Ukiah Unified Board Reviews Night Football and Supt Change
The Ukiah Unified School District board meets Wednesday at 7 p.m. to decide on using Anton Stadium for night football in 1968 and to consider certificated personnel for 1968-69. Petitions seek Don Halverso n's replacement as superintendent amid district finance and policy concerns.
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Ukiah
Unified Board. of Education
Anton Stadium
Ukiahi
Don Halverson
Hopland
Redwood Valley
Potter Valley
Faulty memory costs Ukiahan ten dollars fine
Melvin Freitas a welder at Masonite appeared before Judge Hale McCowen Jr in Ukiah Judicial District. Freitas was fined ten dollars for failing to appear as a prospective juror on July 24. He said his wife relayed the summons but he forgot, estimating total losses at around twenty dollars including time off work.
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Melvin Freitas
Masonite
Hale McCowen Jr
Ukiah Judicial District
McCowen
Freitas
Rezoning Hearings Friday In Vichy Springs and Redwood Valley
Two agricultural rezoning public hearings set for Friday by the County Planning Commission will discuss changing parts of Vichy Springs and central Redwood Valley from A-1 open agricultural use to AC agricultural conservation. Jim Barrett, county planning consultant, says the plan aims to align with existing use trends and smooth future zoning directions with minor exceptions. The hearings are at 10 30 a.m. and 1 30 p.m in the supervisors chambers at the courthouse.
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County Planning Commission
Arbas
Vichy Springs
Middle
Redwood Valley
Jim Barrett
Planning Commission
Supervisors
Barrett
Nixon Picks Agnew as Vice Presidential Choice
Editor notes Mary Boynton recalls the Miami Beach convention where Spiro Agnew of Maryland was chosen as vice president. The piece argues Thurmond did not force Nixon to pick Agnew and that Agnew’s selection aimed to win national support, appeal to the South, and represent law and order without intolerance.
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Mary Boynton
Mendocino County
Republican Central Committee
California
Miami Beach
Spiro
Agnew
Maryland
Sen. J. Strom Thurmond
Nixon
Thurmond
Gov. Agnew
Temperatures August 1968 and 1967 report
Readable fragments show daily high and low temperatures for August in 1968 and 1967, with notes on noon reading and rainfall. Mentions Utah and weather department but data is incomplete with garbled text.
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Utah
Tragic Airport Shooting Ties Child Seawater Body Found
At Fort Lauderdale International Airport a call warned of bodies. An 11 year old girl was found dead. a wounded woman thought to be her mother, Dorothy Clark, 42, of Clarkston Ga, survived. Clarkston, Ga, Emory Univ staffer, and Marilyn identified as daughter. Suspect Ray Masterson, 18, questioned after trying to buy a ticket out.
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Hach
Georgia
Dorothy Clark
Clarkston
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International
Emory University
Atlanta
Broward ‘General Hospital
Marilyn
Grape Growers Hear Top Prices Forecast In Mendocino
Mendocino county grape growers heard at Redwood Valley school that top prices are likely for many fine wine grapes while supply could dip up to 40 percent below 1968 expectations. Carignane may stay at 110 a ton with some varieties reaching 150 to 300. Demand for local vintage wines remains strong nationwide and table grapes boycott concerns are expected to lessen.
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Mendocino
Redwood Valley School
United States
Ukiah Council Eyes Tax Hike On Budget Gap
Ukiah city officials opened the 1968-69 budget study session with a review of revenue forecasts. City Manager Lyell Cash said sales tax underperformed projections and warned of rising operating costs, suggesting a general fund tax increase of 15 cents to cover growing expenses and capital needs such as a new southerly firehouse and fire equipment.
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Lyell Cash
Bruce Crook
Council
Cash
Navy Deserter Arrested in Redwood Valley
Deputies report Dennis Booth, 22, was arrested Monday in Redwood Valley on reasonable suspicion, admitting Navy desertion since April 15, and possessing marijuana. Held in county jail awaiting Naval Shore Patrol to take him back for possible desertion charges. Investigators also questioned him about recent burglaries in the Lake Mendocino area.
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Sheriff's Deputies Today
Dennis Booth
Redwood Valley
Navy
Mare Island
Naval
Algo
Lake ‘Mendocino
White Paper claims Rafferty used dirty tactics in California primary
A bipartisan Cranston group released a 47 page white paper accusing Max Rafferty of distortion and falsehoods in his primary victory over Thomas Kuchel. It reprints Rafferty ads alleging tax money aided Red China and cites a disputed West German credit issue and Byrd amendment claims as fabrications. Lee Sherry of Fairfax backs Cranston, marking a party shift.
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San Francisco
UPI
Alan Cranston
Max Rafferty
Thomas H. Kuchel
Kuchel
Red China
U.S
Rafferty
Sen
George Murphy
Calif
Murphy
Senate
Lee Sherry
Fairfax
Republican State Central Committee
Cranston
Press Renews Battle Over Nixon Nomination in Soviet Press
Moscow based report notes Trud and other Soviet outlets attack Richard Nixon as a tool of Wall Street. They accuse him of backing Vietnam bombing, expanding the military budget, and aligning with big business interests led by Morgans and DuPonts.
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Moscow
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Republican Party
Trud
Nixon-Agnew
Barry Goldwater
White House
Hubert H.humphrey
U.S
Wall Street
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Miami Beach
Johnson
United States
North Vietnam
Morgans
duPonts
Mellons
Lehmans
Fords
Rockefellers
Educator Held To Answer in Superior Court
A Lake County educator charged with causing a three car crash at Highway 101 and School Way Redwood Valley was held to answer in Superior Court after a Monday preliminary hearing. Ed McClintock 52 faces felony drunk driving with seven injuries. Also, Steven Costner 19 of Healdsburg. burglarizing Barrett Lumber and Logging Company Ukiah, bound over for Superior Court.
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Harcel Donaldson
Willits
Bryan Williams
School Way
Redwood Valley
Barbara Roach
Oak Park
Daily Journal
Lake County
Highway 101
Superior Court
Ed McClintock
McClintock
California Highway Patrol
Pertsons
Barrett Lumber and Logging Company
Ukiah
Steven Costner
Healdsburg
Costner
Ukiah Stays Cool With Unseasonable Spell
Ukiah logs a cool spell with noon readings at 62 degrees, six above this morning’s 56. Temperatures Monday lagged well behind August 12, 1967’s 101 degrees, compared to 83 degrees yesterday.
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Ukiah
Seventh Anniversary of the Berlin Wall
East German border guard Lutz Kirsche risked a run of 80 to 90 yards with a submachine gun, taking 12 seconds to reach the Allied checkpoint near Helmstedt. The seventh anniversary shows the wall curbing refugee flows, now costing thousands to escape, if at all, via a professional helper or bribes.
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Berlin
UPI
Lutz Kirsche
Helmstedt
West Berlin
Kirsche
Berlin Wall
German Democratic Republic
Weather Outlook For Northwestern California
Cloudy conditions across Northwestern California with a chance of showers or sprinkles. Afternoon thunderstorms expected over mountains, followed by clearing tonight. Wednesday looks fair and warmer with a higher daytime temperature and cooler night. Local areas include Ukiah.
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Northwestern
California
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