Bumper Sticker Arts Stir Ukiah Education Fight
Mendoseta local California Teachers Association unit plans bright bumper stickers for fall to highlight Ukiah Unified district funding and quality education shortfalls after a failed tax measure. Stickers salute crowded classrooms double sessions unsafe buildings and low salaries as teachers push for gains and CTA review.
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Mendoseta
California Teachers’ Association
Ukiah
Q.E
CTA
North Coast Ethics Committee
Cool Los Angeles man holds on to crime ruse after crash
Charles Edward Patterson, 31, of Los Angeles, allegedly drove a late model car north on Highway 1 near Albion Friday evening, lost control, and caused major damage. He phoned the CHP to report the accident, but officers found two loaded pistols, four rifles, and stolen plates in his possession. Patterson is in county jail as FBI and LAPD hold him on car theft and possible felonies. San Francisco police seek arson and related charges. CHP, Jan Mante, and Fred Danner assisted, with Officer McBroom coordinating the investigation.
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Los Angeles
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Albion
Highway Patrol
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Louis McBroom
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
CHP
Jan Mante
Fred Danner
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Los Bey OM
Pat
Terson
FBI
Ohio
San Francisco
St Louis police push positive attitudes from birth
St Louis officials in the police department community relations division advocate early instruction to foster favorable views of law enforcement. They believe shaping attitudes from infancy can lead to lasting respect for police, emphasizing proactive engagement with families and communities.
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UPI
St. Louis
Grape Growers Meet Moves to Redwood Valley School
Mendocino County grape growers regional meeting shifts to Redwood Valley school at 8 p m from Calpella due to attendee numbers. The session, part of three regional meetings this week by the North Coast Grape Growers Association, will discuss marketing the 1968 crop and setting picker wages along with other production and marketing issues. Sonoma growers meet Tuesday in Santa Rosa, Napa growers in Rutherford Wednesday night.
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Redwood Valley
Calpella School
North Coast Grape Growers’ Association
Sonoma
Santa Rosa
Napa
Rutherford
Calpella
Last Forest Fire Extinguished Near Fort Bragg
UPI reports weary firefighters extinguished the final of more than 450 lightning caused forest fires in six Northern California counties. The last blaze, 25 acres, 25 miles north of Fort Bragg, was out early Sunday after storms on Wednesday and Thursday. About 166 fires started in state forests and 300 to 350 in federal forests, with more than 1,000 men using aerial tankers helicopters and earth moving equipment.
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Fort Bragg
UPI
California
Upper Lake Hiway Fatal Ends Sidney Hayward’s Life
Sidney Hayward of Oakland, 29, died at Lakeside Community Hospital after a single vehicle crash on Upper Lake Levee Road near Highway 20. Police report the sports roadster left the road, skidded, and airborne flips sent him about 25 to 30 feet before landing near a garage. He is the sixth fatal Lake County crash this year. funeral services are pending at Chapel of the Lake in Lakeport.
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Oakland
Lakeside Community Hospital
Upper Lake
Levee Road
Highway 20
Main Street
CHP
Hayward
Lake County
Chapel of the Lake
Lakeport
Coincidental Winners of Government Bond Prize in Blyth
In Blyth England retired miner William Norris 78 ran to tell his sister he won a $2,500 government savings bond prize. On the way he met her coming to share the news that she had won the same award. Norris called it a fantastic coincidence and noted they were the only two winners in the country.
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Blyth
England
UPI
William Norris
Democrats Faced With Vietnam Rift in California
Liberal Democrats in California blasted party leaders for dodging a formal Vietnam stance at weekend sessions. Assemblyman John L. Burton accused the leadership of insult to Kennedy and McCarthy voters, while leaders denied any motive beyond adjourning with under half the delegates present. A resolution to halt bombing North Vietnam awaited consideration.
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Sacramento
UPI
California
John L. Burton
San Francisco
Robert F. Kennedy
Eugene McCarthy
Burton
State Central Committee
Robert W. Coate
John Moss
D-Calif
North Vietnam
City Council Reviews Tax Increase Tonight
Ukiah City Council meets in adjourned session at 7 30 tonight to review the 1968 69 budget of 2 787 038 in expenditures and to set the tax rate by Aug 31 The budget suggests a 15 cent general fund tax increase the largest in a decade Proposed new projects include starting construction of a new firehouse on airport property at the town’s south edge.
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Ukiah
City ‘Hall
Lyell Cash
Boy Held in Brutal Beating Of Elderly Willits Woman
A 14 year old Covelo boy faces serious charges after a brutal beating of 65 year old Mrs. Arda Gregory of Willits. Gregory was attacked while digging at a dump near Mill Creek. The boy wrested her shovel, struck her, then fled. She was treated at Howard Memorial Hospital for a head wound and wrist laceration. The youth is in juvenile hall pending investigation by the probation department and an early hearing is planned in juvenile court. Deputies Nystrom and Duke apprehended him near Reservation School in Cove. He is described as extremely belligerent.
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Arda
Gregory
Willits
Mill Creek
Sician
Howard Memorial Hospital
Richard Petersen
Ken Nystrom
Ross Duke
Schol
Cove
Man Jailed For Threat To Kill At Talmage Road
John Michael Combs aged 25 of 1417 Talmage Road faces arraignment in Ukiah Justice Court after allegedly threatening his estranged wife Rita Combs with a pistol Friday afternoon. He is booked for assault with a deadly weapon. the incident involved a stop on River Road and a visit to Empire Gardens to pick up their child.
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Lanceeaoeec Labia
Ukiah Justice Court
John Michael Combs
Talmage Road
Rita Combs
Combs
River Road
Empire Gardens
Two Car Collision on Highway 101 Injures Three
Three people were injured in a two car crash Friday night a mile south of Hopland on Highway 101. Thadeus Strzelecki 30 Santa Rosa and his four year old son Stephan sustained minor injuries after being struck from behind by Charles Martin 32 San Francisco who also had minor injuries.
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Thadeus Strzelecki
Santa Rosa
Stephan
Charles Martin
San Francisco
Hopland
George R. Wilson
Talmage
Knob Hill Road
Linda Vista
Eureka
Humphrey Sees Delegates Backed On First Ballot
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey says delegates to the Democratic convention will grant him the presidential nomination on the first ballot after avoiding a bitter Vietnam policy fight. Sens. Eugene McCarthy and George McGovern aim to challenge him, with McGovern declaring bombing of North Vietnam a failure and insisting it must stop to end the war.
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Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
Humphrey
McGovern
NBC
Meet the Press
U.S
North Vietnam
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Delegates Battle Starts as McCarthy and Humphrey Clash
Mississippi regular delegation faces seating challenge as both Humphrey and McCarthy camps file credentials briefs for the Democratic National Convention. McCarthy supporters anticipate up to 12 delegations under fire, with Mississippi seen as certain. Mondale backs integrating Mississippi Loyalists, while a civil rights coalition led by Charles Evers aims to unseat them over black exclusion. Hearings by Gov. Richard Hughes's credentials committee begin next week in Chicago.
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Chicago
Tom Reston
McCarthy
Misissippi
Walter Mondale
Reston
Charles Evers
Texas
Texas Democrats
Nixon Poll Shows Commanding Lead After Nomination
A Sindlinger & Co poll finds Nixon leading Humphrey and McCarthy in most matchups after securing the Republican nomination. Nixon would beat Humphrey 50.4 to 22.4 and McCarthy 48.7 to 27.2. Wallace grabs about 13 percent. Agnew favored by 51.9 percent of Republicans surveyed.
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UPS
Richard M. Nixon
Sindlinger & Co., Inc
Nixon
Maryland
Spiro T. Agnew
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Albert E.sindlinger
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McCarthy
George C. Wallace
Agnew
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