite Corporation
North Highway
Mendocino State Hospital
Hollowtree Lumber Mill
Scudder
Engineers
Fort Bragg
Noyo Harbor
Thailand Charges Red China Plans Infiltration
At the United Nations Prince Wan Waithayakon, Thailand foreign minister, warned the General Assembly that Communist China is preparing large scale infiltration into Thailand via Yunnan and Viet Minh to subvert the Thai government. He urged the UN to address subversion as a real danger alongside aggression. Vishinsky prepared to deliver a major policy speech on Thursday.
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United Nations
N.Y
Wan Waithayakon
Thailand
U. N. General Assembly
China
Yunnan
Prince Wan
U. N
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Ukiah to Host North Coast Chamber Session
More than 250 Northern Californians are expected at the semi annual meeting of the California State Chamber of Commerce North Coast Council in Ukiah. Committees from seven counties meet at 2 p.m. at the Mendocino County Fair Grounds, adjourn for dinner at 6:30 p.m., then hear Carl F. Wente speak in the general session.
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California State Chamber of Commerce
John S. Watson
Petaluma
Ukiah
North Coast Council
Mendocino County Board of Supervisors
Chambers of Commerce
Natural Resources Committee
North Coast
Harry W. Sheldon
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
Sebastopol
Typhoon Toll in Japan Tops 1,700 Dead
Hakodate authorities report 1,743 dead and missing from the Japan typhoon, including 57 Americans. Toll may rise as reports come in from coastal villages on northern Honshu and southern Hokkaido, with the Toya Maru ferry sinking near the Tsugaru Strait a key tragedy.
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Toya Maru
Tsugaru Straits
Honshu
Hokkaido
Hakodate
Japan
Tsugaru
Martin Trial Jury Picked and Girl Testifies
A 17-year-old high school girl testified she consented to intimate relations with Erwin Martin, a 42-year-old Ukiah fireman and part time police officer, in May. The girl, placed in the Martins’ Fresno home after her parents’ separation, described acts on May 21 22 and 24, and identified lipstick on Martin when Mrs. Martin returned home. The trial opened with jury selection before Judge Hale McCowen. defense and prosecution outlined their cases as they pursue three counts of statutory report.
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Erwin Martin
Ukiah
Martin
Fresno
Wayne Burke
James’ Busch
Hale McCowen
US Grants Asylum and Seeks Release of Missing Americans
Washington announces asylum for former Red Poland deputy police chief Swiatlo who defended three U S citizens missing since 1949. Names Hermann Field Cleveland architect Noel Field and Noel's wife Herta as the missing pair and details Swiatlo's 1949 arrests in Warsaw and Budapest and U S demands for consular access and repatriation.
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Washington
United States
Red Poland
Justice Department
Joseph Swait Jo
State Department
Stern
Poland
Hungary
Swiado
Hermann Field
Noel
Herta
U. S
Cleveland
Noel Field
Swiatlo
Warsaw
Prague
Miedzeszyn
Budapest
Herta Field
District GOP Leaders Stop Fund Leaks
Seven county First Congressional District Republican leaders met in Ukiah to urge voters to weigh reason over emotion in November. They approved that county campaign funds be spent locally and called for media cooperation to expose nationwide fund-collecting schemes. Viney Caracappa of Eureka and Walter Sandlin of Ukiah alleged a syndicate kept donations from reaching Republican campaigns. The session noted critics accusing leftists of lacking a program and continued on to Page 8.
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First Congressional District
Republican Committee
Ukiah
del Norte
Humboldt
Lake
Marin
Mendocino
Napa
Sonoma
V.A. Caracappa
Eureka
Walter Sandlin
Caracappa
Lewis R. Hart
Sebastopol
Driver Risks Life to Save Burning Logging Truck
Albert Brewer, 25, of Ukiah, risked his life by driving his burning logging truck two and a half miles along Highway 101 toward a highway cut off. Flames singed his hair and minor burns. the truck and 140 acres of brush burned, loss estimated at $20,000.
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Ukiah
CHP
Carlsen
Albert Brewer
Highway 101
Willits
Brewer
Antioch
World Series pitching choices announced for Polo Grounds
LATE FLASHES NEW YORK Bob Lemon was chosen by Al Lopez to pitch for the Cleveland Indians while Sal Megile was named by Leo Durocher to pitch for the New York Giants in the opening World Series game at the Polo Grounds. Durocher also said Johnny Antonelli would start the second game and Earl Ely Wyan would oppose him. In Denver, President Eisenhower denounced as reckless and irresponsible opponents who claim rural electrification will be cut back in 1955.
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New York
Bob Lemon
al Lopez
Cleveland Indians
Sal Mégile
Leo Durocher
New York Giants
Polo Gronds
Denver
Eisenhower
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Pole
Scudder Tours Mills
Red
Dent
State Chamber
Rudolph N. Carlsen
San Francisco
California Highway Patrol
Ukiah General Hospital
Zimmerman Ambulance
Zylstra
GOP
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